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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1926
Page
8
Neighbors report business calls and social visits across the Salem region from Monday to Sunday. Families and friends, including the Hines and Adams households, share health, travel, and burial news, with several local residents listed for visits, nursing rounds, and farm activity.
High water damages farmers with hundreds of dollars in losses as threshing hay plowing and corn work proceed. Dell Shepard moves near Shattuc. several families visit Shepard and others while gas stolen from Willard Lawrence’s car. Local travel includes Ed Jackson Claude Carmean and Walter Enloe. Tom Cole visits Iowa.
Grant Arnoldsp of Clinton spent Sunday with the Foster family. Robert Foster's kin Clair Stevens and wife from St. Louis and Ernest Stevens and family from Salem visited Mrs. L. Foster. Carl Caldwell and Marion Griffin of Alma called Sunday evening. Erna Jones and wife were also present.
Stanley Thomas of Chicago visited his parents and extended family. Beryl Linton substituted for the regular teacher John Anderson on Friday. Ernest Sprague with wife and daughter Doris visited Clinton, and Roe Holt finished cleaning Farmers cemetery again. Earl Funk and family spent Sunday with James Klinge and wife. Rev Fox preached a farewell sermon before departing for conference. Several young folks began high school at Shobonier.
Mr Green Meridith of Fort Worth Texas visits his nephew Theodore Meridith and family. Neighbors Wash Bowen Clarence Bowen Nathan Kiest Pete Bopp and families are seen together. Several social calls occur including Elza Taber working for Will Snyder and others while Neal Williams passes away. A pie supper is planned at Temple school on Sept 30.
Sunday saw family and friends travel between Vandalia and Decatur. James Caldwell conducted business in Vandalia while Matt Branson visited from Vandalia. Wiley Campbell and Mrs. Art Pullens of Decatur joined relatives Mr. and Mrs. P. S. Caldwell for the day.
Loren Williams and Paul Caldwell picked pears near Alma. Attendees at the Fox Hunters Convention in Ramsey included James Caldwell Wiley Campbell and Guy Chandler. Ernest Harper and family of Pa toka visited Sunday with Robert Gray and family. Walter Nielson has a new tractor. Andrew Foster visited in Springfield and Decatur last week. Warren McNichols is on the sick list. Elmer Berry and family visited relatives near Mulberry Grove Sunday. Rufus Stephens and Lester Ball transacted business near Greenville Monday.
Vernon residents recount Sunday visits from Pope family Livesay Epps Woolsey and others plus trips to Decatur and Vandalia. Local sports note mentions Vandalia baseball loss 16 to 10. A near-death Paralysis incident of Mr. Perry is reported with recovery hopes.
A public sale at Elizabeth McGlumpy home five miles north of Odin and one mile west of Fredonia church on Wednesday September 29 1926 begins at 10:00. Items include two horses a bay eight years old brown nine years old a sorrel road horse a brown road mare five cows with calves by side one cow producing three gallons of milk daily farm equipment and implements plus hay oats corn kaffir corn and more. Lunch on grounds terms regular 12 month time seven percent interest five percent cash discount auction by John A Jennings clerk Dave Cozsan.
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