This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 11 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1937
Page
3
The Review expresses belief that Carroll County residents are ordinary citizens who support local churches and organizations, supply banks with funds, and face vital issues like taxes, insurance, rent, mortgage, labor, and groceries. It celebrates honest, hard-working people as the backbone of the country and dedicates future items to their continued efforts.
Platform notes for Carroll County including a bank project at Milledgeville, road improvements from Hoween's Corners on Rt 78 to Chadwick and Rt 49, and calls to elect officials for town and county offices. Encouragement of reducing dispenser use and promoting community competitive sports in Carroll County.
Safety Kirst-Firat notes issues in the platform as tares must be reduced in the review process. The item reads as a fragment, indicating concerns about safety standards and platform reliability. The text hints at auditing measures and corrective steps but provides no concrete actions or dates.
A long birthday notice lists numerous individuals with hometowns including Thomson Fulton Chadwick Milledgeville Argo Mt Carroll Lanark Cloquet Minn Washington, D C and Peoria along with dates January 4 and 6. The piece closes with a quotation on reading enriching character and the enduring value of books.
A Christmas tone pervades Carroll County notes with holiday cheer, college reuunion, and local events. The Fulton Fidelity basketball team shows a strong record as towns await ice harvest and New Year celebrations. Local faces include Paul Lewis and Arnold Brunkow, with updates on Lanark and Savanna communities and county jail notes.
Illinois cash farm income for 1937 is estimated at 522 million dollars, up from 489 million in 1936, driven by near peak yields and broad crop acreage utilization. Corn yields reached 47 bushels per acre, oats 46.5, soybeans 20, with fruits and total production high. Corn cash income is about 94.55 million, slight up from 94.05 million in 1936.
Snapshot Guild members pledge to think before shooting and ensure pictures have central ideas. They vow to seek hidden subjects with lighting and arrangement, study mistakes, and redo errors to create more and better pictures.
Strong harvests push all wheat to 45,724,000 bushels with 26 percent above 1936 and 28 percent above 1928-32 averages. Production of 1,912,000 tons of feed grains supports the industry, despite drought years 1936 and 1938. Cash income from wheat nears 41 million dollars, up from 24.9 million in 1936.
Crop reports indicate southern Illinois gains offsetting northern losses with wheat yield near 14 bushels per acre and rust damage widespread. Soybeans rise to 22.8 million bushels, potatoes fall short of 10-year average, and fruit crops reach record or near-record levels while drought and cold hurt hay and flower seed production.
Fragmentary text clarifies that a palace once meant the moving king’s inn or house during wandering times. It hints at royal fashion persisting across periods, but the passage is incomplete and obscured by garbled phrasing.
Ray R Westfall declares as a Republican candidate for Carroll County sheriff, seeking party nomination at the primaries on April 12, 1938, asking for support in the race.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.