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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1933
Page
5
Classified column lists a Christmas sale with 50 home items at one dollar, plus listings for hay and oats, two fresh cows with a Percheron stallion trade offer, and a white face Hereford yearling bull from named sellers Gaultney Chandler and J W Alexander.
Dennison Adams, a well known east of Patoka farmer, died at Centralia Hospital. A Sunday funeral was held at Boggs Funeral Home in Centralia at 11 a.m. Rev. J. M. Smith officiated. Interment followed at Boring cemetery. Centralia visitors included Mrs. Carl Easton and Mrs. Joe Simcox.
Joe Simcox offers a wagon harness two 3 spot Poland China sows and one boar in good condition. Sale item details are listed for quick buyer reference.
A no hunting notice is posted on lands owned or controlled by Alice Caldwell and William Ververs. The sign states that hunting of any nature is prohibited by the undersigned.
A verse praising Vernon in Marion County celebrates the town as a cozy home with two churches a fine school and walkable streets. It laments bank and railroad issues ailing mail service and post office while urging residents to stay united and proud of Vernon’s heritage.
Kinmundy High School edged Sandoval 19 to 17 at Sandoval on Friday night in a close football game. Box score incomplete.
Instructions for two cakes with measurements and steps. Caramel Layer Cake uses two eggs and vanilla, baking at 375 F for 25 minutes with frosting between and on top. Creole Fudge Loaf uses one egg, chocolate, milk, and butter, baked 325 F for one hour with boiled frosting and chocolate drizzle.
Explanation of the hog processing tax continues. It outlines tax on live weight and deductions for products kept for farmer use. Farmers slaughtering hogs or exchanging meat for merchandise are liable. Forms 4 29 34 are referenced with filing details and collector signature V Y Dallman.
Mrs Martha Blakeney aged 78 died Saturday at her Decatur home 112 Woodlawn Avenue after several months illness. Born January 28 1855 in Pike County she moved to Decatur after marriage to George Blakeney February 3 1875. Survived by four children four grandchildren a brother and a sister. A son Woody Blakeney preceded her in death in 1923.
Funeral was held at 2 p.m. Monday from Moran & Sons Funeral Chapel with burial in Fairlawn cemetery. Mrs Ester Martin, Miss Nellie Smith, and Mr and Mrs C D Martin represented Patoka relatives who spent Sunday in Decatur. General Johnson quote on economic catastrophe ends.
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