Scales Have A Warning Weigh If You're Gaining Every Day
Satirical column by Wade Guenther in the Sabula Gazette notes the oddities of postwar life and social quips. It discusses gossip, sugar rationing, courtship, and a quirky report on canned carp sold to the armed forces, highlighting local humor and concerns about fish emissions and lake ecosystems.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomson Review
Mankato
Minn
W. R. Walton
Pennsylvania Angler
Illinois
Mr. Walton
Weekly travel roster listing Aug dates and names
The page lists names grouped by calendar days from Tuesday Aug 14 to Thursday Aug 23 including residents and visitors such as George Greeley Thomson Ruth Stein Chadwick Kenneth Queckboerner Chadwick John Carpenter Clinton Ia and many others with towns like Milledgeville Lanark Savanna Thomson Mt Carroll Chadwick Polo and Seaton. A child asks why a giraffe has a long neck with a jokey exchange ending the entry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Greeley
Thomson
Maud Martin
Chadwick
Ruth Stein
Kenneth Queckboerner
John Carpenter
Clinton
Alice Lewis
Ross Boylan
Stanley Welch
Lanark
Alberta Marie Nailor
A. B. Coyle
Milledgeville
John Graehling
Frank Wolber
Robert Gilbert
Robert Livengood
Frank Potter
Lorraine Becker
Mt. Carroll
Albert Queckboerner
Edward Holland
Roberta Alm
Albert Perry
Wm. Baker
Kneale Hook
Mr. Carroll
Rollin Artman
Joyce Hyde
Seaton
Russell Libberton
Bobby Fahrney
Tulare
Calif
Vanceil Obendorf
James Libberton
Peggy Ann Roberts
Guy Rogers
Dale Keever
Oscar Almquist
Savanna
Edward Loebhel
Harriet Kauffman
Robert Hicks
U. S. Army
Cloyd Wehmeyer
Polo
Lois Carol Zuck
Billy St. Clair
Elbert Barthel
Ruth Schryver
Claude Mechling
Evelyn Persen
J. A. Royer
James Sites
Wallace Ware
LeRoy Gablin
Kenneth Ditsworth
Argo
Forest Miller
Lydia Almquist
Lucile E. Schneider
Robert Atherton, Jr
Ernest L. Brown
Mary Sheridan
Ray Hook
John Schneider
Helen Traum
John Atherton, Jr
Pauline Sweitzer
Dolores Picking
Shannon
Catherine Smith
Marguerite Fletcher
John Hartman
Central and Northern Squirrel Seasons Open Amid Ammo Shortages
The central zone opens August 15 with a five per day bag limit and 15 possession across listed counties, while the northern zone runs September 1 to November 15. Reports note ammunition shortages easing but expect lines at dealers. hunters urged to plan shells.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adams
Brown
Calhoun
Cass
Champaign
Christian
Clark
Coles
Cumberland
DeWitt
Douglas
Hancock
Jersey
Logan
Macon
Macoupin
Mason
McDonough
McLean
Menard
Montgomery
Morgan
Moultrie
Platt
Pike
Sangamon
Schuyler
Scott
Shelby
Tazewell
Vermilion
Pvt Max A Rehn Receives Expert Infantry Badge
Pvt Max A Rehn earned the Expert Infantry badge at Camp Flannin Tex through a report to his wife Evelyn Deets. The award recognizes proficiency in infantry weapons tactics physical condition and leadership and adds five dollars monthly pay. His parents Mr and Mrs Earl Rahn live near Lanark while he attends school there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pvt
Max A. Rehn
Camp Flannin
Tex
Evelyn Deets
Earl Rahn
Lanark
Also Mentioned on This Page
Wade Guenther
Sabula
Sabula, Iowa
Eva
Grayce
Kentucky
Georgia
Tiz
Alyce
Tion
Page Red Robinson
The
Village Echo
Thomson Broadax
Doc Saunders
H. G
Carroll County
Sonny
Dad
Daddy
Stransdale Farms
Savanna, Ill
A. M. Potts
O. D
J. H. Potts & Son
Main Ave
Clinton, la
Congress
Pennsylvania
Washington
Hazel Moe
Oregon Forest
Winston
Law’s
Howes
Higdon
Iowa
Schunder’s
Main—Savanna
William A. Spencer
Spencer Motor Co
L. B. Spencer, Adm
E. R. Mest
Welding Service
MOBIL
Whitney
Ford Agency
Mount Carroll
Mt. Carroll Black
Annette i Lauderdale
Savanna Music Co
Record Shop
Main St
Sinclair Service
Proost’s Shops
Bob and
Smoker
W. L. Derrer
Carroll
C. M. Bengston Welding and Repair Shop
Clinton, Iowa
Wequrtsay
Rahn & Rogers
Lanark, Ill
Chiropractic
H.p.hoffman
T. J. Lahey
Old Line Reserve Insurance
10Th Ave
Fulton
Lawrence A. Smith
Nat’l Bank Building
E. H. Gholson
D. C. Palmer
Backer
Wagner
Fifth Ave
G. W. Blohm Chiropractor
4Th Ave. S
Clinton, Ia
W. H. Foster
Wilson Bldg
D. J. Doyle
Tucker
Clinton, In
Tae
Morrison
Gent’s Furnishings
Blass Clothing
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