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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1924
Page
2
A Mamence Illinois woman reports relief from female weakness after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She describes pain and fatigue, credits the remedy with restoring vigor, and notes widespread positive responses from over 121 000 women.
Dallas Texas population 158976 marks the world's first city to switch from manual hello girl switchboards to an automatic central system. The transition ends a project started in 1919 that cost 4 million dollars.
A concise critique blending social norms and urban planning. The piece argues for more parking space to ease congestion, calls out aggressive driving, and challenges stereotypes about contemporary women. It emphasizes risk perception and the mismatch between drivers’ expectations and reality.
The Zion's Lutheran church near Spring City Pennsylvania held its annual concert featuring an organ built in 1791. Believed to be the oldest operating pipe organ in the United States, it continues a long standing local custom.
President Coolidge promised continued government help to agriculture and urged farmers to use available improvements. In Chicago he spoke to 500 livestock men at the Exposition dinner and to 300 business leaders at a Commercial Club luncheon about prosperity, humanity, and mutual aid among nations. He toured champion livestock with Mrs Coolidge and attended related events.
In Oakland six people were killed and about 37 injured when two electric trains collided after a block signal was ignored. Most victims were Bay Area residents. university students aided victims amid rain and chaos at the scene.
Washington reports that American railroads employed 1,801,296 workers in September with total pay of 240.659 million dollars. The Interstate Commerce Commission notes 144,621 fewer jobs than September 1923.
States' Attorney Delos Duty of Williamson County Illinois who retired from office recently says he has escaped a living hell after four years of torture according to a dispatch from Marion Illinois.
The 1924 25 crop year may yield about 12 billion dollars in gross agricultural income, up from 11.5 billion in 1923 24, with the finest harvest in five years. Yet the report warns the farmer still faces long road to parity with other products and ongoing low mood effects.
The Daily Mail reports a plot to assassinate British government leaders has been uncovered. Cabinet ministers receive special protection as Home Secretary Joynson-Hicks orders increased guard presence and more detectives in London. The Wafd Egyptian nationalist network is cited as behind the propaganda pushing the plan. Leaders at Albert Hall were protected amid heightened security.
The Brazilian consul informs Tokyo that visa grants for Japanese emigrants to Brazil are suspended. The Japanese foreign office orders a swift report from its minister to Brazil. Akamatsu warns of a serious exclusion policy affecting Japan. Stateville inmate Koretz begins a prison term for three swindling schemes.
Shawnee Oklahoma M W Christner former secretary of the failed Conservative Loan and Investment Co was sentenced to four years in the state penitentiary by Judge L G Pitman after conviction of embezzling 9158 dollars.
Fifty three rail lines led by Atchison Topeka Santa Fe Chicago Burlington Quincey Illinois Central and Union Pacific file in St Paul federal court to enjoin May 17 ICC order reducing class express rates in zones two, three, four and five. They say current rates yield losses and the proposed cuts would worsen them. The 48 page complaint cites a $5 million shortage on express returns and lists twenty additional attorneys.
About 500 train workers on the Illinois Traction Company McKinley Line walk out in St Louis demanding a ten hour freight day a nine hour passenger day 10 cent hourly wage raise and time and a half above set hours. Mail and produce shipments are disrupted and negotiations occur in Springfield Illinois with no immediate concessions.
Governor Len Small, his son Leslie, and daughter Mrs A C Inglesh sustained injuries when their sedan overturned after a collision with another car two and a half miles south of Pontiac Illinois. They were treated at the Pontiac Reformatory and continued to Kankakee. The other occupants were only lightly hurt.
Senator Borah of the Foreign Relations Committee favors delaying World Court action to pass farm relief and domestic bills this short session. He argues final action on the court is unlikely before adjournment, and a program to divorce the court from the League must be developed. Swanson and others push for a vote before March 4, hoping a reservation may ease objections.
Toronto Minister of Highways George 8. Henry said he plans to submit a bill to the next legislature that would impose a gasoline tax of about two cents per gallon amid consideration of new revenue measures.
Herrin residents return to service after the Southern Illinois Telephone Company announces the stoppage was an outlaw strike by operators and service has resumed.
Eleven unarmed civilians were killed and seven seriously wounded when seventy bandits looted Tapalpa in Jalisco State. Principal stores and homes were looted as the town was sacked.
Daniel E. Holmes a veteran railroad man and conductor of the Abraham Lincoln funeral train in 1865 has died in Cincinnati Ohio at age 85 Holmes helped guide the train from Washington to Springfield during a pivotal national ceremony and his passing marks the end of an era for early railroad service and ceremonial routes.
The historian of the zoological research station in Kartoba British Guiana of the New York Zoological Society recounts many encounters with wild creatures. She formed a bond with a small whip snake named Adele and helped capture a large boa, blending feminine charm with rugged field activity.
A concise reflection on changing priorities as girls age, shifting focus from romance to financial concerns. The statement contrasts youthful ideals with mature realities. It emphasizes practical considerations over idealized love as time passes.
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