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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1925
Page
3
The Fred Brown Vernon Band concert at the town hall Saturday night drew praise for the group’s leadership and teamwork. The saxophone quintet orchestra and acts including a negro monologue and a magician wowed attendees as receipts topped $40. Also notes on local oil drilling plans and several social visits are reported.
Report lists attendees and visitors across several families including Mrs Dean Merritt and family, Rev J H Reeter, Howe Sisters, John Gillespie, Elizabeth Doolen of Kinmundy, Rose Doolen, Emaline Massey and others. Local visits span Kinmundy Vernon Vandalia Patoka and nearby towns with social calls and church attendance noted.
In a candid note the newspaper apologizes for a four page issue and explains plans for a ten to twelve page expansion. It cites a busy week, offers a 112 cent rebate for future changes, and asks readers to support home, state, and national news coverage.
A writer urges readers to read the Register and boost their town. He recalls nightly routines of reading the hometown paper for news of sickness sales and farm events, praising the editor who runs the paper as a virtuous man.
Secretary of State Louis L. Emmerson told University of Illinois School of Commerce students that American business rests on honest dealing and fair competition. He praised square dealing, condemned grafters, and urged training future business leaders to uphold public confidence and expose fraudulent securities.
A scrambled editorial notes dangers of the clinging vine image on public safety as girls imitate risky behavior around vehicles. It laments children asking what to do with parents and asks politicians for plain talk while students cheat and carry heavy workloads in after school hours.
An editorial argues the Daily Gazette critiques The Tribune’s stance on crime versus alcohol control. It contends prohibition fails to curb violence, while murder laws enjoy broad support and should receive enforcement priority over dry laws.
A brief odd remark notes a modern woman in ne volt still cannot be with her husband who lost control years ago. It also suggests business men wishing to carry stocks to another season need not advertise in the Register, while all others should use it to dispose of items.
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