Savanna to Brighten Christmas Trade with Elaborate Lights
Savanna plans extensive Christmas decorations along Main Street from Schmidel Garage to Standard Oil Station, wrapping every lamp post with Yuletide greenery and suspending colorful lights. Six large star shapes will hang at the 10th Street intersection. Stores stay open each evening from December 15 to Christmas to boost Holiday shopping.
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Savanna
Schmidel
Main Street
Mth Strest
Carroll County
Savannaland
Building and town notes from ArgueFas area in 1918
A fragmented 1918 ArgueFas column reports a PADLOCKED building once a shoe shop later a restaurant pool hall and hotel attempts while owners Volz Bauer Bachman Kaufman Emnre and others are mentioned. Local injuries surveys deaths farm sales bazaar and a mysterious knight seen in Carroll’s barn paint a busy but troubled picture of life around Savanna and Lamb bridge.
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Carl Volz
Yang
Vole
Verne Bower
Plovd Riess
Charles Bachman
Ma Bachman
Watertown
Verne Kauffman
Howard Emnyre
Howard
Louie Messinger
Savanna
Geo. Bicklshaupt
Lamb Bridge
Will Holm
Henry Parson
Geo. Hicks
Cat
Farm ‘Board
Feldwisch
Carroll
Thomson
John Carroll
ArgueFas
Prosperity News Highlights Growth Across Illinois Areas
Greenville sees two new business houses and remodels old ones while seventeen new brick homes rise. Factories report gains with 9.1 percent more employment and 3.5 percent higher pay from September to October. Bloomington adds 4.5 percent employment and 3.2 percent payrolls. Kuehne Manufacturing visits Mattoon to eye a furniture plant site. Harrington Employment Agency set to open December 1 in Harrisburg to connect southern Illinois workers with private and state jobs. Anna aims to become a live wire as International Shoe Co. opens, boosting winter payroll to 400. Decatur builds four new structures valued near 750,000 this year. Sixteen mines opened and one closed in Illinois in October, with 3,185 miners added and coal production rising 690,766 tons.
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Anna
Illinois
International Shoe Co
Decatur
Mlinos
Argo Fa Home Economics Club to Present Special Program
The Argo Fa Home Economics Club will present a special program at Thomson gym Friday evening, Dec. 11, featuring a one act play by club members. Admission 19 and 20 cents. Music by the high school orchestra, tap dance by Mildred Bower, readings, piano solos, and duets. The program includes the playlet Dinner Scene in a Media Home and Detour Ahead.
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Arfo-Fa Ome
Thomson
Mildred Bower
Robert Rawlins
Blanch Seim
Vivian
Velma Sack
Ruth Sack
Louise St. Ores
Harriett Smith
Amy Lewis
Beas
Cewter Chadwick
Orchestra
Ed Mest
Dambman’s
Ben's
Washington faces a storm of issues for Congress year
The article previews the 2nd session of Congress with debate over unemployment relief and prohibition. It notes a split between a wet House and a dry Senate, predicts political maneuvering and a possible referendum, and discusses tariff history, debt, and Hoover's forthcoming statement including a proposed postwar luxury tax on nonessentials.
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Senate
Social pages note various local visits and guests
Mrs Grace Moyer hosts and visits are listed with several business visitors, including Rudolph Holm and James Mert, who stayed in Rockford on Tuesday. Mr Chas Sack and family were dinner guests at Phineas Bushow’s home near Lanark on Wednesday. Minnie Williams of Argo visits her sister Mrs Harry D Beach at Albany.
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Grace Moyer
Rudolph Holm
James Mummert
Rockford
Chas. Sack
Vivian
Velma
Phineas Bushow
Lanark
Minnie Williams
Argo
Harry D. Beach
Albany
Political chatter amid tariffs and leadership shifts
The discussion turns to potential tax increases on luxury goods and lobbying by luxury makers. Rep Jack Garber is poised to become House Speaker, replacing Nick Longworth. Bipartisan rivals Longworth and Garber clash in style and strategy. Fryd Gibbons and Will Rogers head to Japan to cover Sino Japanese tensions, with Rogers joking about politics and press rates. The piece suggests more humor, less military focus, as readers await events and editorial angles.
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Jack Garber
Texas
Nick Longworth
Ohio
Longworth
Ueener
Fryd Gibbons
Will Rogers
Japan
International ‘News Service
Universal Service
Gibbons
Rogers
Army
Tree Growth Study Reveals Life Facts
Tree trunks lengthen only at the top and marks on the trunk do not rise with growth. Side limbs remain after formation, and dirt removal can mislead appearance. Forest Service notes taller growth in dense stands where lower limbs shed early for clearer timber.
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U. S. Forest Service
Ornamenting the Human Being Through Christmas Jewelry
The article discusses jewelry as a lasting custom for gifts and personal adornment. It covers selection considerations for day and evening wear, preferred pieces like diamond tiaras and pearl necklaces, and the appeal of lower priced items such as brooches and earrings. Watches, cigarette cases, and miscellaneous gift items are noted, with emphasis on quality stones and metal settings.
Speech Comparison Sparks Senate Banter
An exchange has Senator Sorghum denying recent public speeches while another figure notes improvement in oratory style. The remark suggests debate over perceived speech activity, with playful rebuttal about recent onstage presence.
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Sorghum
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Kenneth Whitney
Lewis Hamilton
Dixon
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Hazel Lohmeier
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Mildred Lohmeier
Genevieve Carpenter
Janet Kenyon
Pauline Carpenter
Vernon Schreiner
Robert Volz
Arthur Manning
Earl Kauffman
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Roland Mitchell
Donald Kauffman
Lauren Mitchel
James Volz
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Frank Manning
Roy Hook
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Agente
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