Patoka Register publisher details
The Patoka Register notes its publication by James M. Emerson in Patoka Illinois. The paper is mailed as second class matter and lists a subscription of 1.50 per year under federal act dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James M. Emerson
Patoka
Illinois
Congress
FOR SALE COLUMN ITEMS INCLUDE FARMS AND POULTRY
Classified notices list several farm properties for sale across adjoining counties with 10 percent cash and 15 year balance terms by B M English Centrai a Ill plus a cheap piano offered by W E Field and Hollywood S C White Leghorn roosters at 50 cents each and setting eggs at 10 cents a dozen by A W Gray Salem Ill and R F Dy 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. M. English
Centrlaia
W. E. Field
Hollywood S. C
A.W. Gray
Salem, II
R. F. Dy
Brick School notes and community life on Odin roads
A local Odin area column details Harvey Hurd and Neal Moore guiding road work, visits by neighbors, and social events. It notes War Mother spirit, illness of Minnie Sterns, Lincoln days tasks, and a hay rack accident injuring J. P. Hicks, with multiple small social mentions and family visits across Odin and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edith
Freda Kretzer
Violet
Neletta Durbin
George Nicholson
Odin
Nellie Prasise
Centralia
Ida Jett
Malone
Lucy Ashworth
Anna Watters
Bud Adams
Albert Galbreath
Dennis Branch
Anna Galbreath
Adams
Thalman
Patoka
Wm. Avery
Dortha Poole
St. Louis
John Hicks
Wgar Kerwin
Glen Hicks
Eva Guyman
Fred Kergan
R. Kretzer
Barbara Jane Branch
Violet Durbin
Bennett Charlton
Franklin Galbreath
St Louis
Minnie Sterns
Lincoln
War Mothers Chapter
Mother Garrison
P. Hicks
Tom Branch
No place like home welcomed for returning locals
A community notes Charley Sparling injury at the barn and several residents returning from visits to Decatur Jacksonville and Odin. stories recount Christmas travels school openings and how dirt road travel is aided by radio and telephone while Miss Gladys Hanna continues to teach daily despite muddy roads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Charley Sparling
Fern Kretzer
Ray Kretzer
Jacksonville
Ills
Henry Guyman
George Robinson
Odin
Mildred Adams
Barbara Jane Branch
Violet
Nelletta Durbin
C. H. Nichols
Sticks
Luther Groff
Dennis Branch
Charlton
Branch
Emma Guyman
Beryle Durbin
Glen Hicks
Gladys
Velma Kretzer
Willard Branch
Franklin Galbreath
Willard
Gladys Hanna
Local Social Notes From East Zion and Nearby Towns
Mrs Cyrus Nichols visited her daughter in Vandalia. Russel and Jamie Caldwell helped Joe Knight butcher a beef Monday evening. Barthel Anderson and son Dean helped Oscar Caldwell shuck corn Monday. Miss Wilma and Miss Clela Caldwell spent Wednesday night with Lois McNichols. Dale Thompson and wife shopped in Centralia Tuesday. Marian and Paul Caldwell and...
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cyrus Nichols
Vandalia
Russel
Jamie Caldwell
Joe Knight
Barthel, Anderson
Son Dean
Oscar Caldwell
Miss Wilma
Clela Caldwell
Lois McNichols
Dale Thompson
Centralia
Marian
Paul Caldwell
Carl Arnold
Loren Williams
Dwight Bundy
Barthol Anderson
Chater and Stitch Club
Thursay
Fent Caldwell
Odin
Ora Greens
Joe Frizzells
Patoka
Russel Caldwell
Wiley Campbell
Edwin Arnold
George Meadow
Herman Torbeck
Elmer Frizzell
Frank Frizzell
Dode Arnold
Wilma Caldwell
Vernon
Archie Thomason
Moneaqua
Frank Thomason
John Shaw
Delbert Shaw
Robert
Talton Jones
Harry Nattier
Cyrus Arnold
Paul Williams
Lee Shuler
John Sebastian
Walker Caldwell
Lizzie Caldwell
Clyde Green
Charles
Pearl Berry
Bowen and neighbors visit Patoka and Vandalia residents
Mr and Mrs Charlie Bowen plus many neighbors frequent Patoka and Vandalia areas Friday to Sunday. Karl Schmahl family and relatives including Ruby Nettie Schmahl visit or call. Dr W W Murfin tends Ernest Schmahl who is ill. Wood chopping, butchering, and social calls fill the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlie Bowen
Patoka
Ruby
Nettie Schmahl
Clarence Cozad
Vandalia
Oze Hill
Dean
Mabel
Cecil Bowen
Ernest Schmahl
Luther Williams
Herbert Schmahl
John Talbert
Orville Hill
Eugene
Jesse Roe
Homer Bowen
W. W. Murfin
Ernest Schmah
Clarence Bowen
Wash Bowen
Irvon Bowen
Albert Bowen
Charley Bowen
Henry Elder
Bill Crothers
Russel Palmer
Matt Belcher
Henry Stillabower
Ed Rolling
Verma Hintz
Mr. Monard
Dan Reeter
Patoka Plans Big Basketball Night Next Tuesday
