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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1939
Page
8
The readable text shows a collage of terms about Oregon, crops, and dwellings, with mentions of bananas, mosquitoes, nets, and colonial social cues. It appears as an OCR fragment mixing fragments of place names, items, and cultural notes without a clear single event or narrative.
A reflective, fragmented account describes native attire, hut architecture, family life, and social aspirations under colonial observers. It covers garments with lace borders, pineapple fiber fabrics, palm thatch huts, household layouts, child play, and hopes for status through professional success, ending with season’s greetings from Fern, Doctor, and Helen Sue Lewis.
Chadwick Woman's Club to meet with Mrs O H Rahn today. Members will open with Christmas call and a Christmas poem. Program includes song Christmas Lullaby, readings, and "Cradle Song" and "Peace on Earth" selections. Refreshments by a committee. Vesper service decorations by Mrs W J Schreiner and a related pantomime arranged by Maude Illin and others. Three residents charged with firing firearms in the village. hearing set for Saturday.
Local notes list Mr and Mrs L J Gnagey hosting M and Wis Thompson at Mt Monis Mestlend with visitors including Shailote and Miss Rippertor, nurses from Sterling Public Hospital. Grace Hartman and Hurald Startman attend Pieeport gathering. Ui and Wis A A Beanish with Bert Lehte visit. Everett Schieiner and Geese Daehiy accompany. Sherm Cornell and spouse attend International Livestock Show in Chicago from Yar 30m through midweek.
Beth Mackey daughter of Bb and Mas Guy Mackey pledged Masquets a dramatic society at Ulmom Wesleyan University Bloomington Mass. She served on Wesleyan's costume committee for Rudolph Primi's The Firefly produced Nov 16 and 17. She was a staff reporter for the Argus.
The Ramah chapter of the C. EB. 8. will install their newly elected officers on December 12. The event will honor members and mark the start of their term.
The 55th wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. O H Imel was observed with a Sunday dinner at their home. Guests included Mrs Oscar Shilling, Dwight Garnhart and others from Freeport Milledgeville Coleta and local relatives. Rev L M Phillips and Karen Rae also attended.
A Saturday evening gathering is described with references to Mi and Mrs Oi, i Alexander, Maude Alexander, Mis Robert Lego, and son, plus a mention of My and Mis C R Woy, indicating a social page note on local residents and their visitors.
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