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Newspaper
Advance Hustler
Location
Advance, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1917
Page
4
Advance Indiana list of display advertising rates per inch and per line for locals and obituaries, with terms for six month and one year subscriptions. It notes weekly second class mail matter status for Advance, Indiana, March 3, 1911.
Ora McDaniel, a local agent, argues auto insurance costs compare with a house or barn, noting cars can burn or be stolen while rates from Indiana Mutual are reasonable and essential.
Trustee William Joseph says he will be at the State Bank of Advance in Advance each Tuesday to transact township business. On all other days he will handle Jamestown matters.
The piece notes the great war began suddenly and will not end quickly. It argues that by its end international law will be far diminished. A famous comedian is quoted saying his best joke isn’t actually his best.
A roundup of city developments across the nation. San Francisco reports 400 jitney drivers while Bremerton builds, Kansas City moves to end vice districts, Allentown plans a new city hall and San Francisco seeks to annex San Mateo county.
The quotes critique romance and modern women with blunt aphorisms. A mix of jaded views suggests marriage is pragmatic, risk is essential, and a fashionable beloved may betray. The passage cautions against judging women by first impressions and mocks hollow allure.
Walter Dean age 27 son of Mr and Mrs J W Dean prominent farmers near Advance died Saturday after a long battle with cancer. The cancer grew large on his back near the shoulder blade and caused a fatal blood vessel rupture. His body lay in state until his brother Ora of Colorado could arrive. Funeral at Providence by C L Airhart with burial at Pisgah. Wall and Hunt funeral directors. He leaves his father, mother, three brothers and one sister Mrs Den Meadows of Pittsboro.
A damaged postcard addressed to Miss reads I saw your name on a washing machine and it said answer soon I have been wanting a girl so send me your age Yours dearly Advante Indiana The card was signed by a prominent young man in knee breeches but allegedly he lost his nerve when found by a reporter.
Ora Mc Daniel asks to write subscriptions for the Lebanon Reporter Times Star and News of Indianapolis. She offers to save remittance expenses and notes T. E. Burrin and Dave Clark chair Jackson Township committee to raise the Red Cross Fund.
The 8th year graduates will meet at Advance on Tuesday June 26 at the school building to receive their common school diplomas. Graduates of No 4 school are also asked to come for their diplomas.
Mr and Mrs M J Robinson of Greenville Illinois visited Mrs Sarah Feathers and Mr W Ford and family last week in a brief social notice noting family connections and travel.
A short note urges quick reporting of news and social visits to avoid seeming unwelcoming. The piece emphasizes timely coverage when hosting company and visitors expect updates.
J B W Emmert of Advance Bakery is the sole Emmert registered in Jackson Township with six eligible Emmerts in Boone County. Dora Sublette earns praise for her verses and messages honor her son Sherman serving as a U S Marine. Local hobbyists experiment with odd projects aiming for harvests or novelty.
A six and a half pound boy named James William Lasley was born to Mr and Mrs Guy Lasley of Perrysville on Sunday. Grandmother Mrs Wm Lasley has stayed with them for weeks while grandfather keeps home and feeds the chickens when he is not away.
A L Kernodle closed a deal for the S A Grimes Garage of Thorntown on Maine street Tuesday and took immediate possession. The town has only two garages and endorses Kernodle as an honest, square dealer who can provide an up-to-date facility if desired.
Mrs Albert Garner and son Harry James and Baxter Brubeck visited Crawfordsville Thursday. Harry James and daughter May were in Lebanon Thursday. Harry James and family spent Sunday with Charley Crawford near Dover. Mrs Garner organized a surprise for her mother Lizzie Richardson at her home Sunday with Mr and Mrs Chas McCafferty and Velva of Shannondale, Pamala Carpenter of Mechanicsburg, Frank Booker and wife, Annie Joseph and Claude of Jamestown, Ollie Richardson and family, Robert Ferguson and wife, and Charles Richardson.
Robt Ferguson and wife called at Advance on Saturday afternoon. Gail Kincaid Charlie Kincaid and Jesse Burris helped Elisha Higgs with fencing. Mrs Alice Burroughs visited relatives in Indianapolis. Floyd Beck broke his arm Monday while cranking a Ford for Wm Duncan. Wednesday visitors included Bruce Pickering and family Miss June Morris from near Mace Mr Mel Petterson from Champaign Illinois and Mrs Ol-
From near Thorntown, Iver Pickering and son Dwight attended. Wm. Garner and family, Jesse Garner and family, Charlie Garner and Mrs. Susan Garner joined the funeral procession for Mrs. Edith Richardson in Lebanon on Sunday.
A pamphlet urges ending the Board of Trade describing it as an evil alongside liquor and white slavery. It notes growing public sentiment to abolish it as a war measure and invites readers to sign a petition at the office.
Melson and Son along with C. E. McClaine and Herdis Brown report no new canvas awnings in stock, indicating a continued supply shortage for customers seeking shade coverings.
Kathleen McDaniel spent Sunday with Ula Ward. Uncle Nicholas Ailes patched holes in his barn roof Saturday. He worked along the comb of the barn mighty spry for a boy of his age.
Mr and Mrs W D Leap of Kewanna and Ora McDaniel and family made a brief visit here on Monday after spending Sunday in Indianapolis and were on their way home.
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