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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1933
Page
4
A North Dakota hitchhiker named Fred Batthers aimed to share a $50 sleeping bag with two other travelers in Montana. He went to fetch breakfast for them, but upon his return the travelers and the sleeping bag had vanished, leaving Batthers short and the incident under police report.
In Parma Michigan Dr Harry Hubbard sixty one a Parme physician allegedly killed himself after giving two patients poison by mistake causing their deaths. Peter Keyser Jackson county chemist and Coroner John falling found both deaths had identical convulsions and capsules were swapped from one envelope to another before Hubbard died hours later. Officials say he acted to avoid disgrace.
At Kushequa Brick in Kane Pennsylvania employees split into two groups for deer hunting. Half the workers went to the woods while the rest stayed on site. Two buck deer wandered onto the plant. A rifle-wielding group fatally shot one eight-point buck while the other escaped wounded. The on-duty workers returned empty handed.
Murray Ky. freshman Jack Dunaway returns to class and college paper duties after a sequence of crises. His uncle hangs himself, his sweetheart marries a rival, a baby he supported loses a deposit, and the home he stayed in burns with all belongings. He asks what comes next.
Mary Louise Setzer five is alive after her mother noticed a dislodged cistern cover and saw the child's hand. Mrs Setzer lowered herself into the cistern while the aunt held her ankles and pulled the girl to safety until workers arrived.
In Cheyenne Wyoming a masked robber tried to grab $5,000 in cash and checks from J W Herrin a grocery store book keeper. Herrin restrained by the attacker with one arm fought back while his assistant Margaret Talbot rushed to help delivering blows that drove the robber away. The money was saved.
Walter Preck twenty eight an Austrian adventurer was sentenced to 30 months imprisonment on charges of theft and forgery from his wife Helen Mayr widow of a Pittsburgh banker. He had been arrested twenty two times since age fifteen and was convicted of stealing a pearl necklace and forging checks in her name.
Miss Marion Helson twenty six played bridge with friends including Margaret Grenat and Robert Davenport. After repeated losses she lamented lack of luck then left. The couple returned to her apartment to find her depressed and shortly after a shot was heard. She was found dead.
Miss Mary Frick formerly a Rockwell school teacher is freed on parole after serving two years of a six to eight year term for taking part in the Bank of Rockwell robbery. She helped two youths flee with $1126 and later told friends she will seek to rebuild her life and find employment despite scarce jobs.
Birmingham Alabama Charlie White was jailed after falsely claiming to be a conscience-stricken escaped convict. The warden alerted the state prison and learned no such convict existed. White admitted he was hungry cold and out of work. He had sailed around the world twelve times.
Andrew Wilbur, famed stunt performer, filed in Municipal Court seeking damages after a heavy crate toppled from a truck and struck him on the head causing serious injuries. He said the accident occurred during his stunt activities and he seeks two dollars.
A 27 year old mother in Memphis shot her four year old son in the head, then killed herself. Police report the child suffered an affliction that troubled the mother. The tragedy ends with both deaths and ongoing investigations.
The Roumanian government plans imprisonment for tardy taxpayers to speed up filling the empty coffers, according to a semi official report.
Springfield Nebraska reports Henry Morris a 77 year old man who has lived in a hole dug into the Platte River bank for 46 years. He rarely leaves his cave except to feed on nuts dried berries and field corn with water as his only drink. Local neighbors built him a small shack but he refused to move. He has no books papers or regular income and last voted for Blaine in 1884.
Mrs. Alice Hunter leaves a $20,000 trust for her pets Red the shepherd dog and Peanuts the cat. Income will fund their comfort for life and, on death, portions go to the Anti Cruelty Society, Irene Castle McLaughlin's dog refuge, the Orphans of the Storm, and the Home for Destitute and Crippled Children.
A large aerolite struck a field at Gualegua City near Concordia in Entre Rios province Argentina today destroying a mill and sinking six feet into the earth. The explosion was heard for miles around drawing many witnesses.
Frankfort widow charges her ninety year old husband John F. Smith with desertion. The Civil War veteran, long a resident of the area, faces confinement under a local jailing order.
The Rhode Island Greening, likely the oldest New York grown apple, originated from a Newport tavern seedling around 1700. It spread as grafting stock and was once called Greene Inn apple, later Greening, with widespread 18th century planting and over a century as a top commercial variety. The Baldwin, a two century old seedling from Massachusetts, joined New York trade around 1800 and became a leading commercial variety by 1875.
