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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1925
Page
5
A public sale will be held at the John Mazanek farm three miles northwest of Alma on Friday November 27 1925 starting at 10 a m. The items listed include horses a bay eight years old and a bay ten years old a Jersey cow eight years old a Ford touring car late model farm implements a good wagon a new fruit frame a good manure spreader and a new McCormick.
The auction lists mowing equipment hay rake corn planter engines plows wheelbarrows grain and farm implements. It includes harness feed chickens furniture utensils and appliances with terms 10 months and 7 percent interest. Owner Mrs A C Arnold. auctioneer John Jennings. clerk Joe Mazanek.
Auction starts 10:00 AM at the seller's home located 6 miles southwest of Patoka and 5 miles northeast of Boulder. Items include two sorrel mares, a yearling colt, a black seven year old work horse, several dairy cows and heifers with milk yields noted, plus a brindle Jersey cow and a Holstein cow among others. Public sale of horses cattle and dairy stock.
Hogs three fat weighing about two hundred each chickens one hundred fifty young hens and three geese farm machinery includes a twelve inch breaking plow steel harrow double shovel disc cultivator a good wagon an old buggy and other implements feed two tons wheat straw baled and some corn harness one work harness one single driving harness miscellaneous a stand of beef twelve bushels potatoes canned fruit household articles and other items Lunch served on grounds Terms regular nine months time seven percent interest five percent discount Auctioneers Wm Smith listed with T M Cole as owner
I thank my many friends for remembering me with eighty six ecards and greetings on my 72nd birthday. I was so thankful to think so many of my friends remembered me. I return my thanks, Christ said in the Gospel that what you do for others you do for me. Hoping sometime to
A friendly closing salutation from Mordecai Lee expresses gratitude and respect, inviting readers to share in a warm handshake and offering blessings to all. The note emphasizes courtesy and personal regard as it signs off.
Local column from Cracker Neck thanks neighbors and notes gratitude for health crops and life in the area. Mentions Bill Alexander aiding Willard Lawrence with corn, regional navy powers, George Belcher’s return from shucking, Uncle Jin Murray improving, river bottom corn harvest struggles, four horses used in fields, John Shepard losing a horse, and Grandma Wall’s improvement visiting Mary Shepard.
Mary Belcher helped Jennie Alexander make apple butter last week. Mrs John Stone of Vernon and children visited daughter Etta Shepard last Wednesday. Bill Moore of Centralia visited Pratt cemetery and placed a stone at his baby’s grave. John Longe returned from the north after shucking corn. Walla Cooper visited Centralia relatives. Dell Calhoon sold fine young beef last Wednesday. Simon Lawson tacked sale bills near Vernon Neck. Lon Belcher and wife hauled coffee corn Saturday. Stanley Barnes visited grandma Stark Saturday. Ball Band boots and new goods at Martins. See new Blankets at Martins.
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