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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1931
Page
5
Local residents share visits and travels across Bear Creek area with kin and neighbors. Families from Farmington Iowa Vernon Cropsey Centralia and neighboring towns spend Sundays and weekends with relatives. several move residences and farms. several vehicle owners and travelers listed among the mentions.
Rev Wells and wife of Chauncey visited Jas McClelland and family. George Case and sons Virgil and Jesse of Laclede attended Mrs Asa Case’s funeral in Piper City. Families gathered in and around Odin Township for visits and services through the weekend.
Mason Holtsaw and family and Mrs J R Holtslaw visited Robert Holtslaw in Sandoval. Edward Meridith and family with Mr and Mrs Fred Ross and son Bobbie spent Sunday in Odin with Newton Meridith and family. Mr and Mrs Raymond Sproull and daughter Nora Rae of Odin visited Mrs Emma Deadmond and family.
Mr. Francis Fortin of Wisetown called on Mr. Adren Stark one half mile north of Wisetown Monday. Richard Swartz of near town killed a hog last Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. John Wright are the proud parents of twin boys born last Sunday October 18.
The Patoka Register is a monthly publication owned by J. W. Alexander with L. W. Ballance as editor and manager. Subscription set at 1.00 per year. advertising 20c per column inch for display and 5c per line for classified and reader notices. Entered as second class matter in Patoka Illinois in 1908 under the March 8 1879 act.
Attorney General Carlstrom informs Secretary Stratton that daylight trucks must have lights and reflectors under the new law effective October 1. Governor Emmerson names Dr. Preston Bradley to the state normal school board to fill the Ern est E. Cole vacancy. The pardon board meets amid a heavy docket with over 100 petitions, including 63 murder cases. On October 15 a large bar class of about 385 is admitted. Memorial services for Justice William M. Farmer are held with ex justices Floyd E. Thompson George A. Cooke Paul Samuels C. C. Craig and Albert C. Watson in attendance. Road construction to date totals 1350 to 1400 miles funded by the state, announced at the Blackburn bridge dedication. Due to Vandalia penal farm overcrowding, officials urge judges to avoid committing misdemeanants there until population drops.
The Illinois Supreme Court rules employers cannot bar wage assignments without consent. Governor Emmerson vows a special session after Revenue Commission reach a tax reform plan. MacMurray College reports 418 students, unchanged from last year. Prison guards undergo mandatory physicals to boost efficiency. State agricultural guidance urges discarded rough root trees and promotes smooth rooted stock. Illinois survey shows 162,815 clearly unemployed among 1.82 million workers, plus 24,987 temporarily laid off.
Stuart E Pierson reports that entries for the 1931 32 egg laying contest organized by the State department of agriculture span Quincy Kankakee and Murphysboro with full capacity at all plants Entries arrive from Mt Pelier Vermont to the Pacific coast and Canadian border to the Gulf Southern Illinois breeders show strong presence in Murphysboro unit Dr Charles F Jarmon of Springfield is appointed chief of the division of social hygiene in the state
The Illinois Commerce Commission grants Tri State Bus a certificate to run passenger coaches between Chicago and East St Louis on routes 4 11 and 159. A separate ICC order aims to improve freight train safety in Illinois prohibiting rear push locomotives unless caboose underframe is steel or equivalent to 80 000 pound box car strength.
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