The largest ornamental wrought iron gates in the world stand at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Los Angeles. At 25 feet high and 80 feet wide they weigh over 16 tons and surpass Buckingham Palace gates in size. The four gates balance on roller bearings and open with the touch of a finger. The design echoes early English renaissance with family crests and heraldic symbols.
A 1862 daybook from a Midwestern grocer catalogs imported items such as coffee, tea, figs, spices, citrus, and dried fruits alongside staples like eggs, molasses, sugar, butter, cheese, meat, and vegetables. The list includes peppers, ginger, nuts, raisins, lard, salt, and various preserved foods.
Jevons defines science as knowledge and art as doing. He uses astronomy as navigation’s foundation and chemistry as the base of many useful arts. He divides arts into fine and useful and lists sciences as physics chemistry astronomy meteorology mathematics geography geology ethnology anthropology archaeology biology and medicine.
A southern storekeeper who serves as justice of the peace sits outside his shop when a colored man arrives. The man jokes about the judge's wife bearing ten children who all play a musical instrument. The judge replies with a pun about disbanding the band, reflecting a humorous regional saying.
Detroit News notes that the pomeranian and Eskimo dog share a northern lineage and a common habit of carrying tails curved over the back. Researchers suggest this trait helps keep tails from dragging in snow and becoming caked.
The former German emperor fled on the eve of an armistice and crossed into the Netherlands by car. He stayed at Count Bentinck's home in Amerongen near Arnheim for over a year, bought an estate at Doorn near Utrecht, and was later joined by his wife and a retinue.
The Centralia Demons defeated a local team with key plays noted by Referee Eagan and scorer Miller. The brief recap records the outcome and official personnel involved.
Local writers note Patoka seeks a true baseball club with plans for full reports later. The season opens Wednesday as radios and pencils are tuned. Shifts in rosters include Mickey Cochrane with the Chicago White Sox after a Cubs city series win. Gabby Street’s strategies follow weekend Browns outings. Connie Mack remains out of organized baseball after leaving the Boston Braves.
Local items list seed potatoes at 75 cents per hundred and note several social calls. Vandalia visitors include Martin's Cash Co. caller Dan Livesay and Miss Emma Bligh of Sandoval visiting Miss Helen Nattier. Social visits continue in West Stringtown. An illness at home and a school break are also mentioned along with travel to Fort Wayne and St Louis.
In memory of our dear mother Mrs Ora Smith who died two years ago today April 13. Mrs J C Beery and Claude C Smith join in remembering her with love and gratitude.
Easter Sunday services announced by the M. E. Church with preaching at Patoka 10 45 a m and evening at Vernon 7 50 p m Sunrise prayer at Vernon 6 00 a m followed by a complete youth meeting Missons emphasis and special services including a third Sunday night program at Patoka 7 30 p m Bro Cecil Lowe conducts Arnold Chapel Bro Noble Bryant conducts Mound Chapel
Easter Sunday morning at 5 o clock a sunrise prayer service will be held at the Christian Church. Two brief talks by Bro Lovell and Bro Humphrey will discuss why Christ died and what the Resurrection means. All Christian people invited and other churches encouraged to cooperate.
Offer urges Patoka residents to attend Sunday School next Sunday Easter to break attendance records. Encourages joining any of five churches and notes Brother Grant will preach at the Patoka church Sunday morning.
The article notes a Lesson-Sermon in Christian Science churches on Sunday April 9 titled Are Sin Disease and Death Real. It cites Psalm 103 and Deuteronomy passages and quotes from Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy, presenting God as divine Principle and exemption from evil.
The W M S will meet Tuesday afternoon April 18 with Mrs G J Wasem in charge. Elder A C Brown fills his appointment Sunday with B Y P U topic The Holy Spirit in Salvation. Speakers Mae Warner Marion Outhouse Edgar Irvin Marie Thompson Eva Wasem. All are invited to all services.
The Patoka M E Church South outlines Easter Sunday services on April 16 with sermons by Rev. M D Ballance and church leaders at Patoka Zion Island Chapel and Wescott Chapel. Sunday School times, Epworth League programs, and Easter offerings for Kingdom Extension are listed, plus a Mother’s Day program on March 14 at 7:30 p m.
The Patoka Register published in Patoka Illinois lists James M Emerson as publisher and notes Friday publication and a subscription rate of 1.50 per year. The record shows postal registration and print status details under 1879 act.
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