Wm. F. Sicher Buried Thursday
Wm. F. Sicher born Washington DC March 25 1865 died September 13 1938 after eleven weeks of illness aged 73 years 5 months 18 days married to Sabre Jones three children Clayde Archie and Mae good seven grandchildren and other relatives funeral September 15 at 2:00 pm at home conducted by W E Field interment Tokata cemetery Card of Thanks from Mr and Mrs Austin Good and Family and Mr and Mrs Cloyde Sicher
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Wm. F. Sicher
Washington, D. C
Sabre Jones
Clayde
Freeport
Archie
MaeGood
Patoka
J. C. Messinger
W. E. Field
Austin Good
Cloyde Sicher
Wheat Insurance Payment Due Only on Actual Acreage
Marion county farmers may pay crop insurance on actual acreage to be planted rather than the original application. Lee Britt says riders allow premiums to be recalculated for revised acreages even after the original due date, with adjustments for price changes and refunds or 1940 premium credit as requested. Insurance on the 1939 crop starts once the premium is paid and the policy runs from planting to harvest.
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Marion County
Lee Britt
Marion County Agricultural Conservation Committee
Britt
Notic
Lessons in Science and Health and the Bible
The September 18 Lesson-Sermon in Christ and Science churches centered on matter versus Spirit. Golden Text declares God’s word endures while human inventions fail to reveal truth, with Ecclesiastes 7 25 and passages from Science and Health cited to emphasize spiritual reality over material deduction.
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Matter
Churches of Christ
Scientist
Missionary Society Meets at Mrs Belcher Home
The Missionary Society of the M. E. Church South gathered at Mrs. H. Belcher’s home with good attendance led by Wilma Diveley. Meetings occur on the second Wednesday each month. The next gathering will be with Mrs. Maurice Ballance with Selah Ballance as leader. visitors and new members are welcome.
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Missionary Society of the M. E. Church South
H. Belcher
Wilma Diveley
Maurice Ballance
Selah Ballance
Be Courageous Through Divine Love and Moral Courage
A Christian Science Monitor reflection urges spiritual courage over mere stoic submission. It cites Moses and Mary Baker Eddy, ties courage to divine Love, warns against fear from evil, and stresses obedience to the First Commandment as the path to overcoming discouragement.
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Joshua
Israel
Jordan
Land of Promise
Moses
Mary Baker Eddy
The
Christian Science Monitor
A Desert in the Making Faces Illinois Soil Loss Crisis
Farm Adviser Blackburn warns Illinois soil is washing away fast as erosion threatens to turn land barren. U S Soil Conservation figures show millions of acres severely to destructively eroded, with trials at University of Illinois experiments guiding a statewide conservation program. Emil Kottmeyer of Vernon visited Patoka Friday.
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Corrigan
Illinois
Blackburn
Marion
U. S. Soil Conservation Service
College of Agriculture
University of Illinois
Amercia
Oil Wildcat Drilling Expands Near Patoka Area
Rigs east of Patoka drill the A. D. Nichols farm test reaching 2225 feet while a second test sits near 400 feet. Another rig on Walter Neilson farm near Foster township drills at about 700 feet. Leasing and royalty sales proliferate across Foster, with five year terms common. Nearby Beecher City field grows, Lake Centralia area shows 10 000 acres with growth potential. A 5100 foot well near St Johns on the DuQuoin anticline spurs plans for deeper testing if sands fail to show at shallower depths.
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A. D. Nichols
Pennsylvania-Illinois Co
Foster Township
Walter Neilson
Patoka
Robin H. Brians
Beecher City
Lake Centralia
McCloskey Bay
Porto
DuQuoin
St. Johns
Spurgeon Leaves Illinois for Michigan University Work
William Marion Spurgeon departed Saturday for Michigan to attend the University of Michigan after completing work at the University of Illinois. He has about two and a half years of work remaining to finish his degree.
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William Marion Spurgeon
Michigan
Michigan University
University of Illinois
University of Michigan
Kinley backs two thirds vote on banking amendment
Dr. David Kinley former president of the University of Illinois endorses repealing popular approval for new banking legislation. He argues a two thirds legislative vote plus public pressure better safeguards deposits under federal law and prevents failed referenda.
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David Kinley
University of Illinois
Urbana
Announcement of Death of Frank Carter from Beaumont California
Frank Carter of Beaumont California died Friday night September 16 at 3 05 p m at age 62. Burial was Sunday afternoon in Beaumont cemetery. He was born west of Patoka and moved to California several years ago. He leaves two brothers Noah Carter Patoka and Artie Carter California and two sisters Mrs Ida Vincent Chicago and Mrs Lizzie Morris Vernon Illinois. Many old friends in this community mourn his passing.
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Frank Carter
Beaumont
California
Carter
Patoka
Noah Carter
Artie Carter
Ida Vincent
Chicago
Lizzie Morris
Vernon
Quote and Proverb Reflections on Governance and Growth
A 19th century quotation contrasts founding intent with evolving governance. It cites Woodrow Wilson urging flexibility to current needs over ancestral constraints, paired with a Tamil proverb about stubborn rock yielding to hopeful roots.
Farmers Apply For Insurance on 1939 Wheat Crop
Fifty six Marion county farmers filed applications for crop insurance on the 1939 wheat crop. Policies cover 1351 acres at an average of 24.1 acres per policy. Illinois totals show 20,429 farmers applying for protection on about 580000 acres averaging 28 acres per policy.
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Marion County
Frmers
Lee Britt
Marion County Agricultural Conservation Committee
State Agriculture Conservation Committee
Champaign
Illinois
AAA
Britt
Binnion Funeral Held at Vernon
Thomas Binnion son of Martin L and Nancy Binnion born February 20 1877 died September 15 1938 at 61 years 6 months 25 days volunteered in the Spanish American War served as Private with Company B 15th Infantry stationed at Seago Villa and Puerto Principe Cuba honored discharge marked services honest and faithful survived by five brothers and many relatives funeral held September 17 at Vernon M E Church with Rev Shaffer officiating burial in Vernon cemetery affectionate thanks from family
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Thomas Binnion
Martin L
Nancy Binnion
15Th Regiment of Infantry
United States Army
Seago Villa
Puerto Principe
Cuba
George
Mason and
Essex
Vernon
Lewis
Pekin
Robert
Patoka
Wesley
Bloomington
William
Normal
Vernon M. E
W. E. Shaffer
Vernon Cemetery
Geo. Binnion
Mason Binnion
Essex Binnion
Lewis Binnion
Rober Binaiu
Cavern Explorers Find Mystery Boat in Illinois Caverns
Researchers from the Federal Writers Project say a mystery boat is found on the shore of a subterranean lake in Pearl township, Pike County, Illinois. Discovered in 1871 during railroad excavations, the largest cavern measures about 100 feet high and 200 feet wide with narrow crawl passages leading to a lake and the abandoned boat.
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Pearl Township
Pike County
Ilinois
Federal Writers’ Project
Illinois Leads in Exports and Livestock Production
Fourteen of the twenty leading industries of Illinois figure prominently in the state's export trade. Illinois ranks second in hog production and sixth in cattle. The first complete electric washing machine was marketed by a Chicago manufacturer in 1907.
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Illinois
Mlinois
States of the Union
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