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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1938
Page
2
The Review declares Carroll County residents as honest, hard working and ordinary citizens. It praises support for local churches, banks, taxes, rents, groceries, and homes while pledging future issues dedicated to the county’s values and people.
The Carroll County platform outlines goals for Milledgeville a bank expansion road extensions and county governance. It emphasizes electing efficient officers reducing expenses and promoting community competitive sports in Carroll County with sports as a key theme.
A brief item listing four priorities emphasizing safety, constitutional adherence, agricultural improvement, and support for farmers.
A long list of names and dates marks birthday acknowledgments for residents and guests across Thomson Lanark Chadwick Milledgeville Morrison Savanna Milledgeville Dixon and other towns. The sequence runs August 12 through August 18 with individual names listed for each day and location.
The Carroll County notes celebrate Cheese Day with Chadwick as host and highlight community efforts. Farmers plan to attend local celebrations as crops benefit from rain, while duck hunting forecasts and melon sales on Route 80 are mentioned. Roadwork and town cleanup efforts unfold in Lanark amid rain and infrastructure checks.
Mrs Joanna Hughes begins a serialized account of her around the world trip aboard the Britannic sailing July 9. She details itinerary from Paris to London, then through Norway Sweden Egypt India Australia New Zealand and Hawaii, with stops, travel clubs, and ship life notes.
Joanna Hughes recounts life aboard the Britannic with fellow travelers including teachers musicians clergy and students. She notes daily routines meals and entertainment deck sports and a charity concert, plus travel milestones as the ship sails toward Cobh and Southampton.
In this installment Captain Stephen B. Hanks recounts the Trempealeau region and its river geography. He details the mountain in the water, Black River paths to the Mississippi, La Crosse area landmarks and ghost villages like Rock Village Homer and Catlin's bluff, a cloud burst land slide at Pickwick, and early transportation hubs including Dresbach La Crescent and Grand Crossing. The narrative blends travel memory with place names, river features, and historic ferries and rail connections along the Mississippi from Winona to La Crosse.
All persons having claims against the estate of William George Brown deceased are notified to appear before the Carroll County Illinois County Court on September 6 1988 for adjustment. Dated July 26 198 B R Lewis Administrator A M Blodgett Attorney for said estate 1002 Lincoln Way Fulton Illinois
Public notice of a mortgage foreclosure in Carroll County Illinois cites a decretal order dated July 26 1938. On September 6 1938 at 10 am the Master in Chancery will sell at the west front door Mount Carroll courthouse five acres more or less described as 40 rods by 20 rods in the SE quarter of the SE quarter of section 17 township 28 north range 5 east. Proceeds to satisfy the decree with redemption remaining as allowed by law.
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