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Patoka Register

Location

Patoka, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Jul 22, 1927

Page

2

Illinois Agriculture Drives For Members And Inspectors

The Springfield Automobile Club seeks 300 new members to back the tri city contest with Alton and Decatur. Illinois Department of Agriculture inspectors will audit fairs receiving state premium funds and enforce rules against betting and rigging. Veterans of World War II era politics appear in the legislature, pushing road and public works measures and state park developments.

Springfield Automobile Club Alton Decatur Illinois Department of Agriculture Office of Director Standard Illinois Walter G. Beck Pinckneyville John Muirhead Danville M. M. Emerick Springfield William Franz Freeport Ed LaRoche Momence A. R. McKellar Vandalia Fekety East St. Louis Waller Jackson Bruer Pontiac Wright Lawrence France Germany Lawrence County National Army Army of Occupation 55Th General Assembly Small Dailey Jewell Wilmington Black Hawk Watch Tower Deck Park District Park Commissioners Legislative Reference Bureau Cook County Twelfth Circuit Will Iroquois Kankakee S. B Roberts Election Board McDermott Swift Board of Local Improvements Department of Public Welfare Department Ee State Reformatory Department of Public Web Thompson Ft. Massac State Park McClugage Arnold Ilinois Searle Illinois Western Hospital For Insane Watertown State Hospital Watertown East Moline State Hospital East Moline DeWitt Logan Macon General Assembly House W. C. Chynoweth Grover C. Hoff John Clark Hoff Clinton DeWitt County William Querfield Carl Smith Waynesville Lincoln

Central Illinois Public Service to Cut Residential Lighting Rates

Illinois Commerce Commission and Public Service Company finalize rate reductions set to take effect August 1. Residential maximum drops from 13 to 12 cents with a new 5 cent per kilowatt hour step to boost electricity use, while commercial lighting falls from 138 to 12 cents under a maximum demand room basis. Contagious diseases downstate ease per Dr. I D Rawlings weekly report.

Illinois Central Illinois Public Service Illinois Commerce Commission Public Service Company

Cracker Neck Community Notes Extend Visits and Church News

Harvey Cox and wife of California visit Cracker Neck with old friends. A large church crowd Sunday followed by hopeful remarks on service and duty. Visits from Floyd Wall family Decatur and Mrs Roseman in poor health. several locals attend ice cream supper at Island Chapel. Dale Sharp recovers from hay rake injury. Kinmundy auntie visits Bessie Stark. Residents report hot dry weather and ongoing farm activity in oats hay and threshing.

Harvey Cox California Floyd Wall Decatur Grandma Wall Dell Shepard Minney Ridge Mary Belcher John Roseman W. W. Lawrence John Vantine Dayton Ohio James Murry J. M. Smith Mound Chapel Island Chapel Cleve Gambit Boulder Floyd Carter Floyd Dale Sharp Bessie Stark Rachel Barnes Near Kinmundy Dick Stark Jeff Stark Mattoon Luther Barnes Shattue Grandma Reed Sandoval J. A. Shepard John Stone Lon Belcher

Side-Splitting Exchange Sparks Bridal Breakfast Laughs

A humorous dialogue unfolds with jokes about a show and a bride’s mother probing for Tom’s breakfast habits. The bride’s reply notes uncertainty and a plan to ask him later, as the group enjoys light banter.

Tom

Londor Daily News Satirizes Public Debate

A phrase from a soap-box speech is quoted criticizing ignorance and poverty, urging elevation of the discussion to a higher level. The item presents a civic-issues vibe and reflects urban discourse from the period.

Londor Daily News

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