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Newspaper
Pekin Advance
Location
Pekin, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1917
Page
2
The Pekin Advance essay from January 23 1941 mocks fashion cost and social norms. It cites Ruth Law praise and jokes about wages, gasoline, gaslights, and dancing. It mentions platinum price rises, streetcar women drivers in Paris, and varied opinions on war, science, and society with wry humor.
A compact listing of worship schedules across multiple churches. Church of Christ at Old Pekin and Martinsburg, Emmanuel and Bethel ME, Mt Pleasant ME, Daisy Hill Chapel U B, and others announce Sunday services, bible readings, Sunday School at 10 o'clock, prayer meetings, and evangelist visits by Rev J. Johns and B T Taylor.
Local congregations publish their sermon schedules with varied patterns. Olive Branch Primitive Baptist and Young Greek in Morris Chapel list Saturday and Sunday services. Martinsburg U B, Mt Zion Baptist, and others mention Sunday and Saturday night preaching, with seasonal time changes and weekly prayer meetings.
A Paoli Indiana reader reports persistent coughing and says Foley's Honey and Tar cured their cough. The item notes the product is sold by Markland Pharmacy for adults.
A reflective aphorism notes that true greatness shows generosity toward others while small minds harbor envy. The quote contrasts generous acknowledgment with petty, ingrown envy, framing envy as a flaw only in the lesser person.
While visiting a friend I learned a simple bed wall protection. A strip of picture moulding is tacked to the baseboard at the head of each bed, extending a trifle longer than the bed width and painted to match the woodwork.
Isabel, torn between wealth and love, keeps her engagement ring hidden from her aunt's social circle. Tom learns of her hopes, but money and status tempt him, yet he returns to find Isabel with a humble, patient heart. The pair reconcile as she reveals a pearls gift and their future together.
The federal aid fund of 85.6 million dollars will support rural road construction and development within national forests. Indiana may receive about 2.1 million after creating a state highway department. Purdue experts urge centralized state organization to obtain the aid, noting shifts from local control to engineering science in road building.
A G Lupton, Hartford City farmer and banker, reshapes the state bankers association and heads the Ohio State Automobile Association. He advocates an excellent main market highways system and argues Indiana should create a State Highway department to secure federal aid, noting Indiana lags behind two states lacking such a department.
The Pekin Advance weekly Enquirer and other periodicals offer a five for one year deal for $1,053. The announcement warns of rising costs and urges immediate subscriptions. Existing subscribers may get extensions, and May Manton pattern is selected from the first Today's Magazine copy.
New Jersey voters approved issuing seven million dollars in State bonds under the Egan Act to finance highway paving through a state highway commission. Funding comes from motor vehicle licenses registrations fines and penalties with any shortfalls covered by the general fund. The act sets thirteen routes statewide excluding Cape May and Hudson and calls for durable pavements of granite asphalt brick concrete or similar hard surfaces at least eighteen feet wide.
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