Centralia Area Local Notices and Christmas Greetings
A collage of Centralia area items includes visits by Joe Humes and Chas Brown, local sales at Louie Wasem's with Spanish onions and Baltimore oysters, and births for Decker and Kennedy families. Reports on visitors, church and school activities, family gatherings, and holiday fare fill the page, with ads for subscriptions, maps, and equipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wasem’s
W. Y. Robb
George Cothern
Macon
Tid
Wheeler
Centralia
Community kindness and a broker’s buggy gift
A Patoka fund-raising effort bought Bro Pressley a new buggy for his wife, with the gift arriving after a quick collection by local committee members. Amid praise, Pressley and his wife express gratitude while church members toast friendship and community support in Patoka and nearby areas. The item also notes caution about con artists, urging readers to deal with honest, local merchants to avoid scams and disputed notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patoka
Bro
Pressly
Pressley
J. I. “Buss
Rev
J. M. Smith
Bro. Pressley
Bro. Smith
Big Lot Sale draws crowd and promises sale of remaining plots
The Business Men's League reports a grand success of the big lot sale in Patoka. A large crowd attended the free lot drawing despite bad weather. W H Wade, Li J Carter, and Samuel Britt served as judges with James Lawlery drawing the winning ticket. Remaining lots are expected to sell soon as new homes will be built in the Gaultney addition next spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. H. Wilton
W.H. Wade
Vernon
Li. J. Carter
Samuel Britt
James Lawlery
W. H
Mr. Smith
Gaultney
Patoka
Wiley & Wilton
Expert's Opinion and Storm Parody Cited by Yonkers Statesman
A reader’s dialogue features Expert's Opinion asking if his wife waited at home and Crimsonbeak replying she did, followed by a quip about a storm. The exchange ends with a brain storm pun, attributed to Yonkers Statesman as a humorous snippet.
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Crimsonbeak
Yonkers Statesman
Not Long in Telling Bride and Rival Exchange Quiet Jibes
The bride, two weeks wed, says Jack shares all he knows and she does likewise. Her rival, left behind, remarks on their silence being oppressive and sharpens the bite of the exchange.
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Jack
Mary Lawler Weds Fred Perkins at Vandalia
Marriage occurred last Saturday December 21, 1907 in Vandalia with Rev. G Green officiating. The bride Mary Lawler and groom Fred Perkins are highly regarded locals with many relatives and friends sending congratulations through the Register.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vandalia
Mary Lawler
Fred Perkins
Vernon
G. Green
Notice to Hunters Prohibits Trespassing on Landowners Lands
Notice is hereby given that hunting or trespassing on any lands owned by the undersigned parties is positively forbidden Violators of this notice will be prosecuted to full extent of the law H T Gerrisn
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Lac
H.T’. Gerrisn
A Happy Gathering at the Lincox Home at Christmas
At the home of Mr. and Mrs. James Lincox a Christmas gathering united their children and grandchildren. Ernest Simcox Doug Gray Chas Cox and W S Simcox led a group photo by E N Norris. twenty people shared a bountiful dinner and social feasting, a memory the Register hopes Uncle Jim and his wife will enjoy for many more Christmases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith
Memphis
Tenn
Weddel
Nokomis
Fredonia
New York
Imperial
California
Louie Wasem
S. J
Patoka
Register
J. E. Baldwin
Harry Simcox
Columbus
Miss
I. H. Wilton
Edward Delassus
James M. Lawrence
Shobonier
Ed. Delassus
Lewis Pugh
Centralia
Jesse Vallow
Clinton
E. Alton
C. G. Simcox
D Fur
Trents
J. L. Sim
Carl
the Mill University
Dell Lee
Indianapolis
Myrtle
Bates
Miss Lee
Cooper
Chas
E. Blankenship
Clark
Dean F. Blankenship
Dale Altom
Little Johnny Jones
Pittenger Grand
J. J. Buss
J. S. Hudspeth
Frank Davidson
James Lincox
Ernest Simcox
Doug Gray
Chas Cox
W. S. Simcox
E. N
Also Mentioned on This Page
Joe Humes
Hazel Kirke
Dollie Dutton
Dona Nicholson
Bloomington
H. E. Judd
Louie
Wasem
J. W. Hatch
Winnie
Fulius Sigurt
Road Masters Office
The
South R. R
Mrs. S. T. Baldwin
Altom
Cothern
Montor Eldorado
Oklahoma
Louis Conraue
Lan Z
Henry Griffin
Lia
Hin
B. F. Rogers
Jchet
John R. McNeil
Rogers
Mauricetown
St. Louis
Pato Ka
Frank O. Haprey
Missouri Trust Bldg
Cox
Arnold Chapel
S. E. Altom
Pauline Sherman
Kate Kayhil
Bessie Griffin
Mabel Sim- Cox
Blanche Wilton
Lessie Stump
Lela Church
Lillian Vail
Port Simcox
Let Vallow
W.D. Murfin
Alma Robb
Elsier
Alma
Mattie Huntoon
Fe Victimes
Ashton and I Rsh
Triopolis
Ie Murfin
Willard
Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
Detroit Free Press
Milwaukee Sentinel
Chicago
Business Men’s League
W. H. Smith
Fis
Business Men's League
Osborn
Nlinpolis
Nattier Bros
Jelly Bill
Rown
Hulgary
Shay
Suart
Browning
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