Advertisements and Classifieds Sparse Listings
Lost-wednesday square end garden spade. Bob Johnstone for sale wood heater good as new cheap Frank Elifritz. Furniture Exchange Storage Co 213 215 South Locust Centralia Illinois new and used furniture stoves bugs radios Franos cheap free deliveries. Winter apples Stark Delicious Grimes Golden Jonathan see C N Cruse. Loans on automobiles and live stock at reduced prices Old Capitol Loan Co Vandalia Illinois remove free of charge old crippled and dead animals phone 959 4 Jaeger fox coon and dog kennels Breese Indiana for sale or trade 1 laundry store Geo Wickersham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Furniture Exchange & Storage Company
South Locust
Centralia
Ilinois
Old Capitol Loan Co
Vandalia, Ill
Kennels
Breese
A Question of Law County Constable Misquote
A garbled exchange between a county constable and a city flapper features odd quotes about pardoning and swimming in a lake. The humorous back and forth centers on legality and improvised dress code.
Public Auction at Patoka Illinois on October 17 1935
The sale at the Patten farm two and a half miles northeast of Patoka Illinois begins at 10:00 a m. Items include horses a 17 year old team and others a 19 year old gray horse two year old colts cattle six cows and a variety of farm implements household goods and hogs. Cash terms. Lunch on grounds. Owner Tom Pugh Auctioneer John A Jennings Clerk O J Hill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patten Farm
Patoka
Illinois
Tom Pugh
John A. Jennings
O. J. Hill
Potato Prices Set as Cider Talk Sparks Bootleg Debate
A potato merchant declares he will not charge extra for cider, warning against bootlegging. He estimates a peck of potatoes at five dollars, underscoring local pricing amid illicit trade concerns.
National Horse Show at St. Louis Sets Big Purses
St Louis hosts the National Horse Show parallel to the Dairy Show from Oct 14 to 19 with over 100 exhibitors and more than 400 horses. The event offers $15 000 in cash prizes across 77 classes including $1000 stakes in three gaited saddle five gaited saddle roadster and heavy harness, plus $750 harness pony and jumper, $500 junior five gaited and $300 for Shetland ponies. Proceeds benefit the Disabled American Veterans of the World War.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
United States
Arena
Illinois Retailer's Tax Nets $4 922 352 65 in September
The state collected 4,922,352.65 dollars from the Retailer's Occupation Tax in September, announced by K L Ames Jr Director of Finance. Liquor revenue division receipts for September totaled 649,859.77 dollars with stamps and gallonage taxes 629,548.14 dollars and license fees 20,311.63 dollars. Beer production 220,186.40 dollars and alcohol spirits 382,947.28 dollars. Wines under and over 14 percent alcohol accounted for 2,414.46 dollars.
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K. L. Ames Jr
Liquor Revenue Division
Local Social Notes and Birth Announcement in Patoka Area
Mr and Mrs Ted Ticknor and daughter visited with Elza Adams. Marshall Eugene Ticknor born to Cecil Warren and wife. Pie social proceeds $15.97. Visits include Groff, Brubaker, Kerwin, Lieth, Mays, Holtslaw, Grasher, Riesner, Merediths, Hicks, and Hicks. Dan Hicks of Chicago also visited relatives here.
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Ted Ticknor
Elza Adams
Maggie Groff
Ernest Brubaker
Salem
Alan Groff
Cecil Warren
Marshall Eugene
Joe Kerwin
Sandoval
Charlie Lieth
Ralph Mays
Neil Briscoe
Wanda
Edna Holtslaw
Dorothy Grasher
Riesner
Deatta Ticknor
Jenny Hardy
East St. Louis
James Meredith Jr
Ashley
Cecil Hicks
Laurence Heinzman
Nelson Hicks
Patoka
James Meredith
Centralia
Mary Ticknor
Dan Hicks
Chicago
Driver says he likes job meeting many interesting people
A truck driver reflects that his daily work brings him into contact with a variety of people, noting the colorful cast he encounters. The remark frames his career as a living scrapbook of married life anecdotes and encounters.
