Mt Vernon auto deaths claim two lives
Mt Vernon Illinois June 15 a speeding roadster overturned three times near the hard road west of the city killing Mrs May Brockelmeyer wife of Ruben Brockelmeyer and Harry Long a King Motor Co salesman. Long died later at his father in law’s home. Coroner Buckham impaneled a jury at an inquest the next day.
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Mt. Vernon
Ill
May Brocklemeyer
Ruben Brockelmeyer
Harry Long
King City Motor Co
Brockelmeyer
King Motor Co
Mr. Long
Cr. A. Griffin
the Motor Co
Mrr. Long
Studebaker
Walter Buckman
North Ninth Street
Local Deaths From Auto Crash West of Mt Vernon
Long and Brockelmeyer die in an auto accident on Route 15 near Mt Vernon with both deaths ruled accidental and caused by excessive speed. Witnesses including John E. Ore describe turning and moving the vehicles before the fatal rollover. The testimony continues on page 2.
Preparations For Independence Day Observance Begin
Irvin Kelly of Patoka youth, about 20, drowned in the Ohio river near Paducah while visiting Sturgis Kentucky. Funeral held Wednesday. A July 5th community celebration plan assembled with committees for program grounds stands advertising and solicitation. Includes grief for the Kelly family and local sympathy.
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Irvin Kelly
Ohio River
T. E. Irvin
Sturgis
J. R. Kelly
Patoka
Kelly
Irvins
Rural Carrier Alva M. Peek Retires After Twenty One Years
After twenty one years of service on Rural Route One, Alva M. Peek retires from the local post office. He leaves with honors and will receive a small monthly government stipend in retirement. Orville Genre will temporarily fill his duties while the office awaits the next examination and vacancy outcome.
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Alva M. Peek
Peek
Orville Genre
Foster Township Sunday School Convention at Zion Church
The Foster Township Sunday School Convention will be held at Zion Church. The program starts 9:30 with choir singing, 10:00 Sunday School led by John Chance, 11:00 sermon by Rev. Willis, 12:00 dinner, 2:00 singing by schools led by Martha Walker and Blanch Doolen, 3:00 open conference, 3:20 election, and 4:00 singing and dismissal.
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Zion Church
John Chance
Willis
Birthday Anniversary for Mrs. J. A. Gray
Sunday marked the thirteenth anniversary of Mrs. J. A. Gray as family and friends gathered with baskets for an old fashioned dinner. Attendees included Carrie Black and son Frank Nokomis Hugh Lemay family Clara Mae Pollard Ven Gray Assumption Elmer Crothers Dorothy Johnnie Dearlock Faye Vandalia Andrew Crothers Will Gray Vernon Fred Black Juanita Luther Black Frank Shimp Sallie Gray Lysle Gray and young son Patoka. Guests brought useful presents and wished Mrs. Gray many more birthdays.
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J. A. Gray
Carrie Black
Frank
Hugh Lemay
Clara Mae
Nokomis
Tom Pollard
Ven Gray
Assumption
Mirs
Elmer Crothers
Dorothy
Johnnie Dearlock
Faye
Vandalia
Andrew Crothers
Will Gray
Vrenon
Fred Black
Juanita
Luther Black
Frank Shimp
Sallie Gray
Lysle Gray
Patoka
Gray
Dr Sherman to Change Location from Rockville to Texas
Dr. Sherman and his wife plan to move from Rockville Indiana to Texas due to health concerns. They have been visiting here for several days and hope the relocation will improve his condition. His destination remains undecided.
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Sherman
Rockville
Ind
Texas
Used Furniture and Hardware Ads and Regional Visits
If you want good used furniture see us at once. Patoka Hardware and Furniture Co. Garden plows paints screen wire and paint. Griffin-Walton Hardware Co. Byron Albert of West Stringtown was a Patoka visitor last Thursday. Les Ballance and Roy Wilhoit of Decatur were in Patoka en route to Centralia Thursday afternoon. See the new ready made dresses for spring at Martins. E. S. Gray and wife of Welutka Oklahoma are visiting their mother Mrs. Margaret Gray and sister Mrs. B. V. Crosby for ten days. Ed, as he is known here, has lived in Oklahoma twenty-one years and thinks it a fine place to live, only surpassed by Illinois.
