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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1941
Page
7
Classifieds appear in three publications offering advertisers results in Cowroll and Rock Island counties. Rates depend on service territory and the Review style of type. The Review accepts responsibility for only one incorrect insertion.
Brookville sales occur every Wednesday at 12 30 P M featuring horses dairy cattle butcher cattle bulls steers heifers veal calves bred sows feeder pigs and miscellaneous items sellers urged to bring stock to a well regarded market conducted by auctioneer E Wehmeyer 6
A home shopping scene shows a real estate salesman guiding a buyer to a property advertised as the latest thing in homes. The salesman touts a garage for three cars with a built in living room.
A listing of regional events from August through early October includes Illinois state fairs in Springfield Morrison Savanna Lanark Thomson Erie Hillsdale Shannon Lena Milledgeville Forreston and Morrison county fairs, Rock Island 4-H shows, Chicago Music Festival at Soldiers Field, and the Dairy Cattle Congress at Waterloo Iowa, with dates ranging August to October and associated fairs, picnics, and homecomings.
A picket in the humor column features a traveling salesman pressed into service and a joke about spartan orders. A second gag has a patient asking for plain English, only to be told by the doctor he is simply lazy, prompting the patient to report to his wife.
A concise note recalls a man who longed to work in a bank so he could celebrate more often, linking steady employment with regular festive moments and personal happiness. He valued routine savings, small bonuses, and the social rituals around financial success.
A Washington-nerve style column by 8. E. Sennett of the London News riffs on local quirks and distant jokes. Notes include Sid’s censor risk, a dressmaker’s quip, a Sabula girl’s diamonds, Clinton milking contest, and several light puns about dogs, masks, and fashions.
Illinois mines already produce 45 to 50 million tons of coal annually, yet could increase capacity if required. Demand is rising with the defense program as coal trains move to the industrial front, the so called coal-firing line defending democracy.
Holstein bulls for rent two miles east of Savanna on Wacker road James Buswell Savanna Illinois. For sale purebred Holstein bulls from high testing dams Herd T B and Bangs tested. Rush W Carroll Thomson route. For sale sixty head Hereford cows with calves by side springers fifty five head steers weight 625 lbs one registered bull one grade bull Herefords Kenneth Knapp Polo Illinois phone 124. Two heavy springer cows Alex McCullagh Fulton Illinois.
Instructional note on wound care urges control of bleeding with clean dressings and avoiding unnecessary suturing. Emphasizes using sterile materials, petroleum products for antisepsis, and cautions against iodine and gasoline on open wounds. Ends with an odd dialogue snippet.
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