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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1928
Page
4
A column offers porch decor ideas including colorful lacquers slip covers and tea time setups with a bridge table and tin trays. It shares simple jam and quick cake recipes, handy tips for preserving, canning syrups, and four weekend visitors from nearby towns.
A public sale on Tuesday August 14 1928 begins at 10 00 A M at the W W Enloe farm six miles west of Patoka five miles northeast of Keysport and three miles southwest of Popes Bluff. Animals and goods include horses cattle hogs harness feed farm machinery and household items with extensive inventory and credit terms over 10 dollars 12 month notes with 7 percent interest. First State Bank acts as clerk to Protz owner and sale organizer.
A disjointed column surveys crime in Sing Sing with guards accused of blackmail. It extols talkies and a high-paid singer, cites Dr. Isa Wise on aging, praises Senator Reed’s anti League stance, notes car ownership as independence, and presents Read Admiral Fiske’s crime prevention ideas and Bolshevik critique, reflecting era concerns.
A reflective column notes rapid global wealth via car ownership, contrasts Abyssinia with the United States, and calls postwar French monetary stabilization a historic achievement. It quotes Sir James Barrie on pursuing greatness and compares ambition to a child satisfied with a cookie.
Winfield R. Sheehan predicts larger theatres will demand new production methods as sound advances in film. He says talking pictures will create a new realm of scenario writing and that sound could double attendance. The piece then contrasts brutal New York dancing crowds with Roman arena echoes.
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