THREE BOYS FIND BODY OF FARMER
Three small boys from Olive rural school north of Savanna found the body of Frederick C. Frey a 68 year old farmer hanging in his barn eight and a half miles north of Savanna on the Ridge road. Coroner Roy Bertsch ruled it suicide amid despondency after his wife’s death. Funeral held in Savanna with burial at Albrecht cemetery Derrida. survived by five sisters, one brother, a stepdaughter and three stepsons.
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Olive Rural School
Savanna
Frederick C. Frey
Ridge Road
Raymond
Rey Milier
Libbie Miller
Merle Haring
Lawrence Haring
Miller
Roy Bertsch
Jo Daviess County
Frey
Fuller Funeral Home
Bertsch
Cleworth
Albrecht
Derrida
Bertha Lartz
Geo. Ring
Lena Fox
Detroit
A. H. Sisler
Eugene, Ore
Mary Cooley
Mt. Carroll
Sam Frey
George Hoertz
Mosquito Hill
John Weible
Woodbine
Edw. Weible
Daggetts
Elmer Weible
Carroll REA meeting outlines rural electrification plan
About 40 to 50 farm owners and tenants in Carroll County gathered at Mt. Carroll courthouse to learn about Jo-Carroll Electric Cooperative progress. Farm Adviser M. P. Roske explained loan terms at 2.72 percent and that roughly 200 farmers had signed up, with May 10 as the signup deadline to secure REA funds for the project.
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Carroll County
Mt. Carrol
Jo-Carroll Electrical Co-operative
REA
M. P. Roske
Roske
Mt. Carroll
Palisades Park Custodian To Attend School
Freud Tack of Savanna, custodian of the Mississippi Palisades State Park, will attend the third annual school of instruction for state park custodians and guides in the new lodge at Starved Rock State Park Friday, April 28. F. L. Lynden Smith, director of the department of public works and buildings, arranged the school to stress the custodians\" role serving visitors. State park staff will discuss park administration and public relations.
Federal land awards totaling 16070.50 in Carroll county
Federal court in Freeport awarded 16070.50 as payment for 1208.71 acres of Carroll county land taken Jan 13 12238 as part of Mississippi river channel improvements. Awards issued as directed verdicts after prior settlements with owners and include numerous unknown heirs with funds held by the U S Treasury for five years.
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Carroll County
Freeport
Thomson
U. S. Treasury
Jo Daviess County
Lundine
Carroll Farms
Daniel H. Burnham
James W. Lambert
Savanna Savings Bank and Loan Assn
Douglas Whitte
Roy S. Lundine
Henry Schmitz
Agnes Schmitz
Savanna Gun Club
Jacob Hengel
Lawrence Miles
Hattie Osburn Schnellbach
Arlene Osburn
Gugle' Osburn
Jane Osburn
Isabelle Osburn
Chicago Turner Gun Club
George Fred Dauphin
Henry C. Radke
Mae Radke
Florence A. Rego
Alma Dierks
Mac Radke
Elizabeth Moore Hoffman
Sherman B. Bowen
Fred M. Bowen
Luther H. Bowen
Hackens Tllinois
Sherman H. Bowen
Fred M Bowen
City of
Savanna
Northwestern
Leo Everson
Emma Everson
Sophia Smart
G. E. Reddington
William Probst
Robert W. Barrett
Lee Everson
Ono
Barrett
Et al
Haita
Heire
Dam No. 13
Farmers and business leaders discuss conservation program
More than 90 farmers and business men gathered Tuesday night at the Mt. Carroll Methodist Church for a dinner and discussion on the farm conservation program. Francis Buck and J. W. Stephenson of the state AAA spoke, with local officials introducing guests and questions. The meeting covered soil conservation, production control, tariffs, and public debt, yielding lively debate and information sharing among attendees.
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Carroll County
Methodist
Mt. Carroll
Ithe County
Francis Buck
J. W. Stephenson
State Aaa
J. W. Erdmier
Shannon
County Aaa
Tira
P. Roske
Waeed
Eisseller
Buck
Will and estate details from Carroll county probate
Probate notices reveal wills for Ince Gottlieb Bath George Rath Rosa Rath and Rosa Rath wills. Executors Laurence T Miles William Hugh Somerville and Fred Schreiner named with specific share allocations. Real estate transfers list multiple parcels in Savanna Carroll and Milledgeville. Seed quality warning notes high germination standards and tagging requirements for seed sold in state.
