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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1927
Page
6
Advice warns against baling brown red top or poor Timothy due to lack of market. Farmers should bale straw instead and sell it while keeping brown red top and poor Timothy, noting straw prices nearly match good Timothy.
The Genuine American Steel Wire Co advertises bare ties and urges farmers to place fertilizer orders early this year. It notes two kinds of ties and seeks advance orders before July 20. A car of Gold Medal Flour, Feed, Cracked Corn, Chick Feed and Bran is arriving with a special price offered from the loaded car.
Michael Gilhooley once the world’s champion stowaway rose to fame in New York after escaping to America eight years earlier. Now he milks cows on a farm near Hobart New York feeling homesick and regrets not pursuing wealth and a return to city life.
Berlin reports the Reichstag Agricultural committee heard from cheese manufacturers that Limburger has fallen from grace in democratic Germany. The public taste now favors fat-containing hard and soft cheeses, with Minister Schiele attributing changes to postwar economic conditions and shifting consumer preferences.
A local note highlights a dairy promotion for milk profits and cow care products from Smith & Crawford Hdn Vernon. The piece also covers haying wrapping up and corn plowing starting, plus weekend visits from Frank Quayle, E M Arnold from Kimberly Idaho, Marion Griffin of Alma, George Van Huesen and family, Thelma Arnold from Decatur, and Mrs Edgar Jones with her child visiting W H Jones in Breezy Hill.
Southeast town report notes multiple local families and visitors over the weekend. Leo Sebastias and wife joined Theo Meridith and kin for Sunday School at Temple. Visitors included Lorene Williams Tina Sill Henry Williams and families. Joseph Trushel of Hawaii T. H. visits Lola Belcher and friends for a few days. Mary Ellen Collins stayed with grandmother Mrs Monahan in Salem. Luther Williams family visited Belchers. Rose and Myrle Snyder called on Lola and Opal Belcher. Mamey Bowen joined Irvin Bowen family.
Ford sizes featured with quick gale priced tires and tubes from Smith and Crawford Hardware in Ver non.
In Seward Alaska a hunting party’s bear skin hung to dry from a returning vessel’s rigging was misread as a distress signal. Dozens of launches set out to rescue shipwrecked mariners before officials realized the flag was a large Kodiak bear pelt cured over a three day trip from the hunting grounds.
Paul Poiret predicts fur skirts will be a fashion feature in Paris for the upcoming winter season. He asserts the style will be widely adopted for its warmth and elegance.
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