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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1929
Page
5
Display advertising rates set by editor J. M. Emerson include per inch charges and per line pricing for readers and advertisers.
Classified listings include for sale eight room house and two lots or land trade, soil phosphate ad, 160 acre farm for rent or sale near Patoka, four room house with 2 acres for rent, Holstein and Durham cattle for sale, 180 acre farm for rent with red top, bean hull ing service offered, four Holstein cows for sale, Henderson Sullens farm for sale near Alma, cap honey for sale, heating stove for sale, lost hound near Boulder, 39 acre dairy and poultry farm near Vernon with house, outbuildings and pasture.
Sam Hudspeth, owner and manager of the local Hotel, is absent on vacation visiting his childhood days in Kentucky. Miss LaVerne Clark of Portland Arkansas is staying several days at the Lowell Pelcher home.
The Freyer and Quayle families express gratitude for the kindness shown during Stanley’s long illness and burial. They thank the Baptist Sunday School members, faculty, schoolmates, Bro. Willis, Bro. Smith, singers, and those who sent letters, cards, and flowers. May God’s blessing rest on all who offered comfort.
Statement of ownership for the Patoka Register weekly in Patoka Illinois for October 1929 shows publisher and editor James M. Emerson of Patoka Illinois as sole owner. Bondholders none. Notarized by Mac Eagan on October 28 1929.
Property owners proclaim no hunting or trapping on lands they own rent or control. Trespassers will be prosecuted under the law. Signatures include Harmon Hampy, William A. Ververs, John Frahs, and Pope Sisters dated November 1. tfc tfc tfc tfc tfc
Local notes record William McNicol and family journied to Moncaqua to visit Archie and family in Decatur area. Many neighbors and relatives are mentioned visiting, en route to funerals, attending games, or returning from Springfield, Vandalia, and Centra lia with brief updates on employment and health. Mary Lou Crothers born Oct 23 in Vandalia to Ruby Gray Patoka lineage noted.
On Sunday October 27 a large gathering of relatives and friends celebrated the twenty fifth anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. James Meridith with a bountiful dinner at their Carrigan home. Attendees include Neat Smith and wife visiting from Chicago and several local residents. The Carrigan Sunday School reported an attendance of 40 that morning.
Miss Alice Arnold of Vernon Illinois completed her Brown's Business College course in Centralia and secured a position with Western Cartridge Company in Alton Illinois. The newspaper notes this as a routine success for Brown's and its students.
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