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Newspaper
Advance Hustler
Location
Advance, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1913
Page
2
A collage of wry quotes and anecdotes on cures for disease, social trends, and oddities. Notes include Rome’s alleged cure, painless cucumber invention, a Baltimore undertaker patient, Russian unrest, a new comet, and Paris cabbies. It surveys public folly with humor and sharp social commentary.
A Chicago policewoman arrests a young man for flirting and a magistrate discharges him on sight. The piece lampoons social norms, jokes about goophs, and notes women taking up javelin while men win embroidery contests. It contrasts bread and circuses with moving pictures and pegs humor on modern life.
A London court ruled theatergoers may kiss when displeased with a performance. It notes that generally American audiences would not insist on such a right, and the strongest rebuke to a bad play is for patrons to stay away.
The article describes a combined chimesette and coat collar neckpiece created from machine made faces and lace. It details pattern selection, paper patterning, assembly, and finishing with net, soutache, and buttons. It notes practical wear favors machine made laces and forecasts its holiday gift appeal. By Julia Bottomley.
Describes white malines wristlets collar and plastron to dress plain serge or dark silk frocks. Wristlets attach to cuffs with narrow ribbons. Collar features two overlapping frills wired to stand. Plastron bib expands from shoulders to bust with extra frilling and marines.
Fashion notes indicate powdered hair will be in vogue for winter evenings. High helmet-shaped coiffure designs gain favor, aligning with the late summer Paris and resort styles.
A laundering safety tip advises testing hooks and eyes with a magnet to determine steel content. If attracted, avoid using on items that require laundering due to rust risk.
A guide to decorating churches and homes for October weddings emphasizes autumn greenery and restrained color. It advises using dark foliage as a background with white or single color flowers, avoiding crowding, and placing arrangements at the altar, windows, and aisles. Ferns, asters, chrysanthemums, and autumn leaves are recommended with careful balance.
A study of Numbers chapters 21 to 24 focusing on Balak and Balaam. Balak seeks to curse Israel, Balaam’s initial refusal, the divine intervention of the angel, and Balaam’s prophecies foretelling Israel’s rise. The lesson warns against double mindedness and the peril of aligning with evil for gain.
Allan faces fierce opposition as he confronts the Crimmins case and fights off wreckers. Laura aids him while he endures injury and smallpox quarantine. A farewell visit to Laura precedes his sanitarium departure as she vows to stay by him and care for him.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer anecdote describes waiting for a home bound trolley by a country stop where a farmer and his wife debate timing. The man asks if the car will arrive soon, and the wife replies in ten minutes. The farmer guesses the car will arrive in about nine and a half minutes, with no other car for an hour.
Parents urged to examine every bottle of Castoria for the signature and use as a safe remedy for children. The notice highlights Castoria as having over 30 years in use and notes children cry for Fletcher's Castoria.
A light humorous note on substituting stenographers for summer work on Wall Street. Misreadings by a temporary employee transform terms like comptroller of the currency into comtroller of the corn belt and drought notes into grouch district in Kansas. The piece ends with a quip about stock and bank terms and the Wall Street Journal.
Experts doubt signatures alone prove authenticity and rely on painterly technique. Examples show Raphael and Reynolds signing on conspicuous spots, like Raphael Urbinas on a Milan canvas frieze and Reynolds signing Mrs Siddons as The Tragic Muse on the dress hem.
A narrator recalls Miss Scheech er recalling exciting experiences aboard a voyage and singing to soothe passengers during a terrible storm. A large rude man in a pink necktie gazes from the window as the dialogue touches on townsfolk and a potential move.
A lady physician extols Postum as a daily pleasure and coffee substitute. She notes improved sleep and calm, credits years of use, and recommends two forms Regular and Instant Postum with boiling guidance and preparation tips.
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