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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1928
Page
4
The May 6 lesson sermon centers on Adam and fallen man with a Golden Text from I Corinthians 15 22 and references to Ephesian passages about walking anew in righteousness. It cites Mary Baker Eddy's Science and Health urging acceptance of Science and the Mind as one God producing perfect models of excellence.
Lafe Lagg of Booger Holler quips about Hub Snuckles not marrying. The exchange features Mrs Lagg and a Kansas City Times quote describing Snuckles with a tame wildcat and a crow that allegedly talks constantly.
F I Vialy of Griffin Wheel Co cites University of Illinois Engineer Experiment Station work leading to a new simpler more reliable chilled tread wheel design. The old Washburn double plate wheel has served rail commerce from 10 to 70 ton cars but the university tests on drag and release stresses provide the basis for improved brakes and overall economic value to railways.
A Chicago research hospital run by the State Department of Public Welfare and the University of Illinois College of Medicine served 86 038 patients in the past year 700 new cases and 64 257 old cases were treated across internal medicine pediatrics otolaryngology orthopedics enthalmology sy neurology dermatology genito urinary surgery and obstetrics The hospital plans to expand with a new nurses home but would still need about 1 000 beds to meet demand according to doctors and officials
A joke recalls a priest lecturing Pat on drink and sins. Pat asks about lumbago and jokes that the bishop suffered lumbago, not him, prompting the priest to fault his own advice. The punchline hinges on mistaken blame for the bishop’s condition.
The Morrow plots at the University of Illinois College of Agriculture stand as a historic soil fertility monument. Across 83 years continuous corn, 83 years corn oats, and 24 years corn oats clover show the impact of soil treatment on value. Untreated plots yield about a fifth of treated plots, with value differences totaling $255 per acre over a lifetime.
A man stranded on a desert island fears cannibals and moves cautiously. While climbing a hill he hears voices and asks who trumped his ace, then gazes upward and thanks heaven for Christians on the island.
The Post Office Department moves to curtail mail-order houses from shipping unsolicited merchandise. The agency targets misleading solicitations while noting a public interest in limiting inferior products offered to consumers.
Fielding Hawkins is appointed administrator of Ruben Hawkins estate Marion County Illinois and will appear at the Marion County Court in Salem on the first Monday in July to adjust claims. Creditors must attend or continue claims, and debtors should pay promptly. May 3 1928. Matheny and Welker attorneys. Mother's Day promotion from Cruse's Restaurant is noted.
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