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Newspaper
Advance Hustler
Location
Advance, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1917
Page
4
The Advance Hustler published in Advance Indiana. It entered weekly as second class mail matter on March 3, 1911, at the Advance, Indiana post office under the act of March 3, 1879.
Ora McDaniel offers to write subscriptions to Lebanon Reporter Times Star and News of Indianapolis. She promises to save remittance costs for rural route readers.
A humorous tirade mocks modern cuisine with. It ridicules soy beans and cow peas chopped into chow chow spiced for indigestion. The piece derides meat substitutes and low quality fare as a change of diet not taught at the college of dough-mess-stick science.
Mrs Homestopper asks about a Hindoo idol and Mr Trotter jokes that idols are idle. A shaveteria offers self service for a dime. The banter implies a canceled war order cools neutrals toward peace.
A shielded plane hand guard, coconut oil butter substitute, and a New Yorker’s periscope attachable to field glasses. French dairymen test cocoa shell feed for cattle while an electric motor powers ice cream freezers from standard sockets. Whalebone brushes promise longevity and scalp stimulation. Germ theory dating to 1657 is noted amid earlier pestilence. Australia boasts over 5 million sheep with New Zealand’s population at around 25 million souls.
Column notes a puzzle about arranging nine trees in ten straight rows of three each. Mentions a cozy home scene and a satirical aside about government ladder legislation. Includes an odd ad line about gas prices and a drug store plaster and a rural notice from Glen Silknitter in Lebanon R. R. 11.
A collection of pithy rural observations on grinding an ax, ash disposal days, thoughts, roof stunts, farmers, and the plight of hobos amid rising provender prices. The tone is topical and pointed with sharp humor about country life.
Editorial notes a war time temperance shift by Indiana senators New and Watson and recalls Morrison’s dry vote. It mentions a 35 year old man seeking cash for a trip to Indianapolis for tuberculosis treatment, complains of wartime gouging, and reports eight break ins in Morrison, Brownsburg, and New Ross with $1,200 stolen.
The document outlines post vote reforms including property rights for women, equal inheritance, shared parental rights, and child protections. It notes limits on women’s work hours, equal pay for teachers, raised protections for young girls, kindergarten and state industrial school establishment, and pensions for mothers alongside other measures.
Mettie E Martin files suit for divorce from Granville E Martin alleging cruelty toward her and their five children. Married May 25 1914 separated May 13 1917. She claims he ran a restaurant boarding house and grocery store. valued property at $2000. She seeks alimony of $1000 and costs. attorney Mitchell Tillotson.
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