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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1942
Page
5
Classifieds in three publications offer advertisers exposure in Carroll and Rock Island counties. Rates are based on reasonable charges for the service and territory. ads must stay within proper classification and the Review style. The Review accepts responsibility for only one incorrect insertion.
A brief posted notice warns against trespassing on land leased from the government along Route 80 north of Thomson and on a farm occupied by Guy Turney. It states trespassers will be prosecuted. The rest of the text spoofs a miscellany of phrases and a Norse-cat tale from The American Weekly.
A fragmented listing mentions George Oliver Hillsdale for auto insurance, Mt. Carroll’s George W Ivey and Sons, wall texturing plastering brick work, Clyde Gronaring Morrison well drilling, Lanark contacts Robert Sargent and A L Boothby real estate. Dated 1 16 ends with Savanna Minnesota and phone cues.
A 1942 classified style notice promotes General Auto Co Bear Service Station in Clinton Iowa offering wheel alignment checks with a Bear machine. It mentions Next door to Strand Theatre and lists address 115 4th Ave So. Also notes shoe repair and a local scene with a window accident involving Mrs Smith and a child named Mary Jane who refuses to name Billy.
Suction every Thursday at the Sterling Sates Porison Ster ling UK. The auction starts at 192 a.m. and lists cattle hogs sheep and other livestock. Harry Kipnis will hold an auction at his premises with cattle hogs sheep and veal calves. The sale includes sows pigs and miscellaneous articles.
Purebred Molstein bulls from high testing dams listed by Herd T. 8 and Bang tected. Berkshire boars for sale by Preston Downing of Mt. Carroll Tl 4t 8 27x 40 Head Hereford cows with calves. Minnesota springers and heifers from Fowler Farms Albany mile southeast Garden Plain. Milk cows and two Short horns. John Renkes Fulton. For sale or rent several bulls cheap work horse springing cow D Eat Hollinshead Morrison Ill Phone 2721. Wanted to buy old or crippled horses or mules for fox feed B BR Lewis Thorson HL Phone 321. 2t 8-4x
Seller offers entire grocery stock and equipment for 2000 dollars in cash. Low rent noted and willing to sacrifice inventory to move quickly.
Various listings include home appliances, radio sets from Atwater Kent, Kenmore and Crystal Readings, parts and accessories. Advertises prices, contact details, and service notes for Davenport Rock Island and surrounding areas. Included are pets, breeding dogs, and furniture for sale or rent with local phone numbers.
Help Wanted notices from Illinois towns describe housework for a Chicago suburb family with private room and 10 dollars weekly. Also positions for machine operators and travel opportunities with named contacts. Sales notices include a garage rental and a farmland sale with local agents.
A scrambled OCR style piece lists jokes and anecdotes touching on war time, matches consumption, oath questions, baby carriages, education, roads, and painters. It blends light humor with everyday quips about marriage, cars, work, and ministers.
Chadwick residents and friends share hospitality across several households this weekend. Visitors include Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Saffer of Chicago at Fred Seim home, Jean Moyer of Savanna returning from James Morgan residence, and many local gatherings with the Shuman, Schneider, and Imel families. </s>
Various Chicago guests visited the Schleuning home and relatives throughout the area. Extended dinners and celebrations included Barbara Ann Georges fourth birthday observance at Cecil George home Morristown and trips by Donna Peters to Clinton Iowa and Luanne Peters to Wacker with Danny Emnyre. Kent Olson of Rockford stayed with his parents Fred and shared weekend visits across Mt Carroll Brookville and Dixon.
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