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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1934
Page
2
A three point platform urges banks in each town of Carroll County to restore circulation, votes for efficient local officers, and collaboration with the federal administration. It champions town banks, economy in office, and supporting Roosevelt era county programs to improve conditions.
Local notes urge Thompson and Sand Burs to enter a Melon Day float in Chadwick Cheese Day and the old Settler's parade at Lanark. The piece also covers softball events, upcoming elections, drought relief hopes, Cheese Day at Chadwick next Thursday, Morrison fair in September, and melon prankish wisdom about tasting and serving melons.
Community members prize a home built diamond with a ready to use scoreboard. John Geisz receives praise for gifts of labor on framing and the final touch. A cheese themed feature recalls Cheese Day antics and a soda powder stunt as a cautionary tale about publicity.
A humorous column recalls a heat wave with playful local anecdotes about sleeping on porches and pajama clad evenings. It riffs on politics and pop culture, notes culture clashes with Dilinger references, and ends with a string of lighthearted quips and a Famous Last Words joke.
The Rincling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Combined Circus brings a 1934 program to Freeport on Tuesday Aug. 7. The gala performances feature 150 internationally famed clowns in the world’s largest circus, promising a congress of fun makers never before seen in America.
A signed weekly ramble recounts dentist woes, hot weather, and small town anecdotes. The writer jokes about dental chair fear, a Savanna All Star game, a watch price, tax board tweaks, and local characters including Mrs. Manes, Henry Hartman, and unusual pig genetics. Notes on corn yield, berry pests, and memories of distant places close the piece.
Farm Bureau broke a scoreless tie late, scoring nine runs over the last four innings to defeat Milledgeville 9 to 6 Sunday. Franklin held Farm Bureau scoreless five innings, but the visitors exploded in the seventh and eighth, led by strong hits and errors from Milledgeville.
The Milledgeville Farmers Elevator shows a net profit of 4735 for the year with a 12 dividend proposed for 136 stockholders. The audit records handle of 102666 bushels of grain including oats and wheat plus sales in feeds, carbide gas, twine, vinyl, and related items. Current assets rose and liabilities increased modestly, notes on hand were examined, and management credited D W Fogel and manager Grom for the favorable year.
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