Patoka notes mix visits sales and holiday prep
Local items show George Willett and Burl Alexander visiting Patoka while Burl drives business ties, Altoms advertises Christmas goods from ribbons to candy and cards, Rev Willis may take a Florida trip, and Christmas letters request gifts for Santa from Patoka residents.
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George
Willie Willett
Sho‘borner
Patoka
Vernon
Altoms
Walter Renner
Burl Alexander
Sandoval
Lease Ruddick
J. W. Alexander
Decatur
Springfield
Harry Metzger
Vernon and
Ralph Willis
M. E. Church
Florida
Jakie Davis
Centralia
Harvey Smith
Iva
Caldwell
New Smyrna
Grey
Henry Blankinship
East Stringtown
The
Womens Missionary Society
M. E. South Church
Ballances
Geo. E. Ballances
George Holland
Geo. E. Ballance
Martha Simcox
Ruth Pugh
Geo
E. Ballances
E. W. Belcher
Hartley
Hagarstown
Virgil Walker
Ververs Place
Moweaqua
Fred Gilley
Letters to Santa Claus From His Little Friends
A 1927 Alma Illinois letter collection shows a six year old girl asking Santa for a doll candy and an orange signed Pearl Green dated December 6 1927. A nine year old boy with red hair gray eyes and four foot eleven height writes from a farm about enjoying hunting and trapping and having been a good boy.
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Patoka
Illinois
Santa Claus
Margaret Thompson
Santa
Pearl Green
Wanted rent and sale notices collide in local column
Listings include a Want column for a six room house near the depot at eight dollars monthly, and a sale of fence posts. Also offers for cucumber pickles, TB tested milk cow, and a six room house near the hard road with long terms. Trade possible with J S Hudspeth site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Depot
E. E. Carter
Geo. Gaultney
Chas. Ververs Farm
Joe Yardley, Jr
W. H. Cain
O. A. Nattier
W. R. Simcox
Tfe
J. S. Hudspeth
Companionate marriage plan backed by publisher Haldeman Julius
A Kansas publisher supports his eighteen year old daughter’s plan to marry a twenty year old with a trial period living apart to test their compatibility. The couple will not share a home until they decide if they are suited, a concept the article calls old as both humans and monkeys.
Monkeys and Humans: A Parable on Marriage and Thrift
The piece contrasts animal companionship with human marriage and progress toward decency. It argues marriage is a slow but valuable social device taught by Providence and cooperation. It notes Christmas clubs offer widespread thrift as banks fund gifts and urges forehanded planning.
Christmas shoppers face growing shortages warn economist Ayres
Colonel Leonard P. Ayres, an economist, cautions that stock shortages are developing in several leading industries though holiday buying remains sizable. He notes shoppers are not yet discomfited by the volume of purchases.
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Leonard P. Ayres
Aledo Draft Cheese Plant Considered for Local Site
Industrial development notes show Aledo-Draft Cheese Company exploring a local plant site. Millstadt reports ground broken for a new First Bank of Millstadt building. Galesburg car shops near completion with 1000 mill-type coal-related facilities referenced.
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Aledo—Draft Cheese Company
Millstadt
First Bank of Millstadt
Galesburg
Chicago and Northwestern plans big rail year outlay
The Chicago and Northwestern Railroad outlines 1928 expenditures totaling about 63.006 million dollars. Of this amount 20 million is earmarked for additions and betterments and 48 million for maintenance of way and equipment.
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Chicago & Northwestern Railroad
Odd Fellows Hold Regular Election In Lodge
The I O O F officers elected Tuesday night to serve the coming year were Noble Grand Elza Dukes Vice Grand Donald Wilson Rec. Secretary Thos Alcom Fin Secretary A M Peek Treasurer T E Irvin The 1928 Trustees elected were Orvil Genre J C Griffin M D Ballance Geo Purcell F B Ballance
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Noble
Elza Dukes
Donald Wilson
Thos. Alcom
Fin
A. M. Peek
Treas
T. E. Irvin
Orvil Genre
J. C. Grifin
M. D. Ballance
Geo. Purcell
F. B. Ballance
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Eber Bullard
Chance School
Kenneth Neilson
Patoka, Ill
Ted Caldwell
Alma
Ils
Meador & Boggs Funeral Directors
Lem Meador
Liberty Theatre
Vandalia, Illinois
Margaret Lilly
ODD Fellows
Childrens
Crys
CRY Goods CO
Centralia, Illinois
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