Patoka July notices mix of sales and visits
Local Patoka notices list Altom's promotions on bran at 1.25 per cwt and 2.15 per bag for fertilizer. Residents include Mr. and Mrs. Paul Smith of Fort Wayne visiting. Odessa Walker returns from St. Louis. Genevieve Ballance visits. many family and funeral attendances noted across Centralia Carlyle and Vernon areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Altom’s
C. D. Daeham
Tenia
Carlyle
Lén Beate
Centralia
Wn Ee Beale Cain Garry
Atin
Porter Simcox
Charleston
C. Martin’s
Mbara
Stella
Steve Chica
H.W. ‘Walker
Odessa Walker
St. Louis
Wisher
C.D. Martin
David Gerrish
Vernon
Lloyd Gerrish
Adambenine
D. Martin
Jack Gilley
Lincoln
Patoka
Fey
Ray
Ka‘ N
Petoka Coat Enon ‘ m
Centra
Mon
Paul
Kramer
Salem
SB Data
Pau
Keyese George
Centrali
Tod
Simon Fegar
Enty
Vernon Band
Genevieve Ballance
Alcom’s
Clayton Meryman
Ed Carp
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Eli Logan
Blanche McCallen
Ruby Eagan
Pana
Claude Slater
Malinda Place
Rewben Gilley Ware
Ray Irvin
Ray Jr
Wichita
Texas
Sa‘urdey
Trvin
Coll
Ana Ts
Araiae Eae
Mar Cethern
Ted Wirs
Piatataes
Waser
Effingholm Hopital
Leo Walker
St. Ee Ie
Community Social Notes and Local Visits
A page of small town life records gatherings and visits. W White hosted guests at an order meeting and musicians performed including the Herring Sisters and Isabel Hercine while later social events featured cheese and egg dishes. Numerous residentsTravel and family visits roll through with mentions of Miss Aleda Ketsner from St. Louis and Arthur Buxton of Tulsa visiting friends and relatives. The town looks forward to Fourth of July events with an organ grinder and a Russian band performer noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. White
Busines
Nile Sisters
Fit
Jarrett
A Wilson
Nile
Isabel Hercine
Herring -Sisters
Little
Wm. Danbury
Lida ‘Young
Helen
St. Louis
D. A. Headley
Headly
Russell
Ozarks
Fisher Cave
Clarence Kirchoeffer
Nashville
Aleda Ketsner
A. L. Brown
Jess Walton
Dick Dag
Rollin Doolen
Alton
Sallie Walton
Lillie Walton
Decatur Hospital
Italy
Marcus Cox
Clarence Xirchoeffer
Arthur Buxton
Tulsa
Okla
Willie Miller
Hannibal, Mo
John M‘lr
Sunday School Relatives Gather for Dirthday at J W Epps Home
Relatives and neighbors assembled at the J W Epps residence after church services for a birthday gathering. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. Whitehurst, Mrs F Wie, Graham and son, Mrs. Rose hrkin, Miss Anns, Mrs. Beulah Jarrett, Mrs. Nannie Wilson, Carroll Walton, and others from Patoka and St Louis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
and Whitehurst
Ina
Bar Graham
Rose Hrkin
Anns
J. W. Epps
FOSTERSBURG LOCAL NOTES AND FAMILY EVENTS
Oats harvest season figures in Fosterstown area as residents report community activity. Visitors include Miss Emma Stevens and Mrs. L Foster while Emmet Nichols and Sam Arnold travel to Davenport for Lloyd’s hospital treatment. Carl Jones marries Ruth Mann in St. Louis and will live there. W H Jones announces a new daughter as Carl's marriage takes shape. Local families share visits and a baptism at Flat Creek. Ward Wingate and the Mulvaney family are noted for weddings and neighborly stays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnie Peddicord
St. Louis
Louise Betts
Marian Epps
Centralia
Ehleys
Charles Vernon
J. H. Peddicord
Eberle Norris
Donna Fay
West of Town
C.@rie Jones
Vandalia
J. W. Eines
Frank Hatch
Aaughter
Centralia Suatanee
Tig
Rollo
M. Arnold
North Fork
Emma Stevens
Near Salem
L. Foster
Emmet Nichols
Sam Arnold
Lloyd
Davenport
Iowa
W. H.jones
Carl
Ruth Mann
Blanche ‘Doolen
Elmer Frizzell
W. H. Jones Belnad
Owis
Richard Adkins
Kinmundy
Marvin Conant
S._C. Green
Arnold Chapel
Wm. Lowe
Elmer Arnold
Dick Lange
Alton
Flat Creek
A. A. Farrell
Vernon M. E
Lewis Engler
Carrie Mulvaney
Alma
Wright
The
Baptist
Churc
Gus’ Mulvaney
Alima
Mary Jones
Burg
J. W. Arnale
Griffin Sod
Foster
Community Notes From Fredonia Area Daily Life
Everett Jett called on John Nichols Monday evening. John Nichols and George Jett helped with farm work. Rain fell Wednesday and a baby boy named Charles Howard was born Monday. Many locals attended Children’s Day at East Zion and Sunday School remains popular with about sixty present on June 29.
