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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1928
Page
2
Bill Nicholson, a mountaineer in Middlesboro Kentucky, says he has a jinx after being shot three times in a fight with several shots fired. He notes since 1923 he has been in three shooting scraps and has been wounded seven times.
New York Maurice Graham of Western Air Express is proposed as the world’s air mail record holder. By March 165 company officials say he had flown 206000 miles with 175000 not requiring a forced landing and never behind schedule nor losing mail. The next closest pilot has 95000 miles and was forced down once by a heavy storm.
In Pontiac Michigan Senator James Couzen seeks a new tenant for his famous Free Farm estate. Frank and Mark Williamson and agricultural college students are surrendering control due to accounts on the wrong side of the ledger. The senator advertises no rent or taxes for a tenant who makes the 900 acre Wabeek estate show a profit.
In Friederichshaven Prussia widow Anna Mueller tired of lottery blanks held tickets for her dog Hector to pick. The dog seized a ticket that won about $12,500 in the Prussian State Lottery.
Albany N Y Governor Smith vetoed the Shonk bill banning shows of dogs with cropped ears after next September He argued it is no more immoral to display cropped ears at a dog show than at any public place A veto memorandum said approval could have been given if the bill barred possession of cropped ear dogs.
Roy Pope landed a large catfish at Springfield that contained six young chickens. Witnesses suspect the eggs died before hatching and were eaten. eye shells found in the fish's stomach support the theory.
In Belfort France Andre Meillet struck Andre Tardieu during a joint de bate. Tardieu suffered a nose bleed and shattered glasses but escaped serious injury. The debate resumed after the altercation.
Berlin report says an eight year old Saxony boy wrote to President von Hindenburg asking for foreign stamps from birthday letters. The aging president kindly supplied stamps and encouraged the boy’s collecting effort.
Frau Marie Fischer, wife of the mayoral candidate in Pfaffinger Württemberg, leaped into the Ammer River in anxious suspense over the Mayoral election but was rescued with only a slight chill.
New York reports Helen Ballard, a cashier at the Hotel Ansonia, found a $90 shortage after a restless night. An athletic young man, Mark Koenig, claims an overpayment in his pocket and says the cashier erred when cashing his check yesterday.
East Fork residents and visitors reported across Patoka, Temple, Salem, and Fredonia on Monday to Wednesday. Individuals include Don Peddicord, Orville Hill, Clarence Cozad, Irvin Bowen, Ralph Merten, Herb Schmahl, Louise Kirgan, Mrs. Ida Stillabower, Mrs. Marie Cozad, and others. Hospitalities, Sunday School attendance, sermons, and a broken Davidson creek bridge are noted.
A fleeting image from the era appears as a woman in a hobble skirt passes by, a vivid reminder of fashion and gender norms of the time. The line captures a social moment with quiet humor and the era’s stylistic quirks.
A brief marriage to a conductor ends within a week with a divorce filed soon after. The remarks imply the husband directed her actions as the split was finalized quickly.
A brief wartime style exchange features a caller asking for a man with one eye and a witty reply about using both eyes for a very small man. The line circulates as a humorous dialogue snippet in local notices.
A humorous aside notes the old fable of the ass in a lion skin and claims colleges now cover pretension with a sheepskin, signaling satire of credentialism.
A satirical aside on campus life contrasts excess daily activity with scarce academic focus. The line suggests students juggle social and extracurricular pressures while courses and classrooms receive less attention.
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