13 Jul 1911
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Newspaper
Advance Hustler
Location
Advance, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1911
Page
1
The Advance Hustler announces a yearly subscription price of 1.99 per year with Miss Hina Waters listed as manager. The paper is entered as second class mail matter March 2, 1911 at Advance Indiana post office under the act of March 3, 1873.
All subscriptions stopped at expiration and cash payment required for paper. A blue pencil indicates an out subscription and per pro must be stopped with this issue. Offer of Hestrien from now to January 1 1912 for Ave. Induce friends to subscribe.
Locals report weekly band concerts every Saturday night. Community visits include Eunice Ross in Lebanon Monday and Carmone Ross visiting over Sunday with home folks. Multiple relatives and townsmen traveled, dined, and conducted business locally and in nearby towns. Local ads mention a $6 lawn swing offer and various residents moving, visiting, or hosting gatherings.
Clare Smith of Lebanon visits with sister Mrs. Mat Young. Nora Sanford of Crawfordsville visits relatives. Teempa Shewhey visits Lebanon with E M Servies and wife. Mark Wall and family spend a week with relatives at Thorntown and Indianapolis. Several locals travel to or from Lebanon including Gardner family and Lucy Whitecotton. J H Gale of Lebanon visits daughter Mrs Jans Capinger. Families from Chicago and St. Louis join dinner hosted by J R Sullivan and wife.
Local ads mention Advance Hardware Co as a supplier of stretchers coal and Raymond coal with rolling references to good service for patrons. Mentions O K L A McClaine for shampoo and tonic and notes visits by Turley Whitecotton and families. Community notices cover ice supply disruptions and Norwood Ice Fuel curtailments affecting area towns.
E M Coons reports banner wheat yield on fifteen acres with 550 bushels total that equals 37 bushels per acre. He used pure ludy wheat bought in Johnson County last year and fertilized with Globe Fertilizer from Advance Hardware Co.
One of the largest crowds in months gathered in town last Saturday for a band concert. People came from miles by automobile carriage and barges to attend. The Ladies Aid Society held an ice cream supper after the concert, netting $29 65 with $35.00 clear.
A country doctor notes that neglect in backyards breeds mosquitoes and typhoid risks. The piece urges owners to keep premises clean to prevent decaying vegetables and water from fostering flies and pests, contrasting practices in several European countries where nosing is restricted by authorities to curb breeding.
Members of Advance Lodge No 480 ks P are urged to attend Monday night as Rev C S Richard gives a talk for the order. The meeting emphasizes monthly participation and community involvement.
A public health notice explains weather helped reduce fly numbers by driving them to cover and freezing larvae. It urges continuing control measures like screening doors and windows, quick removal of manure, and keeping stables clean to prevent new larvae. It ends with a moral appeal and a call to uphold cleanliness.
A reader laments home wreckers in society urging vigilance as a moral warning. The piece describes a clandestine group harming families and mocks their cowardice while noting the onset of fireflies flashing nightly through July in rural and urban areas alike.
A brief notice urges readers to contact the listed number 77 for information. No additional details are provided about the organization or purpose of the call.
The article explains the June 22 summer solstice as the year’s longest sun angle, with days shortening afterward though heat peaks in July. It notes lingering heat after solstice, nightly cooling, and meteorological factors that shape the hottest period, while owls and night workers face longer nights in coming weeks.
Vernon Lucas son of Mr and Mrs Joe Lucas married Blanche Caldwell of Lebanon on June 8 at St Joe Michigan. The couple kept the ceremony quiet until late last week. Blanche is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Ed N Caldwell and has worked as an operator at Lebanon Telephone Co. Vernon is a telegraph operator in Indianapolis. Friends and the Hustzer extend congratulations.
Village women petition the queen seeking relief from motor cars they say disrupt life. They cite dust, damaged goods, closed windows, and nighttime noise hurting their families and dignity. They emphasize their poverty and the disregard by most car users, calling for humane action.
The London Nation notes that caravan lectures urged country people to keep windows open and adopt simple, low-cost practices to improve personal and family health and that dependents are to benefit from these inexpensive methods.
A bank ad urges readers to form the saving habit through disciplined money management. It promotes starting a checking account, promising community benefit and personal value beyond the cash balance, and invites readers to join the bank’s growing customer base.
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