Pekin Advance readers boost subscriptions and local events
Reports from Pekin and nearby towns show residents and visitors in New Albany Salem and Falls City attending social events and shopping. Notes mention birthdays, visits by Chas Bierly and Misses Blackman, a scholarship drive, and calls to support the Pekin Advance while opposing external papers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse Shamel
Charley Bierly
New Albany
Ethel and
Nada Blackman
Salem
C. L. Hoyt
Pekin
New Jersey
Cure for Black Rot on Tobacco Promising Remedy
James Jonnsen assistant in horticulture predicts a national cure for black rot in tobacco, claiming the forthcoming bulletin will detail a new method to manage curing and sweating. He says the remedy will focus on plant care and curing techniques to reduce potential losses up to twenty thousand dollars in 1902.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Jonnsen
Abbas Boriryethi
Mr. Jonson
Bankers and Hogs Offer Farmers Diversified Hogs
A North Carolina bank urges farmers to diversify beyond cotton by raising well bred hogs. It promises to order hogs in carload lots at cost and place them with county growers. The note offers favorable terms, including notes payable next fall with satisfactory indorsement. Soybean planting guidance follows, detailing row spacing and seeding rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
Gravel Road Election Shows Broad Support for Road Upgrades
The gravel road election results show 156 in favor and 76 against. East Pierce posts 132 for and 24 against, while West Pierce yields 0 for and 0 against. A majority favors road improvements with a proposed one dollar per year for county news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Pierce
West Pierce
Colunty
Nomination Request for Young Man or Woman Contest
There is still time to nominate a young man or woman who would make a good ram. Send the name to the Contest Editor for information. We will buy your wool at the highest market price. Call or address MARTIN & SULLIVAN, PEKIN, IND.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joan Wyman
Pekin Advance
Palmer Buyns
Hugh Phi Ralph Mann
Olive Elliott
Merle Newton
Robert Matthews
Elbert
J. Parlee
Herman Gray
Martin & Sullivan
Pekin, Ind
Tornadoes Hit Regina and Bedford in Severe Storms
A tornado swept Regina causing 50 deaths and $1,000,000 in damage as businesses and homes were wrecked. Belle and Ugite suffered severe damage in nearby districts while Bedford Indiana endured an electric wind storm with lightning, uprooted trees, and unroofed buildings in the outskirts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gore
Regina
Theeing
Belle
Ugite
Bedford
Ind
Bedfort
Great Revival at Mitcheil in Mitchell District
A three week revival in Mitchell reports over 400 converts. Evangelist Loose of Waukesha Wisconsin leads a team with local pastors and workers. Large crowds from Mitchell and surrounding areas attend tent meetings and overflow church gatherings. The Gospel is presented with force and simplicity, and the revival is described as a remarkable moral uplift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mitchell
Loose
Waukesha
Wis
Spanish peanuts proposed as dairy cow fodder by expert
Prof H M Cottrell reports Spanish peanuts as a fodder plant for dairy cows promising high yields in the South the peanut home. Hay from the entire plant yields over 18 percent crude protein and over 21 percent fat with good mineral matter and mild laxative effect though not fed alone. Peanut hay makes very soft butter and personal experience in New York dairy herds is cited.
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H. M. Cottrell
Agricultural Commission of the
Rock Island Tines
Cottrell
New York
Womans death, funeral held in Krankfin Township
Adaline Dismore, wife of James Dismore, died at home aged 71. Funeral was conducted by Scott Applegate at the residence Saturday with interment in a nearby cemetery. The note mentions Salem Democrat and a tangential discussion on dairy feeding theories and a Pekin incident involving a high school girl.
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Piiza Matilla Gray
Daily Beta May Tre
Washington
Warty Diied Twie'e
Pmonth
Zudy Onanber
William Daily
Ann Gallaway
Uent Wif
Okla Nina
Church of Christ At
Old Pekin
Hell
New Pekin
Philages
Hey
Scott Anploate
A. Smith
Adaline Dismore
James Dismore
Krankfin Township
Scott Applegate
Salem Democrat
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Martinsburg
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Mack
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Sterling Fire Insurance Company
Howard G. Skiles
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