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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1954
Page
2
The Patoka Register, edited by K. Pike, notes subscription prices for 1954. Rates shown include 1.50 dollars per year in advance, Marion County 2.00 dollars per year in advance, and outside county. The notice appears as a fragment from the Patoka, Illinois publication.
The Educational Committee of the Illinois State Medical Society warns of a rise in virus pneumonia with winter, describing its insidious onset after a cold, common symptoms, and the lack of specific treatments. The piece notes many viruses cause pneumonia, its self-limited course, prolonged convalescence, and that antibiotics mainly guard against bacterial invasion.
Chicago report says Bill Hull an 18 year old farm youth from Carbondale won first place in the 1954 Illinois Rural Youth Talk Meet held at the Sherman hotel during the 40th annual Illinois Agricultural Association meeting. Hull will compete in the national Talk Meet at the American Farm Bureau Federation annual meeting in New York on December 18.
Hull a Southern Illinois University freshman and track farmer's son is on the SIU debating team. First alternate is Pat Miller of Rock Island. second is James Runyan of Delevan. Judges gave A or B ratings. Hull spoke on farmer participation in farm organizations for stronger democracy. Other A ratings went to Merlin Karlock Momence Mary Mossman Ridgeway Mary Polczin ski Nashville and Vera Dahlgren Woodstock.
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