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Newspaper
Pekin Advance
Location
Pekin, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1912
Page
2
The Pekin Advance prints agricultural guidance on using salt for tea stains dental care and laundry, plus pruning techniques for cherry and pear trees. It covers seasonal pruning, spur development, and winter trimming to boost fruit production with practical, period-voice instructions.
The piece notes extreme heat days, critiques lack of public guidance on sensible dress, and observes gradual shifts from heavy coats to lighter fabrics. It argues that despite modern fabrics and cheaper options, men cling to outdated clothes due to prejudice and dignity, with a cheeky nod to future heat casualties.
The Yukon sled is a rugged wood craft eight to sixteen feet long built for hard wear. It costs ten to fourteen dollars and runs about sixteen inches wide. A larger Usket style shares roots with a three masted schooner, eight to sixteen feet long, made of birch oak or hickory, twenty two inches wide, costing forty to two hundred dollars, raised from the runners and often joined with raw hide. Basket sleighs carry a basket for goods and may use bald skin or leather as a retreat from extreme cold. Wide World Magazine.
The article argues about pruning grapes, noting methods vary by locality. It cites Green's Fruit Farm as not using summer pruning and stresses winter or early spring pruning as vital, warning late pruning in June worsens outcomes. It mentions a Bermuda grower planting 15,000 bulbs, illustrating broader horticultural practices.
A frugal woman spent a day repurposing a pillowslip that was torn, explaining it would be wasteful to discard the hem. Her thriftiness turned a ruined item into a practical craft, reflecting a broader economy mindset.
A quirky note pretends to warn against breaking promises but hints the speaker will bend rules when a hyphen fits in a joking tongue twister. The fragment references odd language names and playful phrasing without a clear news event or person.
The article lauds Purdue backed livestock judging for boys as an educational feature at fairs. It highlights classes, scholarships to Purdue, and prizes focused on learning, noting several hundred dollars in awards and trips to the state fair or Purdue short course. It urges farmers and fathers to support youth participation.
A historical note extols women as key in farming and home management, arguing their presence keeps households stocked and labor organized. It cites women’s intuition, budgeting, and task efficiency as crucial to avoiding food shortages and social disruption, contrasting with male-dominated disruption and protests.
A subscriber famed in town stopped his paper for two years in arrears. The writer muses on mortality and the editor’s future obituary, noting the editor will be the lone last kind word spoken when he lies in the grave, while the paper endures.
All persons indebted to me just settle on or before Aug. 15. All accounts not served by then will be left with no collector. R. F. B., Elrad.
Rhubarb fills a distinct want when nature craves green foods and should be grown by many families. Few plants supply a family with little labor once established, needing rich manure and early setting. Rhubarb has no insect enemies or diseases, and healthy stalks respond to good culture. When they fail, lift, divide, and reset for a permanent bed.
The article notes the department of agriculture recognizing the peanut as not a nut and mentions it as a Brazil native or Rouber pea in the south. It also discusses a Cornwall legend of a faintly luminous metal from mines, with a British scientist linking a specimen from Wales to uranium-like luminescence and radioactivity in a glowing mineral.
The article argues to distinguish pests from helpers in the garden. Snakes toads and lizards aid in insect control and should be protected or imported for garden benefit. Toads eat worms and can be valuable in hotbeds and greenhouses, yet people often kill them. The piece notes Paris markets sell toads for greenhouse pest control. It ends with an unrelated real estate blurb about a Pekin house for sale.
The text recounts Maurice Barrymore, elder of the famed acting family, sharing a story from his past. It features a stage scene in Belasco's The Heart of Maryland and a dramatic escape moment thwarted by a heckling audience chant. Barrymore’s reaction and focus on the villain’s taunting are noted as pivotal.
The passage describes a Japanese pupil’s composition on England from a major missionary school in Tokyo. It portrays the English as powerful, expansive in dominion, and proud of global reach while noting traits of cunning, devotion to empire, and a harsh view of conflict.
A garbled account describes John McCullough and his company performing in Texas. During the day they toured the town, gathering fur coverings. A skin-related mishap occurred on stage as a bathers march disrupted the performance. The lead actor commented on the audience and the batharian army in a quixotic exchange.
Rise to the dignity of sound business. 10 gate herds, 100 envelopes at 100 shipping tags say $1.00 postpaid. Neatly printed With name of farm and products Be up to date, advertise your stock, poultry, dairy products, etc. ADVANCE. PRINTING CO. Pekin, Ind.
A compact, period tone excerpt contrasts pride with greed citing Punch and Jeremy Taylor. The quip warns that boasting about wealth devalues virtue, likening excess pride to a gold mine’s misused gleam and folly.
A fragment from Popular Mechanics explains high water content in meat and poultry. It cites beef water share around 60 percent of value, pigeons 70 percent, fowls and ducks near 60 percent, fat goose 88 percent, and fish 40 to 80 percent, highlighting moisture vs. meat value.
The passage traces the rise of mass education from Geneva under John Calvin to Britain’s Sunday school movement and the English free public schools. It notes Jefferson and early American leaders champions of universal education as essential to liberty and democratic government.
A Baltimore hotel clerk, famed for his even temper, faced a test when a guest asked to borrow a glass alarm clock. He refused, noting he had no watch and could not risk waking others. The guest demanded though, prompting the clerk to summon the housekeeper and the night-leased alarm clock in the hall.
A fragmented critique traces late nineteenth and early twentieth century ideas of physical perfection. It contrasts modern athletic physiques with classical sculpture and ancient ideals, noting a shift from sheer muscle to the blend of strength, speed, intelligence, and strategic prowess. The piece derides exaggerated body culture and praises balanced fitness framed by art, literature, and virtue.
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