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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1926
Page
3
Lester B. Colby argues for publicity as a tool to remodel communities. He urges supporting local newspapers and editors, fostering profitable press work, and promoting advertising to grow towns and attract business.
New York riders of all colors and nations read in transit from Yiddish newspapers to Chinese journals and Shakespeare. The article notes gendered reading habits, daily rush patterns, and etiquette clashes as crowds jam cars and doors slam.
Hiroshi Ando, a 24 year old labeled the Japanese Edison, asserts he invented radio television and wireless transmission of motion pictures. He also claims to have patented in Japan the neutrodyne feature a year before its U S patent.
Prof J Barcroft discusses a rare disorder turning teeth purple and causing extreme sun sensitivity. Only three English cases known. the purple pigment porphyrin is related to hemoglobin. Porphyrin forms in bones teeth and skin as iron and albumen are removed from hemoglobin.
In Hyannis a man once owed $2.75 and deeded sixteen acres of wild land to his creditor to settle the debt. The deed lay forgotten until recently, revealing title to land now worth about $100 per acre.
J. B. Jackson of Little Elm Denton County claims the status of the United States oldest fiddler and Confederate veteran. A veteran of Quantrell’s band he recalls frontier raids with the James brothers and the gold rush era. Now aged 93 he travels Texas by horse and buggy selling shrubs and trees while playing traditional tunes for local youths. He preserves cherished violins including a Stradivarius tale and a 1620 age piece. He settled in North Texas after a California stint and has three children and a wife in the region. He notes the James brothers were driven by wartime cruelty and defends their history with restraint.
Seattle sculptor Alonzo Victor Lewis, who finished a bust of Roald Amundsen, states the explorer's nose measures three inches in length.
In Coloma California the original boom town of the gold rush era has dwindled to a village of about 150. Once full of hotels stores saloons and schools it now hosts a grocery lunch counter post office service station and ruined buildings. A monument marks Sutter's sawmill site where Marshall found the first gold flake as Fool's gold lingers in the sand nearby.
Frank Payne, once an orphan himself, hosted 89 Gillis Home children at his country estate. The event featured the gardens, cherry orchard, an 11 acre strawberry patch, and woodland areas. Children explored trees, flowers, and streams, creating a joyful, unstructured day. Payne called the visit worth any damage to the grounds.
French military aviation authorities guard a new silent airplane propeller intended for noiseless night bombing raids. The design uses a metal solid forging propeller with knife like blades and no tip flukes to reduce air disturbance, potentially evading anti aircraft detection.
In San Francisco Chinatown the Peace Temple known as Wo Ping Woey hosts a renewal of pledges to peace by leaders of the high binder tongs. The city’s quiet is credited to the temple and to police Sgt. John J. Manion, who maintains order.
Uptown theater scene ends with patrolman leaping onto stage to stop Jean Bodine as she slips from a coat and aims for a bathtub. Bodine, dressed in tights, is arrested despite the dramatic moment.
A group of zoo animals debate the high cost of feeding them. They understand their presence costs money and compare staying to hunting for food outside. They conclude visitors would learn more if animals stayed but decide it is foolish for humans to complain about prices.
In a humorous quip a student named Willie attributes his department’s poor performance to being surrounded by girls. The remark reflects classroom dynamics and social commentary from the era.
A humorous exchange shows a college setting where a student defends drinking soda by claiming to eat sponge cake as the reason. The back and forth highlights light campus banter without serious conflict or outcomes.
A reflective note shows a discussion about learning goals. Willie responds with a line about talking today and tomorrow. The exchange hints at an ongoing educational planning process.
A humorously skeptical guide to vacation planning. It mocks rosy travel literature and offers plain, blunt advice such as starting trips by oversleeping, driving mishaps, sleeping in a car, or fleeing fatigue with European capitals and extreme swims. It also mentions attending summer hotels with packed schedules from dawn to night.
A Maryland farm wife walks about 440 miles yearly to fetch water. A USDA film Turn on the Water outlines simple and elaborate farm water systems, showing the need as ten farms still use back breaking methods for every modern system.
Illinois reports projects across the state including Bushnell Cole Street paving. Madison Street to Troy and Eastern Railroad extension in Madison County cost 863000. Evanston builds a 60000 terminal for Evanston Street Railway. Hanover opens New Hanover State Bank. Beef cattle lead national markets. Canton papers Ledger and Register merge. Rushville lays cornerstone for new high school. Freeport paving West Galena Avenue. Oquawka dam under construction north of town. Mattoon spends 50000 on Odd Fellows Home improvements. Gurnee erects a new home for aged run by the Independent Order of Vikings. Nebo awards contract for Nebo High School addition.
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