For Sale and Wanted Classified Mixup in Centralia
A collage of 1920s classifieds lists model T Ford for sale by Denver Adams and various farm, poultry, and plant offerings. Other notices include sheep shearing requests, sweet potato plants for sale, hog and cattle items, a dog ad, and furniture sales from Raines Furniture Exchange in Centralia Illinois.
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T” Ford
Denver Adams
John Pugh
Nancy Hall
Yellow Jersey
Porto Rico
Louie Wasemite
Harold Chandler
Inquire Register Office
Wm, Oates
Vernon
Ill
Paul Williams
Patoka Mill
Catholic Church
Virginia
J. C. Leicht & Son
Illinois
Deaser
Raines Furniture “Exchange
S. Locust St. Centralia
King Retires After 24 Years as Lake Forest Clerk
Frank F. King, age 2 years, retired May 1 after 24 years as Lake Forest city clerk. He was the oldest city clerk in Illinois in point of service.
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Lake Forest
Frank F. King
Illinois
Community Notes From Vandalia Area Social Roundup
Mrs Cloe Epps spent midweek in Benton with the E E Hamilton family and kin. The Entre Nous club met Tuesday with Miss Helen White and ten members, bridge awarded to Mildred Morgan and Marie Hathaway. Numerous local visitations and weekend guests are listed among area families and friends. William Livesay and Chas Rosenbaum were in Detroit, and others visited Centralia, Vandalia, Brownstown, and Patoka at various events.
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Cloe Epps
Benton
E. E. Hamilton
Entre Nous Club
Helen White
Mildred Morgan
Marie Hathaway
Wm. Livesay
Chas, Rosenbaum
Detroit
Mich
Beryl Gutherie
Vandalia
J. F. Arnold
Beulah Jarrett
Ollie Godhenour
Brownstown
Audree Green
Eye+ Caudle
Hazel Cox
Forrest Caudle
Ray P. ‘Walton
St. Louis
George Walton
William C. Oates
Chas. Miller
Noy McNutt
Anna Gebhart
Decatur
A. A. Griffin
Patoka
Charivari and kitchen shower for Everett Jett
The George Jett home hosted a Saturday night charivari and kitchen shower for Everett Jett and his bride as guests enjoyed many nice gifts. Sunday School attendance reached sixty one, with seventy seven a week earlier.
Social visits and local chatter from Patoka and nearby towns
East Fork and surrounding residents share Sunday and weekend visits. Ed Monahan and wife of Salem, the Walker and Williams families, and several others called on neighbors such as Dan Reeter, Henry Stillabower, and the Schmahl children. A gathering at Wm Snyder’s honored Miss Rose Snyder and Verner Malandt with future plans to Carlyle.
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Ed Monahan
Salem
Cort Walker
Ben Merrell
John Wagner
Henry Stillabower
Charley
Patoka
Dan Reeter
Bertha Williams
Matt Belcher
Russel Collins
Isabelle
Mabel Bowen
Ruby
Nettie Schmahl
Ida Stillabower
J. W. Alexander
Ernest Schmahl
Wm. Snyder
Rose Snyder
Verner Malandt
Carlyle
Clarence Bowen
Centralia
Opal Belcher
Nettie
Wash Bowen
Donald Peddicord
Irvin Bowen
Fairman
Local Residents Assist With Housework and Visits
Sunday evening reports show Ruby and Nettie Schmahl helping Mrs. Cort Walker with house cleaning last week. Cort Walker and Ernest Schmahl visited Ulysses Jolliff Tuesday morning. Mrs. Oze Hill and her son Dean made Patoka calls Tuesday morning.
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Ruby
Nettie Schmahl
Cort Walker
Ernest Schmahl
Ulysses Jolliff
Oze Hill
Dean
Patoka
Social Roundup From Odin Township Family Visits
Local notes from Odin Township record Mrs. Jane Williams visiting Mrs. J R Holtslaw and multiple gatherings with the Case, McClelland, Austin, Ross, and Holtslaw families. Sunday services at Bethel included Rev Beal sermon and a children's program. Several households hosted relatives across Sandoval Cen tralia and nearby.
