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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1924
Page
6
The Thomson Review indicates second class matter status with post office entry at Thomson under the Act of Congress March Sed 1879. Subscription price listed as $1.50. Your reading of the notice reflects standard mail and subscription terms.
Local notice promotes a cinema showing Christmas night featuring Mary Pickford in Tess of the Storm Country. Also urges patrons to bring sale bills and promises quick, clean service and satisfactory work.
Alvie Keltner interviews Henry Johnson and other locals about Christmas gift wishes. Johnson cites a yearly movie subscription as his ideal present, while the piece frames the gag as a local Inquiring Reporter style stunt to publish readers’ desires.
Sandridge school hosted a Christmas program last Friday with pupils from Plumb River and Sandridge schools, aided by the Savanna Club, drawing a large crowd. Other items note Mr. and Mrs. Markie Beck entertaining the Thomas Crofton family, Leavens’ tonsil removal by Clinton doctors, Mrs. Sophia Johnson's birthday dinner with Frank and wife, the birth of a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Earl Roggendorf, Al Potter's slow improvement, plans for Johnnie Johnson to move to the Seichert farm, and a river that froze on December 19, twelve days later than last year.
A correction recalls last week’s report on Percy Holland. The notice misstated timing and manner of death amid Christmas ads and press deadlines. The family’s vigil and medical efforts are noted without further details.
We thank friends and neighbors for kind words and acts during the sickness and death of our son and brother. Words fail to express how we feel, and may God bless each one. We also thank you for the beautiful flowers. Mr. and Mrs. Edson Holland and Children.
Mr and Mrs F M Sardam of Fulton have closed their pleasant home on 11th Ave departed Monday for Miami Florida where they will spend the winter Their friends in Thomson wish them an enjoyable sojourn in the sunny south
Percy E Holland born June 1907 in Carroll Illinois died December 18 after brief illness at Lomener Thomson He was 17 years 6 months and 1 day He attended high school until February 1925 and was later active in York Baptist Church He leaves parents five sisters Marian Smith Mildred and two brothers Robert and Gilbert plus grandmother Mrs Rebecca Holland and many relatives and friends The note recalls his faith and eternal hope.
The note discusses how people differ in generosity and perception during the holidays. It describes conversations with neighbors like Charlie and Frank Sheid, noting thin Christmas returns, plans to buy own presents, and a trip to California, reflecting on human nature and nuisance.
Fragmentary OCR hints at a birth notice for a child connected to the Vrocins family with a possible date in December and local identifiers. Readable elements include names and places but full details are unreadable.
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