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Newspaper
Pekin Advance
Location
Pekin, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1916
Page
2
Church notes from Pekin Indiana describe Sunday social meetings at 10 80 and Bible readings each Sunday night. Elda Johns Johns will preach the first Lord's Day each month and a revival is planned the coming year. The fragment references food remarks and a long-winded, dated tone.
OCR fragment lists Sunday school times and preaching at M E Church Emmanuel and Mt Pleasant ME churches. Also notes prayer meetings midweek and various Baptist and U B churches with schedules. Contains extraneous commentary and jokes about aviation and society topics, not a single cohesive item.
Mt Zion Baptist Church will preach on the first Sunday of each tenth, winter services at 140 a.m and 6 p.m during summer months, with Saturday night pre-reading sessions. Prayer meetings held Wednesday night weekly. Public invited. Signed S. Sanders, Pastor.
A teacher tests a scholar with the same question each Sunday. Tom answers mechanically, saying he was nine miles southwest in letusmata, revealing a disconnect between routine and real learning. The tale contrasts wealth and citizenship with genuine virtue.
Czernowitz researchers Natonek and Relt uuin tested clean copper and aluminum coins on nutrient gelatine plates. After hours the areas under the coins showed no bacterial growth, indicating those metals remained free of bacteria despite exposure on the plate.
Mrs John Soliday of Salem visits son Robin in Pekin and hints at bargains to be had. Wall of Borden and J T Graves of Salem appear as Pekin visitors and callers. Mrs H C Sullivan and Chas Rudman from College Hill are noted callers. Reports of visits near Martinsburg and declarations of travelers, farmers and educators fill the page with names and places including Louisville, Salem, Pekin, Martinsburg, Borden, and Bloomingon.
Neighbors shared strawberry picking at J C Overton s. Mrs Glen Rodman spent Friday night with her mother. Visitors included John Crim family Edd Miller wife Lucinda Crim Theo Roby Wells and family and others. Miss Katie Crim stayed with Aunt Lucinda Crim while callers visited Rebt Wells and Lucinda Crim s Sunday. Commencement exercises at Salem drew QC Goas and children plus Roby Wells and family. Dutch Creek relatives motored to Orleans for a pleasant day.
A letter talks of death as a natural portal to immortality. It frames the body as transient and pain as a signal to depart. The writer urges acceptance, arguing souls continue, and death binds the living to join a benevolent, eternal society. It references a planned afterlife gathering and ends with a dated sign-off.
Stant Wright and family of near tale spent Sunday with OQ L Cauble and family Miss Lucile Karfies of Martinsburg is spending a few weeks with relatives here.
Community notes report visitors and visits in the Snyder's Chapel area. Pauline Hedge Audrey Olit and others visited Mon and Jay Dolph Davis and Blanche Davis of Moundsville visited Col Davis Thurs. Jay and Friday Mrs Win Smith and children attended church at Martinsburg Lim ong. Mrs Adeline Ellis visited Mrs Frankie Ellis Sun and Mon. Visitors at Col Davis Sunday included Mrs Elmer Marshall Florence Ema and Margaret Smith. Miss Olive Rippy visited home folks Sunday.
In a noted zoology work by Fillew Ve nr titled Prom Jungle to Zoo ays the author asserts only two animals deserve the label of absolute dumbness the giraffe and the kangaroo both singled out for their supposed lack of wit in the discussed treatise.
An old fragment shows a speaker, perhaps a garage figure, addressing civilization and the promise of war mechanization. The dialogue notes that while progress brings improved warfare, many do not live to enjoy these benefits, highlighting a grim caveat.
The Hell Gate passage in the Hast river of New York was named from the Dutch hellogat meaning bright strait or clear opening. The name evolved into the English form due to whirlpools that made navigation perilous and suggested a fitting label.
The Christian Herald notes a method where natld is driven into a shoal to drive herring into a hoard, then dragged and scooped into boats. Prince Rupert’s fishery yielded over 100000 pounds of herring annually for cold storage bait, with about 125000 pounds of cod similarly caught for the same purpose.