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Jane Williams
J. R. Holtslaw
Mason Holtslaw
Elvin
James Case
Sarah McClelland
Ethel Austin
Phyllis
Geary
Centralia
Petrea
Sandoval
Jas. R. McClelland
Isaac Ross
John Jett
Lora Holtslaw
Susan McClelland
Georgia Ross
Wreach
Shana Felt
Forrest
Ella Phillips
Miss Robinson
Bethel
Rev. Beal
Smith
Jas
R. McClelland
Fred Ross
Bobbie
Visits and social calls across East Zion and vicinity
Monday and Tuesday rounds show East Zion residents visiting relatives and friends. The list includes John Warren’s visit to East Zion, Carl and ack Arnold at Frank Frizzell, Os é ar Caldwell with Marion Caldwell at Elmer Berry, Delbert Shaw helping Fent Caldwell, Frank Thomason and wife with Laura Frizzell, Cleave McWhirter and family at Peck Caldwell with Roy Williams broadcasting on WDZ in Tuscola, Alice Caldwell shopping in Patoka, Oscar Caldwell losing two work horses, Lem Meador Fred Jarrett and son at Berry’s saw mill, and a surprise party for Miss.
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TO Warren
John Warren
Carl
Ack Arnold
Frank Frizzell
Osé¢ar
Marion Caldwell
Elmer Berrys
Delbert Shaw
Fent Caldwell
Frank Thomason
Laura Frizzell
Cleave McWhirter
Peck Caldwell
Roy Williams
WDZ
Tuscola
Alice Caldwell
Patoka
Wednesday night and Sunday visits listed by locals
Glenn Meador attended Wednesday night. Elmo Williams and Charlies Berry called on Roy Williams Wednesday. Gus Prott and family Sue Bates and family Jim McNichols and family were all. Sunday visitors at Jamie Caldwells Sunday. Addis Walton and family and Mr and Mrs Frank Frizzell visited Blanche Doolen of Vernon Sunday evening. Dwight Williams visited Sunday evening with Elmer Berry.
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Glenn Meador
Elmo Williams
Charlies Berry
Roy Williams
Gus Prott
Sue Bates
Jim McNichols
Jamie
Local Families Spend Sunday Visiting and Maintaining Farms
Reuben Rhoads and family and Claude Pace joined the Hane y at Wiley Lee's home Sunday. Dwight Black and Misses Roberta and Lois Black attended Zion Church. Walter Somerville and wife visited Mrs. Dana Somerville. Loren Bullard traded a horse team for a mule team with E. L. Clark last week. Howard Smith's family visited Elmer Powell and fam. Zollar and wife with son Charles called on Alvin Gray and wife. Floyd and Lee Britt sheared sheep for Zollar Bros. Will Campbell and family visited Dana Somerville. Alvin Gray and wife called on Joy Kline and family while Maurice Maulding visited his grandma Mrs. Kate Jay Saturday. Mrs. T. M. Boring has been poorly. James Britton and family of Salem were in the area Friday afternoon. Argie Howard and Billie spent Saturday night with Peck Caldwell and wife. J T Doris visited Cleve McWhirter and family, Elmer Bullard and family called on Loren Bullard Saturday.
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Reuben Rhoads
Claude Pace
Wiley Lee
Dwight Black
Roberta
Lois Black
Zion
Walter Somerville
Dana Somerville
Loren Bullard
E. L. Clark
Howard Smith
Elmer Powell
Eek Zollar
Charles
Alvin Gray
Floyd
Lee Britt
Zollar Bros
Will Campbell
Joy Kline
Maurice Maulding
Saturey
Kate Jay
T. M. Boring
James Britton
Salem
Argie Howard
Billie
Peck Caldwell
J. T. Doris
Cleve McWhirter
Elmer Bullard
Baccalaureate Services and Community Notes
Baccalaureate services for high school seniors and eighth grade graduates will be held in the gymnasium Sunday evening May 22. Program details include a class march, invocation, cornet solo, scripture reading, girls quartette, address by Rev. C. A. Fairchild, music by the Grade School Glee Club, and benediction. The column also lists visitors, shoppers, club meetings, prize winners, and local social news from Centralia and nearby towns.
