Sandridge River Improvements Stir Local Talk and Creek Fishing
Local notes recount debates over Sandridge River works and Mingimippi river dams while residents relish fishing from Thomson. Visitors cross the Big Slough via improvised planks, a once-deep waterway now shallow. Community events include horse loss, melon stands, and kin from Oklahoma and Iowa visiting Sand Slough. Sheriff moves an eel to court house park. regional social life and greetings fill the narrative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomson
Rigney
Husban and Sons
George Miller
Horace Hall
Oklahoma
Iowa
Tatter
Hall
Earth
Sand Slough
Shiley
Feezer E
The
Mirror-Democrat
M. D
Billy Hoofstutier
Stacey Kaelin
Sterling
E. P. Bailey
Gus
Ray
Fay
Orangeville
Eheene
Thomson Briefs Include Visits From Friends and Illnesses
Local notes report Thomson residents hosting visitors from Mt Carroll Clinton and Dubuque while others plan trips to the State Fair in Springfield. Illnesses are noted for John Gaur and Ada Wilkenson as families visit relatives in Fulton and Decatur.
Spring Valley Thomson News Summary Variation
Fragmentary OCR yields uncertain text about Baer ALE and Syster Cad with references to February and eye related notes. No clear events, people, or organizations emerge to form a reliable news item.
May Dressler Show Haunts Savannah Web Theatre Audience
A fragmented report describes the May Dressler show at the Savannah Web Theatre, raising eerie impressions. Attendees recall unnerving moments and stray sounds amid a strange performance atmosphere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomson
May Dressler
He Savanna
Local Socials and Injuries Highlight Morrison Area
Residents from Holland to Sterling and Fulton gathered for visits and a Dyson reunion at Water Works Park in Morrison. Corliss Cobb sustained a spinal injury after tripping on a lawn ladder. Della Cobb visited H C Cook's Morrison home. James McCullagh hosts Spring Valley Presbyterian missionary society in Fulton on August 26.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holland
Mich
James Green
Argo-Fa
Lawrence
Community travels and gatherings around Monroe and area
Argo Nipe family and Fultons visit Monroe to see Flave Nipe at the Monroe Fair. Nipe counts visit again Tuesday. Bashaws Hines and Hazletts visit Charles Sack home. Velma Sack stays at Bashaw home. Grace Moyer hosts Stoner Cooper Cooper for dinner. Gunthers Williams Hansens and Dora Hansen family motor to Dickeyville. Foltz move to Savanna with farewell party. Aurora fair attendees Schmaling Sack Pessman. Faith Stoner of Milledgeville visits Welms Sack. Church services Sunday at 9 by Providing Elder Collins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles
Adelia Nipe
Max Fulton
Monroe
Wis
Flave Nipe
Monroe Fair
Flave
Phineas Bashaw
Vernon
Lanark
Victor Hines
Mildred
Whartsel Hazlett
Mt. Carroll
Charles Sack
Savanna
George Schmaling
Esther
Genevieve Pessman
Faith Stoner
Milledgeville
Welms
Collins
Community notices and family visits in Thomson area
Local residents report moving supervisor on Tuesday and Wednesday. Clinton guests of the Olds and Jenk ins families, Glen Sears and others host visitors from McCool Junction and Milledgeville. Multiple extended family visits, travel plans, quarantines, and a marriage in Ohio mark the week in Thomson area society notes.
