Batok Register Publishes Subscription Rates
The Patoka Register reports pricing and subscription terms for 1920s readers. Publisher M. Emers notes options and annual rates, with details scattered in an early 20th century local notice.
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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1933
Page
4
The Patoka Register reports pricing and subscription terms for 1920s readers. Publisher M. Emers notes options and annual rates, with details scattered in an early 20th century local notice.
Want column lists fresh Jersey cows priced cheap by Orval Hopkins R F D No 2 Patoka. 1-6 2te sale. Hand made quilts on display with price at Linton and Beery’s Office. 12-16 2te Always good supply of used parts and tires at Burnett Motor Co Sandoval. 12-9 4tp For sale or trade library table and 12 gauge shotgun. Geo Wickersham Patoka Ill.
A period piece on the importance of bank deposits to keep money working. Dollars parked in banks fuel loans for homes, factories, and community projects, while hoarding drains local prosperity and personal security. Banks serve as the central station moving money to jobs and growth.
Local notes report Benton won the Pontiac Championship 21 to 12 over a Downstate pair, while Downers Grove took the University of Chicago invitational title 34 to 24. Illinois Urbana defeated Dakota Normal, and Carbondale teachers beat them last week. Walter Spillman of Milikin draws attention as a star in a future season. Patoka grade school lost 20 to 5 to Central City with Fetgatter scoring 14 and Wagstaff four for Patoka. The Patoka team may open against unknown opponents at the Ramsey tournament as coach Kirk pushes for team play. Public church services listed for Patoka on January 1st.
Mrs Adelphia Wilson returned the first of the week from a several days visit with relatives in Hillsboro. C L Ellison police commissioner of Centralia was a business visitor in Patoka Friday.
The notice outlines preaching times for January 8 with a morning service at Arnold Chapel at 11 a m and an evening service at Vernon at 7 p m. The theme is People with a Calling and each church holds Sunday School at its usual time. It urges visiting the sick and sending messages to the parsonage.
Illinois recorded 184 auto deaths in September 1932 down 20 percent from 233 in September 1931. The nine month toll fell 12 percent to 1,487 with a rate of 110 per 100 000 licensed vehicles versus 120 a year earlier. Chicago accounted for about 600 of the fatalities.
A reader wonders about the feeling of being the first to step into a vast stadium that holds 85,000, and contemplates the daily grind behind such awe.
Sunday services across Christian Science churches examined God as divine Mind Life Truth and Love. The Golden Text from Psalms 65:71 praised God in Zion with all flesh coming before Him. psalms verses urged joyful singing gratitude and reverence in worship.
The Third Annual Round of Sight Saving conducted by the Illinois Society for Prevention of Blindness in Chicago drew all state sight-saving teachers. Classes exist across Illinois with many in Chicago Joliet Rock Island Rockford Aurora Springfield Elgin Evanston and Villa Park. Notable speakers included Lewis H. Carris and Dr Peter C Krnfeld.
State Treasurer Edward J. Barrett announced that the twenty million dollar unemployment relief bonds approved in the November election have been sold to a financial syndicate led by the First Union Trust and Savings Bank.
Leslie Smith of Rock Island notes officers named for a one year term and praises the Horticultural Society's work. The Springfield headquarters will host activities aimed at improving state horticultural conditions. John S. Fleming begins his 27th year in the Illinois Farmers' Institute on January 1.
Governor Louis L. Emmerson told Illinois oil inspectors in Mt. Vernon that he is glad to be relieved of state duties but regrets losing close personal contacts. He reviewed the administration’s development of the gasoline and kerosene inspection program and its operation during his tenure. The Illinois department of agriculture reports that tuberculin testing indicates the hen is the main source of tuberculosis in swine.
We thank neighbors and friends for help and assistance when our home was destroyed and in saving other property. Mr. and Mrs. Cyrus Nichols.
Mr and Mrs Mort Walker and family extend thanks for assistance funeral flowers and songs during the bereavement of their son and brother. Also thanking Mr and Mrs Winess Linton and Mr and Mrs Forrest Cothern for their kindness.
We express gratitude to all who assisted in caring for our aunt step mother and sister. We thank the singers and ministers for comforting words. Mr Robt Binnion and family Mrs Virgil Gambill and family Charles Finch and family Jasper Finch Wilson Finch and families.
Mr. Arthur P. Holt of Flora Illinois was re elected secretary of the Illinois State Horticultural Society at the meeting held December 14 15 and 16 in Urbana. Other officers elected are A O Eckert Belleville president George F Shoff Peoria first vice president.
A year long study across four Corn Belt counties tests poultry and hogs for tuberculosis. Animal industry head D W Robinson notes 11.4 percent of the forty five million hogs killed annually in national packing centers show infection, underscoring the disease’s impact.
Mrs Maude G Palmer state probation officer reviews the 1932 report of the American Prison Association. She notes adult crime largely constant, juvenile delinquency generally declined, and school registration up despite severe economic hardship.
President Harry Woodburn Chase of the University of Illinois addressed the opening session of the Illinois Teachers Association annual convention in the Centennial Building Springfield in late December. He spoke on education and echoed aims for teacher improvement and state standards.
The Illinois Attorney General seeks action on a state finance appeal while the Department of Finance reviews the gas tax validity. The House approved a bill allowing Cook County to issue 1.6 million dollars in bonds to retire relief commissions' debts prior to a larger 20 million bond issue.
Administrator D R Livesay to appear at Marion County Illinois county court in Salem for March term on first Monday to adjust claims. Creditors urged to attend and debtors to pay promptly. Dated December 28 1982. Attorney John L Kagy listed.
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