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Newspaper

Patoka Register

Location

Patoka, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Jul 15, 1927

Page

5

First State Bank Patoka reports assets and liabilities 1927

The official publication sets forth the June 30 1927 condition of First State Bank Patoka Illinois. It lists resources including real estate loans 47750 collateral loans 12382 other loans 99806 cash 18865 overdrafts 386.53 government investments 150 and other bonds 16300. Liabilities show undivided profits 412.31 capital stock 25000 surplus net 4639.22 time deposits 66045.90 and bills payable 10000 total resources and liabilities 212951.22. The cashier F M Smith swears to accuracy before Notary Mae Eagan July 6 1927.

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Vernon Illinois bank report shows assets and liabilities

The Farmers and Merchants State Bank of Vernon Illinois submits its June 30 1927 financial statement to the Auditor of Public Accounts. It lists total resources of 114399.63 with capital stock 11000 surplus 4200 undivided profits 1866.48 and deposits of 932? totals. loans include collateral and other categories. bank uses cash from banks and other resources. The report is sworn by cashier L E Green before Notary J W Epps on July 6 1927.

F. M. Smith First State Bank Patoka Auditor of Public Accounts State of Illinois Farmers & Merchants State Bank Vernon State Illinois State of I. L. E. Green Farmers & Merchants State Bank of Vernon L. E. Green

Second Hand Goods Priced For Quick Sale

A rundown catalog of used items with sale prices includes a book case at 17.50, a 12 piece dining room suite for 60, a Mahogany Piano 85, white enamel refrigerator 17.50, various rugs from 3 to 10, Bluesnee and Bucks ranges, several stoves and ranges, beds and bed frames, folding bed, kitchen cabinet, and a Round Oak range all offered at reduced prices for fast sale.

South Bend Asia

Lindy Poem Honors a Young American Aviator

A nephew of Mr and Mrs A J Ingold recalls a sixteen year old who flew across the ocean in a famous mission. The poem notes his courage and the joy of his mother as she learned he had won. It honors a Yankee boy who sacrificed his life for the Red White and Blue and asks who it was Lindy.

A. J. Ingold Lindy

Vernon Area Teems With Visits and Baseball Action

Clarence Bobbitt and family of Chicago called on Miss Elizabeth Ivesay as they traveled through Vernon en route home after a Kansas tour. Vernon beats Vandalia 10 to 6. The Vernon team plans to play Glenridge next Sunday July 17. Various locals hosted visitors from Decatur Detroit Wichita Salem and Patoka during the week. A Hoodoo Coon show is set for July 16 at the Vernon town hall.

Clarence Bobbitt Chicago Elizabeth Ivesay Vernon Kansas Vandalia Edward Delaney Decatur Glenridge A. McKee Chester Wichita Kan C. C. Livesay McKee Indiana Ohio Louise Betts Helen Hathaway Mildred Morgan Georgia Lane Stringtown Eberlee Norris Marcus Cox Arnold Jarrett Glenwood Brown Vernon Band Harvey Livesay Patoka Hester Davidson Elizabeth Livesay Vernon Town Hall Epworth League M. E. Church Alma Phyllis Livesay Salem C. O. Livesay Tracy Hawthorne Ramsey Dick Wasem Fanny Crowder James Hathaway W. L. Danbury Ferne Bruce Danbury F. C. Freyer Lawrence Wilson Bear Creek

Eastern Star Meeting Attended by Mary Smith and Danbury

Mrs Mary K Smith and Mrs W L Danbury attended the Eastern Star meeting in Patoka Monday night.

Mary K. Smith W. L. Danbury Eastern Star Patoka

Rain welcomed by White Haven farmers

The farmers of White Haven and vicinity welcome the rain that fell Saturday night. Veleria Johnson of Patoka visits grandparents Chas Halbrook and wife. Wm Linton and wife and Albert Halbrook visit Decatur. People attend Vernon ball game. Bear Creek Baptist Church business meeting. Rev Oral Brown recalled for coming year. Louis Olmstead and wife, Cleve Johnson and family visit Chas Halbrook family. Velma and Beulah Jones of Iowa visit Liates family. James Phinney visits Mervin Halbrook. Chas Halbrook and son Marvin go to Herrick to see ill mother.

White Haven Veleria Johnson Patoka Chas. Halbrook Wm. Linton Albert Halbrook Decatur Vernon Bear Creek Baptist Church Oral Brown Louis “Olmstead Cleve Johnson Velma Beulah Jones Iowa Wm. Liates James Phinney Mervin Halbrook Marvin Herrick

Ice Cream Supper At Toad Island Saturday Night

Happy Joliff plans a Patoka Band outing with a night of music at Toad Island Saturday. Hap may perform a slide trombone solo. attendees are urged not to miss the event.

Toad Island Happy Joliff Patoka Hap Happy

Business Visitors Report Good Crops In Springfield

Ray Gray W H Cain Kessner Cruse and Elmer W Belcher were business visitors in Springfield yesterday evening. They report crops and general conditions in that section as good a shape as they ever saw.

