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Newspaper
Advance Hustler
Location
Advance, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1918
Page
5
Advance Lodge No 806 1[,0.C.F Meets Thursday night of each week. Nipmuck Tribe No 1411.C.R.M. meets on Friday nights. Nipmuck Hayloft No 1413 meet on each Monday night. Visiting brothers welcome.
Trustee William Joseph states he will conduct township business at the State Bank of Advance on Tuesdays each week and at Jamestown on other days. The Jackson township meeting occurs Wednesday night on or before the full moon. visitors are welcome, per Fred Saunders and D G Caplinger.
Epperson cashier of the State Bank of Advance wed Miss Nan Wilson of Danville at Rev WD Headrick’s Indianapolis office Saturday at noon. They returned to Advance on Sunday and will live with Mr Epperson’s mother. Mrs Epperson taught in Advance schools and is well known locally. Numerous friends extend best wishes.
The Advance Hustler listing shows pricing for subscriptions and display ads. Rates include $1.50 for Veruis 26 edition, six months 1.50, three months 2.22, and 10 copies 1.25. cash in advance. Display ads are 10 per inch, locals 5 per line, with short obituaries free and extra lengths at 5 per line. Card of thanks and resolutions priced per line. mentions membership in Commercial Club and Indiana Associated Weeklies.
Saturday Night Attractions Advance hosts a night auction with J B Henderson as auctioneer. All proceeds go to donors, with the Commercial Club paying expenses. About 500 dollars worth of household goods, many brand new, are listed. Auction starts at 8:00 pm followed by moving pictures. A large crowd is expected and merchants offer top quality items at take home prices.
Owing to the sickness of Geo McDaniel father of the editor this will be the last issue of the Hustler until further notice. Father's condition requires constant attention and we believe this is best for readers and the publication.
Janet Bernice Wall added to Cradle Roll. Rev Henry to discuss Purdue Church Conference Sunday morning. Children’s exercises Sunday night. Silver offering urged from all present. June 14 Southern melodies. Owens and Hinkle visit Whitly and Russell families. Forrest Bowman at Akron with Goodyear. Born Tuesday to Frank and wife Heady twins lived a few hours buried Jamestown. Mrs Heady very ill.
David Farrow and Mabel Lucas wed at the clerk’s office in Lebanon. Both graduates of Advance high school, they plan to reside with John and Mrs. Farrow on the groom’s farm. Rev. George Farrow of Elwood officiated. The couple visited Elwood through Monday.
Olive Owens and Sallie Nisley visited Dorothy Rohn on Sunday for a family gathering. The three shared time together in an informal visit likely at Rohn's home.
Mr and Mrs J W Jones and Mr and Mrs M M Routh write from Memphis on May 26 describing a southbound automobile tour through Indiana Ohio Kentucky and Tennessee. They detail towns visited roads roughness and oil and cotton industries while noting a ferry across the Cumberland river and a pair of Mexican mule drivers returning from Kentucky to Oklahoma.
The travelers recount a long journey with gate openings along a road a stop at Standing Rock and arrival at Park Aviation Field on a Saturday morning. Bir and Mrs. Janes greet their son Harry a flying mechanic with trips across Tennessee Mississippi and Arkansas. They note traffic rules on airfields resembling city streets and enjoy a Memphis visit including church and a 29 mile park zoo Arkansas drive. They plan to return home over a different route traveling over 1300 miles total.
Rev. Wayne G. Miller, pastor of Mechanicsburg and Bethel Methodist churches, has been drafted by Hendricks county and will leave June 15 for army service. He resigns his pastorates and will join an automobile drivers unit. Members regret his departure as a popular and energetic community pastor.
Help wanted ad seeking a cash station operator for the J. A. Long Co of Union City. Open to any applicant, man or woman, with contact via Chester Miller in Thorntown. Rush Voorhis and family hosted Roy Melson and family and Robert E. Bruce and family Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Burris visited Mr. and Mrs. Tom Kersey. Leon Hall and wife from Louisville, Kentucky, are visiting Dr. and Mrs. Hall.
Norman MecClaine and son from Greentown visit relatives and recount a Red Cross story about Belgian orphans adopted by a childless American couple. The girl recalls abuse that fatally harmed her parents and the boy bears lifelong injuries, yet they seek peace in a hopeful home.
A. H. Yager and family and Mrs. H. J. Frazier traveled to Colfax on Sunday to visit their son Eugene and Mr. and Mrs. Duncan. Lula McLaughlin of Terre Haute returned home with them.
Lon Bratton returns home from Martinsville sanitarium and attends revival services with the Barr party. He heard Mrs. Barr preach twice in the hospital and spoke with Mr. Balmond who plans a visit to Advance at the meeting's end.
Charles Blink and his family visited Morgan County on Sunday, sharing time with locals and noting the warm reception and ongoing community events during the weekend outing.
June 14 notes from Hazel Wood record visitors from Clayton Lebanon New Hope and Indianapolis. Willis Wesner and wife visited near Clayton. Frank Rightenour hosted by Edrington family. carpenters to start Stewart's house midweek. Several families spent Sunday with relatives in the area.
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