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Newspaper
Advance Hustler
Location
Advance, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1913
Page
3
A suggested method for a birthday month themed bridal shower. Guests bring gifts matching the birth month, with examples for each month and notes on a calendar shower variant. The piece also covers games, hampers, luncheon options, and a children oriented Noah of decorations and table settings.
A description recalls a multi course progressive dinner hosted by neighbors. Start with consomme at 6 30 served with celery and olives, then oysters with hostess cards, macaroni a la Italian, lamb and peas, salad and wafers, cigars containing invitation, gift packets with rules, ice cream and sweets, and final coffee. Each stop offered a musical instrument and a chorus of When Good Fellows Get Together.
A local report describes a boy turning eight with a boat themed party. Family and friends attended the gathering featuring nautical decor and playful activities to celebrate the milestone.
A lively classroom game. Five chairs face five opposite seats with tables at ends and ten children play. Captains handle five pennies and pass them down the line to the last player, then back, the side delivering all five coins home first wins.
The article describes a party game where a cloth blocks a doorway and players in a dark room extend their noses through a hole for others in the light room to guess ownership. Correct guesses move the nose owner to the guessers. wrong guesses move the guesser. The game ends when everyone is in one room or when players tire.
Fashion notes highlight easy care neckwear designed for summer gowns. Descriptions include lace and shadow lace collars, jabots, net trims, and embroidered sails with plaited bands. Finishing touches feature velvet bows, black enamel buckles, and fine handwork signaling neatness and refined style.
Old Joe recalls a near final with one minute left in a football match. He dribbled past several players and shot from range, but the audience’s shout was followed by a misfortune that took the missus ten minutes to remove the bed rail from his toes.
A village stationer humorously reflects on clergy-related discounts as a charming woman contemplates marriage to a theological student. The brief vignette showcases social mores and subtle courtship within a small community.
A humorous exchange shows a husband noting his wife buys bonnets freely and has the bill sent to him. The quip underscores a painless approach to household purchases and financial delegation.
A playful exchange opens with Knicker calling for stock exchange regulation. Bocker suggests rules to push prices up on buys and down on sells. Doctor questions repayment, while Hardup admits he cannot repay the medical bill.
A humorous exchange in a Punch cartoon features a widow asking for glue to fix a wig, while an undertaker says a couple of tacks suffice, delivering a darkly comic moment.
A fragmented note recalls a wedding scene where the daughter’s wedding feast was fair, the gifts were splendid, and the celebration lacked conflict or notable drama. No further details are provided.
The Washington Evening Star quotes Mr Growcher saying he will stay home this summer while others crowd boardwalks and chase four kinds of music. He prefers quiet at home over bustling crowds and events.
A humorous vignette from a newspaper says Biffkins the bard waited in the street for a thought but was struck by an automobile instead. The incident situates him in hospital and hints at local urban misadventure.
A humorous quarrel unfolds as a man extols the value of his own car horn while another reveals he keeps a pet goose that horns in. The exchange highlights quirky roadside banter and the era’s lighthearted take on automotive sound.
A jail faces a dangerous situation as measles spreads among inmates, described as very serious due to the risk of a widespread outbreak and heightened health concerns in a confined facility.
Dialogue conveys a playful view of Mrs. Plummer as not fierce yet intimidating. A character fears her gaze through a lorgnette and anticipates her scrutiny. The exchange hints at social dynamics and humor in a polite society setting.
A farmer declares his son Clyde Corntessel will never resemble him, insisting no power could make him wear whiskers and old clothes. The quirky line frames a family generational gap as a regional vignette.
In a sharp exchange a speaker notes Mr Jips is a settlement worker, and another character quips that he is an ambulance chaser. The brief dialogue hinges on perception and the label attached to a professional role.
The dialogue notes Brown’s independence as he does as he pleases while his downtown boss attends the world series and his wife visits her mother reflecting local power ties and personal travels.
