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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1933
Page
4
The Patoka Register notes James M. Emerson as publisher with Friday issue date and post office filing. It lists Patoka Illinois as place, mentions second class matter status and the 1879 act, and subscription at $1.50 per year.
A dense string of small ads lists farm and livestock for sale including Jersey cows, a registered Short Horn bull, brood sows, a Round Oak cook stove, a model T Ford, and trades such as a Chevrolet ton truck for hogs. Also offered are hens, eldery glasses, stairs rooms for rent, a 40 acre farm for trade, and a bird dog found. Listings include contacts: Mrs. F G Francis, Denver Adams, Geo Leicht, Mrs Jessie Adams, Orville Genre, Eugene Leniger, P R Glotfelty Jr, J W Alexander, Geo Binnion, Alva Binnion, Mrs S E Pierce, J C Bowen, L F Zimmerman, Elmer Berry. Various locations Patoka Odin Vernon Shobonier.
A historical overview debunks common beliefs about drinking water. It explains that clear water is not always safe, self purification is unreliable, and most diseases from water are typhoid and dysentery rather than malaria. Boiling or sterilization and proper sources are essential.
The Lions Club met in the I. O. O. F. Hall with full attendance. J. B. Nowland was named General Chairman for NRA activities. Emil Wood and John Robertson joined the committee. The club sponsors and funds labor to beautify the Y at Tate's Fruit Market, excavate and soil the triangular space, and plant barbary bushes and silver poplars as a state project.
A buyer, B M English of Centralia Illinois, asks for improved farms in Patoka area with interested callers. Negotiations likely underway between seller and potential investors seeking enhanced agricultural properties.
A courtroom exchange pivots on a judge’s reversal of a sentence. The judge grants the defense motion, changing the penalty to fifty years and one dollar in fines, prompting responses from the prisoner’s lawyer about further appeals.
Miss Isabelle Cassell of Pana visited Miss Mabel Kostwater for the week end. Richard Evans transacted business in Centralia Saturday. Mrs. Harold Simcox attended a dinner party in Patoka Friday evening at Miss Helen Troyer’s home. Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Bellamy with Judith Anne Worley and Maurene Hawley toured to East St. Louis to visit the McHale home. Vera Copple of Centralia was a social caller here Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hartman of Chicago spent the weekend with her father H. Dolsen. Dr. James Moyer of St. Louis visited last week at his cousin Terry Day’s home. Miss Wilma Schneider, guest of McKendree College in Lebanon, spent the weekend with Mrs. Cleora Schneider. Mrs. Frank Stein and Mrs. Emil Wood were Centralia shoppers Monday.
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