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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1907
Page
3
A brisk Patoka newspaper case shows a lively, well printed paper with fresh ads and local pay. Merchants propose a joint bargain day plan with targeted sales, prizes for best grain load and handsome baby, and broad local advertising to draw farmers and residents.
The passage urges residents to support town growth and improvements. It challenges persistent critics to reflect on how their attitudes affect community progress and suggests moving away if unsatisfied, implying the town benefits when unproductive grumblers leave.
Peter H. Bopp is afflicted with boils while Harry Mertin returns from Central Illinois. Orville Britt’s family visits with Jacob Bopp. Ella Tabor and Versa Sandoval visit. Ernest and Mrydle Wood visit Bloomington friends. Several Cen tralia locals visit Saturday including Harry and Carl Martin Jesse Wood and D Kissner. Nell Gore of Patoka visits Kitty and Lola Kerwin. Students Harry Carter and Ben Laubmayer spend holidays at home. Track workers on the I C R R take a holiday layoff. A pupil pencils and well rope were borrowed from Wood school. Charles Herring returns home from Mt Pulaski with sister Mrs P H Bopp.
White Haven residents send warm wishes for a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year while noting social visits, holiday greetings, and local happenings. The column mentions friends visiting Vernon platform, Miss Nade Roberts and Winnie Reichert at home, Myrtle Cox trapping rabbits, Mrs. Crosby hauling milk to the Vernon creamery, farm prosperity encouraging dairy support, and a recent birth to Mr and Mrs John Linton. John Farmer’s marriage and move, school closing for holidays, and a cheerful, festive tone pervade the town update.
The text argues that 1908 must be a leap year after extensive consideration. It presents the annual determination as a concluding result reached after repeated thought, implying January 1 or February 29 adjustments may be involved.
Bad roads and a growing sick list mark Vernon news as schools close for the holidays. M W A officers are elected for the year led by Consul George Walton and Clerk J W Thompson. J J Gray reports his son Chester Gray in good health aboard the Training Ship. Christmas entertainment invites all, while Elmer Dunn visits from Oklahoma. Olsen Brown is ill with spinal meningitis and rural carriers face rough roads. Simeon White adds a new walk to his shop and home, as residents seek further progress.
A followed by mentions of Lag Wagon poultry shipments and Mrs. Yulder from Mississippi visiting friends in Vernon during holidays. The piece commends Patoka Business Men's League efforts to develop manufacturing in the area. Miss Node Roberts and a Reno Sils friend visit Vernon parents Mr and Mrs Nathan Roberts. William Oates completes a new residence and will move in soon.
East of town notes publish a push for local growth, urging residents to back the town and the Register. Mentions Wiley and Wilton, the Free Lot pursuit, and a community call to contribute to Patoka’s boom. Household moves and migrations appear alongside funeral travel and kinship ties involving Lizzie Lee and Martha Robb amid surrounding farm changes.
Md Paney and a wife share dinner with his father south of town. Chance School closed last Friday for Xmas tree and a week off. TH Ballance and wife hosted a tree and turkey dinner for children. W J Chance had a family reunion. Mrs Rachel Petdun and son from St Louis visit Chas Aner son and wife and relatives. Miss Anna Lucas of Tonti has Xmas dinner at home. Miss Nana Winterrowd of Salem spends Xmas with Willie Jones and wife. Samuel Hudspeth and family spend Xmas with daughter Mrs Alexander in Centralia.
Miss Bessie Gerrish spent Saturday night with the Hall family while Myrtle Belcher’s condition remains unchanged. Noah Belcher and family visited from the north for Christmas. Wedding bells are expected soon. Rabbits are scarce as Harlen B. Gerrish sold 32 last week. Many Foltzville residents traveled to Centralia for the holiday. Little Roberta Elmer’s illness is improving. Local men loaded two lumber cars for shipment Saturday. Geoffrey Walker visited Mrs. Fannie Belcher’s family. Ewing Davidson was seen nearby. Mrs. Mary Welden of Kentucky visited relatives here. R. H. Foltz and Sam Harris did business in Centralia Monday.
Rainy weather and poor roads disrupt the area with no school in White Haven last James Belcher notes. Neighborhood figures Lem Ballance and Robert Norris hailed as corn huskers champions. Sunday visits included George Leininger and wife with Fred Leininger family.
Thanks to the Editor for Xmas kindness. Sunday was a dark dismal play. Roads are rough affecting mail service. Mrs Albert Morey shows signs of improvement. An epidemic of colds lingers with lagrippe and sore throat. Miss Cliffa Moore of White Haven visited over the weekend. Miss Edna Albert, Han son teacher, returned home to spend Xmas with her parents. Miss Elsie Myrtle Emerson of this place and Miss Laura Emerson of Vernon left for Anna Ir to spend Xmas with relatives.
Local brief notes list social calls and visits among Vernon residents. Chanter Epps and Edward Thom will rend the Anna Gentthig at the school house the first Tuesday night in January to transact important business. Other items mention visits by J. M. McConnelly and wife, Frank Beck, and Rolly Klinge, plus Route No. 1 changes and road conditions.
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