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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1930
Page
7
A report by Charles M. Fritz of the U S Government argues hard surfaced roads cut farm haul times. Motor trucks move 85 to 150 bushels per load over concrete in two to three hours, replacing days of field to elevator travel.
The Chief Justice William Howard Taft argues that many laws are not truly laws and that legal systems burden citizens with unseen rules. He laments outdated statutes and contrasts justice with legal technicalities, urging simple, common sense laws protect fair play.
The article notes Australia’s plans to reclaim rabbit and bracken plagued lands in Victoria and central Australia’s canal project to boost transport and rainfall. It also mentions an American engineer forming a company to reclaim Sahara Desert lands, all as signs of rapid agricultural progress with new farming challenges ahead. The Notre Dame bells are now rung by electricity in Paris.
Lesson series outlines June to June 22 focusing on Jesus as the Messiah and King in Matthew. Topics range from discipleship meaning to belief, cross purpose, and the gospel commission backed by the resurrection.
Henry Drummond’s words on joy and charity inspire efforts to clothe and aid the poor. The motto emphasizes sunny people and the old seeking love over bread, with joy as a practical garment of praise in community acts.
E. Stanley Jones cites a Hindu professor of modern history in South India asserting a global Moral Pivot around the person of Jesus Christ. The professor contends that the best life for East and West increasingly centers on this pivot.
A maxim on character by Segur stresses that brilliance wanes without sustained force of character, highlighting the link between talent and disciplined virtue.
A kitchen and linen shower honored Velma Payne and fiancé William Lodl of St. Louis at Harold and Velma Payne’s Jennings home on May 29 1930. Fifty guests attended with orchids white decor and a central wedding motif featuring two children dressed as a bride and groom. The note details party games, cake, ice cream and punch and thanks to the hosts. The couple’s June 14 1938 Salem Evangelic Church ceremony in St Louis followed with bridesmaid Mary Lodl and best man Victor Pacewic. The event included out of town guests from Chicago and family in attendance.
Raymond Payne son of Vernon and Doyle Payne daughter of Vernon wed with Mr. and Mrs. George Hesse of Washington Mo. Also mentioned are Mrs Henry Kayne and son Henry of Washington Mo. The couple departed late for their newly furnished home on Newstead Ave. The groom is manager of Walgreen Drug Co.
Dr Kinley who has served the University of Illinois as President for eleven years will retire from office in July. In a questionnaire by the Woman's Christian Temperance Union he said student drinking is down and the normal and scholastic level of students today is higher than a generation ago.
Mr. Charles E. Malcom and family from Caplin, N. M. are visiting his cousin J. F. Meyers and family in Patoka. Malcom, son of Rev. John M. Malcom, once lived in Patoka thirty five years ago and attended local schools.
A brief Street Traffic News item notes a horse feared an automobile while pedestrians laughed, illustrating early road sense clashes between animal behavior and growing motor presence.
Illinois produced the first steel rails in 1864 and houses the world’s largest restaurant at the Merchandise Mart in Chicago. The state ranks high in Portland cement output and per capita water use, with early pioneer schooling in Monroe County and a long history of public education spending. Kendree College claims status as the oldest Methodist college, founded in 1828, while Shawneetown hosted Illinois’s first bank in 1818.
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