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Patoka Register

Location

Patoka, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Oct 12, 1951

Page

2

Occupation Tax Proposal Targets Bookmakers and Bettors

The Occupational Tax Congress may require bookies, pool operators, and bettors to register, keep books, disclose day-by-day operations, and pay a ten percent special tax. Critics note that many bettors work regular jobs yet spend significant time analyzing race sheets, implying broad coverage would include daily gamblers. The article quotes Shadda Haddim urging registration for bettors and proposing pension funds and government oversight, with a satirical ending about future government handicapping and insurance for daily bettors.

Congress Shadda Haddim United States

Festive buffet suppers fuel season of sports

Readers get ideas for easy after game meals with a buffet setup. Menu includes baked beans with molasses bread, cabbage carrot slaw, baked apples, cream cookies, and beverages. Recipes cover Deluxe Baked Beans and Molasses Bran Brown Bread, plus a Hot Tamale Pie main dish and dessert options.

Refrigerate foods to speed preparation and bake notes

A cooking note explains chilling batters and doughs to speed meal prep, with tips on cherry upside down cake and meat breading, plus a devotional meditation on Jacob from Genesis 28. It posits God’s use of imperfect people in a larger biblical plan and praises the Bible’s view of a personal God.

God Jacob Esau Bethel Church Jesus Christ Jesus Abraham Isaac

Sewing Circle Patterns Perfect Team for School Days

Fall and Winter STYLIST issue offers Princess Jumper pattern No 1230 in sizes 2 to 6 years. Includes puffed sleeve blouse and yardage guidance. Practical for mothers and flattering for daughters, priced at 25 cents.

Stylist

Browns Consider Jobless Writer and New Maid

Mrs Brown and her husband, a writer who once sold manuscripts to support a maid, face a new helper Sally who offers to work for four dollars a week. Sally agrees to three dollars until Mr Browns finds work, seeking fairness while the husband studies a topic for an article.

Sally Mr. Brown

Bond Salesman Encounters Stranger on Street

A bond salesman announces himself to a passerby and receives a half dollar for a square meal, illustrating a brief candid exchange between strangers in a city scene.

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