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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1940
Page
2
The platform urges a bank at Milledgeville extend road Rt 171 from Hansen’s Corners on Rt 78 to Chadwick joining Rt 88, elect efficient town village and county officers, encourage reducing expenses, promote competitive sports, and brand Carroll County as the sportsmen’s paradise.
July birthday notices list individuals from Thomson Savanna Milledgeville Chadwick Lanark Argo and nearby towns. Names appear with family ties and towns including Thomas Cheatum Eugene Litwiller John Geisz Jr Gary Handel Harold Kenyon Russell Nye Willis Stage Vernon Rosenberry Carol Jean Miller Ruth Demaree Calvin Strauch Lyle Mitchell and many others. The list spans July 12 to July 17 with multiple households mentioned.
Savanna reports reflect Carroll County life with farm notes on pastures and thistles control, local o pportunities, and upcoming Cheese Day and Old Settler’s Day. The column records prices, fishing, park crowds, rail news, and community happenings across Mount Carroll and nearby towns.
A dialog from a couple debates spending and debt ending with a pledge to resist purchases. The husband challenges daily installments and various items before proposing a car purchase. The passage frames moral purpose guiding financial choices.
A regional writer riffs on politics, sports, and society noting James Farley and Al Smith era figures, Dizzy Dean and Gene Tunney, and local census musings. The piece muses on elections, labor, war prep, and a Rockford reunion while praising local voters and community spirit.
Stransdale Fobes DeKal 1970604, a 7 year old Holstein owned by Stransdale farm No 1 south of Savanna, produced 22 500 pounds of milk and 928 pounds of fat in a 365 day lactation with 4.12 percent test. June 1959 yielded 2 142 pounds milk and 107.1 fat. The cow traced to Stransdale DeKal Sylvia and sister of Stransdale Sylvia De Kal 2nd. The article also notes unrelated moral lines about progress and the Bible.
Announcement from Ted Wilson of the Walnut Leader states a gathering at Black Farms Walnut the Home of Pfister Hybrids on Friday August 2. Newspaper men will study hybrid corn and production methods with an all you can eat lawn luncheon listed as the highlight of the afternoon at Black Farms.
The Ward Weidman family spent the 4th in Freeport. Mrs. Ben Williamson hosted a kitchen shower for Margaret Williamson. Cedar Creek woods hosted a Thursday picnic dinner attended by several families. Mr and Mrs Lloyd Becker returned from their honeymoon to the Black Hills.
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