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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1926
Page
6
Morrison residents spent Thanksgiving with relatives from Chadwick Clinton and Thompson. Local events included a birthday dinner at Chadwick, a bazaar and oyster supper, a lightning strike on the Clyde Emyre home, and various visits and travels among families.
Garden Plain community reports Thanksgiving services Wednesday evening at the local church. Rev and Mrs Robeson visited relatives in Rock Island. Mr and Mrs C B Sweet stayed at the L V Parker home in Morrison. Bert Drury family hosted by Everett Edge in Newton. Mrs Elmer Clark visited Rock Island. Ladies Aid to meet at Mrs Frank Murph’s home Friday. E Sweet and Rock Island visit noted. Young People Sunday School plans a Christmas party at Town Hall Friday evening with all members urged to attend.
Meredocia Mrs Bert Steele and son Vincent visited from Rock Island to share Thanksgiving with Miss Bessie Coffey. Nearby families including Kastler Loftus Van Buce Tucker Hurley and Loftus attended a Thanksgiving dinner in Rapids City. Wai Penniston held a large stock sale on his farm Monday November 29 drawing a big crowd and strong prices.
Miss Rosella Kennedy of Clinton spent Thanksgiving with home folks. The Kennedy family and relatives gathered in Clinton while Merle Stropes visited from Rock Island. Bonafide travel included Lam O Connell heading to Freeport and George Kunkle with Marsell Trent visiting Galesburg and Port Byron. Earlier, Margaret and Mamie Kennedy attended Mrs Ben Davis's funeral in Sterling. Weather monologue notes rapid warm spell after winter snow.
A poetic meditation on the vanished Gods of yesterday contrasts with a factual blurb noting Illinois has 33 of 984 US gas companies and their combined output exceeding 11 percent of national production. The Illinois Central System and Central of Georgia Railway are highlighted for transporting more cotton than any other US railway.
A string of pithy aphorisms touches on business, safety, gratitude, gender, and society. It notes poor returns plague businessmen, warns about pedestrian safety, jokes about mail checks, and muses on marriage, loans, and national debt with a wry, dated tone.
Three young men aged 18 to 23 pleaded guilty to stealing forty five geese from a neighboring farmer. Barger and his hired man Waller Green were among those charged, with Joe Nichols a visitor. They received two year sentences in the penitentiary after the plea.
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