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Newspaper
Advance Hustler
Location
Advance, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1908
Page
1
A North Christian Sunday School event featured a contest between the boys and girls classes. The girls beat the boys, who then were to entertain the girls at a town hall show on the following Tuesday evening. The program included a shooting contest with a bell in a box and a hole for aim.
A school girls and boys event featured a bean forfeit game, apple bobbing, races, and partner matching for a two course luncheon. Winners were Jesse Emmett and Delilah Golliday. Mark Wall supervised, Mrs Wail chaperoned, and attendees praised the fun and thanked the boys.
School notes report attendance near perfect with 39 percent of high school pupils neither absent nor tardy. Parents must provide excuses for absences, visitors are frequent, and a Saturday March 21 event is progressing with parent aid in costumes.
Students eligible to write on the examination of common branches prepare for Saturday March 21 at Advance. Each student must bring pen and ink while all else is furnished. Seventh year students will take the Geography exam starting at 1:00 p m.
A small fire broke out Wednesday afternoon around four o'clock causing destruction at an unidentified location. Residents and firefighters responded promptly but details on extent and exact site are unavailable in the fragment.
A gasoline overflow leaked through an escape pipe into a frame building wall and ignited between the weather boarding and plastering, aided by a sparrow nest. Mr Ailes fetched a fire extinguisher from the hardware store while Mr Waters opened a weather board to attack the fire. The blaze was quickly put out with several businessmen aiding. no damage occurred.
A new agreement between the Post Office Department and the Civil Service Commission provides rural carriers with credit for length of service when applying for city carrier positions or clerks in post offices. The proposal, backed by Assistant Postmaster General DeGraw and later approved by Hitchock, aims to reward service and encourage rural carriers to continue in the postal service.
A large crowd attended yesterday. Jes Darnell announces a public sale at his residence located 24 miles southeast of Advance on Saturday March 28, 1008.
Carl Miller and family visited Caldwell and Sumpter sale. Notices for farm listings at Hustler office. C W Patterson offers clipper knives on sale. Burton Comedy Co vaudeville show. DeWitts Little Early Risers sold by Burton Drug Co. Oscar Smith returned from Depauw University. Satz. Buff Orpington eggs sold by W B Epperson. Carbolized Witch Hazel by Burrin Drug Co. Wages equalized on Central Indiana lines last week. Mrs Roy Ailes away to Darling ton to see grandfather Cris Denney. For Sale two buggies and a sulky. Hop O My Thumb cantata at Opera House Mar 21. Lost log chain near Frank Ruice residence. Sheep shearing notice with clipping machine by C W Patterson.
L. F. Powell rents the large store north of the railroad to stock farm implements machinery and vehicles. Powell is well known locally and expected to succeed in the hardware business. Also mentions Kodol as a stomach remedy sold by Burrin Drug Co.
Last Friday night a group of friends invited Miss Delilah Golliday to a hotel where Mrs. Mettie Ray hosted a surprise party. The evening included games and fruit refreshments, with Miss Golliday receiving several handsome presents and heartfelt wishes from many friends. Mr John Riba of Vining Indiana commented on DeWitts package.
Out of town observers note changing patterns in regional activity. Analysts cite shifts in commerce, culture, and public interest influencing nearby communities.
Albert Enticott went to Crawfordsville Monday. Will Frisk and wife were guests of Lebanon friends Saturday night and Sunday. Dr. Burroughs is no better. John Jackson recovering well after appendix operation. Samuel Knox convalescing from long pneumonia. Ot Miller and wife visited relatives in Lebanon Sunday. Ed Hamilton and wife plan housekeeping on East Street in Advance next week. Mrs. George Young improves from heart trouble. James Martins visited his mother and father at Thorntown. Mr and Mrs Martin both quite sick.
March items report Joseph Pierce of French Lick visiting Marion Ranth on Monday. W N Smith improves and returns to his store. Forest Babes shows a relapse but recovering. Miriam Davis hosts measles this week. Miss Mubleiseu of Crawfordsville visited friends last Saturday. Cecil Kibby, school principal, spent Saturday with parents near Advance, res Wood Kibby and wife, and George Ringer, now in Barnett Missouri, report satisfaction with their new home.
George Hardesty announces his candidacy for township trustee to the Democrats of Jackson township. He asks for support at the convention and in the November election if nominated.
A candidate announces intent to run for Jackson township as a Democrat subject to party rules with election or filing details mentioned for April 4, 1908. The fragmented notice provides insufficient context but confirms candidacy.
A fragment notes a customer boasting about fine results and mentions Burrin Drug Co as the seller in a case sale. The readable text is limited and no further details are available.
Mrs. Marcy Clifton died at 5 35 a m Sunday at 618 West Pearl street after sixty seven years and nine months, survived by husband Thos Clifton, four sons and three daughters, three brothers, and local church ties. Funeral at 9 30 a m Tuesday with interment at Old Union cemetery. Arden Waters and Lee Marshall visited from Lebanon.
Airhart and Frank Hull family groups visited William Waitmans and George Babers respectively. Mrs Sam Rogers is very sick. Ermie Meadows has measles. Eugene Revercomb from Cincinnati stayed with Jas Nicely. Others include Harve Abbart at Henry Polands and Cecil Bartlett working in Greencastle.
Dr. W B Batman of Ladoga traveled to Indianapolis via Ben-Hur route on Friday. Frank Davis spent Sunday in Indianapolis. Guy Adkins resigns as Ben-Hur agent here. Sam Ritchie of Crawfordsville takes the post. Blanche Lowell guests of Ruth Fletcher of Mace last Sunday. Mesdames Bronaugh Evans Adkins Conner Spohr Golliday Evans visit James Inlow and wife for anniversary. Ladies Aid plans all day meeting March 12 for twelfth anniversary. Mrs Imel and daughter Jaanita of St. Louis visit Frank Imel and wife. Dora McCelment home from Indianapolis. Alice Golliday to host Ladies Aid Society event.
C F S Neal president of the Knights of Pythias insurance department presented a relief fund report to Supreme Chancellor Barnes detailing receipts and expenditures for San Francisco disaster aid. Total cash donations exceed 110000 with 2507.24 cash balance. 21509.35 contributed directly to California lodges. sisters added 4410.31. Pamphlets planned for global distribution.
Fragmentary OCR on page eight shows unreadable columns with partial headlines and faded type. Readers receive only scattered hints of events, names, and dates, limiting precise summary or attribution.
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