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Newspaper
Advance Hustler
Location
Advance, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1913
Page
7
Ad copy claims Daisy Fly Killer provides a quick solution to pests. It also promotes Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething children, touting soothing gums reducing inflammation relieving pain and curing wind colic at 25c a bottle.
Governor Sulzer quips about a politician as honest in his own way, comparing him to a husband who telegraphs his dinner plans. The anecdote uses a joke about three husbands and one wife to illustrate perceived pretended honesty.
An old advertisement promotes Cuticura Ointment and Soap as a treatment for itching scalps dandruff and hair loss. The regimen includes applying ointment to the scalp in parts overnight followed by a Cuticura Soap wash the next morning with monthly shampoo options. Samples offered via a free 32 page Skin Book.
A Washington boy roams on a bicycle despite a promise to behave for a year. His father confiscates cycling for a week. Robbie claims the wheel isn’t his, borrowing it to defy the rule. This short moral tale highlights obedience and deception within a family.
In New York Upton Sinclair argues that poverty drives girls to wrongdoing and that charity toward modern social conditions and employers is too generous. He recalls a witty exchange about a young woman named Tottie Footlites married to Gobsa Golde for love and money, remarking that she loves money.
A wry note reflects on men who live off their father-in-law and then grouse about their mother-in-law’s visits, contrasting dependence with family friction.
A reader describes how her mother overcame seven years of nervous headaches by quitting coffee and switching to Postum. The letter notes headaches vanished and the writer began drinking Postum, praising its preparation forms Regular and Instant and offering tips for brewing, with the slogan There's a Reason for Postum.
A mixed excerpt presents a domestic recipe note with eggs and sugar, a butter sauce for fish, and a mock rabbit loaf recipe. It also contains a poem line about small sweet ways to set the world rejoicing and a Dalton quotation about study and perseverance.
A guide to formal dining etiquette covers precise placement of plates, knives, forks, spoons, napkins and glasses. It prescribes a silent cloth, careful laundering, bread in the napkin, butter unheard of at formal meals, and serving travel to the left with a focus on orderly service.
A set of easy kitchen preparations includes two bunches of young onions cooked in veal stock, served with white sauce and buttered toast. Also covered are chopped steak with pearl barley and tomato sauce, broiled hamburger steak, and a cream pie with orange flavor and meringue topping.
The author argues that not a few geniuses determine progress but the broad spread of higher education. A growing corps of competent investigators, enabled by learning, drives achievement more than lone exceptional minds.
The Kadva Kanbis of Gujarat recently held weddings for nearly all marriageable youths after a long interval. Similar customs appear among Madras Chettis and some Burma Karens, often tied to official orders or seasonal pairing beliefs. Hypergamy may drive bridegroom scarcity and higher prices, though astrology or obscure tribal practices could also explain the tradition.
A historical cooking note describes reheating and presenting chicken dishes. It outlines Canterbury Chicken with butter onion stock lemon juice and paprika, Chicken Victoria with egg yolk and crackers in milk, and Chicken in Croustade baked in a bread crust with butter flour milk salt pepper and mushrooms.
A culinary note presents recipes to bake creamed fish without bones in a buttered dish topped with bread crumbs and butter. It also includes French Baked Fish with stuffing and tomatoes, Molded Ham with egg yolk, and Kentucky Fried Chicken prepared with herb rub and oven baking for even cooking.
Gladys Jane praises her husband as perfectly lovely while he agrees she may obtain anything she can on credit. The exchange highlights domestic ideals and financial permissiveness in the couple.
Professor Arthur Schuster notes that genuine enthusiasm for research now guides a few great minds into practical paths. He argues this shift widens powers and makes them more productive, marking a source of national strength.
Films for bacteriology anatomy and biology are already used in Germany with moving pictures becoming a permanent feature in German schools. The program aims to enhance science education through visual aids and instructional cinema.
