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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1927
Page
2
A public notice announces a second hand sale event with details on venue and timing. Local residents are advised to attend as items will be offered for purchase. Officials encourage early arrival and bring identification for registration.
The Eclipse is pitched as the only self sharpening lawn mower on the market. Its advertised appeal is that its first cost is the only cost since no separate sharpening is required.
A mixed assortment of classified items and notices from Vernon Patoka Illinois region. Listings include livestock for sale such as horses cows and bulls, poultry stock and eggs, farm equipment and supplies, rental housing, lost items, and service offerings. Local names include J M L Etchison Louis Wasem Walter Parks A W Gray S C Sheppard and Geo Perkins plus businesses Patoka Patoka Ill Odin R R Ballance store Livesay and others.
Mildred Brown works for Mr Lopeman and Mrs Lopeman and Mr Reichert are on the sick list. White Haven held a school election last Saturday with Teddy Wilson reappointed as school director. Rev Oral Brown preached at Bear Creek with good attendance. Charley Halbrook and family visited their sick son Albert. George Olmstead hauled calves and hogs to St Louis this week.
Fast mail from Peoria Illinois promises lowest prices on S C White Leghorns S C Brown Leghorns Barred Rocks and other breeds with live delivery. Special matings Pure Bred Farrow Chicks offered at a slight premium and factory cost brooders. Catalogue available.
Kenneth Johnson spent the week end with his Patoka parents Mr and Mrs G C Johnson. A birthday surprise honored Marvin Halbrook’s fifteenth birthday on April 6 1927 with forty one neighbors and friends bringing baskets and boxes of goodies. Vines Linton plans to live in the country at Mammie Lawrence place. Mr G C Johnson and family of Patoka visited Mr and Mrs C Halbrook and son.
Cracker Neck residents report muddy conditions and low mood as people cope with a broken rib from a horse accident. Local happenings include orchard work assists, new poultry house, a cow purchase, porch addition, and a ten pound fish catch. Several names and small events illustrate a quiet period with limited news.
East of Town notes record Alpha Maulding visiting with grandparents Mr and Mrs Tom Gray of Possum Trot. Addis Walton called on Dr Tom Bundy Sunday. Lorene Williams stayed with Luther Williams family at 124 South Broadway Fairman and visited home folks Sunday. Howard Nelson and family visited Cyrus Arnold and family Sunday. Edwin Arnold and Thelma Nichols called on Roy Thompson and family Sunday night. Mona Lucas visits Raymond Maulding in Kinmundy. Tom Ballance and family visited Addis Walton and family Sunday afternoon.
Merritt Caldwell and wife visited Sunday with Jas Caldwell and family. Loren Caldwell visiting homefolks and transacting business in Vandalia. Mr and Mrs Frank Thomason of Moweagua visited Mordecai Lee last Wednesday. Donald Arnold sawing wood west of town. Mrs Hiram Logan fell Saturday breaking her ankle. Alvin Chandler of Clinton visiting relatives nearby. Russell Caldwell and Dwight Williams visited friends in Alma. Thelma Nichols visited relatives in Patoka Monday and Tuesday. Overalls 95 cents a pair at Martins. Smiths plants of all kind. It's time to kill mites on the chicks with Dr Hess Instand Louse Killer or Fleuride of Soda. At Altoms. Remnants and more remnants. Cecil Martins Store Walko Tablets or Cod Liver Oil for the little chicks. At Altoms.
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