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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1934
Page
5
Published Friday at Patoka Illinois entered as second class matter in the post office at Patoka Illinois under Act of Congress Mar 3 1879 subscription 150 a year.
Good six room house close in with cellar cistern and electric lights in repair J W Alexander. Also draft gelding coming eight years old extra good Geo W Christie. Used mower S L Speer. Trade for livestock 1929 Ford Sedan inquire Register Office. Good breeding ewe lambs E M Outhouse. Sorghum 75 cents per gallon two A type hog houses Artia Rogier 106 2te. Used furniture at reasonable prices Rettinghouse 216 E 2nd St Centralia Ill. Picked pears 60 cents per bushel E R Bonnell Patoka Tl. 2tp
Miss Irene Warner spent the weekend in Centralia visiting friends. Bro Gamble and wife, James Doty Jr and Noah Carter attended the M E Church Conference at Vandalia Friday. Miss Anna Belcher was a weekend visitor at the home of Mr Green and Mrs Vandalia.
Mr and Mrs Leonard Crothers and daughters spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs Wash Bowen and children. Mr and Mrs James Meredith Jr of Champaign spent the weekend with home folks. Mrs Mat Belcher called on Mrs Thedore Meredith Saturday afternoon. Alva Mason spent Thursday with his sister Mrs Ben Thalman and family. Albert Bowen spent Saturday night with Leonard Crothers. Violet Ralph and Wayne Williams spent Sunday at the Irvin Bowen home.
Public sale will be conducted at the Walter Williams farm 114 miles north of Fredonia church on Thursday October 11 1934 starting 10 30 a m. Items include horses hogs poultry farm equipment cattle household goods and various tools with lunch to be served. Auctioneers John Nichols and staff. clerk G W Jett. Several local residents noted for remodeling travel and social events around the area.
Odin Township community notes show multiple visits among Holtslaw McClelland Ross and related families. Weekend gatherings include birthday dinner at William Holtslaw, visits between Etta Day and her mother, and relatives from Sandoval and Alma dropping by.
Mr El Davidson of Arkansas and his daughter Mrs Mabel King of Tulsa visited the past week with the Babe and Ted Ticknor families.
The National Housing Act is heralded as a driver of national industrial and personal recovery. It insures private credits for renovation and modernizing and long term mortgages on new and existing property, with broad impacts on building, materials, transport, and employment.
The National Housing Act empowers the Federal Housing Administration to insure lenders against losses on approved property owner notes for home improvements. It allows owners to borrow up to 2000 dollars for remodeling with up to five loans, repaid over 1 to 3 years or up to 5 in certain cases, and carrying charges capped at 5 dollars per 100 of the loan.
University of Illinois chart analyzed by Dr. Roland W. Barlett shows fluid milk prices paid to St Louis territory producers exceeded condensed milk prices from 1909 to 1934. The five year period ending 1934 averaged about 150 per hundred higher than the condensed price, reflecting a shift after the Sanitary Milk Producers organization formed in 1930.
The first of thirty nine modernized coaches enters service on the Daylight Chicago to St. Louis route with plans to have all units in service by October 1. Lounges for women and men, adjustable reclining seats, and luxurious interiors promise enhanced comfort on Illinois Central trains.
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