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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1936
Page
5
Christmas visits fill the Fredonia area as John Talbert and family join J. W. Kretzer and others for dinners and Sunday gatherings. Neighbors share hospitalities from Salem to Patoka, with updates on health, marriages, and local happenings.
Mrs. Winnie Shuler of Tony Polly Anna's is slowly improving after weeks in bed with pneumonia. Sunday visitors included Bob Jenkins and Chas William Jenkins calling on Mrs. Nellie Jenkins.
The ad touts Alka Seltzer as a pleasant drink and an unusually effective medicine for acid indigestion colds headaches neuralgia fatigue muscular and rheumatic and sciatic pains. It claims non laxative non habit forming and not depress the heart.
Numerous residents visit relatives and attend events in Alma Salem and Bluford. People named include Homer Osborn Ruth Smith Alice Osborne Hazel Howard George Fox Bert Sullens Basil Sullens Nellie Jenkins Mildred Albert and many others. Health updates mention Mrs. Harry Maxey pleurisy and pneumonia with slight improvement. The Pollyanna group meets at Mildred Albert’s, and a new PWA project brings families closer to work.
Brick School area residents shared holiday hospitality with Mr. and Mrs. Hicks hosting a Christmas dinner. Friends and relatives from Carrigan Odin Salem and Sandoval joined, with gifts and tree festivities. Otis Meredith injured in a local mine Thursday with X rays planned. the extent of injuries pending.
Friends and neighbors share Christmas greetings and recoveries. Mrs Suzie Hurd convalesces from a fall while Mrs Margaret Ramsey visits with family including the Dennis Branch and Val Williams clans. The Brick school news was missed due to space. Several photos of deaths, hog butchering, sausage making, and car mishaps are noted along with local visits and birthdays.
Englin church calls for 1936 devotion starting with Sunday school at 10:00 a m. and services at 11:00 a m. and 7:30 p m. Pastor M D Ballance urges members to attend the first Sunday preaching and all Sundays throughout the year. Jan 5 1936. Joe Muck Supt leads Sunday School.
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