Fostersburg Social Notes and Local Updates
Mrs. Robert Arnold spent Thursday with sister Mrs. Owen Belcher. Mrs. Mary Jones visited her son Erna Jones and family. Arthur Arnold Charles Lowe and Darrell Doolen attend McNab ill spend Thanksgiving at home. Francis Griffin and family visited Vandalia. Artie Shick husked for Robert Arnold last week. Lew Engler returned from Champaign delayed at Pana by car trouble. Chas Thalman and family with Robert Arnold Sunday. Rev C C Yeck holding meeting at Arnold Chapel with growing attendance. Mrs Yeck stayed with W H Jones. John Gadel and family moved to Wood River. Carl Jones visited, then left for St Louis. Josh Hathaway recovering from sciatic attack. Ora Arnold visited Burg friends. Jane Walker attended county spelling contest at Vandalia with Ruth Von Behren. S C Green and wife visited daughter near Sandy Branch to see game. Dana Anderson William Carter helped with crop and cribs then visited home folks. Japanese hulless popcorn noted. WANTED General housework or nursing position sought by middle aged woman Mrs Pauline Genre Patoka IN. William Cain recovering from stroke, friends hopeful. A hunter reports several coons captured and high future profits. Mrs Genie returned from extended stay Winchester Ind. New light engine unit may be hooked up by week’s end. plant completion and more light anticipated.
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Mary Jones
Erna Jones
Arthur Arnold
Charles Lowe
Darrell Doolen
McNab
Ill
Francis Griffin
Vandalia
Artie
Robert Arnold
Lew Engler
Champaign
Pana
Chas. Thalman
C. C. Yeck
Arnold Chapel
Ora Arnold
Burg
Jane Walker
Ruth von Behren
S. C. Green
Marvin Conant
Sandy Branch
Dana Anderson
William Carter
Illinois
Geo. E. Ballance
Pauline Genre
Patoka
William Cain
Genie
Winchester
Ind
Milk Totals and Payroll For October Reported
October figures show 312,697 pounds of milk received and total payroll of 7,661 dollars 12 cents. The price of milk for November is listed as 2 dollars 25 cents per hundredweight minus 10 cents.
Soul and Body in Christian Science Lesson Sermon
The article notes the Sunday Lesson-Sermon in Churches of Christ, Scientist on November 25 focusing on soul and body. It cites Bible verses from Philippians and Corinthians and quotes from Mary Baker Eddy's Science and Health, emphasizing spiritual reality over material evidence.
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Churches of Christ
Scientist
Jesus Christ
Mary Baker Eddy
Local Notes From Patoka and Vicinity
Relza Sherman of Michigan visited family in Patoka with E E Shree and Mrs DuComb. Ed Hayes, now nursing a hand injury from a bone stab, returns home to East St. Louis. John Jennings held a real estate auction in Patoka, the first in twenty five years, selling thirteen sets of improved property and eighteen unimproved lots.
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Relza Sherman
Michigan
E. E. Shree
Brown and Family
Deccatur
Patoka
Chicago
R. L. Hui
Fam
John Jennings
Metropolis
O'J
Marohl
Fimee Belcher
Gerald Coxner
Salem
Belcher Ford
B. Chilton
J. M
Patok
Centralia
Wasem
Charleston Team College
Cherlesaton
Lincoln College
aBob Hay
Troyer
Bob Cald
Illinois Mineral Wealth Vastly Surpasses Other States
The column lists Illinois minerals including petroleum coal sand stone lime stone clay silica and many more. It notes Illinois’ total mineral value exceeds nineteen other states combined and surpasses five others. An anecdote traces broom corn origins to Col Jack Cofer in Douglas county with Mattoon as a leading market. The Mississippi channel near Kaskaskia island is described as a former peninsula now in Randolph county.
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Illinois
Chicago Heights
Tripoli
Beardstown
Col
Jack Cofer
Kentucky
Embarras River
Douglas County
Arcola
Mattoon
Questions and Answers About Illinois Ice Coverage
Q How much of Illinois was covered by the ice cap during the glacial period What effect does that have on us today A The ice cap extended as far south as Murphysboro Carbondale Marion Harrisburg It was stopped by the Ozark hills A region around Galena to Daviess and part of Carroll and Stephenson counties remained unglaciated Sedimentary deposits from the glacial cap formed rich level soils today
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Illinois
Rock Island
Murphysboro
Carbondale
Marion
Harrisburg
Ozark Hills
Galena
Daviess
Carroll
Stephenson Counties
Where La Charbonniere Was in Illinois
Ottawa, Illinois was once called La Charbonniere by the French. The name means coal region, marking the first coal outcrop in Illinois found near present Ottawa.
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Illinois
la Charbonniere
Springfield
Ottawa
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Fostersburg
Owen Belcher
Christian Science Churches
Mississippi
Earth
Save
Eka Mississippi
Kaskaskia
Randolph County
Missouri
Chevrolet
Chevrolet Motor Company
Fisher
F. O. B. Flint
Mick
Dewitt Motor Company
City Park Garage
J. W. Alexander
New York
Broadway
Detroit
General Motors
Washington
Wacker Drive
Wabash Ave
Los Angeles
Ambassador Hotel
San Francisco
Civic
Larkin
Sandoval, Illinois
Patoka, Illinois
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