Chadwick Cheese Day In Northwestern Illinois 1936
The Chadwick community invites all to Cheese Day festivities featuring 1200 pounds of Chadwick cheese served in sandwiches with coffee milk or cream. A carnival midway, parade with cash prizes, a 50 year history pageant, a softball tournament, Chadwick band music, vaudeville acts, and dancing fill the day from morning into night. Citizens host visitors from miles around for this fifth annual celebration marking Chadwick's half century and 60th birthday.
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Chadwick
Free-Vata
New Bowery
Ralph Slade
Tlinois
County Deaths Mrs Thomas Carbey Mr Carroll
Mrs Thomas Carbey, 65, of Woodland township near Mt. Carton, died last Thursday in St Francis Hospital Freeport after a hip fracture last April. Funeral services were held Saturday at her son's Woodland home, with burial in Oak Hill cemetery. Her son Floyd is the sole survivor. Mr Curboy died last December in a farmhouse fire.
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Thomas Carbey
Carroll
Woodland Township
Mt. Car- Ton
St. Francis Hospital
Freeport
Floyd
Woodland
Oak Hill
Curboy
Grass Fires Threaten Farm Homes Saturday Afternoon
Flames spreading from a bonfire ignited grass and an orchard near Mrs. Charles Appel’s south of the farm, endangering the house and barn. Adam Heinze helped extinguish the blaze after turning in a fire alarm. several fruit trees were damaged but no major losses. A second small fire near the Fulrath farm was smothered with aid from nearby highway patrol. the farmer escaped a scare as he tended hay in the mow. A cigarette butt from a passing car is believed to have started both fires.
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Charles Appel
Adam Heinze
Fair Haven
Appel
Lves
Heinze
Mr. Carroll
Mr. Fulrath
Park Fire Risk Drives Talk Of Airport Plans At Palisades
A long feature describes Palisades Park facilities, water supply, and caretaker duties. It notes discussions of building an airport within the 480 acre park to aid fire patrols, though locals doubt a landing field is feasible. A high fire watch tower is proposed as an alternative.
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National Service
Crouse
Park Service
Treasury Office Contdrome Page Budgeting Tax Funds
The treasurer's office describes distributing tax receipts among districts and funds. It outlines calculating each district's proportional share based on collected taxes and notes the process requires two people about four hours to compute and issue checks.
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Doumty
Tush
Us du Sehoak Glistriel
Drum High Sehuet
Cou General Fund
Usc
Gily Road
Wall Township
Seth
T Ures
Convict Extradition Waived in Savanna Case
A telegram from Savanna states a man is wanted in the state and asks if Robinson will waive extradition. A reward is offered for prompt return. Robinson agrees to waive extradition, and word to that effect was sent to Louisiana.
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Jan
Savanna
Robinson
Hhim
Savatina
Louisiana
Stockton Band Carnival Sparks City Pride This Week
Stockton hosts its third annual band carnival Friday and Saturday August 7 and 8 featuring 30 carnival booths four rides boxing matches tap dancers and ball games. Opera house dances each night will feature Raw 50 Nine piece orchestra from Platteville Wisconsin with the Stockton band Lena and Winslow bands and the Boy Scouts drum and bugle corps.
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Stock’ [Ton
Opera House
Raw
Platteville
Wis
Stockton
Committees named for annual 4 H Club Round Up
Committees to arrange the Carroll County round up picnic and 4 H event on August 27 were announced by Me P Roske county farm adviser. The list includes premiums speakers judges grounds concessions parking stands and advertising with names from Mt Carroll Lanark Milledgeville Chadwick Savanna and Shannon.
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Carroll Goung Faro Bureau
Northeas
Chadwick
Me P. Roske
Mr. Roske
M. P. Roske
Charles Gordon
Charles Stakemiller
Mr. Carroll
Eugene Murray
Thomson
Niimay Viehl
Lanark
Glen Biekelhaupt
Mt. Carroll
Harold Manning
Ed Rahn
Charles Livengood
Milledgeville
George
Randecker
Mt. Garroll
Lake Wlickinger
Kenneth Winter
Invin Woessner
Shannon
Concessions
Dart Fogel
James Sarber
Milledgevile
Glen Mummert
Glen Bickelhaupt
Vote on Carroll high school bond issue Tuesday
Voters in high school district No. 204 Mt. Carroll faced a $99,000 bond proposal to finance a new high school building. The district spans Mt. Carroll Salem Freedom and Woodland townships. Election results were not fully announced at press time. The measure passed about two to one with 289 yes and 129 no. A separate vote approved building the new site adjacent to the present building by 512 to 25.
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Mt. Carroll
Fourstownships
Salem
Freedom
Woodland
County assessment figures show stock and autos in Carroll County
Assessment figures from 14 townships show 174 automobiles owned by residents, totaling 214,015 dollars and averaging 1,264 dollars each. There are 358 trucks and buses valued at 34,120 dollars, averaging 1,550 dollars. Cattle number 6,?7 head valued 576,545 dollars with an average 19.85 per head. Horses and mules total 4,686 valued 199,900 dollars at 35.46 each. Sheep number 5,140 valued 16,870 dollars at 2.12 per head. Swine total 20,280 valued at 30-16 average.
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Carroll County
Board of Review
New Pavement Opens to Traffic on Friday Afternoon
New asphalt and concrete works on Houle Street and Tule Street viaduct are opened to traffic Friday afternoon after earlier forecasts predicted a Sunday completion. Local officials report the surface and welds meet required standards, allowing the route to be used days ahead of schedule.
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Tule
Atelath
Sidiy Atlornann
Stale Higrlavy
Iime
Ulmatik
Fragmentary notes on street work and paving equipment
A chaotic fragment describes road work including paving, frames, men at a site, and equipment handling. It mentions frames, inhabitants, drivers, and men hauling items for the project, with unclear sequence and several garbled phrases.
Savanna Youth Enlists in U S Navy Saturday
Savina enlisted in the United States Navy on Saturday amid photos and brief notes. He will undergo a three month training period at the Great Lakes Naval Training Station, with Karl King mentioned in connection to the enlistment.
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Savanna
U. 5. Navy
Savina
United States
Seb Hark Ishind
Great Lakes
Karl King
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John L. Brearton
Severna, Illinois
D. W. Grove
Mt. Carrell
Phen
Black
W. Ry. Dn
Derrer State Ven
Tee Park
G. D. Crous
Ansistant
Cary
UCC
Imalux
J. H. Shirk
New Modern
Leath & CO
West Main ST
Ray McMahan
D.C
Connell
Chevrolet and
Pontiac
Delco Light
Thess. K'd
Merchant Bros
Lanark, Ill
Jay Kingery
Galena Street
Jay W. Kingery
Me. Carroll, Iil
Colehour Bros. Elevator
Mt. Carroll, Tl
Metor- Jing
Big McCormick-Deering Farmall
Our
McCormick-Deering Farmall
Springfield
Rockford
Duncan-Phyfe
Opposite State Theatre
Sterling
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