Farm and business notices from Patoka area
Classified ads list for rent and sale including an 80 acre farm near Patoka with house barn and cellar, truck bed for Ford, moving and foundation services by H L Cox, watch repair by B A Alderson, and a 160 acre river bottom farm near Vernon Illinois with corn crop and estate settlement interest from Louvina Pope Hanson.
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Mllinois
River Bottom
Vernon, Mil
Louvina Pope
Hanson, IL
For Sale and Rent Items Listed in Local Notices
Classified items include Rhode Island Red chickens from blood tested stock offered by Tom Ballance Petoks M0. 2. Rent notice for corn land with creek bottom. Also wholesale nursery offerings by M Shieffler Alma Ill listing fruit trees vines shrubs and related plants with prices.
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Ku Blewater Co
Mary
Wasem
Rhode Island
Tom Ballance
Creek
W. B. Rogier
Atp
Salém
Alma
M. Shieffler
Ill
Women Rule Men Among Galician Peasantry
In Galicia women among the peasantry work hard from youth, are often stronger and better developed than their husbands, and exercise authority over them throughout life.
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Spanish
Galicia
Peat Bogs Examined for Coal Formation Link
Engineers from the Bureau of Mines studied Wisconsin peat bogs to determine their relation to coal formation and potential implications for fuel resources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
Bureau of Mines
Men’s clothing sale features coats shirts and suits
The advertisement lists lined coats 36 inches with large collars priced at 9.90 and 11.90, bonnets flannel and all wool shirts from 1.19 to 3.89, men’s all wool dress suits from 14.75, and dress shirts from .98 to 4.98 in new patterns. It mentions assorted patterns and colors for shirts and suits.
What Christmas Brings
Katherine Edelman reflects on Christmas as a time of faith, peace, and shared happiness. The piece urges putting aside greed and seeing fellow humans as brothers, hoping the spirit of giving endures beyond the holiday to ease daily troubles.
Local Socials and Movements Roundup
Vernon Charles Wade and family of Farina visited W. H. Wade and family on Sunday. Many townsfolk attended a Saturday dance at Lawson’s. several members traveled for visits or work, including Bruce Danbury to Kinmundy and Eberlee Norris returning from Benson. Heckethorn school closed due to smallpox.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bruce Danbury
Kinmundy
Earl Roberts
Champaign
J. P. Roberts
Mr. Lamb
Shobonier
Our Town
Heckethorn
Merle Jones
F. C. Freyer
Bear Creek
Lawrence Wilson
Birthday Party Honors Maurice Dean Murfin
A surprise party was held Saturday for Maurice Dean Murfin turning 12. Class four and five joined by teachers and Sunday School chums played games and shared candy and oranges as they sang and amused themselves at his home.
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Martus Cox
Glenwood Brown
Shobenier Sanday
Mabel Epps
Centralia
Mary Epps
Elston Green
Fred Brown
Amilies
Maurice Dean Murfin
Maurice Dean
Freda White
Number Four
Opal Jones
Vernon Telephone Exchange Company Annual Meeting Notice
Stockholders are notified the Vernon Telephone Exchange Company will hold its annual meeting in Vernon on Saturday January 10 at 2 p m. Applications will be examined and a Telephone Operator for the ensuing year will be selected to handle the Vernon Board and the regular election of officers will be held. Signed T W Oates.
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Vernon Telephone Exchange Company
Vernon
Local notices from Tamaroa and Vandalia area
SHOBONIER Dallas Robinson shifts from I. G. operator at Tilden to Tamaroa as a temporary trickster. Miss Daisy Henry works in Carp Bros. in Centralia during the holiday trade. John A. Metzger, long respected citizen of Vandalia, suffers a fall injury and is hoped to recover. George J. Metzger has been ill and homebound. Harry Metzger, regular Route 1 carrier, was off last week with Chris Sachan Jr. handling duties. Ed Sprinkle sought work at CG and E shops in Salem. Henry J. Heckethorn visited Patoka Friday to handle business.
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Dallas Robinson
I. G
Tilden
Tamaroa
Daisy Henry
Carp Bros
Centralia
John A. Metzger
Vandalia
George J. Metzger
Harry Metzger
Chris Sachan Jr
Ed Sprinkle
Salem
Crackers Neck Local Notes and Visits
Local notes report hogs butchered and wood cutting ongoing. Residents including E L Sharp and William Byrant hauled lumber and roofed a barn. Visitors and visits extend to Keyport, Vandalia, Centralia, and Shattuc with multiple family and social calls noted.
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E. L. Sharp
Boulder
William Byrant
Oble Bryants
Charlie Shepard
Johnnie Shepard
Mary Belcher
Henry Pugh
Eddie Barnes
South of
Keysport
Jan Cooper
Ida Kinney
Claud Carmean
George Belcher
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A. E. Good
Ter
Cai Ake Ie
OLUMN
Pateka
Nellie If
Sion
Pielding
Ford
D. Chance
WM. Cain
Hay
E. Broadway
Centralia, Il
Val
J. C. Penny Company
Childrens House
Boudoir
By Katherine Edelman
Western Newspaper Union
Charles Wade
Farina
W. H. Wade
H. O. Tillman
Dick Murfin
Rollin Doolen
L. E. Green
Lawsons
Chethouse
Peck Bassett
Arnold Chapel
Gladys Anderson
Eberlee Norris
Benson
Mr. Keppley
Cordia Crothers
Thomas Quayle
Alice Wade
Coca Cola
Henry Sprinkle
Assumption
Melvin Sprinkle
Maurice
Rebekah Lodge
Allie Lopeman
N. G
Ada Cooper
V. G
Bertha Freyer
Marie Hathaway
R. S
Amy Christie
Treas
John Anderson
Lopeman
Christie
Miss Grace
Ildred Meador
T. W. Oates
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