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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1930
Page
3
A Missouri woman aged 103 credits her longevity to minding her own business. The piece playfully notes that raising an orphan can excuse foolish parenting when blamed on the child's parentage.
A witty remark asserts that true gentlemanly taste would erase brunette fashion in six months. It frames blondes as preferred and implies rapid, exaggerated social change.
A newspaper note reports fewer animals on highways as drivers swerve for safety. Skunks suffer the heaviest mortality, while birds decline. box tortoises now retreat to woods when warned by horn. The piece suggests animals sense car danger and may avoid busy roads, a lesson for humans.
Lorenz Hagenback an advisor to leading zoos claims high meat intake lets people walk near lions and tigers without being hunted. He says meat smell repels predators but elephants zebras resist meat eaters and vegetarians have slim chance in the jungle.
Instructions for a homemade French dressing calling for olive oil three times the amount of vinegar or lemon juice. Include onion juice and a small ice cube, then shake until blended.
Apply powered borax to chocolate stains and let stand about an hour. Rinse in cold water to remove remaining marks.
Illinois State Journal reports on Abraham Lincoln topics and D. W. Griffith film plans with Walter Huston cast as Lincoln. Also covers February Supreme Court calendar including Chicago Tribune suit against Mayor Thompson seeking over 2 million dollars in fees, plus state efforts to combat Oriental fruit moth with an Illinois representative attending the Tennessee Horticultural Society meeting in Memphis.
University researchers at Illinois are conducting extensive work to develop a process that may lead to a method for controlling the pest. The effort aims to curb pest impact through scientific study and practical application.
Court of Claims dismissed Ed win J. Kershaw of Chicago claim for 4160 after his plane collided with an Illinois National Guard aircraft at Municipal airport. Ruling: state not liable for employee negligence. if any fault exists, employees liable, not the state. Governor Emmerson appoints nine to highway advisory board including Crabtree Page Meents Cutler Wilson Harrison Pirie Dunlap Allen.
Transcript of evidence filed in the McHenry County Oil Co case at Woodstock over the 1929 gas tax law shows $750.17 collected last August and held since September. The suit ties up millions of dollars collected since August 1929. no funds have reached the treasury, pending the high court’s term decision. The 1927 tax litigation also remains in circuit court after the state supreme court reversed a Briggle ruling, denying recovery to companies paid under protest. Approximately $6,000,000 from 1927 tax remains in the treasury awaiting final outcome.
The governor and his wife entertain Springfield ministers and their spouses at a sequence of dinners held at the executive mansion Showcases hospitality and civic ties amid regional church leaders.
Six employees in the office of State Auditor Oscar Nelson prepare county payrolls under a post session act. They aim to finish by February 1 with the record open for inspection in the auditor’s office.
Fair officials discuss moving Happy Hollow from inside the gates and shifting the game preserve to the midway area. Deer Park will be highlighted with new parking for concession vehicles. A new woman’s building and a large exhibition hall for the automobile show are planned, with no auto races this year and horse races on two Saturdays.
Rodney Brandon of the welfare department aims to complete a state run tuberculosis hospital at Chester this year. The facility will sit on a south facing hill above the river and be built largely by prison labor. C Herrick Hammond will use Dr George Thomas Palmer's sanitarium plans as guidance.
Illinois sees 63 more insurance companies than a year ago and 28 new in-state applicants seeking licenses. Local items report visits, school shoes, valentines, travel, and community notices from Patoka, Centralia, and nearby towns with names like Altom’s, Alcom’s, and Carlyle-Spielers.
Dr. Thomas H. Leonard longtime assistant director of Illinois health resigns effective February 1 to pursue similar work in California. His 15 years with the state include seven years as managing officer of the Lincoln State School and Colony, with the resignation submitted to Governor Emmerson.
S E Altom and wife visited Centrialia with friends. Howard Riley returned to his S C work in Clinton. Elmer Jenson Neall Joyce and Dale Simcox and wife of Sandoval were sightseers Tuesday evening enjoying front row seats. Among Salem fans Tuesday evening, Coach Corray and his squad J M Daniels and wife attended.
The family expresses heartfelt thanks to all who aided during the illness and death of their mother Mrs. Kate Leniger including those offering sympathy and personal service. The Family.
Virginia Sue daughter of Mr and Mrs Lucas Crawford marks her second birthday today at Mrs Eliza Farmers home. Grandfather James Monroe Smith attends as part of a festive gathering with family and friends hoping for many more such celebrations.
The column notes Feb weather lore after a shadow sighting and reports of mixed reactions. It mentions Mrs. John Wolff and Marybell Stombaugh sick, a wallpaper sale starting Feb 8, and a Vandalia Kinmundy game attendance of about eleven hundred with Vandalia winning 25 to 18. Also lists visits and helpers in the community.
Sunday School at Temple drew forty attendees as Dean Bowen and several Bowen relatives visited throughout the day. Multiple neighborly calls followed, including Isabell Bowen visiting Nettie and Ruby Schmahl, and Theodore Meridith in Patoka. The Snyder infant remains ill with whooping cough while Dean Britt in Centralia hospital improves.
Monday afternoon Matt Belcher and wife visited with Luther Williams and family. Mayme Bowen spent Sunday with Isabell Bowen. Earl Hindrex attended Sunday School at Temple. Brother Spurlin of Patoka spoke at Temple Sunday. Mrs Bell Johnson of Centralia has died, sister of Mrs John Bopp, with community sympathy. Wash Bowen is busy hauling corn coal and stock and has little time to eat.
White Haven residents and guests share visits over the weekend with Henry Carter Leo Landreth and family Decatur Cecil Peddicord John Sorrell Lee Martin Helen Thompson Gladys Sorrell Fred Carter Patoka Cora Ballance Mildred Carter and Karra Meador. Meador helped Lem Ballance who is ill.
Sunday School at Mound Chapel drew 49 attendees and a collection noted as 99ce. Bro. Smith to preach on Sunday February 9. Mrs Gertie Jarrett listed as sick. Several local residents and visitors noted in sequence including Melvin Belcher, J L Belcher, Gale Hopkins, Gale Belcher, Ora Brumfield, Henry Brumfield, Jess Belcher, Maxine, Luther Paine, Leeland, Ed Defend, Irene Hopkins.
Miss Fayetta Belcher and family spent Sunday with Alice Beckler and others. Raymond Alexander visited Joe Beckler and family. Darrel Paine and Maurice Cole Herbert visited Delbert Belcher. Raymond left for the north to shuck corn. Carl Easton moves to Patoka. W. M. Jones from Iowa relocates to the Easton farm.
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