21 Nov 1929
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Newspaper
Thomas Review
Location
Thomas, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1929
Page
1
Rural postal guidance urges residents to provide sturdy boxes with signals facing the road and accessible from the road. Officials emphasize annual route inspections, proper box placement, and not leaving loose money or parcels in boxes. Patrons should meet carriers for parcels and money orders, not insert coins, to ease winter routes and improve service.
A humorous vignette at a hospital oil station scene shows a doctor joking about an operation failing. Another joke features a small town publisher arguing with a store owner over advertising with lines about years in town and church bells.
John Gilbert and Norma Shearer headline a Romeo and Juliet inspired skit in MGM’s The Hollywood Revue opening Sunday at the Rialto Clinton. The number features Joe Farnum’s travesty script with Barrymore directing and a large starry cast including Marion Davies Joan Crawford Conrad Nagel Jack Benny Bessie Love Laurel and Hardy Anita Page Marie Dressler and Buster Keaton among others.
Appeals are sent from the Christian Home Orphanage in Council Bluffs Iowa asking for Thanksgiving donations. The home, forty seven years old, provides education physical and religious training to children with a non sectarian mission funded entirely by voluntary contributions.
A tense exchange centers on office furnishings insurance while a manager notes that all items are insured except the clock, claiming everyone watches that. The dialogue implies concern over a prized timepiece.
A compact newspaper note cites Shakespeare’s line that love is blind and remarks that some selections by women for husbands are noteworthy. It contrasts the poet’s insight with observed choices and references William’s understanding of Cupid.
A compact view on life: a man is judged by every stage and action from birth to old age. Infancy gleams as angelic, boyhood as devilish, adulthood as a baleful mix. Family effort, wealth, politics, church, and charity all shape harsh judgments. Everyone wants to kiss him at birth and condemns him at every turn.
A fragmented quotation reflects on life and death, noting that early death or long life both carry burdens. It implies hostility to a figure who may be tormented or spared, and ends with a grim observation about funeral costs and the inevitability of facing the world.
A brief exchange contrasts traditional grandmothers with modern granddaughters on dress. The dialogue suggests grandmothers doubted lavish attire while granddaughters adopt bold, contemporary styles, reflecting shifting social norms.
The Fulton bazaar at Mystic Workers hall netted 615.68 with receipts of 1889.22 and expenses 774.54. Attendees included Thomson and Albany residents. Proceeds will pay the church furnace debt installed last year, per Ww. J. Considine of Fulton News Stand and Ice Cream Parlors.
Friends of the American Legion are invited to attend the Legion Epo k at Fulton Coliseum on November 28 29 and 30. Dancing every evening and a cordial invitation extended to all. Their ad appears in this issue of The Review.
A fragmentary utterance questions the cause of a lion's death amid a boastful claim of firing. The speaker describes relief and thrill at the animal's demise, prompting curiosity about the death's cause and context.
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