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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1927
Page
3
Gilbert R B Hyatt argues Casey Jones the famed six eight wheeler engineer was real not myth. He recalls the Railway Carmen's Journal piece asserting Casey Jones was John Luther Jones and a genuine railroad man despite modern cynicism.
A feature on Casey Jones tracing the real fireman’s life from Cayce Arkansas to the Cannonball era on the Illinois Central. It recounts his death near Canton Mississippi, the creation of the Casey Jones ballad, and his family’s lasting memory while noting Mrs. Jones’s enduring resilience.
Light oat crop noted in Cracker Neck area. Wayne Barnes visited Cracker Neck relatives and returned home Sunday. John Shepard bought dairy cows. Mary Shepard and son John went to Patoka with country produce. A crowd visited J A Shepard and wife Sunday including J L Sharn family and others. Road boss Lloyd Kinney has improved local roads.
In parts of Hungary farm workers are paid with vegetables instead of cash. Occasionally a laborer asks for higher weekly celery, highlighting odd barter wages amid economic strain.
Frank Miller of St Elmo visited the community as a social caller on Sunday, meeting locals and sharing greetings at a casual gathering.
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