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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1944
Page
4
A man recounts driving to Mexico City to retrieve his car the next morning after leaving it unattended overnight. He hires local help, shelters a boy at a court bungalow, and pays a Mexican watchman and the boy with cash, then resumes with the vehicle at dawn.
A narrator travels by train to Mexico City with a boy guide and encounters a car filled with Indians. He notes the discomfort and smells, describes passengers with livestock and bundles, and recounts a plan to appease locals by tossing coins to the crowd. The ride lasts about six hours over high elevations amid rain and cold.
Mrs. Ted Storm of Wacker visited Monday afternoon with Mrs. Leonard Stage. Miss LaVona Potter of Clinton spent the weekend at home.
Fulton Dr. James Putt is ill at home on Fifteenth Avenue and will not fill his pulpit Sunday. A Huiston, a missionary, will lead all Sunday services in his stead.
January motor fuel tax receipts distributed to counties show Whiteside at 5500 dollars Carroll 3550 Ogle 3973 Lee 3996 and Bureau 4773 in the state total of 621642 dollars.
Mrs Lester Morisse traveled to Norman Oklahoma Saturday to visit her husband stationed there. About 50 friends and neighbors attended a recent oyster supper hosted by Mr and Mrs William Venhuizen at the home of Mrs Venhuizen’s parents Mr and Mrs Charles Adolph. The group had chaired the young couple a short time ago.
Farmers may deduct certain losses from gross income with rules differing by cash or accrual accounting. Losses from prospective crops, frost, storm, flood, or fire are not deductible, while livestock losses tied to inventory or insurance allowances may be deducted under specific conditions.
Miss Mary Waters daughter of Mr and Mrs Ed Waters Chadwick wed Grebble Redmon son of Mrs Mattie Redmon Hot Springs Ark in a Monday ceremony at Chadwick Lutheran parsonage. Rev Earl Coble officiated. The couple stood unattended. Mrs Redmon wore a poudre blue suit with black accessories. Miss Waters a Chadwick native graduated with 1942 class. The Redmon family links and church social program details follow.
Mr. and Mrs. Ned Geldmacher and Miss Alice Queckboerner were Thursday night supper guests of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Adolph in Chadwick.
Chadwick Priest announces Mrs W J Schreiner has returned home after a three week stay with her daughter and son in law Lt and Mrs Paul Unzicker in Philadelphia.
William G. Strauch, longtime assessor of Fair Haven township, will celebrate his 30th birthday next Wednesday February 2 at the Linton Home in Sterling. Despite frail health he welcomes visitors during set hours and out of town friends may call in the afternoon at 998 West Third Street Sterling.
Mr and Mrs Ned Geldmacher hosted about 60 guests at the home of his parents, sharing ice cream and cake and a silver present. They then hosted roughly 60 friends at an oyster supper at the home of her father John Adolph in Milledgeville. Electricity has been installed on several local farms including those of H H Zugschwerdt George Yingling Harold Imel Adam Heinze and Wesley Kooi.
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