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Mary Taylor
Cornet
Maurice Willis
Eileen Griffen
Eileen Martin
Mildred Merten
C. A. Fairchild
R. E. Worley
Terre Haute
Ind
John Bellamy
Marion
Ella Bellamy
Emily Wood
Centralia
Hester Zears
Freada Good
Hazel Koutz
Aeinas
W. E. Williams
Donald Lee
E. Heaver
Lake Harris
H. A. Wedding
George Thomas
Champaign
B. F. Holmes
R. M. Allen
Taylorville
Anna May Bryan
Mollie Bellamy
Ben Dolsen
Pueblo
Colo
S. H. Dolsen
Anna Peters
Emma Bligh
Cleora Schnieder
Wilma
Highland
Viola Harris
Mary Evans
Hyghel Koutz
East St. Louis
John FE. Kostanzer
Lawyers to discuss oath replacement at Illinois Bar meeting
Illinois lawyers will debate whether a mechanical device may replace the oath in court procedure during the Illinois State Bar Association annual meeting in Danville on June 1 to 3. R Allan Stephens announces the program with Leonard E Keeler of Northwestern University’s Scientific Crime Detection Laboratory to demonstrate the Lie Detector.
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Illinois
Illinois State Bar Association
Danville
R. Allan Stephens
Leonard E. Keeler
Scientific Crime Detection Laboratory
Northwestern University
Crime Detection Demonstration Attracts Legal Minds
Witnesses and lawyers prepare for a Crime Detection demonstration as Illinois courts adjourn for three days. The Supreme Court plans to attend with judges and bar members to observe the event.
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Illinois
Supreme Court
Notable Illinois General Assembly Leaders Retire
May 3 marked the close of the three concurrent sessions as Rep. Michael L. Ree of Chicago the Democratic floor leader and key member of key committees, Rep. Homer J. Tice of Greenview chair of the appropriations committee, and Rep. Truman A. Snell of Carlinville member of several major panels including conservation and judiciary delivered farewell remarks. The assembly laments the loss of such prominent figures.
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General Assembly
Michael L.ree
Chicago
Homer J. Tice
Greenview
Truman A. Snell
Carlinville
Conservation
Fish and Game
Illinois General Assembly
Senate defeats six property tax relief bills in Chicago session
Six bills aimed at strengthening personal property collection machinery for Cook County failed in the house on the session's last day May 3. The Dunlap bill to extend delinquent tax sale from Sept 1932 to Jan 1933 also died. A final senate effort to allow Chicago school board bonds for back teachers’ salaries was defeated.
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Cook County
Senate
House
Chicago School Board
Six Months of Special Sessions Achievements Highlighted
The legislature approved a $20 million relief fund and a range of measures. Bills shield county treasurers from bank loss liability after funds are deposited by county boards, adopt tax reforms, and set June 1 deadlines for 1930 real estate taxes in Cook County. A law to protect hen pheasants, a bond- based tax collection reform, and revenue tallies were also enacted. State finances show $14.9 million in four months. auto and other departments contributed $14.6 million and $220k respectively. The war department targets Illinois waterways. 21 firms bid for next year’s license plate steel, with 1933 plates to be produced at Stateville under the state-use system at about $45,000 material cost.
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Supreme Court
Cook County
Emmerson
Henry
Allen
House of Representatives
Lyndon
Illinois
A. W. Daily
Legion Post Poppy Sale Set For May 28
The American Legion urges Posts and Units to participate in this year’s Poppy Sale to fund disability care for veterans and families. Illinois records show $53,629 allotted to the budget, with $38,000 in profit from 1931 sales. deficits covered by member dues. Posts in Illinois have spent over $100,000 on direct relief for disabled veterans and destitute families, with no overhead costs. The Patoka Legion Post calls for public contributions to sustain the service work statewide.
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My TL P Bereton
American Mon
Ame Legion
Benston
American Legion
Ilinois
Illinois
Legion Post of
Patoka
Department
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Los Angeles
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Fredonia
George Jett
Everett Jett
Charlie Sparling
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Charlie McHaney
John Talbert
Elva Jett
John Nicholl
Sylvia
Harold Evans
Geo. Jett Me
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Goodyear Pathfinder
Patra
John Chance Patoka, I
Odin Township
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Patoka Hdw
Furn. Co
Patoka, Illinois
MC Haney
William J. Stratton
Automobile Department
Corporation Department
War Department
House Appropriations Committee
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