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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1942
Page
5
Classifieds in three publications offer advertisers a chance to secure results in Carroll and Rock Island counties. The notices emphasize broad reach across the two jurisdictions and outline options for placement and pricing.
A string of livestock auctions is listed with details for Sterling Geneseo Mt Carroll Chadwick and surrounding areas. Dates emphasize January and mid month sales with horses cattle hogs sheep and farm equipment highlighted. Public notices include employment ad for a live in caretaker in Moline Illinois.
Various listings for livestock bulls and cattle from Angus breeders in Tippett Elizabeth Illinois. Miscellaneous vials and scrap items for sale.Used electric washing machine for sale in good condition. Honey for sale from Leonard Stage Thomson Illinois. Travelo Housekeeping Trailer for sale or trade from Walter Walland Savanna Illinois. Baled straw from Tousley Bros Thomson Illinois. Maytag washers and Bearcat grinders by John Renkes Fulton Illinois. Classifieds dated 1-8x to 1-16x continue totals.
Local note reports Korn Spring Valley Aces Ball Club clinching top honors across three counties this season under flooded lights. Mentions Ace High hybrid corn and pricing details for bulk orders including Germination 98 percent guarantee and agent Sharpe Carroll in Thomson Illinois.
Ray T. Moyer plans a closing out sale Monday January 19 on his Chadwick Argo Fa road farm four miles west of Chadwick. He has sold both Moyers farms and will quit farming while continuing as a guard at the Savannah ordnance depot. The sale includes about 270 head of livestock led by a purebred Guernsey herd, plus hogs hay grain horses and nearly new farm machinery.
Wade Guenther, editor of Sabula Gazette, Sabule, Iowa, presents a column of local observations and sharp critique about community issues.
A collage of quips and jokes on politics war weather and relationships from a midcentury humor column. One line riffs on Washington war stories and a misfired boat rescue joke. The piece weaves social satire with playful puns and observations about worry and self reflection.
A fragmentary line cites a wise man’s door and an advert for her. It notes people in trouble often back up rather than push ahead. The text links a crime wave to the passing of the old woodshed as a turning point.
A playful exchange unfolds when a young woman reminds a professor of a past proposal. The professor responds with a blank look. The piece links refined culture to progress and sympathy for human passion, noting true cultivation as refined taste.
Government lands trap FI-14 known as Carroll Farms in the Mississippi bottoms south of Savanna posted with signs. A $50 reward offered for information leading to conviction of any person molesting the land.
Article cites state game and fish code prohibiting entry on private property. It names Blaine L. Peck John Nordhoff Frank Locey Clyde Foltz and location Reader Farm Thomson Mt Carroll for a seasonal running list with a 50 cent fee.
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