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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1928
Page
4
A 42 year old man named Chapman sold a so called money making device in Washington D C claiming it would produce legal tender. He charged $100 tax for manufacturing US money and produced a two piece wooden box with five $1 bills. He was arrested on a mail fraud warrant.
A found artifact story describes an excavation for a garage uncovering an ancient barrel with gold coins and a century old wine bottle. The tale escalates from $25 in coins to claims of $21,000 before the report ends.
In a Johannesburg bookstall a 1532 original catechism of the ten commandments by Martin Luther was bought for twenty four cents. The buyer has been offered two thousand five hundred dollars for the item.
Paris reports Alexander Zouckoff a 27 year old Russian émigré who married Princess Victoria Za Schau mberg Lippe, sister of the former German Kaiser, intends to become a circus ringmaster next.
In Rochester the city shows 19.2 telephones per hundred people, compared with 15.3 nationwide and under 2 percent globally. The data highlight higher local penetration and potential for communications growth.
The Eastern Ice Association meeting in Atlantic City reported continued ice sales and new customers over the past year despite mechanized refrigeration. A consumer recipe note and a quotation from Emerson appear in the text.
Vernon and Ramsey notices report the birth of a baby boy to Rev and Mrs Carlton in Ramsey. Various locals are noted visiting, traveling and spending holidays, with funerals and Christmas gatherings among families in Vernon, and friends and relatives visiting in nearby towns.
Christian Science churches discuss whether the universe and man were created by atomic force in a Sunday lesson. The Golden Text cites Psalm and Jeremiah themes on divine creation and power, with excerpts from Mary Baker Eddy's Science and Health.
An old physician extols Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a mild vegetable remedy for constipation. He rejects drastic purges and urges readers to visit a druggist or write for a free trial bottle in Monticello Illinois.
Local families and relatives shared Christmas and holiday visits across Kinmundy, Decatur, Vandalia, Colfax, Patoka, and nearby towns. Shown were gatherings with the Murfin, Herring, Cox, Lamborn, Doolen, Woolsey, Betts, Morton, and Arnold families, along with pastors and college students returning home for the season.
Marie Hathaway won first prize at a Christmas party hosted by a club. Decorations included green and red festooning, a large red bell, a snow bedecked tree, and three tables of Christmas games. Merle Willett took the booby prize as guests enjoyed chicken salad, pickles, ice cream, and candies. Santa was absent due to sickness, and gifts were given from the Christmas tree to guests Louise Betts Cyintha Blankinship and Marion Hollenbeck.
From Rev. O. D. Mitzel. The family expresses deep appreciation to residents of Patoka Vernon and Arnold Chapel for flowers, kind words of sympathy, and presence at the funeral. She loved you one and all. May her memory endure.
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