Thomson Local Paper Names and Publishing Details
The Thomson village newspaper history lists the Thomson Review of 1893 and earlier volumes from 1875 and 1879, issued by G. and T. B. Stage with editor Dayton Stagg. It notes second class mail status and weekly Thursday publication, with a yearly subscription of $3.00.
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Thomson Review
Thomson
Illinois
Village Echo
Thomson Broadax
G. & T. B. Stage
Dayton A. Stagg
Thomson, Ilinois
Carroll County Birthdays List and Birthday Dinner
A long roster lists numerous individuals by name and town in Carroll County for May birthdays. The item notes a birthday dinner hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Manning of Mt. Carroll honoring Mrs. Manning, with guests from Chadwick and nearby towns.
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Arthur Manning
Mt. Carroll
Manning
Eva Jacobs
Frank
Omar Pitts
George Jacobs
Gary Strauch
All
Chadwick
International two bottom plow with hydraulic cylinder
The entry lists an International brand two bottom pressure plow with a hydraulic cylinder. It includes contact for Onno Blink Jr of Fulton Rt 1, and a phone number 889 2428.
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International
Onno Blink, Jr
Fulton
Rt. 1
Rt 1
Agricultural notes and disease changes in Illinois countryside
Country Chatter surveys elm disease spread in Illinois since 1959 with hotspots in Bloomington and Champaign Urbana while Northern Illinois suffers major losses. Mt Carroll holds losses to 2 percent yearly by spring spraying and cautions that burned ground loses seed matter.
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Illinois
Bloomington
Champaign-Urbana
Mt. Carroll
Dan Dauphin Dies Monday at Savanna
Dan Dauphin 85 of Savanna died Monday at his home after a long illness. Funeral services were held Wednesday at Law funeral home with burial in Savanna Township cemetery. He was born March 14 1879 in Mt. Carroll township a son of Julius Victor and Lesetta En elking Dauphin. He married Dora eid man on Aug 24 902 who died in 1960. He farmed in the Savanna area most of his life. Surviving are two sons Charles and George both of Savanna four daughters Blanche Heisler Savanna Margaret Thom asson Polo and Elizabeth Perrin Polo and Frieda Adams Hanover 13 grandchildren 23 pres gran and two mothers Max of Polo and Edward L. of Savanna. Preceded by wife and parents three brothers and two sisters.
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Savanna
Christian Daniel
Dan) Dauphin
Law Funeral Home
Savanna Township
Mt. Carroll Township
Julius Victor
Lesetta Enelking Dauphin
Dora Eidman
Charles
George
Blanche Heisler
Vernon
Margaret) Thomasson
Larry
Elizabeth) Perrin
Polo
Forrest
Frieda) Adams
Hanover
Max
Edward L
Contracts Awarded for Carroll County Highway Maintenance
Contracts for gravel and stone placement on Sections 3 7 9 10 and 18 19 plus blacktop resurfacing were awarded Monday by Carroll County Highway Superintendent W R Isz. Recipients include Katz Bros Rein Schultz and Dahl Eisler Gravel Co Nelson Quarry Settle Construction with amounts from 2325 to 9212 25 dollars.
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Carroll County
W. R. Isz
Rein, Schultz and Dahl
Katz Bros
Eisler Gravel Co
Nelson Quarry Products
Settle Construction Co
Local Notes From Chadwick Area Dining Visitors
Mr and Mrs Wm Prowant hosted Sunday dinner with Mr and Mrs Alvin Prowant. Mr and Mrs LaVerne Kibble of Dixon visited the Post family. Ronald Geison son of Mr and Mrs Robert Geison a University of Illinois student was in Chicago April 12 17 for a Biological Sciences convention.
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Wm. Prowant
Alvin Prowant
LaVerne Kibble
Dixon
Lawrence Post
Ronald Geison
Robert Geison
University of Illinois
Chicago
Biological Sciences
Safer lawn mowing worries amid odd pest tale
A bizarre incident describes a man nicknamed the worm who avoids stopping to eat before a chicken strikes. The report hints at unsafe lawn mowing practices and wild animal interference.
Survey Area Labor Skills for Savanna Plant Site
A major machine tool maker eyes Savanna as a potential plant site and launches a labor skills survey via Carroll County Development Corporation. Over 3,000 questionnaires mailisted cover Savanna and nearby towns seeking tool and die makers machinists welders and assembly workers plus staff. The inquiry asks for skills experience and interest while noting centralized industry and cost controls as key issues.
