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Newspaper
Advance Hustler
Location
Advance, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1921
Page
6
A survey of 377 cities finds red tape and political meddling hinder school boards. Teachers salaries total 180 million dollars, 64 percent of current expenses, while capital outlay focuses on sites and new buildings.
Pekin University plans a tannery curriculum with twelve weekly hours in a practice lab. The lab will be equipped with modern leather working machinery from the United States and stocked with dyes chemicals and tanning compounds. Dr H B Vincent and John Wang will oversee the program.
New York protests the wholesale killing of bald eagles in Alaska. T Gilbert Pearson, president of the National Audubon Societies, says Alaska paid bounties on over 15 000 eagles. He calls for repeal of the bounty law and a halt until the eagle can have its day in court.
Beetown resident Doll, a Beetown farmer, was seriously hurt when a car tire exploded after he scratched a dirt bubble. The blast sent dirt and sand into his eyes at high pressure, likely causing permanent blindness.
Captain Roald Amundsen aims to install wireless aboard the Maud in Seattle to relay from the north pole as he drifts past the pole with ice floes. He believes a northeasterly current from Cape Serdze will drive him into the Atlantic, a voyage likely lasting years.
London medical circles examine a dustman whose heart continued beating for hours after respiration stopped. tests showed brain tumor as death cause. experts say breathing can cease while the heart still beats, raising questions on when death occurs in brain disturbances.
The passage notes that no explanation was given for how the event could continue to be recorded as ongoing for more than seven and a half hours after respiration had ceased. The fragment raises questions about the circumstances and timing without offering details.
A surgical operation 200 miles at sea was conducted under wireless direction from Brooklyn by Dr Raymond Barrett to the tanker Vesta. The captain performed the actual procedure using a kitchen knife as a scalpel and rubber pieces as drainage tubes after anesthesia. The operation treated an infected hand and was deemed a success.
The United States Department of Agriculture outlines summer strategies to eradicate hog lice and mange. Crude petroleum dips and medicated wallows are recommended with careful water depth, timing, and post treatment sanitation for hogs and enclosures.
Farmers are urged to plant turnips after early vegetables, using rich soil and light sowing in July or late August in the South. The USDA notes Americans could eat more turnips given a potential potato shortfall. Seed is broadcast, lightly covered, and fields roughly leveled for even emergence.
Farm women form egg circles to market eggs butter and poultry in large quantities. Eggs are collected by circle members or hired helpers. USDA marketing agents teach candling and grading to ensure only top quality eggs are sold.
Evansville Indiana teen recounts relief from months of irregular periods and backaches after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She reports reduced sickness and drowsiness during periods and encourages others to try the remedy.
A broad view of prewar world maps shows 1.7 billion people, 550 million white and 1.14 billion colored, indicating colored races outnumber whites by more than two to one.
Advertising blurb touts Cuticura products for soothing itchy rashy skin on babies. It promotes Cuticura Soap for baths Cuticura Ointment for gentle application and Cuticura Talcum as a finishing dusting. Prices listed as 25e each everywhere.
Four ancient cisterns near Jerusalem dating to the Pontius Pilate era have been enlarged to hold 5 million gallons of water. Previously the city relied on scarce rainfall as several cisterns had not been cleaned for a century or more.
Childrens handkerchiefs look hopeless after washing. Use good soap and rinse in water blued with Red Cross Ball Blue for brighter results.
A forger arrives at the prison and the governor asks what he can do. The prisoner jokes that with a week of practice he could forge the governor’s signature on official papers. This odd exchange appears in Pearson's Weekly.
In any flock some hens are far better producers than others. A few hens are such poor layers that it does not pay to keep them. For small flocks, owners can observe and cull boarders to eat.
The article notes hens lay best in spring. It suggests keeping the henhouse close to spring conditions for higher egg output. It cites sunshine fresh air green food and comfortable temperature as ideal factors for hens and their eggs.
Detroit earns a reputation as one of the best regulated traffic centers in the country, noted for orderly city planning and strict roadway oversight.
A home garden yields solid returns on time and labor invested amid current conditions as growers report steady harvests and favorable yields from vegetables and fruits.
The national park to park highway traces a circuit across 11 states connecting major West Coast and interior park units, offering a scenic route that ties together key public lands and tourism routes.
England is credited as the leading country in providing safe road travel, reflecting its strong safety standards and road transport system.
Rhode Island leads all states with a 38.8 percent score for good roads, topping the list in a framed national rating. The report highlights Rhode Island’s road conditions as a benchmark amid varying state results.
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