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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 29, 1940
Page
5
The review notes classified ads appear in four newspapers and reach Carroll Whiteside and Rock Island counties. It states the review handles one incorrect insertion and that rates reflect service cost and territorial coverage. Ads must stay within proper classification and the Review typeface.
The item lists multiple weekly and one time livestock auctions across Illinois Iowa and Wisconsin. Sterling Sales Pavilion in Sterling Illinois offers Thursday auctions starting at 10 30 a m featuring horses cattle hogs and sheep. Bowman Cattle Co Maquoketa Iowa runs Saturday cattle sales with 400 to 600 head. Harry Kipnis holds a March 8 sale at Mount Carroll featuring horses cattle shoats and sheep. Savanna Sales Barn at Milwaukee stockyards Savanna Illinois hosts March 13 sale of stocker and dairy cattle calves and horses. Mendota Illinois hosts a March 5 sale with 500 pigs and 200 extra fancy pigs double vaccinated. Price Heckman Polo Illinois has March 5/2-29 events. Harry F Rick closes out a farm sale March 6 with 111 head of cattle. An anecdotal note recounts a White House breakfast moment with President Coolidge and a guest feeding from cup to saucer, then a dog.
A jumble of classified notices and ads covers well drilling by Robert Sargent in Lanark and auto supplies by Cut Rat Auto Supply Co in Clinton Iowa. The Wade Guenther column from Sabula presents light humor and social commentary with jokes, puns, and women’s and wartime humor.
Dr J E O Donnell announces a new office at 312 Wilson Building Clinton Iowa offering surgery and general practice. Hours are 11 12 30, 2 5, and 7 8 pm Tuesdays Thursdays and Saturdays. He trained at Illinois Northwestern Mayo Clinic and Passavant Hospital and worked on the Fort Peck Dam project in Montana. Appointment numbers 4133 office 4008 home.
The column stresses that pedestrians cause over forty percent of 1939 automobile fatalities and urges walkers to use intersections and cross walks. It calls for cautious behavior by pedestrians and motorists alike and warns against wandering through intersections. A closing student joke hints at money for a study lamp.
The notice proclaims all items are available for cash purchase only with no trade-ins accepted. It outlines policy enforcement and directs buyers to comply at the point of sale.
The Eastern Interior field lies mainly in Illinois with some mines in Indiana and Kentucky. Illinois produced 46 million tons last year using about 45,000 workers. Each worker's output averages over 1,000 tons annually. Illinois coal is marketed in nine states north of the Ohio and Missouri rivers. Two thirds of Illinois output is used domestically.
A sergeant orders soldiers to report at 6:30 AM for coal shoveling as punishment or duty. The private admits dirty uniforms, prompting the command. The exchange highlights discipline and routine in military life.
A teacher attempts a science illustration by lighting a match over a gas burner and asks why the gas does not ignite. A boy answers that the gas is not burning because the bill has not been paid.
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