Col Frank Smith Wins In Senatorial Three Corner Fight
Col Frank Smith secures Illinois Senate seat with a narrow margin over Brennan and Magill while Marion County Republicans sweep county offices among mixed results. County results show Wilson Kra mer Nirider May Ballance Winkler Irvin Blair Kniseley and others across Patoka Vernon Carrigan precincts with broader statewide shifts.
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Col
Frank Smith
Marion County
Wilson
Paul Kramer
Nirider
Harvey May
Ballance
Winkler
Patoka
Col. Smith
Brennan
Magill
Vernon
Finn
Kramer
May
Irvin
Blair
Kniseley
Carrigan Smith
Brennan-Magill
Illinois
Senate
United States Senate
Cal Coolidge
Butler
Silent Cal
United States
Major
Hillsboro- Springfield
Wheeler
Ras Telford
Arnold
State Senate
Farmer Bill
Congress
Ney
Evans
Grigsby
Noble
Campbell
O’hair
Alden
Rathbone
Yates
Wise
Karch
Selford
N. R
Bauer
Two New Locomotives Sent to Centralia
Illinois Central receives two AL type locomotives from Lima Ohio delivered to Centralia and numbered 7001 and 7002. The engines feature a booster for added pulling power on grades and heavy starts. They will serve on northern freight routes with possible Clinton district reassignment aboard the system.
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Clinton
Illinois Central System
Lima
Centralia
Clinton District
Class Party at the Hudspeth Home
Mr and Mrs Katie Hudspeth hosted a Christian Church Sunday School class at their home last Thursday evening. The young people reported a very enjoyable occasion with games music and refreshments served afterward.
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Katie Hudspeth
Christian Church
Patoka Grade and High School News Notes
A local school notes column describes student happenings at Patoka with life at Room Three Iris Ellis, Hallowe'en party prizes, and upcoming report cards. The piece includes reflections on a hardworking business community, and lists attendance and first prize winners Wm. Marion Spurgeon and Charles Belcher.
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Iris Ellis
Loran Eagan
Willard Ballentine
Hallowe’en
Marion Spurgeon
Charles Belcher
Maurice Adams
High School Carnival Celebrates Success and Losses
The high school carnival was a complete success with broad enjoyment and about $100 raised. Alberta Berthoux and Dwight Williams have quit school and are missed for their smarts. Girls played soccer ball in gym and classes report steady progress. Pauline Chandler was absent and the gym was decorated Friday.
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Alberta Berthoux
Dwight Williams
Pauline Chandler
Language and Primary Classes Highlight School Notes
The first year Language class drills on enws and have seen usage. Primary Number Work focuses on addition facts. Second year Language class memorizes The Lost Doll by Charles Kingsley. Hallowe en party prizes awarded to Neva Marshall and Dickey Riley for best mask. Palmer Method writing practiced fifteen minutes each morning. Rex Gaston named director of the Toy Orchestra. Rettie Simcox, Teacher.
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Charles Kingsley
Neva Marshall
Dickey Riley
Palmer
Rex Gaston
Rettie Simcox
Students Receive Reports and Recognitions In October
Report cards will be issued this week. Alice Mojonnier has the highest average in the fourth year class. Eileen Kious had the top average in the third year class. The room enjoyed a masquerade party Friday afternoon with Gayle Belcher winning best mask and Helen Nattier second best. Mrs Ira Martin and Mrs Roy Jones visited with Darvin on Thursday. Twenty pupils earned Perfect Attendance certificates for October. Leon Hurt visited on Tuesday with Myrtle Bricker, the teacher.
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Alice Mojonnier
Eileen Kious
Gayle Belcher
Helen Nattier
Ira Martin
Roy Jones
Darvin
Leon Hurt
Eighth Grade Reviews and Attendance Noted in Report
The report lists absentees from last week with names including Tommy Williams and Gilbert Caldwell for half day absence and Anna Walker and Francis Walker for full day absence. It notes arithmetic review on percent and short methods in multiplication and division, orthography booklets in progress, and that the seventh grade spelling contest was won with a class average of 99. Homer N Potts, Teacher.
