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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1926
Page
7
Vernon Harbon Peacock of Weldon visits with sister and family. Numerous locals host friends and relatives from Decatur, St. Louis, Centralia, Patoka, Vandalia, and Normal. Odd Fellows anniversary celebrated with music, speeches, and 25 year jewels awarded.
Mrs. Robert Arnold spent Wednesday afternoon with Mrs. Blanch Dodlen. Lewis Jones shopped in Vernon on Thursday. A large crowd attended Mrs. Arthur Moeller’s sale last Saturday and items sold well. Francis Griffin attended the Anson Griffin sale last Wednesday. Arnold family visits and local chatter fill the page as Route 3 patrons threaten a strike over late Patoka Register delivery and mail service delays persist with the Chicago and Ohio Railway line.
Ancil Wall Floyd Wall and families of Decatur along with Karra Meadors and spouses, Melvin Belcher and wives, visited Albert Brown and family. Clara Sterling spent Sunday afternoon with Louise Lake and Mrs Mary Lake. Ray Sterling and others visited Ed Thomas. Irene Chriss returns from St Louis for an indefinite stay. Hazel Halbrooks among the sick with Stella Thompson. Mary Lake employed at Frank Murfin home. Mrs Murfin ill. Bud Cox family nursing measles. Odd Fellows 60th anniversary observed at Vernon.
Tom Cole sold his saddle mare to John Hathaway. Raymond and Cecil Alexander hauled corn to Patoka for Harley Cole. Noble Bryant remains milk hauler. Chester plans to return to farming. Viola Alexander came home from Keysport last Thursday after weeks with grandma Hart. Measles cases reported locally and several Sharps children exposed. Bertha Froisted of California visited relatives. John Shepard and family visited John Stone and family over the weekend. Lewis Milem of Chicago noted in town.
The fragment lists illnesses including Ida Kinney and Helen Protz with critical condition notes. It mentions visits by Lon Belcher, Jess Wooden, John Logue, Lucile Shepard, and family gatherings. A marriage of Henry Belcher and Zola M. Goodin is recorded, plus travel for Bill Alexander and Nebie Bryant hauling milk.
Etta Shepard and her daughter Lucile visited relatives near Vernon and Shoeborner Saturday night and Sunday. John Stone of Vernon visited J. Shepard Saturday night. The note recalls the deaths of George Washington Abe Lincoln Garfield and Hardin and mentions Coolidge’s illness amid general sickness.
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