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Newspaper
Pekin Advance
Location
Pekin, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1916
Page
1
A faded pencil mark beside a date range 1915 1916 1917 indicates the renewal date for this paper. The mark suggests extending the subscription to the year shown, serving as a reader reminder rather than a current notice.
Local notices list Advance Personals visitors including A N Johnson and Mammy, and numerous guests from Falls City, Salem, Martinsburg, and Pekin. Highlights include auction attendance, trips to New Albany, Indianapolis and Bloomington, church visits, and kinship gatherings across Dutch Creek, College Hill, and Olive Branch.
A dated devotional lament on universal exposure of wrongs cites Jesus and moral judgment. The piece argues that hypocrisy is exposed, words spoken in darkness will be revealed, and public accountability follows. It blends religious reflection with local notices of residents visiting, travel, and social calls across Pekin and nearby towns.
Local ads list a mix of products and brands available at Sullivan's Store. Includes coffee by Special Brand, Arsenate of Lead, Erwin Williams paint, Butterick fashion, vinyls, fertilizers, Panama hats, lawn mowers, linoleums, spray pumps, wire fencing, Framer Bros agency, corsets, Seceen wire, and chicken feed. Personal references to C. E. Bierly and Mrs. C. E. Bierly appear as adv contributors.
A fragmented ad claims Muley Kidney Pills relieve back and side pains and bladder issues within 48 hours. It mentions Moore's Hill and Marldaod Pharmacy and portrays rapid health improvements after the first dose.
We will sell stand rights and privileges for merry go rounds shooting galleries and other amusements on Thursday June 22 at 2 oclock pm for the Big Celebration to be held in Pekin on July 4 1916. The sale will be held in the grave so you can see the position you are buying. For further information address Dr W L Green Sec done by order of Committee.
Alfreda May infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Claude Mott was born on June 4 and died on June 6. Her brief life touched parental hearts, and O B Bush led the funeral at the Martinsburg cemetery. Several locals and visitors were noted in Pekin on Monday and Tuesday, including Balentine, Lovell, McIntosh, Batt, Purlee, and Souder, with health updates on Hubert Curtis.
HH Sigler of Martinsburg visits his daughters near this place. Tuesday gatherings included Mr and Mrs Gilbert Philips with children, H H Sighe, Mrs Ciara Johnson, Mrs Nora Phillips, Bee Kut Traps for Beat C E Bierly's. Bernard Gill, recently at the Medical School in Indianapolis, traveled to Bloomington Tuesday evening for commencement exercises and to receive his degree from the College of Liberal Arts.
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