Thomson Village Echo and Thomson Review Chronicle Notes
A 19th century Thomson Illinois publication record notes multiple paper titles The Thomson Review The Village Echo Thomson Broadax and Thomson Review span 1875 to 1893 with 70th year branding The issue lists H G Stagg as publisher editor and staff roles with Thursday publication and a yearly price of $2.00 It mentions official filing under March 3 1879 act and a Thomson telephone line.
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the Village Echo
Thomson Broadax
Thomson Review
Doc Saunders
H. G. Stagg
Hiynor Stagg
Brynor Stagg
Thomson
Illinois
Carroll County BIRTHDAYS by Date and Names
A listing of birthday names by date from Friday February 21 through Thursday February 27 in Carroll County. The page includes residents from Thomson Chadwick Lanark Milledgeville Sterling Mt Carroll Savanna East Moline and Clinton with numerous individuals and spouses. An editorial line at the end notes no one asks you to worry and fret as a closing remark.
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Merle Atherton
Thomson
Carol Deets
Chadwick
Lawrence Doden
Earl Isenhart
Dickie Pearson
Tampico
Truman Royer
Lanark
Clyde Broadwater
Burns Newcomer
Milledgeville
Janet Sandell
Sterling
Paul Gettle
Coleta
Kenneth Pearson, Jr
Ward Cross
Aurora
Norman Stewart
Harold Holmes
Ned Hartman
Charles Queckboerner
George W. Schreiner
Dora Senneff
Harve Miller
Wallie Pheil
Earl Libberton
Mt. Carroll
Wayne Wilcke
Lawrence Beck
Savanna
Francis Sheridan
East Moline
Ralph Christiansen
Clinton
Art Reap
Charlotte Atherton
Steve Stefanich
Stanley H. Heath
Allen Davis
Clarence Hartman
Edward French
Hal Hoy
Elizabeth Broadwater
Bettinger
Orval Schreiner
Dick Valk
Morrison
George Stein
Butler
Delilah Cripe
Sally Yates
Clarence van Buskirk
Irene Spencer
Blaine Yates
Lynn Mechling
Chas. Bowers
Leonard Lantz
Paul Braun
Albert Kraft
George Stober
Elizabeth Morgan
Fulton
Clark van Buskirk
Barbaraetta Gaul
Will Brill
Fred Nipe
Everett Eslinger
Willard Hartman
Neil Atherton
Stanley Carbaugh
Milton Kimmel
Dan Dauphin
Wayne Ashby
Warren Imel
Arthur Robison
Dick Schaver
Gertrude Medenbirk
Fulton Thomas Crofton
Dorothy Knauer
Mephitis Menphis: Latin Names for a Black and White Creature
Illinois column notes how various tribes named the skunk and how scientists adopted the Latin label mephitis mephitis for the animal. The piece humorously traces folk terms from L Enfant du diable to skunk lore and etymology surrounding Chicago’s origins.
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Polecat
Woods Pussy
Chicago
Skunk musk and misperceptions from wildlife notes
Wildlife writer Seton describes skunk defense using powerful musk, its spray mechanics, range, and accuracy. The article humorously contrasts human and animal behavior while noting glands, phosphorescent fluid, and the emotional reactions of pursuers.
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Ernest Thompson Seton
Seton
Ike fish fry and old time Valentine tales in Sabula
A local humor column recalls the IKE fish fry at the Civic auditorium tonight and Valentine nostalgia from Sabula Iowa. It riffs on old ways, jokes about spring chickens and memories of Valentine boxes, with light quips about family life and small-town characters.
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Civic Auditorium
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The
Carroll County
Child OF the Devil
Vernon Hagelin
Bre’y Skunk
Wade
Wade Guenther
Sabula
Iowa
Sammy Gunnell
Ma” Brown
Edwin Black
Papa Gnu
Mamma Gnu
Gnus
Mose
Sambo
Dad
Holstein
Stransdale Farms
Savanna, Ill
International Harvester No
Horn
Caswell Hydraulic Loaders
Gunco
Savanna Farm Supplies CO. Inc
Sir Lucile Stransky
Mgr
International Harvester Farm Equipment Headquarters
J. H. Potts & Son
Optometrist “Jowal’e
Main Avenue
Jennie Smith
E. Main St
Morrison, Ill
Kipnis
Mt Carroll
Guernsey
Mount Carroll Sales CO
Harry Kipnis
Gleam Teeter and Son
P. Mike
Stuedemann
W. A. Stuedemann
Main Ave
Clinton, Iowa
Timely
Michael Stern
Skull
237Th Ave
Mount Carroll
Guernseys
Jersey
Gray
Roan
New Hampshire Reds
Oliver
Rock Island
Victor
Sears
Farmmaster
H. P
Stover Burr Mill
Richard H. Libberton
A. R. Johnson
Rockrohr
Clinton, Lowe
P. E. Goodson
Main and
van Buren Savanna
Linois
Edgar M. Murney
Ll. Hire
Freeport
City Hall
W. Stephenson St
Drs
Derrer
and Derrer
Mt. Carroll, Ill
D. R. Miller
JE Wessel
Royal Blue Store
Bob and
Gene
Morrisen, I
Joe Loeser
Tim Lahey
Lawrence A. Smith
Nat'l Bank Building
Nee N Was Ave., Be. Cates
Chiropractic Health Service
G. W. Blohm
4Th Ave
W.H. Foster
M. D
Wiles Bidg
Iewa
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