Advertising and civic pride: a call for clean, active cities
A column urges chamber membership as civic proof and champions advertising as vital to progress. It argues good roads, clean streets, and well kept parks attract visitors and residents, with honorable conduct in public life essential for lasting success.
Railway Mail Service 100 Years Old
The one hundredth anniversary of the railway mail service is noted on August 25 per Illinois Central Magazine. The first mail pouch was carried from Washington to Baltimore in 1835 using a baggage car and two keys for postmasters. Congress made railroads post routes in 1838, boosting growth. Civil War era saw postoffice cars for ontrain sorting. A Chicago post office bronze bust honors Colonel George B. Armstrong, founder of the service. Civil War emergency spurred railcars with sorting facilities. service now spans about 200000 miles of tracks with over 20000 clerks and 400 million miles of travel yearly.
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Illinois Central
Washington
Baltimore
Congress
United States
Chicago
George B. Armstrong
Railway Mail Service
Illinois Central Railroad
Cairo
Armstrong
East Zion families travel and visit across Illinois
East Zion father Barnes and family passed en route to Kinmundy to visit friends. Frank Thomason and wife shopped in Vandalia while Ellsworth Chandler and Ennos Davidson toured northern Illinois. Ed Meyers and Guy Chandler shopped near Centralia. Meyers bought a registered cow. Sue Engler and family and Alice Caldwell visited at the State Farm. Dean Anderson and wife spent the weekend in Salem. Isobel Protz and daughters visited Sunday with Jamie Caldwell. A large crowd attended the chairvaria at Maurice Nattier's. Elmer Frizzell and family visited Frank Frizzell Sunday. Nathan Kiest and wife visited Cyrus Nichols. Berthel Anderson and wife visited Ollit Alexander.
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Father Barnes
Kinmundy
Frank Thomason
Vandalia
Ellsworth Chandler
Ennos Davidson
Ilinois
Ed Meyers
Guy Chanddler
Centralia
Mr. Meyers
Sue Engler
Alice Caldwell
State Farm
Dean Anderson
Salem
Isobel Protz
Jamie Caldwell
Maurice Nattiers
Elmer Frizzell
Frank Frizzell
Nathan Kiest
Cyrus Nichols
Berthel Anderson
Ollit Alexander
Army seeks enlistments in Marion Illinois
The Army invites physically qualified single male citizens aged 18 to 30 from Marion Illinois to enlist in various branches. Applicants are processed by the Army Recruiting Office at the Post Office Building under Sgt Oscar G Hopson before transfer to the Recounting Station in St Louis. Information packets are available from the Marion office.
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Army
Army Recruiting Office
Marion
Illinois
Oscar G. Hopson
St. Louis
Rain Interruption Lifts As Town Resumes Threshing
Stringtown notes rain paused threshing for days last week but resumed. Residents shopped in Vandalia on Saturday and visited friends in Vernon on Sunday. Dorothy Guinn of Vandalia spent the weekend with Freda Lane. James Lane and wife with Clarence Holt and wife visited John McConnell and wife of Vernon. B F Beck and family called on friends in Vernon. Ruby Lam is back home after a hospital stay.
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Vandalia
Dorothy Guinn
Freda Lane
James Lane
Clarence Holt
John McConnell
Vernon
B. F. Beck
Ruby Lamborn
Unreality as Lesson Theme in Christian Science Churches
Sunday October 6 sermon topic centered on unreality with focus on light versus darkness and sober watchfulness. Texts from Jeremiah and Thessalonians cited alongside Mary Baker Eddy on material sense and mortal beliefs in Science and Health.
