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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1936
Page
2
The Thomson Review voices that Carroll County residents are normal citizens who support churches and local organizations, fund banks, and handle taxes, insurance, rent and groceries. It praises honesty and hard work and dedicates future issues to continuing these efforts.
1936 Review outlines Carroll County platform items. Calls for Bank of Villedgerdie, road improvements from Stansen's Corners to Tit. 73, joining Rt 16, creation of efficient village and county offices, and cost reductions. Promotes community competitive sports. mentions Milledgeville and Thomson as patrol points. portrays Carroll County as a sportsmen’s paradise.
An editorial note urges adherence to the Constitution and caution in governance. It repeats the phrase Crime Never Pays and stresses reform, referencing Letter Farms and Farmers to ground the discussion in agrarian policy and constitutional fidelity.
Voters in Carroll county face a primary with one clear GOP candidate for State Representative, F. U. Stransky of Savanna. The district shows Ed Laughlin of Freeport and John Cramer of Freeport for representative alongside John Bingham of Galena and Stransky, with Carroll county favoring a home candidate. Laughlin has unopposed race for State Senator.
The column recalls longtime residents and their ventures in Savanna and Mt Carroll. It highlights Stransky’s candidacy for state representative, local business figures like Stransky’s dairy, the Squires Hardware store, and Charles Harris’s McCormick Deering sales. It notes upcoming primary voting, community projects, and spring preparations across farms, hatcheries, and Milledgeville.
A rambling column excuses a misnaming of a dog tale and critiques political primary choices. It ends with a folksy fishing anecdote on Rock River, where three men haul a tiny bass that allegedly pulls a buggy from the river, illustrating wary trust in campaign chatter.
Easter shoppers flock to Chadwick Theo Bram Loc a stores in a spring display heavy with color. Humbert & Zugschwerdt showcase women’s spring apparel including bonnets dresses lingerie and hosiery while men find spring ties shirts hats and gloves. Ben’s and Emyre’s highlight Easter specials and table fineries inviting shoppers to dress for Easter Sunday churchgoers.
The Lanark high school band aims to travel to Champaign for further contest honors. Carroll Service Co. adds paint sprayer ignition tester and car-checking device. Mrs. Alice Snider plans to move to Lanark after Friday sale while continuing to teach at the Good school. District candidates work spare time, and local merchants restock coal as cold weather returns.
A miscellaneous column offers wry takes on idle days and marriage, jokes about burglars and dentists, and quips about aging drivers. It cites a Belgrade figure Sophia Nistechevitch with 16 marriages, a Seattle invalid cured by silence, and a rough joke about Columbus and Norse claims. Local color notes closed schools in Blue Eye Missouri over pink eye. The piece closes with wordplay and a farewell to the South Side view.
A jumble of birthday names with dates from April 8 to April 15 appears, listing Edleen Cust and others across towns like Milledgeville and Chadwick. Interwoven are stray notes on names and places, plus a brief aphorism about fingerprints and a political joke about presidential candidates. The fragment ends with casual quips on appetite and conscience.
Mr and Mrs Arthur Franzen of Red Oak Iowa announce their marriage after keeping it a secret for 13 years.
Public sales announced at farms in Albany Albany and surrounding areas include Charles Hoover selling horses, cattle, hogs, machinery and harness on April 14. James S. Smith sale postponed to April 9 near Savanna features horses, farm gear and hay. Henry F. Weber dispersal horse sale at Chadwick on April 28 highlights Percheron and Belzien horses. KE Heinbaugh closing out sale near Chadwick on April 15 covers cattle horses sheep and machinery. Harry Kipnis sale near Carroll on April 17 lists horses cattle hoes and farm equipment. Furniture auction near Chadwick on April 1 begins at 1 o clock with various furnishings. Alice Der and Fried Zuck closing out sale near Lanark on April 10 features stock horses cattle horses and machinery.
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