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Newspaper
Advance Hustler
Location
Advance, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1912
Page
2
A collage of quips and opinions from an Advance Hustler column lampoons modern life. It touches on Indiana life in Cuba, Chicago birth rates, aviators, coffee origins, political pitfalls, and a gasoline story, with a chorus of playful jabs at society, technology, and manners.
Trinity Church in New York reports an annual income of $1,000,000 drawing scrutiny of generosity. The writer notes the sting of a man who cannot even place more than a nickel on the contribution plate, contrasting wealth with measured charity.
A Pennsylvania court rules that a voter's home is where his wife loes, leaving bachelors to find their own homes. The decision notes this may be difficult for some men late at night.
The New York Medical Journal declares card playing injurious to the mind in a brief notice. It offers no explanation of how the material for the experimentation was obtained.
A new French aeroplane line over the English Channel has adopted a 15 minute timetable. The announcement outlines rapid departures and frequent crossings to improve cross channel travel.
A Indian woman seeks divorce after her husband tried to force her to wear his old false teeth. The upcoming trial may feature biting sarcasm from her lawyer as a strategic tone in court.
Statistical review shows ten bullfighters killed and 166 injured in 872 bullfights in Spain during 1911. The report argues bullfighting remains ahead of modern football as a national pastime and cultural fixture.
An English writer claims women can be successful explorers in theory but notes in jest the stereotype of women intruding into a husband’s private space at night. The tone mocks vanity and offers a wry social comment on gender and curiosity.
Baseball magnates threaten to shorten the playing season but refrain from actions that would curb fan talk about the game year round.
A Chicago woman advertised for a maid promising a weekly auto ride as an inducement. Her sole applicant asked to see a picture of the chauffeur, noting joy would be missing without visual proof.
In a San Francisco divorce, the husband sought custody of a dog shared with his child but ignored the child. The court awarded the dog to the more human-minded spouse, granting custody of the pet to the other partner.
A Philadelphia brain expert states women lack equal brain capacity to men. The speaker notes no man active in public life would endorse such insinuations in a state where women vote.
Two cats employed at a subtreasury to protect papers from rats and mice must subsist on charity as meat prices are too high for the treasury to feed them.
Prof. E J Iddings explains profitability hinges on careful pig rearing from birth. Proper warmth, nutrition, and air, plus early creep feeding and a mixed grain diet, boost growth. Weaning at six to twelve weeks, with continued skim milk and pasture plus grain rotation, maximizes weight gains and efficiency.
A farmer explains building a cement dipping tank for hogs, detailing dimensions and a six inch frame with cement fill for a watertight pool. He reports improved skin and health after monthly dips, notes a neighbor’s cistern method, and suggests tanks suit sheep and lambs as well.
Green rye may be fed after heading, offering strong nourishment in the stalks. Feed small amounts first and wilt briefly. cows receive a walf forkful after hay. Do not give green feed to working horses due to colic risk. Begin pasture with hay or straw, then light grazing, increasing as cows adjust. Experienced dairymen use a small grain ration during grazing if milk pays for it.
Chicks hatched in June July and August begin laying from February through March and lay enough in their first season to cover the extra costs of care.
Inspect young orchard trees for injuries caused by mice or rabbits. Check trunks roots limbs and near the base for gnaw marks gnawed bark and signs of feeding. Note affected trees and areas to guide treatment and replanting.
The writer notes that beef cattle from good sires are typically strong feeders, while calves starved or poorly rationed become unprofitable. Poor feeding, dirty pens, and wrong milk diets hinder growth, turning calves into ill-shaped or late animals. The piece warns against blaming cows and stresses humane, well-managed feeding.
A writer urges teens to fix skin issues by improving digestion and lifestyle. Advice covers hydrating, laxatives, diet shifts toward fruits vegetables greens olive oil and eggs, plus avoiding sedentary routines and mental stress to prevent pimples, oily skin and freckles.
The season's peignoir is an elaborate loose gown without a waistline, similar to an evening dress but worn for tea time. Boudoir caps have grown popular as a chic finish to the neglige ensemble, replacing some traditional nightcaps.
A short needle work piece for a woman who embroiders. It is a linen flat bow shape with edge scallops stamped around and two large eyelets at the center. The rabat below is stamped for scalloping with a small end pattern. Eyelets are threaded with a velvet ribbon bow.
Advice for a social tea with four guests includes serving chou cantaloupe halves, creamed sweetbreads and mushrooms, green peas, rolls, cherry sherbet, and a pear salad with mayonnaise. It suggests either the hostess or guest may introduce a stranger and provides pronunciations for Adelaide and Adele.
A cautionary guideline urges boys to avoid asking for a kiss and to treat girls with reverence. It advises waiting until manhood and ensuring the girl is the future wife, comparing actions to how one treats a sister. Avoid kissing or hugging and maintain respectful friendship.
A column argues that sixteen year old girls can visit a park together without harm if they are responsible and under guidance. It also suggests that a respectable male visitor at a home is acceptable with parental permission. The author cautions girls to protect their dignity to prevent unwanted advances by men.
A reader asks for games and a light lunch for twelve girls aged thirteen to fourteen for a surprise party. Advice suggests using today’s paper for ideas and explains to invitees that the event is a surprise and to handle invitations verbally. It also notes plans for a simple going away gift can be arranged when guests are asked.
Silk stockings are worn for many occasions regardless of outfit. They suit dressed up dresses and street suits alike, as well as boudoir and morning gowns. Cost often influences choice, but propriety is flexible.
The latest novelty in silk hosiery features stockings embroidered with dots approved by Paris. Home embroiderers can create these, using triangular dot patterns on the instep and following a basted triangle, with black and white silk for contrast.
A brief fashion note highlights a novelty slip made from string colored fisherman's net and lace. It appeals to those on a slender budget and would brighten a summer wardrobe with its delicate design.
Willie avoids the circus despite posters and his mother’s fears of illness. Aunt Victoria questions his silence as he reveals riding an elephant in a parade and wearing a red coat, claiming he saw the show and enjoyed it.
An aspiring reporter writes a paragraph claiming three hundred ninety nine eyes fixated on the speaker. The editor questions the line, and the cub explains a single old man in the audience was blind in one eye, revealing the misread phrase.
A London Chronicle note laments the boom in banks over public houses as streets shrink to bank on every corner. It recalls only fifty years ago there was none and comments on the proliferation from Euston Road to St Albans and Elephant and Croydon areas.
A coastal note proclaims London as the banking center of the world with its prominent financial institutions and international reach shaping global finance.
A man believes a girl is perfectly proper yet she refuses to kiss him for reasons he cannot accept. He assumes she declines for unspecified causes, miscasting her stance as obstinacy rather than boundary setting.
A reader from Redonda Beach California recounts eight years of severe eczema on the hands and chest. After trying an unfamiliar treatment a marked improvement occurred within days, leading to a full recovery. The letter promotes Cuticura products and includes a mail offer for samples and a 32 page book.
A young man bursts into a library and declares he met the old man’s daughter and will marry her next Friday at 3:30. The daughter, Miss Ethel, is willing. The old man checks his card index and adjusts the time to 4:30 to fit his own engagement, and the wedding is set.
The university president shows signs of stress after recalling a nightmare about being required to pass the freshman admission exam. His wife notes his illness as he explains he awoke unsettled by the dream.
A rich wife describes coffee causing her and her husband years of health problems including bladder catarrh and heart palpitations. After switching to Postum, symptoms significant improve, stomach issues vanish in two weeks, and children benefit. she praises boiling the beverage thoroughly and notes a visitor found it pleasant.
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