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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1927
Page
5
Long hair fashions and gender norms recurred as science and religion debated progress. Pieces discuss gasoline shortages, synthetic rubber promises, cancer not contagious, and ethics of broadcasting prize fights. A San Toy incident ends with a public lash, while clergy debate Darwin and faith.
Advertises ladies silk hosiery priced at 49 cents per pair in black and assorted colors, regular value one dollar.ouncement for Altoms store.
In the Uintah basin Utah authorities and the U S Biological Survey spread ten tons of oat bait laced with strychnine to control plague of prairie dogs threatening crops. Indian delegation led by Red Cap objected citing food scarcity and fishers of the White River Ute and Uncompahgre tribes.
For 15 years Mrs. John Brake says she dodged crockery and small furnishings in a modest sidestep. She says a daily dozen eggs added by John Brake crossed a line and she appealed to the law.
Washington reports describe two hippos at the national zoo sharing a trait with the biblical blood sweating behemoth. Zoo director Dr William N Mann explains the red appearance comes from a carmine pigment in the skin excreted with sweat. A smaller hippo from Liberia shows no such pigment and sweats white foam.
We express heartfelt thanks to friends and neighbors who kindly assisted during the death and burial of our companion and father. Signed by Mrs. Susan M. Jackson and family, Mrs. T. E. Irvin and family, O. S. Jackson and family, C. M. Jackson and family, Earl Jackson.
We extend heartfelt thanks to those who helped us during our sickness and the burial of our babe May God bless you all Sincerely Mr and Mrs Geo Smith and Family
Notice to be ready for seed wheat cleaning on Tuesday and Wednesday September 14th and 15th at the Patoka Mill. T. S. Wooters.
A brief expression of gratitude from U. S. Jolliff and children to neighbors friends and all who helped during the illness and death of their wife and mother. They thank those who sent flowers the choir and ministers and wish blessings on all.
A humorous exchange features a woman announcing she removed a cake recipe from a cookbook and a man praising the act. Farmer Sniklewoffle weighs in with a spoof on advising women to use long cigarette holders to deter tobacco use.
Classified notices list multiple items including a good kitchen range sale through William Thaiman, Jonathan apples for sale via Z. Farmer, and miscellaneous sales by Geo. Perkins. A lost Firestone truck tire on a rim near Patoka and Salem is reported with instructions to notify the Register Office. Rental offers and honey sale details follow. An 8 room residence with extensive outbuildings and near school is offered by L. W. Balance with easy terms and stated sale rationale.
A playful campus dialogue features a student and a man in a tense back and forth about propriety and class. The coed asserts independence while a male counterpart insists on traditional gender roles in a charged social moment.
A householder jokes about hiring a tramp to chop wood, asking where he lives and offering to fetch him. The exchange shows a brisk, humorous street encounter about employment and chores.
WANT COLUMN FOR SALE 98 pound flour sacks 90 cents per dozen Patoka Bakery. FOR SALE Mulberry and white oak fence posts W H Cain 8-5 tf FOR SALE 5 10 and 40 gallon Coca Cola kegs Cheap C N Crusety 7-1-27 tf FOR SALE A few good breeding ewes Wm Ververs Patoka 22tf FOR SALE A 16 26 Illinois silo OO F Davis Patoka Ill 2tp
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