Metzger Family Birthday and Local News Notes
SHOBONIER and Fred Metzger attend birthday for Mr John A Metzger at Vandalia. Mr Metzger, 83, is a respected former Shobonier resident. William E Ehlers, ill, plans medical clearance in St Louis. C J Metzger attended Louis L Emmerson campaign victory in Mt Vernon. Local high school awarded accreditation as a three year high school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rge
Fred Metzger
John A. Metzger
Vandalia
Metzger
Shobonier
William E. Ehlers
Heckethorn
St. Louis
Charles
Vernon
Mary Peddicord
Medical College
C.J. Metzger
Ilinois
Louis L. Emmerson
Mt. Vernon
Francis G. Blair
Husband Sues Wife for Divorce in Jealousy Claim
William W. Fussellman files for divorce from Cora M. Fussellman alleging unreasonable jealousy. He cites her jealousy of screen actresses and radio women singers as the grounds for the action in Warren Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren
William W. Fussellman
Cora M. Fussellman
Oldest US Currency Claim Tied to 1776 Eight Dollar Bill
Has Old $8 Bill Worchester, Mass, Apr. 9. Joseph Travers is owner of what he claims to be the oldest currency printed in the United States an $8 bill made in 1776 by Hall and Sellers of Philadelphia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worchester
Mass
Joseph Travers
United
Boy Dies Saving Collie in Mud Hole Rescue
Harold Preble thirteen of Forge Valley Lowell attempts to save his pet collie and sinks into a mud hole suffocating. Kenneth fifteen also dives in to help but is rescued by a passerby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowell
Mass
Harold Preble
Forge Valley
Young Preble
Kenneth
Patoka Band Builds Season For Tournament Soon
Patoka school notes show the band performing tournament pieces for assembly and preparing for a Friday evening tournament on April 18. Soloists Maurice Willis Dayne Ellis Elizabeth Simcox and Howard Willis will compete, with others in the six weeks exams this week and juniors photographed in Centralia. Track meet with Breese postponed to Saturday features Francis Walker Gaston Jennings Outhouse Simcox Walker Rogier Chance. Sophomores receive class pins. The band also rehearses for Wednesday and Thursday assemblies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Maurice Willis
Dayne Ellis
Elizabeth Simcox
Howard Willis
Local News Notes From Patoka Area Social Scribbles
Local notes recount visits by Orville Jackson of Clinton and Sky Vaughn of Greenville to Patoka, a funeral in Fryburg for O. R. Pippin’s aunt, a Vandalia marriage license for Fred Tedrick and Anna Bell Belcher, and various visits, building additions, and illness reports. Includes mentions of Sheriff Harvey May, Joel Polonka, Mr. Merten, Dr. Diehl, and several Patoka residents plus plant advertisements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arabella Lincoln
Cesar Jefferson Washington
Orville Jackson
I. C. R. R. Dispatchers Service
Clinton
Pippin
Fryburg
N. D
Sherman
Great Northern Railway
Vandalia
Fred Tedrick
Seminary Township
Annabell Belcher
Pope Township
Sky Vaughn
Greenville
Sky
O. R. Pippin
Harvey May
Patoka
Joel Polonka
Foster
Merten
Carrigan Township
Carrigan
Irvin
Walton Hardware
Diehl
State Hospital and Colony
Centralia
Walter Warren
Dewey Whitson
St. Louis
Roy Mulvaney
Dorothy Smith
Decatur
Hi. P. Smith
Smiths
Bermuda
Nancy Hall
Porto Rico
Jeff Smith
Morgan
Iuka
Fred Black
Card of Thanks from S M Spurgeon
S M Spurgeon expresses gratitude for the loyalty shown in the vote and honors the district for support. He thanks those who helped and wishes to personally thank everyone in the district for their aid and vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. M. Spurgeon
Marion County Coroner race winner thanks voters
Ed Anderson expresses gratitude to Marion County voters for support in his primary victory for coroner on Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion County
For Sale Notices From Local Classifieds
Diary includes several small ad notices listing sales of strawberry plants plows Ford cars cows and pure bred chickens. Names and places such as Pataka Ti 4 6 and Bert Sim COX appear with contact hints and prices like 60 per 100 post paid and 10 cents per dozen eggs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ptcty
Mra Hayes Smith
Patake
A. L. Irvin
Pataka
Chas
Ehrat
Harvey G. Hudspeth
Guernsey
H. Britt
Bert Sim- Cox
For Sale and Wanted Listings Grainy Classified Notices
A crowded Patoka area classified page lists FOR SALE items including a black horse, a large barn, a freshwater cow with calf, a mare, and a Waterhouse home plus the Henry Oglesby place. WANTED notices seek a Farm for sale with cash price and 21 hundred egg hatching capacity. A piano sale shows a wholesale sample near St Louis. Also a service ad for a black jack at a Shobonier barn and a 40 acre property with creek bottom near Buffalo Hart, Ill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. H. Brokelmeyer
O. H. Gray
Patoka
Good Farm
D. F. Bush
Minneapolis
Minn
Frost
Mary Cahill
Ill
First State Bank of
Creek Bottom
Buffalo Hart
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Williams Motor Co
Salem, Illinois
Deal & Wollermann
West Gallatin Street
Illinois
Floyd B. Cain
N. Locust St
Livesay Garage
Oakland and
Pontiac Cars and Service
Gilley Garage
Fred Gilley
Blue Goose
Lachine
L. E. Belcher
Miller
Patoka School News
Frank Black
Willey
Frank Shimp
W. B. Chilton
Carl Black
Carl
Russell Simcox
Juanita
Mary Britt
Salem
Sidney-Spears
Harvey
Pentecostal Church
Legion Hall
Eddie Hayes
Maxwell
Curwein Henley
Centralia M. E. South Church
Bernie
Walter Murfin
Mae Lane
Campbell
C. J.metzger
Emmerson
Frank Miller
St. Elmo
George Ballance
Bettie Clark
Hamilton
Claud Slater
Pana
Margaret Forehand
Lynn Eagan
James Wasem
Rose Davis
O. R. Davis
U. of S
John Rogier, Jr
Champaign
The
State University
Edwin Delaney
Nellie Lee
West Coast
California
Oregon
Washington
Seattle
Lee
W. Clay Perry
Katie Dwyer
Delaney
Archie Parks
Helen Smith
Mother Chandler
Ed Anderson
Bankers of
Prairie Farmer
New Hudson
Detroit
Hickson
Langenfeld Motor Co
Hudson-Essex Centrali
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