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Patoka Local News Highlights Porch Swing Deals
Local ads promote porch swings at R L Walton for 3 48 and bulk oats at 2 85 per bag. Shoppers find pork and beans 25 cents, Edwards Hawkins moves to Decatur, and community notes from Patoka include visits, baptisms, races, baptisms, and church events amid a sweep of 1920s small town commerce and life.
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R. L. Walton
M. L. Banfield
Chicago
Morans
R. L. Walton’s
C. D. Martin
Altom’s
Iville
Hawkins
Neoga
Decatur
Denver Adams
Dupo
Patoka
E-Z
R.L. Walton
Altom
S. Porter Simcox
Charleston
Fred Reiss
St. Louis
Lee Crawford
M. D. Ballance
Robert Walton
Carrigan
Howard Nelson
Clinton
Moody Logan
Alberta Berthoux
West Frankfort
Ill
Lucile Walker
Harold Pugh
Moneaqua
Harold
Jesse Pugh
Island Chapel
John Nattier
Wenona
Fred Carter
George Purcell
Alma
Ed Anderson
Alice
Sholonier
Rev
Willis
Kentucky
Hess
Pugh
Centralia
Charles Humes
Ruth Henne
Iuka
Donald Wilson
Arvilla Hines
Salem
C. B. Anderson
Clarence. Porter
Pana
D. W. Troyer
Elmer Pape
Mary Ann
Pearl Poole
Charles Howard
Ecru
Harold Jolliff
Grandma Walker
B. N. Griffin
X. B. Holland
Agnes
May Hayes
Thos. Hayes
Ewing Davidson
Springfield
Register Office
Rufus Nichols
Pearl Cortright
California
S. E. Altom
E. Altom
Eastman