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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1924
Page
3
The Thomson Review in Thomson Illinois lists weekly issue times publisher Foster L Stagc with subscription at 1.50 yearly. Expired status shown by blue cross. red cross signifies no further copies unless payment or advance, paper may be discontinued for nonpayment.
Local church groups plan Monday evening events with a program including entertainments and luncheon. District Superintendent Carpenter of Rock River district will deliver a talk next day at the church in Thomson. Obituary notes report the death of Louisa Burt in Savanna Saturday morning, with funeral services held Tuesday afternoon.
The late P. M. Isenhart estate sold Saturday afternoon at Chad ck. Karl Isenhart bought the town science five lots in Thom for 3100 dollars. He also purchased the old home place for 66 dollars per acre. A 176 acre farm sold to Jenny Imel at 80 dollars per acre. Walt Apple bought 80 acres east of the road at 50 dollars per acre. A timber tract west of town totaling 12 acres brought 125 dollars. Under current conditions the sale held well.
Savanna merchants through the Chamber of Commerce announce a January Clearance Sale running from Saturday January 12 to Saturday evening January 19. Twenty eight merchants cooperate in this sale offering bargains across their stores. Read the half page ad in this issue and note the firms airing the sale.
Judge Stransky told the Farm Bureau that the telephone company has lost 66 000. He notes 40 percent of local phones may be removed, cites storm damage and rebuild costs, and compares returns to Liberty Bonds. The paper promises careful reader information before investing.
In Sandridge the planned telephone rate increase draws strong opposition from local subscribers who threaten to disconnect. Mildred Stores has shown health improvement after illness, Clint Shadie remains slightly better but bedridden, island wood is being hauled, and teens enjoy skating as winter evenings unfold. George McGinnis friends surprised him with a Monday visit for games and conversation.
James Mummert suffers a severe cold as Dr Sagner is summoned Saturday. Vandervort in Rochestra seeks eye restoration and shows cautious optimism. Libberton couple braved the cold to Clinton, Fritz returns from Wisconsin to Argo then North Carolina, planning a month away. Weather reports claim freezing conditions Friday night. Floyd Kness heads to Sar Davenport for barber school. Kenyon sisters move to Thomson for schooling and cold weather. Mrs Harry Stoner leaves for Berne Ind after two weeks here. Colinson helps cut wood while on condensary release. Wolfe returns to Mt Carroll after holidays. J M Fay fumigates the Heinze home after diphtheria quarantine on a sick child. Lathrop moves to new residence, Dittmar relocates family to store residence. Weather limits attendance at Thomson M E church services. High School reports sharp student addresses. Ladies Aid tea on Jan Web day elects officers for year: Carroll presid, Edna Carroll VP, Lulu Melendy Secy, Harriet Yates Treas.
Mrs. Addie Edgerly arrives from Dakota to visit Ed Hines. Dan Harney departs for a days business trip to McDonald Indiana. Henry Strauch attends Route 1 patrons. Mrs. Anna Prins shows considerable improvement. Mrs. Grover Brenneman of Fort Wayne arrives Monday to visit her parents Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Switzer.
We wish our many patrons in most prosperous year during 1924 and a continuation for your patronage. As we have many obligations to meet at this time, we would like an early settlement on accounts due us, which we would very much appreciate at this time.
Archibald Rutledge notes in the New York Independent how wild turkeys use wings to move between roosts and feeding grounds, performing long downhill glides that resemble swift, wind driven travel. He cites two mountain flights covering roughly two miles in a minute and a half and three miles in three minutes, praising their beauty and the wild bird’s rapid recovery from near extinction.
Seventeenth century pipes, mainly Holland made from English clay, faced English pipemaker disfavor. Parliament denied exports to protect trades, but fewer skilled workers led to growing use of pipes as barter. By 1697, 120 pipes and 100 jew’s harps traded for land near Timber Creek, with William Penn including 300 pipes in his land deal.
A farmer in a Alabama district tried to pay toll with a bent dime, but the toll gate keeper refused it saying he cannot take mutilated money. The farmer asserted the coin had been bent in change yesterday, implying the keeper’s own involvement.
A minstrel like tale describes a boastful spokesman on a ride to the moors. He is thrown from his horse, and a gatekeeper and first aid man hurry to assist. In a comic moment the medic notes ribs misaligned and quips that the bones run north and south rather than east and west.
A dialogue features a movie manager requesting an opinion on character features. The critic offers blunt assessments of forehead, eyes alignment, nose size, mouth shape, and chip issues, then concedes the rest may be acceptable. The exchange unfolds in a formal yet terse tone.
A historical society meeting debated a claim from China where condemned men could hire substitutes to die for them. The speaker added that many poor men live by acting as replacements in war, prompting wider discussion on wartime underpinnings and justice.
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