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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1926
Page
3
On Saturday a 11 2 pound package of E A Thomas Food with er sack of Ship Stuff is sold for cash at .0055. One dollar seventy cents per bushel Cob Corn pricing stated.
Community event announces ice cream supper at Diamond Spring Church on Saturday night June 12. All residents invited to attend and enjoy desserts and fellowship.
The Christian Church announces an Ice Cream Supper for Saturday evening June 12 in the church yard and invites the public to attend.
The administrator of the estate of Sarah E Lucas deceased will appear at the Marion County Court in Salem for the July Term on the first Monday in July to adjust claims. All creditors must attend. debtors should pay immediately. Dated May 17 1926 Holt Holt Attorneys V O Lucas Administrator.
A bargain alert from Cains Store highlights a 30 cent package coffee sale drawing shoppers. The small price cut signals a promotional push amid local grocery competition.
Market note shows a bid for Mixed Cow Peas per bushel with price details unclear in the text. No specific buyers or sellers are named and the unit appears as a standard commodity quote.
Lula Bryant wife of Rev. Bentley Bryant died suddenly Saturday morning. She was laid to rest at Pratt Cemetery Sunday afternoon. Local activity includes Bill Alexander cultivating for E L Sharp and the Cracker Neck drilling company working on the Lloyd land river lot. Several families from Kinmundy Carlyle Patoka and Salem visited neighbors and shared meals.
A collage of classified items offers jobs and sales from nursery stock pitches to farm equipment and livestock. Notices invite applicants for column agent work, and several sellers list cherries, seedlings, mowers, calves, pigs and poultry with prices and locations in Wisconsin Illinois and Michigan areas.
Smith Murfin Funeral Directors offer licensed embalmer services with 24 hour emergency motor equipment assistance. Based in Vernon Patoka Illinois, the firm provides day and night calls and full funeral arrangements through A L Murfin and J M Smith.
Dr Ridgeway tested cattle for TB in the neighborhood on Monday. Mrs Lewis Jones recovered from flu. Ora Green helped Eli Morgan shear sheep last week. Rob Arnold sold wool Saturday. Visitors from Sandoval and Tulsa called on Mrs L Foster and Edna McAdoo’s family. Road commissioner promised road improvements along the mail route. Griffin-Walton Hardware showcases new patterns. Martins offers 25 cent summer caps. Cains Store features fresh cheese and bologna including pimento and cream.
Prof J S Kniseley announces candidacy for Marion County Superintendent of Schools subject to voters in November. He solicits the public's vote and backing.
STRINGTOWN Joe Zimmerman Jr. visited his parents then went to Decatur on Tuesday where he is employed. Miss Veda Jones of Kinmundy visited from Wednesday to Sunday with her cousins Merle and Mervel Willett. Miss Lucile Morey and EmmaJean Forbes of Vandalia spent Friday night with Freda Lane and Saturday night with Lila Mur.
Misses Lorine and Lucile Rittinghaus of Centralia spent the weekend with relatives nearby. Earnest Sprague with wife Doris of Clinton visited Friday to Sunday with Robert Holt and family. Several local residents and families attended the Vandalia High School commencement Friday night. Clarence Holt and Mervel Willett were part of Vandalia’s graduating class from this community. Some residents attended an ice cream supper at Vernon Saturday. Children’s exercises by Sunday School scholars Sunday evening were well attended.
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