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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1933
Page
3
The article records illnesses including Mrs Demee Ravens and Mrs Seward Mortis, and the death of Mrs Mortis in Washington state. It notes Libbie Curley’s travels, a rural teachers’ meeting, and the engagement of Leota Stickel and Hobart Holland with a September 24, 1931 Ottawa ceremony. It mentions river conditions, robin sightings, and local social events, with several brief notes on residents, road conditions, and community activities.
The Home Economic club met at the church on Friday and enjoyed a picnic dinner at noon. New officers for 1933 began work. Ruth Melendy is ill and travels to Mr Carroll for throat treatment daily this week. Mr and Mrs N R Kenyon spent time in Savanna for the death of Mrs Ernest Bliven. The Libbertons mourn the infant daughter Fiske Maiie born Sunday morning January 8. The baby’s birth coincides with the great grandfather Roy Smith’s anniversary. Funeral held at the Pesks home in Fulton with burial at Oakhill. Mrs Carroll and Mrs Adam Keeswar visited Clinton over the weekend. Rural teachers attended a meeting in Mt Carroll led by Martha Ashby. Fred Apple shipped two cars of fat Hereford cattle.
Spring Valley hosts to an all day meeting with Mrs A S Durward and Mrs Lloyd Durward as hostesses. A mixed shower for Mrs Eslinger follows a home fire loss. The Willing Workers group met at Mrs A K McCullagh’s home for an all day session with fancy work committees named. Fire cleanup and community notices accompany civic church activities and a marriage in Morrison.
A fragmentary humorous piece rambles through odd lines about life in a crisis, misquoted letters to a doctor, and a quirky tale about three witnesses and future regrets. The tone is disjointed and satirical with scattered misprints.
The Engled UP class finished a study of Washingtons Farewell Address from his second term. Dallas Robertson fractured a wrist while practicing basketball, with others also injuring wrists recently. Teachers reported on various lessons, tests, and student absences due to illness, including throat fever and the return of several students.
Oregon Reporter notes Hanover Railroad Company showed 214 dollars in receipts for 1931, far below operating costs. The tiny line from North Hanover to Hanover, in operation since 1907, relied on freight for Hanover Woolen Mills, but business waned as highway trucks rose. No date set for annual meeting to decide the two mile system’s fate.
A legislative committee of the Illinois Taxpayers Association sent a resolution to Gov Horner requesting a one year moratorium on farm mortgage foreclosures and deme y judgments until the legislature can study the issue. The move aims to block sale of farm property to satisfy mortgages during the emergency. The group, led by Frank H Funk, met in Springfield to outline tax reform and present a program to Gov Horner.
York Center students celebrate a new term with contests and prizes. Norris Johnson leads in multiplication while Roberta Hook and Blanche Seim earn top monthly averages. several pupils named for perfect attendance and tardy-free four months. Honor rolls list Blanche Seim, Nona Johnson, Mary Alice Blair, Ruth Cooper, Roberta Hook and others.
The state highway department announced the designation of the Lincoln National Memorial Highway marking a route traced by Abraham Lincoln from Kentucky to Tennessee. Black letters on white plaques will identify the highway as a national memorial link.
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