The estate of the late Sir James Coats paid 1 337 000 dollars in tax to the British government, a substantial sum reported as settled in tax records.
An author plans a Tin Wedding tenth anniversary with a whimsical tin themed menu and tableware. She envisions refreshments served in tin cups and plates, tin pails and dipper, tin cake pan centerpieces, tin archway curtains, tin candlesticks, and tin souvenirs. A spinster Tea menu lists punny items matching pairs and marriage motifs.
Children’s game uses blue bird shaped cards with questions about birds. Answers are bird names and prizes may include a bluebird pin. Clues mix playful lines and wordplay such as kite swallow owl partridge parrot wren goose crafe magpie sparrow and other elements. The item blends letters and bird names in a light educational activity.
Twelve neighborhood girls hosted a sewing shower for the bride elect. Each brought a yard of lawn and the hostess supplied patterns. Lace, beads, ribbons, embroidery cotton, needles and thread were used to craft gifts. Items taken home included a small apron, sunbonnet, slumber pillow cover, hair combing jacket, corset bag and bureau drawer sacks. Refreshments were lettuce sandwiches, lemonade, green and white frosted cakes and pistachio ice cream.
Practical tips on candle storage to extend burn time and creating candlelit decor for dining rooms. A playful Jack Horner pie gift idea for bridal showers uses colored ribbons and concealed gifts with notes read aloud. Subtle social etiquette guidance from Madame Merri.
The notice instructs on printing heavy white wedding invitations, folding once, and enclosing in a matching envelope within an address envelope. It forbids typewritten addresses and urges prompt acknowledgment for special written invitations. It notes gifts are not required but a courtesy bouquet is appreciated.
The article describes purses resembling a known shepherd style, crafted in green suede and lined with white satin. They feature fairly sizable pockets and three rings: two to push over pockets and a central ring with a smaller finger ring.
A classified-style pitch promises individuals can earn 10 to 825 dollars weekly by selling a "BRUSH" Vacuum Sweeper in their neighborhood. It claims minimal work, sight sales, and guaranteed results, inviting readers to write to Box 16, North Exd Station, Detroit, Michigan for free particulars.
A couple announces a June wedding after a sudden proposal. The bride replies with surprise and the groom answers playfully noting his happiness to marry her. The exchange ends with a light remark and consent.
A tiny spectator quips about digging for worms after a golfer’s sixth unsuccessful stroke. The remark captures a comic, period tone as the scene unfolds during a tense round. The comment lightens the moment while the match presses on.
If you are sensitive about shoe size you can wear a size smaller by using Allen's Yoot-Ease antiseptic powder. Promises instant relief for tired aching swollen tender feet and soothes corns and bunions. Free samples offered by Allen S Olmsted of LeRoy New York.
A London Telegraph excerpt recalls a courtroom exchange where counsel defines dour as dark or stubborn. The humorous moment arises as a Scotsman in the audience laughs, prompting the lord to confess his own Scottish identity.
A job interview reveals Herman Mallowitz, applying for the post, who honestly explains his last job dismissal as telling his former employer to "go to hell" rather than being fired, illustrating candid applicant behavior.
A Chicago lawyer touted a silent breathing cure for bodily ailments. He tried it on his own child with measles, then on his prize setter with mange. A friend reminded him the risk of applying the method to a dog after losing money on the pup.
An old advertisement urges mothers to examine every bottle of Castoria for infants and children assuring safety with over 30 years in use and to note the Fletcher's Castoria signature. It emphasizes child cries and trusted remedy status.
On the veranda Mary greets Mr Mason and proclaims she has had a birthday. Asked how old she is she answers four. His playful question about punishment yields her decisive reply I can t be punished I am sitting on it.
A testimonial from Mrs. Saran Ruth Whitely of Athens Texas credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with relief from chronic female illnesses and says neighbors note she looks younger. The ad touts decades of testimonials and invites letters for confidential advice from the Pinkham Laboratory in Lynn Massachusetts.
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