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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1908
Page
5
A brief note introduces J. Q. Waite’s account of an American boy who serves as a muleteer for the British government. It promises adventures and misadventures across the Atlantic with a focus on wartime logistics and cross cultural experiences.
A former inmate recalls smuggling tobacco in a prison cell, trading bread for tobacco with guards, and hiding snuff in a mattress. He describes cell life, forced labor, and a Saturday yard bath, ending with a memorial note for Bro. Jasper Newton Craig and lodge resolutions.
For Skin Food and other fine toilet requisites indorsed by U S Health Board, go to Mrs. C J Pressry Patoka Illinois.
Mrs J C Pressly and Mrs Lillian Shimp led six girls in a contest at Mound Chapel last Saturday evening. A large audience enjoyed a splendid program and a hay ride after. Eunice Murfin ranked first and received the medal amid general praise for good sportsmanship and fairness by the judges.
A Boulder church Sunday crowd heard Rev. Ford preach a good sermon. Local families visited, scholars performed a program, and Miss Zora treated the scholars. Farmers including Jas Lewis and Corby Morris bought a new binder and plan to thrash this week as wheat is nearly cut.
Residents from Salem Centralia and Odin share visits and calls with friends and relatives. A Fairman church basket dinner and baptisms are planned with inviting turnout. A baby boy was born to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mason on June 23.
People in the area finish corn planting and the Sunday School at Toad Island remains well attended. Joe Humes and wife of Patoka visited home folks Sunday. John Crawford's mules ran away when frightened during wheat cutting, breaking his binder. Bird Carter traveled to Shobonier, and Miss Esta Carter returned from Patoka.
Mrs Louis Layman and her two children of Lincoln Illinois visit Miss Daisy Walton in Vernon. The note urges friends to subscribe to the Register.
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