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Newspaper
Advance Hustler
Location
Advance, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1914
Page
2
The Advance Hustler announces Ora McDaniel as Publisher and Gebel Hall as Editor. The paper is entered weekly as second class mail matter March 3, 1911 at the Advance Indiana post office under the act of March 3 1879.
A column of wry observations and bits of news notes including Roosevelts River of Doubt, marriages before war, a London dentist chair neck break, sugar and population quips, Texas war munitions, grape juice shipments, sailing names Resolute and Vanitie, Americans in Mexico, printing costs for La Follette remarks, Nero fire bug claim, Sherlock Holmes author Conan Doyle in New York, and a Kansas man killed in a runaway with a rabbit foot clue.
Reports from several cities describe drivers facing pedestrians who permit minor contacts with passing cars to sue for damages. Authorities warn this as an unfair tactic and urge caution and verification of injuries.
The year's automobile licenses show 712 total owners in Montgomery County with townships and towns listing counts including Crawfordsville 117, Ladoga 47, Clark 27, Scott 27, Union 98, Coal Creek 93, Wayne 43, Ripley 17, Brown 20, Waveland 24, Madison 59, Sugar Creek 30, Franklin 30, Walnut 46, Darlington 39.
Swiss lovers eloped as parents rode a train away and the couple glided down on a botsled express, unseen until they vanished. A seven year study of 600 boys links tobacco use to lower scholarship and athletic performance, noting poor home life as a common factor.
The passage explains how rain seeping underground cannot pass certain rocks and thus returns to the surface. It describes how underground water carries nutrients from rocks to support plant and animal life as it journeys back upward.
Columbus reports the State Agriculture commission issues a proclamation ordering a large scale killing of roosters to boost egg production and prices. The plan, not mandatory, targets old birds from May through December with a Saturday slaughter to stock Sunday dinners.
Gardeners note two experiments on natural growth. Darwin kept six ounces of pond mud for six months and counted five hundred thirty seven plants. A Scotsman planted hedge root soil and recorded one hundred fifty five plants in a year with further gains in later years.
A lyric fragment expresses deep devotion and eternal connection between lovers. The speaker vows to measure love, praises rising skies, and vows not to part, claiming the beloved holds heart and soul and that life began with their meeting. The author signs Sara Rexford Parker.
A church bulletin lists twelve tactics to undermine a preacher by avoidance, social coldness, withholding support, and minimal engagement. The guide urges lingering hostility to "kill him mentally, morally end physically" and ends with a rhetorical question about killing a preacher.
A column recounts rural youths who form their own school to educate themselves after leaving country schools by age thirteen. It argues adult farmers and older youths can pursue practical agricultural learning, noting self-run schools could improve farming methods across the corn belt and inspire lifelong study.
Rush to get married as a Canadian chicken rancher receives 224 replies from women willing to marry him, each letter sent to the rancher via the Bantoourne Board of Guardiana. Some women included verses or charming prose as hope rises for a match. The chairman suggests the rancher select and return remaining correspondence to lonely Canadian comrades.
The piece recalls the one room red schoolhouses that once dotted the countryside. It contrasts their simple tools and strict discipline with modern schooling, noting how these halls shaped many notable figures and laid the groundwork for today’s expanded educational system.
Postal cards asked married men why they wed. Read answers include seeking companionship, reducing loneliness, saving money, avoiding lawsuits, and claiming luck. Some joke about freckle faced, henpeck, and proposals from others. Residents reflect on personal motives for marriage.
The United States Department of Agriculture explains incompletely bled poultry lowers market value by 2 to 6 cents per pound. Proper technique uses a small knife to sever veins behind the mouth roof while holding the head and jaw open to ensure complete bleed and better preservation. It details anatomy, knife size, and exact cut positions to avoid partial bleeding and discoloration.
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