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Newspaper
Pekin Advance
Location
Pekin, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1916
Page
1
The note explains that a pencil mark showing a date on a paper indicates the month or year to which the subscriber has paid, and is not a demand for payment. It clarifies the mark’s meaning for readers and avoids confusion over duns.
A long list of Saturday and Sunday social visits and engagements from Pekin and nearby towns. Residents like Heber Gill Frank Brownet and many others are noted as visiting or hosting relatives and friends in Pekin Blooming ton Salem Orleans and Louisville with brief mentions of schooling and travel to the Kentucky State Fair.
A rousing exhortation to young men to seek noble aims through self discipline and study. It argues that greatness comes from inner development, not wealth or titles, citing figures like Cook and Franklin as proof that poverty need not impede success. It urges daily effort, cultivation of mind and character, and turning leisure into profitable growth.
Two more students enrolled this week while Mr. Fisher suffers a severe cold. Miss Gill is converting a basement roving area into a play room for primary pupils. Miss Dessie Markland and Mr. Alva Weller experimented with beans yielding promising results. Fisher runs opening exercises Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays with choir and orchestra. The Parent Teachers Association and Economics Club organized Tuesday evening proved a success with officers elected for the coming year. Members discussed current show problems and decided to hold the next meeting at 7 pm Tuesday Sept 26 1916 and invite all parents teachers and friends to attend and join.
The article argues there are four reader types likened to hour-glass sponge jelly bag and diamonds, and asserts a man’s character is shaped by his books. It urges parents and teachers to cultivate vigorous self culture in youth, stressing few become good readers capable of reading scriptures well and becoming responsible citizens.
Local ads promote boys suits and dresses at Sullivan's and Jeffs with 5 and 10 cent counters, closing out sales on ladies and children’s wear, reduced prices, and a wide assortment of goods. Also advertised are poultry house trials, farm supplies, Armour Fertilizers, cotton blankets, woven wire fencing, and young pigs for sale with contact details for Ed Packwood in Burden, Indiana.
The Movies Nowers and Elrod present a Saturday night program on September 28 featuring Idoling reels An Auto Yraeas and Lone and Bitters. Doors open at star time for a likely crowded crowd as the act grows in popularity. Local residents noted include Inez Graves visiting relatives near Salem and Ruth Johnson of New Albany visiting Bierly family. Other notes mention C E Bierly visiting New Albany and Grover Curtis starting work for C L Gauble. Delbert McKinney of Salem spent weekend here. James W Gill completed a large concrete cellar. Mrs Mary Simms and Lydia Simms worked for Home Mission church of Indianapolis. C Bogart at 240 Munervin Street.
The Citizens Bank report highlights a substantial quarterly gain around $4000 with steady growth this year. The present report notes two gains totaling $13,272.00 since June 13 of this year, reflecting continued positive performance.
Statement from the Cancer Bank of Mean in Washington County shows resources and liabilities including loans and discounts, overdrafts, bonds and securities, cash on hand, furniture and pictures. The document is signed by W Hiestand as cashier asserting the accuracy of the financial listing for the state of Indiana.
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