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Newspaper
Advance Hustler
Location
Advance, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1912
Page
1
Local trade lists 40c a pound tobacco at Caplinger ers and Blue Front seed potatoes. Reports note Joe Frazier improving, Wm. Walker dangerously ill, and Mrs. Ann Woods ill. Lost pins and fountain pen sought, births announced, and many visits to relatives in Indianapolis, Lebanon, Crawfordsville, and New Ross. Town folks buy seeds, feed, furniture, and hardware from Advance shops.
A tale told by T. Arthur Rector describes a young couple at the town edge welcoming a baby boy. With no ready clothes and delayed parcels from a mail order source, the mother and neighbors improvise garments at home, celebrating home industry and thrift amid the birthday arrival.
The Mt. Zion church hosts a Mother's Day program at 11 a.m. on Sunday May 12 1912. The program features Mrs S D Emmert singing by a mothers choir solos duets and readings including My Mother's Prayer My Mother's Bible and Tell Mother I'll be There. Guest performances include Doris Thompson Elsie Duncan Minnie Farrow Ida Buechler Edna Meek Stevie Bowman Nellie Thompson and Mrs J D Emmert with offerings and a school song. Lead by Mrs J D Emmert the event closes with dismissal.
Hazel Brown stayed with her brother Walter Brown near Lit ton last week and with Juanita Cool man at Advance on Sunday. Sam Graham and family visited Fred Taylor and wife near Lebanon on Sunday. Mrs. Andy Heady visited Chas Dale and family Sunday. Mrs. Andy Hunt Mrs. Osa Smiley and Mrs. Lish Reege were in Loban on Monday.
Gieres Biliaie dined Sunday with John Kersey near Stewards Chapel. Roxie Kernodle spent Sunday with Tiona Utterback.
County party committees push full registration at the first session of boards of registration in the precincts on Thursday May 9. Sessions could be extended by petitions but this would waste taxpayer money. Voters should register that day to avoid extra sessions and delays and ensure voting access in the general election.
Fragmentary note describes Mother A petition Bas Governor Marehall proposing a proclamation for a Mother’s Day observance with residents wearing flowers. References to Indiana and Eastern cities, petals for living and deceased mothers, and honors tied to a national observance.
Mushrooms lure many outdoors enthusiasts each spring in a humorous piece noting the feverish hunt for edible fungi. It pokes fun at mushroom foraging as a sport and the universal attempt to find them.
A collage of quotable lines on society labor language and fashion notes. Witty observations cover gender roles mobility law and wealth with references to Chinese language Belgian prisons and Alfred G Vanderbilt's Manhattan hall.
Attendance at North Christian last Sunday was 114 with offerings totaling 2.90. Bibles used numbered 55. Brother Kelley will fill his regular appointment next Sunday and Sunday night. Woe invites you to Bible School next Sunday.
The passage depicts New York’s glamor and danger through satire of moneyed visitors. It contrasts Broadway entitlement with the Bowery, Tenderloin, and Wall Street, noting chorus girls and plutocrats, leering crowds, and the lure and peril of the metropolis.
The M. E. Church Sunday School report shows 72 in attendance last Sunday with $4.87 collected for 316 chapters. Mothers Day observance is planned next Sunday with recitations songs and a task by Brother Francis. Third Quarterly Meeting is set for May 27 with full membership urged to attend the annual conference.
Shiloh Christian Church Sunday School reports attendance of 110 with collections totaling 1.90 dollars. Mary Hinkle notes a birthday offering of 4. Rev W P Kibbey travels to Muncie Indiana for a State Missionary meeting. Mrs Beaver delivers an address on How much owest thou We were pleased by new faces and urge continued attendance next Sunday.
The piece lists five traits as the most admirable in a woman: womanliness, good breeding, tact, broad-mindedness, and a sense of humor. It argues womanliness foundations ideal woman and that good breeding benefits home life, society, and the race. Tact reduces life friction while broad-mindedness fosters tolerance and guards against unfair criticism.
Miss Hazel Budd and Glen H. Waters wed at Rev. L. E. Brown’s home in Lebanon on Wednesday night at 8 30. After the ceremony they departed for their new home in Frankfort, with friends extending congratulations and best wishes.
William Walker died Wednesday afternoon at his son Les Walker's home after about three months of illness. Funeral services set for Saturday at 10 a m at the M E church conducted by Rev Francis. An obituary will appear next week.
The town board met in regular session on May 2 and granted a petition to oil streets at once with expenses paid from general funds. An appropriation of 250 was approved. The president was instructed to buy four new sinks for the streets. Receipts totaled 311.25 and expenditures 36.25 leaving a balance of 275.00.
A diplomat in Washington recounted a Wu Ting Fang anecdote about Chinese ingenuity. A Chinaman finds his wife dead after a tiger attack and uses arsenic to kill the tiger, sells the skin and body to a mandarin and a physician, then buys a younger wife with the proceeds.
In a light hearted exchange a chorus girl recalls milking a cow in the country one summer. An artist's model counters by recalling helping wash dishes at an aunt's in the country last fall. The playful exchange highlights simple rural chores.
Miss Iva Owens, a Danville student, visited home folk over Sunday with a girlfriend. J S Weldoo and wife and Mack McClaine and wife drove to Thornton town Sunday afternoon and visited McClaine's brother Ben, who is quite sick. Brother F E Trucksess fell at the Y M C A in Indianapolis over a week ago and was badly bruised, needing help home to Brownsburg.
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