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Newspaper
Pekin Advance
Location
Pekin, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1916
Page
3
The merchant uses a national style sales notice urging careful, economical buying. It promotes new goods arrivals and quality at saving prices, urging readers to watch ads to save money and avoid thoughtless purchases.
The School Board of New Pekin Indiana will sell at public auction at the school building on Saturday September 2 1946 starting at 10 o clock a m Four Clean Air System Heaters No 640 with piping complete made by The Standard School Heater Co Chicago Ill. These heaters have been used a short time and are in good repair. Terms cash. N S Martin J W Gill School Board H C Littell ady 2t.
Names attending Baptist Association at Salem are listed including Elijah Churchman Wayne Rodman Lula Curtis Alva Curtis Lydia Wells Charley Wells Cyrus Baker Harley McClellan Wilbur Stewart Florence Plott Nora Rush Ollie Weir and many others. Local farming activity and visits are noted with Mr and Mrs James Rush Rayman Motsinger and family plus travel to Terre Haute and Pekin markets.
Edmund Waggoner traveled to Indianapolis for business last week. A large number of Borden relatives attended a Sunday dinner at Sidalin church. Clarence rk and family returned to Indianapolis after a week visiting homefolks. Jackie Miller visiting Marysville with Henry Kenset family. Chester Rippie and family moved into East Main St. property previously owned by Warman. Mrs Fred Smith and two children visited Brad Millers near Greenville. A G Littell and Pred Goss visited Ira McKinley and wife. Orlin Clark of Louisville visiting grandparents C W Clark. Edmund Waggoner sold his share in the box factory to Arthur McKinley. Mrs India Warman and Clara shopped in Falls Cities. Enoch Engleman and C E Connor made a business trip to Arkansas.
Joe Dingman of Webster City Iowa reports chronic liver trouble with pains in the side back and stomach. After using half a bottle of Chamberlain's Tablets he felt better with no pain and the ad notes the product is sold by Markland Pharmacy.
Skinners Hill residents attended church at South Liberty Sunday both services. Miss Mable Martin of Pekin spent Saturday and Sunday with her sister Mrs Chester Worley. P. B. Martin of Bloomington visited relatives here and stayed at O. P. Martin's. Rowena Worley, visiting the area, returned home near Bedford last Thursday. Mrs Martha Haas of Louisville and Mrs Anna Karnes of Palmyra visited O. P. Martin's recently. Carl Martin of Bloomington visited his uncle O. P. Martin. Miss Sv Martin visited her sister Lois Worley last week.
Sunday after church visits sprouted through the Martin family network including Jasper, Rowena, and Carl Martin of Palmyra, along with Ada, Miss Ester Crim, Ovetta Sears, Hazel Fesss, Robi Brugh, Stella Lofton, and others making calls at O P Martins, Ezra Wright s, J L Shanks, John Bakers and Beavens while sharing meals with Guy Martin, Perry, and Carl Martin across the region.
A writer explains his support for legally licensed beer saloons and regulation, clarifying that public sentiment in Pekin is not universally pro beer. He backs law and order, condemns unlawful saloons, and stresses the need for public policy aligned with liquor laws while willing to revise views if citizen actions demand change.
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