Carroll County News Highlights Local Biz and People
Long column notes Walt King veteran barber of Mt. Carroll with 48 years in service since 1890 and Rohdes Bros. as one of the oldest firms still operating. Leland Kane of Bush's at Fulton predicts Fulton will win the Savanna tourney and Morrison finishes second. Alvin Bielema scores 29 for Calvin College in Mich, setting a Calvin single game record. Weather outlook suggests milder days ahead, with lingering colds and pneumonia risks. New bus schedule through Thomson boosts two daily round trips and traffic on the line rises. Tory Pollan reportedly rented his place back from the government amid dam district changes. Thorson timber land sale reported at eight dollars an acre. Carl Merchant becomes Allis-Chalmers dealer with new tractor at his shop. Lanark hatcheries prepare for chick season and Lanark dominates cattle feeding in Carroll county. Poultry buyers in the area continue to rely on Wilson and Co. A visitor from Sabula, Iowa stops by. Abe Zugschwerdt notes long hours in banking equal to road work, road building, or gas station business. Editor Forest Thompson seeks letters from former Lanark residents for weekly news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walt King
Mt. Carroll
Rohdes Bros
Leland Kane
Bush
Fulton
Morrison
Leland
American Legion
Fidelity Life
Alvin Bielema
Fulton Flash
Calvin College of
Grand Rapids
Mich
St. Mary's of
Queid Lake
Calvin
Thomson
Elizabeth
Dopsiers
Tory Pollan
New Dam and Rock District
Thorson
Carl Merchant
Allis- Chalmers
Merchant’s Parage
Lanark
Musselman’s
Jack Dollinger
Cranwell
Stattler
Robbins
La-Nar
Fred Good
Carroll County
Wilson and Co
Sabula
Abe Zugschwerdt
Forest Thompson
York
Review
Clinton Herald
Jule Sagner
Jule
Chicago
Mr. Maxwell
Clinton
Mother
Johnson Creek
Vin
George
Milledgeville Week of Local News and Oddities
Milledgeville sees a blend of farm notes and light mischief as seven Madden Crouse hens produced 81 eggs in 19 days, a Burghers’ air of trades with farm machinery on display, a water shutoff to fix a leak near the post office, a tough Friday night basketball loss, and a comical horn incident that spurred residents to peek from doors as Meryl Spencer rushes to fix Stuart’s car hood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milledgeville
Madden Crouse
Ilinois
Stuart
Meryl Spencer
Sequoia club meet crowds rumor and town talk
Local notes report a quiet week in Sharpe town with plans for a Ford agency opening by Law Brothers and a Case farm implement division led by Steve Switzer. Rumors circulate on Whiteside county politics, church and tax shifts, a reorganization of the paper’s front office, and a stray relief package anecdote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sequoia Club
Whiteside County
Whiteside
Law Brothers
Ford
Case Farm Implements
Steve Switzer
Mirror-Democrat
Ruth Cripe
Ruth
Carroll County Backbone Honored by The Review Dedication
The Review proclaims that Carroll County residents are ordinary citizens who support churches, banks, and local businesses. It urges honesty, hard work, and bill payment as vital civic duties while dedicating future names to these efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County
Carroll County Platform from 1939 Review
The Carroll County platform calls for a Bank at Milledgeville and extending Route 171 from Hansen's Corners on Route 78 to Chadwick joining Route 40. It urges electing efficient town village and county officers to reduce expenses and promote community competitive sports making Carroll County the sportsmen's paradise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milledgeville
Hansen’s Corners
Chadwick
Carroll County
Platform Review from 1939 Election Snippets
A brief roundup lists key platform planks: Taxes Must Be Reduced, Safety First First, Crime Never Pays, Stick To The Constitution, and Better Farms and Farmers. These items reflect priorities highlighted in the period’s civic discourse without extended analysis.
