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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1925
Page
3
Grace and Laura recall a comic mix up when Grace laughs at a driver’s boots only to learn he is Elsie’s brother Mr Carson home for Christmas. The Bachelor’s club girls host a holiday reunion and Grace ends up agreeing to a Christmas night out with Ralph Carson after a playful misstep.
Bobby, now grown, observes the Pixets Christmas ritual. He quietly watches as Mr and Mrs Pixet prepare the tree, surround it with packages, and share a festive dinner where Elizabeth offers him a turkey drumstick. The scene ends with a warm family moment.
Readers browse Altoms and Martins for Christmas foods toys and gifts as well as meat and radio accessories. Local residents visit with families including Winona Stephens Dorothy Wasem and Lulu Wickersham while merchants advertise prices on candy raisins beans cigarettes footwear and lanterns and promote cattle and fur trades plus a baby born to Mr and Mrs Bowen and a pending shipment of smoked salt for meat curing.
A brief reflection on a Christmas meal that honours a child named Bobby, noting the quick recovery from earlier events and the sense the world remains humane. The passage suggests warmth and continuity despite prior worry.
A lighthearted note suggests Christmas cigars help a man who plans to quit swearing off at the start of the new year. The item captures holiday mood and personal resolutions in a brief humorous line.
The 14 inch railway gun weighing 730000 pounds will depart Aberdeen Maryland for Fort MacArthur California to test trans continental rail routes. The journey will take about two months and uses routes via Pennsylvania Chicago & Northwestern Union Pacific and Southern Pacific.
Mr and Mrs Ed Tyler and Elaine visited Ingolds for Thanksgiving. Harold Belcher, recently joined the Marines at Decatur, is now stationed at Paris Island S C. Mae Lane visited Bloomington with John Dorris and Prof Hall accompanied them to Charleston. A Martins ad highlights over 2000 dishes to choose from.
On account of discontinuance of local train service I will cater to the public in auto taxi service and will make charges very reasonable. D. R. Livesay Phone 98.
A dense classifed page lists wants for 5365 rabbits at Dains Store top pay, a married man for farm work CGC H Hall Vandalia MI, a Duroe Jersey hog for service, Fielding Adams, truck hauling help via phone 58, washings and sewing by Mrs Fannie Crowder Patoka, a six room rental near the school D Livesay, an eligible Holstein bull for $1.50 Melvin Belcher, stray fox hounds reported by David Gerrish, wholesale tree prices from N Shreffler Alma, advertised Rose Comb Rhode Island rooster 4 lb at $1.50 Geo Caudle Smithboro, plus sale of several acres of corn on stalk at 25 cents.
Classified notes show offers to trade and sell items. Frank Coburn of Hammond Illinois advertises a farm for sale or trade. T P Walker promotes available apples in the cellar with a call to buy before depletion.
New York Federal Reserve Bank announces an upcoming Treasury offering likely between 400 and 500 million dollars. A 180 million dollar 3 percent TD series maturing December 15 and a 300 million dollar 4 3 8 percent note due the same date are planned.
We thank all who assisted or responded to the call to fight the fire that threatened our church. Your timely action saved our place of worship from destruction. Ralph Willis, Pastor, Mae Logan, Church Ses.
Jos F Kilduff of Peru, a candidate for state treasurer, was in Patoka last Saturday mingling with voters. The Regis ter has no knowledge of his views for or against and notes he is the third candidate heard from with another to come.
The family expresses gratitude to all who assisted during the illness and death of their son and brother. They thank those who gave sympathy to the Alma choir and those who sent flowers. Ras Arnold and wife Arch inold, Mildred Walton, James Arnold remember the kindness.
The report covers Township No 4 Range 2 Marion County Illinois July 1 1924 to June 30 1925. It itemizes permanent fund receipts and expenditures including cash on hand real estate notes and distribution to districts with balances, district fund allocations and school district expenditures for teachers pensions textbooks salaries and bonds. The document is signed by A I Eagan Township Treasurer and sworn Nov 25 1925 before Justice of Peace Geo E Ballance.
The Illinois Commerce Commission will hear an application by Egyptian Transportation for a certificate of public convenience and necessity to operate motor passenger and freight service. Routes include multiple listed towns in central and southern Illinois with several nonlocal restrictions. Time and place for the hearing are available from the Secretary of the Commission in Springfield.
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