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Everett Jett
John Nich
Washington
Hali
John Nichols
Everett Goodwin
Cracker Neck Fish and Game Warden Seizes Suspects
The local warden reported last week he collected two or more individuals during patrols near Vandalia and Toad Island. Numerous names appear in the fragmentary notes, including Mary Stombaugh and Etta Shepard, with mentions of Dick Huddleston and J Shepard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Stombaugh
Dad
Vandalia
Etta Shepard
Mace
Toad Island
Bessie
Huddleston
Bessie Stark
Adren
Meg J. Shepard
Local visits and weather mark a quiet weekend in the area
Chester Bryant and wife Lon Belcher and wife and Stattley Barnes traveled to Carlyle on business with Stone and team. Joe Beckler led a small gathering at Manet Chapel. Alexander and Bessie Stark visited Mary Belcher, Elmer Carter was seen driving, and Perry Belcher passed through en route home. The game and fish warden returned, inspecting local fishers as rainfall made plowing impossible for days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester Bryant
Lon Belcher
Stattley -Barnes
Carlyle
Ie Stone
Een
Chester Brys Vangplan
Marti Tee
Manet Chapel
Lune
Joe Beckler
Gladys
Mary
Alexander
Bessie Stark
Belcher
Elmer Carter
Perry Belcher
Patoka
Eees
Silver Cup from 1855 Illinois State Fair to be displayed
The Ill inois State Fair silver cup won by Elon Eldred of Carrollton will be shown in the exposition museum this year. Director Stuart E. Pierson notes Eldred earned prizes in cattle and sheep at the 1855 fair and the cup, dated 1868, bears pre Civil War craftsmanship. Descendants including Julia Pierson and Red Robertson hold related trophies from Green County livestock breeders.
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Stuart E. Pierson
State Department of Agriculture
Elon Eldred
Carrollton
Pierson
Illinois State Agricultural Society
Eldridge
Elena Eldred
Piersoni
Mid-Western
Mississippi Valley
St. Louis
Julia Pierson
Ared Robertson
Jacksonville
Isling
Cain
Piersantes
Eldr@d
Soncer Green County
Bids Sought for State Paving and Grade Projects
State highway bids due July 9 cover 140.52 miles of paving and 21.68 miles of grading plus several bridge and grade separation works. Estimated total value about 5.5 million dollars across districts including District No 2 and No 8 with varying paving and grading totals and multiple bridges and viaducts slated for construction.
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Pavng
Pavi
Gradi i
Fruit Pest Arrival Shifts Earlier This Season
Second brood codling moth, a major fruit pest in Illinois, is expected to appear about 12 days earlier than last year. Growers should adjust spray schedules accordingly to protect orchards and reduce damage.
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Ilinois
Illinois Horticulture Guidance on Apple Brood Sprays and Deadlines
The Illinois State College of Agriculture issue outlines spray schedules for apple orchards across numerous counties from June 27 to July 20. It emphasizes timing for first and second brood sprays against codling moths, limits on lead arsenate residues, and notes on oil spray usage and disease control including Bordeaux mixture for blotch and bitter rot, with adjustments due to dry weather.
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College of Agriaoeridin
Vis
Illinois State
Pulaski
Ion
Jackson
Johneon
Copia
Richland
Jay
Madison
Southert Oytener
Jer‘sey
Pike
Adams
Scott
Sangamon
Macon
Douglas
Edgar
Champaign
Vermilion County
Meneoch
Nee
Pa Ane
Ivingston
Rock I Telang
Henry
Bureau
Lasalle
Kendall
Will County
Illinois
Be Safe At Crossings Urges Illinois Central Chief
President Downs of the Illinois Central System warns motorists to be cautious at highway railroad crossings this summer. He stresses that trains must not be stopped at crossings and that responsibility lies with drivers and railroad workers alike to prevent accidents.
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Downs
Y Highway
Farm Electrification: A Backbone For Future Agriculture
A study shows electricity now serves 500,000 of 6,300,000 American farms with 150,000 miles of lines. It reduces human and animal labor, enabling cheaper, higher production and reshaping farming's labor needs and power usage.
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Fred Fulton
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Kentu
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Hidspeth
Awford
Lloydish
Decatur
Zera Farmer
Teck’ Carter
James Cox
Forrest Bricker
Charles Gray
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Hiram ‘ Ballance
Roy Jones
Centralia Hospital
Thelma Walker
DuQuoin
Winton Wright
Walter Johnson
Alice
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Muskegon
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C. N. Cruse
Johnson
Cruse
Effie Carter
Chicago
Piorida
J. R. Livesay
Alice Murfin
Clinton
Anna Lee Metz
Fostersburg
Fredonia
Mother Feeaa
Patoka Grocers
J. L. Simcox
Mesdames Simcox and Carter
John Chance
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