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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1926
Page
2
advertised items highlight fresh corn meal for corn bread similar to grandmothers recipe plus a carload of bran and a carload of alfalfa hay available on road with only about five tons remaining. call to contact sales immediately.
A local dealer advertises a coming carload of Gold Medal Products including flour feed and bran with large savings to solve Christmas money needs. About one hundred sacks remain unsold and buyers are urged to act now. Also advertised is Boyer’s non-freezing solution for auto radiators made from denatured alcohol and glycerine.
The notice invites interested coal users to try Zeigler stove nut coal with a few free sample sacks provided to introduce the product and encourage future purchases.
A health column outlines seasonal disease cycles from September to September, noting dips in illness and mortality at 15 September and rises toward March. Diphtheria leads with November peaks, scarlet fever rises October to February, pneumonia and whooping cough peak December to March, and smallpox fluctuates but often bottoms in September. Vaccination and prompt measures are emphasized.
For Sale good cow, fresh soon by Lloyd Pierce. For Sale single harness set two miles northwest of Fairman by Mrs Sarah Adams. For Sale dressed hogs after Dec 27 by H L Logan. For Sale 24 model Overland touring car priced to sell at once by Roy Thalman. For Sale or Rent 57 acre farm good bottom land in cultivation by Hester Davidson. Nursery stock for sale now See Nursery Co Centralia Illinois stock before you buy. Baldwin.
The report notes no epidemic in the vicinity during the period while hundreds of thousands were vaccinated. It cites about a dozen down state communities where vaccination lagged and health services were weak, suffering severe smallpox during the same years.
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