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Newspaper
Advance Hustler
Location
Advance, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1917
Page
7
A Western daily correspondent notes no war era mental downturn in Canada. He cites rising bank clearings, productive farmers, and a strong branch bank system that keeps capital fluid. Prohibition aids money circulation and tax burdens remain moderate for common people.
An Indianapolis News note tells of a Monon passenger car stop at a small way station where a man named Mr. S. offered a seat to a woman boarding with another man. She preferred her husband sit beside her, and Mr. S. complied.
A humorous exchange reveals a forgetful moment as She-Albert asks for a new hat while He laments his watch running down. The light dialogue captures a playful domestic vignette.
Ohio experiment station reports arsenate of lead mixed with borax and soap as the most effective spray to curb the plum curculio. Applied after bloom and two weeks later, with a possible late July repeat, it greatly reduces damage and crop loss. Bordeaux mixture complements control and reduces beetle injury.
The article describes how to properly form fruit tree scaffolds and top structures for productivity, stressing balanced tops, pruning habits, and removal of diseased limbs. It also outlines winter versus summer pruning, gradual cutting, and the role of care and capital. It then shifts to animal husbandry guidance from E A Trowbridge on increasing meat supply through birth saving, selective mating, better feed, pasture improvement, and disease control.
The text argues meat shortages ride on wartime conditions, linking scarcity of meat producing animals to national food security. It frames livestock production as both a patriotic duty and a significant financial opportunity amidst the war with Germany and the need to feed troops and citizens.
Advice for cabbage growers troubled by club root recommends lime and salt. Mix a peck of lime with a quart of salt, place a handful in each planting hole, or mix a quart or two of soil with about a fourth of a pint of the lime salt blend before setting plants. A light top application over the soil may also help prevent the disease.
A compilation of aphorisms on character effort and self improvement from J. H. Markley in Ohio Farmer. It urges cheerful conduct, practical detail, decisive planning, and perseverance, comparing ideas to airships and urging timely action.
A collection of wry quips on culture, romance, politics, and professions. Observations touch on Hawaii, Monday blues, diplomacy, barbering, marriage, honesty, tobacco, and love’s changing tides.
This excerpt urges clear mental imagery and repeated practice to achieve goal oriented progress. It motivates readers to visualize, dramatize, rehearse, and empower their ambitions with confidence and persistence.
The article notes pole lima beans succeed where late varieties fail and advises against planting under unsuitable soil or climate. It recommends relying on standard bush varieties with green pods as a safer option for favorable conditions.
During a Galveston dinner in Texas former President Taft recounted a tale of a magistrate who was also a flour and feed dealer. A farmer faced fines for not notifying a cattle disease case, and the magistrate added charges for a past feed bill, totaling sixteen fifty, or thirty days in jail.
An advertisement promotes ethine double strength to remove freckles with an ounce sufficient for most users. The product is guaranteed money back if ineffective. A gossip-style club remark follows about a man named Fred Darling and his wife.
An advertisement promotes Cuticura Ointment and Cuticura Soap for a gentle face care routine. It claims five minute use, daily toilet prep, and offers a free sample by mail with a booklet. The ending joke references a traveling millionaire ordering potatoes in five ways from a French menu.
A vintage advertisement touts Red Cross Ball Blue as a trusted laundry aid used by millions of homemakers. It claims yearly sales rise and promises to restore old clothes, urging readers to ask their grocer for the product. The rest of the piece echoes a separate wartime sentiment about courage over weaponry.
Dialogue features a sailor and a girl discussing war and the phrase tug of war. The sailor explains the little figures in front as tags. The scene hints at a light wartime social exchange with curious banter.
A sharp exchange features a descendant recalling a forefather’s pledge of honor for country and another character mocking the value of that pledge by asking how much was raised, highlighting tension between duty and financial gain.
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