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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1930
Page
5
A home made tool shown in Popular Science Monthly saves time for garage mechanics and do it yourself motorists by testing valve stem clearance without removing the screwdriver. The tool uses an end wrench, a bent cold rolled rod, a cotter pin and spring to hold a screwdriver bit in the slot while adjusting the overhead valve lock nut.
Arthur Goulson of the Federal Motor Club criticizes drivers who pause to left turn in crowded streets and near backroads, causing traffic delays. He warns such creeping cars invite faster travelers and raise collision risk, especially on weekends, as others try to pass and may crash.
Governor Emmerson honors Col Frank D Whipp for long tenure in Illinois welfare and appoints him to head the Illinois delegation to the International Prison conference in Prague from August 25 to 30. Whipp, superintendent of prisons, has long served in welfare work since starting as a messenger for Dr Fred H Wines.
Plant and seed offerings with rates on sweet potato plants and yellow dent seed corn. Also various used goods including engines, tools, desks, and furniture from Patoka Hardware & Furniture Company. Contact names include Jeff Smith John Baxter C. B. Anderson Roy Sears Lisle Gray and wife.
OCR fragment shows mixed amounts like 775.00 750.00 and 550.00 475.00 and 325.00 with stray words sings Road apy WS 5.95 x BS 75, yielding unclear item or event. No identifiable person or organization can be confirmed from the text.
Thos P Walker named executor of the will of Annie S Gerrish late of Marion County Illinois. He will appear before the county court at the Salen court house on July first Monday to settle claims and debts. Creditors must present claims and debtors should pay promptly. John L Kagy acts as attorney.
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