How to the Lime let the chips fall where they may
The Village Echo 1875 edition notes Thomson Review history and publishers Foster L Stagg H G Stagg. weekly publication in Thomson Illinois with reporters Smith Whitney. It urges Carroll County residents to support churches societies banks taxes and daily needs, praising citizens as the backbone of the nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doc Saunders
Review
Carroll County
Churche S
McGill
Milledgeville
Texas
D. McGill
Milledgeville Free Press
Free Press
Mirror-Democrat
Mt Carroll
Chadwick Review
Chadwick
Mt Carroll Publishing
Crim
Maudit
Luther Geismeer Vis
Aexan
Meghl
Carreil
Platform promises for Carroll County leaders in 1935
A list of platform items includes creating a bank for Milledge Ele, electing efficient town village and county officers, paving Route 171 from Thomson to Chadwick, promoting competitive sports in Carroll County, pursuing a county controlled highway across the south part from Milledgeville to Thomson, and encouraging office holders to reduce expenses.
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Carroll County
Milledgeville
Thomson
Sand Bars and Officials in Carrell County Notes
Tax receipts in 1938 reached 404367.06 and 1934 totals appear as 046843.04. Charles Bo Stuart is praised as Master In Chancery for 2K years. Sheriff Eber Shepherd sports a replacement silver star from John Querkelm, long linked to Dan Aberhemm era. Treas Prankant praised deputies Blanche Magygleth and Arthur Fetters. Val Boerner serves as quent elecle of Care hill county since July 10% and Lyvom Sayuune Wilt Nipe deputy clerk’s staff recall passing teacher exams with the author.
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Dan Aberhemm
Carrul
Treaster Prankant
Blanche Magygleth
Arthur Fetters
Val Boerner
Carehill
Lyvom Sayuune Wilt Nipe
Wiris
Wandering Scribbles Highlight Local Life and Sports Details
A cluttered local column recaps Bayard Cole of Thomson in Grand American Handicaps with scattered notes on past shoots, a Mount Carroll resident’s paralytic stroke, a giant St. Bernard puppy, a water outage, petitioning for a police magistrate, and Coach H B Walker seeking a weekend basketball opponent amid miscellaneous town happenings.
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A. J. Eingery
Mt. Carroll
Troy Preston
St. Bernard
Robert Browning
Browning
H. B. Walker
William Wires
Bill
Mr. Carroll
Cal i Feezer
Mount Carroll Notes on Local Events and People
Mt Carroll residents gathered for the President's ball raising funds to aid a cause while Farm Bureau baseball members hope Cal remains fit to score next summer. Exams are the norm at Mt Carroll High and Frances Shimer. Local jurors from Mt Carroll stayed at Hotel Glenview overnight, revealing homesick whiskers and unfamiliar surroundings. William Foster of Shannon visited Mt Carroll to hear evidence in the Lower trial.
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Farm Bureau
Cal
Mt Carroll
Mt. Carroll
Frances Shimer
Glenview A
Fred Noble
William Foster
Shannon
Night life quips mix with coffin nails in village talk
A visitor asks about night life in a town while a native mentions lodge customs with coffin nails. A wife jokes about the world’s halves. others chatter on telephony reaching the moon, a Chicago cook leaving over a phone miscue, pensions, aging, and a postponed Alabama lecture amid digestion.
Moratorium attack disputed in Morrison court
In Morrison circuit court a cross petition challenges President Roosevelt’s March 1933 bank moratorium as unconstitutional. L. G. Thorne, former First National Bank of Sterling president, sues Fred Salm as receiver for $33,460 tied to 343 bank shares, arguing the moratorium was illegal and confiscatory. The Sterling bank failed to reopen and was declared insolvent.
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Sterling
Roosevelt
Morrison
L. G. Thorne
First National Bank of Sterling
Fred Salm
Sterling Bank
Thorne
Froaseelt
United States
Mrs Pape’s Birthday Event Entertains Guests at Three Tables
Mr and Mrs John Pape hosted arock Saturday afternoon as Mrs Pape celebrated a birthday with three tables of rock at their home. The fragment mentions a braised tex and an incident with four horses last week but details are unclear.