Ray Gray W. H. Cain Kessner Cruse Elmer W. Belcher Springfield

Insect and livestock notes from agricultural guidance

The notice covers timing for reducing forest insect damage and utilizing lightning trees, rabbit breeding practices with common meat and fur varieties, and calcium and phosphorus needs for dairy cattle. It cites hay sources like alfalfa and clover for calcium and recommends bran and meals for phosphorus, plus cotton spacing improving yields and reducing weevil damage.

United States Department of Agriculture

Breeding Field Station Notes Nondilution and Sire Selection

U S Department of Agriculture guidance covers thinning spacing to boost boll yield by sun drying in open lanes. It also details avian tuberculosis control via culling and disinfection, and emphasizes bull selection as key to high producing herds with data from 216 purebred sires showing varied impacts on daughter production.

Greenville Tex United States Department of Agriculture U. S. Department of Agriculture

Illinois Weekly Industrial Review Highlights Statewide Projects

The Illinois Weekly Industrial Review surveys broad activity across the state. Cities like Chicago Paxton Bloomington Springfield Belleville Belvidere O Fallon Dundee Algonquin Coulterville Galva Zeigler Sunfield Elkville Watseka Jerseyville Alton St Peter Rosiclare Lakewood Aledo Eldorado Neauvoo Cairo report on road and bridge work school and theater projects power and light rate cuts new equipment and harbor improvements. The summary notes $7100 thousand in lime use by farmers in 1926 and ongoing improvements for the State Fair opening August 20.

United States Chicago Dunes” Realty Paxton Re. Bloomington Springfield Belleville Belvidere O'Fallon Mlinois Power and Light Corporation Dundee Algonquin Coulterville Galva Ed. Zeigler Franklin County Sunfield Pinckneyville Elkville Watseka Iroquois River Wiatseka Watseka Telephone Co Jerseyville Alton Mississippi River St. Peter Illinois Lakewood Aledo Eldorado Southern Illinois Railway and Power Company Here Carrier Mills Neauvoo O’fallon Cairo

West Side Improvements and County Purchases Update

Union Grove Bids opened for graveling 12 1 2 miles of road on the West Side. Hanover State purchases 3,000 acres of Alexander County property for a game preserve, signaling continued development and conservation efforts.

Union Grove Hanover Alexander County

Reverend Sims Preaches at Legion Hall Sunday Night

The Rev. Sims will deliver a sermon at the Legion Hall on Sunday evening July 17. Everyone is welcome to attend.

Sims Legion Hall

FOR SALE COLUMN ADS FOR GEAR AND PROPERTY

Classified ad list offering Coca Cola keys Patoka property with two story six room house two lots and a well priced at 250 dollars cash plus 10 dollars monthly or 675 cash. Also Fordson tractor with plow band disc Hall Motor Co Centralia Illinois a 1926 Ford Ton truck trade terms piano sale and lost coat between Blue Goose garage and Fred Blacks with contact Howard Adams.

C. N. Cruse Patoka Hall Motor Company Centralia Ilinois Hall Motor Co Arange P. A. Starck Piano Company Olive Str St. Louis Blue Goose Garage Fred Blacks Howard Adams Ite

Stock and farm sale set for Saturday July 23 1927

Lp LIVE STOCK SALE announced for Saturday July 23 1927 at 2 pm listing 16 head of Shoats and Pigs one sow to farrow in September and 3 head of good work horses. Wm. Phinny owner W. H. Wade auctioneer. Terms to be announced on sale day. The page continues with a lengthy assessment list of Vernon town lots and surrounding properties with numerous names and parcel numbers.

Farrow Wm. Phinny W. H. Wade

Also Mentioned on This Page

First State Bank of County of Marion Mae Eagan J. W. Epps Lucas Crawford J. M. Smith Albert Schawlbert New Zealand Geo. A. Nattier Pres B. N. Griffin Illinois Weekly Industrial Review Jone B Jas. H. Humes Luther Black Geo. Purcell Chas. Hill A. E. Seabolt W. F. Sicher Jino. Messenger Jef Smith Jeff Smith T. E. Irvin Vernon Town Dean Merritt J. M. Thompson A. L. Murfin J. W. Murfin James M. Emerson Vernon Penticostal Assembly Bik Farmers Elevator Co Farmers Elc. Co J. F. Arnold Sarah Arnold Farmers & Merchants Bank Albert Walter Pruett W. F. Johnson M. E. Parsonage Nancy Binnion D. W. White F. Robinson Fred Brown J. P. Roberts G. C. Betts Henry Peddicord F. M. West Sofa Curran N. M. Meador John Whitchurch Llot Omer L. Lake John W. Tillman F. L. Cox IG. W. Shaulbert Almira Danbury Tier A Lem Meador M. N. Rosenbaum J. E. Wilson E. F. White Geo. W. White Kate Farmer Pleasant Epps Mag Doolen Pe C. O. Livesay
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