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Newspaper
Advance Hustler
Location
Advance, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1912
Page
3
In a Kansas City Star excerpt, Ezra Toombs the undertaker sits on the horse block muttering about poor business. The doctor’s two-week prognosis for Judge Feebles has been proven false, the judge contemplates remarriage, and repeated doctor visits spark arguments. Ezra fears leaving town as activity in town dwindles.
Auction style rural property notices list hundreds of farms and acreages for sale or trade. Properties span multiple states and provinces including Michigan Wisconsin Missouri Nebraska Minnesota North Dakota Montana and Canada with sizes from 40 to 807 acres and features such as cultivable land houses barns outbuildings orchards stock and machinery. Multiple listings provide box numbers and contact names for Chicago and other cities offering regional agricultural opportunities.
In a crowded waiting room two women recall a Wisconsin summer encounter. Helen reveals she once pretended to borrow a canoe, met Sidney Hollister, and lost her wig when her hat blew off. Hollister, recognizing her, offers a private hair tweak to settle the old incident.
A colonial tale notes Colonel Jasper giving away a pair of shoes to an old black man named Zeke at a hotel livery stable. The exchange centers on Zeke’s request for any size shoes, with the remark Any size, camel exceeding expectation and eliciting humor. The piece reflects period vernacular and social attitudes in a concise, anecdotal style.
A dialogue shows a man dismissing hopeful market pep talks after a poor first investment and asking for practical help in the form of a retriever, with the advisor offering guidance at the office. The exchange hints at a search for tangible returns rather than encouragement.
A short quotation attributed to Ralph Waldo Emerson emphasizes daily life as the best day of the year and learning through each day as a doomsday awareness. The text reflects on perception and personal wisdom.
A fragment from judge and editor wit contrasts serious medical and legal topics with ironic quips. It notes a surgeon jokingly cutting his wife from his will and a mayor questioning a child about a husband’s intoxication, ending with the child’s blunt reply about where he was located.
A London tale recounts a Cambridge student asked to lend money. He found his friend asleep in bed at Solomon of students, who, when asked to borrow a sovereign, feigns sleep and answers I am asleep. The brief anecdote ends with the creditor’s realization.
A tale of Ruth, youngest in a stern Presbyterian family, who cannot voice her anger at a doll. She hurls the doll and exclaims in baby talk that she wishes to belong to a family that swears. The humorous moral centers on zeal and household humor.
Harry Clotworthy a military affairs expert visited the National Press Club and ordered a second breakfast mainly of eggs after an egg breakfast. The steward confronted a waiter who admitted serving two egg meals, displaying a $2 egg breakfast check as proof of payment.
A housewife shares how stopping coffee and using Postum improved her nervousness digestion and heart trouble. Her husband also stopped coffee with relief. both say they feel better and credit Postum when made per directions. The testimonial is from Postum Co Battle Creek Michigan.
By C Sellers Moody Institute lesson stresses temperance on World Temperance Sunday. It lists eight charges against Ephraim and Samaria for intemperance including falsehood theft and social decay, warns vice fuels crime and economic loss, and urges repentance and divine healing.
A correspondent jokes about Willie attending a free thought Sunday class. He asks about the Garden of Eden question and learns the teacher’s cheeky reply that nobody knows who first bit the apple after six millennia of trying.
A dramatic courtroom exchange features a large woman insisting on a warrant after alleging desertion by her husband. The prosecutor questions the reason given, while an official hesitantly drafts the warrant amid tense dialogue.
A 1912 Chicago testimonial from Miss Clara Mueller describes severe facial pimples that burned and itched. She states three weeks of Cuticura Soap and Ointment cured her, and notes Cuticura products sold worldwide with a Skin Book offer.
A Baltimore household visit ends with a child crying over a father’s whack whack. The little Marie explains the hit was on the back of her tummy, prompting a sigh from a sympathetic matron who tries to console the sobbing child.
Two conservative travelers meet a girl on a western train. She explains that her mother and stepfather live at one end of the journey while her father and stepmother live at the other. She is sent to meet them twice yearly, ensuring four guardians keep watch.
Dialogue shows two neighbors debating modern marriage experiments as a judge notes one man’s long-standing personal trial spanning twenty years. The exchange captures courtroom humor and social tension about changing norms.
An old advertisement promises relief for itching pain and piles with Carbolsaire and Croes Ball Blue products. It urges druggists and grocers to stock the remedies and mentions pricing of 25 and 50 cents.
A rustic speaker compares urban costs to rural barter noting a $50,000 price tag to join the stock exchange and claiming he can swap steers for nothing on court day. The piece uses humorous regional dialect to juxtapose city finance with rural life.
A woman tells a lawyer she seeks divorce claiming neglect and cruelty. She cites failure to feed the bird during her absence and the husband’s cruel remarks about the dog Fido as the basis for the claim.
A brisk domestic exchange shows Sine Dle lecturing about punctuality while his wife counters that he delays tasks indefinitely. The pair’s banter highlights familiar quarrels over time management and responsibility.
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