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Newspaper
Pekin Advance
Location
Pekin, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1916
Page
2
A picaresque jumble notes Church of Christ activities in various towns with social meetings, preaching dates, and Sunday gatherings. The writer jests about war, politics, fashion, and journalism while threading in local religious events and community life.
A condensed notice of church services across multiple congregations in Indiana and adjacent areas. Includes Pekin M E Church Daisy Bill Chapel Primitive Baptist Emmanuel ME Church Bethel ME Church Mount Zion and others with weekly, biweekly, and monthly preaching and prayer meeting times. Rev E W Young, Rev Stanfold, and Rev Holmes noted as pastors.
Mrs Wor of Pottsville Pa writes that her baby had a very bad cough and that the first dose gave relief. The ad promotes Moley’s Taney and Turs as a reliable family cough medicine claiming no harmful ingredients and appeals to local customers through Marklana Pharmacy.
A Georgia town earned the moniker Nameless after a flood of submissions to the post office failed to yield a satisfactory official name. The strikingly original designation emerged as a town nickname rather than an approved label.
A fragment discusses differences in susceptibility between men and women to love at first sight. It notes men are usually more susceptible but recover quickly from Cupid's arrow, often forgetting what followed within an hour. The passage hints at the magnetic pull of attraction and its effects on body and mind.
First Actor recalls feeling awed on stage as a sea of faces appeared. Second Actor responds with a lighthearted quip about making it bead and smile.
Dialogues reveal a humorous exchange about an impediment in speech. The respondent confirms his wife yawns and grows sleepy around eleven o'clock, hinting at a domestic anecdote. The brief vignette captures a light, observed moment without further details.
A reader notes rising costs and supply issues as prices for used items scramble. The exchange hints at a tight market for collectors and dealers facing higher replacement costs and limited new stock.
Bruce meets Miss Addington while posing as a landscape gardener to win her heart and her town’s trust. The pair reveal they are amateurs with shared ideas, planning to collaborate on the grounds of her late aunt Letitia’s estate for the town project.
A New Jersey board of agriculture secretary argues farmers produced vast quantities last year but waste arose from lack of viable markets and misaligned prices. He cites overplanting in good yield years and underconsumption, urging organization and cooperation to fix the imbalance. The report also notes Argentina peanut imports, electricity taxation, and other varied topics.
A garbled prose piece critiques secrecy in invention and law, questions women as smugglers, notes mercury tablets affecting prices, and references smuggling routes. It contrasts poetry with a modern child, comments on frozen spring’s horticultural impact on peaches, and jokes about wit and beauty in daily life.
The document lists candidates for Indiana's political offices including John W. Kern for United States Senator, Thomas Taggart for short term senator, John A. M. Adair for Governor, Mason J. Niblack for Lieutenant Governor, and Tomer K. Cook for Auditor of State with local spellings indicating Indianapolis Portland and Vinewines Vor as places or affiliations.
Mrs Laura Beall of Plattsburg Mississippi reports lasting left side pain since April with Brights disease symptoms. After taking Foley Kidney Pills she feels well again. The remedy is advertised as quickly relieving backache rheumatism aches and pains and bladder troubles. Markland pharmacy carries the product.
The article notes canes crafted from rhinoceros horn are among the most expensive to make. A single piece horn cane can sell for about $500 due to the specialized preparation required after the animal is slain.
In a tense dispute Mrs Peck taunts Henry Peck asking if he is a man or mouse. He replies bitterly that he is a mouse, recalling his perceived failures and later recalling an incident of being placed on a table and yelled at.
A historical note describes the Islands of Lake Erie as part of a limestone ridge carved by ancient glaciers. Geologists traced this ridge to a Cincinnati anticline that extends into Tennessee, outlining a regional geologic structure.
A judge comments on modern labor life noting the dilemma between starvation from idleness and death by overwork. The quote laments constant pressure and seeks a stable balance rather than equality of opportunity. The text reflects a philosophical view on labor, purpose, and survival.
A watch crystal made of celluloid or a similar elastic transparent material is sprung into an undercut groove or rubber bezel to lower manufacturing costs and reduce replacement costs for users by avoiding broken glass crystals.
A compact note describes using a high wooden stepladder in the kitchen with strong rungs. It advises placing it near the gas stove for continuous stirring tasks, resting feet on the rungs during cooking, and feeling refreshed after finishing. The piece also hints at using it for preparing yogetables.
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