Rock Island Weekend Socials and Local Notices
Miss Nelson paid a weekend visit to Rock Island. Mrs. Matt Kradle has been on the sick list this past week. Harrison Wheeler of Futon traded the McCoy building to a Clinton party. C. P. Hendricks was elected President of Fulton Board of Education. Five housekeeping rooms for rent. Inquire at the Review office. Miss McGinnis of Dixon visits sister Miss Mary McGinnis. Mrs. Lillian Hadley spending weekend in Savanna with Mrs. George Frazier. Mr. and Mrs. Tehan and daughter Mary Alice visited F. A. Steele and wife. Thomson weekend visitors Mr. and Mrs. Lehman, Fred Miller, and Miss Minnie Weber. Smaltz Bros. of Fulton installing bath fixtures and Arcola heating at Ed Drake home. A. E. Sheridan and Harry Gaar re-elected at grade school election. Small voter turnout. Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Sardam and Mrs. Chas Erickson visited Savanna. Sunday guests at F. A. Steele’s home included Mr. and Mrs. John Grandy of Savanna. The Bapt ist Church Aid Society will hold a Pastry and Apron Sale at the Lew is garage on Saturday April 19 starting at 10 A. M.
Love Pirates of Hawaii at Opera House
Local notes report purchases and events including fishing licenses and a theater lineup. The Hawaiian chorus pirates operetta Love Pirates of Hawaii is billed at the Opera House May 2 and 3 with practice on May 1 and 4 baseball opening May 4 versus Proving Ground. Attendance at a recent benefit dance exceeded sixty at the door.
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York Community High School
Untitled fiscal record snippet notes balances and payments
A compact ledger fragment records dates balances and payments including taxes received from town treasurer delinquencies and expenses. It lists amounts such as 6157 97 total receipts 6079 84 expenses and 78 13 balance with scattered items like bond interest and gear for a tractor.
Village Election Quiet Sparks New Council Members
There was no opposition at the city election Tuesday. K. B. Carpenter Les Fuller and Frank Sheridan were elected as councilmen, G. A. Smith as village treasurer, A. E. Sheridan as village clerk, and Mrs. A. E. Lewis and Mrs. W. A. Adams named library trustees.
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K. B. Carpenter
Les Fuller
Frank Sheridan
G. A. Smith
A. E. Sheridan
A. E. Lewis
W. A. Adams
Loans on Real Estate and Other Holdings Ledger Entry
Bank statement from Thomson State Bank lists totals of resources and liabilities totaling 301 472 25 with items including loans on real estate 22 525 00, collateral security 20 923 00, other loans 199 043 07, overdrafts 132 64, U S government investments, and bonds and stocks 2 705 00, banking house furniture and fixtures 106 62, due from banks cash and other cash resources 45 079 92. liabilities show capital stock 25 000 00, surplus 2 600 00, undivided profits 4250 17, time deposits 328 126, demand deposits 141 695 78. A E Sheridan cashier swears the figures are true to the best knowledge and belief. sworn before K B Carpenter Notary Public on April 10, 1924.
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U.S
A. & Sneeman
Thomson State Bank
Public Accounts
State of Illinois
A. E. Sheridan
State of Ilinois
County Carroll
K. B. Carpenter
Intelligence of Indian Elephant Illustrated
A traveler named Tenant witnesses an Indian elephant calm a dire obstacle. The elephant bears a heavy timber on its tusks, blocks a road, and, after guiding the rider, returns, repositions the timber, and departs with a display of indignation. The episode prompts a discussion of animal intelligence and problem solving.
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Samuel A Derleux
Tenant
India
Havana Motorists Keep Cars in Front Halls
Havana’s crowded streets and narrow joined houses force many affluent residents to park their automobiles indoors in front hallways. With space at a premium in a city of about 400 000, garages are scarce and cars are kept near staircases, while off cans and tools are stowed away out of sight.
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Havana
Mississippi Dragons on cliff face near Alton DL
French explorers Marquette and Joliet reportedly found two devil line figures painted and carved high on a Mississippi cliff near Alton DL in June 2008. Known as the Piosa petroglyphs by archaeologists, they drew legends as the Mississippi dragons and were praised as premier early Indian art before quarrying in the mid nineteenth century destroyed the site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississippi River
Alton
Marquette and
Joliet
Margrette
Arctic Daylight Radio Experiments Stir Relay League Claim
K B Warner secretary of the American Radio Relay League reports experiments during Arctic daylight show radio waves disintegrate or are absorbed by unknown natural phenomena. The check-up aimed to solve contact gaps between continental stations and Ice-bound ships of Roald Amundsen and Donald B. MacMillan during five weeks of Arctic daylight.
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North
K. B. Warner
Americat Radio Relay League
Roald Amunds
Donald B. MacMillan
Rent Old Homes for Weddings In Europe
A postwar trend sees well to do buyers renting fine homes to host weddings for their children. Prime houses with good addresses attract high incomes, transforming former residences into wedding venues.
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Europe
Unclear text fragment influences awkward dialogue
Fragmentary OCR text includes names and phrases about unfair advantage and romance. No coherent event, date, or identifiable entities to summarize into a factual news item.
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Thomson Review
Foster L. Stagg
Thomson, Illinois
Miss Nelson
Rock Island
Matt Kradle
Harrison Wheeler
Futon
McCoy
Clinton
C. P. Hendricks
Board of Education of
Fulton
Miss McGinnis of
Dixon
Miss Mary McGinnis
Lillian Hadley
Savanna
George Frazier
Mart Tehan
Mary Alice
F. A. Steele
Thomson
Mrs. Lehman
Harmon
Fred Miller
Minnie Weber
Smaltz Bros. of
Ed Drake
Harry Gaar
F. M. Sardam
Chas Erickson
Jennie Thomson
John Grandy
Aid Society of the Baptist Church
Lewis
Clifton Bennet
The
Home Furniture Co
Vada Middleton
Morrison
Audry Herrity
Dorthy Dear
Seiut
U. S
Tennessee
Opera House
Proving Ground
Roy B. Smith
Optometrist
Gue
Hard Road Report
Balancand
Co Treas
Jas Frost Pub Report
Geo M Bechtel Bond
American Ex Co
Geo M Bechtel & Co
Auditor of Public Accounts
State of
Illinois
Wickie
Uates
Anra Vt
Lems
Buis
Francke & Switzer
Mississippi
Arctic
Georgette
Ludwig
Darlins
Miga Cayenne
Wasabington
Gadskesen Haede
6Th Ave
Thomsen, Miseatrc
Ned
Geotes
Ath
Perm
Nic
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