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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1925
Page
3
A nostalgic 1925 Western Newspaper Union piece by Mary Graham Bonner celebrates Christmas words and meanings. It lists greens rib bons gifts Yuletide sleigh snow bells cheer fire frost air sled sunshine and more, praising the word Christmas as the year's most glorious term.
Suzanne Hansen awaits a no gift Christmas due to finances. Her dog Nellie, once sent to the hospital, returns with six puppies for her mistress. The moment brings joy as Suzanne delights in Nellie and the new pups on Christmas morning.
Mapl e popcorn balls recipe instructs to pop three quarts of corn discard hard kernels melt butter maple syrup and sugar boil to brittle stage in water pour over salted corn and stir then shape into balls with light pressure
Twenty eight attended Sunday School at Temple Sunday. Mr and Mrs John Terry with two sons and Dora visit Irvon Bowen and family. Mrs Terry to stay a few days. Lela and Lila Bopp Fern Bridge visit Rose and Myrle Snyder. Clarence Bowen and wife own a new Ford. Will Cavins family visit Ed Belcher family. Isabell Bowen visits with parents Clarence Bowen. Mat Belcher and Opal call on Ed Belcher and wife.
A reflection on changing expectations from simple gifts like fruit and stockings to luxury desires such as a new car, a diamond ring, and a check, illustrating how times alter what is valued at Christmas.
A brief note captures a Christmas-time exchange where a boy asks for a box from Mr. Smiles, insisting he tripped over the boy’s “oop” last week, prompting a tense remonstrance about prior dealings.
The article notes that few Christmas carols were sung in Scotland, while England, France, Italy and other European nations have long celebrated the custom. It highlights the cultural spread of carols from early times across continental Europe.
New shipment of Peters Shoes arrives featuring work shoes and dress shoes aimed at laborers and professionals. Altoms.
East of Town notes list visits by Lester Thomas and others including Henry Williams and family. A lightning strike Friday destroyed Robert Binnion’s barn with a cow calf and 400 bushels corn. no insurance, total loss. Various residents visited relatives and toured farms in Vernon Arnold Chapel Decatur and Vandalia areas.
Winterlike days linger as residents report health improvements. Local hog butchering continues while George Belcher assists Dock Shepard with timber. Lon Belcher travels to Vandalia on a business trip. Theodore Stone of Blue Mound visits Nacogdoches, and Murfin Moore of Vandalia spends the weekend with A. S. Belcher and Mrs. W. W. Lawrence. Nearby Shady Grove school attendance and Thanksgiving visits round out community highlights. Robert Flocken and wife return to Rose Hill after Thanksgiving with J. A. Shepard and wife. Jess Wooden returns from the north after weeks bone corn work with Sharp and Bill Alexander.
Two of the lucky ones at the drawing Saturday were Ora and Ruby Stone of Vernon who visited their sister Etta Shepard last Thursday. Mrs. J. D. Reed of Keysport spent Thanksgiving with her brother J. A. Shepard and wife. Ted Moore made a business trip to Indianapolis recently and his daughter Iris accompanied him home.
White Haven residents Mable and Marie Belcher and Marie Hayes join Fred Carter’s family for dinner. Oscar Jackson, Vernon visitor, stops by. Others visit White Haven school including Mrs Irve Thompson and P J Mojonnier. Ballance Ford stalls at school. Halbrook and team rescue. Marvin Halbrook nets a skunk. aeroplane sighting over town.
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