Navy airman visits mother amid Cumberland theft tale
Dee Gleason of the United States Naval Air Station Anacostia returned from a 30 day furlough to his mother Mrs Luella Gleason. A theft en route to Cumberland Maryland left his car ransacked with only a blue suit two tankets and a tennis racket missing. He kept leave papers and license. A chair giveaway at Fay's store drew registrations. Local items note visits by Clarence Cooper and Albert Cooper, a party for guests from Fort Wayne and Dixon. Sale ad for good feeding pigs ends the clipping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dee Gleason
United States Naval Air Station
Anacostal
D. C
Luella Gleason
Dee
Cumberland
Maryland
Densmore Family Arrival Noted at Haneda Airport
A fragmentary item records Mr and Mrs Claude Densmore and family members Harold Robert and Geraldine Densmore arriving at Haneda Airport. The text is garbled but indicates a travel milestone or family visit event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude Densmore
Harold
Robert
Geraldine Densmee
Aliereau
Haneda
Local Social Roundup From Mt Carroll Area
Mount Carroll residents and visitors share recent gatherings and outings. Rev G C Brenneman and family plan to return to Alpha Michigan after visiting friends. Miss Kathryn Kerr and Miss Barbara Kerr leave for Morrison to visit Paul Green. Dan Harney joins Rural Carriers meeting in Polo Pines. Blaine Peck enjoys week at Lost Lake with remarks on long break. Hill and Davenport friends visit Mary J McGinty. Philip Switzer heads to Chicago. cousin Helen Switzer joins to Rochelle. Sunday dinner hosts include Herbert Rawlins with guests from Savannah Marcus and Miss Anderson Detroit Vernon Rawlins family. Lewis families from Walnut and Oak Park join a birthday picnic for their mother Alice Lewis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. L. Peck
Carroll
Thomson
John Gaur
Charles Beck
Martin Zimmer
Dubuque
Herbert
William Peck
Blaine Peck
Mt. Carroll
N. D. French
Dan Harney
Russell Stem
Nettie Stemn
Bessie Blowers
McConnell
Norm Leavens
Springfield
Bernice Cochran
Clinton
Dean Boyce
Thelma
Sandie Raymond
Ainaworth
Iowa
Joe Kauffman
Harvey Marshall
Billy
Beverly
Rockford
Ill
Dorothy
Mike Tucker
Everett Hawkins
R. D. Bennett
Alice Marie
Harry Wilkenson
Mazino Martindale
Herbert Blodgett
Blodgett
Decatur
Henry Engelking
Mt Carroll
Otto Switzer
Wesley Martinndale Land
Lanark
Charles Leavens Lamdsom
Ralph Olds
Helen Sen‘neff
Charles Jenkins
L. K. Tharp
Barbara
Alice Lincoln
Wm. Smith Atl
McCool Junction
Neb
Glen Sears
Floyd Potter
Milledgeville
Mra Stiles
Milledgevilly
Ruth Sheridan
Glen Ellyn
Tom Sheridan
Chadwick
Nelda Williams
Ed Williams
Richard Divilbliss
Warrensville
Mary Wilson
Ben Dykstra
Jennie Bielema
Christina
John Klimstra
Roy Balk
Gardenplain
Glen Goble
Maywood
Hazel
Thomas Hand
Katherine Hand
Henry Lassen
Eret
Vinton
Buster
Lillian Stratton
Batavia
York Township
J. M. Fay
Hubert Cate
Edna Williams
Morrison and
Clarence
Shirley Stage
Tuesaday
Ohio
Glen Wilt
Detroit
Mich
Clint Wilt
Ed McGinty
Join Carroll
Lois
Charles Casselberry
Savanna
Mt. Mortis
Pines
Polo
L. C. Lewis
Walnut, Tr
Norm Lewis
Oak Park
Alice Lewis
Fragmentary lines from Savanna note prompt inquiry
