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Newspaper
Advance Hustler
Location
Advance, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1908
Page
7
The New York American notes Pope Innocent VIII as the earliest recorded transfusion recipient in April 1492. It mentions 1667 attempts in France and England, a revival in 1824 by Dr. Blundell proving feasibility, and the procedure becoming accepted in medicine since then.
A circus leopard on tour in Cleveland is reported to have mauled dogs and a child, drawing attention to the animal's unpredictable behavior. The incident underscores the troupe's ongoing risk as the leopard appears the same despite a few altered spots.
Advertises a free sample of Allen's Foot-Ease from Allen S. Olmsted Le Roy New York. Claims relief for tired sweating swollen aching feet and helps with tight shoes and corns and bunions. Sold by all druggists and shoe stores for 25 cents.
A fragment from the Boston Post quotes a man asking his father about a marriage. The father reportedly fell on a bag and cried, with no spoken reply. The snippet includes an advertisement line about Red Cross Ball Blue laundry product.
A fragmentary piece cites the Pittsburg Real Optimism motto about cheerfulness amid hardship and rails at the urban sentiment. It references a coal worker with a resilient smile and notes a Chicago Record-Herald quote. It ends with an advertisement for Winson’s Soothing Syrup for teething pain priced at 25 cents per bottle.
An English passenger on the Pacific Express from Philadelphia, sleepy in his berth, rouses the porter to wake him in San Francisco by calling for “Portah, portah.” The anecdote highlights humorous views of American geography.
The New York American notes that one hundred, one thousand, and ten thousand years ago the sun’s diameter differed from today by 4, 40, and 400 miles respectively. Present diameter is 60,000 miles and a 10,000 mile shrink tomorrow would be imperceptible to the naked eye.
Detroit Tribune notes Miss De Young Stella says she has an engagement each night next week while Miss De Playne argues many girls cannot get engaged. The exchange highlights social expectations and competition for engagements among local women.
Tess calls him likely meaning a young man who speaks fondly of her as lovely. Jess clarifies it as a young man who likes her enough to call her lovely. Philadelphia paper brief dialogue noted.
Miss Lacer gasps at an impossible obstacle as her friend jokes about passing a waist line. The exchange captures playful tension and dramatic humor from a Houston Post report.
The artist jokes that his upcoming work titled Driven to Drink will depict a horse at a water trough, while a friend counters with a witty take that it is a bold portrayal of baffled passion.
A man patented a clockwork sheet from cat with a bellows tail that makes loud sounds to wake a neighborhood and a steel claws feature for defending against prowling cats. Another inventor received a patent for a phosphorus covered paste board cat that glows in the dark to frighten rats and mice.
A Houston Post snippet reports a market quarrel where a housewife complains the potatoes have black eyes, but Marketman Grogan explains the potatoes mixed with squashes caused a quarrel. The brief captures a humorous street scene and local market banter.
A quip from Chicago Record-Herald recalls Janet’s reply that they hire lots of help though she says none. The line reflects a witty family moment.
Swiss guides display extraordinary patience humor and skill. Their quick eyes spot danger avert incidents and provide security on rope climbs steep aretes rotten ice and precipices. Their sixth sense and precognition warn of mountaineering dangers ensuring safety and success.
The passage notes Venus shines so brightly at its peak that it can be seen in daylight if the sky location is known. It claims Venus can outshine Sirius and many stars, becoming ten times brighter than Sirius and a hundred times brighter than ordinary first magnitude stars, then fades as it moves relative to Earth.
Senator Philetus Sawyer of Wisconsin rarely wrote letters due to spelling weakness and dictated most, yet he possessed an extraordinary memory for figures. As chairman of the House Commerce Committee he drafted the river and harbor bill and could recall yearly appropriations for public improvements precisely to the copper.
A Colorado woman delegate asks her husband for serious guidance about the labor plank at the convention. He agrees, then she interrupts to ask what hat she should wear, signaling political theater and fashion as part of the scene.
A brief quatrain from the Philadelphia Press laments a man’s fear of asking for a proposal due to his potential father in law’s disapproval and the need for prudence before an engagement.
