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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1931
Page
2
A jumble of jokes and skits features witty banter about lawyers, preachers, driving, marriage, and daily life. Vignettes include a magistrate quip about brick size, a nurse of humor at sea, and light exchanges on money, cooking, and chores.
State employees respond to relief appeals while officials led by Governor Emmerson report positive employment trends. Corn husking champ Orville Welch crowned in Grundy Center 1931 with 31.87 bushels in 80 minutes, followed by Balke and Les. Illinois crops and livestock show gains. beekeeping growth aids apiary inspection. Lincoln statue dedication at Clinton. Armistice Day observed statewide. park plans for Ulysses Grant homestead announced. 1981 corn at 338.8 million bushels and potatoes at 4.592 million. Warehouses to aid farmers hold grain. parole work rate high at 90 percent.
A jumble of overheard quotes and stray OCR fragments paints a chaotic scene. The text imagines a talking driver and a cop, departs into odd statistics about disabled and undernourished children, and closes with a light office banter about taking a holiday. Named entities are scarce and the piece reads like an OCR error capsule.
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