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Newspaper
Pekin Advance
Location
Pekin, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1916
Page
2
Church notes from New Pekin detail social meetings every Sunday morning and Lord's Day services with preaching on the first Sunday of each month. Notices list attendance at nearby churches and arrangements for visiting pastors, inviting all to attend. The text reflects local religious life and cross-town church coordination.
A scanned church listing details multiple denominations and dates. M E Church Standay Sunday morning and Tadlock avenue services. prayer meetings Wednesdays at 7 pm. Bethel and Emmanuel ME churches with regular Sunday preaching on specific Sundays. Daisy Hill Chapel, Primitive Baptist, Younreek Indy Dorris Chapel, Martinsburg U B Church, Mt Zion Baptist Church and others note first and third Saturdays or Sundays for services, with pastors named.
A tangled dialogue features Mrs Corntussel asking Hiram about votes for women and a judge dictating lines about toasting marshmallows and woodcraft. The fragmentary Courier- downt Lenisville text hints at a public forum or trial style exchange with eccentric quotes and social commentary.
A readerly note urges putting money in bank to resist impulse and protect funds from loss or theft. It emphasizes saving rather than hoarding cash and hints at prudent financial discipline amid everyday temptations.
An old advertisement touts Foley's Honey and Tar Compound as a genuine remedy for coughs colds and throat irritation. It warns against imitations and urges consumers to insist on the Foley’s product sold by Markland Pharmacy.
An oddly framed note claims the five pointed red star symbolizes health. It says Chamberlain's Tab bits use the star on their packaging and promise relief for indigestion biliousness and constipation when taken as directed.
A fragment from a social column shows characters debating generosity and finances. Dialogue touches on sharing a dollar, housekeeping for Mr. Dobson and Miss Fritters, and a polite guest evaluating dinner cost and service in a light, period tone.
Agnes rejects Louis Acton for Henry Barton despite family pressure. Acton uses rumors to push Henry out of a store job and away from Agnes, while Henry returns with a formal job offer from Chicago. Agnes confronts Acton as Henry reveals a signed contract and truth about the rumors.
A comical blend of neighborhood rumors and fanciful tales from Lovinville and Louisville papers. The snippet quotes exchanges about mothers giving away clothes, fathers reacting, medicine misplacements, and whimsical references to fairy tales transforming pumpkins into carriages and other modern marvels.
An exchange in a satirical quip asks what three elements are political. The professor answers fire water and what, a joke echoed by a Louisville Courier Journal line noting infants cannot read yet mothers can read it to them.
A scrambled dialogue exchanges a reader’s tastes and a question about inheritance hinting at a puzzle of comprehension. The garbled lines obscure intent, leaving the core topic of reading preferences and a note on an heir with a rich uncle.
A quirky collection of vignettes mocks money worship fashion trends and family humor. Skits touch on preparedness, old masters, and quirky dialogue about sprightly gait jokes china and whiskers in a breezy, era-ambiguous tone.
Carolyn travels by train to Long Bay with her brother's blessing but loses her bag and slips to a desolate roadside. Aidan Pendleton helps locate her, preventing disaster as a blizzard rages. The pair grow closer and plan marriage after a tense, corrective journey.
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