Patoka Young Business Man Disappears During Business Trip
Patoka youth Bagan, twenty, left Patoka on March 23 en route to Wayne and Shawneetown, then took a morning train to Centralia and vanished. Local officials, hospitals, and newspapers broadcast appeals as families seek clues. no motive or location solidified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bagan
Patoka
Wayne
Shawneetown
Centralia
Ayne City
Mr. Seabolt
Nion
Equality
Paucah Hospital
Golconda
Paucah
Rosidlaire
Harrisburg
Elizabethtown
Louis Post Dispatch
Dick Fain
Farina
Mt. Vernon
Amy
Relief effort from Patoka aids cyclone victims
Patoka volunteers ship a full carload of relief goods to De Soto for cyclone survivors. The article notes the St. Louis Register lists recipients and praises community help. An additional car on the side track at Patoka will be loaded Saturday night, with hay already plentiful and other items urgently needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patoka
de Soto
Jose
Murphysboro
Rev. Smith
C. B. Anderson
Henley
Bro. Henley
Perryville
Ford stolen from Centralia by three Miss Chandler
Miss Hlen Chandlers Ford stolen in Centralia after a group including Helen Chandler Mae Lane and Mae Eagan Dean Eagan left it parked near the National Bank Building. Police notified and a lookout issued though no trace reported. Insurance covers the vehicle but loss of use is troublesome at this time of year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Chandler
Mae Lane
Mae Eagan
Dean Eagan
Centralia
National Bank
Message of Grace at Baptist Church Sunday Night
The Mary Crawford Group presents a program on Sunday night April 5 with the theme A Message of Grace. Leaders include Beulah Wickersham Quizz Leader Willie Nattier and readers and topics assigned to Veretta Outhouse Muriel Carter Irene Malan Neva Niel Karl Outhouse Francis Belcher Wilma Alexander Harry Nattier and Floyd Talk Sister Cox. T. H. Queyle of Decatur and Bert Bays Springfield visited Patoka over the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Crawford
Beulah Wickersham
Willie Nattier
Veretta Outhouse
Muriel Carter
Esther Cox
Irene Malan
Polo
Neva Niel
Karl Outhouse
Francis Belcher
Wilma Alexander
Harry Nattiér
Floyd
Sister Cox
Junior Play Raises Funds for Storm Victims and Egg Drive
School notes report the junior play raised 75.05 dollars and was repeated to aid southern storm victims. Louie Wasem Jr asked students to bring eggs, three cases were assembled. Teachers and students helped with coaching, clothes and food went to Murphysboro relief workers. Freshman basketball beat Vernon 17 to 15. baseball season opens next. No school Thursday and Friday due to teachers meeting in East St. Louis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louie Wasem Jr
Miss Lane
the Legion Hall
County Court Holds April Term Grand Jury Opens
The Marion County Court will convene its April term on the fourth Monday, April 27, 1925, with the Grand Jury meeting then and the Petit Jury scheduled for the same date. Names listed include Haines-Charley Beasley, Forest Gaston, Meachem John Short, Philip May, and many others across Kinmundy Romine Patoka Iuka Alma Foster Centralia Carrigan Sandoval Tonti Stevenson Salem.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion County Court
Wil
A. D
Petit Jury
Marion County
Haines
Charley Beasley
Forest Gaston
Meachem
John Short
Philip May
Kinmundy
Aa. C. Dunlap
C. .H Howell
Romine
Nathan Fields
Guss So
Ger
Raccoon
Ora Johnson
Patoka
Everett Purdue
Odin—Geo
F. Jett
John L. Thompson
Iuka
Fred Hammersmeyer
Alma
L. N. Kennedy
Foster
Wm. Harvey
Centralia
Sam Saul
Emmett Copple
Harry E. Price
George Evans
Frank Lazaretti
R. Owens
Fred R. Kelly
Ben Bisel
Frank Phillips
J. J. Garren
Edgar Sanders
Simon Richards
A. A. Patton
Carrigan
L. B. Cozad
Sandoval
Fred Daniels
Tonti
Orland Carter
Stevenson
Frank Fulton
Salem
Orvil Hopkins
Trnce Murphy
Walter Farthing
A. R. Bryan
M E Church Preaching at Patoka and Vernon
The M. E. Church schedule lists Patoka next Sunday April 5 with 10 45 a m service at Patoka Chapel 2 30 p m at Mound Chapel and Vernon Sunday night sermon Holy Christ. Funds for Holden Hospital Carbondale were pledged 37 at Patoka 33 at Vernon with gifts still welcome via W h Cain Patoka or C H Carleton Vernon. Sunday School follows with lesson The Holy Spirit In The Church and Acts 2 38.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patoka
Mound Chapel
Vernon
Holy Christ
Holden Hospital
Carbondale
W. H. Cain
C. H. Carleton
Trenton Visitor Checks Truck Tax in Patoka
Logan Lowden of Trenton connected with the Secretary of State motor vehicle department visited Patoka Saturday morning to look after road tax due from trucks on regular schedules. George Phalin and wife of Decatur visited J. W. Alexander and family over Sunday with relatives and friends. Mrs. Phalin, known locally as Miss Ethel Chilton, shares in the visit. A baby girl was born Saturday night to Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Harper. Johnny Moran spent several days in Chicago during the past weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan Lowden
Trenton
Secretary of State
