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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1945
Page
5
Fragmentary OCR yields a rental notice and names such as Harry Schulz and rison. A phone contact Chadwic appears in the readable portion. The rest is unclear.
Navy officials urge proper addressing to ensure mail reaches all service members. Despite wartime hazards, the Navy Mail Service reports efficient delivery to remote ships and stations when envelopes show clear addressees. Amphibious craft present the most difficulty but correct addresses guarantee passage through the system.
The article explains how unit numbers and ship designations like LST and LCI vary by theater and warns that misreading I and T causes long delays. It urges printing full ship designation and correct Fleet Post Office addresses, noting undelivered letters exceed 5,000 daily and urging proper addressing.
Missouri State Fair in Sedalia runs August 19 to 26. Whiteside County Fair in Morrison runs August 28 to 31.
General Auto Co., Bear Service Station markets wheel services and tire balancing at 115 4th Ave South Clinton, pledging help to every customer.
Auction notices from multiple Illinois locations advertise livestock sales including cattle hogs horses and pigs. E Wehmeyer Mt Carroll auction pavilion Sterling IL sells horses cattle hogs and sheep. Mendota sale lists 500 pigs and farm stock. Biers LLC Thurmon Thomson holds a furniture sale at the late Ida Weber residence. George W Ivey & Sons Mt Carroll offer monument services.
In this installment from The American Weekly readers learn how the life with the Colonel unraveled after his illness and old age claimed him. The story follows Lucy Hartigan as death claims her too, with full narrative details promised in the Chicago Herald American Sunday supplement.
C A DeWeerd of Mt. Carroll reported the left front tire and wheel were stolen from his car overnight while parked in front of his house. The axle dropped to the ground when he started the vehicle, resting on an old bird house from a neighbor's yard.
Pfc Paul B E Hamilton son of Mr and Mrs Bromley Hamilton of Mt Carroll was killed in action in Germany on April 6. He had been reported missing earlier and was born in Wood River on July 4 1925. The family moved to Mt Carroll years ago and he worked at Savanna ordnance depot before enlisting March 8 1943. He went overseas in November 1944 and was the last Mt Carroll man listed among the missing.
Ration item expirations list June through Sept for various stamps and fuels. Notes on transfers within families, new period 1 coupon usable after June 1, and Midwest fuel oil validity. Also reports Scout outing with Harlan Downs at Canyon camp and Geo. Wales assisting. Trespass notices warn prosecution. farms named include F. J. Stransky and C. V. Dame Farms in Lanark, FL.
The Carroll County Board of Review will meet in the Supervisors Room at the Mt. Carroll Court House on July 9 16 17 23 24 30 and 31 1945 from 10 PM to 4 PM to hear complaints on the 1945 tax assessments. No complaints filed after July 31 1945 will be considered. S. O. Crom chairman.
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