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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1929
Page
4
The piece compares President Coolidge’s 1928 record of 22 public speeches and 52 sermons to highlight the giant task of preachers everywhere. It notes the need for concentrated thought and the demand for fresh, true messages each time, urging full support and attention for ministers’ efforts.
An author muses on sun end predictions and Millikan of Caltech, noting faith in divine and scientific assurances. The writer jokes about a second sun forming and prefers to enjoy the sun they know, urging to stop worrying about doomsday dates.
Henry Rheinhardt of the Associated Dress Industries in Chicago proposes dresses that reach the knee at noon and shorten hour by hour until midnight when they would match grandmother era lengths. The idea aims to please both sides in the skirt length debate and would let women adjust frocks hourly.
The piece notes President Hoover avoided using Americans to describe U S citizens during a South American trip to ease tensions with Brazil Argentina and Colombia. It discusses the ambiguity of America as a name for one nation and Noah Webster’s call for a distinct term while acknowledging global usage and potential intolerance toward exclusive claims.
A concise reflection notes that customs and fashions among men continually change like leaves on a tree, with some fashions departing as others arrive, illustrating the cycle of style.
A humorous collection follows a rich man's posthumous encounters with a persistent salesman an overbearing critic and witty comebacks. quips cover professions vanity engagement anniversaries and a box office mix up with a student demanding two tickets while the seller asks for the date.
A reflective quatrain from Martha Baker Dunn contrasts the enduring value of dreamers with the fleeting life of workers. The speaker asserts that the man who analyzes and plans achieves, while a dreamer may live on beyond a single worker’s day.
Fresh fish provides a light main dish for warm weather. The menu includes Crab Cocktail with a zesty tomato horseradish sauce, Smothered Fish with rice and white sauce, Fish Souffle with parsley onion and egg whites, and a Strawberry Pie with whipped cream.
This article offers safety and maintenance advice for drivers. It covers fuel sediment risks, jacking with flat tires, avoiding clutch wear, drying wet brakes, conversational pace while driving, spark plug maintenance, maneuvering parked cars, valve and tube tightening, humidity effects on engines, brake neglect, tire inspection, seasonal shoe care, heat expanding air, tire pressure testing, and underinflation impact on casing life.
Eldorado American Legion awarded a ward for cemetery road work. New Madison High School Gymnasium nearly finished. Blue Island Rock Island plans about 300000 for year improvements. Chicago Belmont and Sheffield 1 000 000 hotel and office building erected. Georgetown water works contracts awarded. O Fallon opens hardware store. Pinckneyville highway 13 improved. Vandalia sees numerous buildings under construction. Lyons to build 150000 swimming pool. Elgin builds fifteen story office bank complex. Libertyville air mail service improved and storage plant erected. Brownstown bank building repainted. Wilmington opens men’s furnishings store. Eureka Washington Morton cannery operators merged with Libby. Farmington opens machinery farm supply store. Fulton I O O F hall redecorated. Grain mart building planned in Chicago costing about 12000000. Ashland waterworks under construction.
The article advises adjusting the front seat to reduce fatigue on long trips. It highlights carrying a pressure gauge to maintain proper tire pressure for economy and comfort and notes its usefulness for roadside tire inflation. It also suggests keeping a wind shield wiper and, if broken, using cigar ashes on the glass to improve visibility in misty weather.
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