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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1933
Page
5
Public notice announces THOS F HALEY seeking nomination for Town ship Clerk on the Democrat ticket with an election slated for April 4 1933.
East Zion notices include visits and gatherings among Barnes Caldwell Nichols and related families. Names such as Luther Barnes Cyrus Nichols Fent Caldwell Oscar Caldwell Lizzie Caldwell Frank Thomason and Rev Humphrey appear with Sunday visits and a moving notice. A prayer meeting and a funeral in Onargo are also recorded.
A fragmented lyric reflects on repentance after loss and aging. It contemplates name changes, a broken heart, and wishing for final rest as the speaker recalls deceased parents and friends. The piece ends with a refrain urging repentance.
Tennessee produced 108 million pounds of tobacco last season highlighting strong farming yields across the state. The rail route between Minneapolis and New Orleans saves more than 500 miles compared to the water route.
In Camden a 26 year old man Isaac W. Eason Jr with four gas stove outlets and radio on sat in his fathers apartment and wrote notes on how it felt to die He urged his father to be careful and asked to dump the whisky. He hoped to comfort his mother in heaven and warned his brother against drink.
In Weymouth a German police dog belonging to Warren Sherman of Summer Street survived a car fire. After Sherman started the engine and flames broke out, firefighters arrived to find the dog lying on the rear seat unharmed as the auto burned beyond repair.
Milwaukee resident Charles Snieddieger fought with a burglar who entered his home and grabbed $15. In the struggle the intruder fled, leaving behind $22, yielding Snieddieger a net profit of $7 from the incident.
Reverend Vernon D. Grubb of St. Paul s Reformed Church fended off two bandits in Altoona Pennsylvania. One robber, armed, fled in a car after Grubb knocked them to the ground.
Ignacio Montez lay in a police ambulance badly beaten after a confrontation with a Mexican man who used a two by four. A hearse pulling up alongside startled him into fleeing the scene, and police never found him for hospital treatment.
London reports rising breach of promise damages as romance collapses surge. Courts see more than fifteen cases scheduled, with awards soaring from 250 dollars in 1926 27 to five times that today. Noted claims include a deathbed repudiation and a London jury award reaching 25 000 dollars.
Eric Moythaler a peaceful New York grocery salesman erupts into id driven chaos after his super ego falters. He destroys 3801 public phones in midtown before police arrest and sentence him to four months in a quiet cell to quell his inner urges.
Plainfield New Jersey eight road gang workers were lightly wounded when buckshot from a rabbit hunter’s gun sprayed them as he fired at a fleeing rabbit. The injured men were treated at a hospital and released. John De Biase was arrested and held for investigation.
A 15 year old pupil in Chicago faced two revolvers when confronted by bandits. He handed over 15 cents and was spared. He had 31 in a watch pocket for the school lunchroom fund to carry to the bank.
Miss Mildred Niday of Galena Kansas returned home shaken after learning her fiancé Jay Sherwood Smith a World War veteran and ex convict is a bank robber and parole violator. Detected by police in Kansas City the pair had planned to wed before the arrest and Smith awaits further parole proceedings.
In Columbia South Carolina J A Crawford a university official received a two headed snake from a Black man in Edgefield county the reptile about eighty inches long had heads on both ends and could raise both tongues Crawford doubts bidirectional crawling but Dr Raymond Ditmars of New York zoogical gardens asked to study the specimen.
Berlin court records musician Max Gronwald, aged sixty one, confessing to his wife’s murder asks to perform a final trumpet piece. He plays La Donna e Mobile before sentencing, likely to receive a prison term of ten to fifteen years.
In Waterbury Connecticut J L Allard aged sixty one was jobless for two years. He discovered a briefcase holding sixteen thousand dollars and returned it to its owner A W Keegan of St Louis. Keegan rewarded him with one thousand dollars. Keegan arrived with the key to the case with which Allard had located the lock.
Illinois payroll for railroads fell from 241 million dollars in 1929 to 173 million in 1931, a loss of 68 million dollars in one year, signaling sharp labor pain during the Depression.
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