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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1926
Page
8
Vernon and surrounding towns show social activity with visits to J P Roberts and others. Community members attend weekend trips, birthday parties for Goldie Gherkin and Mrs Myra Danbury, and express upbeat health notes amid family gatherings in Vernon, Bloomington, Vandalia, Patoka, and Decatur.
England’s embargo on fresh meats from the Netherlands and other European points due to foot and mouth disease may open a British pork market for up to 100 million pounds and boost U S cattle values. Chicago buyers report stronger demand for yearlings, medium weight steers, and bulls with prices rising 15 to 25 cents, many heavy cattle above 10 dollars per hundredweight.
The week showed higher cattle prices with calves down $1, hogs at top quotes near the high for 1921 and steady to stronger. Bulls advanced 25 to 50 cents while hogs ranged 12.75 to 15.00 per cwt. Lambs slipped 50 cents to a dollar with Chicago prices easing modestly as supply remained tight.
A collection of fleeting newspaper snippets covers Egypt declining Rockefellers gift and Cleopatra era changes, a critique of a British betting tax with escape routes, Chicago's gangster image vs authority, farmers' relief dreams amid high prices, and gardening fatigue as enthusiasm fades.
East of Town notes Sunday visits from Bates Caldwell McNichols and others. The three week Givens Chapel meeting ended Sunday night. Zion graduation drew one of the largest crowds. Harold Chance is listed as sick. Several families from Alma Patoka Centralia and nearby areas visited.
Forty six attended Sunday School at Temple Sunday. Wash Bowen and family called on Irvin Bowen and family Sunday evening. Ed Belcher and wife visited with Mat Belcher and family. Floyd Britt visited with Charley Bopp. Some from here attended children's exercises at Fredonia Sunday night. Miss Evelyn Smith, previously ill, is some better. Orvile Britt and family called on Pete Bopp and family Sunday evening.
Cracker Neck updates report farmers replanting corn after worm damage. Dell Shepard and wife of Vandalia visited Dock Shepard and wife Sat urday. Dell Cahoon hauled hay. John Shepard with wife visited relatives near Vernon. Mrs. Rosenbaum of Keysport and Mrs. Mur Lee of Illiopolis visited Grand ma Wall. John Moore of Centralia visited Necktown Sunday. Sunday School at West Chappel drew good attendance. Bill Alexander lost another horse, leaving him with one. Cooper and Shepard finished the well on J. C. Lloyd land with pump installed. Luther Barnes and Kinmundy family visited Necktown. Opal Barnes accompanied them home. Gladys and Mary Alexander were ...
The Cracker Neck drilling company completed drilling operations in Patoka on Friday. They moved the rig, installed a pump station, and erected an office building for ongoing operations.
Louis T Wasem writes from Kawaihapia Oahu on May 29 about a two week Summer Camp. He details hiking eighteen miles to camp, visiting royal Hawaiian burial caves, and watching 30 foot ocean breakers. He plans to stay 5 to 7 months and mentions incoming register.
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