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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1908
Page
9
Local items list band concert on August 1st, church events, and visits by residents to Clay City and Vernon. Citizens welcome choir rehearsals, extra notes on subscribtions, and stray cattle reports. Includes notes on health coffee product, political candidates, and a public meeting at Union Sando.
Miss Nellie Chilton visits relatives while Ped I tees notes a string of community events and candidate appearances in Patoka City. The item lists Mail newspaper social plans, political visits by James L Haley and Lewis Bissell, church sermons, picnics, baptisms and a temperance talk at Patoka Park.
The School Board awarded a contract to John Mertz of Salem on Tuesday to build five fire escapes at the school house. One escape will be added to the east side and one to the west. The plan aims to improve safety due to a furnace located under the stairway, ensuring pupil egress in a fire.
We express heartfelt thanks to kind neighbors and friends who tenderly assisted our beloved wife and mother during her long illness and shared in our bereavement. May God bless and reward you.
Agreement between the Business Men's League of Patoka and H S Shrigley for the Patoka Canning Company notes buildings nearly finished and half the subscription due. Subscriptions may be paid to the Bank of Patoka cashier for receipt. Executive Committee urges prompt payment.
Mrs. E J Simcox born April 27 1836 Hancock County Ohio died July 27 1908 aged 72 years 3 months. She married Isaac Whaley in 1852 and to this union two children were born. Her son L A Whaley lives in Bureau County Illinois. She later married Uncle Jim Simcox in 1865 at Galesburg Illinois and had six children three of whom survive. Funeral services were held at the Christian church with interment in City Cemetery. Her family and friends mourn her passing and celebrate her Christian life.
A community band concert is scheduled at Park this Saturday evening. Organizers invite residents to enjoy a variety of musical selections and festive outdoor atmosphere.
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