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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1929
Page
2
Mrs Herb Fairman visits with mother Mrs Gergis in Summerfield. The community notes several calls and visits among the Stilabowers Crothers Cozad Steele and Smith families in Centralia Boulder and Salem areas. A death is noted for William Seidel Sr and a silver wedding anniversary for James and Marie Meredith is reported.
Amel Obrg returned from Oma ha Nebraska to visit his ill father. Uncle Jim Oliver died at his home on South Sixth Street. J. R. Stombaugh and family stayed with relatives in Cracker Neck. Mrs Perry Belcher and daughters of Patoka were seen on South Fifth Street Friday. Davies plans a sale after Grandpa Noah’s death and will live with her children. Mrs Page and daughter of Ramsay visited. Marybell Stambaugh called on Miss Betty Jane Crambaugh.
Tillie Donohue MC Haney and family dined with Fred Williams and family Saturday. Olive Britt and Carl Hines spent Sunday with S W Gray family. Cecil Black saw his brother Wesley Black and family Sunday. Riley Williams and Fred and wife attended church at Greenridge. Tom Ballance and Al vin Gray with wives visited T W Gray's family Sunday. Eva May Smith went to Centralia last week for ten teeth removal and is recovering at home. Alvin Gray and wife were Salem visitors Friday. T W Gray and wife visited their daughter Mrs T W Boring Friday afternoon. Tom Fulton and wife were business visitors at Chandler store Saturday. Forest Sanders called on George Jett Thursday. C Jones and Walter Jones and families called on J R Gray Sunday. Harvey Smith and wife called on Howard Smith. Leren Bullard and Henry Powell working on the section at Tonti. John Sanders of Terre Haute Ind visited Forest then went to Sandoval to see his daughter.
Family members and friends visited each other across multiple households on Sunday and Saturday including Bowens Belchers and associated relatives. Names like Charley Bowen Lela Padberg Lila Bopp Ed Belcher Owen Belcher and Minnie Hindrex appear among many visits and calls. The text records casual social calls across several families and towns.
The article discusses W. C. Durant proposing a new cotton picker to ease South farm labor. It compares past and future agricultural progress, noting many inventions failed but progress continues slowly, predicting future machines may replace manual boll picking entirely.
The piece argues that educating the public on the harms of alcohol strengthens law and preserves personal liberty. It asserts that true prohibition comes from individual choice, not coercive regulation, and calls for teaching facts to foster voluntary acceptance of temperance.
The New York State Conservation Department lists eleven hunting safety rules for preventing accidents. Rules emphasize never carrying loaded guns in vehicles, keeping track of teammates, never pointing at companions, unloading before crossing obstacles, and handling firearms with care at all times.
A compact history tracing claims that Charlemagne initiated schools in 745, followed by John Cotton and John Eliot establishing early New England schooling in 1635, Massachusetts law in 1642 mandating schooling, and Gov. Berkeley opposing free schools in Virginia until after the Civil War.
The piece argues President Elect Hoover will pursue national temperance by public education. It lauds the idea as splendid and frames education as the key strategy to a dryer country.
Eleven years after the guns fell silent the nation feels renewed optimism for a future without war as Premier Ramsey MacDonald visits President Hoover and both leaders pledge to pursue peace between the English-speaking peoples.
The passage honors those who fell in battle and honors bereaved families while praising long term peace efforts led by MacDonald and Hoover. It notes Armistice Day as a time to bow in tribute and to express gratitude for the bright prospects of peace ahead.
A New York hurdy gurdy maker, George Molinari, laments the decline of the hand organ as movies radios and mechanical pianos replace the old street music. He notes monkey organs are costly to train and that summer barrel organs once toured widely but now stay confined to small areas. Backyard singers have faded.
A compact meditation on war and virtue cites Milton, Seneca, Longfellow, and Sophocles. It contrasts crime with accountability, urges unity to overcome danger, and ends with a call to decisive action and harmony.
A fur-like coat described as durable yet soft light and snugly warm for young fashion followers. Double breasted with self or leather belts Johnnie and notch collars in natural or brown shades priced at $15.00.
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