Local notes say Patoka plans a large basketball night with Kinmun dy and a preliminary game. Reduced prices now in effect. S. E. Altom and O. A. Nattier were in Salem Thursday evening. James Wasem and Dewitt Jennings shopped in Sqandovia Thursday. Dewitt Jennings and Louie Davidson visited relatives in Weringtown Saturday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patoka
Kinmundy
S. E. Altom
O. A. Nattier
Salem
James Wasem
Dewitt Jennings
Louie Davidson
Westeringtown
Local families visit friends and attend gatherings Sunday
Cracker Neck notes show John McClary and family visiting John Stone and others, Shattuc and Patoka residents shopping, funeral attendance for Mrs. Effie Olmstead, multiple visits among Shepard, Stone, Alexander and Murray families, corn gathering for Martin Nelson, and farm chores including logs, straw stack accident, and improving sick community members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John McClary
Roman Norworth
Vandalia
John Stone
J. A. Shepard
Charlie
Claude Carmen
Morrisonville
W. W. Cooper
Effie Olmstead
Lucelle
Pauline
Chloe Shepard
Mary
Erma Gene
Laverne Shepard
Theodore Stone
Bessie Stark
Freda Shepard
Louis Adren
Bessie
Gladys Alexander
Martin Nelson
Pauline Shepard
George Kinney
Elmer
Alec Fiscus
Murray
Roy Murray
Patoka
John Shepard
Bill Alexander
Grandma Wall
Bessie Alexander
Charlie Shepard
Shattuc
John Barnes
Perry Belcher
Earl Eastman
Lou Belcher
J. A. Shepards
Luther Barnes
Toad Island
Shatue
Neck
George Belcher
Stanley Barney Gladys
Marie Murray
Centralia Visitors Report Local Social Calls
Mr and Mrs Asa McClelland and Helen called in Centralia on Monday. Mr and Mrs Isaac Ross spent Monday afternoon with Mr and Mrs George Ross and Juanita and David Earl McClellan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jennie Williams
Grace Holtslaw
Jim Jackson
Centralia
Hazel Mason
Jennie Williams Merley Williams
Junior Holtslaw
Thomas Holtslaw
Juanita
Central City
Robert Merideth
Melvin Austin
Daughtr Pehyllis
G. W. McClelland
Edgar Williams
Jesse R. McClelland
Raymond Sproull
Nora Rae
Odin
Emma Deadmond
Agnes
Helen Carter
Neilie Holtslaw
Rosalie
Doris McClelland
Asa McClelland
Lora Holtslaw
Helen
Isaac Ross
George Ross
Cordin Holtslaw
David Earl McCle
Lone Prairie Social Notes Mention Visits and Illness
Most of the sick are better but some remain unwell. Clarence Tackett and family visited Eli Palmer and wife on Sunday afternoon. Henry Stillabower and wife and Pearl Poole and family spent Sunday evening with Russel Palmer and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Tackett
Eli Palmer
Henry Stillabower
Pearl Poole
Russel Palmer
Community Briefs Spanning Visits and Dawn of Loss
The town recounts social calls and family news as Ben Morrell returns from Chicago and Carl Wagner’s visit, while Ella Linton of Patoka Prairie and Nick Lutz of West Fairman are mourned. Funeral, illness, and family visits weave through a weekend bulletin of local life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Morrell
Carl Wagner
Family
Chicago
Also Mentioned on This Page
Patoka Register
Harvey Hurd
Neal Moore
Clarence Guyman
George Jett
M. P. Jett
Springfield
Anna Sebastian
Evelyn Ramsey
Irma Farthing
Charlie Sparling
Lafe Sommerville
Lawrence Heinzman
Near Shattuc
J. P. Hicks
Hazel Hicks
Heinzmann
Babe Ticknor
Anna
G. F. Jett
Win. Jackson
Wink Jackson
Jewel Jett
Mary Ticknor
Susan Edie
Fredie Kergan
Herschel Campbell
East Zion
East Fork
Land
Nellie
Orrlie Mason
Ethel Austin
Phyllis
Sarah McClelland
Florence Friend
Susan McClelland
Harry Brough
D. F. Brough
George B. McClelland
May McClelland
Glenda
Maggie Carter
Mattie Bryant
Lora Holstlaw
Goldie McClelland
Emma Ross
Lois McCelland
Gertrude
Edna Holtslaw
Carbondale
Robert Risinger
Grace Holslaw
Hensley
Ernest Daggett
Nannie Frinck
Emma Breakfield
George
Joseph
Sandoval
Fred Ross
Bobbie
Isaca Ross
Ernest Jackson
E. T. Johnson
Earl Jackson
Lillian
Alma
Georgie
Low McClelland
Edinburg
Texas
Hallie
Cecil
George Scariborough
Alfred
Richard Carter
David
Mason Holslaw
James Casey
Chas
Breakfield
Gene Lusch
Isaac
Edwin Ross
Basolo
St. Lawrences Church
Frank Arrowsmith
Champaign
Shanafelt
Myers
Bernard Ross
Odin Township
Smith & Cox
Lai
Omarcarine
Califo
Lone Prairie
Fred Webking
Willie Perkins
Logan Meredith
Ella Linton
Patoka Prairie
Nick Lutz
West Fairman
John Wagner
Leona Webking
Vivian Stephens
Henry Meredith
Ruth Wagner
Mayme Tackett
Bertha Palmer
Syrena Meredith
Palmer
Wm. Perkins
Viola Smith
Harold
Linton & Beery
Patoka, Illinois
Bran
Pennsylvania Oil—Gallon
Bisquick
Farmers’ Cooperative
Geo. J. Wasem
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!