South Borton reports a cold wet week delaying farm work. Dr Green tends typhoid case Cleen McClellan. Noah Rush family near Pekin visit. Louis Elliott rescue by neighbors after fall into waterlogged cellar. Sheep losses spark local tension with calls for dog culling. Blue River basket meeting well attended with dinner. Hardscrabble exhibition at South Oston praised. Music by Howell, McClellat, Hartley, McKnight praised. Geo Conway plans crop-related trip to get cuawhbere res.
A reflection urging small towns to serve as social and business centers while resisting factory-only growth. Leaders in business should guide rural development, ensuring a diversified, vibrant community rather than a single industry town. The piece warns against overcentralization and stresses active, broad efforts for prosperity.
Readable figures show per capita meat consumption in different countries with the United States leading at 172 hours a year. England and Germany follow with 168 and 80 hours respectively, while France and Holland consume 64, Austria 60, Russia 60, and Spain 49 hours per person. The data is attributed to the Indianapolis News.
A brief note warns travelers that snakes are common in Mexico and tropical resorts, urging awareness for both people and their horses and mules traveling through these areas.
A historical note describes the gila monster as a heavy clumsy creature famed in Mexico from the border to Tehuantepec. It notes its former prevalence along the Gila River in Arizona and mentions its striking appearance as a notable reptile.
The passage contrasts talent with character, arguing that character strengthens a group by giving courage to pursue new, better goals. It emphasizes a decisive present moment, a confident hour, that fortifies the company by showing what is possible and excellent, even if not initially thought of.
Fatabee farmers praise sun after rain. Peter Hurle and wife visited Borden relatives Saturday. Daniél Johnach and wife, Fret Hilton and wife of Salem spent Sunday with Arthur Hilton and Herman Bowers near Pekin, staying from Saturday to Monday with Roy Humphrey. Diploma recipients from the vicinity Saturday included Miss Iva Humphrey, Tony Markland, and Bodine Spurgean. John Nale and daughter Ola spent Saturday and Sunday north of Salem. Joby Bordman and family visited Jesse Dean and family Sunday. Basket meeting at River Wise reported a success. Kev Lett delivered a farewell sermon Sunday morning followed by a large dinner on the lawn. Afternoon program featured Rev Holmes and the successor to Rev Lett. Three evangelist singers from the Salem tent meeting offered fine performances. All will miss Rev and Mrs Lett at Blue River.
A garbled historical note discusses forethought and saving expenses during extended visits to households. Names and places are unclear, but the gist emphasizes planning to reduce costs when traveling or staying with families and mentions Cholera and Diarrhons Kennedy.
New Liberty residents Mr and Mrs Raymond Jeffe and don Eston visited John Jeffs. Mr and Mrs Wilford Broady of Scott Co. stayed at Millard Gray's Wednesday night. Amos Gray family and Millard Gray vacationed at James Weller's. Dora Jeffs returned home from Raymond's after a stay with her brother. Mrs Caroline Williams' funeral drew neighbors from the area to Bunker Hill Monday. Homer Humphrey and wife of M. visited relatives nearby last week. James Matthews and daughter of Canada visited Mr and Mrs David Matthews on Monday. Mack Waisner and family went to Jeffersonville Sunday to spend time with son Grover. Wilt Cochran and family spent Sunday at James Davis'.
Indigestion and related discomfort are described with symptoms of head ache biliousness bloating sour stomach and gas. The ad promotes taking a Cathartic Tablet that evening for relief by morning from Markland Pharmacy.
In a terse exchange, a cashier reports Ming has three days to visit a dying grandmother. Ming replies that she plans to return tomorrow, as she acts swiftly to see her grandmother before death. The brief note captures a tense moment at the Passing Show.
An Ohio State Journal critique notes how most voters treat the choice between two mediocre candidates as pivotal, highlighting the futility of elevating this distinction into a defining election issue. The piece mocks the overblown importance placed on minor differences and calls for more substantive scrutiny of candidate qualifications.
A short comic item about a father bringing a bachelor friend to dinner and a humorous miscommunication. The guest compliments the meal, and Little Willie claims the dinner was the best they have had as well, ending with a humorous misquote.
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