Wanted and For Sale Classified Highlights
A Patoka Illinois notice page lists multiple want ads and sales: appliances like Westinghouse televisions, dishware, and fans. farm items including a concrete stave silo and milker units. John Deere tractor and implements. hogs, cattle, and farm produce. and local service ads from Vernon and Vandalia. Also offers Midwest Homes kits and floor equipment rentals with contact names such as Mrs Florence Simcox, Theodore Stone, Will Osborne, Stanley Meador, and Harry O. Perkins.
Illinois farmers eye 525 million bushels corn this fall
Illinois crop data from the July report projects a harvest of 525 million bushels of corn, potentially the second largest in state history and well above last year’s 492 million. Winter wheat yields run strong with a 25 bushels per acre average, totaling about 46 million bushels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Departments of Agriculture
Soybean Harvest Plantings Estimated at 3.5 Million Acres
The report notes no soybean production forecast will be issued until August. Current data indicate adequate stands and good color, with harvest planting this year estimated at 3.5 million acres.
Pratt Cemetery Report July 1951 to July 1952
The Pratt Cemetery ledger shows receipts and expenses for the year ending July 1952 including donations from local residents and church groups, payments for printing, candy and groceries, and costs for mowing, maintenance, and equipment. Treasurer W. L. Hughes notes a total treasury balance of 1,982.47 with the year closing cash donations from numerous individuals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pratt
Patoka Register
Clinton
County Electric Worp
Forrest Baxter
Carson’s
iPostmaster
John V. Bivins
Wm. Gerrish
P. J. Mojonnier
Wright
Music Shop
Vandalia Union
Eeek
Claude Eyman
Herbert Wilkins
Coca Cola Co
Foltz Hdw
Elec
Morris
Beatrice Foods ‘Co
Richeson
Ice
Johnson Supply Co
Centralia Baking Co
Martin’s
Treasury
Moness
W. L. Hughes
Also Mentioned on This Page
Florence Simcox
Patoka
John A. Jennings
Kinmundy Road
Will Osborne
Insurance
Vandalia
Stanley Meador
Vernon, Ill
New Idea, Woods
A.C
Rothe Tractor & Equip. CO
John Deere
St. Peter, Ill
Westinghouse
Spartan
Whiting’s Electric
Ill
Theodore Stone
Bob Johnstone
Wm. J. Gerrish
Midwest
Midwest Building Co
Charleston
L. D. Te Vernon, Ill
Admiral
Wright’s Music Shop
South Theatre
Vandalia, Ill
Illinois State News
Emil Nattier
Patoka, Illinois
Marion County Service Company
Sandoval, Illinois
Louis Hayward
Patricia Medina
Amazon
Peter Lawford
Janet Leigh
Ruth Roman
Richard Todd
Stewart Granger
Mark Scott
Ed Barnes
Bill Carter
T. T. Cox
Elsie Smith
Aeany
Ed Stretch
Willie Gordon
John L. Belcher
Marvin Baum
Lloyd Kinney
Verne Cahoon
Lee Wadkins
Maude Phong
del Cahoon
John Wilson
Minnie Silkey
J. H. Humes
Russell Snyder
WG. Ruowon
Rose Thomas
Edwin Arnold
Nathan Manley
Randolph
SUN
Mon
Ray Milland
Jan Sterling
Caro
Flynn
Robert Taylor
Deborah Kerr
Peter Ustinov
Oleo
Swift Premium
Weiners
PepsiCola
psiCola
Velveeta
Patoka, Ill
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