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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1936
Page
2
The Thomson Review of Thomson Illinois proclaims a message to Carroll County residents praising honesty, hard work, and lawfulness. It asserts that citizens fund banks and pay taxes, aiming to continue and dedicate future issues to these shared values.
Fragmentary OCR notes describe electing efficient town village and county officers and supervising cost reduction. Mentions consignments or routes with unsettled place names and a chain of procurement phrases. Contains unclear references to Hansen’s Garners and Chaduark joining withHt 49.
A Washington talk by Al Smith to the Liberty League of America supporters is praised as an old-fashioned, plain horse sense speech. The Democrat pledges belief in the Constitution and Democratic platform, critiques current administration policies, and urges Americans to support their party while stressing charity and national unity. He laments government interference in business and calls for feeding efforts as winter tightens food supplies.
Carroll county notes show Franklin Stransky entering the Republican primary for State Representative while John L. Brearton also seeks the state's attorney post and Democrat rival Robert Monus runs. Cold spell halts events, suspends school, and spurs coal and plumbing notes as Chadwick and Mt Carroll prep Cheese Day and a Chadwick basketball game looms.
A reminiscence recalls a winter day at Plum River where a frozen car and a quick oil fire rescue unfold. The piece then shifts to election booth anecdotes from York, with quips about judges, candidates, and local banter among voters and officials. The narrator notes California sun versus subzero Thomson weather and ends with radio talkback rhetoric.
Bursting water pipes flood cellars while cars lie buried and radiators freeze daily. Mrs. Holtzman visits from Mt. Carrell for a few days as local students enjoy semester exars. A&M Carrol Service Co adds Earl Martz as mechanic. A Minnesota photography group stays to finish plots. Carrier Harve Lindsay endures a frozen face and fingers on routes. Rock Creek township borrows a show plow to clear drifted roads. Mason Deets returns to work at A & PI store after illness. Roy Shyder starts as assistant at RC Butterbaugh implement. Geo Crofton leaves for Chicago with a truckload of livestock.
More than 40 Savanna men recalled to work on the Milwaukee road during a cold wave while Burlington hires addl track workers. Post 74 WFO meeting notes plan platoon drives, committees, and refreshments with a student orchestra to be organized at the local high school. A daughter, Joan Darlove, was born to Mr and Mrs Roy Herring south of Savanna. John’s parochial school closes for a day due to furnace failure.
A collage of shortened jokes and anecdotes features quips about a German professor, a quarrelsome couple, fashion shifts in dress, and social habits. It makes light of everyday life with humorous, cutting observations on manners, manners of speech, and small misadventures, reflecting a breezy period-piece tone.
Tam a candidate for Circuit Clerk of Cavel county on the Republican ticket. Boerner appeals to voters noting thirty years in office and a record of seven successive terms, asking support based on past service and continued leadership.
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