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Churches of Christ
Scientist
Mary Baker Eddy
McKinney Daughter Weds William Thurmond in Cairo
Rev and Mrs F M McKinney announce the marriage of their daughter Ruth McKenney to William Thurmond of Cairo. The ceremony took place Sunday evening Oct 6 in Cairo. Ruth moved from Patoka soon after her parents arrived at the M E Church South pastorate. The groom works for Kroger in Cairo and they will reside there.
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F. M. McKinney
Ruth McKenney
William Thurmond
Cairo
W. E. Thurmond
Patoka
Kroger
Notice of Real Estate Sale in Patoka Illinois
By order of the Marion County Court J C Beery administrator of Mary C Lett estate offers sale of real estate at First State Bank Patoka October 1 1935 for cash. Property is Lot Ten and ten feet off the north side of Lot Nine Block Five Railroad Addition Patoka valued as the estate realty. Sale set for November 1 between 10 am and 5 pm.
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Marion County
Illinois
J. C. Beery
Mary C. Lett
First State Bank of
Patoka
Marior
Marion
Not weaving shabby clothes for your sake admonition
A moral admonition urges not to be ashamed of parents who fail to weave shabby clothing for you, emphasizing dignity and parental sacrifice in modest living.
Illinois Crop Report for September 21, 1935
Illinois farmers report good corn progress with about 50 percent frost safe by Sept 20 and 80 percent by Oct 1 if frost holds. Northern Illinois shows good to excellent crop condition while southern areas are fair to good due to late plantings. Soybeans progress well with pods filling. hay yields are satisfactory and fall forage supplies ample. Livestock are in good condition as feeding and feeder cattle movement rises. Apples harvest advances with production above 1934. peaches were sizable but quality and prices weakened by late insect damage. Grape production is expected to exceed 1934 though harvesting is later. tree fruits overall look favorable despite insect and disease pressures.
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Springfield
Illinois
Federal
Departments of Agriculture
Small Town Social Roundup Near Fredonia
Last week Mrs. John Sledge and son Irvin of Downs Illinois joined several relatives at Mrs. Meredith s in Fredonia for threshers dinner. A large crowd attended a weiner roast at Fred Wehkine s. Lee and Mabel Atterbury stayed with sister Mrs. Russel Palmer a few days. Henry Meredith and family visited Vernon senior Mrs. Harmsey. Viola Fatheree Lena Mae Talbert Leona Webking and others shared Sunday visits at various homes including Ray Kretzer s.
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John Sledge
Irvin
Downs
Illinois
Minnie Hunter
Dorris
Rosa Perkins
Vandalia
Nan Perkins
Vernon
Wm. Perkins
Henry Meredith
Everett Jett
Lee
Mabel Atterbury
Russel Palmer
Carolina Harmsey
Viola Fatheree
Lena Mae Talbert
Leona Webking
Ray Kretzer
Cecil Tackett
Eli Palmer
Local Visit Notes From Sandoval Vandalia and St Louis
Mrs Della Stone of Sandoval visited her sister Mrs John McClary and family in Vandalia from Thursday to Monday. Mrs Evelyn Payne stayed Tuesday with Miss Bessie Stark. Mrs Ella Hawkins and Miss Edna Schert spent the day in St. Louis. Martin Stomherch is listed among the sick.
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Della Stone
Sandoval
John McClary
Vandalia
Evelyn Payne
Bessie Stark
Ella Hawkins
Edna Schert
St. Louis
Martin Stomherch
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Frank Elifritz
Stark Delicious
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Jonathans
C. N. Cruse
Geo
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Salem, Illinois
ST. Louis, MO
Lulu Belle
Livestock World
America
Ray Wood
Byrd Guernseys
George Rector
F. L. Cox
Patoka, III
Carrigan
Edson R
Chamber of Commerce
Times
James E. Barrett
Oklahoma Biltmore Hotel
East Zion
Marion, Ili
Stringtown
Christian Science Churches
J.C. Beery
Fredonia
Stombaugh Hill
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