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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1924
Page
4
A partial timetable shows morning and afternoon legs between Savanna Fulton Clinton with arrivals and departures listed at 8:00 1:15 8:50 2:05 9:25 2:40 and 9:40 2:55, indicating a short transit sequence through Savanna and Clinton with multiple stops.
Local notes report visits by Amos Yates Mae Biglow and Katherine Buller. Glenn, Demmick and Crow families dined together. Rain totals reach 7.86 inches in Davenport as Northwestern trains reroute due to a washout. AMUSEU screens The Orphans of the Storm, twelve reels, produced for 1.19 million dollars, with special orchestra.
Mr and Mrs Robert Groharing will relocate to Lanark by September 1 and occupy a rented home from October 1. To enroll their children for the fall term they will rent rooms in September. The Amusea orchestra led by Mrs Jas Frost, Irve Martindale, Bill Jenkins and Ruby Storey will perform Friday evening to entertain, with Ruby and Bill singing if audience applause warrants.
Miss Minnie Stirling was laid to rest in Springdale cemetery after funeral services by Rev J M Duer at the Hewer home on 341 First avenue. Pallbearers included Nels Johnson Charles Lancaster Robert Birkett Elmer Ries John and Jonathan Hewer. Mr and Mrs J H Stirling of Minneapolis attended. Mrs J H Stirling was formerly Miss Echo Lewis.
The Old Settler's pienis at Lanark today drew a large crowd from the county. New subscribers to the Review may get ten months for a dollar plus a Free Pass to the AMUSEU. Mrs. Jesse Lambert and children of Sabula are visiting Ed Grohoring's home. Miss Margaret Stagg leaves for Sterling weekend. Chas Geisinger and son Luther of Sabula are visiting locally. Francis Martindale of Baraboo is expected Saturday night for a two week visit.
The Aurora fair opens Friday for a nine day event at Byposition Park with free rest rooms and on site attendants. Families travel long distances and will find couches and chairs for both men and women to rest before sightseeing while supervised playgrounds nurseries and on duty nurses ensure children are cared for.
John Agee former Ringling ringmaster and attorney John Kelley organize Americas first farmers circus. "Fun on the Farm" debuts during the Central States Fair and Exposition in Aurora from August 15 to 23 with circus acts clowns. It aims to amuse and educate farmers on land stock and product prices.
Attorney William Thon of Chicago, ex-legislator, entered his year-old twins in the Better Baby Conference at Aurora's Central States Fair. Judges disqualified last year for a one hour late entry. Thon again competes this year hoping for first honors at the fair opening Friday and running nine days.
A fragmented verse captures a speaker trying to think then deferring. His thoughts race as silence grows and the speech devolves into madness and dizziness for listeners.
Thomson Lodge 559 meets on the first and third Tuesday evenings at 8 PM in their hall. From September to March 25th meetings start at 7 PM. RLV. W.M. RI. Houghton. Sec.
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