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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1927
Page
3
Vernon residents Major Lamborn and Harrison Eagan with wife visited Friday and Saturday. Lizzie Linton of Bear Creek called on the John Revis and D W White households last week.
Vernon residents host prayer meetings and visits with local families. Reports mention leaders, church services at M E and Pentecostal churches, social events with attendees, and community notes on deaths, aid, and local incidents including a car accident near Carlyle.
Public sale begins at 10:00 a m 2 miles west and 1 mile north of Ver non Illinois with household goods rugs furniture stove cabinet dining table beds and more horses scales coops tools farm machinery and feed items listed. Lunch by Stringtown church with terms cash or 10 month credit 7 percent interest on delayed notes. Mrs Nannie E Oates owner W H Wade auction Marion Smith clerk
Cracker Neck Dean Blankinship was seen driving over roads here last week. Noble Bryant employed several hands on his house. W. W. Cooper and A. S. Belcher were head carpenters. Bill Alexander completed a new barn roof. Grandma Wilkey of Centralia is visiting with her son Walla Cooper. Mound Chapel closed services with two additions. Sunday School had seventy one attendees and a strong prayer meeting. Aunt Mary Shepard injured a finger cutting corn for chickens. About thirty three from Mound Chapel area attended church at Stringtown. Ancil Wall of Decatur married. he is son of Wm Wall and formerly lived here.
A line from a humorous exchange shows Jack troubled by neuritis while his partner declares their sweetheart’s Hivver is good enough, capturing a light domestic moment with playful banter.
A reader asks if a married woman should quit her salaried job after marriage. The writer argues it is unfair to expect pocket money control solely by the husband and notes both partners adjust best when work, budgeting, and independence are preserved. He warns against making homes too easy or too demanding.
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