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Newspaper
Pekin Advance
Location
Pekin, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1916
Page
1
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Local column lists Mrs A Curtiis Greencastle visitor Edward Johnson ill A H Weller Louisville guest Heber Gill Blomington visit Hector Richards family Greencastle visitors Miss Kattie Martin Farabee guest Pekin friends Eisie Davis East Polk guest of Masel Weir Oliver Sanders Farabee to move into Win Richards home Motsinger Olive Branch visitor Pekin Tuesday Mary Turner New Albany guest Pekin friends Mr and Mrs Jesse Schamel guests Major Buley Jackson Twp A N Johnson visited C W Johnson St Anthony’s Hospital Mrs C W Johnson with husband at hospital Pekin visitors Wm Motainger near South Boston Bloomington guests Phyllis Clarice Walter guests Borden friends Lina Essie Johnson visit C W Johnson Louisville Mrs Jane Churchman Farabee guest J B Churchman family C C Hedrick and son W E B Hedrick Bloomington Win Richards family moved to Anderson Walter Sharp Richard Miller Alvin Wright Walter Humphrey rebuilding Southern Telephone line spent Sunday in Salem Mrs Hazel Phillips Romelda Mahoney Jeffersonville guests Squire Dalton Bedford Church of Christ Eld A W Harvey will hold Martinsburg service first Lord Day in September Ford Hein Charles Cuppy Rev L S Sanders early Monday Pekin trip to West Baden Robi Mull South Boston Pekin through on way east Grover Curtis family Anderson Sanday em ployment likely move soon report circulated my friends awful wheeling Sey mour me uine weeks since We stake Our
A Panama Nebraska letter from July 24 1916 argues that licenses to sell beer fuel drunkenness and crime. The writer cites a fatal farm dispute near Pekin and references closed saloons in Denver and Colorado Springs. He predicts a 25000 majority to abolish saloons in Nebraska this fall and urges editors to back prohibition.
A Pekin Citizen argues public sentiment favors beer sales, recalling a distant local option vote. The piece urges a legally run beer saloon as a safer alternative, cites law violations by dry voters, and notes local residents and visitors in Salem and nearby areas.
Chesley W. Johnson, confined for weeks with bone sarcoma in the knee, was moved to St Anthony's Hospital Louisville last Friday. After examination by a specialist it was decided to amputate above the knee, the operation was performed Saturday morning with a good recovery. He stands the procedure well and may return home in about two weeks. Johnson is in good health and friends here harbor strong hopes for a lasting recovery.
Tips and local ads promote making children’s school frocks using McCalls patterns from C EB Bierly’s and Sullivan’s, with Butterick fashions advertised for summer in 26c and a free pattern offer.
A brief note extols a bank book as the finest text on thrift, praising its practical guidance and financial discipline for readers seeking prudent money management. The item emphasizes savings habits and responsible spending as core lessons.
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