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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1934
Page
4
The Patoka Register notes its status as a second class matter in Patoka Illinois under the 1879 act. It lists subscription price at 1.50 per year.
Column lists multiple sale and want items including brood sow and pigs, several cows, stoves, furniture sets, bicycles, and sheep. Names such as Mrs A W Gray Mrs Wm J Schroeder Eugene Leniger Wm Ehrat Grace Z Thompson Geo E Raines appear with locations Shobonier Centralia and dates like 6 29 2tp 11p 7 15.
A benefi tted ice cream supper at Bear Creek Ball Park is set for Saturday evening June 30 to aid the local baseball team. The event promises entertainment and community support.
In Marion County Illinois the guardian ship of Lawrence Eugene Storment a minor is open. Paul V Storment of Salem Illinois filed June 26 1934 for appointment as guardian of both estate and person. Final action will be taken August 6 1984 at 10 AM in the County Court Room Salem. You may appear if you wish. Dated June 27 1934. Wayne Young Clerk. 6-29 7-6 7-13 7-20
Marion County Circuit Court decrees sale of Lots 6 7 8 and 9 in Block 11 C F Jones Addition Patoka Illinois. Special Master in Chancery W A Mills will sell at Salem courthouse south front door July 21 1934 at 1 30 PM on cash in hand terms. Solicitor John L Kagy represents complainant.
E L Rogier administrator of the estate of John Rogier deceased announces he will appear before the Marion County Illinois County Court in Salem for the August Term on the first Monday in August to hear and adjust claims. He requests all creditors to attend and all indebted persons to pay promptly. June 6 1934. John L Kagy attorney.
Mutual Life Protection at Cost offers $1500 coverage for ages 5 to 75 with a $7.00 initial payment and an approximate $13.00 yearly total. Non medical underwriting, dues waived after 15 years, strictly mutual non profit. Write for particulars Dept A.
Local residents report visits and gatherings across Odin Township. Pearls McClelland and family host and attendances include Melvin Austin and Phyllis, Stella Risinger, and May McClelland among others. Norman Duncan returned from Los Angeles. several families relocate locally and work on I. C. railroad section.
Fairgoers flock to the German Black Forest village at the World’s Fair in Chicago for a “tour of the world” in a single day. Warm weather spectacle contrasts with ice skating thrills drawing crowds daily along the Street of Villages.
The World’s Fair in Chicago opens May 26 featuring the Avenue of Flags, updated color standards, and new flags. Visitors will see 84 miles of free exhibits and fifteen foreign villages offering a world tour. Low costs prevail with meals as low as fifteen cents and an average visitor spend of $1.17 inside the grounds. Fourteen major highways provide access and ample tourist accommodations and parking near the fairgrounds.
A reader voices disappointment with wire services and neighborly trust after a late issue of the Regis ter, recounting a nighttime theft of chickens from their home while away at DuQuoin for a funeral of a drowned son, and asking who truly are the neighbors.
The fragment notes the late James J. Hill inspecting his railroad with an imposing presence. It hints at Hill's influence in railroad circles and his hands on approach to management.
The Old North Church in Colonial Village stands as a main feature of Chicago's World Fair opening May 26. Colonial Village is one of fifteen reproductions of famous old world towns, letting visitors touring the fair feel as if on a world cruise.
At Minot North Dakota a procession of officers examined a freshly picked spike left on the roadbed. Mr Hill questioned why company property was left lying about while Pye’s six men had been searching for the spike for four days.
A humorous cartoon caption exchange unfolds with a traffic cop lecturing a driver about sharing the road. The motorist replies that he always gives half the road once he learns which half the pedestrian, here framed as a lady, desires.
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