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Newspaper
Pekin Advance
Location
Pekin, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1916
Page
1
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Advance Personals notes social visits and travel among residents. Julia Bierly visited Indianapolis relatives Sunday. Lewis Smith and Wm Taylor from Salem also visited Pekin. Win Roberts and son from Martinsburg called in Pekin Sunday. BF Kepley and Leonard Jeffs visited Henryville on Thursday. N S Martin does carpentry near Borden this week. Claude Martin of Martinsburg visited Pekin Sunday evening. Charley Hottell of Martinsburg also Pekin Sunday. Miss Josie Miller stayed with Borden relatives recently. Miss Olive Elrod visits Ruth Qlinick in Indianapolis this week.
A moral editorial urges young men to seek character over wealth when choosing a wife. It cautions that beauty fades and shallow courtship leads to unhappy homes, urging men to judge a partner by heart and virtue. Local notes list residents visiting Pekin and surrounding areas, and a reminder to Democrats to register for the November election.
The Domestic Science class has been pasteurizing and sterilizing experiments on butter fat in milk. The Marua Training boys prepare to work on the Domestic Science room tables while S N Markland assists the orchestra playing violin. Fridiny is Riley Day proclaimed by Governor Samuel M. Ralston with exercises Friday afternoon. Six more seats added in the assembly due to increased attendance.
Governor Ralston issued a proclamation setting Saturday October seventh as Riley Day to honor Indiana poet James Whitcomb Riley who died a few weeks ago. The decree urges state schools to observe the day with exercises and suggests churches give recognition on Sunday October eighth.
Rev. EL Moore arrived Tuesday evening with his family and is busy arranging his household. He asks us to announce that he will fill the regular appointments at the usual hours at Hethel and Pek in Sunday and hopes for a gracious attendance.
Local notice details Rev E E Young leaving Pekin M E Circuit after two years of service. He led five to six churches across a wide territory and is praised for punctual appointments despite bad weather. His removal to Elizabeth draws best wishes for him and his family from the community.
Jury Commissioners Dennis and Griffin drew jurymen for the October term. Names listed include Washington two, Posey two, Polk two, Howard two, Tom Butt, Walter T. Armstrong, Edward Zink, James Gill, William Bishop, Dennis Creanor, Ora Chastain, James Stephenson, Hubert Hardin, Guy Nealy, Hoggatt, Graves, Dennis Walter Wilson, James Gamble, John Nelson Johnson of Idaho. Local notices mention a guest staying with relatives and a protracted Church of Christ meeting at Old Pekin continuing next Lord's Day.
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