Alma social visits and rural notes from Monday
Visitors include Fred Williams and family and Amel Smith at Alma El Howard. Ruth and Dica Howard call on Argie Howard and wife. S. W. Gray and daughter Frankie visit his brother T. W. Gray for his sixtieth wedding anniversary. Robert Fulton visits Elmer Black and family. Elizabeth Fulton returns from Salem for holidays. Argie Howard stays with Eli Howard’s family. Homer Osborn hauls hay for Wm. Walker. Chas Finch helps carry mail at Pa toka. Francis and Chas Gray visit Walter Jones and family. Cecil Black travels to Tonti for business.
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Alma
Fred ‘Williams
Amel Smith
el Howard
Ruth
Dica
Argie Howard
S. W. Gray
Frankie
T. W. Gray
Robert Fulton
Elmer Black
Elizabeth Fulton
Salem
Eli Howard
Homer Osborn
Wm. Walker
Chas. Finch
Patoka
Francis
Chas. Gray
Walter Jones
Cecil ‘Black
Tonti
Village News Notes and Holiday Social Roundup
Mrs John Nichols visited friends including Mrs Herman Mack and Mrs Cliffe Goodwin while Fern Kretzger returned from Jacksonville for two weeks. Esther Goodwin and neighbors joined to string popcorn for the Xmas tree. Revival begins Dec 28. Local folks attend shops in Patoka despite snow. Letters reveal fund drive for the Register with Christmas wishes and a mock Santa visit. Several residents ill with grippe and cold. mail service disrupted by snow drifts.
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John Nichols
Cliffe Goodwin
Fern Kretzger
Jacksonville
Sylvia Evans
Alice Simpson
Esther Goodwin
William Perkins
Hayes Smith
Roscoe Smith
Walter Somerville
Wilbur
John Talbert
Clarence Tackett
Eli Palmer
Everett Jett
Logan Meridith
Register
Emerson
Patoka
Bill Bryan
John Shepard
Santa
Bill Alexander
George Belcher
The Register Reader Letter on Gifts and Paper Spread
Dear Register Readers what follows is a personal note about gift giving and the meaning behind the Register newspaper. The writer emphasizes the value of the paper and its spread in the community and asks readers to support it.
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Register
Accident In Carbondale District Involving Emma Sassee
SHOBONIER reports an accident affecting Emma Sassee of Carbondale while she wintered with her daughter. The tale notes the event occurred locally and that Mrs Sassee is cared for by family during the winter stay.
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Carbondale
Emma Sassee
Miss Rose Chandler Vacation with Home Folks
Miss Rose Chandler of the See school visits home during the vacation. Ninnie Chandler and other relatives and friends accompany her for the family gathering.
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Miss Rose Chandler
Ninnie Chandler
Also Mentioned on This Page
Patoka Bakery
Chas. H. Hill
Fredonia
Herman Mack
Hent Simmons
Charlie Simpson
Ray Kretzer
Cleo
Pauline Shepard
Norma Rosman
Grandma Wall
Mary Shepard
Elen Emerson
Metzsy
Harl Holt
Oscar Sayers
Teeds
Shobonier
Bayer
THE
Blue Goose Garage
L. E. Belcher
Salem Battery Co
Floyd B. Cain
Centralia
Illinois
Gray Bros. Barber Shop
J. Allom & Son
Patoka, Illinois
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