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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1937
Page
4
A mosaic of jokes snippets and odd memories drawn from a daily page. The text wanders from Christmas scenes to finance jitters, hunting tales to street romance, and roadside wisdom. It captures quirky quips, local humor, and scattered reflections on modern life.
Rialto in Clinton shows Richard Dix Dolores del Rio and Chester Morris in Devil's Playground and Will Rogers in Dr Bull on a four day run starting Saturday. Capitol Davenport presents The Plainsman with Gary Cooper Jean Arthur and James Ellison, plus a Capas Capitol screening of Mysterious Crossing with Jimmy Dunn and Jean Rogers Thursday.
This week’s schedule lists Friday January 29 games Chadwick at Shanon and Fulton at Clinton, Saturday January 30 Mt. Carroll visiting Mt. Morris and Thomson hosting Chadwick, with several February 2 matches Lyons at Fulton Savanna seconds at Thomson and Savanna at Lyons. A note mentions a skinned cheek and chin with a near shiner and an appraisal that Pete is as good as forty years ago.
Lanark high school defeated Shannon Cagers 44 to 11 on Lanark floor Friday. Wix and Diehl led Lanark scoring and substitutes played extensively as Lanark pulled away, while Shannon’s grade team beat Lanark grades 24 to 18 in a prelim.
Savanna High won 41 to 26 over Lanark in Savanna gym in a rough game marked by fouls. Zubaty led Savanna with 14 points and Krahn added 13 in his final Savanna appearance. Brantner led Lanark with 12 as the hosts took an early lead and never relinquished it.
Friday night schedule features Milledgeville at Lanark Milledgeville favored in a close battle Lyons at Savanna Lyons expected with Krahn out Chadwick at Shannon Chadwick favored Fulton at Clinton Fulton should win Mt Morris at Mt Carroll Mt Morris likely best Mt Morris is favored in a tight matchup Thomson at Chadwick Thomson seen as winner Franklin Grove at Milledgeville Franklin Grove predicted Lyons at Fulton Fulton to win Also a historic note dates Peoria first circuit court trial November 14 1825 Nomaque an Indian tried for murder of a Frenchman
Mt Carroll high school gym will host a county reserve teams basketball tournament from February 1 through 4. Mount Carroll, Chadwick, Thomson, Lanark, Milledgeville and Shannon are invited with trophies awarded to the champion and runner up. Two games per evening begin at 7 o clock with Martin Ginie of Savanna officiating.
Milledgeville varsity edged Polo High 25 to 21 after Polo lightweights beat Milledgeville 17 to 15 in a sharp doubleheader. Milledgeville led 7 4 at first, 14 7 at halftime, Polo rallied to 19 19 late, then Milledgeville pulled away with a final run. Hawkins led Milledgeville with 6 points. Sehriver top Polo with 7.
Lena defeated Shannon Caders 40 to 21 on Lena floor Tuesday night in a preliminary game. Lena led 8 2 8 16 at half and built a 16 point advantage by intermission. Shannon trailed, with a late burst in the third period, scoring 10 to 8, but could not close the gap.
Morrison high school cagers defeated Mt Carroll on their home floor Tuesday night. In the opener Morrison won 19 to 16 with Wylder as top scorer on three baskets and a free throw. The Morrison reserves claimed the preliminary 20 to 10 as Grove led Mt Carroll with four field goals and one free throw.
In 1818 on April 10 Bloomington’s name was revived. The state covers 56,000 square miles with about 5.84 million acres of land.
A capacity Chadwick gym crowd watched Mt Carroll beat Chadwick 22 to 16. Chadwick were shut out in the first two periods with two free throws, while Mt Carroll led 12 points at half. Mest, Carbaugh and Etnyre led scoring for Mt Carroll with stout defense, Guenzler top-scoring for Chadwick with six.
Thomson high school basketball beat Lanark in double overtime in a county court clash. The game stayed tight, with Lanark leading briefly in the fourth quarter before Thomson tied it at 28 all. In the first overtime both teams traded a few baskets, and in the second extra period Cate sparked Thomson with a field goal and two free throws to seal a 33 to 26 victory for Thomson. The junior seconds also played a close preliminary, Thomson prevailing 11 to 10.
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