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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1941
Page
8
Governor Dwight H. Green touted a twenty million dollar saving in general revenue and a sixty five million dollar sales tax cut while pledging to remove the tax on food. He criticized federal budgeting and highlighted Armistice Day observances and state fair plans for August.
Urbana Illinois November seven prices of dairy products will likely rise as long as employed buyers support demand. C S Rhode extension dairy specialist notes higher consumer income and defense purchases have pushed prices to the highest since 1930. He urges dairymen to push herd to safe capacity via careful feeding and balanced rations to lift production and profits.
The War Department seeks instructors for the Armored Force School at Fort Knox Kentucky with salaries from 2000 to 4600 annually. Eligible applicants may have technical shop or engine experience in radial engines internal combustion motorcycles automotive radio and radio electrical.
The record notes that traces were made of chain rather than leather to endure heavy strain, and that ox harness and chains were common in merchandise a century ago.
Mark Twain argues there has never been a just or honorable war by its instigators. He predicts a cycle where a loud minority shouts for war while the nation, initially resistant, slowly concedes the war's necessity, then silences antiwar voices as they lose audience and influence.
The text notes that Daviess County was organized in 1827 with Galena as the county seat, while describing a climate of censorship and mob pressure around free speech and public discourse. The passage emphasizes a national call to silence dissent and the challenge for honest speakers.
A December 12, 1778 Virginia document signed by Pp Henry is unearthed by the Illinois Writers Project. It records Governor Henry naming John Todd as County Lieutenant to defend Illinois territory, protect Native rights, cultivate French relations, and report quarterly during the Revolutionary War.
Illinois pioneers used harness for oxen, not yokes, matching patterns seen with horses and mules. The Illinois Writers' Project notes oxen did much freighting and prairie breaking, proceeding slowly yet powerfully. The departure of oxen from traditional yoking marks a distinctive frontier practice.
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