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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1912
Page
4
A broad critique denounces billboards as visual blight and urges a nationwide campaign to remove them. The piece promotes city beautification, local ordinances, and personal action, then shifts to praise for public high schools, citing Dr. Claxton on rising enrollment and the expanding role of high school education in American citizenship.
A 1908 Grindelwald tragedy shows a Swiss workman killing himself to win a wager by glissading from the Great Couloir. He released a silken handkerchief seen from the town telescope, and despite a companion’s warning he plunged over the edge, clutching the trophy as he fell.
A famed yachtsman recalls a winter in Nice where a beggar begs for money for his starving wife. The yachtsman had previously given funds to bury the wife, only to hear the man say he now has a new wife. The anecdote underscores hardship among locals encountered during the stay.
William arrives from college wearing loud checked trousers silk hosiery a fancy waistcoat and a bold necktie. His father in the library mocks his look as foolish while the neighbor the major praises him noting the resemblance to the father twenty five years earlier. William smiles and agrees.
Uncertainty surrounds why orange blossoms are worn by brides but they are widely seen as an emblem of fruitful marriage. Some authorities trace the practice to the Saracens who valued the blossom as a sign of prosperity since in the east the orange tree bears fruit and blossoms together.
A historical note describes Chinese and Malay fishermen using a white canvas screen stretched on wood from the vessel side. Fish mistaking the screen for an obstruction leap toward it and jam into the boat, allowing easy capture.
In Vienna Wagner faces a planned Prussian led serenade seen as German protest against Austria Hungary union. Chancellor Beust ferries Wagner to dinner and shows autographs while warning of publication risk. The next morning Wagner departs for Bayreuth amid urgent business.
Fragmentary 20th century mosaic hints at social satire in England with references to Paris fashion, the Balkans, Islam, Bulgaria, and a tongue in cheek call for pantophio pies as a morale booster amid melancholy days.
Meetings held in Patoka list first and third Sundays at 11:00 a.m. and 7:40 p.m. Business meets afternoon before the third Sunday. Rev. W. Lindsey is pastor. Westcott Chapel conducts services on the Sunday of the month at 11:00 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. Sunday school each Sunday at 3:30 p.m. Prayer meeting Thursdays at 7:30 p.m. Epworth Friday alternates at this church and M. Church.
Women rush to department stores for Princess Zarine Complexion Powder. A large shipment sold within hours with orders pouring in from Boston and New York. The $1.00 box offers Lilly White and Rose Pink shades and is advertised as giving a bright, youthful glow.
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