Publisher's Column Highlights Two Week Celebration Schedule
The column catalogs multiple upcoming Carroll County events over the next two weeks including Warren Fair Morrison White Side County Fair Lanark Farm Bureau Picnic and 4 H Show August 96 Labor Day Homecoming events in Albany Shannon Thomson Milledgeville Community Day. It notes readers will have opportunities to enjoy an extended harvest season and visiting time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren
Whiteside County
Morrison
Carroll County Farm Bureau
Lanark
Albany
Shannon
Thomson
Milledgeville
Carroll County
Carroll County Platform 1938 Review Actions and Goals
Platform outlines adding Route 171 extension from Hansen's Corners on Route 78 to Chadwick joining Route 40. Proposes electing efficient town village and county officers and aiding expense reduction. Promotes community competitive sports and frames Carroll County as the Sportsmen's Paradise.
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Rt. 171
Hansen’s Corners
Rt. 78
Chadwick
Safety First First 8 Crime Never Pays
A compact panel highlights core civic values urging safety first discipline, lawful behavior, preservation of constitutional rights, and support for rural agriculture. The message emphasizes order, responsibility, and practical farming prosperity.
Happy Birthday List for Aug 26 27 28 29 30
Community birthday notices list individuals by name and town from Chadwick Milledgeville Lanark Thomson and Savanna for August 26 to 30. Names include Ida Weber Henry Schleming Adam Voechel Jr Julia Apple John Wilhelm Flaverness Billy Hawk Raymond Brandenburg and many others.
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Ida Weber
Thomson
Henry Schleming
Chadwick
Adam Voechel Jr
Julia Apple
John Wilhelm
Battle Creek
Mich
Flaverness
Billy Hawk
Raymond Brandenburg
Charles Noll
Milledgeville
Donna Ruth Spellman
Lanark
Donald Heimbaugh
Savanna
C. W. Noll
Donald Iler
Sun
Charles Wilt
Erwin Schleming
Orval Rosenberry
L. J. Gnngey
Brice Puterbaugh
Freeman Law
George Buckwalter
John Diehl
Virginia Moon
M. E
Muscatine Melons Challenge Thomson Growers
A Thomson grower notes Muscatine Iowa melons flood Illinois markets and are seen as Thomson melons by buyers. The piece credits Muscatine with irrigation driven, low cost methods that yield uniform, earlier crops. It urges local growers to visit Muscatine to adopt practical improvements and gain dividends.
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Thomson
Muscatine
Iowa
Iowa City
Illinois
Thomson Melons
Carroll County News Roundup of Local Happenings
Beth Hower wins praise for directing six bands at the Chicago Music Festival. families report a safe, enjoyable trip with 200 youngsters. Lanark residents Robert Guengzler and Donald Kaney place fourth at the state fair and will judge stock at the International show in December. Thomson timbers employ about fifty men and a new bathhouse is appreciated in hot weather. Farmers face wet conditions and delayed threshing while electric lights are planned for farms southeast of town.
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Beth Hower
Lanark
Carroll County
Chicago
Robert Guengzler
Donald Kaney
Elizabeth Boy
Guernsey
Walnut Row Farm
Thomson
Progress in Farm Power and Illinois Peach Harvest
Farmers note a surge in power machinery adoption as electricity reaches more Carroll county homes and labor becomes scarce. Tractors replace horse teams, boosting productivity despite higher costs. In Illinois, the peach crop moves to market with an expected 2.5 million bushels, about 8,000 carloads, and unusually fine fruit after early frosts trimmed weaker blossoms.
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Carroll County
Illinois
Local Notices Touching Residents Names and Places
Thurs. Sept. 1 lists Frances Koehler Chadwick Mrs Harry Kirkey Waterloo Ta Reva Collinson Savanna Mrs Fern Snyder Clinton Ta Mrs John Cooper Thomson Fred Doden Thomson Dorothy Shirk Milledgeville Mrs Edith Holly Milledgeville Dr H E Erickson Milledgeville Marvin Peugh Milledgeville.
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Frances Koehler
Chadwick
Harry Kirkey
Waterloo
Reva Collinson
Savanna
Fern Snyder
Clinton
John Cooper
Thomson
Fred Doden
Dorothy Shirk
Milledgeville
Edith Holly
H. E. Erickson
Marvin Peugh
Melon Day Sets Standards for Annual Delivery
Melon Day deliveries arrive at the Melon grounds on Saturday September 3. Only top quality melons weighing 20 to 25 pounds are bought, with average weight above 20 pounds. Melons are inspected and substandard fruit deducted from growers’ checks to ensure high quality promotion.
Cheese float flops in parade prize decision
Chadwick Cooperative Cheese Company officials express disappointment after their float was not judged for prizes in Cheese Day. They believe a misunderstanding over prize eligibility occurred. Rainstorms Saturday forced urgent window closing and wind damage before farmers began arriving for threshing and related work.
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Chadwick Cooperative Cheese Company
4 H Members Win Honors At The State Fair
Carroll county 4 H clubs earned high honors at the state fair last week. Miss JoAnn Albert of Mt. Carroll placed in class A in the final dress revue among 14 girls. Lanark 4 H boys Robert Guenzler and Donald Kaney placed first division with their demonstration Prevention of Livestock Losses in Marketing, earning a spot in the national contest this fall. Albert was one of 56 girls in the finals representing 101 counties.
