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Newspaper
Advance Hustler
Location
Advance, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1912
Page
1
Jako Baalel owner and Nina Waters manager oversee a busy week at the shop with routine operations and staff assignments. The notice highlights ongoing management roles and weekly routines.
Local items report illnesses, visits, and daily activities from residents including Eunice Ross and Mrs N FE Ailes. Community happenings include sales at The Blue Front, garden seed ads, and a Farmers Institute event at the M E church with proceeds of $10.75. The Democrat State convention is noted as being held in Indianapolis.
In the Boone County Indiana Circuit Court a complaint filed by Joe & Company seeks to quiet title against multiple defendants and unknown heirs and representatives. The court orders the defendants to appear or demur by May 1912. the case names numerous Ballard and Cline heirs and assigns as interested parties in the estate of Jesse Ballard and related individuals.
Tuesday and Sunday family visits recur across Indianapolis Crawfordeville Morristown Jamestown Lebanon and Brownsburg with multiple names: Rose Davis Walter Hunt John Forriss Wm Ross Ora McDaniel Don Weldon Mrs Wall Mrs Nel Whitecotton Frank Thayer L. E. Wall Roy McClee and families and others. Community activities include an oratorical contest at Brownsburg and school substitution by Walter Whitecotton along with lumber and coal deliveries to Advance Lumber Co. and Black Botey coal arrival.
Two lots with a solid wood house six rooms and a good barn on a street with sidewalks. A driven well provides water. Priced at $1200. Ideal for residence or investment. See J. R. Sullivan.
An old diary notes an unusually severe winter with many days below freezing. January saw temperatures from 32 to 31 below, with peaks of 28 above and 30 above near month end. February rivaled January, including a 24 below record and seven days under zero before warming.
The severe winter caused damage to hedges and shrubs though roots may be saved by snow cover. Many dead branches will require pruning in spring. Test plant vitality by placing a green sprig in water. privet hedges once thought dead may recover if new growth appears from the roots.
A child drank carbolic acid found in a bottle hidden by the mother for safety at the family home near Castown. The incident left the child with severe burns to the mouth and tongue and required medical attention for serious injuries.
Residents express long wait for homes as a new addition opens. The scarcity of dwellings prompts belief that many suitable building plots will be developed in the coming months.
Eighty one applicants sat the February teachers license exam with eighteen successful. Names listed include Guy R. Naptune Hazelrigg Lebanon Wiliam Zuor Whiteatown Lottie Beck Lebanon Verna Cornelius New Ross Frances Date Jamestown Maude Foster Lebanon Gracie Lane Lebanon Helen Mesus Lebanon Ralph Owens Jamestown Iva Owena Advance Fern Potts Lebanon Mabel Rausdell Lebanon Carman Ross Advance Jassie Row Lebanon Esther Sparks New Rosa Lucile Stewart Whitestown Horace Wysong Lebanon etc.
Sunday School attendance was strong. Zeph Hinton remains about the same. Frank Petterson and wife visited Edgar Patterson and family. Mrs. Pearl Embier and children visited Mrs. Dora Jarrett. Neilie Utterback stays with A Nelsons at Lebanon. Bob and Frankie Hsekathorn left for a postponed visit with Phil Pratt near Cloverdale. George Preston and wife welcome a twelve pound boy.
On the 6th day 31 March 1912 at his residence near New Rose and Ladoga gravel road 2 miles south and ½ mile west of Advance in Bacone county Indiana took up 9 head shoats about 65 pounds each. About 4 months old. Black with white spots. This the 0th day of March. O G Rodgera.
Mrs Dora Jarrets and Mrs Joho Beckelbimer visit Ziph Gratea on Monday afternoon. The church members prepare to purchase a new piano.
Shiloh Christian Church reports Sunday School attendance 103, collection 187 dollars. Sunday offerings include 651 dollars total 1270 9. The Kings Boys led in points. Birthday offerings go to Donald Sering and Moon Beaver. Rev Page delivered sermons both Sunday and Sunday night. The minister notes health concerns affecting his family and urges readers to attend the Easter Sale beginning in the morning and continuing until goods are exhausted.
Mrs. Catherine Thompson has sold her property to Dr. C. A. Nel-
Mrs Thowpea purchased Lis property before 1912 and had it recorded in the county deeds. The Jones addition opened that year, with Willard Hooper, a 53 year old recorder from 2% district, signing the deed.
The Brownsburg contest Friday night honored Feither Advencs from Jinmstowm High School, Nina Parkeoc of Brownsburg, and Mia Nellie Clark of Conosrsvire High School as top finishers. Judges included Lawrence Gipson, L Bet Turpin, and F E Sscoremeier. about 600 people attended.
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