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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1926
Page
4
A rural ad notes seed oats available at Vernon and Patoka with pricing per bushel from the car. It lists 100 bushels of Virginia soybeans at 2.40 per bushel and invites limestone orders, offering to arrange shipment for any quantity.
The Monarch Mutual Benefit Association of Vandalia Illinois paid a $1000 claim to B F Hostlar who had been in the association six months. Organized a year ago by E W Perryman the group aims to provide home protection at cost across the state with offices in Vandalia. In 1925 only four $1 assessments were charged and a current drive offers New members entry for $2 instead of the usual $6 policy fee. Interested parties should write to the Vandalia office for information.
Katie Maulding visits kin in Centralia while Loren and Lorene Williams tour relatives in Decatur and Springfield. Womans Club gathered with Mrs. Lora Caldwell for an old fashioned quilting. Several illness reports include Clyde Green with diphtheria and Darrel Caldwell with measles. Rabies concerns prompt killings of infected dogs, urging confinement and reporting by residents.
A correction announces the omission of director C Wes Martin from the Resolution of Respect for Wm Williams and explains why the notice was delayed by an ad hidden in a local businessman's pocket and found in the Register sanctum Thursday at 11 am, causing two columns of news to be omitted.
A compact array of classified notices lists items for sale and rent including autos and license tag, alfalfa hay and timothy seed, a five room house, a Ford runabout, 20 bushel timothy seed, a Jersey cow, canary birds, and a six room residence near a school. Also offers a steam engine and saw mill, incubator, cream separator, and work courses from Federal Extension University. Several farm properties and land in the Vernon Patoka area appear with contact names and locations in Illinois.
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