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Tommy Williams
Gilbert Caldwell
Anna Walker
Francis Walker
Homer N. Potts
Surprising Lunchbox Ideas From the USDA Suggestions
The United States Department of Agriculture offers ways to vary school lunches with diverse breads for sandwiches including graham rye and fruit breads. It recommends using small jars for portable spreads and fillings such as honey preserves apple sauce stewed fruit cottage cheese and similar items to avoid repetitive meals.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Sunday School Class Meets at Brumfields Home
The Bible Gleaners class met at Mr. and Mrs. Ora Brumfield's home on Tuesday evening. After the session refreshments were served and attendees enjoyed the gathering with hopes for larger attendance at the next meeting.
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Bible Gleaners
Ora Brumfield
Couple visits Decatur with Rocier family
Zera Farmer and his wife traveled to Decatur last Friday night and stayed through Sunday visiting F. J. Rocier and family.
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Zera
Catur
F. J. Rocier
Death takes toll from ranks of our very best citizenship
Mrs Ida Stewart died at 62 in St. Louis after life in Illinois and Missouri. Born Ida Caroline Freyer in 1863 at Elkhart Illinois, she married twice, mother of Pearl Stroh Esta Stewart Edward Stroh, and long active in church and community. Funeral at Vernon Methodist Church Patoka with out of town attendees.
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Ida Caroline
Wilhelmina
August Freyer
Elkhart
Washington County
Ill
St. Louis
Elkton
Evangelical Luthern Church
Patoka
August Stroh
Nashville
Pearl Stroh
Esta Stewart
Edward Stroh
Stroh
Harry Stewart
Clayton
St. Louis Sanitarium
Stewarts
Irma
Laura Freyer
Flora Beek
Clara Beek
Henry
Wm. Danbury
John Thompson
Henry Peddicord
Vernon
Louis Desserieux
Twin. Falls
Idaho
F. Freyer
Ida Stewart
Mystic River
Vernon M. E
Mr. Kapp
J. W. Epps
A. L. Murfin
F. M. Smith
W. L. Hathaway
Rugged Cross
Cecil Dickerson
Howard Pope
Phyllis
James
Leo J. Thompson
Decatur
Chris Neihouse
Revival at Zion Church Opens with Mrs Gasway
A revival is in progress at Zion church with daily services at 7 30 pm. Rev Mrs Gasway of Terra Haute nd arrived and preached the opening sermon to a large attentive audience on Tuesday night. She is an evangelist with years of successful experience and noted preaching ability. The public is invited to attend and participate.
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Zion Church
Gasway
Terra Haute
Death and Burial of George W. Payne
George W. Payne aged 61 died October 29 1926 after a life of service as a government postmaster and rural carrier. He left a wife Virginia Dunn and seven children Harold Raymond Fora Dale Velma with Zelda deceased. He was a devoted Methodist, active in church and community affairs and remembered for kindness to the poor and his cheerful endurance through illness. Pallbearers included Jas Lampkin Ammon Sterling Jesse Christie Chas Ballance Fred Lake and Frank Lake with Flower girls from Miss Dale Payne’s class at Bear Creek school.
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George W. Payne
Amelius Clark
Mary J. Payne
Lebanon
Ill
Bear Creek
Pope Township
Vernon
Edward
Mack
Hattie Cox
Cora Blankenship
California
Virginia Dunn
Pe Township
Zelda
Harold
St. Louis
Raymond
Fora
Dale
Velma
Mound Chapel
Earth
Jas Lampkin
Ammon Sterling
Jesse Christie
Chas, Ballance
Fred
Frank Lake
Dale Payne
Bear Creek School
Pope Township Farmer John W. Lee Jr. Dies at 45
John Wesley Lee Jr., 45, dies at his Pope township home near Vernoh about 4 am Tuesday morning after a brief illness. He was well known in the locality and leaves a family. Continued on page.
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Pope Township
John Wesley Lee, Jr
Vernoh
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Fayette County
Frank L. Smith
Harvey D. May
Marion
Hudspeth
Business Energy
Pearl Britt
Room
Myrtle Bricker
George Payne
Wes Lee
Zion
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