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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1927
Page
2
Forty six attended Sunday School at Temple Sunday. Miss Lila Bopp visited Saturday and Sunday with Mrs. John Williams. Odie Snyder of Decatur visited with his parents and relatives the latter part of the week. There will be Church at Fairman.
Sunday and weekend activities include church gathering from April 7 to 10 at Temple invites everyone. Residents report visits among Belcher Cavins Williams Melton Bopp Bowen Herring and others with neighbors in Carlyle Centralia Vernon and Vernon area.
Fred W Johnson known as the Father of Safety First presents statistics on U S accident causes he notes about eight million accidents occurred last year with over a quarter in or near homes Homes lead in accidents exceeding highway incidents which account for over thirty percent Recreation and pedestrian travel together form over thirty percent Pedestrian travel nearly sixteen percent Johnson as director of the Citizens Safety Committee cites figures from a major insurer He claims ninety percent of eight million accidents were avoidable attributing many to individual actions rather than external causes.
In a brief local report, Speedy asks if She-Have been punched in the car. He replies no but says he has been slapped, describing the incident in a terse exchange.
Frank Lane DeLong, a long time sluice box robber in Keithley Creek, was captured after police used marked thin sheets of gold to reveal the plant. He admitted to stealing nuggets by a hidden false box and holes in the sluice mechanism. DeLong faces a two year prison term.
J L Logie manager of a Vernon land company reports a strange creature in Okanagan lake that he says resembled a sheep headed, dark bodied monster about fifteen feet long. it raced a motor car along the shore for several hundred yards causing a splash and spray as it moved at roughly the car’s speed with three passengers corroborating the sight.
A lighthearted column urges timely work habits for readers in the paper office. It recalls how folks avoided last minute copy and job orders, traveling with a ready smile from ear to ear.
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