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Newspaper
Advance Hustler
Location
Advance, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1912
Page
3
A religious lesson contrasts poverty with wealth using Luke 12 15 and 16 19 31. It frames Jesus as the poor man’s friend and Lazarus as example, warning against riches as a temptation and urging charity and faith over earthly abundance.
A House Committee report cites Canada offering a three year homestead on good land with six months leave annually and lenient rules. Letters from settlers praise Southern Alberta with crops ranging from poor to first class, noting moisture from twelve to sixteen inches and strong climate and soil advantages. Excursions and literature are available through Canadian Government Agents.
A comic note warns against cheap blueing solutions sold in costly packaging. It hiply critiques Buy RED CROSS BALL BLUING as a weak blue that clouds laundry and asks grocers to beware. A brief vignette contrasts married life with a typewriter style wife.
The article warns the change of life is a dangerous period with symptoms like suffocation hot flashes headaches and dizziness. It promotes Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as strengthening for the nervous system and cites a testimonial from St Anne about relief and recovery after using the remedy.
Aunt Nan turns house into gusty proving ground to fool father George Bamberger. The siblings stage a cold air sting and threaten to slice the air with table knives, ending with the comedic payoff as the prank unfolds during a busy evening.
In a Harper’s Magazine vignette Aunt Julia, a respected colored washerwoman, defends her to a week of praise for a son who served a sentence in Pittsburg. She boasts he will return home for Christmas after eighteen months away, noting his steadfastness during punishment.
Pastor Goodsole announced plans to rent a small room in a stylish apartment building and launch a mission Sunday school on the first Sunday in May. He warned it could be an opportunity or a reproach if no children attend, and said it would run all summer.
At Park Avenue residence Gifford Pinchot listens as a reporter submits a political story for verification. Pinchot laughs and quotes a sardonic Italian farmer line about belief versus action, noting many would disbelieve or disagree.
Before the fire on Christmas Eve two old maids plotted gifts. Sister Malle grins at a long stocking, while Elvira notes a pair of socks would suffice for their holiday stash.
Dialogue sketches a sharp exchange about proposals among a Mr. Twicewed and Mrs. Twicewed. The leap year joke hints at social dynamics and widow status in a witty, stagey cadence.
An assortment of 19th century trade items tout Murine Eye Remedy claimed to ease weak watery eyes with aseptic packaging by the Murine Eye Remedy Co in Chicago. Also promoted Cole's Carbolisalve for skin ailments, Garfield Tea for impure blood, and various pithy quotes about ambition and envy.
A witty item notes a fireless cooker in the house and jokes that it offers less comfort than a smokeless husband, reflecting domestic humor of the era. The short quip contrasts appliances with personal sacrifice in home life.
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