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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1926
Page
2
Township funds record receipts and expenditures for the year July 1 1925 to June 30 1926. Cash on hand July 1 1925 93 33 real estate notes on hand July 1 1926 total 1098 33 expenditures cash on hand June 30 1926 93 33 June 30 1926 1000 00 total 1093 33 distributive fund buy Xmas cards at register office.
A deal this week swapped the local flour mill from Wm. Thalman and sons to C. W. Witwer of Centralia in exchange for the Robert Foltz land near Patoka. The 200 acre tract sits on the hard road. the Thalmans keep the land. Witwer took possession for speculation and plans are undecided.
Thiel Brothers and six fellow musicians of the Kansas City Night Hawks dine with Grandmother Mary Jennings and family during a noonday halt here on their way to Herrin. Lisle Simcox and family from Clinton spent several days in town this week as a light rain shower passed and temperatures rose to about 104. The next paper will carry the complete premium list for the Farmers Institute and Fair.
An eight day Cleveland conference of sub committees of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen ended in deadlock. Johnston, grand chief of the engineers, said each union would submit its own wage requests separately and declined to reveal the stumbling block.
The International Carpenters and Joiners union in Montreal wins a ten cent per hour raise. Other items include a Tokyo proposal to limit work to ten hours daily and ban night shifts for women, and Roy Horn of St. Louis elected president of the International Brotherhood of Blacksmiths.
White Haven report notes Chriss Brothers threshing red top for Chas Halbrook. Local families attend Bear Creek church Saturday night and G C Johnsons visit Pana with relatives. Ed Jackson operated for appendicitis and is recovering at home. Maude Hatch on sick list. Hazel Halbrook also listed.
Cracker Neck residents note shifts from threshing to modern comforts James Murry owns a new Ford and Pete Roseman a Chevrolet Anna Sharp traveled home to California after visiting relatives Uncle Tom Cole nurses a broken rib John Shepard bought a young cow from Tom Cole Opal Barnes of Kinmundy visits Bessie Stark and families Mary Jackson Stombaugh's daughter born August 6 at Vandalia Charley Shepard Illiopolis and Bert Williams of Toul discuss weekend visits John Moore leaves for north work Walter Enloe of Decatur inspects a farm Richard Huddleston and family pass through en route home from Vandalia Peter Roseman and family visit Greenup Opal Barnes and Bessie Stark guests at Etta Shepard Ed Barnes and family visit John Henry Belcher and wife
Centralia visitors Chas Maulding and H P Smith with families noted. Alma residents, Fairman gatherings, Brownstown relatives, and Salem trip reports. Arnold Chapel picnic attended. Cruse cemetery cleaned. pretreated meeting at Givens Chapel. Wa hoo Nebraska visitors then Charleston relatives travel with Mrs Gray and children.
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