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Newspaper
Advance Hustler
Location
Advance, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1905
Page
2
Local notes report H. M. Pittenger not improving as of now. Elevators and farm work progress. Football team plans discussed at the high school. Townspeople attend visits across Indiana and Alabama. Reunion schedules, theater acts, and school progress noted. Canning, banking, and business updates appear with weather and health items throughout.
Charley Norman and Earlie Mi wed in Lebanon on Thursday morning. Visitations include Bratton near Shannondale, Atkins at Indianapolis, and Davis and Eads of Roachdale visiting. Residents report illnesses with typhoid fever and injuries like Jessie Routh breaking an arm. Several locals travel to Danville, Plainfield, Veedersburg, Jamestown, Ladoga, and Urbana for visits and trips. Continuous social activity features many named families and towns around the region.
A Moran advertisement touts Kodol Dyspepsia Cure as a cure for indigestion and related stomach troubles. Dr Newbrough of League West Virginia endorses it, claiming it digests food and sweetens the stomach. Sold by Joseph Bros.
The Commercial recounts Robert Ogden’s story of a friend who owned railroad securities and refused to sell when warned the line would fail. Though not rich in money, he possessed integrity, resisting venal pressures to protect others from loss. The piece praises such men as increasingly common in America.
A German woman in a hospital was repeatedly reported as improving until one night she died. Her husband asked the doctor what she died of and the doctor answered that she died of improvements. The tale circulates as a Harper's Weekly quip.
Joe Smith of Portland, described by the Boston Herald as a poor, half witted man who did odd jobs, declared to a lady he worked for that he would marry. She challenged his ability to support himself, and he quipped that he could nearly support himself and it would be a pity if his future wife could not do a little something.
Prof. Sutterlin in the Frankfurter Zeitung warns against accusing a Naples coachman of cruelty to animals. He cites an Englishman who complained and was found dead next day in a narrow street with a dagger wound to the heart.
A government employee quips about Dustin Stax’s wealth while noting an assessor’s office image. The exchange suggests scrutiny of status and fiscal display within public offices.
President's 1883 letter recalls Perry's 1853 mission to Japan seeking friendship and trade. It notes the original 1851 Webster draft, its 1852 refashioning by Everett, and three language copies in a gold case. The aim was safe seamen and mutual prosperity through steady relations.
A flywheel insurance system rests on a single proprietor who dominates the field. The insured wheel danger rises with rim speed, with solid iron at about three miles per minute and rim safety limits set lower. Underwriter rates hinge on wheel size and allowable revolutions, reflecting explosive risk.
The Roaton Herald recounts a humorous moment during Si Shurtleff’s first term on the Revere school board. In a primary class, a teacher prompts Daniel to read and a boy exclaims Oh Si what a fly hoy are in a misread line, creating an embarrassing but lighthearted scene.
Authorities inform readers that no M. E. Church gathering will take place this Sunday, noting the cancellation affects planned church services and a scheduled congregation event.
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