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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1930
Page
7
Mrs Lease Ruddick and Miss Anna Mae Bryan visit centralia relatives while many locals attend church events, rallies, and birthdays. Fire damages Anna Morton's home. several residents travel to St Louis and Chicago for hospital training and fairs, with a school sidewalk project and PTA social noting ongoing community life.
Mrs Link Cox of Maron spent a day with her parents T W Doolen and wife. A large crowd attended the Eberle Norris sale west of town last Tuesday. Mrs F M Smith of Patoka visited Frank Hatch and family Friday. L A Wilson owns a new Chevrolet truck. Mr and Mrs Roy Meador of Maron attended the Ada Powell funeral last Tuesday. Ernest Norris and wife of Effingham were business callers Saturday.
The High School baseball team suffered a heavy defeat at Sandoval last Friday. Harold Bradford pitched six effective innings with only two hits allowed. Sandoval plans to return the game Friday September 26. A local literary piece recounts a family cat’s perspective titled The Meanest Boy in Town.
Illinois highlights include a 56 mile straight stretch from Casner near Decatur to the Illinois Indiana line. It notes Chicago uses thirty percent of its electricity for transportation and Illinois per capita government spending sits below the national average.
Public library spending in Illinois averaged 53 cents per resident in 1929. The University of Illinois holds 91 000 transcript pages from pre 1818 Spanish archives concerning Illinois and the west. The Chicago elevated lines are cited as safest in operation, with Illinois ranking third in farm owned motor vehicles.
A local fan chorus cheers the Cardinals while naming ill and deceased or absent figures like George Simcox, Dave Waterhouse, Ray Gray, and Carl Meador. The piece laments a funeral for “these poor men” and notes ongoing arrangements and hopes for a rose in memory, with James Wasem rooting for the Cubs.
A call to end the daily battles over spinach and leafy vegetables in homes. The piece argues that mealtime discipline harms digestion and that patience and tact help children accept nutritious foods, with emphasis on balanced diets, vitamin sources, and whole grains.
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