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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1929
Page
8
In a mansion at Southley Downs a tense night unfolds as Vilas Hayward returns home altered and Josephine hides a brewing secret. The narrator recalls strange visions on the golf course and a potential danger as Ahmad Das and a hidden mood threaten the house.
A lost silver watch with a advertising charm is to be claimed from George Purcell with a reward. St. Louis visitor Ste A Wagstaff and family are at Bicknell Ind with his daughter. A Fort Russell Wy letter jokes of wartime pay and meals though pay is delayed. Various locals move, visit, or recover from illness as Gypsies appear signaling spring and Cruse millinery advertises low prices.
A nostalgic poem recounts life learning drilling in oil fields across Ohio and Indiana. The narrator praises seasoned drillers from various towns and sketches rough, colorful characters like Old Sandy Bill Yellow hammer Old Sunny Jim and a reckless partner who blew up reels. The verse reflects pride in hands on labor and the craft of drilling.
In the 1929 Chancery action Clarence A. Schifferdecker sues Halleck Milner and others for quiet title. Affidavits show non residence of several defendants and unknown heirs of Jennie Milner. The court requires appearance by April 1929 and warns of a decree by default if unpleaded.
Sports note promotes listening for the Chicago Cubs during 1929 featuring Joe McCarthy led players Grimm Wilson Hornsby Hartnett and others. It references the last basketball game of the segment and pairs ball with Cubs broadcasts.
Attie Shick nearby with his mother Mrs. Mary Jones. Francis Griffin sick but improving. Herbert Green works for Harrison Eagan. Friday rain flooded creeks but mail service continued. Mrs. Mary Walker daugher and Lewis Jones family visited Francis Griffin. Erna Jones family visited Mr and Mrs J W Arnold. Ora Green bought a horse from the mail carrier last week. Oat sowing started on dry spots but rain halted it. Lew Engler and Erna Jones were Vernon visitors Saturday. Edwin Oertwig sawed wood for Dale Arnold Cecil Lowe and others. Lester Griffin trip to St Paul Monday.
A. L. Brown is named administrator of the estate of Katherine Budd Brown deceased. He will appear before the Marion County Illinois County Court at the Salem courthouse during the May Term on the first Monday in May to settle claims. Creditors and debtors are urged to attend or pay promptly. Dated March 19, 1929.
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