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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1926
Page
4
Friday May 7 1926 shoppers hear a sales pitch offering Beacon Light Coffee at 50c per pound and a complete line of dry goods shoes hosiery and spring styles. The ad promotes low prices and broad stock while inviting customers to visit Martin and Martins for footwear and fashion items.
Mrs Wm Garrett is ill at home two miles east of the Burg. Miss Jane Walker teaches at Arnolds Chapel. Mrs Frances Arnold visited sister near Zion. Arnolds Chapel held a Sunday quarterly meeting with afternoon service. Mrs F Griffin and sons confined by flu but expected to recover soon. Eli Morgan mourns death of his son in law Homer McAdoo in Clinton. Funeral Tuesday at 10 A M and burial in Meadows cemetery. John Thalman family visited Robert Arnold. Lewis Jones sold hogs to Jesse Walton. Betty Nichols spent Monday with Eli Morgan's family. Blanche Doolen and children visited Centralia. A Shobonier resident ill on Wednesday. Jerry Zimmerman family visited Walter Melton and Ross Herring visited Carl Christie. Mrs Ed Payne and children with Col Chriss and family Sunday.
Honas Brown and family of Clinton hosted relatives and friends Saturday night and Sunday. Floyd Walls and family of Decatur visited Al bert Brown and family then joined Mr. Brown and wife to spend Sunday with Karra Meadors and wife. Velma Brummitt and others spent Sunday with Mrs. Clara Sterling and son. Nellie Brummitt visited Mrs. Lucy Christie and returned home Monday morning. Dale Payne of St Elmo and Dale Raymond Jones spent the weekend with relatives. Clara Jones Mildred Brown and Annabelle Linton spent Sunday with Mary Lake. Mr. Burl Day and wife of Macon visited Chas Ballance Sunday with Vernielle and Genevieve Ballance. Fielding Hawkins and family hosted Carl Chriss of Clinton Sunday. Mrs. Mary Lake plans a two week visit with daughter Jennie Potts. Alece Johnson visited aunt Mrs. Wm Chriss and daughter Thursday. Jake Libell and wife and Noah Linton and family of Shobonier spent Sunday with John Anderson. Frank Lake called on S W Jolly.
Locals Charley Nall of Herrin visited family here over Sunday with brother Taylor Nall. John McConnell from West Stringtown visited Patoka Tuesday. A baby boy born May 4 to Merle Jones and wife. Paul Troyer recovering from appendicitis at Vandalia hospital. Bob Kelly of Clinton spent days here with home folks. The Patoka Motor Co delivered a new Chevrolet touring car to Louie Bates Friday. Various locals visited, moved, and socialized in Patoka including the Beckett and Green families. Death of Vernon business man Charles O Snearley reported. Linoleum ads from Patoka Hardware. Elva Beckett to teach in Buffalo Hart.
Ernest Haines and his wife spent Sunday at their farm near town visiting relatives and friends. They were joined by several neighbors for a brief afternoon gathering before sunset.
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