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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1945
Page
5
The author advises poultry producers to sell this week to processing plants to meet Christmas demand. With meat no longer rationed, timing affects prices as markets vary and a fall price drop is predicted. Start next year's chicks now to hit peak prices for spring eggs and fall pullets.
The piece urges farmers to time spring chick startups to maximize profits by targeting price peaks for eggs and chicks. It advises calculating the best start date to align with market highs, selling poultry for the Christmas market, and ordering chicks early for next year.
An American tourist asks about a mat marked TAMHTAB in an Irish hotel. A companion claims it means Welcome, while a custodian flips the mat to reveal the real scene, adding local humor to the moment. The exchange riffs on language and hospitality.
A sequence of small ads announces items for sale including an enameled range with copper reservoir from Daniel Nelson in Cordova Illinois and August Larsen's 160 acre potato dairy farm in central Wisconsin near Waupaca. It also lists a 280 acre stock and grain farm with timber and crops for sale near Orleans Michigan and a 300 bale hay lot in Oregon Illinois. Additional notices cover Berkshire pigs in Thomson Illinois, two Mt. Carroll houses, black walnut meats and pumpkins from Chadwick Illinois, and a Graff Dairy Farm listing in Ionia County Michigan.
An OCR laden page discusses religious figures like Naval Chaplain Charles K. Coolay paraphrasing Psalm 139 and remarks on postwar Pacific relief efforts. It notes calls from the World Jewish Congress and other bodies for immediate aid to Europe, warnings of pestilence, and church growth in American congregations.
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