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Newspaper
Advance Hustler
Location
Advance, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1917
Page
8
The notice promotes a large July sale with text claiming rising merchandise prices and labor shortages. It urges buying early at reduced prices and highlights a well stocked store with contracted goods before price increases.
The ad lists numerous clothing items with marked down July Reduction Sale prices. Khaki pants to silk shirts, union suits, dresses, blouses, and coats feature dramatic discounts, aiming to clear stock. Dozens of named items, including Misses Norfolk suits, Georgette waists, and school dresses, are promoted with limited-time sale figures.
Special to readers. Our store extends a thanks for support by cutting July sale prices across men s wear. We stock work and dress shoes hats caps pants shirts and more with pre raise prices helping save you money. Featured prices include men s Union Bush farm work shoes 3 90 elk shoes 2 98 gun metal and vici shoes 2 98 3 48 English cut oxfords 4 98 ladies and misses shoes 1 49 and rubber sole canvas oxfords 0 49.
Advance R R 21 Frank Heady and wife spent Saturday night and Sunday with Charles Robbins and wife of Indianapolis. Omer McClaine and family spent Sunday with Glenn Maneely and family. George Broshar and wife were in Indianapolis, Wednesday. Ora Nicely and family of Goodland spent last week with John Nicely and family. Rev. and Mrs. Rector, Dave Hedge and family and Frank Rin er and wife spent Sunday with George Lroshar and family. Those who spent Sunday with John Nicely and family were Jim Summers and family and Ralph Bratton and wife of near Mace, Clay Sheets and family of Lebanon, Ora Nicely and family of Goodland and Clair Leeke and wife.
Sunday visits included Rev Overstreet at Providence with Jne Cassaday and family and Frank Shanks with John Cassaday. Friday guests for Bert Ferguson and family included Joe Edwards Daisy Tyre E F Heflin Yelton and Mollie Morrison. Sunday gatherings featured Steve Miller with Estal Troth, Bert Ferguson with Emmet Thompson, Thos McLaughlin with Perry Ray, and a note of a large crowd in Lizton.
The 5th Sunday sermon by former pastor Rev A L Carney will be preached at 1 o clock. Emmett Bowman slipped and sprained his ankle Saturday and will be exempt from work for two weeks. Live Wire class paid the last $200 note on their piano. The class will meet with Miss Naomi Montgomery at the next meeting.
Mrs. Mary Miller returned from a few days with relatives at Roachdale N L Sumpter and family Henry Stiles and Orville Burris were Sunday guests of Lew Calewell and wife The N S Club met with Mrs A L Titus Friday afternoon A representative of the Red Cross Society attended and instructed in sewing garments Six garments were made A I Martin and family spent Sunday at Riverside and Fort Harrison J C Caldwell drives a new Maxwell Charles McClain and family visited Sunday with J C Caldwell Amber Keifer of Indianapolis is visiting at R N Caldwell The McClains and W M McClain made a business trip to Indianapolis Friday Sunday guests of M M Routh and wife were Mr and Mrs G W Wilcox of Lebanon Mrs Elsa Walter of Minneapolis Mr and Mrs Charles Johnson Mr and Mrs C O Brown Mr and Mrs H P Stevens Miss Mabel Cox Waltes McDaniel and family and Glen Silliniter Layton Caldwell of Cleveland is visiting J C Caldwell and other relatives
Grandma Owens is very ill and relatives travel to New Winchester for medicine. Various residents report visits, Sunday calls, and travels among Bean family, Shannahan, Dale, Mangus, Swindler, and Ray households near Ward, Lebanon, Jamestown, Max, and Stewarts Chapel. A. N. Lewis visits near Stewarts Chapel. Rev. Bagby departs to Canada. Miss Nancy Sheen to Porto Rico. local youth romances noted with a sewing girl overalls incident. anonymous humor from Thorn town Times referenced.
A group in Zionsville compares drought conditions with humorous exaggeration. One man notes creeks drying and fish standing on noses, while another recalls a man pulling a 395 foot well from the ground and threading it through a clothes wringer to give a baby a drink.
J. T. Brown and his wife visited along with daughters Mary and Pearl, joining Mr. and Mrs. James Graham and daughter Maxine for a Sunday gathering with Morgan County relatives.
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