Automobile Department
Patoka
George Phalin
Decatur
J. W. Alexander
Phalin
Ethel Chilton
W. E. Harperee
Martin& Martin
John Oglesby
Oglesby & Son
Ilinois Central News
Greendale
Martin & Martin
American Legion Hall
Evangelist J. H. Reeter
Vandalia
Ben Wickersham
Igs
Star Brand
Neil Walker
DuQuoin
Wree
T. P. Walker
H. G. Hudspeth
T. J. Dukes
Dorsey
Hudspeth
Porter
Elizabeth Simcox
Zobrist
Claud Jackson
Little Babe
W. C. Pugh
Clinton
Dean Hagan
Greenville
Tev. Cox
Arch
Dean
Bond County
W. M. Ellis
Annie Ballance
James
Thelma Nichols
Carbondale
Murphysboro
Lucille Johnson-Markwell
St. Louis
Elsie Goben
Belcher
Lincoln
Nannie Wilson
Cyclone
Hill Bros
Martins
Altoms
High School English Teacher Loses Mother
Miss Lane, a high school English teacher, was notified of her mother's serious condition in Bloomington and learned of her death en route home. Friends extend sympathy as pupils send a floral tribute from Ross Greenhouse to express esteem during this sad time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lane
Bloomington
Ross
ElectionIrregularities and Contested Races Across Townships
Voters face unopposed or write in options in Patoka Foster and Carrigan townships with two Justices and two Constables to elect. Carrigan sees Peter Bopp vs James Meredith for Republican reelection and Billy Gerrish vs William Campbell for Justice. Ed Belcher unopposed for Constable. A J Britt vs Harlan Gerrish for School Trustee. Centralia eyes Percy Gaston for Supervisor and potential County Chairman, while Sandoval lists F W Davidson unopposed for Supervisor and Ed Purnell as Justice. Salem features Levi East and James Wilson in strong bids. Pope shows Will Lawrence vs T T Cox for Rep. Dean Delay visits Carbondale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patoka
Foster Township
Carrigan Twonship
Peter Bopp
James Meredith
Billy Gerrish
Wm. Campbell
Ed Belcher
Constable
A. J. Britt
Harlan
B. Gerrish
Sandoval
F. W. Davidson
Ed Purnell
Centralia
Percy Gaston
G.O. P
Salem
Levi East
James Wilson
Pope Township
Will Lawrence
T. T. Cox
A. S. Belcher
Justice
J. W. Lee
Dem
Floyd Outhouse
Death and Burial of Mrs. Millie F. Cox
Mrs. Millie F. Cox born January 22 1861 in Madison County died March 18 1925 at her son W F Cox’s Patoka home aged 64 years 1 month 27 days She married Enoch Cox in 1884 who died in 1896 They had six children five living Funeral preached by H Etter Vandalia at Mulberry Grove burial in Moffsinger Cemetery Multiple relatives and churches sent flowers and aid during the loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Millie F. Cox
Chance
Madison Co
W. F. Cox
Patoka
Enoch Cox
A Ridge
Eliza Henery
Belleville
Mary Anderson
Des Moines
Laura Edwards
Ingraham
John
William Chance
Smithbroro
H. Etter
Vandalia
Mulberry Grove
Moffsinger Cemetery
Cox
New Harmony Baptist Church of
Centralia
Baptist Church of
Woman's Civic League
F. Mossman
Attorney General Carlstrom Praised as Strong Leader
East St. Louis Journal lauds Oscar Carlstrom as a capable courageous lawyer with executive skill and deep knowledge of law and procedure. Editorial asserts he is the right man in the right place and destined to become a star in Illinois Republican politics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar Carlstrom
Carlstrom
Illinois
East St. Louis
Local notices and shop bargains fill Patoka week
The column lists varied ads and social notes from Patoka and nearby: Hill Bros and Altoms offer canned peas onions seeds and seeds, Martins promotes dresses shoes and flour, Martin & Martin sell dress goods and ship-stuff, and Cain’s Store urges Irish Cobbler seed potatoes. Residents mix news of improvements, visits, and church revival planned April 5 with Evangelist J. H. Reeter.
Gypsies Arrested In Centralia For Fraud At Filling Station
Chief Kaelin of Centralia led the arrest of a group described as gypsies last Friday. They were forced to repay money fraudulently obtained from a filling station. On the Shobonier road a woman halted Beverly Forehand, leading to a struggle as he fought to protect his pockets. Both Forehand and Chief Kaelin offer cautions about accommodating nomad tribes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kaelin
Centralia
Shobonier
Beverly Forehand
Card of Thanks for James Jones Burial Help
Erna Jones and wife express heartfelt thanks to friends and neighbors for assistance during illness and burial of their dear little son James.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James
Erna Jones
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Hlen Chandlers
T. H. Queyle
Bert Bays
Springfield
M. E. Church
Johnny Moran
Chicago
Patoka, Illinois
American Red Cross
Henry M. Baker
Per
Dean Delay
Keysport
E. L. Delay
Carl
Strom
Leo C. Walker
George Hurt, Jr
Wabash Railroad
E. E. Sherman
Rockville
Ind
Sherman
Hurt
Ohio
Howard Clark
Ed Clark
Rosenberg
Reuben Alexander
F. J. Rogier
Junior
Gloria
T. F. Haley
Tom
Vivian Nattier
Farmers Elevator Company
Jesse Gray
Detroit
Mich
Jeff Smith
J. C. Depot
Fred Gilley
Everette Perdue
Bertha Belcher
Cains
Jeff Smith's
I. C. Depot
G. W. Pratt
East Fork Township
Charles Adams
Babe
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