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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1936
Page
4
Local notices show W H Adams jeweler Patoka seeks 100 pond watches 17 jewel 21 J railroad grades and sells spectacle frames repairs. Elmer Berry offers sled and mudboat tuners. Denver Adams lists engines washing machines saws and mandrel. George Wickersham advertises a cook stove ladder wheelbarrow.
A sixty page booklet of laws and guidance for veterans issued by Secretary of State Edward J. Hughes covers Illinois laws on veterans of all wars, societies, compensation, civil service employment, relief for indigent veterans, and relief for soldiers widows and children. Copies will be mailed to veterans on request.
The Old Age Pension Bill is stalled by amendments in the House and Senate. A key question concerns state and federal funding eligibility and refunds. Governor Horner has dispatched Assistant Attorney General Winning to Washington to settle the issue.
A list of signatories from Pope Sisters and local residents prohibits trespassing and hunting with dogs or guns on land they own or control. Violators face full legal action. Names include Claude Foster H G Hamp ey Merle Jones Lewis Jones H Eagan Sam Arnold W C Lowe Elmer Bassett J A Bassett Dale Arnold Monroe Lanspord Lake Bassett and many others.
Officials and members from the Sanitary Milk Producers presented economics and production data at hearings in St Louis to press for higher net dairy income. President E W Tiedeman outlined six years of services and noted 71 percent of members sell milk in St Louis, supporting a new price plan with Class 1 at 2.25 cents and Class 2 priced at condensary plus 20 cents delivered. Witnesses cited service benefits and monetary recoveries from miscalculations, with several farmers describing gains from corrected tests and reduced hauling charges. The session adjourned to November 13 for further testimony.
A famous traveler recounts a Southwest journey tale about resisting sharing a hotel room. He recalls a late train arrival and a clerk offering the second bed, insisting he would not share, only to face the guest anyway and face the consequences of his stand.
A traveler recounts how he once forced a stranger to share a bed. A week later at a hotel the stranger welcomed him kindly, forgiving the earlier coercion. The guest learns that mistakes teach compassion and that kindness changes lives.
Mrs Marie Smith and children of Chester spent Xmas with her parents Mr and Mrs James Meredith. Betty Ramsey accompanied her mother home. Carl Adams who works in Centralia called on his parents. Verbie Ramsey spent Xmas with his mother. All area children enjoy a week off as schools closed Christmas Eve after a fine program. Miss Holtson and her pupils joined the Sunday school program. Fern Reynolds visited Mrs Merv Ticknor. Mr and Mrs Ray Miller hosted Friday evening.
The record lists attendees at an Oak Grove gathering including Mr and Mrs Emil Woods of Sandoval and other families. It mentions a Christmas program at the school the prior Tuesday and a corn hog meeting at the town hall Saturday. Several residents made visits to Patoka and Centralia, with multiple small social and shopping trips noted.
An excerpted poem reflects on the rainbow as a sacred sign from childhood to present. The speaker laments philosophy and praises the rainbow as a timeless emblem of divine promise and natural beauty across earth and heaven.
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