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Newspaper
Advance Hustler
Location
Advance, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1907
Page
6
Fort Wayne saw its first snowfall of the season in a ten minute flurry. Other notes report a fatal saw accident in Petersburg, the state fair attendance record, and various local incidents across Indiana.
In a campus riot in Lafayette six Purdue students were seriously injured as city toughs attacked. Fred Doench an Evansville blacksmith was kicked by a mule while shoeing it breaking his leg. this is the third time the same mule has kicked him.
Laura Bellini driven by Lon McDonald paced a mile in 2 0434 at the State fair grounds to establish a new record in the 2 11 stake pace at the 1907 State fair.
Mrs. Stanislaw Bolinski of South Bend escaped with a fractured rib after being hurled forty feet from a Lake Shore express train moving at forty miles an hour. In Crawfordsville, Mrs. Frank Oliver died from severe burns when coal oil ignited a stove explosion.
Lightning struck the barn on the Spencer county farm owned jointly by United States Senator James Hemenway and Speaker Joseph G. Cannon, destroying it with a $3,000 loss. Republican politicians hail a plan to nominate E. E. Neal of Westfield for Reporter of the Supreme Court at the next convention.
Frank Suit, noted in local lodge circles, is jailed on a charge of attempting to burn the Citizens' National Bank Building. Police say he may have solved a string of arson attempts across six business blocks in recent weeks.
Linden, Indiana, stands out with two strong railways and two solid churches but no preacher and no hotel. It has two vacant saloon buildings and no current hotel, and no immediate plans to fill these vacancies, while seeking both preachers and a hotel proprietor but not saloon operators.
Charles W. Gibson and Richard Veitch after moving from Pittsburgh 18 months ago and making Lawrence county's first oil discovery sold part of their holdings to the Indiana Refining Company of Georgetown Kentucky for 350000. In a separate note Alpert Deavers of New Castle went into a frenzy after viewing the play Dr Jekyl and Mr Hyde.
Kokomo authorities ban football deeming it injurious and harmful and arrange outdoor basketball as the substitute activity for local recreation and public safety.
Nell and Will elope on a switch engine to New Zealand then alarm fathers and conductors. A late train, a daring cab ascent, and a dramatic chase end with a telegraphed pardon and the couple returning home to wed with their blessing.
A survey of spending on male wardrobes across classes notes rivals in fashion, with figures from a Harper's Weekly article. It cites a male yearly dress expenditure estimate of about $11,300, led by housing and chauffeur costs, and includes notes on individual spending patterns and consumer behavior.
J. E. Mellish, a twenty year old Dane county farmer with a self made telescope, has discovered a new comet. He studied astronomy from books bought with scarce savings and reported the find to the University of Wisconsin authorities and other scientists.
A Spanish professor reports sunflowers as a splendid febrifuge usable as a quinine substitute. He notes Moncorvo's prior Paris Therapeutical Society reference and Russian peasant use of sunflower leaves for fever. A Russian physician reports successful coloring matter and extracts, curing many from one month to twelve years old as quickly as quinine.
Summary of a religious study unit on Moses death from Moab. It outlines Moses view of Canaan from Pisgah, his burial, age, and mourning by Israel, plus Joshua as successor and Moses as a supreme prophet. Includes study questions on time place and expository points.
Lenznaert, a workman for builder M. Defrancq of Menin, struck a hard object while trenching an empty house courtyard. He uncovered a metal chest about three feet deep containing gold coins worth about £600, negotiable, reported by the London Globe.
ET thought he could save money by not consenting to his daughter's marriage to Huggins. The daughter refuses to elope and the old man admits defeat with a sigh. The Chicago News presents the humorous domestic dilemma.
The Philadelphia Press quotes a light remark about the engagement failing. It notes the couple faced strain and implies criticism of the match as unsuitable or impractical.
A brief critique questions entitlement among critics who mock hard work. The piece contrasts faint scoffs with the commendable effort of a respected figure, suggesting prideful belittling yields no real gain. The tone warns against undermining achievement.
A witty spoof notes that a ten cent cigar is "Connecticut fled and Wisconsin wrapped" and worse than a second. It contends trade is transient and not worth stocking cheap cigars, offering a fair ten cent option at thirty-five cents or three for a dollar as the better value.
Stella and Bella exchange wry dialogue about gossip in a brief quoted line from the New York Sun, illustrating how rumors feel large when heard in close proximity.
Capt John L Fly of Co E 17th Ohio now in Newton Kansas recalls kidney pain after Civil War service. He began using Deans Kidney Pills in 1901 and credits the remedy with a cure, noting crutch use and back pain ceased. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box FosterMilburn Co Buffalo NY.
A sharp Nantucket resident hired Daniel Webster for a week in Nantucket by paying $1,000 to ensure he could argue every case on the docket. Webster stayed the entire week and participated in all hearings, earning extra via other clients while the operator profited from reselling his services.
A group of small North Delaware street girls operated a curbside lemonade stand. A girl added artificial with red crayon near the pitcher and explained to a passerby that the ice was the artificial component under the pure food law.
Humorous exchange quoted from Chicago News about marriage strain and the impulse toward divorce. The joke notes that a wife fears divorce because it would free the husband to marry another woman and cause her unhappiness.
A brief child mother rebuke exchange features the line Mother you never say my hands as dirty as yours and Child but your mother did revealing a sharp family moment in conversation.
A Wilkes Barre nurse testifies to Postum Food Coffee reducing headaches and indigestion after switching from coffee. She says it aids milk flow in mothers and benefits patients when coffee is avoided, noting proper preparation and serving with cream. The ad invites reading The Road to Wellville and cites There’s a Reason.
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