A Chicago clerk writes of recovering health and income through Grape-Nuts after nervous illness from overwork and poor nourishment. She credits the food with ending brain-fire and dyspepsia and helping her keep her job. The advertisement closes with the slogan There’s a Reason and a prompt to read The Road to Wellville in Postum Co. materials.
Angelica Ballou, widow of sixty five and a millionaire, uses charm and high society influence to win Paul Debonair, a carefree heir, after a planned chase, culminating in marriage during a Rome ball and return to America.
The San Francisco Bulletin essay argues that urban life exposes residents to constant peril from cars gas fires and accidents yet people remain calm bed risks are often overlooked while heroic acts in battles are praised more than everyday courage. It compares city risks to ancient knightly dangers and notes people fear death less in familiar settings than in unusual ones.
A Baltimore American humorous exchange about moving to the country for the summer and a quip about transit mishaps. The brief vignette suggests simple living and light domestic wit amid travel mishaps.
Since Gen Corbin's report became known as the wine, women and song report, it recalls his critique of officers marrying, the canned meals, and his push to train soldiers in music with regimental airs and songs.
A terse verse from the Cleveland Leader ponders the notion of affinity and proximity with the line Queer is it not that one s affinity Mostoft is found In the vicinity. The fragment captures a wry reflection on how attraction or similarity often appears nearby.
Day Allen Wiley in St. Nicholas notes Greenland as a vast ice reservoir, smaller New York compared in area, and explains glaciers moving away from the center as the source of most icebergs feared by mariners.
A Chattanooga Tennessee woman describes relief from a running sore and severe dermatitis after using Cuticura Soap and Ointment. She reports two years of itching on hands and wrists, and notes two small children and another uncle's baby also recovered.
A Pittsburg Post snippet quotes a man praising his wife as a paragon and a woman’s imagined alternative as a fine man she might have married, highlighting tensions in marital happiness and expectations.
In a Chicago News style note a poultry man from New Market Tennessee endorses 20 Mule Team Borax for washing white chicks. J A Dinwiddie reports cleaner brighter birds after years in the business. Pacific Coast Borax Co. Chicago distributes samples and a booklet to dealers.
Cannel coal, also called candle coal, was valued as a candle substitute because it burns with a clear yellow flame and can be cut into blocks or strips for easy use.
A United States judge eligible for retirement on full pay reaches seventy years of age and has ten years on the bench. Also a homemaker uses Red Cross Ball Blue to keep white clothes bright, with a large 2oz package priced at five cents.
A gunboat entering the estuary hails a small collier. The officer asks why the ship has a black flag. The reply warns not to offend the captain, noting the flag is merely his shirt drying on deck.
A Yonkers boarding house scene captures a sharp exchange as the landlady proclaims the mole will starve in a day, prompting the thin boarder to question how she knows, sparking curiosity about local happenings.
A Lake City Minnesota man describes kidney trouble with back pains dizziness and nervousness. He credits Dean's Kidney Pills for a cure and perfect health. Advertisement notes 50 cents per box and broad availability through all dealers Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
The Philadelphia Press notes a couplet of quips about Tess and Jess with Tess announced as the lucky bride-to-be, highlighting Tess being left handed and the engagement ring involved.
A chaperon beloved grows my love daily with a soft tone and a turn away. A gossipy woman troubles, but a man who listens is worse. Those who fail to look forward with reverence will someday regret looking back.
A Baltimore American quip suggests Miss Gadabout wonders what electric to buy. The columnist mocks a matching runabout and offers a playful recommendation.
The Cleveland Plain Dealer quotes a remark about Von Fluffie praising his charm and a humorous note that he can crawl under an automobile gracefully, highlighting a quirky exchange.
The article notes that English belles in Henry VII’s era wore small hand mirrors on girdles. The practice continued through Elizabeth I and James I. Mirrors were central to fans of that period and later trends.
A witty exchange about gowns and travel decorum contrasts Mrs Premiere and Mrs Seconde. The dialogue notes anticipation before trips and a quip on life’s emptiness and immortality.
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