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Newspaper
Advance Hustler
Location
Advance, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1924
Page
1
Chas E Mc Claine, a longtime local merchant, adds a triple size modern refrigerator to his store to bring customers and dealers together. The note highlights his effort to stay current and maintain a fair market share. Attend Ball Game.
Robbers used nitroglycerin to blow open the Thorntown Lumber Co office safe, escaping with $8 in cash. Police chased leads as the professional job followed four prior local robberies within two weeks. Witnesses report two medium-build men with canes leaping over the yard fence. no other loot was disturbed.
Discussion covered plans for the eighth annual Red Cross Roll Call with emphasis on fundraising, volunteer participation, and community outreach measures to boost blood donor support. Organizers outlined key dates, locations, and target goals for the campaign period.
Boone County Red Cross drives planned for early November with county chairman Walter Hodge taking on the role, followed by a Thanksgiving conclude. Local residents and visitors such as Mrs. Forbes and child ren, Mr. and Mrs. Peeper, Higgins, and Billingsly families attended events and visits across Boone County including Crawfordsville and Lafayette with many short trips and family gatherings noted.
Nancy A. Graham, 73, died at her home six miles southeast of Lebanon after an illness. Born April 9, 1851 in Johnson County, she moved to the Max neighborhood sixty years ago. Survived by six children, seven grandchildren, and two sons-in-law. funeral Thursday at 2 p.m. at the residence, Rev. D. Q. Coy officiating. interment Brockway cemetery. She was the last of four siblings and a Mt. Zion Christian Church member.
The article records committee appointments for officer nominations E C Gullion W T Hooton and John Hussey. It notes Red Cross fund balance 359.40 and various local visits and reports about Edith Morrison Edith Waters and Daisy Riley plus travel notes of McDaniel Beavers Fulwider and Evinett among others.
Seventy attended the Faulkinbury annual reunion at Memorial Park with a noon pitch-in feast. Ed Denny of Roachdale was elected president Raymond Faulkinbury Advance secretary treasurer Ida Gee Indianapolis secretary treasurer. Out of town guests included civilians and ex service men.
Mrs. Mona Beaver Fulwider signs to teach music and art in five Wayne county township schools. She previously taught in Advance and Whitestown, begins in September, and will reside in Cambridge City.
A large barn on the E. J. Barker James Riley farm near Thorntown burned Saturday evening, about 6 o'clock. Loss estimated at 4000 to 5000 dollars with 1500 dollars insurance. Barn, headquarters for the Barker operation, measured forty four by sixty feet and contained hay, harnesses, a horse, wagon, straw, and farm implements. William Sikes tenants the farm.
A knitted bed spread by Miss Emma McKinsey on two needles with number 8 thread displays in Fulwider and Emmett window to aid Indiana blind. It contains 1 808 000 stitches and invites a one cent donation per stitch, with proceeds to the needy blind. A lock-bor is attached and donations go to a good cause. McKinsey will speak from the band stand Saturday night under Advance Commercial Club auspices.
Benjamin Wise civil war veteran died in Noblesville leaving a 40000 estate mostly to the Masons. Widow receives personal property and life interest in real estate, with final distribution to Noblesville Masonic Lodge Crawford Baptist Home Franklin Masonic endowment fund.
Nellie Maxwell writes The Kitchen Cabinet a weekly feature on foods and preparation. She has lectured for the University of Wisconsin and taught domestic science in Iowa and Nebraska. Recipes are reliable, simple, and obtainable in small communities.
A grateful tribute expresses deep appreciation for aid in word and deed during the illness and death of our daughter and sister Alwilda A. White Cotton.
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