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Newspaper
Pekin Advance
Location
Pekin, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1917
Page
3
Report by the State Superintendent of Public Instruction detailing the enumeration of children aged six to twenty one in Washington County for May 1, 1917, under section 6398 Burns R.S. 1914. Includes numbers of children attending school.
Mr J B Roberta of East St Louis testifies that Chamberlains Cough Remedy kept his child’s coughing loose and freed him from dreadful fits. He keeps this medicine at home with strong confidence in its efficacy. Mrs Mary Rexroat visited family on Mill Creek with Ezra. Fred Zink and family visited D L Purchisers. Miss Catherine Elliott spent the weekend at home.
Heavy rain Saturday night caused notable damage to corn fields. Martin family visited Harvey Martin in Salem Sunday. Delbert Colglazier and wife spent weekend with Will Miller family. Pert Trueblood and wife with daughter Anna visited W. B. Wright Sunday. Otto Rippy moved his stone crusher to Carl Colglazier’s to crush FOC.
Pleasant View residents report domestic tensions with the Sill couple, updates on Ralph Hoggatt’s new rubber tire buggy, and various Sunday gatherings. J D Wingler and Wm Hoggatt hosted at J R Hoggatt’s while Mrs Lingy Smith visited her daughter Mrs Wm Sil. Grandma Lukenbill shows improvement after illness. Dr Ralston of Fredericksburg attended Mrs Sum on Saturday.
Amid confusion readers are urged to register for soldiers on June 5 from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. Only one day for this registration. All men aged 21 to 30 must register at their precinct. Constitutional registration opens June 11 for 60 days at the Salem court house for delegates to the Constitutional Convention.
Washington May 26 In a War Department memo the seven cardinal points urge men aged 21 to 30 to register on June 5 1917 for the war army Only one registration day exists June 5 1917 Exemptions include those in military service but registration is mandatory regardless of exemptions Registration is a public duty with penalties for noncompliance.
Local visitors include Mrs James Corn in Fall Cities and Miss Adrene Wire from Salem visiting Pekin. Exchanges note stock sales at Scotnsburg and Salem, deliveries of strawberries from Pekin, and various residents traveling or visiting Indiana polis and nearby areas. Official Government bulletin distributed daily via Pekin post office urges reading for war news.
The clumsy OCR records a rainy spell and local acquaintance travel. Mentions Fred Voyles Maggie Briner Jane Sexton Bertha Voyles and others on business trips to Big Spring Palmyra Salem and Martinsburg with miscellaneous local activity and a pharmacy advertisement for Foley Valharthc Tablets.
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