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Newspaper
Advance Hustler
Location
Advance, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1924
Page
6
A frightened little bird nearly is struck by speeding cars in the city road and fears for its life. A compassionate passerby lifts the bird from danger, reassures it, and returns it to safety where it flies away singing a grateful tune.
Five year old Dorothy, given a blue silk sash, asks for it to be tied. Her mother urges independence, noting she has tied the sash five times that morning. Dorothy protests, saying she cannot tie it herself while the sash keeps slipping around her front.
The Optimist organization's purpose is to foster community improvement by turning optimism into practical work. Cornelius Conway argues real optimism comes from service, not talks, and clubs should engage members directly in diverse civic and social efforts across all human life needs.
A National Protective Society report states $506,541,001 worth of American property burned in a year. 40 percent of fires are due to inflammable construction, another 40 percent to carelessness, 10 percent to ignorance, and 10 percent to accidents. Charles E Worthington blames architects and builders for cheaper inflammable materials. Ralph P Stoddard notes Americans are highly careless about home safety and urge noncombustible wall materials and roofing.
A U.S. Department of Agriculture bulletin describes a paint up campaign in Choctaw County Mississippi led by extension workers and women’s clubs. They planned to paint four school buildings with more added later, raised funds, recruited men and boys to paint, and saw children take pride as environments were cleaned and freshened.
The committee on specifications for small houses of the American Institute of Architects states that paint and varnish costs total about 60 dollars for a new frame house valued at 5,000 dollars. The outlay rises with area and decorative specs, but averages around one percent of the total cost.
In Ledyard Connecticut a church is described as a central hub for the town. It hosts worship on Sundays and functions as a schoolhouse on weekdays with evenings filled by town meetings and committee gatherings.
Pasadena voters approved a $3 500 000 bond issue at a recent special election to fund an adequate civic center. The measure authorizes construction and related facilities in the city. The decision commits the city to proceed with the project and issue bonds as the financing mechanism.
Three men dine in a London restaurant. On a bitter night they test taxi drivers by offering payment to sit out doors till dawn. The Englishman asks for a sovereign to endure St Paul’s steps, the Scot demands a price, but the Irishman laughs off with I’ll take a cold.
A young man apologizes after stepping on an old man’s toe aboard a crowded train. The interchange escalates as the old man questions the meaning of the apology, then repeats the line you don’t say so. The exchange ends with a surprised reaction in Pittsburgh.
Mrs Boddington, visiting Mrs Coddington, plans to leave when Harriet asks to stay for dinner. Harriet begs to stay, then bluntly reveals her mother will administer a good sound switching as soon as they return home.
Warning of kidney trouble with symptoms like backache puffed eyes and swollen ankles. Promotes Dr Carey's Marshroot Prescription 777 as the best medicine, available in liquid and tablet forms for 75 cents through Carey Medical Laboratories in Elmira New York.
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