Community Notes Highlight Local Visits and Travel
Local columns list weekend visits and travels across Illinois and neighboring states. Names include Adams, Jones, Burton, Hill, Cahill, Walker, Greenley, Conrey, Humes, Mojonnier, Hickson, Vallow, Wasem, Wasem, Simcox, Masten, and Outhouse among residents of Patoka, Decatur, Clinton, Chicago, and St. Louis. The notes report relatives, long trips to Chicago for Century of Progress, labor day getaways, and employment moves.
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Walton Hardware
Opal Adams
Chicago
Walter Adams
Roy Jones
West Frankfort
Elvis Burton
Champaign
Mary Cahill
Helen Nattier
Weiser
Idaho
Portland
Oregon
John
James
Russell Cahillana
Ike Walker
Menard
Belle Beckemeyer
St. Louis
Stanley Greenley
D. W. Troyer
T. M. Conrey
Thurman
Wichita Falls
Texas
A. A. Grffin
Charles Humes
Centralia
Patoka
Will Jackson
Deecatur
Philip Mojonnier
Nellie Belcher
Decatur
J. W. Hickson
Lillian
A. L. Irvin
New Jersey
Mr. Hickson
Merritt Caldwell
State Hospital
Jacksonville
Josie Vallow
Nellie Mae Crawfort
A. L. Vallow
Clinton
Patoka By Mr. and Mrs. Vallow
Vallow
Bloomington
Elizabeth Simecox
Harriet Quayle
Sandoval
Harold Simecox
Stanley Wasem
Louie Wasem
Ethel Robb
Alma Garrett
Carson Chandler
Beatrice Hall
Nellie Quayle
Joe Simcox
Notary and License Services Offered by John L. Simecox
John L. Simecox announces his office is now two doors south of the REGISTER office. He offers notary work and can process automobile, hunting, trapping, and fishing licenses. He writes insurance and solicits a share of the business.
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John L. Simecox
Ice Cream Supper at Zion Epworth League
The Zion Epworth League will host an ice cream supper on the church lawn this Saturday night September 8. Sandwiches and coffee will be sold and admission is free. Everyone is invited.
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Zion Epworth. League
Church Lawn
In Memoriam Reuben Alexander Eight Years Dead
In loving memory of our dear husband and father Mr Reuben Alexander who passed away eight years ago on Sept 7 Days of sadness still come over us Secret tears do often flow Memories of you come near us Though you left eight years ago To the beautiful isle of somewhere Where parting will be no more Mrs Ollie Alexander Mrs Walter Diveley
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Reuben Alexander
Isle of
Ollie Alexander
Walter Diveley
Pinochle Party Honors Mrs Harry Dawson in Salem
Miss Winona Stephens hosted a pinochle party Friday night honoring Mrs Harry Dawson formerly Dorothy Winsem of Oakland California. Prizes went to Florence Jack, Mary Miner, Ruth Rohrbaugh, Florence Telford with Helen Merz winning the floating prize. Refreshments were served by the hostess and Florence Jack. guests included several local women and a few from Patoka, Kinmundy, Lincoln, and Salem.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winona Stephens
Virginia Telford
Lelia Cope
Helen Merz
Nadine Telford
Irene Musgrove
Winferd Verner
Salem
P. B. Simcox
Patoka
H. H. Landus
Lincoln
Extra Fertilizer Not Permitted in Wheat Contracts
Farm Adviser Blackburn warns Marioon county wheat growers to limit commercial fertilizer per acre to base period levels when seeding allotted acreage this fall. The warning cites Section 7 of the contract, stressing that excess fertilizer could cancel benefits and undermine the adjustment program.
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Blackburn
AAA
Extension Service
College of Agriculure
University of Illinois
Truck Operators Must File Rates Under The Code by September 20
The Illinois State Code Authority sets September 20, 1934 as the deadline for registered trucking members to file rates under the code. A Marion County meeting at Centralia City Hall at 7 45 p m on September 4 will teach operators about rate filing and tariff establishment under the code. Arch winning of the Southern Illinois motor truck association will attend to explain provisions and aid operators in solving code issues.
