Lantern Lane hospital gossip and town happenings in Lanark area
A cheerful Tri Cities visit recalls Henry Davis of Lanark now cooking at the Hitching Post in East Moline. The Lake belt notes March into spring with tractors, new store displays, river scenery, Egg Easter services, VFW leadership, a fire at Edward O Neal store, and a May wedding of Art Miller and Elaine Zugschwerdt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tri-Cities
Carroll County
Lanark
Henry Davis
Henry's
Henry
Forida
Hitching Post
East Moline
Davenport
16Th Ave
Marth Bros. Variety Store
Savanna
Mississippi
Shaw-Leavens
Arthur Seiple
T. L. Schunder
Frank Seidenburg
Ray Kentner
John Allison
Ray Hammen
G. H. Cottral
Edward O’neal
Savanna Rotary Club
New Nya
Palisades Park
Edgar B. Junkermann
Savanna Ordnance Depot
Lloyd Handel
Carrie Hartman
Cartie
Sollenberger
Lutheran
Hope Evangelical
Art Miller
Elaine Zugschwerdt
Long ramble on life and lineage in Thomson column
A reflective Thomson column mixes marriage jokes and election quips with personal stories. The writer recalls a local vote, melon growers, a boating mishap tied to John Alden and Miles Standish, and family lore linking Kentucky, Pennsylvania Dutch, and Mayflower ancestry. He muses on work, heritage, and leaving the world better than he found it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cal Feezer
Thomson
John Alden
Evangeline
John
Butch
Miles Standish
England
Alden
Hitler
Standish
Route 80
Miles
Dick Sharpe
Father
Kentucky
Judge Mattingly
William Penn
Grandfather
Henry Voeckel
Birthday List of Local Residents by Date and Town
The notice lists birthdays for April 18 to April 24 featuring residents from Thomson Milledgeville Chadwick Lanark Rockford Morrison Morrison Argo Galesburg Seaton Frost Minn Albany and Jefferson Wis. Names include Mrs Clarence Van Buskirk Mr Carroll Mrs Henry St Ores Mrs Jake Housenga Mrs Harry Tallman Bobby Miles Erve Ritenour Dorothy Fosberg Fred Seim Capt H Wildey Fred Meyers Claudina Cheeseman Shirley Stage Mrs L Coleman Mrs Mary Shildwalter Donald Crofton V V Provant Mary Ellen Halfman Clarence Stage Donald Taylor Dave Kimmel Preston Kreider Raymond Cooper Harry Spearman Philip Sheridan George Weatherwax Olive Kreider Harland Hollowell Clyde Mullen Irvin Edgerton Ben Stage Kenneth Kemmer Leo Bushman Helen Cullen Bobby Maberry William Geisz Mrs Floyd Hyde Robert Volz John Tallman Mrs William Wagner Raymond Hook Julius Medenbirk Wallace Warner F Herrick Arthur Oncken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence van Buskirk
Mr. Carroll
Henry St. Ores
Thomson
Jake Housenga
Fulton
Harry Tallman
Lanark
Bobby Miles
Milledgeville
Erve Ritenour
Chadwick
William Mest
Robert Smith
Jefferson
Wis
Russell Queckboerner
Dorothy Fosberg
Rockford
Fred Seim
W. H. Wildey
Carroll
Fred Meyers
Clem Hoy
John Pape
Marinette
Shirley Stage
East Lynn
Claudina Cheeseman
Shirley Sword
L. Coleman
Mary Shildwalter
Donald Crofton
Morrison
V. V. Provant
Merle Doden
Mary Ellen Halfman
Clarence
Donald Taylor
Dave Kimmel
Preston Kreider
Raymond Cooper
Harry Spearman
Philip Sheridan
George Weatherwax
Olive Mae Kreider
Harland Hollowell
Milledgevile
Clyde Mullen
Irvin Edgerton
Albany
Ben Stage
Kenneth Kemmer
Galesburg
Leo Bushman
Helen Jean Cullen
Bobby Maberry
William Geisz
Floyd Hyde
Seaton
Robert Volz
Frost
Minn
Leroy Foltz
Argo
Ed Schneider
John Tallman
William Wagner
Raymond Hook
Julius Medenbirk
Wallace Warner
F. F. Herrick
Arthur Oncken
Local visits and April Altrust class meeting noted
Preston Prairie residents Mrs. Howard Petty Mrs. Frank Diteworth Donald Ritenour and Mrs. Mike Knauer visited Solon Iowa on Monday. Mr and Mrs Glen Bickelhaupt and their son visited relatives in Mason City Iowa. The Altrust class held its April meeting at the Alvin Seidenberg home and Easter visitor Mrs Charlie Gillespie stayed with her son Francis Gillespie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Petty
Frank Diteworth
Donald Ritenour
Mike Knauer
Solon
Glen Bickelhaupt
Mason City
Alvin Seidenberg
Charlie Gillespie
Francis Gillespie
Egg timing by clock and down train in busy kitchen
A domestic exchange shows Norah explaining why eggs vary from soft to hard. The mother notes she starts boiling at eight and removes them when she hears the down train pass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norah
Taxi Cab Dialect Sparks Penny For Turns
In a humorous exchange a visitor praises cabbies for sharp turns while a native notes the cost of such maneuvers at 50 cents. The brief quip highlights pricing in city taxi service during casual street talk.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ely Cochran
Phillips
Sharpe
Review
the Village Echo
Thomson Broadax
Thomson Review
Noe Saunders
H. G. Stagg
Sylvalena Bolhous
Kenneth Whitney
Illinois
Happy
W. L. Derrer
MT. Carroll
Cooper
Ferguson
Hans P
Greison
Greison Bldg
Case Savanna
Morrison Hatchery
Albert M. Greison
Savanna, Ill
Savanna Cleaners & Dyers
White Rock
U. S
Hatchery
John Parks
Preston Prairie
Mt. Carroll, Ill
Kipnis Sale Pavilion
Galena St
Guernsey
Jersey
MT. Carroll Sales CO
Roy Fritz
O. P. Miles
H. Kipnis
D. Kipnis
Iowa
Behan & Helfert
Sabula, Iowa
M.C. Crouse
Purina
MT. CarroLl Black
Garden Gloves
Marth Bros
Mt. Ca
Rath
Farmer’s Elevator
Russell Meyers
L. W. Kreider
W.F. Black
Walnut, I
Foster Black
Fred Wulf
Mt. Carroll Carroll County
Pfister
W.F. Black Farms
Walnut, Ill
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!