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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1927
Page
4
The message urges readers to purchase coal now before shortages strike as mines near closure and railroads stockpile tonnage. It cites Zeigler nut and lump and Odin coal already bought for delivery and warns delayed orders could bring great disadvantage.
A local dealer advertises unloading a car of John Deere farm implements with discs on display. The notice also promotes International machinery and offers a 0 percent discount to the first twelve Saturday customers. Savings include ten cents per sack on flour sacks, with discounts for sacks of any brand.
The advertisement shows Pure Wheat Bran price quotes for Gold Medal Brand Bran. Soft Wheat Bran listed at 1.68 and 1.65.
Special sale offers 10 percent off on pumps, trees, buggy poles, shafts, wire fence netting, auto tires and tubes, axle grease, moboil, and more. John Deere farming implements arrive for inspection. Telephone wire sizes 12 and 14 gauge offered at factory saving prices.
A dense rural classifieds snippet lists numerous items for sale including two horses and a mare, oil emulsion and lime sulfur, pair of black Percheon mares, 40 shocks of fodder, and Jersey cows. Rentals include a small farm near Patoka and 80 acre Clinton County farms. Also notices for grain grinding, incubator trading, and a variety of real estate and poultry offerings. Local names include A W Foster, Walter Parks, O T Walton, Wes Martin, Mrs J A Morris, Miss Maude Huddleston, Geo E Ballance, J L Simcox, and The Jed Oil and Paint Co.
Lomax announces a new community hall to be built locally. Plans for a road construction project between Lomax and Burlington are underway. A new shoe factory will be established here soon in Newton.
In an advertising campaign the concern offers five gallons of its best house paint motor oil or roof cement to one user in each locality and seeks local salesmen in each county. For details write Central Oil Co Louisville Ky.
Editors note March 9 preliminaries show big Illinois towns pushing for home rule to evade state commissions. They debate independence while legislature may grant local self governance. Also announced White appointed Post Master at Murphysboro creating Deputy US Marshal vacancy for Eastern Illinois. rumors place Bob Jones for a different role. Harrisburg man later named.
Zeigler resources of First National Bank hold 830 815 dollars on December 31. Hard roads program in Illinois planned with 100 million dollar bond issue. Freeport bids asked for Highway 74 from Freeport to Wisconsin line near Monroe. Ursa contract set for Highway 96 north of Ursa to Bear Creek Mounds. Two new business houses rising on First Street. Millstadt plans macadamizing Lager road to Bluff Side. DuQuoin Illinois Southern Telephone installing new outside system. Litchfield Illinois Power & Light to build gas transmission and distribution from Hillsboro. Hadley hogs shipped. DuQuoin plans for soft water plant. Chicago lighting system on Cottage Grove Ave. Richmond bids requested for...
Sam Woghin has moved from 203 S Locust to 311 S Locust St Centralia Illinois for higher grade leather repairs. The shop touts high quality workmanship and upgraded leather for resoled and re-healed footwear.
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