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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1954
Page
4
Classified items from Vernon to Patoka Illinois include tools and services. Trade names Morey Vernon Woolsey Brehm and Wehrle Welch appear along with phone numbers and dates. Listings show buys sells and services for animals fences livestock houses and property near Patoka and Vandalia.
Ed Barnes reports continued contributions to the Pratt Cemetery Fund with Francis Sharp among donors. The brief notes additional gifts bolstering the fund support.
Chicago announces a special August 10 meeting organized by the Illinois Agricultural Association to assist farmers in Southern Illinois affected by drought. The notice identifies the group as sponsor and sets the agenda for relief measures and coordination.
O D Brissenden FAA aide says Farm Bureau leaders from drought counties will meet at 10 a m DST Friday Aug 13 in the Home Bureau building at the Greenville fairgrounds to assess crop damage in Southern Illinois and plan further relief actions The IAA has asked CCC to release three million bushels of corn and seek disaster designation for liberalized Farm Administration loans.
Community notices describe visits and callers among residents in Odin and Centralia, including Geneva Young and sons visiting Anetta Jett, the Meredith family hosting guests, and Harry Jett recovering from a skull fracture in Centralia hospital. Separate items mention a home talent singing convention at Givens Chappel and visits by Walter Hyde to James Hyde.
A Cardinal fragment recounts Davidson lineage in Illinois detailing Major Davidson’s descendants Betsy Jennings to Rebecca Carrigan and 67 grandchildren with 22 living. It notes deaths of Major Davidson in 1845 aged 79 and wife in 1888 aged 58 and burial in the Carrigan graveyard near Tonti Illinois.
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