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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1912
Page
5
Vernon notes report Mrs J W Jspps visiting Centralia, Vandalia guests Maggie Freyer’s hospital stay ends, and Peddicord family trips to St. Louis. Local commerce includes Belcher millinery closing at cost, big club offer for magazines and Register subscription, plus residents visiting Macon and Salem.
Correspondence from the community records events and visits. Mentions repairs at the Meador barn Bertha Binnion visiting relatives Mrs Geo Binnion and other neighbors Mrs McNie Hathaway and Mrs Sylvia Binnion. Megan and others attend gatherings with Frank Snyder Wm Little and Wm Steele. A pie and oyster supper honors Mrs Little. An offer for magazines and the Register advertised at year’s end.
Exceptional offer for a local man to secure a modern reliable 1500 lb motor delivery truck at a special price. Truck lists at $800 and is described as well known and highly satisfactory. Investigate this offer if a more economical delivery system is needed. Address OWNER Care This Paper.
The community reports departures for corn husking to the North and a funeral in Vera for Mrs. Mary Lawler. Attendees include Arthur Metzger, Earl Cowger, and Fred Cox traveling to Patoka for hunting quails. Local hunters report quail and prairie chicken shooting with J C Lloyd and Ed Long among scorers.
Mrs Mary Bone of Tamaleo Illinois visited Saturday night with Mrs Hannah Reed. Eliza Lucus and grandchildren are visiting relatives west of Boulder this week. Edgar Jackson from Cracker Neck moved to Boulder last week. Jerry Jackson and John McClary plan to move to Boulder soon. Jake Shepard and wife visited Sholonier Sunday while seeking a location. John D Reed and John Shepard worked on mine ties and props last week. No school this week due to teachers meeting at Carlyle. Ida Fuston of Shobonier is visiting relatives near Boulder this
Reverend John Ballance will conduct his regular appointment at Sandy Branch on the third Sunday night this month. A number of local young men have gone north to husk corn. The interurban line is planned but would bypass Patoka by about a mile. Notices mention Harmon Foster and wife visiting Alma, Nellie Conant and Velma Lawrence from Alma visiting grandparents Geo W. Dens and wife in Centralia.
Edward Jackson moved to Boulder last week. Jim Laws and Clifford Bryant searched for job cutting logs in the Neck last week. Bill Alexander and wife with aunt Mary Shepard spent Sunday north of Pope's Bluff. Frank Jackson of Toad Island visited John McClary Sunday. Luther Barnes and wife of Mattoon visit relatives nearby while seeking a location. Jennie Alexander and Mary Shepard shopped in Patoka Monday. Bill Barnes left for Indiana Monday morning. J A Shepard helps Walter Enloe gather corn.
Notes from Toad Island report a newborn girl to Mr and Mrs Ike Walker on Monday November 4. The column mixes local social visits including Miss Lucy Brumfield returning from Assumption and several Sunday gatherings with neighbors and relatives.
Loyd Gerrish and wife returned home after a stay in Arkansas. Toalman Bros thrashed peas in the vicinity. Kathleen Gordon attended a reading circle in Salem. Willie Bowen and family and Lizzie Henieur visited Ghas Bowen. 54 attended Sunday school. Viscera Washburn of Oconee visited Mrs. Albert Gerrish. Foltz Bros moved their saw mill to the switch. Alfred Gerrish was a Sandoval visitor. Harry Foltz of Harvey Ill visited relatives. Mrs Sidney Foltz returned from Harvey.
An advertisement touts Yaak as the fastest remedy for blemishes and rough skin. It promises quick results and appeals to readers seeking homely beauty improvements through a special product.
An aged advertisement touts Yaak Special a herbal facial remedy claiming to cure pimples freckles and blotchy pores. It promises quick results with a pearly white velvety skin and ships prepaid from multiple Chicago firms for 50 cents to 1.00 per box.
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