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Newspaper
Advance Hustler
Location
Advance, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1912
Page
1
Local items report visits and family gatherings across the area. Mentions include W. Carty from Terre Haute visiting Jobo Forbes, Vera Parrot from Indianapolis, and numerous village residents visiting relatives in Lebanon, Zions, Ladoga, and Bainbridge. Also notes church lawn social plans and upcoming postal savings banks openings in Jamestown and Whites town.
A. B. Yeager hosts Daniel and family with Nina Waters for dinner. Carl Loop and family plan sea voyage from New York to London on August 8, aiming for a post in France. Chan Thompson and family visit Seaton Loop of Economy Indiana. James Brown sells 14 head of steers to Bowen at Lebanon at about 14 per hundred and ships to Liverpool England.
The Sunday School attendance fell significantly last Sunday due to rain. Next Sunday will feature regular preaching with Brother Francis in both morning and evening services and Sister Cross singing. New Ross prepares for its church dedication on the 21st.
Attendance last Sunday was 77 with collections of 2.06. Brother Kelley will lead next Sunday and Sunday night. An attendance chart secures junior boys and awards gold blue and black stars for attendance collection and absence. Boys aged nine to twelve not in a Sunday School are urged to join next Sunday and attend through the quarter.
This piece extols the home town as the core of civilization and source of life’s blessings. It urges residents to value local institutions such as banks, schools, courts, libraries, mills, churches, railroads, and newspapers, and to take pride in their city rather than envying distant places like New York.
A weather bulletin promises a warm spell this week across the westward plains and valleys. Temperatures will peak in the central valleys and along the eastern Rocky slope with no major storms expected and only local thunderstorms or heat showers. Showers in the south Atlantic and east gulf states will be less frequent than last week.
Bill Garner was in Crawfordsville last Thursday. Glen Bowman and wife attended the ice cream supper at Shangondale last Saturday. James Higga and wife spent Sunday with Henry Sanford and wife. Charlie Garner sold a fine horse to John Caldwall of Advance. Thomas Walker and family near New Ross spent Sunday with Wm. Walker and family. Wm. Garner and wife dined with Elisha Higgs and family. Bert Ferguson and family, Ray Poynter and family, and John Poynter and wife near Old Union spent Sunday with Robert Ferguson and wife.
Walter D. Sullivan, visiting locally, will leave Friday for Hastings Nebraska. He works for a Hastings firm handling newspaper contests and will stay through January 1 before heading to California for winter work. Previously he served on Joliet Daily News Davenport Democrat Leader Keokuk Constitution Democrat Omaha and North Platte papers and was editor of the Advance Hustler Lebanon Reporter.
Boone county farmers expect a small wheat harvest next week due to previous dry weather and a cold winter. Wheat left is good with well filled heads and excellent quality. Oats are in excellent condition and a large yield is anticipated. Clover hay and timothy crops are being cut, and the corn stand shows promise for a bumper crop this fall.
The readable text presents a fragment about drinking but lacks context or concrete action. No identifiable people, organizations, dates, or places are clearly stated.
Advance R R 21 records a series of local movements with names, towns, and weekend stops. David McClellan was in James town on Saturday while Joe Frazier and wife were in New Rossa Friday afternoon. The Mangus family reunion occurred at Frank Riner's on Sunday.
A London Chronicle tale depicts a driver who, after being underpaid, pockets a shilling from a lady’s palm and responds with a smiling remark about enjoying the ride. The scene highlights wit and propriety in a petty payment dispute aboard a cab.
John M. Shelley born July 11 1832 died July 7 1912 aged 79 years 11 months and 26 days. Survived by his wife Elizabeth J Kirk and two sons Edwin and Howard. Moved to Boone County fifty years ago and settled on the farm where he died. Short services at home 10 a m Tuesday interment at IOOF cemetery Jamestown.
Miss Nan Wilson of Danville leaves Monday for Colorado to spend the summer. Ora Swindler, who enrolled at Bloomington recently, returned home due to poor health. Ora McDaniel and family of Morristown and Chas. McDaniel and family of Indianapolis visited Geo. McDaniel and wife Saturday night.
The owner of Arundel Castle holds the title Earl of Arundel in the English peerage by right of ownership. No known peerage is tied to a property in this way. If circumstances change and the castle is sold to a millionaire, he would not automatically sit in the Lords as Earl of Arundel.
The Mangus family reunion at Frank River’s home on Sunday drew many despite rain. A 48 foot long table held ample food for 65 diners with James Mangus noted as the hungriest, eating 29 minutes. Next year’s gathering will be first Sunday in July at James Fink’s home.
Article advises saving corn fodder during roughage shortages and notes mixed success with corn harvester use. It promises shortcuts to reduce labor though warns substantial effort remains necessary.
The article details a hand method to cut corn using saddles to align shocks, then a one horse sled cutter for standing corn. A two man double cutter shares a blade on each side. After shocks, bundles are allowed to rest then tied with rope if storms threaten.
We express our sincere gratitude to neighbors and friends for their help and sympathy during our bereavement. Mia Elizabeth Shelley and sons appreciate the kindness shown.
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