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Sprang Valley School
Ellen McKee
Alice Willkens
Janet Green
Lawrence Green
Wilma Montgomery
Annebelle Brink
Genevieve Moat
Elsie Blink
Arlene Montgomery
Jay Wilkins
Lloyd Abell
Elsie
Blink Alvin Houzenga
Rena Wilkins
Laurence Green
Eleanor Noriman
Rena , Wilkins
Lawrence’ ‘Green
Alvin Hoazenga
Eleanor Norman
Mildred ¥. Davis
the Indies of the Spring Valley Presbyterian Church
James McCullagh
Fulton
Ward Gridley
N. G. Club
Kenneth Harold Arink
Holland
Mich
Anmk
Ixti Pearson
fUstick
Pearson
Morrison
Cottonwood
Wim. Nice
Teir
Warne Corbin
Caroline Hensler
Edward Mar Itindale
Baraboo
Wis
Francis
Camp Douglas
Cabb
Xafferme
John Pape
Rock
Closing Out Sale Near Fulton and Thomson Auction
Cornelius Zuidema and partners announce a rural closing out sale held Thursday February 7 at 12 30 pm one to two miles south for Otter Bluff school with lunch. items include horses cattle hogs poultry hay grain farm machinery vehicles harness and many other farm goods. terms cash no removal until settled. Auctioneers A Renkes clerk
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John Deere
Monarch
Cornelius Zuidema
W. Meyers
G. Sternberg
A. E. Fletcher
A. Renkes
Compulsory Education and Old Age Pension Debate
SHARPE discusses education policy and social welfare amid unrest. He contrasts extending compulsory schooling to 12 grades with funding elder pensions, arguing against delaying progress by placing old age support before youth education. He cites working families and snippets of public concern about school dropouts and economic strain.
Farm sale on C. W Moore farm Chadwick area February 11 1935
Intending to gut farming sale held on the C W Moore farm 332 miles north of Chadwick 5 miles southeast of Mt Carroll on Route 40 Monday February 11 1935 at 10 30 a m Lunch by Lutheran Ladies Aid Chadwick Horses three head including a 10 year old black horse 1500 pounds a sorrel and a white mare 6 years 1400 pounds Cattle twenty four head milch cows three yearling heifers Pure bred Angus bull Hoges head 16 brood sows due April Farm machinery McCormick Deering tractors plow disc belt hay loader mower corn picker and assorted implements Grain 600 bushels corn oats alfalfa hay fodder ensilage in silo plus two hog coops fuel and other items. Terms cash. Moore Miller Ed Mest Glenn Teeter Auditors Farmers State Bank Chadwick Clerk
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Fulton
Thomson
Otter Bluff
Ladies Aid
Jersey
Guernsey
C. W Moore
Chadwick
Mt Carroll
Moore & Miller
Ed Mest
Glenn Teeter
Audtioneers
Farmers State Bank
Tlerk
French chemist invents professor removing shine from worn clothes
A humorous note reports a French chemist’s invention that deglazes old garments. It also mentions a baseball ballad and a sarcastic reflection on winter hardships, featuring a traveler trudging to the office through a North Dakota-like storm, 12 below, 6:15 Monday morning.
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August Wells
California
Hollywood
Ald Ioway
U.S .P
Sandridge Ice Harvest and Local News From Savanna
The ice harvest around Sandridge is completed with high quality supply hauled by trucks and bob sleds. Roy Johnson welcomes a baby daughter Leota Mae born January 22 at Savanna hospital. Irene Ruppis teaches music to about 20 youths in Savanna amid icy roads and cold weather.
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Roy Johnson
Savanna Hospital
Leota Mae
Schuester
Savanna
Babe
Roy
Gus Roggendorf
Gus
Earl Holman
Irene Ruppis
Land i
Frank Curley
Sam
Earl Rupple
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Village Echo
Thomson Broadax
Foster L. Stagg
H. G. Stagg
Harriett. Smith
Kenneth Whitney
Secon
Thomson, Ilinois
Office of Publication
Thomson, Dinors
Argofa
Wade
Free Wheeling
Bayard Cole
Cattroll
Bayard
Dayton
Ohio
Chicago Gun Club
St. Louis
South Shore
Chicago
Tenny Loechul
Tad
Dub
Hauptman’s
Charlie Lambert
Townsend Plan
Charlie
Alabama
Spring Valley
Mine Roberta Lewis
Mra
BR. Lewis and
Jake Johor Ant
Leonard Poecer
Fom
Kyle Melendy
W. A. Sisyman
M. J. McGinty
Norm Lewis
Jerry Doty
McGinty
Charles
K. B. Carpenter
Leila
Argo
Clinton
Mre Carpenter
Thonson
Edward Smedene
Bolas
Calif
K. B. Carpentere
Leny
Dunne
Kane
Carroll
Whiteside
Alffred Smith
Jane Crest
Gwendolyn Grotar- Ing
A. Ko McCullagh
Jot
Groharing
Statine l
Tobry
Grobaring
Manater
Florida
Frank Sher
Orena Bennett
Sheridan
Fee Beary
Sharpe
Te Tau
Hineeli
Behvel
Johnnie
Johnnie 15
Les
Tory
Johan
Seoul
Savith
Taft
Leon
McCormick-Deering
McCormick Deering
McGo Wiick
Deering
McCormick- Deering
Hayes
John Deere Harrow
Alice Demmen
Poland
China
Frank Merchant
George Tripp
Ideal
Halante
ML Carrol National Bask
Tripp & Senneff
Joe Kegley
Illinois
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