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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1924
Page
4
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State's Attorney Connell served as Thomson caller Saturday. Chas Beck is under the weather with a bad cold. Miss Mary McGinnis spent the weekend with her parents near Dixon. Parent Teachers Meeting to night. Bill Strubb drew the free movie ticket this week.
Local items recount visits by Mr and Mrs F A Steele to Fulton guest homes of Sardam and Bastian. Upcoming Home Talent Play praised as a dandy. Ed Mest sick. Glenn Teeter of Mt Carroll attended Bernie Densmore sale. Church schedules include Thomson Argo World Service. Republican Emmerson named for circuit judge. no Democrat candidate. Bus service resumes. smallpox quarantine ends. basketball crowd saw Clinton win. 90th birthday for Daniel Hollinshead. Kyle Melendy to audit Thomson telephone books for rate relief.
Alvie writes of dances figures and supervisor quirks in the village. Jim Sheridan faces spotlight jokes and a teach school remark about his mustache. Stories of Andy and Jack Melendy, bluffing cops, horse trading plans and local characters fill the column with period humor and small town color.
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