Local Social Spots Note Weekend Visits
Several residents from this vicinity attended the ice cream supper at Advance Saturday night. Mabel Zimmerman spent Monday afternoon with Sylvia Heath. Mrs Claude Wall and son Richard were guests Thursday of last week at Wm Butler’s. Shelby Hutchinson and mother visited Pete Todd's Sunday afternoon. Mrs Orsbon is visiting her daughter Mrs William Butler.
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Mabel Zimmerman
Sylvia Heath
Claude Wall
Richard
Wm. Butlers
Shelby Hutchinson
Mother
Pete Todd’s
Mrs. Orsbon
Mrs
William Builer
Sunday Social Notes From Advance Area
Sunday School and preaching services were well attended. Several local families visited relatives and friends including Lasley, Clements, Sherrill, Me Conaughy, Tolley, Melson, and Adams. A memorial service is planned for May 26 at 2 o clock by Rev. W. P. Page. A horse died on the way home from church involving Albert White.
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Albert White
W. P. Page
Golladay School House Visitors and Local Trips
James Higgs attended Advance Saturday while Bill Trosper and Dessie visited Lebanon on Wednesday. Oit Threlkeld and John Cogle were in Advance last Saturday. Jessie Pittenger and Buelah visited Aunt Susan Bowman of Beckville last Thursday. Bill Walker and Elisha Higgs attended the Sprong sale near Thorntown last Wednesday. Charlie Thompson of Advance did papering for Albert Garner last Saturday. Frank Bowman and family visited Aunt Jane Bowman of Advance last Thursday. Sunday visitors to Jas Higgs and wife included Mrs. Rhoda Hardes, James Reed and family, Paul Garner, and Mrs. John Reed from Jasper county.
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Jessie Pittenger
Buelah
Susan Bowman
Beckville
Bill Walker
Elisha Higgs
Thorntown
Charlie Thompson
Advance
Albert Garner
Frank Bowman
Jane Bowman
Jas Higer
Rhoda Hardes
James Reed
Jimmie
Paul Garner
John Reed
Jasper County
Local Visitors Attend Dinners and A Barnyard Accident
John Dean and wife and grandma Rirhart visited last week with D O Meadows and wife of Lebanon. Bill Walker and family had dinner with Tom Walker and wife near New Ross Sunday. Ruth Threlkeld fell in the barn yard last Sunday and cut a severe gash above her eye on a stalk cutter.
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John Dean
Grandma Rirhart
D. O. Meadows
Lebanon
Bill Walker
Tom Walker
Near New Ross
Ruth Threlkeld
New Absorption Method Offers Home Pile Cure
Advertisement promises relief from bleeding itching and protruding piles through a new absorption treatment. It offers free trial samples upon request and local references, urging immediate action and implying permanent care. Written by Mrs. M. Summers, Box P, Notre Dame, Ind.
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M. Summers
Box P
Notre Dame
Ind
Be Contented in a World of Yearning and Gloom
A reflective piece urges contentment amid envy of others lives. It contrasts the housewife, working girl, farmer, and office worker who each long for greener pastures. It argues happiness comes by accepting one’s own lot and reducing fretful mental energy.
Better Never Late in Printing Office Chronicle
A printer complains of chronic lateness as items arrive just before press day. The text explains the bottleneck of typesetting, with two columns per day typical, causing delays and missed items. It notes the struggle to balance early submissions against the demand of timely pages.
Parcel Post Set for Rural Carriers July First
Beginning July 1 1912 rural mail carriers will handle parcels previously exempted from delivery. The pilot applies to rural routes first with expansion to city routes if successful. Rates start at one cent per two ounces and rise to twenty five cents for larger parcels, cheaper than express services.
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United States
Uncle Sam
Husband Chooses to Send Mother Funds Over Gown
In a domestic ruse the husband stalls a costly purchase by offering his wife a choice between two favors. He can either buy a silk gown or pay his mother-in-law’s traveling expenses. The wife opts for the check to the mother, revealing the gown had already been ordered.
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Pye
Chauffeurs Brushed Aside Signs in Squeehawkett Town
In a brief exchange from Harper’s Weekly, little Binks jokes about chauffeurs being superstitious and Haraway responds that they ignore road signs. A town sign reads eight miles per hour, yet no chauffeur in a hundred obeys it.
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Little Binks
Haraway
Squeehawkett Reading
Harper’s Weekly
Kansas Boundaries Joked By Class In Geography
In a Kansas classroom, the teacher asks Willie to name state boundaries. Willie replies with a playful answer naming north by William Allen White, east by Senator Bristow, south by Walt Mason, and west by unutilized cyclones.
