Theatres in Clinton Feature GWTW and Musical Stars
Capitol Theatre Clinton screens Gone with the Wind for a week starting Friday at 10 a m with daily matinées and a single 8 p m show. Broadway Melody of 1940 stars Fred Astaire and Eleanor Powell for a three day run starting Saturday with Cole Porter music and a 60 foot square mirrored finale. Rialto presents The Secret of Dr Kildare with Lew Ayres and Lionel Barrymore through Tuesday. Royal Theatre Fulton features Mickey Rooney in Judge Hardy and Son as New Year’s Eve act concludes.
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Capitol Theatre
Clinton
Fred Astaire
Eleanor Powell
Clinton Canitol
Cole Porter
Rialto
Iowa
Lew Ayres
Lionel Barrymore
Max Brann
Ayres
Jimmy Kildare
Barrymore
Gillespie
Lionel Atwill
Helen
George Reed
Knight of the Range
Russell Hayden
Jean Parker
Royal Theatre
Fulton
Brooklyn
Mickey Rooney
Andy Hardy
Judge Hardy
Fulton, Til
Mickey
Sid Gold
Will Morrisey
Hollywood
Puck
Tax extension completed in three townships with higher totals
The report shows higher 1939 tax totals in Wycox Elkhorn Grove and Shannon compared with 1938. Details list per taxing body including County Town R and B Dist and dog tax figures. Fair Haven remains incomplete but expected soon.
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Wycox
Elkhorn Grove
Shannon
In & B
Dist
Shannon Township
Corp
Fair Haven Township
Lyons Speaks on Democracy and Liberty at Home
Lyons urges continued defense of democracy in foreign lands and at home. He argues that preserving liberty here fuels freedom abroad and keeps the torch of liberty burning to aid nations whose freedom has been extinguished.
Illinois Livestock Leaders Set Peoria Annual Meeting
The Illinois Livestock Marketing association will hold its annual meeting at the Pere Marquette Hotel in Peoria on February 15. Secretary 8 F Ruell notes the business session will focus on proposed reorganization of the marketing association.
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Ilinois Livestock Marketing Association
Pere Marquette Hotel
Peoria
F. Ruell
Illinois Agricultural Association
Marketing Association
Mt Carroll earns ninth straight league win over Lanark
Mt Carroll high school secured its ninth consecutive Carroll conference victory by beating Lanark 41 to 22. The county seat quintet led 20 to 4 at halftime as Kuhleman and Petty paced the scoring with Newcomer and C Keever leading Lanark. Lanark connected on many free throws in the second half but could not close the gap.
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Mt. Carroll High School
Carroll
Chadwick
Lanark High
Lanark
Kuhleman
Petty
Newcomer
C. Keever
Mt. Carroll
P Emmert
Emery
Seitner
Seidenberg
Grove
Lana
Savanna Defeats Stockton 41–32 to End Streak
Savanna used a 21–18 halftime lead to topple Stockton 41–32 Friday night. Nightingale led Savanna with eight baskets and four free throws. Farrell paced Stockton with four baskets and four free throws. The result snaps Stockton's 17 game win streak. The article notes a stray line about Judas's thirty pieces of silver equaling 11.28 dollars.
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Savanna High
Stockton
Daviess Quintet
Savanna Lights
Nightingale
Savanna
Johnson
Farrell
P Nightingale
Tae Miles
Brkljak
Lita Johnson
Welch
Myers
Shafer
Fleming
Bigi
Gallagher
Vanderheyden
Tucker
Brown
Judas
Christ
Milledgeville Edges Shannon In District Round
In a district tournament opener at Shannon, Milledgeville beat Shannon 27 in a correction of prior results. The night also saw Lanark 31 over Thomson 29 in overtime while Polo and other teams prepared for upcoming games Feb 16 to Feb 21.
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Chadwick
Lanark
Homeon
Milledgeville
Mt. Caroll
Shannon
Fulton
Savanna
Polo
Galena
Thomson
Stockton
Morrison
Hanover
Mt Carroll Clinches Conference Title With Wins
Mt Carroll high school cagers defeated Chadwick and Lanark last week to secure the Carroll conference title eliminating any tie risk. Current standings show Chadwick and Thomson tied for second, Lanark next, and Shannon with Milledgeville in a tail-end split. Tomorrow’s six-team in‑league games should settle the season.
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WAL Pet
Mr Carroll
Ndwick
Omeon
Lanark
Shannon
Milledgeville
Chadwick
Mt. Carroll High School
Carroll
Thomson
Mr. Carroll
Milledge and Lanark Tie Up Improvement Deal in Games
Vague OCR fragment notes Milledge and Lanark involved in a deal of improvement in games. Mentions Ville and Lanark but lacks clear events or outcomes. No precise names, dates, or places beyond those.
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Milledgeleither
Ville and
Lanark
Two County Deaths Reported With Brief Obits
Two local deaths are noted with funeral details. McIntyre, a Savanna resident born Sept 19 1887 in JoDavn county, leaves a husband Daniel and four children Roy Jesse Mrs A Iden and John. burial at Savanna cemetery. Curboy, 1866-1950, of Mt Carroll area, survived by wife five sons Emma Nesbitt and a sister. burial Owl Hill.
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Enna
Presbyterian Church
Savanna
H. Rendall
Mcintyre
Jo Davn
Robert
Mary
Daniel McIntyre Aly
Vivir Vo Tro
Roy
Hanover
Jesse
A. Iden
Sprinefield
John McCabe
Californ
Mt. Carroll
John Dp. Curboy
Frank Brothers Funeral
J. H. Fetteroff
Owl Hill Cemetery
Mr. Curboy
Woodland Township
Phillip
Elizabeth Curboy
Earl
John
Ward
Raymond
Clifford
Mt. Carro
Emma Nesbitt
George Nettleton
County to Discontinue Fox Bounty in Cayroll County
Notice states Fox Bounty payments in Cayroll County Illinois will be discontinued after February 29, 1940. Clerk W. R. Watson signs the notice.
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Cayroll County
Ilinois
W. R. Watson
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