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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1935
Page
2
The office lists Foster L. Stagg as publisher and H. G. Stagg as business manager with Harriet Smith Kenneth Whitney as reporters. Published in Thomson Illinois at a yearly rate of $1.50.
The Review praises the counties residents for their honest hard work and support for churches banks and local businesses. It urges continued dedication to taxes insurance rents mortgages groceries homes and family welfare as core community strength and national backbone.
Platform proposals include a bank for Milledgeville, a paved Route 171 connection from Thomson to Argo-FA, and a continuous route from Argo-FA to Chadwick. Also urged are a Carroll County sports program, a county patrol highway across the south Carroll area, and support for reducing government expenses by officeholders.
The Thomson Review says Melon Day is a large northern Illinois celebration growing yearly since the first event eleven years ago. A new night show and better crowd facilities are promised for this year, with thanks to workers and wishes for a safe, wholesome day for guests visiting Thomson’s Melon Day.
A hearty welcome to all from Thomson as Melon Day celebrations begin in the village. Carroll County residents and visitors from Wisconsin welcomed to the annual event with the melon treat promised to be enjoyed by all.
A partial OCR passage presents jagged quotes about morals and pruning, mentioning a Quaker named Mr. Pax. The text mixes aphorisms on virtue and garden imagery, with unclear attribution and punctuation errors that obscure full meaning.
In Carroll county history notes Milledgeville native and furniture dealer Stark near Thomson, a former teacher, as the piece highlights Melon Day prep. Jim Poole’s talk at Mt. Carroll and a big Century of Molton Day bingo game at Melon Day are covered. Subscriptions to the Review are thanked and local notices invite farmers to a Jim Poole feed at the Wilt Hotel in Thomson with details by email or phone. Carroll county events, Labor Day plans, and crowd estimates are noted.
The village ramps up for Melon Day with a growing harvest of muskmelons and crowd plans. Charlie Groharing improves access to the park while lights and vending stands take shape. Jokes about security and breaks pepper the notes as organizers note river of visitors and free melon samples.
Mt Carroll reports a weekend homecoming closed with heavy turnout estimated 10 000 to 12 000. streets on Main and Clay are crowded and parking scarce. special election set Sept 7 to fill two Mt Carroll township justices of the peace seats. Frank Schroeppel and Kurt B Schmidt named in petitions. Mt Carroll schools open Sept 3 with registration Sept 3–5 for high school, H S principal P F Grove. football practice begins next Tuesday under coach H B Walker. night home games at Point Rock park. new faculty hires include Emily Turntough and Alice Coleman Greves. eight new teachers planned for sixth grade. Allen Bowers, injured in a fall, improving but critical. Chadwick popularity poll in H and Z’s contest for most popular boy and girl. Hal Kemp expected in Freeport tomorrow. county league playoffs with Lanark canceled due to Lanark workers. Tampico unable to come tomorrow. insurance team played two games with Sterling. Art Miller credited for retrieving jars. Anthony Dambman opens new business in Loran.
Milledgeville youngsters start a big contest with cash prizes led by Frank Herrick. Miss Elam Hess showcases an African lily and Milledgeville softball nears season end. Bill Vollmer and Fay Coleman enjoy a Chicago visit. Savanna high school football begins unofficially without a coach as rules limit practice until Sept 15. Northwest Review debuts in Hanover via Savanna Times-Journal. Kansas Theological Society tours Palisades State Park with a VFW dinner. St Paul’s Episcopal hosts an old fashioned street fair on Madison Street. Miss Mary Brearton resigns Lincoln school faculty to West Allis. A school directors meeting seeks a new teacher. Dick Fuller takes a job in Grand Junction, Iowa. Pet terrier Whitey dies from poisoning. Registration of high school students starts with 50 seniors, over 400 attend a Milwaukee employees picnic. Eighteen Savanna Scouts enjoy a camping trip at Apple River Canyon. A cemetery club sleeps in the old cemetery for a night. Katherine Goats wins the Master Six Chevrolet coach prize at Mt Carroll. Alfred Carlson of National Telcom on vacation. Florence Schmidel resumes store duties after a week away. Bay Scouts troop 43 plan a three day bicycle trip to Moline Rock Island and Davenport. Last Monday night excursion set for Sept 10 ends with Capitol stop en route to New Orleans for winter.
In a nostalgia filled reminiscence the writer recalls organizing a neighborhood make shift circus as a child. He describes collecting animals and props under a bridge, appointing himself ring master, staging acts with a pony, a clown, a dog, a cat and more, and a chaotic finale when a rope mishap caused a calf to wail and a pony to bolt. The tale ends with the animals released at night and a closing sign off.
A jokey note mocks women and men with taunts about Eve and Adam, referencing Mae West style humor and promising a Gazette feature titled Watch the Curves. The fragment hints at playful banter around gender roles.
William Wt. 'braum reports Art Jarrett and Eleanor Holm drew a packed Rockford audience with a superb stage show and a live WROK broadcast. Jarrett projects star appeal and plans eastern theater dates possibly west coast. Mrs Jarrett sings with encores while Gladys Lee appears on WGN Mutual schedule.
A note from Little Jackie Hell at the Fox Theatre Detroit says he will return to broadcasting from New York soon. Next week features interviews with Ben Bernie and others. The March of Time has resumed on WBEM CBS in New York with 2 programs nightly. Program listings include Vox Pops WEN, Amateur Hour WMAQ, and March of Time across WBBM WLS and others, plus seasonal reads on various days and times.
A fragmentary note describes uncertain names and actions about marriage plans in a local context with limited legible details and no clear dates or institutions available in the readable text.
The article celebrates Chadwick's school opening and the community’s support for its facilities. It praises teachers, sponsors, and taxpayers for improvements to the building, underscoring the value of schooling to local citizens and calling for a successful upcoming year. It laments wasted county apple crop as a minor aside.
A farmer near Milledgeville notes a fragile apple season with late blooms and scarce supply. Despite favorable conditions, market demand remains high as many trees drop fruit, leaving potential harvests wasted in some areas.
A jumble of humorous vignettes from a 1920s era town. Observations on a Rockford theatre showing a Louis Levinsky fight, odd street scenes with a baby and melted ice cream, and playful quips about a preacher, a mail order catalog, and Hank Marshall. A light column of social oddities and editorials with nods to William Powell, Jean Harlow, and Mark Twain.
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