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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1946
Page
6
Local druggist Harry Jones stays calm after learning his wife eloped. He advertises in the paper offering liniments bandages healing salves absorbent cotton iodine sleeping powders and crutches at rock bottom prices.
In a sunlit Vermont valley we chat with a local who touts the beauty and friendliness of residents. A warning note soon follows that despite the pleasant image, sin exists there too, and locals wisely keep quiet about it.
A pale man named Harry Jenkins, injured in a street accident, asks at a city hospital relief station if it is the correct place. After confirming questions about his marital status and eight children, he finally declares relief, fearing it might be the pumping station.
The late Congressman Wise admitted a defeated measure faced a sharp opponent who used sharp name irony. He cited a crowd where figures named Redwood and Long appeared, plus a thin man named Stout and a Black man named White, suggesting nature favors sarcasm.
Thaddeus Stevens arrived late to a committee on elections hearing and asked a friend who the two debaters were. The friend described them as scoundrels, prompting Stevens to declare he would side with the Republican one.
A state's attorney and a courtroom visitor clash over who sent whom to the penitentiary. The visitor insists he is the first man the attorney sent away, while the attorney corrects that the first inmate was a man named Fields. The exchange occurs during a moment of recollection about prior cases and election history.
It was election day and a candidate faced loud abuse from a youth shouting he would not vote for him even if he were the Archangel Gabriel. The candidate retorted that even if he were Gabriel the heckler would not be in his constituency.
A playful dialogue recalls a father’s patience as a knightly figure teases with a late return. The daughter drums on about timing while the father jokes about coming and going, keeping a light domestic tone.
A rural scene recounts a stubborn mule blocking traffic. The old Negro drayman calls his boss from a farmhouse to describe his failed attempts to coerce the mule with whipping, tying ears, and promises while a bystander intervenes. The mule ends up in the hospital, described as looking like a city-born gentleman.
A mother boasts to an absent minded professor about her child who has been walking for five months. The professor, slow to grasp the point, acknowledges the long journey with a reflective remark.
Two farmers bargain over a cow named Prunella for over an hour. When asked how much milk she produces, the owner admits no measurement exists, but praises her temperament and generosity.
A southern church deacon buys a horse and buggy to take his wife for a Sunday outing. They pass a neighboring town with a sign reading Speed Limit 15 Miles Per Hour. He jokes that she should drive and he will handle the whip to try to make it.
The judge asks for certainty about the defendant's intoxication. An officer claims confidence after witnessing the man place a penny in a patrol box, glance at a church clock, and exclaim that he has lost fourteen pounds.
A California trial reveals a prosecuting attorney praising an alibi that fully proves the defendant's innocence. The judge approves and privately asks the prosecutor what the penalty for an alibi would be, illustrating lax legal knowledge in historic western courts.
A New Yorker living in Boston dumped an old cat in a vacant lot when tenants moved out. A friend asked if he got rid of it. He admitted he followed the cat, claiming it led him back home, proving the escape failed and the cat found its way.
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