A brief cartoonish exchange shows Bang asking for two for a week, Wang replying with a dollar, and Bang conceding to take that for two weeks. The characters speak in a rapid trade of small sums and time.
In a chatty social scene the talk centers on Mrs Gluggins as a leading figure in society. Her influence among ladies is noted, and speculation about her husband’s wealth arises before the remark that she has undergone multiple hospital operations in Chicago.
A clever remark by a magistrate is debated by two vagrants. One notes the line is brief yet thought provoking, while the other challenges it as an epigram. The tramp recalls a parson defining an epigram as a short sentence with deeper meaning.
In a crowded trolley car a man stepped on Mr. Brig gins corn. The deacon, known for twenty years in the church, swore like a trooper. The piece mocks forgiveness when faced with provocation and the memory of past sins.
A humorous line suggests a man believes wealth is near as tires are valued like silver coins, while his wife remains unable to hear the joke.
A young man and woman discuss the power of the mother tongue and its literary allure. A playful exchange follows about a man hunting tribes in leap year. A quip about Elsie Westlake and Dottie Morningside questions if New York sits near the Atlantic.
In a casual exchange, Gus Lt sought a standing collar and complimented the clerk who declined his advances with a smile and a turn down from the woman at the men’s furnishings counter.
The article explains how ancient Greek republics used ostracism as a public check on powerful individuals. Citizens voted to banish a wealthy or influential figure, sending the named person into temporary retirement abroad. The process used oyster shells and served as a primitive recall mechanism.
Mrs Barbara Prim of Stratford Iowa reports a three year winter ringworm case on her seven year old son. Red itchy rash with white ring worsened until Cuticura Soap and Ointment cured him in about a month. Ad promotes Cuticura products and offers samples and a Skin Book from Boston.
A compact survey notes early ideas of submarines in 1644 and human flight with birdlike wings from Archytas of Tarentum in 394 BCE. It mentions switchback railways over a century old, looping the loop in Paris in 1833, and roller skating popular around 1829 among forebears.
A caption notes Mrs Wombat posed today for a group photograph with herself and her summer gowns. The dialogue praises bees as practical industrious insects, contrasting with a playful quip about their being hum bugs.
In a brief dialogue a speaker rejects tainted money and is pressed about sterilizing it. The exchange highlights ethical tension about accepting or laundering questionable funds.
A reader asks for gift ideas for a lawyer friend and a columnist suggests a new suit as a fitting present. The exchange highlights how professional attire can symbolize respect and status in legal circles.
Apprehensive Hamlet Fatt frets about appearing in town as stage fright looms. Critics note his long theater career contrasts with a dark turn as he is killed for two nights in one place.
Enthusiast praises a performance as Modern Girl agrees it adds much to the scenic effect and costumes describing the play's allure and atmosphere.
A satirical dialogue from Lippincott's Magazine features a suffragette mother praising her educated daughter. The assistant fears an escalating request as the daughter studies militancy versus lobbying and contemplates a broad desire symbolized by the line I want the earth.
At Rainbow Lake sanitarium in New York a flock of hens were found swimming with ducks and diving for infant trout. The keeper, a biologist, says this is learned from long association with the ducks and plans to segregate the birds to protect egg flavor. A nearby clerk and floor walker exchange a humorous scene about selling silk.
Comrade Bill Thompson recalls a Philadelphia paper where Julius Kaufman, a Danish writer, produced sharp editorials whose English fooled readers. George Kennedy on the copy desk could read only half, mistaking the second half as identical. Kaufman revealed the second part had been written in Danish.
The passage recalls Bismarck as Prussian ambassador to Paris in 1862 and Napoleon III’s compliment on their first meeting. Bismarck replies with a sharp jab about French fluency. The note ends with a remark on Chinese adopting European dress.
A pithy remark argues happiness comes from good humor when life is quiet and refrains from conflict. It contrasts optimism with the pessimist who prioritizes being right over personal happiness.
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