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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1931
Page
5
Local column lists residents visiting Patoka and nearby towns, including Califo Market ads on groceries such as Maxwell House coffee and jello, butter and beans. Personal updates cover trips, a birthday party, a horse fall injury, and community events with names like Chester Bryant Darrell Caldwell Ruth Pugh and Harold Cain.
The notice lists Califo Market items such as peanut butter and dry salt fowls with prices, and records visits by Don Eagan and wife and Yolande Jackson of Decatur with relatives in Patoka, accompanied by Miss Mae Lane. It also notes Mrs. Mary C. Lett's three week visit with family in Warrensburg Lane Mahomet Champaign and Patoka travel.
Vernon residents and guests are named as visitors to Springfield Kinmundy McClean and Salem. Lib Doolen returns home from illness in Kinmundy. W J Jones Arewine Willett family entertained Henry Meador and Mrs Cox Hathaway and Marie attended Ladies Aid at John McConnell home. Dr Walter Murfin and Mrs Murfin from Decatur visited here. Refreshments served.
Long list of weekend and midweek visits across central Illinois. Families from Wood River Decatur Bloomington Kinmundy Pittsfield Shattuc and Decatur areas visited relatives in nearby towns including Brownstown Centralia and St Louis with several households hosting gatherings and Sunday trips.
A signed notice states no hunting with dogs or firearms on property owned or controlled by Harmon Hampey. The pledge bans hunting on the premises and is presented as a formal authorization.
The text honors Mrs T L Bundy as a cherished mother figure who offered comfort in illness and sorrow. It recalls her care bathes, prayers, and guidance, and laments her passing leaving a wounded home. The verse promises hope of reunion with the children.
Mr. and Mrs. Charlie McHaney and Mr. and Mrs. E. E. McHaney visited near Shattue at the J. P. Jensen home. Mr. and Mrs. Millard Palmer visited with the Bopp family. The Talbert family and Everett Goodwin family hosted Sunday gatherings. Miss Alice Simpson visited Mrs. Affa Williams.
Mr. and Mrs. John Nichols called on Mr. and Mrs. Russell Simcox and Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Nichols Sunday afternoon. Lon Pritchett called at the Henry Somerville home Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Olive Britt and daughters Miss Lucille were through this vicinity Sunday afternoon.
A report by R. S. Jones, field secretary of the Illinois Chamber of Commerce, notes strong industrial growth in southern Illinois since 1914 with most cities hosting at least one flourishing industry. Children's Book Week runs November 15 to 22 with libraries and schools promoting juvenile literature. Governor Emmerson authorizes officials from penal institutions to attend the American Prison Congress in Baltimore from October 16 to 23, with Col. Frank J. Whipp and wardens joining. Insurance in Illinois rises with 1,887 companies and assets totaling billions under the state division of insurance.
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