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Patoka Register

Location

Patoka, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Apr 01, 1932

Page

8

Patoka Local News Highlights and Crews in Town

Local Patoka notes cover a liquor raid in the county by Sheriff Vogt and social mentions from the School Daze play on April 1. residents tell of visits from Rae Gray and others, births, sick days, and various patoka social and travel updates involving families such as the Altoms and Belchers.

C. E Bob) Eaglin Patoka Ill Sandoval Marcels A. E. Pugh O. H. Grays Alexander Salamander John Henry Jones White Rose W. W. Murfin Miss Ali Murfin Ruth Smith F. M. Smith Floyd Smith J. M. Smith Dan Wickersham Dan, Jr S. E. Altom Paul Belcher Frank Miller St. Elmo Jacksonville Bertha Belcher Ohio Rae Gray Dana Anderson Kinmundy Chapin Illinois Cecil Brown Decatur A. T. Gray Wilma Delassus Chicago Leah Delassus Ann Heckethorn Henry Shobonier Fanger Sam Hudspeth Ollie Alexander Walter Dive Barthol Anderson C. 'B. Anderson Agnes Hines Fear Alma Pauline Altom Walter Parks Wm. Schroeder Orville Ed Lawson Warren Willard Harold Chance John Chance Velma Buss Centralia Thos. Altom Fami Roy Thompson Maron J. M.aEepeon Luther Caldwell Earl Jackson Springfield Oscar Davis L. Wasem

State Capitol to Be Repaired in Major Work

Springfield Ill March 28 The dome and roof of the state capitol building will undergo extensive repairs costing well over 125000 this season. Twelve Illinois contractors submitted bids with the lowest for zinc roofing at 129749 by W M Allen Son Co Peoria and for lead covered copper roofing 140000 by R C English Champaign. The supervising architect will review details and recommend to the secretary of state who may award the contract.

Springfield Ill State Capitol Department of Purchases and Construction Illinois W. M. Allen Son Co Peoria R. C. English Champaign Secretary of State

Motorist Recovers After Crash as Shopkeeper Delivers Help

A motorist carried into a store after a collision is told by the handler that he brought him to safety. The motorist asks for two more favors, saying he does not remember the incident and wants further assistance.

Public Sale of the Estate of Eli F Watkins Ill.

Public auction of the estate of Eli F Watkins from Sandoval Illinois on Route 2 near the west Wye on Saturday April 2 1932 at 1 PM. Household goods and other items offered. Terms cash administratrix Mrs Edna Watkins and auctioneer John A Jennings handle the sale.

Eli F. Watkins Sandoval Ill Edna Watkins John A. Jennings

Cross Breeding Shows Promise for Corn Yield Losses

Urbana March 22 reports from the College of Agriculture University of Illinois on cross breeding open pollinated varieties with inbred lines reducing barren stalks from 7.4 to 4.2 percent across several crosses. Seed-ear selection for synchronized pollination also improves yields, with 1438 of 3400 Reid Yellow Dent plants producing silks late. Undesirable plants, about 22 percent, include weak and roll leaf types that cut yield, with weak plants yielding 35 percent of desirable ones.

Urbana Ill College of Agriculture University of Illinois W. J. Mumm Mumm

Road Construction Plan for Chicago Area in 1932

Springfield reports the state public works department outlined a 1932 road program in the Chicago metropolitan area. The plan totals about 12 million dollars for construction and improvements aimed at finishing work outlined since 1928 by the Citizens' Advisory Committee. The effort seeks to relieve unemployment and unify conflicting highway plans in the state’s busiest traffic zone.

Springfield State Department of Public Works and Buildings Chicago Citizens’ Advisory Committee Louis L. Emmerson

List of candidates for the April 12 primary election

The notice lists Democratic and Republican candidates for state treasurer attorney general clerk of the supreme court representative in Congress state at large and other offices. Many Chicago and suburban residents are named along with cities like Joliet Oak Park Springfield and Cairo. The roll includes Oscar, People's and party slates with dozens of names and addresses.

