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Newspaper
Advance Hustler
Location
Advance, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1912
Page
3
A playful Indiana roundup mocks trends from air records to straw hats. Jokes touch on dirigibles, street fashion, dog scares, and songs in Duluth while noting society quirks. A chorus of light satire highlights rivalries and seasonal hopes amid cultural trivia.
An Ohio man dug in a garden and unearthed a chestful of treasure while a New York officer off duty arrested two burglars. A Baltimore paper jokes about strawberry digging while Massachusetts bans an explosive joke cigar. A California woman had over a thousand metal items removed from her stomach. An English gypsy queen aged 101, a longtime pipe smoker, has died.
R G Weatherstone outlines selection criteria for brood sows bootstrapping a pork operation. Emphasizes pure bred foundation stock, prolific dam lineage, early maturity, strong conformation, and pasture efficiency. Details breeding records, gestation care, farrowing prep, feeding regimes, and health measures including scour prevention and treatment.
A New York court lists baseball bats as deadly weapons while Chicago adds automobiles. Anecdotes poke at justice and alienists, social foibles, water warnings, beef prices, dense populations, gender endurance, a maligned Altoona speaker, and odd opera clues, all tinted with humor about urban life.
Government biologists say the English sparrow, once blamed for pest problems, may help control the alfalfa weevil threatening western alfalfa fields. Utah and Wyoming have reported weevil presence, with more states expected unless a natural enemy is introduced. Parasites from Italy will be sent to Utah to aid control efforts.
The head bull should receive daily exercise and proper feeding to stay strong and vigorous, ensuring high breeding energy and better calf offspring. Lack of activity lowers value, making the bull a potential detriment to the herd. Exercises include paddock running, tread power work, or chaining and staking.
The article advocates a modern approach to dairy farming by selecting cows with the highest milk capacity and feeding to that limit. It warns that uniform feeding may waste feed on low-producing cows while underfeeding productive cows. It questions if farmers are underfeeding good cows and overfeeding poor ones.
A Minnesota farmer keeps his sheep safe by placing a life size dummy man with a stick in the pasture. Each morning the dummy is removed and re planted at a new location by night. He claims that dogs fear the dummy and will not approach too closely.
The article traces radishes from long cultivation in China to traditional German remedies using radish juice with sugar. It laments modern radishes for lacking flavor and character, noting their former sharp bite made them palatable.
Carbolic acid is one of the best disinfectants. Mixed with water at 1 to 20 it makes an excellent spray for poultry and hog houses and dairy barns. When white wash is applied to interiors an ounce of the acid should be added to a gallon of the whitewash.
A home tip suggests dissolving fresh lime in water to treat potted plants. Let the mix soak into soil and root ball until thoroughly saturated, to address white worm presence in the soil.
A guide explains removing diseased wood to prevent spread and promote new growth. Leaving infected branches increases the risk of further decay and loss of the tree’s vitality. Regular pruning encourages healthy shoots and maintains tree vigor.
The data show farm sizes declined on average from 146 acres in 1900 to 138 acres in 1910, indicating a trend toward smaller holdings over the decade.
Four affordable china ornaments become pincushions with a velvet cushion and glue. No. 1 white swan, No. 2 pink pig, No. 3 gold shoes linked with a lift ring, No. 4 dark green frog. Velvet colors: pale blue for swan, black for pig, pale green for shoes, crimson for frog.
Guidance on hand care to prevent tanning freckles and improve appearance. Tips include gloves outdoors, cream and powder rubbing, olive oil massage, pumice for callouses, hot water washes, lemon and salt rubs, buttermilk with radish, glycerine rose water mix with corn meal, and peroxide for bites or light tans.
A student plans an end of month party with eight boys and eight girls aged 13 to 15 and asks for color themed ideas. Marion suggests cadet blue and gold decor with gilded baskets and larkspur as table centerpiece, blue satin ribbon place cards in gold writing, plus charades and traditional games. Hope outlines a white shower using white flowers and vanilla cream or pineapple sherbet, noting opening parcels will provide excitement and suggesting a few hearts card games. Mme Merri signs off.
A reader notes a card party invitation sent on calling cards. Acceptance should use Miss for an intimate friend and may be less formal, as in Mary Brown accepts Jane Smith’s invitation for Saturday, June second, with proper prefix.
The text describes bordered materials in soft fabrics like nnion cashmere and marquisette with borders in orig inal patterns. Skirts feature two tiers with wide patterned bands and corselets, belted by taffeta. Border usage varies for straight skirts draped tunics and bathing suits, offering stylish effects at low material cost.
A description of heavy white writing paper scented like gardenias. The surface resembles petals and the edges of both the paper and envelope flap are decorated with gold or silver paint.
Moody Bible Institute outline explains Jesus parable of the sower, seed, and four soils. It notes seed is the word of God and urges receptive hearts to yield fruit, contrasting hardened, rocky, thorny, and good soils and stressing meek submission to the word’s transforming power.
Ottumwa Iowa resident Harriet E Wampler reports relief from chronic female troubles after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The ad urges hope for all women with such ailments and invites confidential advice from the Lynn Massachusetts company.
In a dialogue about family traditions, Gabe notes Mothers' Day is celebrated while Fathers' Day is absent. Steve counters with a joke about Father spending Saturdays with family routines.
A humorous exchange questions whether Biffela can reach a green old age. The reply says he surely will if he lives long enough and does not know more than he does now.
In a lighthearted exchange, Charley Billingsley is praised for his constant humor and quick wit. The siblings remark on his unique phrasing, noting he never calls an umbrella anything but a bumbershoot.
At St Andrews years ago a farmer and his plowman carting sand from the shore were behind a rifle-range bank when a stray bullet hit the man in the leg. He cried I’m shot, and the farmer shouted to the volunteers to stop, remarking it might have hit the horse.
A stern father who warned a suitor against visiting his daughter reluctantly lets him in after the caller announces he came about a small bill for the firm. The man admits the visit was not for his daughter but to address payment.
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