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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1938
Page
3
Wanted girl or middle aged woman for general housework in a family of four. Permanent job with good home for one who wants to live in Sterling. Give experience and age. Address 309 Ave F Sterling Hl 2t 12-8 & 16.
Public sales occur each Thursday at Sterling Sales Pavilion Sterling Illinois featuring horses cattle hogs and sheep. Harry Kipnis conducts a Mt Carroll sale Friday December 9 starting 1130 a m with horses cattle shoats and sheep. Saturday auctions advertise 200 to 400 head of cattle from the west at a new modern pavilion. Private sales available via Homer Bowman Bowman Cattle Co Maquoketa Iowa. R S Bollen holds Saturday sales at Geneseo Stock Yards Geneseo Illinois. Ray Brenneman offers a closing out sale December 15 at Shoemaker Farm two miles east of Thomson featuring horses cows hogs farm machinery hay and grain.
A station tale recalls three men who phoned the depot for the next train and, after each drink, learned the train was late. They tried again and finally chased the departing coach, but one man failed to board and revealed the joke: the train actually stood for him at the station.
Wade Guenther, editor of the Sabula Gazette in Sabula Iowa, profiles community voices and highlights town happenings in a concise local newspaper style.
A compact report on a long running home brewed scandal tied to local crime and public safety concerns. Officials warn residents about illegal brews and potential hazards while tracing origins and key suspects in a growing case.
Old-fashioned quips and humorous asides frame a playful note about a Bellevue editor rumored to have a black eye and a boxing partner wife. The column weaves jokes on manners, Sunday fishing for boys, and a professor misplacing his glass eye, ending with a sly punchline.
A trio of humorous character sketches and lines includes an Optimist who claims to solve traffic by tooting, another who whispers about a person to avoid being heard, and a doctor patient exchange about a tongue. A Mescal Ike quip and a British Guide anecdote about Lord Wellington add regional flavor. An American tourist asks about price.
A brisk phrase hints at preparations around Letz and a future coupe. The text emphasizes cautious optimism and the idea of not counting chickens before the goal is achieved.
Fragmented reminiscences touch on historic tyrants and petty setbacks. A Sabula lad longs for steadiness and compares life to a worn bed spread while a milk-maid returns with an empty pail. The barber’s shop sighting adds small town texture to the quirky tale.
A reader Letter to the Column Left recalls a split over party labels with a line about a girl declaring “My papa is a Democrat” and a retort “My papa is a taxpayer.” The note reflects lively neighborhood chatter as a local woman observes newcomers moving in with her husband nearby.
Clint Wilt and a list of names including Stransky Heinize Lamoreau Tousley Huizenga and others are named to run through the hunting season. Mail to the Review office at Thomson to add names and secure no hunting or trespassing signs from the Thomson office.
A collection of brisk, humorous lines and puns about stereotypes and everyday scenes. The snippets poke fun at radio icebox cars and bank accounts, mix coffeehouse banter with classroom jests, and end with a winking punchline about silk stockings and shins.
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