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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1933
Page
4
Franklin Corners reports on residents visiting and health concerns, a mastoid operation discussed for Mrs. Stump, school activities at Franklin with Helen Kramer, and neighborly updates. Davenport plans a Community Dollar Day February 9th with Hillory Goods Co featured. Griffenhaugen & Asturiates urge repeal of election laws for a new code and permanent voter registration.
A late rally by Milledge, led by Zemke, powered a 31 point comeback to beat Shannon 32 to 24. Shannon started strong, but Milledge held the lead into the fourth, with quarter scores showing Shannon trailing after the third. The Shannon roster included Ibert Deets and Livengood, while Milledge gained momentum from multiple players as the game wore on.
On Wednesday January 22 1919 Asa Holland visited Frigay ton. Ellen Melendy visited Clinton. Mrs Susan Cochran left for Chicago to see her son Will who is ill. Chas Geisinger spent the week in Hast Moline on business. Glenn Potter showed improvement. Mrs Lew Kness had dental work in Fulton Monday. Lee Morgan was in Clinton on Monday for the Evans Piano Co business.
Fox shooting report and fox hunter sentiments lead a sprawling Lanark segment detailing a rail shipment by Calvin Greenawalt to Chicago, a Miixed livestock car installation, and a Tuesday evening gathering. The Lanark Mutual Fire Insurance directors are elected for three years, with a year end report around a nearly million dollar business. Church services, basketball, dinners, illnesses, and social visits populate the rest of the page with local names such as George Dimon, Charles, Roy Greenawalt, Frank Greenawalt, and J. T. Eckman, plus notes on school games, funerals, and travels to Chicago and Morrison.
The article details emergency funds allocation totaling 72,00000 for Reconstruction Finance measures, a ban on art purchases, and a $42,503,288 relief bond authorizations. It notes shifts in expenditure, potential coal market growth for Illinois, a new ten-district bank supervision plan, and a livestock sanitation reorganization under Governor-elect Horner.
A new standardized quarantine and embargo plan to protect orchardists and nurserymen from blight is expected to grow from a recent Memphis conference. Phil S. Huner of Taylorville, plant intendent, urges field results to aid nurseries and growers facing the phony peach disease and its losses in southern Illinois.
A garbled OCR snippet describes lathering and coating with soap. The faint text mentions dripping, setting, and a process to soften putty then roll up material. Specific names, dates, and places are unreadable or missing.
Fragmentary OCR reports Chadwick and Al Fulton for Sterling with Morrison noted while Davenport Omaha Monmouth Peoria are listed under schedule efforts around December 7. Shaazen listed for Berl. The readable names suggest a local sports or race card with multiple participants and places in a Davenport area event.
Sandridge Jibbig Carley and Mito visit Clive fan. Carley recovers from flu as the neighborhood expresses concern. Bil ly Leavens’s family hopes he improves. Pupils at Farmers Institute praised for park program and whistling solo by Delilah Lapp and reading by Laurel Lapp. Enyard family from Fulton visited Reader home then drove to Savanna to cross a new bridge. Earl Bailes enjoys visits despite being shut in. Mrs Brown recovering from sinus trouble shows improvement. Wood splitting resumes in the area with men stacking nine piles of wood. Montgomery Ward and Sears catalogs distributed to residents via freight delivery.
Happenings across Argo-Fa include community notes on milk production at the local condensary near 24,000 rounds of supply. plans for increased orders at Lineare and Sears Roebuck catalog deliveries. Neighbors report fires, radio failures, and a broken clock, with a community gathering and a small dues-funded checker club meeting.
Community notes describe meetings at homes in Morrison and nearby towns, with reports of barn loss, repairs, and church visits. Neighbors aided during a Friday fire scare, while residents like Mrs Chuseh and the church community worked through weeks of events and maintenance at various properties.
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