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Newspaper
Pekin Advance
Location
Pekin, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1912
Page
4
Local notes from Martinsburg and nearby Rosebud, Pekin and Salem describe visits, travels, weddings, and community events. Susie Overton's Charlestown trip, church activities, family visits, farm work, a fox chase, and a Criss Zink funeral are reported along with health updates and new marriages in Salem.
Byron Colglazier visited relatives Saturday and Sunday. Our teachers took the examination Saturday. Alonzo Purlee and son George went fishing Saturday evening and reported a fine catch. Stanton Wright lost a valuable charge last week. George Baryett is on the sick list but better now. Stanton Wright and family attended the funeral of Mrs. Robert Shanks Sunday. Albert Wright has been setting out blackberry plants. Alonzo Zink attended his father’s funeral at Mill Creek Thursday. Edward Short went to Salem last week and Oliver Wright did business via Salem and Pekin. Voters must register for fall elections. Many citizens were in Salem Saturday. Late frosts damaged some strawberry bloom, but the crop remains promising.
Goss School and Jesse Malone left Louisville Friday for a short stay with home talks. Lee Fisher spent the weekend at Charlestown with friends and attended commencement. Logan Martin was Sunday with his daughter Mrs. George Batts. Several in the vicinity attended church at Martinsburg Sunday. Miss Nellie Wilson visited home folks Sunday. Harry Martin and family visited Logan Martin's Sunday. Sam Goss conducted business in Borden Tuesday. Henry Mull's child is reported better. Blanch Coats spent Tuesday with Lorena Goss. Dr. R. W. Elrad was called to Barney Beers Sunday to tend a sick town poisoned by an accident. Frank Losson and Tilford Martin hauled straw one day last week.
The Hospital notes white fasting can benefit many cases but may harm others. It warns against indiscriminate fasting and stresses resistance and safety concerns. Fasting as a general remedy requires physician supervision and careful regulation. Copyright 2011 Joseph B. Bowles.
Two visiting country boys feared a grazing horse and urged Billy to throw a stove at it. The moment revealed their wish for the horse to depart, as they claimed to be part of a Band of Mercy and could not harm the animal.
A. H. Weller of The Advance office tried to use a new typewriter with his feet on Type Writer Tuesday but failed to operate it. He declared it worthless and sold it to Howard Skiles for a foot-case recipe.
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