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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1908
Page
1
Local shoppers see 2 for 5e-at deals at Altom's and Buss & Humes. Christmas windows, bazaars, and a Magee Gaultney wedding headline town activities with church events, entertainment, and school purchases. Numerous updates on health, travel, and family notices fill the page.
Patoka is set to enter the Islonoi oil field east of town. J H Mellroy of Pittsburgh, experienced in oil, will arrive early next week to secure land leases and plan three wells. He aims for a pipeline connection and rapid addition of wells if results prove satisfactory. Other parties are also securing leases, making now the ground floor moment for Patoka investments.
The town board granted a ten inch Locust Street sewer franchise to C. M. Ashton I. H. Wilton J. H. Wiley A. S. Gray G. A. Jennings Wm Thallman T. E. Irvin Aaron Farmer Henry Clark and W. W. Murfin. Frank Osborne won the contract and began work Wednesday as part of Big Four Reality Co effort to improve drainage on the east side. Tap-in inquiries go to manager J H Wiley.
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