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Newspaper
Advance Hustler
Location
Advance, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1908
Page
3
A brief comic exchange records Hicks noting his wife stopped him before leaving home and refused to lend money. The Catholic Standard and Times quotes the exchange as a light domestic moment.
The Houston Post notes confusion over Jinx’s death by drowning yesterday with speculation that his wife leaving him spurred the act. The item records the remark about his motive and the surrounding discourse.
Mrs. Mary E. H. Rouse of Canbridge New York describes a five year struggle with back and hip pain kidney disorder and weight loss before Dean's Kidney Pills brought quick relief and full recovery. Sold by dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
A humorous verse from the Houston Post notes a maiden buying a guimpe and the bill pleasingly shrinking her father’s income. The poem plays on a father’s sigh over his daughter’s expenditures and daily whimsy.
A vintage ad promotes Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children used by a nurse at a New York Children's Home. It claims to cure constipation feverishness teething disorders stomach troubles and destroy worms with testimonials of cures. Sold by druggists at Allen & Smith Olmsted, Le...
A missionary asks a Swede for lodging for Native American Christians. The Swede objects to a group of Indians staying with him. The missionary cites heaven with many mansions, while the Swede quips about his own separate house in the afterlife.
A Philadelphia school board member recalls a northern Pennsylvania schoolhouse where a strict master keeps students at desks but allows lunch box snacks. He observes a pupil more focused on pie than arithmetic, challenging the boy Wilkham with a sharp rebuke about listening and pie eating.
A veteran surgeon recounts quitting coffee after tremors and insomnia. He praises Postum as a soothing alternative, noting his own recovery and a friend’s similar improvement. The testimonial urges boiling Postum per package directions and promotes it as a national drink.
Items of interest report moths and camphor furs, a New York burglar losing 200 neckties, an octopus attack in Victoria, Venus statue incident in Manayunk, Boston owns a new fire patrol wagon, and tobacco use by country. Belgian hares spread in Argentina. a Rome Italian builds a pearl boat.
At a Lakewood dinner party a young woman proposed a wood chopping contest. Herbert Manly of Philadelphia and Graham White of New York competed with axes on a private estate while fifty spectators cheered. Bets on bonbons and trinkets flew until the referee halted them as the task proved tougher than expected.
Margaret Durham, a shy debutante at Miss Simmons's boarding school, is chosen as an usher for a pink musicale. She awkwardly asks an elderly guest to be seated, mispronounces a question about seating, and in embarrassment bursts into a cringing retreat as five established ushers take over, leaving her flustered.
A minister's wife celebrates her husband's church call while an elder farmer's wife mirrors her excitement with a pig winning a gold medal at a cattle show. The humor contrasts personal achievement with agricultural pride and old country wit.
Towne tells Browne he is troubled by his wife's insomnia. Browne says he did not know. Towne notes she suffers severe attacks every night when he returns home late, and the trouble begins.
A witty exchange from a Philadelphia Ledger humor page features a speaker offering brotherly sentiment and a sharp reply about having a brother within reach under the sofa. The quip plays on sibling ties and casual bravado.
Bessie Farrell of Brooklyn releases a strong testimonial praising Peruna as a valuable nerve and blood remedy. She notes it helps worn-out women, aids digestion, and restores strength, especially for young mothers, with Dr. Hartman prescribing it to thousands of women who report benefits.
An ad feature titled Man a Lin the Ideal Laxative appears alongside a quoted exchange on pride and stinginess. The dialog contrasts social expectations with human foibles as a brief humorous interlude.
A Harper's Weekly cartoon caption features a girl asking why bouillon cups have two handles. A brother retorts that it’s because some people are left handed, delivering a sharp, humorous exchange in a single-panel moment.
Advertisement from FE Cheney & Co of Toledo promoting Hall's Catarrh Cure as a constitutional remedy for deafness caused by inflammation of the Eustachian tube. Claims nine of ten cases due to catarrh and offers one hundred dollars for any case cured by the remedy. Includes sales pitch for Hall's Family Pills and a closing moral about manners and motives.
An older advertisement touts Bromo Quinine marketed as a laxative and cold cure. It claims E. W. Grove signature and widespread use worldwide. The 28c price tag appears in the copy.
A caller at the White House asks if the president has hunted the wild boar. The president replies that he has not hunted but feels pursued by the wild bore, an exchange reported by the Providence Journal.
An advertisement touts Sire Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething children claiming it softens inflammation eases pain and cures colic priced at 25 cents per bottle. A second line repeats the same claims. A separate remark notes a rocking chair in a woman's kitchen indicates she does all her own work.
A Japanese speaker defends proper terms Nippon and Nihon jin while condemning the slur Japs as a demeaning label. He contrasts how locals refer to Westerners as sayojin with a still harsher historic insult and urges respectful usage.
The piece argues there is no single American beauty type, noting America is a blend of many cultures. It asserts a true national beauty will emerge only after social reforms and education advance, and that most men lack awareness of their own standards.
A humorous cartoon caption features a typhoid germ and a grip microorganism bantering about fighting disease. The punchline references Catholic Standard and plays on misheard phrases.
An Iowa farmer reports on 100 acres yielding 300 tons of hay and seed sales of 3800 dollars. The notice promotes the John A Salzer Seed Co catalog with samples of Billion Dollar Grass and other seeds, urging 14 cent requests to receive a seed package.
Mrs Lizzie Vincent Thomas of Fairfield Walden's Ridge Tennessee recounts using Cuticura Soap Ointment and Pills to heal her daughter's running eczema sores in six weeks and a boy's poison oak sores in three weeks. She cites rapid relief and no recurrence.
Stage manager questions why a stagehand was ejected while a stage carpenter explains catching an idiot striking a match near the fire proof curtain.
From October to May, colds are the most frequent cause of headache. Laxative Bromo Quinine is advertised as removing the cause. E. W. irove on box 25 cents.
A provocative New York Sun quote mocks the president and hints at media bias. The item also advertises Mrs. Austins pancake flour as a wholesome breakfast product available at all grocers.
A man enters a drug store seeking preparations to remove hair. The druggist confirms availability and the man asks for a pint to use on his head. The customer admits baldness and explains his frustration with hair loss and desire to end the agony in one sweep.
A reflective note on daily irritations exposing character, suggesting patience and self-awareness as keys to understanding true nature. The line frames ordinary moments as tests of inner virtue and growth.
Mrs Sallie French of Pancannla Indian Territory describes seven years of female troubles and nervous weakness. After writing to Lydia E Pinkham and taking her Vegetable Compound she reports renewed strength and health.
An advertisement touts Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound as a thirty year standard cure for female ailments. It claims to relieve displacements inflammation ulcers fibroid tumors irregularities periodic pains backache bearing down feelings and nervous prostration and invites letters to Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts for free confidential advice.
The quote suggests worn out belief drives harm, asserting that not misery but motive fuels martyrdom. It frames religion as a factor in action rather than a source of solace, implying cynical use of faith to justify suffering.
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