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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1912
Page
9
Various notes from Centralia and nearby areas detailing market offerings at Town Market including fresh meat corn meal oysters and cranberries. Mentions of residents visiting relatives attending church and attending a drama at Vernon plus arrivals from Chicago and East St Louis and upcoming weddings and revival meetings.
A reflective piece on gratitude across cultures, from a grateful Indian gifting moccasins to a missionary, to praise as daily life practice. It notes the Lancashire cotton famine and communal joy at a wagon of cotton, urging work done with a spirit of thanksgiving and an outdoor, cheerful atmosphere.
Mr and Mrs E R Caldwell of Centralia celebrate the birth of a daughter born Saturday November 23. The note mentions family visits including Miss Maggie Simcox and Vis Frank Simcox of Ramsey and J H Poindexter of Mulberry Grove. Lee Vallow resumes duties after a substitute operator period.
Robert Eaglin of Clinton is spending the week with his mother. The item notes a short family visit with no additional events or dates provided.
Report states Geo Pope, a local farmer, was seriously hurt when his team spooked by a shredder noise. He sustained a concussion, a broken head injury, and a badly sprained ankle. A physician treated him and friends wish him a speedy recovery.
At a community meeting held at the Register office last Friday residents agreed to accept the Springfield & Central Illinois Traction Co proposal. A two year franchise was granted, and a subscription list circulated showing boosters pledging funds to build an interurban railroad to Patoka, Illinois, with notes held in trust and void if the line is not completed by January 1, 1915.
Baptismal services were held at the First Baptist Church Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Seven converts were baptized at the mill pond after the sermon by Evangelist Fuson. The converts are Mrs. Lucinda Belcher Lizzie Stilley Ora Pedigsgord Lydia Genre Ada Pratt Helen Chandler and Mary Burnett.
The Marion County Teachers conference in Salem unveils a strong program chaired by Prof. Wooters. Speakers include H W Shryock addressing fiction and modern education, with sessions on teaching numbers arithmetic and school administration.
Mae felt homesick Monday. 80 Prof Wooters granted her permission to go home. The girls basketball team travels to Sandoval Thursday to face the all star girls. Edna and Vada practiced basketball Thursday afternoon. The dramatic club performs The Deacon on New Year’s night. No school Thursday and Friday for teachers meeting. Harriette spends Thanksgiving vacation in St Louis.
A weekly prayer meeting will be held at the Christian Church on Thursday evenings at 7 oclock. A cordial welcome is extended to all attendees.
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