Local Patoka items mixed with sales and notices
Centralia visitors and residents exchange small town updates. Raisins, corn, fruit, and ice cream deals appear at Altom's and Town Market. Local meetings, church services, band concerts, and trips to Vandalia or St Louis are noted along with births and funerals.
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A. B. Ennis
Centralia
Altoms
Odin
Craig
Goodale’s
Freyer’s
Addie Messenger
St. Louis
Wm. Sicher
Altom’s
Tom Altom
Vandalia
Altom
S. Town
Reid
Reading Room Initiative Moves Forward in Town
The W C T U ladies push a reading room for local youth. An option on a room is secured and book prices are being sought. Donations of books or cash are welcomed to build a handy library for boys and girls.
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Sullivan
Loyal Temperance Legion Meeting At Mrs Wasem’s
Senior members of the Loyal Temperance Legion gathered at Mrs Anna Wasem’s Friday evening May 15. About twenty five members and officers attended for an evening of music and games. Neil Davidson won the prize in the contest and refreshments followed as everyone thanked the hostess and officers for a pleasant evening.
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Loyal Temperance Legion
Anna Wasem
Neil Davidson
Memorial Services at Baptist Church May 24
Memorial services will be held at the Baptist church Sunday morning May 24 at eleven o'clock. Rev. Wiley will deliver the memorial address. Special music has been arranged by the choir. Everyone is cordially invited to attend.
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The
Baptist Church
Wiley
Decoration Day Program by Wm. Smith Post No. 167 G A R
Decoration day program arranged by William Smith Post No. 167 G A R for May 30. Procession forms at G A R Hall at 1 PM, leads to cemetery with Patoka band, returns to Christian church for song, roster reading, Lincoln's Gettysburg speech, Our Flag's Defenders poem, drill by 22 children, address by Rev. Wiley. Bring flowers to Grand Army Hall before noon.
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Wm. Smith
G. A. R. Hall
Patoka
Lincoln
Gettisburg
D. F. Blankinship
Crawford
Elsie Belcher
Lillian Shimp
Rev. Wiley
Grand Army Hall
Indians Visit as Patoka Team Battles on May 23
The piece promotes a May 23 game at 3:00 p.m. featuring Patoka against a team referred to as the Indians. It promises a strong Patoka lineup, notes the Patoka band will play at the park, and invites all to attend to see the "big Injuns" play ball.
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Sandoval
Odin
Salem
Patoka
Ste Tont
Patoko
Gold Medal Contest At Opera House May 23
The Gold Medal Contest will be hosted at the Opera House on Saturday evening May 23. Admission costs 15 and 10 cents, with half of net proceeds donated to the library. Contestants hail from Iuka Centralia Kinmundy and Patoka, including Helen Briddell Faye Shuttleworth Hobart Arnold Clara Belcher and Flossie Livesay.
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Opera House
Daisy Gray Redrickions
Dean Blankinship
J. C. Pressly
Rev. Presly
Iuka
Centralia
Kinmundy
Patoka
Helen Briddell
Faye Shuttleworth
Hobart Arnold
Clara Belcher
Flossie Livesay
Memorial service honors Civil War volunteers at Vernon cenotaph
At Vernon a memorial service offers attendees a chance to place flowers on the cenotaph or express gratitude for the young men who died in the Civil War to preserve the government and its blessings for living and future generations.
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Vernon
Patoka youths stage Easterly wagon raid on Balance home
A Saturday May 16 party from Patoka loaded on a platform wagon and headed four miles southeast to raid Geo Balance's home and provisions. With aid from Miss Anna Ballance and John Cook the group seized the house and enjoyed ice cream and cake before returning to Central Station. The affair drew many local participants and plans to repeat the venture were hinted.
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Patoka
Geo. Balance
Anna Ballance
John Cook
Esta Huntoon
Francis Wasem
Allie Griffin
Daisy Gray
Bessie Smith
George Porter
Charles Brown
Walter Murfin
Preston Higginson
Glen Quayle
Port
Colt Show in Patoka Excites Town on June 27
A Frank S. Colt spring show will be held Saturday in Patoka from two to four in the afternoon. All cuts must be halter broke and shown without their mothers. First prize is the service fee for 1908, second prize half the service fee. Bring costs and attend.
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Frank S
Patoka
Missouri Pointers. Hog herd behavior intrigues buyer
Walker Brammock observed a lean, restless drove of hogs that repeatedly moved across the field. A buyer noted the hogs were light in flesh and nervy, while a farmer recalled his habit of pounding the fence to feed them. The Pleasant Hill Times mentions woodpeckers and warm weather as factors in the strange behavior.
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Walker Brammock
Marion County Farmers Institute Seeks Exhibits
To Farmers Gardeners and Fruit Growers the Marion County Farmers Institute plans a Sept 16 17 18 event with liberal premiums for orchard farm and garden products. It urges preparations to display fruit grain and vegetables and credit to the county.
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Marion County Farmers’ Institute
Cuas
T. McLaveuuiy
Sec’y
Auction Sale Postponed Due to Weather Conditions
Auction sale postponed from Saturday May 28 due to unsettled weather. If conditions improve, sale will be held on the first Saturday in June when farmers are less busy.
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Jno. L. Simcox and Son
Lisle
M. J. Underwood
Mand
Alcom’s
Sara Farmer
J.T. Dukes and Daughter
Joe Humes
Ed. Delassus
G. F. Cothern
Gunn
Chandler
Wasem & Zimmerman
I. O. O. F. Lodge
S. E. Altom
Dale
Mr. Altom
Anna M. Adamson
Marjorie Robb
Tom Lynch
I. C. Park
Leta Ward
Magnolia
C. E. Blankinship
I. C
J. E. Willey
Indiana
Bro. Willey
David van Fossan
Clay City
Fancy
F. C. Freyer’s
Warren Jett
Buckley Wash
Louie Wasem
C. E. Bugs
Elena Gray
Wade Brow
A. J. Earl and Son
Indianapolis
C. KE. Blankinship
Eli Jones
M. L. Jones
Archie Messenger
Normal
M. E
Bro
Willey
Patoka Land & Loan Co
J. H. Davis
Strasburg
Floyd
Hannah Livesay
Patoka Bell
Wiley, Wilton & Co
Purina
C. E. Buss
Rt. A. Simcox
Barrette
Alice
Lillian
I. H. Wilton
Rev. Green
Ike
Frank H. Loy
Anti-Saloon League
Loy
Register
Walker
Texas
Findlay Ranch
Senior
L. T. L. Social
Memorial Services
Wm. Smith Post
Nebraska Indians
Central Station
Colt Show
U. S. Health Board
Mas
C. J. Pressiy
Missouri Pointers
Patoka Markets
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