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Newspaper
Pekin Advance
Location
Pekin, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1916
Page
3
Due to a wheat crop shortage, the firm announces handling other flour brands besides Town Talk to meet growing trade. It promises top brands from Paoli Martinsburg and Washburn-Crosby, with access at Branch House Minneapolis, August 26, 1916.
A local feed store advertises carrying milk feed hog feed and chicken feeds among other items, emphasizing a full range of products available for farm and household needs.
The Conowsy basket meeting drew strong Sunday attendance with an afternoon meal and a planned Friday night service. Protracted services continue at Mt Pleasant and Emanuel, with Pekin urged to attend the 2nd Sunday in September. Reports of visits, farm work, and social visits fill the week as churches prepare reports for the Annual Conference in Franklin on Sept. 20.
Daisy Hill reports rain and cooler weather. Mr and Mrs Ezekiel Lane of Sparksville visited their sister Mrs Margaret Packwood and niece Mrs W E Gray Saturday and Sunday, planning to return home Monday.
A brief note urges giving good advice by setting a good example. It claims people notice quick relief from a cold by using Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and may imitate the approach. The remedy is said to have years of use and an excellent reputation and is obtainable everywhere.
Old Pekin residents Essie and Estelle Johnson visited relatives at New Liberty this week. Alva Hobson stayed with sister Mrs Ray Nale and family. Frank Johnson visits his mother in Indianapolis this week. Attended the basket meeting led by Bert H. Stanley, president, Conaway, on Sunday.
Public Library Commission Indiana promotes the Traveling Library, lending books for three months with only transport costs. Readers may request entertaining or study titles, even without a local library, by writing to the Traveling Library Department in Indianapolis.
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