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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1926
Page
5
An advertisement touts a Fordson tractor accessory enabling automatic hitch depth adjustment via a lever. It highlights John Deere’s involvement and invites customers to view the feature. The notice also mentions fertilizer and bran products with ordering prompts and a forthcoming carload shipment.
Local dealer advertises Limestone Endgate Sowers with a $5 discount for the first cash customer. Promises best method to scatter limestone and asks interest buyers to notify for arrival of a car load of buggies.
Zeigler coal is advertised as clean with better firing, less smoke and soot, and minimal ash after burning. The seller claims it costs only slightly more than other coal and urges customers to try it, promising egg and lump forms at an affordable price.
An advertiser proclaims readiness to purchase any place within reasonable distance. They promise an honest appraisal and immediate cash in dollars and cents, aiming to win clients with service that leaves other options unnecessary.
A dense list of local notices offers for sale breeding ewes farm equipment produce and animals including Jersey cows a road filly and horses. Items include 14 dozen bushel baskets 24 model Fords road vehicle and 2000 bushels peaches with various locations Patoka Wasem Cruse and Walton place referenced. A stray Airdale pup named Stub is also reported missing with contact sought.
A ballad recounts outlaw youths mistreated by authorities then exiled from Patoka. They wander in exile, their lives shadowed, as the narrator calls for public sympathy. The verse credits Stanley Wasem and Dewitt Jennings, noting a strange escape route to Sterling and Minvis.
The church lists Sunday School at 9 50 with 112 attendees on August 15. Evening studies cover The Bible a Revelation from God. A church business meeting is set for August 12 with special items. Various youth groups and programs are noted with dates and speakers, including a B Y P A program August 23 and a Sept 19 debate on missions.
Mr and Mrs Joe Wilson and Mr and Mrs Lawrence Wilson with Lora Wilson and Lorene Kinney of Vernon attended a Fish family reunion ten miles south of Nokomis on the old John Fish farm. Guests arrived from Los Angeles Decatur St Louis Hillsboro and Fillmore. Two long tables overflowed with food and drinks as music by the Whitten Brothers and sermons by Rev Lawler and Rev Hicks preceded a closing hymn and a duet by Lora Wilson and Lorene Kinney. The group plans to meet again the third Sunday in August.
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