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Savanna
Carroll County Development Corporation
Mt. Carroll
Chadwick
Thomson
Development Corporation
Carroll County
Carrollounty Development Corp
Ill
Hatchery Owner Seeks Injunction Over Sewer Hookup
Paul Law, Mt. Carroll turkey hatchery operator, sues in Carroll County Circuit Court to block Mt. Carroll from enforcing a April 14 council resolution. City seeks to abate nuisance by destroying cesspools and tanks and to connect Law’s property to the sewer system under a 1960 ordinance. Attorney warns the case could test the sewer ordinance’s validity.
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Carroll County
Paul Law
Mt. Carroll
Law
Hatchery
Rosenbergs Attend Open House in Manchester IA
Mr and Mrs Ben Rosenberg returned Monday from Manchester Iowa where they were weekend guests of Mr and Mrs Ed Guetzke. Sunday afternoon they were among the guests at an open house honoring Mr and Mrs Guetzke for their 40th anniversary. Attendees included Mr and Mrs Harry Frye Lanark and Mr and Mrs Sete Dirkson Mt Carroll.
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Ben Rosenberg
Manchester
Ed Guetzke
Rand
Guetzke
Mackey
Harry Frye
Lanark
Sete Dirkson
Mt. Carroll
Stockton Youths Fined for Liquor Possession in Auto
Four Stockton youths were fined in Carroll county circuit court after Savanna police charged them with having small liquor with seal broken in a car. Each received $50 fines plus costs. defendants were Tom L Magee Alan L Glastetter Wilao V Kehl and Paul R Bronena.
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Stockton
Savanna
Carroll County
Edward J. Turnbaugh
Tom la Magee
Alan L. Glastetter
Wilao V. Kehl
Paul R. Bronena
Banquet Attended by Mrs Mackey and Lavina Traum
Mrs Mackey and Lavina Traum of MIdg eville were guests at a Mother Daughter Banquet held Thursday evening at Ebenezer church near Pearl City hosted by Mrs Everett Sorenson and Mrs Delores Dalacker. Corsages were given to Mrs Sorenson Mrs Mackey Mrs Donald Ernest and Posey. A doll collection display by Mrs Izer of Orangeville followed the program.
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C. J. Mackey
Lavina Traum
Midgeville
Everett Sorenson
Delores Dalacker
Lanark
Ebenezer Church
Pearl City
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I. R. Senneff
Carroll Linda Bearcey
Aul
Will Conrad
Larry Armstrong
Fay Burder
Mile
Adolph
William Hawk
Fa Wm. Meyer
Milledgeville
Carroll Dimmick
Edgar Myers
Shannon
Laura Dambman
Monte Lee
Edwin P. Balk
Chester Gantz
Freeport
Herbert Stein
Ben Dykstra
Dennis Remrey
Carroll
Richard Stanberry
Tuscola
Lanny Fossett
Stephen Adee
Earl Root
Wesley Miller
Jerry Murray
Gordon Jones
Ronald Bardell
Robert Woodin
Pekin
Raymond E
W. E. Bush
Sors
Richard Martin
Jack Hoak
Glen. Lindsay
Vernon Mattie
Rolling Meadows
Robert Schoen
Kay Ann Kemmer
Morrison
Neal A. Forth
Sandra Smith
Edward Meier
Palate
Arnold Schieffer
Elmhurst
Marlin Gaul
Harold Stiles
Robert McKean
Mileville
Lee Downs
Mae Harper Seyfarth
Anna Kaye Herbeler
John W. Hall
Vergie Porter
A Baughman
Milledge
Jerry E. Wagner
Milledge- Chester Seventy
Alex Brightman
Ray Maloney
Winsor Lott
Emma Miller
Ursa Reiff
FBI
SUN
Shirley Jones
Gig Young
Red Buttons
Carolyn Jones
Comedy In Color
PTO” Aa
Michigan State University
Dan Dauphin
Chadwick News
Iowa
J. H. Rotts, & Son
Mwnartin Norris Co
Clinton, Ia
Clinton
and Boys Store
Than Key Brand
Herman Dole
Shannon, Ill
Railroad and Trucking Co
Furn
Furn Techen Furn
e—Nursery Furn
Verhead
Decker’s Auction House
Rock Falls, Ill
Don Ebersole
East Third Street
Brock "Lumber Company
McKinley Street
Clinton, Iowa
Pershing Road
Maquoketa, Iowa
Marina
Savanna, Ill
Kindells Marina
R. L. Knuth
Unday
Milledgeville Cheetahs
Pirates
Merchant TV & Appliance
Philco
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