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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1930
Page
5
The Harrison cemetery will be cleaned on Monday September 15 with trustees H. B. Gerrish Clarence Bowen and Tom Fulton encouraging all interested to bring tools and join the effort.
Classified column lists FOR SALE and WANTED items including 3 Holstein cows from Frank Miller Hagarstown Illinois. Coca Cola kegs. thin sows and shoats. car overhauling. veal calves fat lambs and hogs weekly. 3 horsepower gasoline engine. Jonathan apples. male calf Shorthorn. 4 room house with land. vinegar barrels. hogs for home killing. lost glasses reward. extra fine grapes priced 5c per pound. Contact names and towns include Nobe Elevator Nokomis Vernon Patoka Paris Wasem Gray Belcher and others.
Mrs. Mary Jones visited her daughter while relatives in Sandoval were seen by Francis Griffin and Lester Ramsey. Rev. Farrell conducts revival at Arnold Chapel with Sister Nell Jones and others. Families moved, repairs done, and Labor Day marks first day of eight months hard labor sentence for local students as schools opened.
The Farmers and Merchants Bank of Vandalia as Executor notifies Marion County Illinois to appear at the Marion County Court in Salem during the November Term on the first Monday to present claims. All debts to the estate should be paid promptly. Dated August 28, 1930.
The toughest task for reformers is eradicating gangster influence without exposing respectable citizens to danger or backlash.
186 acre farm for sale with a two story house two barns and a chicken house located half a mile from the hard road. Asking price is $3000. Contact J. L. Simcox.
J L Simcox offers an 8 room house in good repair with electric lights on two full lots. Balance due on time. Price eight hundred dollars.
Vernon area residents host visitors from Bloomington Decatur Springfield and other towns. Funeral attendance and illness visits noted along with a Ladies Aid ice cream supper and a treasure hunt party. School opens in a new building with teachers listed.
A wanderer answers an officer at 3 30 a m with a terse reply that he knows his way home but not to the place he seeks. The exchange captures a late night moment of confusion and direction.
A Missouri newspaper quip jokes that Lot's wife turned to salt while Mrs Dave Kirk turned into a telephone pole after looking back. The humorous comparison reflects local wit about a familiar biblical tale.
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