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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1931
Page
3
A rustler gang using trucks to haul cattle hogs and other stock continues in Sangamon County with losses exceeding 2000 dollars. Farmers join forces to curb depredations as other counties report thefts and authorities seek arrests and prevention.
Industrial commissioner Frances Perkins warns of fly by night New York mail order houses promising high pay for home work like sewing. Deposits of 1500 or more are taken and jobs never arrive. firms vanish and restart under new names to prey on unemployed families, especially women. Attorney General Carlstrom fights to enforce bridge funding provisions amid related court actions. Local officials note unemployment, youth achievements, and public health shifts as programs and events proceed.
Gov commission on unemployment and relief hears two programs to aid needy families. Staunton Mayor Luker secures five coal carloads from Consolidated Coal with Wabash railroad delivery to households. DeKalb official Powell arranges local wood supply with twenty workers and trucking loans to serve seventeen families.
Deaths include Clay Pate the longtime deputy sheriff in Danville and Dr. Frank D. Rollins Aurora pharmacist. Suicides by John Edwards Harrisburg and Donald Stanfield Ed gar. Taxi fare up 10 cents in Danville to 35 cents. Robbery at Herschel State Bank yields 2500. Train crash kills Scott Harris Johnson City. Low coal mining aid in Logan County. City of Chicago airship wedding at Sparta. Robert Zuppke denies leaving Illinois. Carbon monoxide death in Madison and auto strike at grade crossing in Centralia. Four priests held up in Chicago, 2500 in church collection. 1931 Illinois athletic plans include rink and golf course funded by football receipts. Maywood banker Charles Bullard dies after wife, deceased 100 hours earlier. War Secretary Hurley approves Illinois waterway work. Aurora widow 95 dies. large Aurora descendants. Big Six conference awards Naperville indoor, Elgin outdoor, Aurora tennis. Chicago population projections to 1960 near 5.1 million city, 8.9 million region. 1940 city 4 million. Illinois top earners list shows three with $5M-plus. Kilbourne man Gillmore confessed Durkin slaying. Danville inmate Theodore Cannon seeks asylum. Chicago unemployment census to begin January 15.
Lesson on Luke 2 40 52 Ideal Childhood and Youth Responsibility. Explores Jesus growing in wisdom stature and favor with God and man, his temple study at twelve, obedience to Mary and Joseph, and development in mental physical and spiritual realms.
An advertisement urges immediate relief for headaches and pain with Bayer Aspirin. It advises seeing a doctor for underlying causes, warns against chronic suffering, and promotes aspirin as a reliable remedy for various pains and colds.
In Hamburg young Handel sparred with rival Mattheson over a leadership dispute at the harpsichord. A duel ensued when Mattheson aimed a sword where a large brass button saved Handel. Messiah later followed, written in 21 days under intense inspiration. Mattheson chronicled their duels and adventures.
A moral exhortation from G. H. Morrison emphasizes trusting in Christ as the core secret of Christian victory and maintaining focus on him. The quote advocates unwavering belief and steady spiritual attention.
A historic quotation attributes a balance of law and gospel to Martin Luther. It contrasts how law exposes sin with how gospel offers salvation, summarizing a reformist view on moral law and divine remedy.
Quote attributed to Henry Ward Beecher asserts that true religion is shown by daily actions rather than words. The idea links belief to conduct and personal character.
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