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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1929
Page
4
The Peddicord family expresses sincere thanks to all who assisted during their recent bereavement. Mrs Belle Peddicord Donald Peddicord and relatives convey heartfelt appreciation for the support and kindness shown.
Official publication details the 1928 end of business for Farmers and Merchants State Bank Vernon Illinois. It lists resources including cash investments and loans and shows liabilities with capital stock, surplus, profits, and deposits totaling 128 107 61. The cashier L B Green signs under oath with notary J W Epps in Marion County Illinois.
Flu cases spread through the locality causing school and Sunday School closures. J A Shepard returned from Jasper County after a revival at the Christian church near Willow Hill. Seldon Cooper helped haul hay and wood for George Belcher. The Belchers and Alexanders assisted with barn building activities. Mary Belcher injured herself on ice Sunday morning.
The school at Shady Grove reopened Monday following a roughly two week closure. Charley Shepard of Keyesport visited Monday on a business trip.
Vacancy for a salesman in Cleveland area to handle lubricating oil and paint products with salary or commission. Company announces THE ROYCE REFINING CO. or THE ROYCE PAINT CO. based in Cleveland Ohio.
Anna Mae Pierce began second grade on Monday while Junior Jones moved to Centralia from the third grade. Report cards were issued Tuesday. Grade school Christmas program proceeds totaled 18.60. Fifth and sixth graders wrote original poems. The New Year themed poems and local school notes cover assembly programs, exams, and schedule changes.
East of Town Loren Caldwell and wife visited Oscar Caldwell and family. Roy Thompson sold hogs at Vernon Monday. Lewis Kissner and wife visited relatives in Patoka Monday. Loren Bullard and family stayed with Elmer Albert and family Tuesday. John Chance assisted Addis Walton with capons Tuesday. Edwin Arnold and Thelma Nichols attended a basketball game in Vandalia Tuesday night. Jasper Finch assisted Roy Thompson in harvesting wood. Joe Knight is on the sick list. An airplane bound for California made a forced landing near Hiram Logan's last Tuesday after running low on oil and resumed the trip once refueled.
On Friday January 4 the second bi monthly term exam was held in Bear Creek District 193. All upper grade pupils wrote except two. General average of seventh year includes Coquice Payne 94 Murl Benefield 87 Genevieve Ballance 86 Herschel Lawrence 84 Arline Lake 82 Wilma Chriss 82 Gerald Lawrence 75 Pauline Robertson 75 Calvin Payne 64 Thelma Christie. Fifth and sixth grade standings will be released later as cards are not yet returned.
A tacked collection of home tips and recipes discusses curtain arrangements for privacy and light, cranberry gelatin salad, quick caramel pie, cake rejuvenation, pressing tricks, vegetarian menu ideas, meatless and salmon croquette dishes, and a note on a child’s pest remedy request.
Mrs Linton returns to teaching after a two week absence. Calvin Payne misses school several days with sickness possibly quinsy. Boys skate during leisure hours. Several locals attend Mrs Tony Potts funeral in Vernon. she is sister to Fred and Frank Lake. Dale Jones injures left eye while moving cinders at noon. injury not serious, care at home.
The text advises children be treated with a patent dish of fish berries and whiskey or diluted alcohol to saturate hair for lice elimination, noting one application may kill insects and eggs with repeated treatments. It also advises sterilizing hats in gasoline and using hot water to loosen nut meats for easier shelling.
Hillsboro meat packing company plans to establish a distributing plant here. Decatur Staley Manufacturing to erect a 14 story building at Twenty third and Eldorado and over one million in street costs. Manteno State Hospital construction to begin. Illinois Agricultural Association meeting January 2981. Springfield building permits totaled 528041 in November. North Chicago dedicated 48000 branch library. new post office opened for business. Numerous railroad, highway, school, and municipal projects across the state including bridges on Rock River, Ward Building, and aerial highway plans.
Regular preaching service Sunday morning at 11:00 and Sunday night at 7:30. We planned revival at that time but sickness may delay. Definite announcement will be made at Sunday services. We are always glad to have you worship with us.
The passage blends ancient views on marriage and wisdom with a note on scientists studying deep ocean fish. It references Plato, ideas about when men become fathers, and a hypothetical that aged couples might influence population fitness. It then shifts to biology, noting pressure effects on fish and humans living under atmospheric ocean depth.
A collector of thoughts surveys science migration from sea to land to air and weighs courage against preparation. He cites political shifts and past socialist votes, mocks isolation, and flags modern surveillance as ships broadcast criminals. A livestock show vignette contrasts healthy youths with a fragile newborn.
The piece strings together Henry Ford and Edison quips on money and information, a New York confession of a strangling, a Georgia jailhouse stabbing, a collapsing set of marriages, Florida politics, a flood policy idea, and a cross country travelogue from the Coldimage era. It blends social commentary with sensational snippets from various locales.
The January 6 Lesson-Sermon in Christian Science churches centered on God as the true living one and an everlasting king. Key biblical citations from Jeremiah and Deuteronomy affirmed the oneness of God and loving devotion, with Eddy's Science and Health emphasizing God as one and His allness and infinity.
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