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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1930
Page
2
J Scott Kniseley announces candidacy for county superintendent of schools Marion County Illinois subject to Democratic primary on April 8, 1930. He seeks party nomination and votes in the upcoming election.
Pursuant to notice to stock holders and custom, the Farmers Co-Operative Elevator Company with offices at Patoka and Vernon held its annual meeting with the entire holding list present Saturday afternoon in the local high school gym.
Clarence F. Buck, director of the Illinois department of agriculture, outlines a forward‑looking program for 1930. He highlights remapping for food inspections, tuberculosis campaigns in livestock, seed inspection, plant disease removal, poultry improvement, dairying advancement, content labeling laws, and cooperation with federal crop and livestock reports, aligning reforms with new and revised statutes.
Plans for extensive rearrangement at the Lincoln tomb include removing all Lincoln artifacts to the Lincoln room, Lincoln home, or storage. The 1929 tomb visit count fell about 20 000 from the year before, blamed on expected alterations. The Illinois Teachers association delegates approved a site purchase near the capitol and construction of the William Bishop Owen memorial building, with officers named and Governor Emerson urging reliance on truth in education.
Roy Thompson and family visited Sunday with Sarah Caldwell and Alice. Mrs Henry Williams visited Tuesday with Merritt Caldwell. Roy Thompson plans to move near Maron soon and Elmer Albert will relocate to the Caldwell farm. Henry Powell will move to the Doty farm vacated by Elmer Albert.
A physician extols Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a mild vegetable remedy that gently cleanses the bowels without harsh purges. He notes a 47 year practice and urges readers to obtain a free trial bottle from the Monticello Illinois address.
Centralia area notes reveal Mrs Edward Wood and daughter visiting, a 24 degree cold snap, multiple family visits including Foltz Troutt Lutz and Yardley, plus a skating party at Wiley Adams pond. Residents report butcherings by Edward Wood and Charles Lutz and coal hauling by Jake Foltz.
Charles Lutz joined Jake Foltz on a trip to Nashville on Tuesday. The outing highlighted their attendance in the city for a short visit and any accompanying activities remain unspecified.
Saturday saw Lew Engler visiting Dale Arnold and Marion Griffin with wife, while Erna Jones takes a brief foot rest after a pitchfork injury. Sleet disrupted telephone lines and local linemen toiled until repairs completed. Elmer Frizzell rented Blanche Doolen's farm and plans to move. Hoovers relief and mail routes discussed amid high water lowering January mailings to seven deliveries. Farmers haul wood and feed as ground stays frozen.
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