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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1937
Page
3
A ragbag of quips and tales from Sabula and nearby towns colors a rural page. Jokes about monkeys, garlic knowledge, horse saddles, and a Barrow of farm lore mix with memory and gossip. A reader-friendly snapshot of offbeat chatter and small-town curiosities.
The theatre notes Shirley Temple’s appearance during filming of Stowaway with Robert Young and Alice Faye. She walks into the Cantor dining room in a Chinese cantie suit, joking with Eddie Cantor about the costume and role as a wit as the movie Stowaway opens January 17 at the Bte theatre.
A Rialto Clinton program features James Cagney in Great Guy with Mae Clarke and other favorites, plus Lucky a new musical. Capitol Davenport shows Love on the Run with Clark Gable, Franchot Tone, and Joan Crawford, a comedy romance of a runaway heiress and a playboy reporter racing across Europe.
A list of names with birthdates and towns from Lanark Thomson Chadwick Mt. Carroll Chadwick Milledgeville and nearby areas for January 15 to 21. Individuals include Merle Sweitver Shurry William Arthur Merkle Betty Schneider Norris Hartman Dorothy Heimbaugh Rosaligy Hand and many others. The page reads like a community birthday notice.
Fulton Junior High opens a basketball tournament with Savanna City meeting Clinton in the opener and Chestnut Park facing Fulton. Lyons plays Evie and Morrison vs Prophets Town follow as schedule unfolds with weekend semifinals and finals leading to a strong Chestnut Park showing under coach Herbert Rawlins Jr.
York cagers expect new blue and white basketball suits for Saturday’s home game against Milledeville. The players aim to debut the uniforms to boost effort and teamwork during the contest.
Nicholas Perrot was an early European in Illinois, arriving at Chicago in 1671 before Joliet and Marquette. He served as a Canadian envoy to summon a Western Indian peace convention at Green Bay to pave the way for Mississippi exploration.
Ahead of the Baron and the police, Franchot Tone headlines with Love on the Run at the Capitol Friday. Edward Everett Horton, Margar et Sedden and Margaret McWade feature in a clever comedy Let's Make 7x Million, showcasing the famed pixilate sisters from Mr Deeds Goes to Town.
Fulton high school cagers topped Mount Carroll 28 to 11 on Monday night. Fulton led 12 to 4 after the first quarter and 18 to 6 at halftime, then held Mt. Carroll to two third-quarter points while scoring four, and finished with six in the final period. Norman and Lahey led Fulton with eight and six points, Grove added five for the county seat. In the prelim, Mt. Carroll reserves beat Lanark reserves 20 to 7.
Milledgeville and York meet on the local floor this Saturday evening. The prior Milledgeville win by one point on the Milledgeville court sets high期待 for a hard fought rematch with the outcome undecided until the final whistle.
When Marquette arrived in April 1677 he erected a cross two and a half feet high. The dialogue also notes Chicago's two largest theatres, the Uptown with 4,307 seats and the Tivols with 3,884 seats, and explains the city’s early name origin from Kickapoos who found a keg of rum at the site later known as Keg Grove.
Local cage squads saw nearly all Friday night games canceled due to hazardous roads. Most games are rescheduled. London will host Chadwick Saturday Jan 16, DeWitt visits Savanna Jan 19, Fulton-McCarroll played Monday, Thomson-Lanark postponed to Jan 28 at Lanark.
Chadwick Indees, an independent squad of former high school players, defeated the undefeated local high school team 21 to 18 at the Tocel gym Saturday night despite missing three regulars and playing the final quarter shorthanded. Two games were held, Indees beating Lenimine 2-1 and the high school seconds in a tight, hard fought contest. Next, the Indees travel to face Shannon town, with two games starting at 7:10.
Trnos sportsmen will meet Jan hin Deratay to draft and approve a proposed state game conservation code for Minvis Vester Colby Chicago Izaak Walton chairman, who said hunters fishermen and conservationists attended will push for a nonpartisan commission to run fish and game laws with civil service staff and circulate petitions to enact the measure.
Carroll county sportsmen are invited to the first annual banquet to be staged by the White County Sportsmen's Club. The meal will be held at the Morrison Mine building on Tuesday January 19 1937 at 60 cents per plate. Reserve early for limited accommodations. National and state officials are expected to participate in the program.
Whiteside county supervisors voted to pay ten cents for each crow head and five cents per crow eye, with an appropriation of 1000 to fund bounties in 193. The measure, backed by the county Sportsmen's clubs, limits payments where rookery is dynamited or crows and eggs are secured outside county limits.
Members of a men's club and wild bird enthusiasts renew efforts to feed wild birds while ice coats fields. Despite some sun, sheltered spots still harbor birds and food sources, risking near wipeout without nourishment. Conservations warn several days of above freezing needed to clear ice, and well fed birds endure cold better.
Starting this issue the Dope ster predicts outcomes of local high school hoops. Friday Chadwick at Milledgeville. Ken Yaromen to win a close game. Lyndon visits. locals warned of difficulty. Pullen at Lyons. Savanna favored. Galena at Savanna. Savanna easy win. Lanark at Mt Carroll. Mt Carroll favored. Polo at Lanark. Polo edge. Leaf River hosts Shannon. Leaf River close. Seward at Shannon. Seward slim margin. Milledgeville at Thomson. Thomson in tough matchup.
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