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Thanksgiving notices and farm sale in Patoka area
A column lists Thanksgiving visits and social news in Patoka and surrounding towns with names like Verneille Ballance, Gladys, Decatur, and Patoka. It notes corn prices, egg production, and a public sale at the Thalman Farm near Patoka on December 5 1924, detailing livestock, machinery, and terms. It also reports election returns: Small leading Jones for governor and Deneen vs Sprague for U.S. senator with county results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank
Fred Lake
Decatur
Albert ‘Brown
Wm. Prewer
Walter Pribble
Assumption
Kincaid
Walter
George Payne
Vernon
Verneille
Genevieve Ballance
Gladys
Clara Sterling
Frank Lake
Patoka
Chas. Sterling
Vines Linton
W. H. Linton
J. C. Linton
Etta Anderson
Centralia
Frank Robertson
C. O. Snearly
Carlyle
Clarence Cline
Frank Murfin
C. C Murfin
Judge Torrence
Vandalia
Man Farm
Satley Gang
John Deere
Mandy Lee
Gordon Sheffler
John A. Jennings