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Carroll County
JoAnn Albert
Mt. Carroll
Lanark
Robert Guenzler
Donald Kaney
Miss Albert
Pride of the West at Majestic Mt Carroll with Hunt
Hopalong Cassidy stars in Pride of the West at the Majestic Theatre on Friday and Saturday with Windy and Lucky solving a $50,000 stage coach robbery. Five shorts shown. Also The Crowd Roars stars Robert Taylor Maureen O Sullivan Frank Morgan and Edward Arnold. A Lake Champlain ship built in twenty days from trees along the shore is noted.
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Majestic
Mt. Carroll
Cassidy
Sun
The
Robert Taylor
Maureen O’sullivan
Frank Morgan
Edward Arnold
Lake Champlain
Savanna Lions Club Outing and Springfield Judging Trips
Twelve Savanna men attended the Ga lena Lions club annual outing. The Savanna list includes Hig ley Clikeman Ferguson Laughlin Wolfe Nesbitt Alden Badwell Turner Graves Boothby Smith Lamoreux. Russell Lamoreux and two Savanna 4-H judging teams went to Springfield for state judging contests.
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Savanna
Lions Club
Galena Lions Club
Austin Higley
Burtis Clikeman
Cotter Ferguson
G. B. Laughlin
D. S. Wolfe
Spencer Nesbitt
Sylvester Alden
W. H. Badwell
E. C. Turner
KE. G. Graves
Alfred Boothby
Philip Smith
Russell Lamoreux
Vocational Ag
Springfield
Mt Carroll to Host Major John L Griffith Speech and Doughnut Day Events
Mt Carroll hosts Major John L. Griffith in the new high school gym on September 16, sponsored by the Women’s Community club. Radio artists from WMT Waterloo will perform at the Doughnut Day celebration on September 13, with a parade planned. Housuis Frank, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Frank, earned a private pilot license after lessons at Sterling airport. Oldtimers battled Mt Carroll to a 5-5 tie before the regulars pulled ahead. several seniors were reported limited in mobility Tuesday.
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John L. Griffith
Mt. Carroll
Women’s Community Club
WMT
Waterloo
Ill
Housuis Frank
William Frank
Sterling
Daggetts
Savanna Plans Special Election on Municipal Building Bonds
Residents vote Thursday September 29 to approve issuing 50000 dollars in bonds for a municipal building. City council passed the ordinance to call the election at a special meeting last week.
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Savanna
MEMOIRS OF CAPTAIN STEPHEN B. HANKS ON THE MISSISSIPPI
The memoir recalls early Iowa and Wisconsin river towns along the Mississippi around McGregor Guttenberg Cassville and Dubuque. It notes settlements at Buena Vista Glen Haven Potosi and Peosta plus landmarks Coffin Rock Diamond Jo boat yards and a half in each state boundary house.
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McGregor
North
Bluffs
Joseph Reynolds
Clayton
Iowa
Wyalusing
Cassville Slough
Prairie la Port
Guttenberg
Sullivan
Bunker Chute
Mississippi
Guttenburg
Glen Haven
Cassville
Wisconsin
Cincinnati
Turkey River
Buena Vista
R. and
E. Meath
Specht
Potosi
Ga Jon
Maquoketa
Pioneer
Dr. Franklin
Eagle Point
Iiv Rmes
Dubuque
Diamond Jo Line Steamers
Illinois
Circular Chain of Rumor Reaches Many Lands
A rattling rumor travels from a policeman on a beat to a laborer on a street and winds through a maze of distant places. A letter written in Greek by a Chinese laborer in Timbuctoo cites Cuban negroes, a Texas town, a circus, Klondike, South American Jews, Borneo, and a society matriarch to trace a tale about a kin and a friend. The chain shows how gossip links diverse places and people in a single claim.
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Timbuctoo
Cuba
Texas
Klondike
Borneo
Illinois Oil Boom Expands as New Fields Discovered
Illinois remains a leading mineral producer as new downstate oil pools are found in seven counties. About six hundred wells are now operating in these fields, and monthly output from the new wells equals three times the state’s total a year ago.
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Ilinois
King Row
Illinois
Downstate
State Geological Survey
Geological Survey
Courtesy and Self Reliance in Driving Noted
A column urges drivers to trust their own judgment and courtesy to prevent accidents. It cites that many crashes occur because others do not follow common sense or law and stresses personal responsibility behind the wheel.
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Doc Saundere
the Village Echo
Thomson Broadax
Thomson Review
H. G. Stagg
Harriett Smith
Kenneth Whitney
Office of Publication
Thomson, Illinois
Telephone
Happy
Herman Nater
Roy Queckboerner
Beth Goldring
Godfrey Wolf
Alice Wetzell
Charles K. Switzer
D. Roggendorf
Paul Wells
Camanche
Lester Grim
Joyce Hyde
Seaton
Jack Hoak
Dan Robinson
Jerome Mummert
Glen C. Teeter
Amos Snavely
Harve
Harry Eagles
Will Peters
Archie Heath
Roy Wiley
4-H
Kipnis
Mt. Carroll, Illinois
VM Memoirs of
Stephen B. Hanks
Geneseo Sales CO
Geneseo Stock Yards
R. S. Bollen
Mer
Robert Wayne
Mell Sievens
Auctioneers
Lewis Motor
Sinclair Gas and Oil
John L. Brearton
W. L. Derrer
SIAE
Phare
Mt. Carroll Mutual Fire Ins. Co
Clinton Rendering CO
Clinton, Iowa
Dr.a.l. Ringuette
5Th Ave
United Cigar Co
Treasure Underground
United States
Lake Tulaingo
Sierra Nevada Mountains
California
Dambman’s Store Fair Haven
Charles R. Engles Hone
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