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Kansas
Willie
Wiliam Allen White
Senator Bristow
Walt Mason
Poco Charlie's Hard Luck in New York Letter
A Cincinnati Times-Star New York letter recounts Mayor Gaynor's encounter with Poco Charlie on 8 New York Street. Poco Charlie calls him Little Whiskers, prompting arrest and a stretch on Blackwell's Island. The piece notes a decline in mendicants and jokes about census odds.
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New York Street
Mayor Gaynor
Gaynor
Horace
Brooklyn Bridge
Poco Charlie
Our
Fair City
Charlie
Blackwell’s Island
Bingham
New York City
New York
Cincinnati Times-Star
Comic exchange on oculists and eye rate jokes
A humorous quip frame notes oculists’ bills irritate patients. The speaker asks why, then quips that eye rate possibilities tend to develop from the very nature of the bills.
The Kid Says He Wishes to Join the Cigarette League
A playful exchange shows The Kid asking to join the Cigarette League while the Settlement Working Organizer of the Anti Cigarette League doubts his age. The boy declares he smokes to prove his experience.
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Laidy
Anti-Cigarette League
Be Wild and Distraught Inspires Posthumous Memoir Spark
The fragment hints at a distraught figure who may author a book, suggesting a literary pursuit or memoir. It emphasizes emotional turmoil and a potential forthcoming publication, framed as a media-ready teaser.
Prisoner Hat Chase Becomes Satirical Sketch
A brief satirical exchange features a prisoner and a policeman quipping about a runaway hat. The scene plays on chase and hesitation as a humorous aside.
Sporting Fashion. Belle-It and the football skirt
The piece playfully contrasts hobble skirts with a proposed football skirt. Nell asks about the football skirt style, Belle answers that a fullback would wear it, using football terms as fashion analogies.
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Belle
Nell
Careful Man Comment on Bear Tale Draws Listener Skepticism
In a wary exchange a speaker accuses a storyteller of tweaking the bear tale to suit his audience. The respondent says he adjusts details to match what listeners will believe, implying selective truth in retelling.
Witty Exchange About Mourning and Half Dead Costumes
A sharp exchange contrasts a costume described as half mourning with a quip about feeling half dead after a long workday. The dialogue suggests humor at the expense of weariness and appearance.
Resourceful Woman Inspires Suffrage Lunchroom Praise
Miss Mary Donnelly of Mrs. QC Belmont's suffrage lunchroom asserts women will win the vote. A tale of a resourceful reader with uncut magazine pages and a sharp-witted audience illustrates female ingenuity and resolve in the suffrage era.
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Mary Donnelly
H. P. Belmont
New York
Costly Job Snow Tale in Newcomb Suburb
In a snowy suburb a debate about shoveling ends with Mr. Newcomb recounting his failed attempt. He lists expenses from buying a shovel to ruined gloves and broken glasses, concluding hiring a man for a quarter is cheaper.
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Miss Urban
Newcomb
Mr. Newcomb
Anvil Strokes A Whiner Finds Little Sympathy
A Christian Herald reflection notes that temperance supporters celebrate a saloon defeat, warns against overconfidence, and criticizes people who prey on the weak while urging restraint and prudent aims. The piece cautions against foolish ideas and unequal desires in society.
Repartee and Inheritance Across Generations
A joke about Hamlet asking his mother to act on the square when confronted. The second line notes that fathers’ traits tend to be inherited by sons and mothers’ traits by daughters, reflecting traditional gendered heredity ideas.
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Hamlet
Lightning in the Purple Night
A lyric voice praises swift bright glances like lightning and silver sabre cuts. The speaker fears heartbreak if the beloved eyes dance and warns their own heart to be shielded from a dangerous mark.
Also Mentioned on This Page
NEW Hat Shop
Rose Davis
James Lasley
W. A. ‘Lasley
New Ross
Arthur Clements
Frank McMullen
H. Z. Sherrill
Vesper Edrington
Hazel Lasley
Rev
Clay Me. Conaughy
Family of Advance
Will Tolley
Family
Ogle Melson
Ray Lasley
Walter Smith
Pansy Adams
John Hedge
Dave Hedge
W. H Nay
Taylor Kelsey
James Laslee
Hazel
C. O. Powell
Floyd Powell
Golladay School
James Higgs
Bill Trosper
Dessie
Jas
Oit Threlkeld
John Cogle
Coldwell
Advance Hardware Co
McGell Poe
Aye Ny
Ems
hicCall’s
Eas
Patten
Chytaicres Fey
HU & Co
Washington
LOS
Witthiem
Casey
Christian Herald
Epperson
Whitsett
Indiana
Grochry
Poultry Food
D. G. Capilneger
George McDaniel
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