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Newspaper
Advance Hustler
Location
Advance, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1907
Page
1
Advertises a tomato growing contract for 200 acres with pay of 73 per ton or 21 per unit. Claims higher returns than corn and compares to clover for soil enrichment. Encourages growers to contact Sam Ailes or W H Dean to contract at once.
Advance Canning Co. entities merge with Wai. Dean buys Witt and Rice furniture and J. R. Sullivan’s groceries. Dean and McConaughy plan unified dry goods groceries shoes and furniture under one firm, consolidating north side retail. Watch for a large advertisement next week. Also listed are assorted old-time prices and goods.
An antiquary describes a 1679 account book of a wealthy planter. The pages include items like payment for a periwig made from hair, costs for a Spanish cloth coat with trimming, and charges for dental work, milk, and tailor’s revelry.
The Jamestown Roller Mills, famed as home of White Lily flour, change ownership to Mr. Kerbaugh via a Monday deal with Auditor Nugent of Washington Davis Co Indiana. Harry Keasler arranged the transaction, the largest Jamestown real estate sale in a decade, amid recent mill losses in nearby New Ross North Salem and Pittsboro.
A Chicago mail order representative told Iowa newspaper men that advertising powers mail order sales. He urged local merchants to advertise in detail with prices and descriptions to compete with mail order houses and flood the territory with literature for better results.
Ten years after Kerbaugh took charge the mill has tripled output and is fully modern with steam heating and a complete water system. He helped found the Jamestown Building and Loan Fund Savings Association and holds stock in the Jamestown Telephone and Gas companies. The Jamestown Press notes his progressive role in the community. A theater review praises the audience experience and notes the sine cast performance set for next Saturday night at Dover.
A high school production titled Gyp the Heiress was staged in the Opera House to a large audience. The cast included Claude Lucas as the tramp and Ethel Smith as the old maid, with strong comic turns by Roy Lucas and Georgie Welden. The play balanced tragedy and comedy with a well woven plot and solid performances.
The article explains Indiana mortgage exemptions allowing owners with real estate taxed under a mortgage to deduct up to seven hundred dollars of the mortgage debt unpaid on March 1 each year from assessed value. Deductions cannot exceed half of the property value. To claim, between March 1 and May 1, file a sworn statement with the county auditor showing unpaid mortgage indebtedness on March 1 as of May date. Each person must swear to their own claim. A husband cannot sign for his wife, nor vice versa.
A broad readership survey asked the public to name the ten greatest Frenchmen of the nineteenth century. About fifteen million votes were returned, signaling a shift in French views since the Republic. The text notes a decade ago Napoleon would likely have led the list.
A local supplier advertises Old Gibraltar concentrated smoke in liquid form for hams sausages and meats claiming time and money savings and superior flavor. They also stock Dr Hesses Stock and Poultry food and a large consignment of high grade paints with oils available.
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