Birthday List Readers Share Celebrations Across Town
A long birthday page lists residents with celebrations from Fri Feb 24 to Wed Mar 1. Names include Mrs. Leonard Lantz Dixon, Paul Braun Chadwick, Barbaretta Gaul Lanark, Irene Spencer Milledgeville, Blaine Yates Fulton, and many others across Dixon Milledgeville Thomson Lanark Chadwick Fulton Paw Paw Morrison and Rockford area communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard Lantz
Dixon
Paul Braun
Chadwick
Barbaretta Gaul
Lanark
Irene Spencer
Milledgeville
Blaine Yates
Fulton
Henry Knetch
Paw Paw
Everett Eslinger
Morrison
Willard Hartman
Mary Cone
Thomson
Melville McKean
Gladine Moore
Mon
Betty Jane Rogers
Mr. Carroll
Julius Medenbirk
Burton Simpson
Donna Hyde
Seaton
Alice Livengood
Paul Deets
Wilma Pearle Foltz
Helen Rutherford
Chicago
Wm. Plock
Frank Rush
George Balk
Rexford Printz
Roger Thorgren
W. S. Bell
Shirley Wardine
Helen Hanns
Local names listed for Thursday March events
Thursday March entries include Henry Keil Chadwick Louis Zissler Chadwick Hugo Braun Sunnyvale Calif Floyd Hartman Thomson Violet Flickinger Lanark Howard Stover Milledgeville 8 M Herrington Milledgeville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Keil
Chadwick
Louis Zissler
Hugo Braun
Sunnyvale
Calif
Floyd Hartman
Thomson
Violet Flickinger
Lanark
Howard Stover
Milledgeville
Herrington
Wife and captain trade quips over Rolls Royce dream
A brief exchange features a wife intent on a Rolls Royce and a sea captain joking that only her heart will be set on it, followed by a pun about a boat jumping and a tack on the water.
York Community Church Women Work Committees Plan Year
The church groups listed under President Ethel Dewares and various committee heads outline monthly programs from February through January. Activities include hostesses, roll calls with quotes, seed exchanges, potlucks, household hints, farm safety talks, school day experiences, familiar quotations, a bazaar and recipe exchanges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethel Lewis
Adeline Graharing
Nettie Baker
Argo-FA Mrs Lohmeier Improves. Welders Work On Bridges
Mrs John Lohmeier sick with flu improves as two railroad crews, totaling 20 men, operate electric welding and other bridge and rail work in the village. Joe Larson and Earl Schrier with wife drive to Burke to visit a brother. Don Carpenter clerks a Stockton sale. Charles Bower bought a Twin City tractor at Erie. Chuck plans to focus on farming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Lohmeier
Joe Larson
Earl Schrier
Bureke
Don Carpenter
Stockton
Charles Bower
Twin City
Erie
Chuck
March in Chicago Court Hearing With Odd Plea
Fragmentary OCR notes describe a March court scene in Chicago with a judge asking an accused about a plea and the prisoner responding in broken terms. The text mentions a defense and a shooting reference, but details and names are unclear.
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Sharpe
Tig
Thomson Review
H. G
Harriett Smith
Kenneth Whitney
Thomson, Ilinois
Office of Publication
Telephone
Happy
Sun
Ted Olson
Wayne Ashby
Joseph Wilt
Warren Imel
Arthur Robinson
Dick Shaver
Gertrude Medenbiik
Tom Crofton
Kipnis
Mt. Carroll, Ilinois
T.N.T
of the
York Community
Ethel Dewares
Ella Tousley
Treseurer
Beas French
Frances Hemmer
Orella Bensel
Florence Kingie Brown
Faun Strobb
Ide Frederick
Amelia Sack
Edith Gaar
Nella Houghton
Leite Johannsen
Elsie Toualey Bennis Corley
Adeline Groharing
Jennie Lowery
Nellie Schade
Nell Houghton
Orella Bennet
Alice Sherman
Ethel Demaree
Mary Tousley
Elsie Tousley
Gladys Almquist
Lydia Brown
Bonnie Curley
Faun Strubb
Gladys Cate
Ida Frederick
Household Hints
Florence King
Jennie Lo
Kate Whitney
Wilma Cole
Helen Gaar
Ora Mort
Bessie French
Bertha Holland Leila Johannsen
Amelia
Grace Shelly
Marjorie Shelly
Howard Kneas
Lefense
W. L. Derrer
Mt. Carroll, Ill
Dr.a.l
United Cigar
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Klinger
Fulton Paint & Paper St
Fult
Baby Chick
Carroll
Busine
M. C. Crouse
Merrizon
Albany
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