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Newspaper
Advance Hustler
Location
Advance, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1912
Page
2
A satirical column notes ironies and curiosities across cities and professions. Highlights include a woman piloting an airship across the English Channel, a New York judge on wife gown selection, a poultry of breezy jokes about motoring, onions, and court decisions, and quips on fashion, clocks, and social habits.
A Boston suffragist declares a surplus of idle men and issues a challenge to the average spinster who believes there are not enough. The remark spotlights gender roles in the suffrage era and social expectations.
The outbreak imperils peanut harvests prompting calls to shift from politics to essential food aid and farm relief. Officials warn the damage could affect supply and prices, urging immediate action to protect livelihoods.
In Denmark small packing plants help farmers fetch fair value for hogs. Emphasizes early market readiness, thorough hog dipping, and avoiding scrub hogs. Recommends sound breeding, robust sows, and balanced rations with corn and supplements alongside milk. Highlights disease management, housing hygiene, and progressive farming as a community signal.
W M Kelly argues light and inferior seed cause low oats yields and costs of improved seed are small compared with gains. He advises selecting excellent seed from a dedicated seed acre, renewing seed every three to four years, moving seed to new land when possible, and treating seed with formalin to kill smut spores before sowing.
Describes a coat for a girl aged four to six with a light color cloth, dark silk trim, silk bound cuffs, a white straw hat with silk binding and an ostrich feather, plus a cream delaine dress with shoulder tucks, a hemmed skirt and lace-trimmed sleeves. Materials include yardage for fabric and trims.
A sister and I plan a debut soon. We seek a nice event in a large house with three dance rooms and waxed floors. A reception, dinner for guests, and a lively dance with music from piano and violin are suggested.
Instructions describe embroidering clocks on the sides of a shoe with a monogram on the instep and a small dotted or clover design on the front up to the high shoe top.
A reply for a sixteen year old urging against making a vow to a departing boyfriend. It advises not kissing him goodbye at the train and warns the promise could cause future regret. Suggests a practical gift like a silver pencil or desk set rather than sentimental presents.
A reader asks if it is proper for a young man and a girl to have pictures taken together and if a boy can escort a girl to a party at night. The columnist says there is no harm in postcards or talking to boys and endorses reasonable social behavior.
The article explains cantaloupe leaf blight as a common problem, causing brown circular spots and wilting. It recommends spraying Bordeaux mix at vine lengths of 12 to 18 inches, every two weeks, using six pounds blue stone and six pounds lime per 50 gallons, and to thoroughly coat the undersides of leaves. If hopeless, the crop may be lost.
The potato was already cultivated in America before European discovery and is described as spontaneous in Chile. Spaniards introduced it to Europe in 1580 and 1585, with the English bringing it from Virginia around 1550. The sweet potato and Jerusalem artichoke are also believed to originate in America.
The text warns about San Jose scale invading trees, describing its tiny size and hidden nature. Under magnification it resembles a clam shell with a small insect beneath, making it difficult to distinguish from Palmer scale.
The saying notes that long muscles favor speed and short muscles favor power while warning against excessive fat or lean ness. It emphasizes a balanced physique for horses rather than extremes.
The column reassures a thirteen year old about sandals and shirtwaists, notes sandals are common in warm weather, and says girls are never too old to play with dolls. It says baseball is not more rude than other games, and shirtwaist rings are worn on the little finger. It suggests plain stockings and simple embroidered design ideas for stockings.
In great dressmaking houses, outfits are coordinated from accessories to garments. The firm ensures every item passes its head’s approval before sale, offering gloves shoes handkerchiefs hosiery and evening scarf and coiffure ornament. Designers craft unique clasps buckles and hair ornaments. Diamond clasps for the heart and shoes reflect past archive research by a dedicated designer.
A reader asks how to respond to a neighbor's daughter's wedding notice. Since they are not acquainted with the couple, guidance is given on whether to reply, which form to use, whether to call or send cards upon return, and if a gift is required. Northwest Louisiana etiquette column comments on social proprieties in wedding communications.
The note instructs to call on the announced date to learn the couple’s identity or send cards by that date to show proper reception. Madame Merri signs the directive.
Fringes and embroideries dominate this season with heavy chiffons, lace, tulle and velvet. Fringe accents on motor coats mimic traveling rugs while silk fringe finishes hems on satin gowns. Pearls imitate fringe borders on evening dresses and many fringes resemble a shower of stones. Some fringes are handmade and costly per meter as they remain lavishly popular.
The lesson reflects on John the Baptist's doubt while imprisoned and Jesus’ tender assurance. It contrasts John’s austere mission with Jesus’ kingdom approach, noting John’s prophetic authority and the supremacy of the new kingdom over old Hebraism. The text cites biblical prophecies and aims to illuminate faith under trial.
The New York Times notes eight shiploads of European immigrants heading to Canada as labor troubles prompt outward movement. Canada posts a 39 million dollar surplus and 38 million for railways and canals, with railroads expanding and tens of thousands sought for construction. St Paul reports two thousand carloads of farm animals and equipment moving to Canada for new farms, funded by expected first crops.
Six Chicago women form the Antidrudgery Club to cut housework. They own an electric vacuum cleaner washing machine two electric irons and a drying fan. Running costs are about three cents weekly. Initiation equals the device price divided among six. A small boy ferries the appliances among members in one neighborhood.
The Saturday Evening Post recounts Colonel George W. Goethals as West Point instructor who asked cadets to solve how to raise a fallen flagpole. He concluded each answer was wrong and summed up with one line command to the sergeant to erect the pole.
A minister and his deacon play golf when the deacon jokes that shouting Gatun refers to the large dam he knows, explaining the exclamation accompanies poor drives. The exchange blends humor about geography with church humor during a round.
Manila will open ten sunken gardens tennis courts opposite the city hall with baths, lockers, and reading rooms. The bastion near Victoria gate will be transformed into a modern club for public use.
In the old neighborhood dialogue a resident notes the persistence of living in a retired area where neighbors once hoped to save money by raising their own chickens. The remark reveals attitudes toward self sufficiency and community change over time.
A brief ad copy touts liquid blue as a weak solution and urges customers to ask their grocer for Red Cross Blue the blue that is all blue.
Quote humor contrasts coping with drink as a social vice and the habit of coping with it regularly. The exchange highlights a ironic view on alcohol and personal resilience.
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