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Ince Gottlieb
Bath
Washington Township
Laurence T. Miles
Roge Wurster
Lena Haring
Lillian Messmer
John W. Rath
Amelia Wurster
Charles Rath
William Hugh Somerville
William Somerville
Mt. Carroll
Margaret iSomerville
Viola Mae Dixon
Ros‘ina Belle Roberts
Alice Jane Smith
iMargaret Edna Smith
Cora Mabel Moore
Florence Rath Elliott
Carroll County
Savanna
L. A
John AL
Robbe
S. B
Harold Mitchell
Chadwick Youth Poem Earns Spot in World’s Fair Anthology
Charles H. Stowe of Chadwick HL receives national literary recognition as his poem To Youth, We Leave, is accepted for inclusion in The World’s Fair Anthology 1239 published by Exposition Press New York. The 26 year old unmarried rural schoolteacher has published in The Lyric Kaleidograph Verse Craft The Bard Warp and Woof Fiction Parade and anthologies Merry Go Round Moon in the Steeple The Caravan of Verse The Packar Anthology.
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Charles H. Stowe
Chadwick
Exposition Press
New York City
the Lyric
Kaleidograph
Verse Craft
the Bard
Warp and Woof
Fiction Parade
Packar
Henry Harrison
Crown Anthotoxy
Local bands to compete in state contest at LaSalle Penn
In LaSalle Penn Friday and Saturday local bands will participate in the state band contest. County farmers and business men will attend a banquet Tuesday evening with discussion on farm programs. Farmers must sign by May 1 to show intent to cooperate in the farm program to secure loans for next fall.
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LaSalle-Penn
Milledgeville Man Faces Trial in Rockford Court
Ploud Holbrook, 39, of Milledgeville, pleaded not guilty to a drunken driving charge in Winnebago County Court. He was released on a $50 bond after an accident last week at East State and 2nd Street in Rockford involving Willard Newberg, 34, of Rockford.
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Ploud Holbrook
Milledgeiville
Wuiley
Winnebago
Molbrook
East State
2Nd Street
Rockford
Willard Newberg
Oil Valley School Announces Saturday April Picnic
Oil Valley School closes Saturday April 29 and invites parents and friends to its annual picnic that day. Pupils and teachers extend a cordial invitation to attend the community event.
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Oil Valley School
Right of way for Milledgeville Pale road may be condemned
County board, after a report by County Superintendent of Highways Campbell, authorized the state’s attorney to begin condemnation proceedings against Elkhorn Grove landowners if a satisfactory settlement isn’t reached in days. The state plans July bids for the final road link, insisting relocation is impractical despite landowner opposition.
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Campbell
Milledgeville
Pale
Elkhorn Grove Township
Elkhorn Grove
Carroll Conference toDisplay Track Meet Trophies and Medals
Chadwick coach Paul Unzieker announced plans to display six county trophies in each town of the Carroll Conference ahead of the May 16 track meet. Displays will run two to three days in Thomson Shannon Lanark Mt Carroll Milledgeville and Chadwick before the event.
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Paul Unzieker
Chadwiel
Carroll
Chadwick
Thomson
Shannon
Lanark
Mt. Carroll
Milledgeville
Traum Named Director Of Local Junior Commerce Group
Bill Traum of Rockford was elected to the board of directors of the Junior Association of Commerce at the city's meeting last week. He was announced by the radio station WROK.
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Bill Traum
Rockford
WROK
Junior Association of Commerce of
Re Elect Carson as Chairman Faces No Competition This Year
Carson runs for reelection as chairman with no other nominations for the office this year. The slate indicates one candidate and no challenger names are listed for the post.
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Carson
Third Term Board Transacts Routine County Business
Garrel county board of supervisors met Tuesday and re elected Robert C Carson Woodland township as chair by acclamation for a third term. Routine business followed with minutes approved and bills paid. Delegates were named to county officers convention and ratified a pay increase for board of review members to six dollars per day plus mileage. Standing committees for the coming year were named including Finance Officials Salaries and Accounts County Treasurer Sheriff's County Farm Public Buildings Superintendent of Schools Printing and Stationery Approving Official Bonds Judiciary County Highway State's Attorney Legislative Relief.
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Garrell Country Board of Supervisors
Robert C. Carson
Woodland Township
R. Carson
Carson
Board of Review
S.c.campbell
J. J. Sheerdan
John Warner
M. P. Roske
Ji. Roske
Tron
Jund
Sia
J. F. Lower
Rock Creek
County Board of Review
Lower
Ward R. Fritz
J. J. Shoedan
Adam Heinze
Wm. A. Fisher
Wm. B. Straw
Lee Shaver
George Mest
George Miller
George ‘Mest
S. O. Cram
Charles Kingery
J. J. Sheridan
Sherm
O. Cram
F. Lower
Sherm Myers
L. A. Oyster
Cram
J. PF. Lower
Jota Warner
Crom
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