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!
This newspaper page contains 5 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1966
Page
4
The column lists numerous residents with April 29 to May 4 birthdates from Lanark Milledgeville Savanna and surrounding towns. It requests corrections for name spellings and deceased notices, plus birthdates for paper inclusion, and notes NFO meeting on May 4 at 8 30 p m in Mt Carroll at the Community House.
Carroll County 4 H and FFA members participated in a fatstock judging contest with 814 H and FFA members judging. The event aims to give youth real stock sense and justify placing decisions while offering a path to state competition at the University of Illinois in June. Alumni Alvin Siedenburg of Mt Carroll noted.
Farmers plan corn and soybeans with warmer weather and hybrids able to withstand cold. DeKalb hybrids yielded 149 bushels after a May 3 planting, with early plantings boosting seed use and harvest moisture. I F Y E hosts host family exchanges, Mary Steimel speaks, and 4 H federations meet. Portable farrowing houses for pigs aid mobility and cleanliness. Egg prices prompt buyers to consider size over grade.
Vernon Gordon and Russell Carpenter report top 10 producing herds and cows for March. Records list names and addresses in Lanark Mt Carroll Chadwick and Edgeville with daily milk yields and butterfat, highlighting Raynor Mosher Kenneth Ibsen and Merna Zemke among others.
The 1964 Census reports Carroll County had 1,211 farms, up from 1,156 in 1959, with an average farm size of 220.6 acres and total farm value at 1964 prices of 58,282,454 dollars. Also listed are farm products sold totals and pest control chemical use data.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.