Public Sale in Patoka Illinois For Restaurant and rooming house
Public auction at 2 30 P M on Saturday May 8 1937 will sell CNE Restaurant goods fixtures and rooming house in Patoka Illinois located on a corner lot in the heart of the oil boom business. The owner may sell the building or lease it at a fair price. Selling due to sickness. Cash or part cash with terms on request. Auct John A Jennings.
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Patoka
Illinois
O. L. Wadkins
John A. Jennings
Birthday and marriage anniversary dinner at Howell's Cafe
A six oclock dinner honoring Miss Helen Troyer and Mrs. M. D. Ballance was held at Howell's Cafe Tuesday evening. Attendees included Ruby and Florence Cain Bettie Simcox Mae Eagan Ruth Pugh Helen Troyer Mrs. Ruby Linton Mrs. M. D. Ballance Mrs. Lola Thomason of Moweaqua and Mrs. Bertha King of Argenta visiting Mrs. Ben Meador.
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Howell’s Cafe
Helen Troyer
M. D. Ballance
Ruby
Florence Cain
Bettie Simcox
Mae Eagan
Ruth Pugh
Ruby Linton
Lola Thomason
Moweaqua
Bertha King
Argenta
Ben Meador
Visitors from Salem Clifton Arizona Meet Meador Family
Mr. and Mrs. Neil Davidson of Salem visited Patoka on Tuesday. Mr. Arthur Smith of Clifton Arizona, with Mrs. Al Wasem of St. Louis, visited the Meador parents Mr. and Mrs. Ben Meador. Mrs. Smith is the former Miss Radah Meador.
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Neil Davidson
Salem
Patoka
Arhhur Smith
Clifton
Arizona
al Wasem
St. Louis
Ben Meador
Smith
Radah Meador
For Sale Classifieds Include Plants Drilling Rig and More
Want column lists strawberry plants by A. L. Irvin Patoka Indiana. For sale a No 2 National drilling rig with tools 10 inch down to 5 5 8 inch new Cyclone 80 Horse motor drilled one well address L W Fetzer 912 West Main Cross St Findlay Ohio. Also ad offers savings on a new tractor from Wm Ehrat Shobonier Illinois. Enameling painting by Ingvald Settem phone 88. For sale 9x12 Wilton velvet rug Mrs C N Cruse.
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No. 2 National
L. W. Fetzer
West Main Cross St
Findlay
Ohio
Cautious steps at the next cross street after funeral rites
The text recalls funeral imagery with burial soil and a minister’s line ashes to ashes dust to dust. It notes the living instinct to approach the next cross street with caution and trembling knees.
Grade School Picnic Held Friday
Pleasant time enjoyed Friday by grade school pupils and their teachers Bettie Simcox Florence Cain Alice Murfin and H N Potts. Rainy grounds prompted new picnic plans with Primary classes sharing lunch at the schoolhouse and social time. Cain and Murfin classes picnicked in the building then viewed a Centralia picture show. Potts class picnicked at Fairview Park in Centralia and saw a show. The event marked the close of the school year and start of vacation with teachers returning next season.
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Bettie Simcox
Florence Cain
Alice Murfin
H. N. Potts
Centralia
Fairview Park
Potts
Ashes to Ashes a Call for Ruthless Traffic Enforcement
The Portland Oregonian decries reckless driving and cites 38,500 traffic deaths and 10,300,000 injuries last year. It urges harsher law enforcement and warns that safe driving campaigns have failed, urging readers to rethink speeding and drunk driving before tragedy strikes.
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Portland Oregonian
How Modern Women Lose Fat Safely
An advertisement touts Kruschen Salts as a weight loss aid for women. It promises fat loss in four weeks, energy gains, clearer skin, and youthful vigor if combined with reducing pastry and fatty foods. The note guarantees a money back offer if no improvement is felt and advises small diet changes.
Commission Study Favors County Commission Over Township Rules
A University of Illinois Bureau of Business Research report compares three Illinois county pairs to assess costs. The commission form shows lower expenses for comparable services, though the township system costs are higher per capita. The study notes 17 southern counties currently use the commission system.
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Bureau of Business Research
University of Illinois
Illinois
Logan
Morgan
Brown
Scott
Gallatin and Johnson
Commission
Bulletin
Winter and summer home climate tips from Illinois engineers
University of Illinois researchers outline cost reducing heating and cooling measures. Tight storm windows and doors can cut winter fuel bills by up to 20 percent while window awnings on three sides of a home can lower interior heat by about 33 percent in summer. Structure insulation reduces fuel usage in winter and helps keep homes cool in heat.
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University of Illinois Research
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