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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1930
Page
6
Diamond Dyes are easy to use and apply smoothly with even coverage leaving no dyed look. Superior dyes contain pure anilines for lasting color through hard wear and washing though costing more to make. Available at all drug stores.
Rev. J. S. Rutherford described housing misery in Dublin at a Belfast church. He cited a nearby family where a poor mother with many children slept by day and stayed up at night to guard the children from rats.
A log structure on Beaver Island dating to 1824, built by the Northwestern Fur Trading Company, stands in good preservation. It has been shingled and cared for by inhabitants, currently occupied by an Indian family.
A list of Illinois fatalities across the state from accidents and storms includes Leykaug in an auto rollover, Manning struck by a car while skating, and Burrows electrocuted in Streator. Other notes cover a bank robbery suspect trio, a Rockford death of ex-legislator Atwood, and a new Galesburg park with a $50,000 pavilion. The piece also mentions university enrollments, aviation deaths near Carpentersville, and various obituaries.
A grammar school student answers a test question with humorous force. The prompt asks how long 15 men take to reap a field that 20 men finished in eight hours. The student writes that since the field has already been reaped by 20 men it cannot be reaped by 15, delivering a witty paradox rather than a calculation.
Long Beach California with over 100000 residents has no passenger trains after Union Pacific abandoned service and Southern Pacific halted passenger runs five years ago. Interurban cars and buses now ferry passengers to and from Los Angeles.
Pupils at the Raditche school for technical science in Moscow learn to build model planes and receive flight instruction. The students show unusual aptitude for aviation training and prospects in the new program.
A reflective line urges letting love end without public drama, advising restraint and quiet acceptance when necessary.
A medical advertorial praises Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a gentle effective laxative. It claims cleansing bowels removes poisons causing bilious, sluggish feelings and promotes quick improvements overnight. Dr Caldwell’s forty seven years of study are cited to support trust and popularity.
Edgar Snow argues in the American Mercury that Shanghai, highly Americanized, reflects money making more than Sino American understanding. He notes American institutions and culture flourish there but dismisses them as signs of genuine mutual conciliation.
Klosterneuburg’s famed monastery, founded in 1108 by Margrave Leopold IV, arose after a veil blown from his wife’s window appeared in an alder tree. The site chosen by this sign near the Leo pold sberg became the monastery where Leopold became Austria’s patron saint and was buried.
Pathfinder Magazine explains that a new presidential administration begins at midnight March 4 and the new Congress starts then. The outgoing president continues functions until the oath, with the noon March 4 cutoff. if not finished, the clock is set back and bills signed that day date to March 3, yielding no salary after midnight March 3.
The historical note recalls the first land grant in Australia on February 22 1791 to James Ruse a emancipated convict who received 30 acres near Parramatta after completing his sentence. Ruse settled at Rose Hill and by 1791 proved self sufficiency prompting the governor to grant land. Free grants continued for decades expanding to 4 000 000 acres by 1831.
A waiting man at a post office seeks a red stamp with a perforated hem and gum arabic treatment while two clerks discuss an evening cloak described as a redingote in lame brocade with fox fur and pagoda sleeves. The scene captures a humorous exchange from the Montreal Star.
The article outlines Tom Thumb born 1837 to ordinary parents, ceasing growth at seven, discovered by Phineas Taylor Barnum in 1842, reaching 31 inches by age twenty-five, and touring England with major success in 1844 and 1855. It notes his 1868 marriage to Lavinia Warren and his precise, active build.
Lesson outlines Jeremiah’s call highlighting prenatal gifting and divine commission. It covers his reluctance overcome by God, the scope of his ministry, and the warning to confront a hostile generation. The lesson then explores Jeremiah’s dialogue during famine, confession of Israel’s sins, divine judgment, and the New Covenant promise of renewal and direct divine teaching.
A religious reflection notes that the Holy Spirit does not move through a restless spirit and urges inner calm and devotion as guiding faith. The message emphasizes trusting divine influence over inner turmoil and seeking spiritual peace.
A quotation attributed to Moody proclaims the book never deceives, while the speaker humbly notes the heart has deceived them a thousand times in contrast. The line reflects a theme of trust in written knowledge despite personal doubt.
Russian proverb advising cautious boldness and restraint. It contrasts seeking guidance with acting and avoids needless risk by keeping aims modest and steps steady. The saying reinforces prudence in uncertain journeys.
A brief reflection notes that one does not need a lawsuit to hold the wages of sin. The line invokes moral cause and consequence, framing everyday ethics as a quiet parallel to legal recourse.
The term Free Masonry is of ancient origin and was applied to bodies of masons who traveled throughout Europe. The term free applied to their being in no particular guild or jurisdiction.
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