29 Sep 1921
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Newspaper
Mt Vernon Register News
Location
Mt Vernon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1921
Page
1
Fragmentary notice shows Directors and editor names for a Mt. Vernon Illinois paper, with Associated Press note, address 120 Main St, subscription rates listed for Jefferson County and nearby areas, and a garbled postal stamp. Names include Norman J. Sugg and Rackaway with variations. pricing indicates yearly and monthly options.
Mrs Pencak, a Chicago widow and mother of eight under twelve, will collect $130 a month—the largest mothers pension awarded. The passage praises the program as a future standard with bonuses for big families and calls babies the nation's real wealth.
The piece notes deflation as a bitter medicine, argues cheaper living may return income value, and contrasts U S price drops with global trends. It mocks fashion, politics, and social quirks while tossing several quips about war ships, teachers, and garlic.
Harding makes numerous trips as a matter of habit and as a publisher he believes in broad newspaper circulation across communities and markets.
Register News Correspondence reports recent showers in Moores Prairie. W B Hopkins and Harry Moore families attended the Benton fair last Thursday. Foster Scrivner, son of Hugh Scrivner, badly hurt by a mule, is not seriously injured and returned to school Monday. Everett Atchison bought a Chevrolet. Miss Mildred Bullock of Mt Vernon weekend with cousin Miss Beulah Dement. Mrs Arthur Sinks and two sons returned from St Louis visit. Nettie Darnell came home from Belleville visit.
A wartime era wheat buying notice from Waller and Spies Milling Company invites farmers to sell at top prices. The brief ad info includes contact and date reference 10 21.
Simple glycerine buckthorn bark and related mix advertised as Adlerika relieves gas and sour stomach by acting on upper and lower bowel. It purportedly cleanses foul matter, cures constipation, and even prevents appendicitis with an instant pleasant action. A man with five years of indigestion benefited from one dose. Porter & Bond Drug Co.
Heginted vown Ceniedp C N Wilkey of Joliet was called Here Sunday for his mother’s illness. Visitors include Mr. and Mrs. Newton Lovin and many area families. several outings and trips to Mt. Vernon and Anderson occur. Special notices list a Benton fair, church and store repairs, and a weekly meat market ad.
Notice to hunters forbids hunting on the Keele and Holland farm. Sophie Jane Keele and Caroline Holland listed. A separate market item advertises fresh oysters fish and frogs at Moss Meat Market with date 9 30.
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