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Newspaper

Patoka Register

Location

Patoka, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Nov 20, 1931

Page

4

Public Sale At Farm Near Centralia

Alvin Carter owner offers at public auction on Wednesday November 25 starting 10 00 am at his farm one mile east of Centralia on Route 182 mailed as 12 miles south. Items include 32 head Holstein cattle 23 milk cows 8 heifers 13 year old pure bred bull a 1926 Dodge sedan 6 dozen White Leghorn hens. Cash for 10 and under, 12 month terms with notes over 10, 7 percent interest, 7 percent cash discount on time sales. Lunch on grounds. Auctioneers John Jennings Ernest Kinsey clerk.

Centralia Towit Southern Illinois Alvin Carter John Jennings Ernest Kinsey

Birthday dinner for Mrs Ed Anderson

A birthday dinner was given for Mrs Ed Anderson on Sunday November 15. Relatives attended including John Anderson, his wife and daughter Mrs Morgan Henry and children from Shobonier, Marl Anderson and wife from Centralia, and Mr and Mrs Dillart Bialock from Chicago.

Notice of Sale Claim by Zetia and Jennings

Important notice stating no arrangements were made to receive goods at the Vincent Veletta sale. The claimants cited are Joe Zetia and Jno. A. Jennings.

Vincent Veletta Joe Zetia Jno A. Jennings

Stores in Patoka Close Early for Thanksgiving Day

The notice states that stores and business places in Patoka will close at 9:00 a.m. on Thanksgiving Day November 26 for the rest of the day.

Patoka United States

Thanksgiving Week Changes At Local Register

Due to Thanksgiving the Register will print on Wednesday. Send news promptly to ensure publication. J F Humphy was taken to Salem Monday night by Constable Riley and Night Watchman Simcox and jailed after wife Maude Hampy filed complaints. He had reportedly been drinking heavily and threatened his wife.

J. F. Humphy Salem Constable Riley Simcox Maude Hampy Hampy

How Good Are Your Hens A Poultry Egg Laying Guide

A blue ribbon hen lays a few over 300 eggs annually while an ordinary hen under average care yields about 100. In a national contest with scientific care ordinary hens laid 182 eggs per year, 128 before ultraviolet rays were used by installing a glass substitute on a wire mesh.

For Sale items from Mrs Hudspeth to C N Cruse

Classified notices list multiple for sale offerings including a good victrola and bookcase from Mrs J S Hudspeth, White Navy beans 3 cents per pound by Fred A Metzger Shobonier, four sows and 46 pigs by Joe Simcox Patoka Illinois, ten shoots three months old by Tom Ballance Patoka Illinois, and an electric piano player with 10 rolls of music offered by C N Cruse.

J. S. Hudspeth Fred A. Metzger Joe Simcox Patoka Tom Ballance Ill

Family Visits Tally Sunday Gatherings in Odin Township

ODIN TOWNSHIP reports visitors across multiple households. Mr and Mrs Harry Brough and family and Mr and Mrs D F Brough spent Sunday with Jas R McClelland and family. Emma Ross stayed with her mother Shanafelt. Holtslaw relatives and McClellands hosted and visited grandparents and other kin.

Harry Brough D. F. Brough Jas. R. McClelland Emma Ross Shanafelt Blanche Stevenson Ethel Holtslaw Nellie Helen Holtslaw Rosalie Doris McClelland Mason Holtslaw Elvin James Case Helen Elvin Holtslaw J. R. Holtslaw Howard McClelland Edwin Ross Jas R. McClelland Ethel Austin Phyllis Lora Holtslaw Centralia John Kretzer St Telford Demollian Edgar Williams John Jett

No Hunting Notice on Harmon Hampey Property

The owners Harmon Hampey Wm Ververs Bud Johnson sign a no hunting on controlled property. Illinois tourism report warns of heavy motoring in fall with the Illinois Chamber of Commerce guiding visitors to scenic spots.

Harmon Hampey Ververs Bud Johnson Pope Illinois Illinois Chamber of Commerce Illinois Tourist Guide

Governor Emmerson Opens Blackburn Bridge Ceremony

Governor Louis L. Emmerson delivered an address at the opening of the Blackburn bridge over Ma COPIN creek on October 8. The bridge sits at the historic site below Chesterfield where Gideon Blackburn founder of Blackburn university first settled in Illinois. A fourth in a series of probation conferences was held in Oregon Illinois on October 9 with Judge William J. Emerson presiding and state probation officer Mrs. George Thomas Palmer in general charge.

Louis L. Emmerson Macoupin Creek Chesterfield Gideon Blackburn Blackburn University Illinois Oregon William J. Emerson Fifteenth Judicial Circuit George Thomas Palmer

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