Birthday greetings listed for towns and names
A series of birthday notices dated January 24 to 30 lists residents by town including Milledgeville Thomson Lanark Chadwick Savanna Savanna and Marshall Ind. Names such as Hans Jensen A H Wagner Juanita Cheeseman Maxine Miller Sherm Oakley Rozella Brandenburg K B Carpenter Lloyd Smith Randall Crofton Maude Rahn Gayle Weber Earl Fay Smith Paul Swanson Iris Martindale and Bernice Fields appear with multiple day allocations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hans Jensen
Argo
A. H. Wagner
Milledgeville
Juanita Cheeseman
Maxine Miller
Ralph Shelling
Sherm Oakley
Thomson
Wayne Tobey
Rozella Brandenburg
K. B. Carpenter
Lloyd Smith
Randall Crofton
Lanark
Maude Rahn
Chadwick
Gayle Weber
Robert K. Kehler
Savanna
Earl Fay Smith
Mt. Carroll
Paul Swanson
Robert Carpenter
Gladys Cate
Herman Radatz
Byron
Emma Ferris
Frank H. Schreiner
Helen Hammelman
Eugene Potter
R. G. Truman
Iris Martindale
Cloquet
Minn
Bernice Fields
Henry Daehler
Lillian Schneider
Stanley Todd
Eldora
Thos
Hand
Margaret Wetzel
Mary Lacey
Mabel Wagner
Betty Davis
Harold Eisenbise
William Lartz
Leo Lotz
Ada Wolfe
Ray Allison
Frank Deets
Alma Mae Schryver
Jesse Klitz
Milledge
Moral Fiber Defines a Nation's Strength and Decline
A moral fiber thesis argues that a nation rises with strong citizen character and falls when ethics weaken, stressing civic duty and public virtue as central to national greatness.
Carroll Countys Cheerful Caller Notes Local Happenings
Local column reports community news including John Sollenberger moving into a new garage behind the post office, Art Miller claiming the nominating committee deceived him, and ease of winter travel due to spread streets. Draft board ice hazards on steps and Carl Frahm’s trip south prompt quotes about county farmland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Sollenberger
John
Art Miller
Commercial Club
Art
Draft Board
Carl Frahm
Carl
Carroll County
Ackles faces five indictments in Iowa securities case
M. S. Ackles, 62, of Dubuque, is charged by a Dubuque county grand jury with five indictments for violations of the Iowa securities law. The stock sales involved allegedly worth less, and Ackles was arrested in Cedar Rapids and is jailed in Dubuque. He was known in Fulton as former president of the Lincoln Highway Tire Co which he organized and later dissolved, leaving stockholders with worthless shares.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. S. Ackles
Dubuque
Iowa
Ackles
Cedar Rapids
Fulton
Lincoln Highway Tire Company
Figures Grow As We Talk Of Money And News
A reflective reminiscence on the expanding role of numbers from counting thousands to billions. A narrator recalls father’s news at supper and a chaotic day chasing a Hindu to the races, where betting, deception, and a snake charmer’s world collide in a chaotic fairground escapade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Father
Chicago
Daggett
the Tribune
Armour, Swift and Cudahy Packing
Sammy
Lulu Bond
Lulu
Laddie
Shay
Pal
Fair Ground
Fair Grounds
Local notes from Mt. Carroll and Lanark narrator remarks
Preston Prairie H. C. Weidman is numbered with the sick at his home on Clay Street in Mt. Carroll. Zemke feed mill ground in the vicinity last Thursday evening. Mrs. Frank Ditsworth of Lanark visited her sister Mrs. Howard Petty. Reporter asks about success and an actor replies that his name appeared more on a board bill than a bill board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fair Ground
H. C. Weidman
Clay St
Mt. Carroll
Zemke
Frank Ditsworth
Lanark
Howard Petty
Savanna Bank Reelects Officers and Directors
Savanna National Bank re elected all officers and directors at a board meeting last Wednesday and at the preceding stockholder gathering. Officers include President J. S. Young Vice President J B Schreiter Cashier L H Miles and assistant cashiers C B Rahn and W D Hansen. Directors include C N Jenks and A O Elliott.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Bank of Savanna
J. S. Young
J. B. Schreiter
L. H. Miles
C. 8. Rahn
W. D. Hansen
C. N. Jenks
A. O. Elliott
Captain Gill reassigned to Chicago post at end of Savanna tenure
Captain Joseph E. Gill, constructing quartermaster at the Savanna Ordnance depot for two and a half years, will leave soon for Fort Custer Michigan. After ten days he goes to Chicago to assist Master Hayden in establishing the quartermaster's office for the Sixth Corps area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph E. Gill
Savanna Ordnance Depot
Fort Custer
Mich
Chicago
Hayden
Sixth Corps
Despair as Motivator in Quiet Daily Resolve
A concise exhortation to persevere through hardship. The message urges steady effort and resilience even when optimism wanes, framing despair as a prompt to continue working toward goals.
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Review
the Village Echo
Thomson Broadax
Thomson Review
H. G. Stagg
Sylvalena Bolhous Kenneth Whitney
Illinois
Thomson, Illinois
Telephone
Happy
Savanna, Ill
Chadwick and Thomson
Sharpe
the Hindu
Hindu
Mt. Carroll, NL
Galena Street
Guernsey
Jersey
Mount Carroll Sales CO
H. Kipnis
Roy Fritz
Owen Miles
Lewis Motor Co
Handel Bros
Sale Barn
Chadwick, Nl
Edw. R. Mest
Morrison
Ideal Store
John Deere
Emerson
H. E. Stakemiller
Garrett Stevenberg
Don Carpenter
Preston Prairie
Savanna National Bank
J. E. Gill
Marth Bros
W. F. Black
Walnut
Foster Black
Pfister
Fred Wulf
Mt. Carroll Carroll County
W.F. Black Farms
Walnut, Ill
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