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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1941
Page
7
Classifieds promote Rock Island and Clinton ads with fall and winter services from local shops. Naval notes provide shell and gun weight and price figures for U S Navy 16 inch and 14 inch arms, plus a quotation about ideas and spirit.
Land known as Carroll Farms south of Savanna in the Mississippi bottoms is posted with signs. A $50 reward is offered for information leading to the conviction of anyone molesting the property. Violators will be dealt with according to law.
A regional roundup lists weekly sales at Sterling Sterling Sales Pavilion with 10 80 a m start and Tuesday December 23 sale. Brookville and Geneseo venues hold weekly auctions on Wednesdays and Saturdays respectively. Multiple listings cover horses cattle hogs sheep dairy and butcher stock, closing out sales and private deals in towns including Mt Carroll Lanark Chadwick Morrison Milledgeville Thomson Fulton Polo Milledgeville and Hillsdale with dates December 18 19 20 22 23 28 30 1941.
Recruits in Uncle Sam's Navy practice steering a vessel under close instructor supervision. Experience shows this direct navigation method provides the fastest, most thorough training for novices.
Local note highlights Korn Spring Valley Aces Ball Club winning regional honors under floodlights this season. Also mentions Ace High hybrid corn sales and a seed germination guarantee with pricing details and agent contact, plus a midsection literary and moral verse.
A mishmash humor column by Wade Guenther, Sabula Gazette editor, weaving light satire and playful quips. It touches on politics, fashion, training, drafts, romance, and a workplace gag about a triplet birth and a silver cup mystery.
Poultry speculators risk overpricing as supply is held back and prices react. The piece notes government parity safeguards, warns against holding spring chickens for too long, and urges selling ready birds while soft and quality remains. It emphasizes staggy birds reduce returns and stresses timely sale to secure money.
Article 2 section 11 of the Illinois game and fish code prohibits entering another's land without permission. Names listed include Blaine L. Peck John Nordhoff Reader Farm Thomson Frank Locey Clyde Foltz Mr Carroll with more to be added for the season. Also contains moralizing quotes about generosity and conscience.
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