A garbled excerpt from a Savanna notice features a person named Mes Gray and mentions Mis Mary a McGinty Piebey with broken dialogue or a question in dialect. The text is severely damaged and readable only in fragments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mes. Gray
Savanna
Mary
McGinty
Local Social Weekend Visits Reflect Small Town Ties
Mrs Roper hosts guests with Ma and Mrs J oiy Sherdan visiting this week. Miss Ramona Lewix stays in Clinton with Miss Mildred Bowers. Frank Noore and family of Savanna call on K B Carpenter and family. Christing Bietema and Gerald Renkes visit Ben Dykstra households. Francke reunion draws 101 attendees at Old Mill Park Savanna. Neary Johnsons take a trip to Dickeyville Wisconsin to visit the grotto. Mackey, guest of Nearys and Johnsons, heads to Chadwick relatives before Beloit departure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Francke
Francke
Old Mill Park
Savanna
John Neary
Frank Johnson
Francis Hook
Oliver Mackey
Dickeyville
Wis
Miss Mackey
Neary
Johnson
Chadwick
Beloit
Royal Neighbors Lodge Initiates New Member Lovice Frost
The Royal Neighbors met Tuesday afternoon in regular session. Present were Mrs. James Frost, Lovice Frost, Mrs. Dolan of Lost Nation Ta, and Mrs. Mary Wilson of Chadwick. Miss Lovice Frost was initiated as a member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Frost
Lovice
Dolan
Lost Nation
Alsa
Mary Wilson
Chadwick
Smiths and Ricees Host Guests in Ster
Mr and Mrs Lloyd Smith and Fyn als wen stuckent guests of Wee and Wee Claude Rice in Ster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Lloyd Smith
Fyn Als Wen Stuckent
Wee
Wee Claude Rice
Ster
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Thomson Review
Phonyson
Umlinor
Agi
Maret
Veter Vseuge Mabbie
Garast McGinty Keim
Joyce
Meren Keim
Chncago
Ely Cochran
Thomson Briefs
Charles Nehr
Walla Walla, Wash
Lenn Carpenter
Lynn Morgan
New York City
Spring Valley
Thomson News
Chas. Geisinger
Llewellyn Fay
Fays
Clarence Cooper
Lowell Park
Dixon
Mrax
Carpenter
Harry Carpenter
Jane Lamb Hospital
Albert Cooper
Earl Dale
Anderson
Fort Wayne
Ind
Hanover
Harry Cooper
R. H. A. Hough
Morrison, TN
Oxfords
Oxford
U. S. Rubber Co
Brockill’s
Thomson, Illinois
Avonsin
G. C. Brenneman
Alpha, Mich
Kathryn and
Sarbars Kerr
Chicago
Louw Schick
Paul Green
Morrison
Lost Lake
Blaine
Mrs. Hill
Davenport
Mary J. McGinty
Philip Switzer
Wiss Helen Switzer
Mr. Carroll
Rochelle
Herbert Rawlins
Earl Anderson
Savanha
Marcus Anderson
Miss Anderson
Vernon Rawlins
Roper
Os P
J.oiy Sherdan
Ramona Lewix
Mildred Bowers
Frank Noore
K. B. Carpenters
Jennie Bietema
Christing
Fulton
Gerald Renkes
Berryman Elevator Co
W. R. Berryman
Apple River
W. A. & C. Stuedemann Lyons Station
Main Ave
Clinton, Iowa
Francke & Switzer
Potter Bros
SAVE
Martindale
Mgr
Thomason, Ilinois
Lewis Motor Co
Virgil Wilt
Thomson State Bank
Thomson—Illinois
Peteohaliuda
Melon Growers
William Breckill
Wiliam Breckill
County of Carroll
Ilinois
Carroll County
Mount Carroll
Sims
Chas. E. Stoett
Badie W. Brockill
Hanover Ly
Savanne Ly
Thomson Ly
Falton
Clinton Ly
Fulton Ly
Fulton Ly. ‘Thomson Ly
Savanne
Parcela
Bai del
8Th Ave
Clintom
J. Kerkstra
Garrett Bolhous
Th Ladies Home Journal
Evening Post
Gilpin Stagg
N. B. Podorney
Rego
Illinois
N. Genevieve Chipman
Pheos Thomson
W.L. Derrer
Me. Carredl
Ilitmots
R. G. Fuller
Bincktewae
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