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Patoka Hdw
Furn. Co
Griffin-Walton Hdw
Byron Albert
West Stringtown
Patoka
Les Ballance
Roy Wilhoit
Decatur
Centralia
Martins
E. S. Gray
Welutka
Okla
Margaret Gray
B. V. Crosby
Oklahoma
Illinois
Chester Finch in Fatal Accident Near Macon
Chester Finch driving a bakery wagon struck and killed Willard Finct of Decatur near Macon on Route No. 2 at 3 30 am. Finch claimed he did not see the man until the collision. Chester was slightly injured and coroner exonerated him. Decatur papers note Finch’s prior arrest for stealing auto tires and a 90 day jail term with a $100 fine.
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Chester Finch
Willard Finct
Decatur
Macon
Finch
Chester
Charley Finch
Patoka
Chesters
Wabash Yard
Local Notices and Household Ads from Patoka Area
E S Gray and wife visited Edwardsville with his sister Mrs R N Gray and family. A 3 burner Boss oil stove in good shape for 5 dollars. Patoka Hardware and Furnishings Co. advertises 30 cent coffee at Dains Store. Mrs Mary Bowers of Simta Colorado visits daughter Mrs Jessie Walker for the summer. Lawn mower closeout sale. every mower produced at Patoka Hardware and Furnishings Co. Corn per can 10 cents at Martins. Mrs Adelphia Wilson travels with sister to Kansas City Missouri via Chicago.
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Patoka
Enroute
Kansas City
iChicago
Robbery and shooting near Mulberry Grove injures Pocahontas man
Perry Bilyeu, 38, of Pocahontas, is hospitalized in Vandalia with a bullet wound in the left hip after a hold up on the National Trail near Mulberry Grove. Two men in a large open car forced him to stop, robbed him of about 200 dollars, and fired three shots. Bilyeu had been en route to a Hudson Lake Park dance and had attended the Fairmount races earlier that day.
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Perry Bilyeu
Pocahontas
Mark Greer
Vandalia
Mulberry Grove
Turner Brown
Bilyeu
D. T. Brown
Woods River
Decatur
J. W. Bilyeu
Shows Abundant in Town As Big Tent Entertainers Arrive
The past week has featured plentiful shows with six acts passing through or planning to stop. The O'neil Show pitched a tent on the Legion Lots Monday night and next Tuesday Baldin Rogers Co presents Why Girls Go Wrong on the same site. The company reportedly operates over 200 people, signaling Patoka's rise in big-town entertainment.
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O’neil
Legion
Baldin Rogers Co
Patoka
Nicely Located in Decatur Home Reopens for New Tenants
J. R. Livesay and wife and daughter Mrs. Dick Wasem visited Decatur where they spent Sunday with their son Ben Livesay and his family in their new home. Ben is settling in well as the first resident of the recently completed rental residence.
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J. R. Livesay
Dick Wasem
Decatur
Ben
Livesay
Col Frank L Smith Undergoes Safe Surgery in Chicago
ColFranksmith Republican Senate candidate rests in Henrtein Hospital Chicago after gallstones enlarged gall bladder and chronic appendicitis removed under two anesthetics. Operation lasted one hour with doctors reporting condition satisfactory.
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Frank L. Smith
United States
Henrtein Hospital
Chicago
Col. Smith
Col Smith
Washington
Dwight
Ill
Illinois Commerce Commission
Odd Fellows Rebekahs Memorial Service Observed
Memorial service for Odd Fellows and Rebekahs was held at the M E Church with Rev 8 M Spurgeon delivering a solemn sermon. The report laments the small local turnout and urges members to honor the occasion and their obligations.
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Odd Fellows and Rebekahs
M. E
M. Spurgeon
Estate of Sarah E. Lucas Petition for private sale order
County court records show the estate of Sarah E. Lucas is granted a petition to sell personal property at private sale with decree filed. An inventory and appraisement bill is ordered to be filed and approved. In the People vs H E Kirkpatrick case the defendant pleads not guilty to a violation of the Motor Vehicle Act with bond set at 200 dollars.
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Sarah E. Lucas
H. E. Kirkpatrick
Corres pondent appeal for additional local reports
We seek correspondents in any locality not represented and invite readers to write for supplies. The notice urges immediate participation from communities lacking coverage and offers materials to assist submissions.
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Snes
Auth
J. Frank Bogan
Mickie
John E. Ore
Mattie Stokes
Foster Township Sunday School Convention
Childrens Services
Martha Walker and
Blanch Doolen
DR. Sherman
Edwardsville
R. N. Gray
Nicely
Col
Frank Smith
ODD Fellows
Rebekahs
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