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Newspaper
Pekin Advance
Location
Pekin, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1917
Page
3
Some older residents recall Sunday as among the roughest days they’ve experienced in the vicinity, noting the harsh conditions and unsettling events that shook the community. The comments reflect a shared memory of severe disruption and collective unease.
A historical note advises poultry owners to improve winter production through proper bird care, housing, and sanitation. It suggests arranging pullets for March or April, and emphasizes using favorable surroundings, clean housing, and balanced diets to maximize egg and meat output during scarce periods.
A seventy year old couple from Warrington, Pa, credits Foley Kidney Pills with easing kidney trouble and fatigue. The item also logs community updates from Greenbrier and Pekin areas, school events, visits, and farm notes, including poultry feeding experiments and winter care tips from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
A student, Little Delbert Bagshaw, sustained a painful burn at school on Friday after an accident at a stove. Lucy Bagshaw is reportedly making her home at Newcon Spurgeon’s. Sunday birth reported to Robi Martin and spouse for a baby boy. Mrs rank Vestis was noted as sick.
Baxter Wheeler of Wisconsin says ten years of using Foley's Honey and Tar for coughs and croup. Safe for babies, effective for adults, no opiates, relieves colds and stops coughing. Sold by Markland Pharmacy in the area.
A Black woman employed as a servant on Prospect Avenue described her mistress as the best natured when well, but noted she is alike all the time. The Kansas City Star reports the light anecdote reflecting everyday views in a dwelling.
The text describes a severe bilious attack with head ache coated tongue and other symptoms. It recommends taking three Chamberlains Tablets for relief, stating they are prompt and effective and obtainable everywhere.
South Boston reports plummeting temperatures with a Sunday blizzard. Thermometer read 28 degrees above at 6 am and dropped to 10 below by 9 pm. Local residents Uncle Wiley Anderson and Mrs Samuel Dawalt are ill. Dr. Kelley visits them. W.A. Walker and Claude Taylor families suffer grippe. Edna Roduan recovering. Cyrus Martin visited Martinsburg to see his crippled sister. Mortis Gray responds to his father’s death near Tipton. Od Walker buys a Ford from Benya Co.
A Waynesfield Ohio reader, Amanda Gierhart, writes that Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy has been used in her family for twenty years and has never failed to cure a cough or cold. The ad copy emphasizes its popularity through user endorsements.
Fort Hill elder Hatcheld failed to fill his appointment due to bad weather. Sherman Wiseman left for a week at a farm in Arkansas. Glenn Davis visited Chas Purkishier from Saturday to Monday. Ralph Wonsford kept his Sunday call despite the weather. Mary Martindale visited her brother Ephiram Sunday night. Ben King and granddaughter from Fredericksburg visited his son Lee last week. Laura Marshall has the measles. Miss Etta Purkhiser visited Wednesday with sister Mrs Fred Zink. Silay Mitchell and wife with daughter visited Sunday. Mahlon Mitchell called on D L Purkhiser Friday afternoon. Dora Cauble visiting her parents for a few weeks. Lisie Marshall visited home folks Thursday.
A letter from Riverdale Georgia describes Woley Cathartic Tablets as cleansing the system with no gripe and no navy sea. The ad touts the product as an ideal physic to invigorate and strengthen bowel action, with benefits for stomach and liver, promoting a stout but light and free feeling. Sold by Markland Pharmacy.
Winter settles in and sickness lingers though the sick report improving. Charley Voyles visited uncle Asa Miller near Big Sink and attended the Sappenfield sale. Misa Mabel Wright missed school due to illness. Lillian Brough stays with grandfather in poor health. Ezra Voyles and Henry Brown called on relatives Thursday and Monday. Lon Sappenfield plans to move to Amanda Millers soon.
A fragmented plea urges readers to mail a cut-out slip to Foley & Co. in Chicago for a trial package including Foley products such as Money and Tar Compound for coughs and colds, Foley Kidney Pills and Foley Cathartic Tablets, sold by Markland Pharmacy.
Nelson Morris of Honey Run visited this week as a business guest. H L Sigler stays with his daughter Mrs Nora Phillips. Mrs James Orr visited Geo Orr family at Jeffersonville. Mrs John T Graves of near Salem visits her parents Mr and Mrs William Wells. Robt F Brammer of Owensbury traded a farm for RK Elrods Store and residence property. two of Brammer's nieces will clerk there next week.
William Rudder died at his home on Market Street Monday afternoon at 4 20 from kidney congestion and bowel impaction after two weeks of illness. He was a prominent Salem businessman and Rudder Drug Co. elder, born near the Rudder home south of town. Sheriff of Washington County in 1890, he spent his life in Salem and area. Funeral Thursday at 2 pm at the residence, burial in Crown Hill Cemetery.
In Loogootee Indiana Anthony Wilson recalls a lifelong liver and stomach trouble from malaria fever. He credits Thedford's Black Draught with curing him from age ten and says he now remains well except during seasonal changes. The ad touts the remedy as a long standing liver stomach and bowel tonic.
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