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Newspaper
Advance Hustler
Location
Advance, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1919
Page
5
Telegrams report Mrs Blanch Gough died about four hours after a surgical operation in a Cleveland hospital. Body to arrive in Indianapolis this afternoon, funeral at Advance at 10 30 AM, burial at Jamestown. Daughter of Thomas Melson of Advance, born and raised here with many friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Edd Wright hosted a Sunday gathering for their son Otis who has just returned from France. Special guests included Far Isle Waters, Austin Beaver, Frank Ross, Henry Swindler, and Ernest Beck, along with many neighbors and friends enjoying a pitch-in dinner and ice cream.
Charley Robbins bought an 80 acre farm to pay rear ouaci da e. He made his debit thru J.R.Sullivan. Robbins has sold 30 acres off his farm near Jamestown. Grace Welden arrived home from France after a year abroad. Leatha Rohn returned from Winona Lake in improved health. Robert Rogers took his daughter Minnie to Culver Hospital for tonsil removal. Dave Weaver is receiving treatment at Mt. Jackson. Ernest Smith reports arrival at Colorado Springs in good shape.
Attendance at the Rector Christian Church reached 150 with an offering of 5.71 as Irene Caldwell discussed Money the Acid Test. A canvas aims for 1259. drive to begin Monday August 4. Local visits, social events, and lodge notices fill the page with various residents traveling to Lebanon and Indianapolis and a farewell note from the Pythian Grand Lodge.
A jumble of local notices and ads appears, noting residents returning from visits, job changes, and real estate or sale items. It mentions Mrs Ora McDaniel and children returning from Northern Indiana, Mrs Winn and family return from Morgan County, and John Whitecotton’s and Weaver Emmert’s returning from Blackberry land. James Bean and Wm. P. Kibbey trustee resignation and James Bowman appointed. Prof Crill Kibby resigning to teach Mishawaka history. The page also includes stray jokes about telephone calls, a for sale ad for Scotch Coke pups, and a warning to stop the lingering sale ads.
A stray OCR tale portrays a local editor nicknamed Cowarown Wamdus facing criticism for press stance and a cost dispute over paper delivery. It sketches a quirky character, Homeward Pa, as a long suffering figure amid the office culture and a moral about kindness to the elderly emerges.
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