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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1908
Page
9
Local items listing candy, fruit, books, seeds, and household goods at the Town Market. Readers participate in events, sales, sermons, subscriptions, and social visits across Patoka area, with notes on births births and community gatherings.
The Patoka auction sale drew a nice crowd and pleased four local merchants though profits were not the goal. The event featured a Patoka band and will be repeated in four weeks to boost local business. Farmers may list stock with Wiley Wilton Co. in the next ten days. The drama Hazel Kirke was staged Saturday night with a full house despite bad weather.
The M E Church South Sunday School reports April 26 1908 show eighty three attendees an increase from last year. Miss Mabel Simcox and Miss Mabel Murfin contributed music and Eld Leland Brown preached the Baccalaureate sermon at the Christian church noting education and honest labor. See the Ball game between Patoka and Odin Saturday.
The piece notes that about one in fifteen ten year olds are left handed. It blames mothers for shaping later habits and cites German schools teaching right handedness. It observes most tools favor right handed users and suggests mixed-handed individuals may have advantages in some tasks.
The grain name arose from the old English pound defined as the weight of 7,680 wheat grains mid-ear. This divided into 16 ounces gives 480 grains per ounce. Though standards changed, 480 grains remain in Troy and apothecaries' weight reflecting the Conquest era.
A traveler recalls Swedes skating on stilts two to five feet high. He notes the difficult inner and outer edge work, rings, and the grapevine. Falls from five-foot stilts can punch holes in the ice.
The Vandalia District Conference of the Methodist Episcopal church adopted resolutions praising recent district and state victories for righteousness and temperance. They endorsed the Anti-Saloon League, its leaders, and pledged continued faith and effort to drive the saloon curse from Illinois and the nation. Opening services were led by J. S Hall, with Odin chosen for the next district conference location.
A district conference committee was named to study concerns and report at a June special session in Cisne. The body adopted a memorial urging a Methodist hospital and orphanage within the southern Illinois conference. Funds were pledged to support a church and parsonage in India, with a liberal donor offering one quarter of the needed amount if the district covers the rest. McKendree college was praised, and various members were licensed or recommended for church leadership roles. The conference adjourned to meet during the Epworth League convention in Cisne.
N Cruse prepares for the Palace Restaurant and Ice Cream Parlors opening on Wednesday May. A new soda fountain will be installed and free Ice Cream Sodas will be served to every visitor in the afternoon and evening. The Palace offers a cosy inviting place and welcomes all to visit for a first class lunch and cool drinks on opening day and beyond.
Used railroad pans and pubs and vats complete. Well maintained and nearly new. Priced at less than half the new cost. Available for cash or on time sale.
Advertisement claims Gold Coin Cold Distemper Cure quickly cures distemper catarrh colds bronchitis. Sold by Biss and Humes in the period.
Fragmentary price list shows commodities with unit prices such as oats, hay, straw, flour, butter, bees, hens, geese, turkeys, ducks, hogs, beef, sheep, lambs, calves. Entries appear garbled but indicate per unit or per weight rates and general market terms from a historical source.
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