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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1926
Page
6
Public sale at Perry Davidson’s farm 8 miles east, 1 mile south of Vernon 6 miles northeast of Patoka on Wednesday Oct 13 1926 starting at 10 AM. Items include horses cows hogs farm tools chickens ducks a cream separator corn and kafir etc. Terms cash under 10 and nine months on larger sums with interest and discounts. George McKinney owner with W H Wade as auctioneer.
Claud Carman owner announces a public sale at the John O Neil farm 4 miles northeast of Boulder and 7 miles west of Patoka on Wednesday October 13 1926 starting at 1 pm. Items include horses cattle farm machinery harness poultry and other articles with terms of regular 10 months time 7 percent interest and 5 percent discount. Auctioneers are Wm Smith auditor and Chas Orrel clerk.
John Shepard owner conducts an auction at the Frank Sharp farm five miles west of Patoka on Saturday October 16 starting at 1 o clock. Items include one black horse ten years old one brown mare twelve years old two brood sows ten pigs seventy pounds each one wagon one buggy one harrow one sulky plow one set of work harness one Holstein cow ten years old giving three gallons milk daily one Jersey cow eight years old giving one and a half gallons daily one four year old cow giving two gallons daily chickens and ducks in poultry yard and eighty bushels of oats with oat straw plus twenty three acres of corn in field auctioneer Wm Smith.
On Tuesday October 19 1926 at 10 a.m. a sale will describe and offer for auction livestock and farm stock including RSES-1 black horse six years, one blind horse ten years, LE-4 milk cows all giving milk, one yearling steer, one old bull, and a good young stock. Location is 2 3-4 miles southwest of Shob Onier and 5 miles northwest of Vernon.
A reader urges farmers to vote for or against a constitutional amendment giving the legislature power to distribute tax burdens. The writer argues real estate taxes 75 percent, intangible wealth dominates, and broad tax avoidance skews fairness. He warns about legislators misusing tax power and urges independent judgment on November 2.
Cecil Martin George Wasem and Dick Wasem left Patoka for St Louis to attend the World Series opener at Sportsmans Park. Local radio fans recall Dick and Cecil grappling with Geo Wasem amid Haines homer commentary as tensions rose during the broadcast.
Under the second year of the Dawes plan Germany has paid us 466,678,000 dollars. Of this amount 46 percent was in cash and the balance in materials. Coal was the largest item of goods delivered.
The Patoka Household Science Club met September 26 in the gymnasium. Members heard lunch packing tips, potting winter plants, and a talk on keeping a home for harmony. Members agreed on a 25 cent dues fee with 10 cent guest entries and planned the October program.
Elizabeth Lloyd and Herman J Sorensen married at the Lloyd home in Shobonier with Rev. F O Fannon officiating. Elizabeth, a Vandalia and Chicago conservatory-trained singer, will reside in Chicago where she teaches music and Herman works as a mechanical designer for Western Electric.
An ad seeks live geese and states an offer of extra good price. It mentions 10 cars of wheat straw and identifies W. H. Cain as a contact for the Patoka Elevator Co.
Mrs Madelen Porter returns home after days in Centralia hospital and shows rapid improvement. Miss Alberta Berthoux recovers from appendicitis at St Marys Hospital. Mrs Nichols Barnes of Washington DC visits, en route home from the East Coast. Rev Henley and family visit Patoka. Miss Rosa Chandler spends weekend with relatives. A Republican meeting at Centralia attracts a large crowd with a full report promised next week. Mrs DuComb to undergo an operation today and aims to return soon. Billie and Mrs Kahlert visit from Carlyle. Miss Dolly Mitchell called home to care for ill mother in Nortonville Kentucky. Miss Mary Sparling plans Derates-sty dayn trip. M ee hie er.
Springfield visitors Mrs Porter B Simcox attends Grand Chapter OES ME James Wasem and wife from St Louis visit. Gas Row adds a family auto to Walter Adams fleet. Various local arrivals departures and health updates. Wasems Cash Market buys hogs and calves Tuesday Oct 12. Patoka train carries a small bus. New baby born to Walter Parks. Subscriptions and land sales noted. Several residents listed with comings and goings and sales of apples cows and dairy animals.
BEAR CREEK Geo. W. Payne is very poorly at this writing. Mary Lake and Dayle Payne at St Marys hospital are getting along fine. Crop conditions look bad due to much rain. Water covers the bottom of the Okaw Jasper. Benefiel got a shave and haircut for first time since his marriage 35 years ago. Many neighbors spent Sunday with relatives and friends including Brummit Brown Chriss Anderson Linton Sterling Pribble Oates Christie and Ferne Brown.
Vernon residents funneled weekend visits across nearby towns. The Vandalia baseball team lost 19 to 3 here while local families shared time with relatives in Decatur Benton St. Louis Centralia Patoka Bear Creek and Chicago. Notables include Mr and Mrs G C Betts Louise Arnold and many others visiting kin and attending church and hospital events.
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