National Relief for Debtors shows Horner plan as model
The Chicago Daily News lauds Gov. Horner’s farm debt conciliation program for reducing foreclosures and distress. It notes federal support and adoption by other states, praising the state committee system that negotiates fair adjustments with creditors. Insurance firms and land banks express approval of the conciliation method.
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Chicago Daily News
Henry Horner
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Federal Farm Credit Administration
Wisn
Springfield
Horner
McLaughlin
Illinois Department of Agriculture
Illinois
Central West
Christmas Seals Help Fight Tuberculosis Says Health Director
Dr. Frank Jirka, Illinois state health director, urges Christmas seal sales to bolster anti tuberculosis campaigns. He notes urban progress reduces deaths while rural areas lag and stresses proper care for patients and education to protect children from infection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Jirka
Tlinois
Illinois
Lead in Pencils Not Lead But Pulverized Graphite
The article traces the discovery and use of graphite in pencils. It explains the origin of the term plum bago, the early crude cutting method with high waste, Conte's method of pulverizing graphite with clay to create varying hardness, and notes cedar wood scarcity leading to metal and paper coverings.
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Conte
Montreal Herald
Changes in Word Meanings Through History
A short piece notes shifts in word meanings from Internecine to measles and mess. Trench’s list shows words once tied to other notions, including biblical forms and four-person groups, with Shakespeare cited on the historic “mess” of four sons and four diners.
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Archbishop Trench
Manchester
Eng
Guardian
Trench
Inns of Court
Latimer
Shakespeare
Edward
George
Richard
Edmund
Early dog breeds traced in ancient Egypt and Assyria
The Detroit News notes that dog bones and imagery show early domestication with breeds appearing among Assyrians and Egyptians. It cites greyhounds and mastiffs for the Assyrians and various Egyptian breeds 5,000 years old, used for hunting and as house pets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit News
First Cigarette Origin Myth Unfolds In 1832 Tale
A Montreal account recounts a legend that an Egyptian soldier invented the cigarette in 1832 after Ibrahim Pasha seized St. Jean d Arc. A tobacco wagon was damaged by a grenade, leading a soldier to roll tobacco in Indian powder paper to smoke.
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Ibrahim Pasha
St. Jean d’Arc
Montreal Herald
Tennessee’s Lake Reel Foot region forms a large basin
The lake, created by the 1811 region quake, is 18 miles long and 3 miles wide, spanning Obion and Lake counties in northwest Tennessee. It drains via the Reel Foot river into the Obion River, a Mississippi tributary, as the state’s only sizeable lake.
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Tennessee
Reel Foot Lake
Obion
Lake Counties
Obion River
New Song Junior Learns A Fox Themed Tune
A boy named Junior, only weeks in school, reports to his mother that they learned a song about a fox. He sings the solfege like do re mi fox so la ti do, turning the lesson into a playful mishearing.
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Junior
Ea Fox
New Zealand's Native Animals Sparse Before Human Contact
The article notes New Zealand lacked domesticated animals and had mostly birds, small primitive reptiles, and one frog species. The only indigenous mammals were two bat species, until humans introduced others from abroad.
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New Zealand
Retail Automobile Dealers Code Affects Car Buyers
The Retail Automobile Dealers Code, signed by President Roosevelt, locks in standard practices for all dealers under the Blue Eagle. It bans misrepresentation, fixes prices to the manufacturer list, governs transportation and installment terms, and ensures honest delivery and fair used car trade allowances. It clarifies applicability to motor vehicle retailers beyond town size limits, per the National Recovery Administration ruling.
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Roosevelt
National Recovery
Hugh S. Johnson
Patoka Register delivers local news from Patoka Illinois
The Patoka Register is published in Patoka Illinois and is entered as second class matter under federal law. Subscription costs one dollar and fifty cents per year.
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Patoka
Ilinois
Illinois
Congress
For Sale Column Items From J W Alexander and Joe Simcox
One yearling full blood Whiteface Hereford bull for sale. Natural Muley. J W Alexander. Wagon and harness for sale. Eight Poland China sows and one male pig, all good stock. Joe Simcox.