Chicago Earl G. Teeter Glen Ellyn William G. Tegtmeier Stewart Harry G. Wright DeKalb Bruno Alexander Union Av Walter J. Bandy Flournoy St Edward J. Barrett W. 66Th St Grover F. Barrett Lakeside PL Icago Fred Blumenkamp Belleville Edwin M. Dyniewicz Washington Blvd Oak Park L. Hartford Kenwood Homer R. McElroy Artesian T. B. McGrath, Jr N. Harding T. F. McGrath W. 79Th St Chi Robert W. McKinlay Essex J. Parks N. Pine C. Wayland Brooks Fargo Howard J. Carr S. Hoyne Ernest S. Hackett Mark Hannan Kenmore William Kane Eastwood Edward E Miller East St. Louis David A. Russell N. Central William Walter Scott Prairie Democratic Joseph F. Angelski W. Chicago Peter Bartzen N. Campbell William S. Dunderdale Surf St Cago Edward Gregor N. Keystone Samuel Kart Estes John F. Kevine W. Garfield Blvd Phillip Keniny S. Sangamon St Chester E. Lynch N. Miltimore John C. Martin Salem Harold M. Plamondon Commonwealth M.ac Rolnick N. Spaulding Edward M. Ryan Fullerton Parkway James Edward ‘Sloan Ebcago P. Sullivan W. 68Rd St Sumner S. Anderson Charleston Samuel L. Antonow Douglas Blvd Robert E. Gentzel Ellwood Charles W. Hadley Wheaton Arthur A. Huebsch DuBois Brookfield Lowell B. Mason Columbian J. Bert Miller Kankakee John E. Northup N. Menard William C. Schernwat N. Paulina St Charles C. Craig Galesburg Earle R. Downes Victor Frohlich George Gfroever S. Oak Park Alexander W. Jamieson Greenview Otto Kerner Ashland River Forest John W. McCarthy Midway Park Anthony J. O’malley Yale William W. Scanlon Granville Truman A. Snell Carlinville Frank J. Tyrrell S. Scoville Martin M. Ward Augusta Blvd Hicago Supreme Court Albert Bettcher Paxton John Joseph Falvey Walton St Robert E. Holmes Naba Louis I. Wilson S. Lotus Vernie J. Young May St Congress Will C. Carson Greenville Stephen A. Day Ridge Evanston George Edmund Foss Gordon Ter Edward J. Hargrave West End de Klein Barry C .Mills Virginia W. Raymond Stewart ‘Cage Tyra A. Richardson N. Albany Anna M. Schaedler Sheridan Albert D. Sizer Champaign Charles E. Smith Marcus H. Bennett Indiana Martin A. Brennan Bloomington Thomas B. Brown S. Peoria St W. J. Chapman Alton J. Edward Clancey Wilson Frank R. Dalton Aurora John M. Dunn Barton F.W. Lewis Robinson Philip N. Lewis Marion Richard Joyce McGurn Sunnyside James Sorento Otis Downen Mt. Vernon John B. Altrogge Lawrence Klinke William W. Arnold Albert E. Isley Newton Perry B. McCullough Lawrenceville C. A. McNeill Carlyle Ruthwin W. Stoltz Mt. Carmel John Kasserman Omar J. McMackin Andy Hall Republican Party

Contracts Let For Down State Road Work In Illinois

Springfield Illinois March 28 Road contracts awarded from the March 9 letting total more than half a million dollars for work in down state counties. Frank T Sheets chief highway engineer announced 13 jobs with 19.15 miles of paving and about two miles of widening costing 384765 19 64 miles of grading for 66676 56 and 110969 worth of reconstruction. More proposals are under consideration and additional contracts to employ many idle men will be let by the opening of road program weather.

Springfield Ill Frank T. Sheets

Dinah Questions Husband's Faithfulness In Humorous Exchange

A brief rural dialogue shows Dinah asking if her husband is a good provider and expressing fear of being caught in mischief. The tone is playful yet wary as she answers affirmatively about him while admitting ongoing worry.

Dinah

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