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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1929
Page
3
The Patoka Register lists display advertising at per inch twenty cents and per line five cents with a five cent reader rate and five cent or twenty five cent minimum charges for card of thanks resolutions and other notices.
Archie Underwood and family of Piper City spent Sunday with home folks. Misses Florence and Ruth Reil of Verron visited the Nash Carter family Sunday. Beyil Linton, home from Chicago where he trained as an undertaker and embalmer, returns home. L. M. Black and W. B. Chilton made a trip to St Louis Sunday. Myrtle Good and others from Salem visited. J. L. Simcox and Don Eagan of Decatur visited and returned to work. Carl Black, visiting Centralia, plans driving to Champaign and visited W. B. Chilton.
A Patoka area page reports visits by Earl Branson and family, Harry Dawson and kin, and others from Salem and nearby towns. It notes Mrs Purcell's improving health, a new Chevrolet bought by Luther Caldwell and family, and various travels from Patoka to Vernon and Lincoln. Advertisements list seed corn for sale, 80 acre rental, farm equipment, poultry, fruit plants, and garden supplies from multiple local vendors.
Viandalia reports sound equipment stalled at Liberty Theatre causing show delays while an alleged humorist riffs on a giraffe with a sore throat.
A camera feature profiles Lady Pamela Smith younger daughter of Lord and Lady Birkenhead. The piece highlights her beauty and notably her eyes, portraying her as London's most striking debutante at age fifteen.
The source mentions the expression a mere faculty attributed to professors. It notes a question about funding for the crew with a sinking fund idea. It also reports Allerton's jail being repurposed into a creamery plant.
A 47 year physician notes constipation occurs despite good health habits and favors near natural treatment. He promotes Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a mild non habit forming remedy and discourages drastic purges. Free trial requests available via Monticello Illinois.
For sale the Lloyd Pierce property of 12 acres with new roof and good fences. All buildings in repair. See J L Simgox who is interested in buying a good home.
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