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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1931
Page
4
The advertisement touts a wide range of hose in plain shades and fancy designs priced from 15c to $1.00. It emphasizes durability and a weight surpassing silk, claiming universal appeal with multiple color options and service quality.
Classified notice lists a cabinet style Victrola with 20 records for sale or trade by Geo Wickersham. Also offers a Poland China hog for service by Joe Simcox with breeding cash terms of $1.00. Other item: Enterprize sausage mill No 12 by J Pierce for sale on Dec 18.
Community notes list numerous visits and shopping trips in Patoka and nearby towns. Names include Stillabower Quick Meredith Belcher Schmahl Bowen Bowen Palmer Alexander Cozad and others with several Mrs or wife references. A Chicago actress seeks a divorce from a lawyer offering a nominal fee of five hundred dollars while she claims she can have him shot for ten dollars.
A humorous Detroit Motor News note recalls a professor who forgets he drove his own car downtown. He realizes the err when his son asks about the vehicle and recalls handing thanks to the driver who vanished from sight.
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