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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1954
Page
4
Multiple classified items list rents for floor sander and edger and a floor polisher. Local repair services for Oliver farm machinery by Woolsey and Brehm. Employment ads seek postcards mailers in Watertown Massachusetts and odd jobs in Patoka. Also sale notices for Balboa Rye peaches crabapples and a modern house. Local contact details and dates included.
A transcriptioned talk delivered by William Carrigan recounts Samuel Davidson Sr and family history. It covers Davidson roots in Virginia and Kentucky, major ancestors, and the 1819–1820 migration to Illinois with extensive detail on family members, journey by wagon, and early settlement.
Mrs. Cliffie Goodwin and Bonnie Simpson returned to Chicago for an extended visit. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Carpenter and family moved to Salem from the neighborhood. Warren Hyde and family from Mt. Vernon visited his brother James Hyde and wife. Troy Strahan and daughters and Wilma Perkins of Natchez arrived for a vacation with the Perkins family. Edgar Perkins underwent a facial operation at Jewish hospital in St. Louis after accompanying relatives. Elbert Smock and Chicago visitors visited John Talbert’s family, Mae Kretzer returning to Chicago. William Perkins and others have been visiting Harry Perkins in Centralia hospital.
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