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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1926
Page
4
Corno Dairy Feed is advertised as a complete concentrated ration for dairy herds with Corno Egg Mash and Corno Growing Mash. It lists ingredients including meal hominy cottonseed meal wheat bran molasses salt and calcium carbonate with protein fat fibre and carbohydrate percentages and guarantees satisfaction or money back.
Seed wheat on hand reported with current stock levels. No dates or organizations specified in the fragment.
Two wheat drills remain for sale at ten percent off cash price. Hurry to secure them as space is needed and someone will buy soon.
A dealer advertises a car of limestone on hand and urges buyers to act now to improve land productivity with a practically costless soil amendment. The pitch stresses immediate availability and economic benefits for farmers and landowners.
One buggy remains beside the last car and buyers are invited to discuss options and pricing with the seller.
A Mansfield Ohio advertisement promises high profits for salesmen and dealers. It claims a salesman earns one dollar per call while a dealer invests two dollars and sells at three fifty for a one fifty profit. The pitch promises earnings over one hundred dollars weekly and invites contact with Geo. L. Lane.
Pie Supper at East Chapel school scheduled for Saturday night October 9. Ruth E. Carter, Teacher, coordinates the event. Proceeds to support school activities.
The Pie Supper at Chance School will be Friday night October 15. Everyone is invited to attend.
Announcement publicizes a Pie Supper at Doolen school on Saturday night Oct 9. Arthur G. Davis, former assistant to the Secretary of State of Illinois, notes that in five years over 9 000 people asked him to help recover savings lost amid get rich quick schemes. Illinois crude oil output in 1925 reached a new high of 736 743 000 barrels, up 7 percent from 1924 and 30 000 000 barrels above the 1923 peak.
The board reviewed multiple blind pension applications with some granted and others denied or tabled. They considered a hospital bill for Angelo Barbati and appointed a committee to investigate, then recessed until 1 30 P M. Continued to Page 5.
Mr and Mrs J W Arnold called on Mrs Blanche Doolen Friday. Thelma Arnold and Anna Green who work in Decatur spent the weekend with home folks. Bert Arnold and his Clin ton family visited his brother Robert. Lewis Jones and Lester Griffin worked on dragging roads Saturday morning. The mail carrier was delayed by high water Friday and Saturday. Vernon visits include Lewis Jones and Eli Morgan. Elmer Frizzell and family from Springfield were weekend visitors. Sue Engler returned from Decatur reporting heavy rain. Mrs Blanche Doolen and John Chance visited Anna Monday.
The Republican Caravan stopped in Shobonier on Wednesday morning, traveling south to Carbondale. Notables included Henry Rathbone Congressmen at Large Louis L. Emmerson Phil Harmon state university trustees Oscar Nelson state auditor and Mrs Grigsby Mrs Evans and Mr Wagner.
Second grade pupils use Aldine and Winston Elson Readers for supplementary reading. Primary pupils start Aldine Primer. Second year Language class studies uses of capital letters. Construction classes make Halloween decorations. Bettie Simcox is teacher. Room 219 students earn Perfect Attendance for September. Wilson Harper missed week due to illness. County nurse Miss Snyder visited, spoke to children. Each pupil in fourth year class received Health Chore card. Helen Nattier won a prize for best title. Fourth year Arithmetic drills multiplication tables. third year drills.
In Room Three Miss Blair and the county nurse visited briefly Friday morning. The fifth graders began American History studies using Tappan's book and will continue health chores with Pearl Britt as teacher. In Room Four twenty seventh graders and eleven eighth graders are listed with a plan for debates and wind and ocean current studies, plus baseball games against Odin and regular music periods. Homer N. Potts teaches.
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