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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1954
Page
4
A vintage recipe card lists steps for Pecan Pralines, Penache Nuts, Uncooked Chocolate Filbert Fudge, and Molasses Candy. It includes ingredients like pecan meats, filberts, cream, sugar, butter, mapleine, and chocolate with temperatures and soft ball stage guidance for candy making.
A collage of quotes on laughter kindness and character from Lamb Carlyle Lavater Goethe and others. A child’s joke about grades and a threat of punishment appears among the humorous lines.
A contemplative note speaks of restraint at meals and seeks divine guidance to choose meat over cake or bread. The speaker asks for guidance to avoid gluttony and to follow a disciplined diet aligned with prayerful intent.
The Illinois State Medical Society Education Committee argues parents shape a child’s future through daily example. It emphasizes affection, shared family life, and guiding adolescence with respect rather than force, noting rebellion is a natural growth phase.
Dr. Harlow B. Mills told the Board of Natural Resources that Illinois farmers spent about 2 million dollars to control fewer than a dozen insect pests on three quarters of a million acres, yet netted 8.5 million from these operations. He noted DDT resistance in house flies and introduced a new baiting method for closed spaces, tied to sanitation. Oak wilt studies also conducted by the Natural History Survey.
The piece urges patient parenting to help youths adjust to society's conventions. It stresses calm reasoning over denials and building mutual trust. Adolescence is hard as growth fuels a demand for freedom, requiring tact to balance independence with social norms.
The report notes Dutch elm disease in 12 Illinois counties with counts in Champaign 183 Coles 233 Douglas 42 Edgar 9 Iroquois 2 Lawrence 2 Marion 15 Massac 5 and one in Crawford Ford Jefferson Pratt. It cites earlier findings in Macon Pulaski Vermilion in 1952 and mentions habitat improvement boosting pheasant kills and quail food studies.
Mr and Mrs Edw Schneider returned from Florida Saturday. Gillogly accepts a position at Farmers Inc starting next week. Fred Landt of Rockford visited Monday on business and pleasure. Mrs Albertine Heckman improves her South Lanark property. Mrs Forrest Holbrook, the Holbrook couple’s daughter in law, is a patient in Freeport hospital. Mr and Mrs Robert Lego and Mrs L Hoak return from Florida early in the week. Mr and Mrs Hal Smith of Savannah visited Lanark Monday afternoon with Mrs May Wiley and Mrs Etta.
Packard return from a southern motor trip. Frank and Mary Sisler plus Max Sisler family at a Rockford home show Sunday. Earl Burkholder adds four sun parlor rooms. Marianne Deets visits from Ashland with parents Wayne and Mrs. Deets. Mrs. Wm. Frank hosts Rockford relatives for weekend. Mrs. Edgar Myers of Chadwick visits. PTA attracts large crowd at Lanark high school. Lanark streets brushed and cleaned after winter debris. Funeral attendance from Shannon Savanna Freeport for Mrs. Edna Fisenbise. Wales Gossard attends DeKalb teachers meeting Saturday.
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