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Newspaper
Pekin Advance
Location
Pekin, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1918
Page
3
A dated 1912 notice records a post position action at Pekin Indiana under a March 8 1879 act. Curtis editor appears in the fragmentary OCR as a byline or source tag. The text preserves the historic legal framework and local publishing context without sensational detail.
Compiled for the Indiana State Council of Defense by George Ade urges vigor in war work and unity at home. It notes enemy setbacks, calls for Liberty Bond support, lists acceptable thrift items for soldiers, and favors community choirs while opposing chain letter fund plans.
Middle aged kidneys work day and night to filter impurities that cause aches and pains. When worn they slow and require aid. Foley Kidney Pills help tired, overworked kidneys and bladder with natural relief options.
Citizens of Laipsic in Orange county file papers to change the town name from Leipsic to a more patriotic appellation. The original name was Lancaster, with Leipsic seen as German-sounding amid New Freedom era sentiments.
Church notes list social meetings every Sunday at 10 30 A M and various preaching times on the second and fourth Sundays. Several Methodist churches including Borden M E Emmanuel M E Bethel Mt Pleasant ME are named with service hours and invitations from Rev. B L Moore.
Olive Branch Primitive Baptist holds services every fourth Saturday night, Sunday, and Sunday night led by Pastor W. C. Hancock at Young Creek. Morris Chapel Christian Church, with Pastor Rev. Cranford, schedules services every third Saturday night, Sunday, and Sunday night.
Daisy Hill Chapel U U. Church announces preaching on the last and third Saturdays each month. Sunday School every Sunday at 8 o clock. Martinsburg U. 6 Church holds preaching on the first and second Sundays. C. L. Carmicheal is the pastor.
Zion Baptist Church announces preaching on the first Sunday each month at 10:30 a m and 6:30 p m in winter and 10:30 a m and 7 80 p m in summer. Also preaching Saturday night before. Prayer meetings Thursday night weekly. Public invited.
Pastor H. Burns announces congregational preaching events at Blue River Missionary Baptist Church. Services occur every second Sunday, Sunday night, and the Saturday night before.
A Nobleaville Indiana man reports kidney trouble lasting months cleared after using Foley Kidney Pills. He notes family members with similar results and cites unsolicited letters from across the nation praising relief from symptoms such as fatigue and swollen joints, with detoxification and improved kidney function.
A Salem Democrat letter from M. E. Foley, chairman of the Indiana State Council of Defense, urges reopening stores past 7 pm. Foley cites agricultural needs, criticizes Benham's order, and states he will press for prompt remedy. The piece recounts petitions and conflicting actions by local and state food administrators.
In a sharp cartoon caption Mickie mocks draft talk accusing officials of printing free ads for the Red Cross Liberty Loan and other drives. The piece blends wartime fundraising with recruitment messaging, drawing critique of propaganda and public campaigns during the era.
The Greenbrier berry season winds down with last shipments of blackberries expected. Prices remain solid and crops largely favorable. Local visitors and family gatherings fill the week from Pekin to Owen and Charleston as residents host relatives and friends, with several small social visits noted among households and farms in the area.
Bert Stewart and family along with Mrs Welford Allen and Mrs John Stewart visited. Mrs Blair Souder and Chas Defley's children were afternoon visitors. Mrs Bertha Mattox and Olive and Thelma called on Mrs Nancy Lidikay. Robert Smith and Glen Tash visited Curtis and Jobo Mattox. Herman Weir of Farabee visited Narance Gray. Mrs Jane Wilton spent two days with daughter Mrs Ward Gray and family. Mrs Sarah Hoses and children visited Win Lucas. James Markland and family went to Pekin to see W. Markland. W Mattox and family visited Clyde Tash. Noah Naugle and wife and Mrs Laura Markland drove to New Albany.
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