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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1935
Page
2
The Thomson Review urges Carroll County residents to support local banks, taxes, mortgages, and daily essentials. It praises honest, hard-working citizens and encourages adherence to laws, pledging dedication to future issues.
The 1935 platform endorses ranking Milledgeville, paving Route 171 from Thomson to Argo-fa and onward to Chadwige, promoting competitive community sports in Carroll County, and supporting a county patrol highway across the south part from Milledgeville to Thomson while urging officials to reduce expenses.
Fragmented text notes local trades and a busy week with skating and stage shows. References to Humbert Etter, Thompson, Springs Valley visits, and forthcoming chair appearances mix with horse silo plans and civic mentions. The piece lists names and events in a drifting city chronicle style.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions Pesce and family links with Terra, Provost, and in law contexts. includes references to Siena, Proll Couns, Yvonne Weeks, and American Leagues. No coherent event or date clear. broader context unresolved.
Fragmented OCR text hints at Milledgeville athletics and a Pioneer event this weekend. Mentions coach Spee, Lee, and G. E. Mer as participants with plans to compete and improve. No clear dates, places, scores, or outcomes are readable.
The fragment describes Chadwick residents and events from 1915 including attorney Mr. Grove and county judge, and various personal notes. It chronicles marriages, moves, deaths, and occupations of locals in Savanna, Chadwick, and Clinton, with cross references to now and then remarks on families like Wagner, Carbaugh, Bailey, Tilton, and Beall, and notes on a couple of incidents and public notices.
A rambling recalled yarn from SHARPE recounts an Ohio town where a detective and a minister tangled in bootlegging capers. Amid street gossip and churchside antics, the minister's arrest exposes a double life while youths and adults ponder reform and gossip about the town's intrigues.
Radio Rambles profiles Tony Wons a popular radio philosopher who reads from his scrapbook on air and answers interview questions about his life ambitions favorite flower and catchphrases Are You Listenin Alls Well. The column lists misprints corrections and a bustling Chicago radio schedule for NBC WMAQ WLS and CBS stations with notes on guests and program details.
The local theatre guide lists multiple venues with upcoming runs. Casts include Barrymore, Marie Bigate, O Sullivan, Levers Stone, Myrna Key and Carey Wings in various productions. special notes mention Milton Hie tate and other named performers. Screenings cover a range from light comedy to dramatic tales including Woman in need, Lemon Drop Kid, and The Man Who Reclaimed His Head with dates through February.
The Savanna township tax bill for 1934 assessment totals 106000 plus change, about 4000 higher than 1933 when the total tax was 102460.96. County tax, library, and district amounts are listed for 1933 and 1941 alongside delinquent penalties and back taxes.
Public notice for a foreclosure sale by Master in Chancery TH. Fred S Stich in Carroll County circuit court. Auction set for March on the courthouse steps in Mount Carroll for cash, describing multiple land parcels in section 22 23 township 23 north range east of the fourth principal meridian totaling 120 acres.
A humorous column notes a Scotchman buys a used car and then marries a woman described with a gas on her stomach, leaping into a shy tale of odd timing and quirky outcomes in Wade's wide crack humor column.
A playful remark ties a domestic scene to invention as a speaker jokes about a husband whose wife took crackers to bed. The exchange turns to the rivalry between radio and the press and asks if the speaker ever appeared in print on radio.
A lighthearted exchange features a cat at the door and a playful plan for a sour wedding. The banter plays on hearing a knock and a plan reportedly being called off in a humorous local tone.
A closing out sale by T. L. Slocum will feature 26 purebred Guernseys horses and farm machinery. Chandler Dorker to hold a sale at the Bennett farm near Thos, with horses cattle chickens hay grain machinery and household goods listed for Feb 21 at noon.
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