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Newspaper
Advance Hustler
Location
Advance, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1913
Page
2
A collage of whimsical notes and curiosities covers topics from frogs and hats to taxes and romance. It wryly surveys fashion, medicine costs, divorce trials, and ship lifeboats, with light satire on society and current events.
A lively Mother Goose themed masquerade party features guests in character costumes from classic rhymes. Invitations, decorations, and playful favors create a festive scene with a grand march, refreshments, and a friendly competition of games and prizes.
A hostess hosted a four game party for forty in a country house with table assignments by souvenir cards. Guests met new partners through a rotating losers and winners system while a circus inspired table decor and menu impressed everyone. The centerpiece featured a picket fence ring, paper trees, animals, a tightrope dancer, and clown figures.
A proposed Sunday school activity by Harriette Wilbur lists 16 Bible themed flower props for Children’s Day. Each item pairs a verse with a plant or bouquet such as lilies grass star vine cedar wheat and palm to illustrate biblical themes. The set includes paired verses and simple arrangements like branches and stalks to aid teaching.
The article describes washable leather boots with tan cloth uppers to match tailored suits. It notes a pump with an instep buckle and suede inner heel strip, a low cut evening slipper secured by ribbon bands, and black satin shoes preferred with afternoon gowns. It also mentions a ribbed satin ramp boot with pearl buttons and a patent leather French heel slipper with a cut steel buckle and velvet strap.
A dying man in a city hospital awakens to see his wife and her rival child’s mother, revealing a shared misbelief about his death. The wife learns the truth that the other woman is not the wife, and the dying man’s child is involved, ending in quiet, sorrowful revelation.
The French Academy of Science viewed a diminutive electric dynamo that fits on a penny. Weighing one fifth of an ounce and measuring six tenths by a half inch by half inch, it can generate power and run as a motor at two-and-a-half volts.
Figures from Cleveland and New York show about 200000 TB deaths annually in the United States with over five living cases per death, totaling at least one million. Health records cover only 100000 to 150000, or about one in eight to ten, leaving most cases untreated and uncontrolled.
The right soap for baby's care is Cuticura Soap praised for purity fragrance and emollient properties that soothe irritations redness roughness and chafing while promoting skin and hair health. Used with Cuticura Ointment it treats eczema rashes and itching in infants and outlasts ordinary soap making it economical. Sold worldwide with free samples and a 32 page Skin Book from Cuticura Dept L Boston.
Abner, who worked for the summer residents, told Mr. Burns one morning that he was soon to be married. He confirmed preparations are complete including a new wedding finery and a Sunday coat with a new collar and tapped shoes.
A Louisville Courier-Journal excerpt quotes a husband and wife complaining about a foreign couple living next door. The couple allegedly quarrels incessantly, and the wife cannot understand the language, causing distress.
A biographical sketch describes Louis Brownlow as a southern child from backwoods origins who rises to prominence in journalism by working his way to front-page bylines. The tale recounts his early move to a southern city, his success on the newspaper, and his return home with fame and recognition.
Philo Case, a longtime resident near Bridgeport Connecticut, greets an old friend visiting the village. He asks after Mr. Jones and is told Mr. Jones died nearly two years ago, prompting a surprised exchange about who had died.
An early 20th century advertisement touts Mra Winslow's soothing syrup for teething children. Claims include gum relief, reduced inflammation, pain relief, and wind colic treatment. Price listed as 25 cents per bottle.
A reader insists on including provided letters in mailed items and requests ongoing updates on current affairs. The note reflects a desire for accuracy, timely information, and adherence to submitted documents in correspondence.
The quotation notes that acts of virtue mature into habits and lead to lasting virtuous character formation, highlighting moral development as a steady, cumulative process.
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