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Illinois State Code Authority
Marion County
Centralia
Arch Winning
Motor Truck Transportation Association
Southern Illinois
Belleville
Kitchen Declared Most Perilous Place in Home
Illinois home safety expert Gladys J. Ward warns kitchens are the riskiest room due to equipment and utensils. A safety survey shows about half of home accidents occur there with 40 percent from falls and 18 percent from cuts or burns. Ward urges five rules including wiping spills, discarding broken items, safe can opener use, keeping knives and matches away from children, and “make haste slowly” when tired.
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Illinois
Gladys J. Ward
College of Agriculture
University of Illinois
Miss Ward
Christian Church Sunday Schedule and Programs
Sunday School 9 30 a m Communion services 10 30 a m Christian Endeavor 7 00 p m Miss Reba Gray led Endeavor last Sunday night and a very interesting program was rendered Miss Alta Pugh will lead Sunday Sept 9 and another interesting lesson is being prepared Mid week Bible study every Thursday evening at 7 30 p m
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Christian Endeavor
Reba Gray
Alta Pugh
Drive With Care On Narrow Bridges Bulletin Says
Secretary of State Edward J. Hughes warns in a safety bulletin that driving over narrow bridges and through subways demands extra care. Drivers should keep to the right, give others half the road, and avoid passing in subways. Speed and pavement quality also affect safety for all.
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Edward J. Hughes
State Automobile Department
Community Social Visits Across Southeast Town
Mrs. Pearl Poole and children visited sister Mrs. Norman Gerrish in Sandoval. Albert Heindrich and family spent time with Theodore Meredith’s kin. Wash Bowen and children visited Annapolis relatives. Rev Paul Martiny and family visited the Belchers. James Meredith Jr. visited the Lutz household. Frank Bradford family called on the Belchers. Claude Snyder of the CCC stayed with uncles Frank and William Snyder. Pearl Poole and children later visited Pete’s home.
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Pearl Poole
Norman Gerrish
Sandoval
Albert Heindrich
Hazel
Harry Meredith
Theodore Meredith
Wash Bowen
Mat Belcher
James Meredith Jr
Charles Lutz
Frank Bradford
Harold
Opal
Claude Snyder
CCC
Frank
Wm. Snyder
Pete
Christ Jesus Theme in Sunday Lesson Sermons Across Churches
Christian Science churches taught Christ Jesus as the subject of the Lesson Sermon on September 2. The Golden Text affirmed believers born of God through Jesus the Christ and loving the begotten. Micah 5 2 and passages from Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy were cited.
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Christ Jesus
Churches of Christ
Jesus
God
Bethlehem Ephratah
Judah
Israel
Mary Baker Eddy
Mary
Christ
The Distributing System: Railroads and America’s Trade
A Council Bluffs Nonpareil opinion extols the railroad distribution system as a marvel of modern America. It urges readers to note how products move swiftly across the nation and to reflect on divine providence behind these institutions.
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America
Council Bluffs
Clorine’s Mistress Teases About Husband’s Fate
A fragment shows a conversation where Clorine’s mistress says Pye heard about hard luck and expresses sympathy. Clorine protests he has no hard luck, while a question hints at a railroad accident involving his husband. The exchange ends abruptly with a pause on the claim.
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Clorine
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Kennedy
Leslie
Walter Simcox
Charles Adams, Jr
Assumption
Paul Troyer
Leo Walker
T. P. Walker
Hugh Jensen
Little Son
Wenton Wright
Walier
Joe Outhouse
Joe
Dix
Vernon
Mabel Fitch
Outhouse
Belle Logan
Beulah Curdie
Shirley Lee Miles
J. Hubbel
Alton
Bert Chance
Memoriam
Harry Dawson
Patoka Hdn. & Furn. Co
RED & White
Wheaties
Rea & Waite
Graham Crackers
Frankfurters
Boop
Christian Science Churches
Dolly
S. Locust Street
Centralia, Illinois
L. A. Downs
Illinois Central System
Roy Cox
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