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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1928
Page
7
Police investigate the Price family killings at the Price farm in Orange County. John Price, a middle aged farmer, reportedly shot his wife and daughter then killed himself after alarm clocks in each room allegedly rang at the same pre dawn time. Neighbors noted cattle neglect during the period.
In Seattle, a Japanese fishing smack named Ryo Yei Maru, valued at about $17,000, drifted 11 months with 12 crew members sick and died. Secretly towed to Puget Sound, the burned vessel was set afire to avert alleged evil spirits feared to follow it back to Misaki, Japan.
Twelve year old Sault Ste. Marie boy known as Kus sela ran away October 4 from Goulais Bay farmer Frank McKaughan after fear at home and school. He lived 76 days in a self dug cave twenty five miles NW of the city with no fire, subsisting on turnips potatoes and game until two former companions tracked him down and returned him to his guardian. He was found in good health.
Mrs. J. S. Hudspeth lost sight in one eye and Dr. Muffin is ill. George W. Willett Sr is among the sick in West Stringtown. Mr Duff of the Pure Department visited on Thursday. Pay-day at the local Milk Company was affected by bad roads delaying milk to the plant. The list of updates will be continued next week.
Preaching at Mound Chapel next Sunday morning March 18 at 11 a m at Patoka at 7 p m by the pastor and at Vernon at 7 p m by Rev Spurgeon. We extend a cordial invitation to the public to come and worship with us.
Poultry Notes advise feeding milk to improve egg size and quality and warn against washing eggs. They urge culling non producers and avoiding sour milk. Shed roof houses warm easily and high ceilings cause drafts while lights and warm moist mash aid laying. Limestone and starch support shell health and egg production.
Patoka defeated Breese 19 to 7 and Hoyleton 49 to 15 in Carlyle high school games while losing to Greenville 31 to 15. Students were dismissed for the tournament and for a funeral. The band plans a chicken supper to fund travel to Centralia band event. Basketball photos were taken both inside and outside the gym as the season closed and track work begins.
Vernon residents and guests are listed with Monday to Friday caller notes in a long community roundup. Names include Sam Morey, Belle Thomas, George Jones, Ellis Doolen, Ben M. Smith, F. M. Smith, H. R. Hall, W. Hall, Ethelbert Dickey, Cecil Griffin, A. A. Griffin, Earl Brand, Herschel Ragan, Geo. Jones, Rev. Sheppard, Rev. Grant, Warren Bobbitt, Allie Wernsman, Willie Lowe, Hiram Wyant, Jim Lane, Francis Livesay, Lily Livesay, Estella Livesay, Eunice Carter, Florence Reisman, Glenn Livesay, L. E. Green, Frank Lake, I. W. Doolen, Walter Winkler, Hulda Hunter, Parker Kious.
As soon as roads permit, Dorothy Logan will drive to homes, towns, or countryside to give music lessons. For information call No. 4.
We express our gratitude to all who assisted during his illness and sickness. Appreciation for the beautiful floral offerings from the Easton and Linton families, Adams family, Luther Easton, Mrs. Belcher, Mrs. Pugh, and Mrs. Lavin.
Benjamin Wheelock an Oneida Indian suffered a broken jaw when a winch in the woods near Townsend sprang up and bit him while trimming a tree. He was taken seven miles to Oco toe hospital where surgeons wired his jaw without anesthetic. He reported no pain beyond the limb bite and doctors marveled at his stamina.
A roadster overturned and plunged into a water-filled ditch in Shreveport, killing two girls and a man and injuring two others.
A woman protests being barred from a theater with a small dog. A motion picture attendant calmly points out the rule, sparking a brief exchange about propriety and entertainment.
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