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Local notes and ads from Patoka area publishings
Eldoris Belcher family visits Boyleston. Local ads list medicines, hardware, groceries, clothing and farm supplies at Patoka Hdw Furn Co and Altoms. Residents attend visits in Murphysboro Salem Central City and Nashville with notes on goods, prices, and community events.
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Eldoris Belcher
Boyleston
Cavns
Martin & Mar
Patka Hdw. & Furn. Co
Wasems
Rev. Henley
Murphysbro
Ess
Patoka Hardware & Furniture Co
Martin & Martin
Altoms
Ballances
Patoka Hdw
Furn. Co
Star Brand
Oscar Hill
Oliver Typewriter
Patoka Hdn. Co
Ohio
Martins
Patoka Hdw. & Furn. Co
Martin & Wo
F. H. Meier
Florist
Vandalia
A. M. Elefritz
Centralia
An & Martin
Patoka Hdn
Peters
Jeff Smith
Patoka
Ill
Cains
Gloria
JL. M. Black
Fred Black
Kansas
Davis
Cox
Central City
Jeff Smith’s
G. E. Ballance
Charles _ Hill
Salem
H. R. Livesay
James_ Doty
Morrine
Salem Vis
Assumption
Hill Bros. Scales
Rollin Cox
Fowler
Herrin
G. B. Simcox
Miss Minnie
Miami
Forida
Myrtle Rettinghaus
Mae
Brown
A. L
Florida
Norman C. Carter
Holland Furnace Co
Murphysboro
Pierce Oil Corporation
Norm
Wife
Fairman
Joe Simcox
Clinton
Wood
Short
Joe
Harry Zollar
Charles Bopp
Charles
Fred Bess
Ed Lawson
Levi Marshall
Geo
Story
Lowell Belcher
Clark Simcox
I. C
Decatur
Wilbur McIntyre
Nason
Wilbur
W. E. Harper
Harrisburg
Marion
Harper
W. L. Parks
Berry
T. J. Stephens