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Newspaper
Advance Hustler
Location
Advance, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1912
Page
2
A stream of quips and observations on culture and society from Indiana to Boston. Jokes on pajamas, dogs, aviation, lilies, marriages, incomes, and strange hobbies fill the column with light humor and modern frazzle.
A contemporary asks whether a married man can be a hero and answers affirmatively, arguing heroism is shown through the act of marriage. The rhetoric presents matrimony as a virtuous achievement and social duty.
A reflective note on charitable sentiment, noting some young women on the street may not realize their nudity until seen in papers. The treasury plans smaller paper money not due to consumer concerns about larger bank rolls. A pilot who fell 200 feet without injury embodies a type likely to succeed in aviation.
A linguist notes about 6000 dialects while an umpire’s battery announcement is described as an unfathomable mystery, highlighting language variation and confusion in sports signaling.
Reformists in New York threaten to prosecute the owner of a trained fleas troupe for using collars that are allegedly too tight, prompting humane society action and public outcry.
A long opinion piece urges better care for sheep arguing they pay higher returns per cost and often receive less attention than other stock. It favors Down breeds like Shropshire, notes low winter feeding on a 400 acre farm, and suggests anti fly measures including pine tar grease nostril applications and a nose muzzle to deter bot flygrubs.
A neighbor fed two eight week old Chester White pigs with wheat middlings milk scraps and pasture while the litter mates received minimal feed. The well fed pigs dressed 150 to 176 pounds at seven months versus 65 to 70 pounds for the underfed ones, a nearly 100 pound difference and about ten dollars more value at ten cent pork price.
A call to farmers to engage the dairy industry with modern methods and research at the National Dairy Show in Chicago from October 24 to November 2. The piece urges profitable cows on farms, intelligent farming, and use of expert demonstrations to reduce imports and boost domestic production. It asks readers to participate and decide the nation’s beef or dairy future.
The lesson discusses the annual review Sunday for Bible school, compares volunteer and paid teaching, and suggests methods such as calling out lessons, brief historical context, and a written test. It outlines ten lessons from the quarter, highlighting forgiveness, seed and soil, growth, wheat and tares, kingdom value, Jesus' power, faith, John the Baptist, and the disciple mission.
Guidance on selecting a hoe with a blade angled above the floor when standing and a heel just off the ground. A sharp, bright blade bites into soil easily and works smoothly. Sharpening when dull is advised, even if it wears the tool.
A writer recommends concrete floors in hog houses with minimal bedding just enough to prevent contact with concrete. Maintain warmth by sealing against cold air and ensure ventilation, with windows and upper doors opened in zero weather. Use dry bedding, disinfect with air slaked lime, and implement a dipping tank for lice control and health. Dip pigs every two months, spray in winter, and provide mineral matter and shade in summer.
A concise instruction emphasizes keeping hoe blades sharp and free of nicks, advising the use of a small flat file kept in the hip pocket to promptly smooth any damage. It stresses inexpensive, practical maintenance for lasting garden implements.
A sow eats her piglets after improper feed during pregnancy. The article notes this behavior would not occur if the sow had access to pasture or varied rations with green and succulent feed.
National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis asks eastern physicians to halt sending consumptives in late stages and with insufficient funds to the southwestern United States. It estimates at least ten percent of 6,000,000 in the region have tuberculosis, and 10,000 more come west each year to die. Many are too poor to survive, facing starvation or only charity care.
Mosquitoes flies and gnats flood Paris this year while swallows decline and sparrows vanish due to the rise of mechanical traction. Horses are fading from the streets, threatening a loss of the staple food for the Paris pierrot and the grains of oats and barley once abundant on the boulevards.
A barber asks a regular if the razor hurts him. The other cites a gentle reminder that neglecting a tip could hurt him next time.
In India men once waved fans to circulate air costing about 6 cents a day yet electric fans slowly replace these manual devices as cheaper and more reliable cooling becomes available in homes.
Letters from women in Willimantic Augusta Newport Bethlehem and elsewhere praise Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for relief from female ailments backache irregularities and nervous symptoms. Additional notes recount a bear hunting account and a literary argument on love in drama.
Rousseau’s 1766 English tour drew crowds and high praise in London and Garrick hosted a special supper. Mrs Garrick recalled an awkward evening as the philosopher clung to the box and displayed himself theatrically. Eugene Field names ten favorite books for teens and young readers, mixing classics like Pilgrim’s Progress and Black Beauty with Fairy Tales.
The golfer said he opened with a 61 and finished in 65 for a Grand Army score. He warned that to win life’s battles one must be a hard hitter and a poor quitter.
English engineers unveil a paper making machine capable of producing 650 feet of newspaper per minute at a width of 175 inches. The innovation promises rapid large scale printing and potential changes to newspaper production.
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