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J. W. Alexander
Poland
Joe Simcox
Ladies Aid dinner for Mrs McGuire prepares to leave
The Ladies Aid of the Methodist church held a pot luck dinner Thursday for Mrs. Frank McGuire who will travel soon to Harvey Illinois to spend the winter with her daughter Mrs. Fred Daniels.
Annual Alumni Homecoming at Sandoval Gym
The third annual Alumni Home coming will be held at the school gym Wednesday evening November 22. A team of Alumni will play the S C H S basketball team at eight o'clock with a roll call of graduates at halftime. A dance follows in the Sandoval grade school gym as many out of town members are expected to attend.
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Sandoval
Association
Wood hosts pot luck dinner with bridge games
Mr. and Mrs. Emil Wood entertained guests at a Sunday pot luck dinner at their home. After the meal several games of bridge were played with attendees including Mr. and Mrs. Vernace Tate Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Hurd and others.
Social Notices Listing Local Residents
Mrs Owen Lewis Mr and Mrs NC Harris Mr and Mrs Charles Sloan Mr and Mrs Dick Mercer and Mr and Mrs Lewis Niewald tet Odin reside in the community.
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Owen Lewis
N. C. Harris
Charles Sloan
Dick Mercer
Lewis Niewald Tet Odin
Party Held for Judith Anne Worley Ninth Birthday
Mrs Stella Bellamy hosted a party for her niece Judith Anne Worley in Sandoval on Saturday afternoon. Nine girls attended and enjoyed games and contests followed by a luncheon prepared with help from Judith's mother Mrs Lottie Worley. Attendees included Maurine Hawley Aleen Harvey Margaret Nell Hagedorn Betty Burnett Virginia and Jeanne Archer and Norma Jean Carter of Centralia.
Circuit Thanksgiving Service on Shobonier Circuit
A Circuit Thanksgiving service will be held at Kaskaskia church on the Shobonier circuit November 30 at 7 pm. It invites people from all churches on the charge and nearby communities to participate. The event aims to inspire attendees and benefit the Mt. Vernon Orphanage, with Rev. M. L. Watson as pastor.
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Kaskaskia Church
Mt. Vernon
M. L. Watson
Entertains Carrigan Ladies Aid Wednesday
Mrs. Mary Ticknor hosted the Carrigan Ladies Aid for a pot luck dinner and all day quilting. A button hole making demonstration occurred with members present including Mrs. Ellen Briscoe, Mrs. Jennie Meredith, and others. The next meeting will be hosted by Mrs. Caleb Spear.
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Mary Ticknor
Ladies Aid
Ellen Briscoe
Jennie Meredith
Caleb. Spear
Deatta Ticknor
Thelma Seidel
J. P. Hicks
Lillian McClaren
Lora Briscoe
Dwight Briscoe
Little Baby
Caleb Spear
Purdue Zimmerman Nuptials In Quiet Shobonier Home
Maud Zimmerman daughter of Mr and Mrs Joe Zimmerman married Everett Purdue of Patoka at the brides parents home south of Shobonier on Saturday Nov 18 The bride is a popular Stringtown area young woman and the groom a WWI veteran farmer son of Mrs Amelia Purdue The couple will reside on the Purdue farm west of Patoka A large crowd attended the charivari on Monday night.
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Joe Zimmerman
Shobonier
Maud
Everett Purdue
Patoka
Stringtown
Amelia Purdue
American Legion
Purdue Farm
Patoka Pentecost Revival Continues Amid Converts
The Patoka Pentecost revival reports two converts and one Holy Ghost filling. Several attendees raised hands for prayer as the meeting continues from Sunday 6 pm and Friday evenings. A youngsters meeting runs through the revival, with Vandalia convention starting Monday morning.
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Vandalia
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The
Recovery Administration
Washington
Blackwell Smith
National Recovery Administration
Patoka Register
Ladies Aid Meeting
Gebhart
Centralia
W. W. Eagan
Mer
Farmers’ Cooperative
Geo. J. Wasem
Pratt
Lee
Mazone
Odin
Vernon
Judith Anne Worley
Carrigan Ladies Aid
Purdue
Patoka Pentecost News
Majestic
Crosley
Geo. E. Raines
Centralia, Illinois
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