This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 15 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Advance Hustler
Location
Advance, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1919
Page
7
Ad advertisement stresses Bayer Cross as mark of genuine Bayer Tablets of Aspirin and proper directions for headaches toothaches and other pains. It notes tin boxes of 12 tablets are inexpensive and available at drug stores with larger packages also offered.
The article notes two dominant fall silhouettes with straight and go det lines, coats belted and longer than last season, and two suits in velours with set in panels and fur trim. It describes fabric ranges from home spuns to duvetyn and velour finished weaves, plus soft furs like seal skin and raccoon used in suits.
A feature on new and expensive ribbons entering the market. Satin and printed patterns dominate over luxury brocaded silks, with ornate rosettes and trims shown in a photograph. The piece details garters, lingerie rosettes, and a versatile bag made from wide and narrow ribbons, with elastic foundations and decorative lace accents.
Leather hats for women for motor wear shown by mil liners with new models adapted to street wear. A natty dull black hat trimmed with black quill faced with bright orange. Washing pink cotton goods color fast by using red instead of bluing. Boil turkey red in water and bottle the liquid blue to tint.
An old advertisement touts Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules as a tonic for vigor and health for men of any age. It promises maintained kidney health, improved spirits, and daily function, urging readers to start now and request the imported Gold Medal Brand from druggists with a money back guarantee.
A Hollis New York woman reports losing a diamond from her ring while making sandwiches for soldiers. She suspects the stone was swallowed by a soldier who received the sandwiches. Red Cross Ball Blue advertises in the same clipping.
Exchange over a son’s army rank and France service contrasts a lieutenant and a private with 18 months in France. The dialogue reflects wartime pride and class cues as a Birmingham Age-Herald quip. An ad promotes Cuticura Powder as a versatile antiseptic talcum for face skin and babies.
In a rural exchange a boy explains to his father that he got his head wet while watching peers swim against orders. He claims he wasn’t splashed because he kept his hat dry in his hand, prompting the father to joke about turning the boy into a lawyer.
An old promotional note touts GROVE'S TASTELESS Chill TONIC as a simple iron and quinine iron supplement. It claims to purify and enrich blood and improve strength and vigor with a pleasant taste, noting a price of zero cents.
Havana reports a sudden outbreak of cannibalistic practices by voodoo worshipers causing multiple deaths among children and villagers. Authorities launched a campaign to arrest Brujos and seize ritual objects as fear spreads among families and clashes with police intensify.
Hoquiam Washington deeds to 1000 acres of Gray's Harbor land are to be placed in a local bank as a reward for the aviator who first encircles the globe. George J. Hibbard a Seattle attorney makes the offer with a time limit of August 1 1920.
Sven Loev of New York wore down his teeth eating walrus meat while with Doctor Cook in the arctic. A recruiting sergeant at headquarters noticed the worn teeth and questioned the man about the gum drop claim, which Loev denied as bunk.
Muskrats digging a hole in a dam erected in 1801 1802 forced the Seebar and Chapman grist mill at Adams to close. The dam had withstood time but succumbed to the rats attacks.
War department orders new standard uniforms made to fit manikins measured from 100,000 enlisted men in camps nationwide. An anthropologist will supervise the measurements and standards for tailors to follow. In Kansas a blackbird dies after touching hot water in a yard given sun baked heat.
Mrs. Mary Halsey of Harrisburg claims the egg laying championship for her pet hen Blackie. The hen produced an egg weighing four and a half ounces with a circumference of eight and a half inches. Blackie, though small, lays unusually large eggs and sometimes lays two in a day.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.