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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1925
Page
4
Pa toka will hold morning preaching at 10 45 and Vernon will host a candle light New Year service at 7 p m on Sunday night. Twelve girls will lead the program. C H Carleton pastor.
Ladies urged to grab rubber footwear deal as Altoms advertises Rubers for 44 cents to keep feet dry amid wet weather. The notice emphasizes practical value and immediate purchase.
Classified notices from Vernon include livestock wants and sales such as hogs cattle and calves to ship a car by Jesse Walton. Also several for sale ads for heaters Rhode Island Red roosters two seated storm each and a Ford truck bed plus a 16 year old cow with milk. Rentals and land leasing appear for Finch farm Livesay Knowne as Livesay home near Patoka and nearby Fredonia area. Also notices for fruit trees nursery stock and auto knitter.
A condensed historical business directory lists doctors dentists funeral directors real estate agents and service providers across Centralia Patoka and Vernon Illinois. Entries include Dr H B Johnson Dr B F Zobrist A L Murfin J M Smith and others with services from chiropractic care and anesthesia to real estate and painting offerings.
An advertisement claims Mall Catarrh Medicine eases catarrhal inflammation and related sinus and nasal issues. The text emphasizes an ointment form and symptom relief. The copy uses promotional language and mentions generic remedies without specific clinical details.
Locals report numerous visits and holiday gatherings as Ray Adams and his wife traveled to Decatur to visit E. J. Adams and wife. Francis Soulon and family from Odin joined T. B. Walker and family for Christmas.Expressions of seasonal shopping appear with wool shirts offered wholesale at Altoms and Golden Seal blankets advertised to ease winter.
Frank L. Porter of Springfield arrived in the hometown Wednesday to spend several days with home folks. Miss Wilme Delasaug of Big Bode schools came last week and will visit home folks until after the New Year.
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