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Newspaper
Advance Hustler
Location
Advance, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1916
Page
1
A short, reflective piece on money and banks contrasts trust in finance with hidden wealth. It notes banks as a visible sign of confidence and questions how people manage money, citing the number 850 as a stray figure.
Advertises BIG 1 Flour with guaranteed quality and stock updates. Lists items: POLAR BEAR Hard Wheat Flour 8 Bars Swift's White Soap 25c, Standard Corn and Beans, Fancy Tomatoes, Sweet Potatoes, Our Own Blend Coffee, Fancy Rice, Fancy Peaches, Apricots, Farmer's Pride Coffee, Kabo Live Model Corsets. Local notices follow with names and Sunday visits among residents.
Enthusiasm marked the Thursday night meeting as Carl Bowman was named president Perry Pointer vice president and H C Epperson secretary treasurer. Directors include Joe Wall C E McClaine O A Nelson W W Caldwell T E Burrin.
The Advance basketball team finished the year with a 19 to 17 defeat to Amo in the Lebanon tournament after an earlier 24 to 19 win over Plainfield. Star guard Dave Farrow graduates, leaving a bright outlook with Wall Bowman Roark Canada Rohn Fulwider Yager and strong eighth year prospects. A captain will be chosen and letter awards given after at least twelve games.
The Advance Hustler thanks Cris Ashwell, major of the Advance Opera House, for a handsome pocket wallet and a season ticket for 1916, noting the gift represents the publication’s appreciation for kindness.
Frank Yager seeks treatment in Quin cy Indiana for Rose cancer and may miss all of next week. A H Yager and family hosted a dinner with Mrs Frank Yager and Lutha Irene Caldwell May Cornelius Nina Waters M M Routh Mr and Mrs Chas Booker Mr and Mrs Arthur Shera and Mrs Carl Riner returning from a southern trip. Henry Harris and Jenny Mincey of Indiana polis visited Miss Mincey's mother Mrs Mincey at J W and Albert Kernodle's on Sunday. The piece ends with a quote about community newspapers and appreciation from Rev Callan Pittsboro Sun.
A citizen asks how Jackson Township roads can improve despite years of spending. The writer questions gravel quality and cost, urges action before more gravel is bought, and cites local officials and a notable resident, John Kernodle, in a critical, period-voice commentary.
Edgar Wright and family, living near Advance, plan to move to Arkansas around April 1 to pursue rice growing. The Wrights have run a successful farm locally and expect to find similar success in Arkansas. Their departure will be felt by the community, schools, and the M E Church, and Mr Wright will hold a large public sale noted in this paper.
Advance Christian Disciple church notes 134 present and $4.37 collection the largest this year. 11 in workers conference led by Ben Powell, to be led by John T. Jones. Sick list includes Mrs. Alice Fulwider and others. Rural Study Circle on Perry Pointes, St Patrick social tonight, superintendent visiting, farewell receptions for Wm Dean family, Alumni vaudeville on April 1.
A big sale day at Sumpter features buyer interest and advertising. The event highlights extensive use of 409 large bills 2000 hand cards and a dozen newspapers by organizer Big Sale Run Sumpter and participants Guy Updyke S. E. McClellan & Son E. M. Denny John M. Sandy and E. A. Wright who also utilized newspapers and promotional items.
The Hustler editor received a surprise Friday night at the Community Building meeting. Attendees voted thanks for the 40 inches of boosting space provided in a recent issue, the second time the editor has been honored in print.
Mrs. Susan Shelley spent Saturday with relatives near Lebanon. Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Neese and daughter visited Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Sandy. Mr. Neese returned to work Monday. L. F. Powell, in Evansville for Crawfordsville Yank Co., stayed Saturday with Ora McDaniel and family and will work in North Manchester area this week.
A shop advertises Dewitt's Rheumatic Tablets as effective relief for rheumatism. An elderly man seeks relief and is told the medicine offers quick help, with a bold claim that three bottles may even cure. 50 cents a bottle.
A driver with geese meets a man who asks his destination. The driver says he has less than a score and a riddle describes doubling and halving counts with geese to reach a score, leaving the exact number to be discovered later.
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