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Patoka Register

Location

Patoka, Illinois, United States of America

Date

May 18, 1928

Page

5

Midnight Stowaway Mystery on the Rainbow Yacht

Palmyra the Boston heiress confronts a hidden stowaway aboard the Rainbow. Ponape Burke, a plump rogue with a knife and a dream of treasure, hides in the bunkers while Van Thurston and John Thurston loom as romance rivals. A mysterious pirate plot unfolds as Palmyra investigates tracks of a real handprint, footprints, and wary crew.

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Local Gossip Notes and Farm News From Fostersburg

Mrs. Lewis Jones and children visited her mother Mrs. Mary Walker on Wednesday. Ed Gehrkin injured his ankle in a fall when his disc broke. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Norris of Rosamond and Mrs. L. Hathaway of Sandoval stayed with Mrs. L. Foster Thursday night. Lewis Jones and the Frizzells traveled to Vandalia Saturday. Miss Jane Walker will teach at Bundy School next year. Mrs. Blanche Doolen to teach at Round Top. Meridith Doolen lost a chicken house and chicks to fire Monday morning. neighbors alerted by phone, no other buildings burned. Mr. and Mrs. Sam Jones of Salem and Lewis Jones and family visited W. H. Jones and wife Sunday. Andrew Foster called on Uncle Sam Jones Sunday evening. Artie Shick spent the weekend home from near Champaign. Mrs. Blanche Doolen reports a large lamb lost last week likely taken by a fox. Marion Griffin of Alma drove through Thursday evening to Perrgia for tractor repairs, with road commissioner Bascom of Alma. Robert Arnold and family were Sunday visitors at the home of Albert Perry near Shobonier.

Lewis Jones Mary Walker Ed Gehrkin Ernest Norris Rosamond L. Hathaway Sandoval L. Foster Frank Frizzell Vandalia Jane Walker Bundy School Blanche Doolen Round Top Meridith Doolen Sam Jones Salem W. H. Jones Andrew Foster Artie Shick Champaign Marion Griffin Alma Perrgia Bascom

Money Worries Drive Demand for Beauty Parlors and Filling Stations

The text notes that people anxious about money turn to beauty parlors and filling stations as principal lines of business in the United States. It claims a lack of authentic statistics and census data to support the assertion.

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