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Newspaper
Pekin Advance
Location
Pekin, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1916
Page
1
The column lists numerous names visiting Pekin from nearby towns such as New Albany, Salem, Livonia, Pekin, Batts, Jeffersonville, Louisville, and Terre Haute. It notes engagements including commencement attendance, hospital visits, church activities, and a funeral. Several residents and guests are identified along with brief travel and social details.
A reflective piece considers creation, rest, and human conflict on a Sabbath day. It contrasts divine rest with wartime suffering in Europe, Irish struggle, and modern city life, urging shared faith rather than weekly exclusivity and urging use of religion throughout the week.
Miss Hessie Wright visited Salem on Thursday evening. Bert Beggarly of Breoom-Lil' spent Saturday night and Sunday with his sister, Mrs. John Corn. For sale Jersey heifers and calves offered at real prices. call Gill Brod if interested.
Diplomas awarded to Lillie Mead Olive Jackson Josephine Gill Mabel Martin Payllis Weber William Thompson Edward Johnson Lebert Marshall Marcuis Johnson Ward Thompson Marion Martin. Door receipts 56.65 bring yearly total over 200.00 for entertainment donations. funds used for piano and sewing machine. Orchestra from Salem Pekin performed. Rev E E Young led devotionals. Girls Chorus sang. Salutatory by Edward Johnson. Glass Address by Prof Albert Stump Indiana University pleased audience. Prof Voyles presented graduates with diplomas. Josephine Gill delivered Valedictory with praised talent and thought. Miss Bessie Newsom visiting Kokomo Indiana. Miss Mima Tuckleberry returned to Salem. Prof J We Kay to attend college at Danville.
Prof Albert Stump of Indiana University delivered a strong commencement address praising industrious habits and virtuous thoughts. The speech referenced Solomon and Paul, urging truth purity and praise, to inspire the graduating class. Mrs C W Johnson hosted a visit with Martha Duncan. Bertha Johnson and others took a Kentucky outing.
A dense collection of short ads and tips from Sullivan's Pekin Indiana and nearby in Pe kin area. Prominent items include 6 cents per pound Sulphur at Sullivan's, Roger Bean Coffee at Purlee's, screen wire from Churchmans, seeds and paints from Sullivan's Store, arsenate of lead, summer fashions at 25 cents, and various sale offers for live stock, poultry, and farm equipment. Also mentions Pekin Hardwood Lumber Co and local service ads.
An advertisement from Menaugh and Chamberlain of Salem claims their glasses can fully correct vision defects and allow long reading without headache or weariness. It asserts immediate eye strain relief and even suggests readers can keep pace with young readers.
A proverb-like line notes that an empty bag cannot stand upright mirroring a man who lacks substance cannot stand firm. The saying underscores the value of inner content or strength to support a person in life.
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