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Newspaper
Advance Hustler
Location
Advance, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1915
Page
1
The field of optics advances highly accurate devices for diagnosing refractive errors and other eye defects. Researchers refine instruments to quantify vision issues, enabling better corrective strategies for patients.
Grant Davis and family moved into a newly built two story home with a 18x40 one story addition on a 133 acre farm in Advance. The house features five upper bedrooms, a ground floor spare room and dining kitchen, with a veranda around the corner. Davis finished harvest on 35 acres of wheat and 25 of rye and plans to remodel outbuildings next summer. The property includes a large orchard and substantial outbuildings, with a show-farm future outlook and local visitors noted.
A cattle barn on the Mat Martin farm southeast of town burned after a lightning strike during a Tuesday electrical storm. Considerable straw was burned. James Van Horn lives on the Martin place.
The concert drew a crowd as the band played well and the audience enjoyed the music. Rev Speer sang a nostalgic tune in a manner described as most acceptable.
Ralph Roberta dies at his Jamestown home at 7 15 in the morning due to diabetes after a brief illness. He leaves parents a sister and three brothers. Funeral services were held at 2 30 pm with Rev Francis officiating. He once played on the Jamestown basketball team and was well known.
Mr and Mrs John Wheeler of West South street returned home Sunday evening to a ransacked house. Intruders searched for money but left the Wheeler belongings in a topsy turvy state, according to the Lebanon Pioneer.
A physician in New Albany responds to a Chicago mail order house letter by listing reasons for not trading locally. He cites lack of patronage from the company, absence from street improvements and charity lists, and no local tax or license records, urging the firm to support the community as local merchants do.
Jackson township officers toured the Sunday School of the township visiting Jamestown to promote the Boone County Convention at Thorntown on August 19. One hundred delegates from Jackson township will form an auto parade at Advance with banners for schools and the township. A 1 PM main meeting on the school lawn will feature object lessons, a boy scout drill, and Bible drill with speaker Mr Carpenter.
Seasonal sale listing waxed paper glassine bags greaseproof paper napkins and cleaning items. Includes fly killers Nyals products and milk cow protection items with prices and bulk offers.
Cecil and Dovie Maddox of Leba non spend the week with grandmother Mrs Susan Shelley. Ross Robbins and family of near Jamestown and Mrs Jennie Ross visit John Emmetts. Virgil Margan and wife return to Indianapolis after a few days with relatives. LC Bowman and wife go home to Hamilton Ohio after two weeks with Weaver Emmert. Jamestown residents Mc Emmert and Neal Day threshing machine crew at work. Rev Speer travels to Frankfort with Wm Rohn and wife. Victoria Speer returns with her father. Chas Ray and wife of Hoopeston Illinois visit. Charley returns Monday. vacation planned for September.
An editor and wife ride Sunday afternoon, thanks to A H Yager and wife. They visit Dale skunok farm to see skunks and their many young. They tour Scott deer park with a newborn and a six week old deer. They stop at Ivan Funkhouser’s farm, then Chas Blue’s home with tomatoes and crops. The Blue couple hints at a past in Advance.
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