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Newspaper
Advance Hustler
Location
Advance, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1920
Page
3
Residents discuss politics and other topics late at night while mosquitoes drive some to leave. Farmer Countessel recalls the conversation as “IT heard ’em” and the nuisance remains a common worry in the area. Cuticura ads promote soap ointment and powder for daily use.
Bristol Virginia Tennessee area honors veterans with a marker on the John Pemberton oak. Col John Pemberton reportedly mustered troops under it for the King's Mountain battle as the tree stood witness to five wars from War of 1812 through World War I.
S. W. Straus, a millionaire, says those who never thrifted will find saving the first hundred dollars the hardest. Once reached, they feel stronger to resist waste, gain stability, and moral courage. They recognize they are on the right road toward happiness and success.
A reflective piece notes that those who feel life is empty often create turmoil or distress for people around them, illustrating the impact of inner despair on others.
In thick weather ships can follow a submerged energized cable in Ambrose Channel using audiphones to hear sound waves. The 16 mile cable, energized from shore, guides vessels safely through the Narrows into New York harbor, supplementing radio compass and standard markers. The Navy also tested a propeller sound depth detector for water depth and proximity.
The judge asks where Kelly was during guard duties as a sergeant and a corporal pass by unseen. Kelly jokes that the question worries him and asks where he could have been while they walked around his post from opposite directions. The exchange mirrors military discipline humor from The American Legion Weekly.
U S marines searchers off Paris Island have given up hopes of finding hidden treasure said to lie at the ocean bottom. Bell divers salvage boxes and cargo remnants from ships lost at sea as marines explore new deep sea tasks beyond their land and air patrol duties. Local Black residents recall an old myth that Jean La Fife hid treasure along the coast.
A wind filled with trifles cannot swing the course of larger events, as small distractions fail to alter major outcomes. The saying reflects how minor concerns rarely change significant plans or results.
In Pittsburgh Charles B McCormick appeared in court with a Bible and quoted passages forbidding divorce. He vowed to go to jail rather than pay counsel fees and alimony in his wife Eva M McCormick’s divorce suit. Judge Drew deemed him in contempt and he spent time in the county jail before paying the alimony and being released.
Doorn Netherlands former German emperor William is worried by the weak mark exchange rate. He priced several nearby houses to house staff but converted prices to marks and called them absurd, amid attempts to secure quarters.
A slice of Rapa in the South Pacific is described as isolated and lazy with women doing most chores while men go unfed until a Tahitian missionary collected old clothes. The piece notes coal deposits and the island’s remote contact with civilization, then shifts to a Montgomeryville incident where Gustav Stoney is knocked into a pigsty by a goat and hogs.
Bernard A. Rosenblatt, president of the American Zion Commonwealth, urges ten thousand volunteers from World War I veterans, the Jewish Legion, and skilled workers to form a Jewish industrial army in Palestine. The plan envisions a three person general staff and a focus on building houses, land preparation, irrigation, afforestation, sanitation, and engineering to develop industry and commerce under Jewish control.
A white doe, a frequent woodland visitor around Trappers Lake in Birch Lake country, was seen by several residents. On Thursday afternoon a party including J. Frank Clarke of Davenport Iowa Dr A P Andrus and G M Burnham of Ashland met the animal on the road and noted its pure white appearance.
During the bullfight in Barcelona Matador Correa struck the bull’s bone and fell on its horns receiving a deep wound. Matador Arequipeno was also gored severely in the incident.
A humorous fable in a grocery setting features a glass cheese display and weighing scales debating the abuse scales endure from customers. The scales lament bias against them for being correct while other items face less scrutiny, arguing their role is to be right and fair.
The young Jack questions a new arrival, asking if she is his grandmother. The elderly woman confirms a paternal lineage, and Jack retorts that she is on the wrong side, hinting at a clash of families.
A mother asks if her daughter tires from water play and the girl responds she is almost bursting with joy as she jumps the waves at the shore. The exchange captures a carefree seaside moment between parent and child.
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