Local Thursday Restock Auctions Across Sterling and Geneseo
Auction listings show restock sales every Thursday at Sterling Sales Pavilion with horses cattle and other stock starting 10 30 am plus bids in Geneseo Illinois at The Gergeo Sales Co listing Saturday sale and private sales daily. Closings noted for Chadwick Morrison areas with multiple livestock and farm goods auctions including mules cattle hogs grain hay machinery and household items.
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Sterling Sales
Sterg
Ery &Kipas
Dt. Carroll
Wii
Gergseo Sales Co
Géneseo
Ill
Hanford Bushman
Lotz Farm
Chadwick
Milledgeville
Lloyd Workman
Habben
Coleta
Morrison
Brookville
E. Wehmeyer
Mendota
Iowa
Illinois
Biers Live Stock Commission Co
Mre
Anna A. Olson
Morrison-Chadwick Road
No Hunting Or Trespassing Notice Cited Landowners
A printed public notice states landowners will not grant consent for hunting or trespassing on their property. It cites the Illinois game and fish code and warns violators will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law.
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State of
Illinois
Review Classifieds Shows Ads Across Counties With Rates
Classifieds review notes ads in Carroll and Rock Island counties offering services from wall texturing to well drilling and notary work. Items include purebred Holstein bulls and radios repairs with contact details and route information. The piece also references a magazine feature by Adela Rogers St John.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll
Rock Island
Iyee Groharing
Morrison
Clarence Bolhous
Thomson
Robert Sargent
Lanark
Car lineup includes prewar Chev sedans and trucks
All cars have heater and defroster with some models including radio. Notable entries: 1940 Chev Sport Sedan, 1938 Chev Sport Sedan demonstra tor, 1937 Chev Sport Sedan, 1936 Ford Town Sedan, 1936 Chev Sport Sedan. Trucks include 1937 Chev long wheel base, 1936 International Pickup, 1936 Chev Pickup, 1933 Chev with bus body from Lewis Motor Co. Thomson NI.
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Lewis Motor Co
Thomson, NI
Fragmented Humor and Riddles From A Page of Jokes
A mixed collection of quips and light verse. The remarks poke at social norms, language, and manners through brief gags about etiquette, flirting, bath time mishaps, common expressions, and a limerick style poem about a girl with a curl.
Shoes Misfit Leads to Realization in Ozark Cabin
A traveler in the Ozarks meets a mountain man who has worn his shoes on the wrong feet for twenty years, thinking himself club-footed. The moment of humor comes as they compare feet and a visitor notes the error. The locals discuss a young man named Josh planning to go to town for work, reflecting common dreams of leaving for better opportunities.
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Ozarks
Mountaineer
Whiteside County Fair Dates Set for September
The 1041 Whiteside County Fair is planned for September 2 3 4 and 6 with secretary W M Dearinger announcing the dates after a Central Wisconsin Trotting association meeting in Kewanee. Officials promise a bigger fair than last year to reward patrons and cooperation.
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Whiteside County
W. M. Dearinger
The
Fair Association
Wlineis Trotting Association
Kewanee
Old Story Echoes of Youth in College Rooms
A college student violated regulations by hosting his sister in his rooms when an elderly man knocked and asked to revisit familiar scenes from his youth. The visitor surveyed the space and remarked on the familiar atmosphere as memories resurfaced.
Local residents share holidays and visitors in Mt. Vernon area
Ellen Francke of Cornell College in Mt. Vernon Ia spent the holidays at her Preston Prairie home. Chas Gordon of Woodland was a Thursday visitor. Francis Gillespie injured his hand sawing wood Thursday. On Jan 5 the families of Paul Metz Preston Downing Loomer Downing were dinner guests at Harvey Downing’s home L Phillips visited here Sunday.
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Ellen Francke
Cornell College
Mt. Vernon
Chas, Gordon
Woodland
Francis Gillespie
Paul Metz
Preston Downing
Loomer Downing
Harvey Downing
L. Phillips
Signs Worth Seeing Placard on Peach Display
A readable placard on a grocery display urges shoppers not to squeeze peaches until they are bought. The light humorous sign reflects trade floor humor and customer etiquette in a general store setting.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Harmon E. Stakemiller
Mt. Carroll
Ideal Store
Blaine L. Peck and
John Nordhoff
Stransdale Farm
R. F. Blake
Carroll Drainage District
Savanna
Fair Haven Township
John Reader
Thomson, It
Rgens
Ames
Coal Valley
Mielke Bros
Dixon
Morris-Barrick
Morris-Barrick Cattle Company
Dixon, Ill
Rock Island County
George Wuliver
Wommen's
George W. Ivey & Sons
Mt. Carroll, AL
Bangs
Rush W. Carroll
David Switzer
Thomson, Il
Lyle Straub
E. D. Peterson Co
S. 2Nd St
Clinton
Mary Cone
Adela Rogers St. Johng
American Weekly
Chicago Herald-American
Backer & Wagner
2Nd St
Clinton, Ia
Jokerst Motor Sales
Sterling
Frank Lohmeier
Ford Motor CO
General Automotive
Strand Theatre
General Auto CO
Bear Service Station
4Th Ave
Tommy
Jim Bull
Union Grove
Earl R. Dailey
Albany, Ill
Albany
Victor Eads
Mgr
Wade
Mr. Smith
Pretty Bear
Josh
Whiteside County Fair
Johnson Coal Co
Morrison, Ill
Stoker
Preston Prairie
Frank L
Vogtmann, Jr
Mfg
Jeweler
Clinton, la
W. L. Derrer
Mt, Carroll
W. H. Foster
M. D
Wilson
Lowa
Edward R. Most
Chadwick, Ill
D. J. Bontrager
6Th Ave
Clinton, Iowa
Geneseo Sales Company
Robert Wayne
Geneseo
Bollen
Dr. Salsbury
Purina
Richard Vogel Fulton
W. A. O. Stuedemann
Coens Fees
Main Ave
U. S
Ind
Hill
Elvira Road
Elvira
Traver Bros
OUR
Wesley Sack
Will Rentschler
Hartman Implement Sales
Wilbur Nicholson
Wm. Goddard
Clarence Hanson
Jess Wood
Fulton
Schrader & Longnecker
Oldsmobile
Ford Panel
Mercury
FORD
Lincoln
Zephyr
New Car Sales & Service
4Th Ave. S
DR. E. Musk
Musk Optical CO
Fulton, Ill
Florsheim
M & A Boot Shop
McGonagle & Arlen
5Th Ave
Gus A. Brumer, JR
Montgomery Ward & CO
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