WANT ADS and notices from Patoka area
Classified items include help wanted for washing and cleaning by Mrs Carroll Mojonnier and Wayne Nattier offering electrical ring auto repair and welding around Patoka. Horse and cattle stock wanted for $10 minimum, plus home rendering and pop corn sales. Also notice of claim day February 3 1947 for the estate of T E Irvin with Maude R Irvin as administratrix.
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Paoka
Wayne Nattier
T. E. “Irvin
Marion County
Illinois
Hog Market Drops in First Major Decontrol Decline
The hog market fell sharply after decontrol with prices sliding from $24.00 to $22.00 per cwt, while dressed pork and lard prices weakened. Packing sows and veal calves led losses, though some top-grade cattle remained near recent highs as overall livestock markets showed a weak undertone.
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Hoiég
CPA
Telephone Operator Sacrificed Life At LaSalle Hotel Fire
In Chicago a telephone operator, Mrs. Julia Berry, stayed at her switchboard to warn guests as flames engulfed the LaSalle Hotel. Urged to flee, she refused, continuing to call rooms and alert occupants until she was overcome by the blaze. The assistant night manager ordered her to leave as stairs caught fire.
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Chicago
LaSalle Hotel
Julia Berry
Telephone Operator Sacrifices Life Amid Hotel LaSalle Fire
Mrs. Berry, a telephone operator, remained at her post during the Hotel LaSalle blaze guiding guests on higher floors. She warned others before dying at her station, while the manager collapsed trying to force her to leave and was rescued by unaware colleagues.
Local visitors return home from Oklahoma and Missouri
Mrs Grace Fetgater and her son Dicky came home Friday after visiting relatives in Enid Oklahoma. Bill Niepfetter of Decatur is here on holiday vacation visiting his parents Mr and Mrs Henry Niepfetter. Mrs George Anderson returned from Barnes Hospital St Louis last Sunday after suffering a stroke at a show on December 6 and is improved though not yet up.
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Grace Fetgater
Dicky
Enid
Okla
Bill Niepfetter
Decatur
Henry Neippetter
George Anderson
Barnes Hospital
St. Louis
Anderson
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Miller Yer Ape
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Ess
Robert Benchley
Vera Vague
Dick Haymes
Harry James
Maureen Oo’hara
Buster Crabbe
Fuzzy
ST. John
Gentlemen With Guns
Chick Carter
Ken Curtis
Big Boy Williams
McOwnoy Blues
E “Phantom Rider
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Salem
Glenda "Sterling
Richard Arlen
Bette Davis
Paul Atnried
Sidney Greenstreet
Peter Lorre
Keenan Wynn
Oklahoma
Roy Rogers
Trigger
Dale Evans
Maoday
Bury
Lancaster
AVA Gardner
Belita
Berry Sullivan
Mrs. Berry
Crawfords
Halden
Hlinois
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Weiners
IGA
Libby
I. G. A. Fruit Cocktail
Libby’s Bartlett Pears
Curtis
Sunset Inn Peas
Curtiss Peanut Butter
Old Capitol
C. Cocagne
St. Vandalia
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