Money waste urged in retrospective quiz column
A fragmentary note from The American Weekly hints at a feature about extravagant spending and a ditched project, mentioning upcoming cross-promotional timing with the Chicago Herald and a Savanna stage area. The text is garbled but suggests a cautionary or humorous look at wasteful spending and provocative anecdotes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Weekly
Chicago Herald and
Miner
Willis
Savanna Rt. 2
Thomson Phore
Thomson Folks Invite Family Visitors and Birthday Plans
John Neary of the 50 Year Farmer's Club will celebrate his 77th birthday with a family picnic next Sunday. Numerous local residents are noted visiting friends and relatives in Chadwick Rock Falls Davenport Sabula and Mt Carroll while a furnace crew works in Thomson and local residents enjoy trips to Disneyville Wisconsin and Palisades Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Neary
Farmer’s Club
Family Reunion Planned by Williams and Carroll Kin
Mir Delle Williams and family of Mr Carroll hosted a Sunday gathering with guests including Mr and Mrs Marry WW Beach and daughter Doris of Albany, Me, Mrs Marshall Trent of Cordova, Mr and Mrs Frank Whiteside and two sons of Joslin, and Mrs Hull of Justin. They plan a family reunion in August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mir Delle Williams
Carroll
WW. Beach
Doris
Albany
Marshall Trent
Cordova
Frank Whiteside
Joslin
Hull
Justin
Turney Reunion Draws 106 Descendants at Morrison Park
One hundred six Turney descendants gathered Sunday at Waterworks park in Morrison for the third annual reunion. There were no deaths and two marriages since last year. The longest distance came from Los Angeles and Wetrall Michigan. The event featured a picnic and a program of music and readings. The group planned to hold next year’s reunion on the second Sunday in July at the same park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob
Rachel Turney
Waterworks Park
Morrison
Norm
Joseph Hawk
Tenton
Carrol June Settle
Lyndon
Banjo
Merle Turney
Paul Wilt
Harriet Smith
Dorothy Turney
Eli Porquer
Carll
Vernabelle
Richard Settle
Betty Jane Hardy
Della Baker
Blanche McCosham
Los Angeles
Calif
FT. B. Turney
Edgeley
N. D
Glenn Wiliams
Wetrall
Mich
CG. F. Baker
Maywood
W. H. Turney
Newton Turney
Nancy
Chicago
Guy Turney
Savanna
Charles Beardslee
Charles Turney
Clinton
Cora Nixon
Murray Hardy
Lyman Turney
Walter Settle
Wil
J.C. Hawk
Fenton
Randolph
Bes- 30
Erie
Edgar Turney
Joe Turney
Clinton Wilt
Thomson
New Carroll Bank Stock Drive Reaches 27 Buyers
Depositors and a ten-member committee report 27 customers have taken about one third of the estimated 365000 stock in a planned New Carroll Bank. The committee lists nine serving members and four active officers. A final target near 150 stockholders is needed for the project to proceed. another meeting is set for Wednesday at RB Hall to discuss loan contingencies for Mt Carroll.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Smith
E. P. Kinney
R. B. Boyd
J. W. Ivey
Heber P. Hostetter
Blaine L. Peck
F. J. Rhodes
H. G. Richter
W. L. Derrer
Carrell
RB Hall
Mt Carrol
Jokes about Ferlin proposal mix up in witty quip
A humorous exchange notes a quarrel over a repeated marriage proposal. One speaker recalls Ferlin proposing again at night, while the other reveals she had already accepted the previous night. The joke hinges on misread romance and timing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ferlin
Dances at Sterling Roof Garden Delights Modern Crowd
The Sterling Roof Garden at the new Coliseum offers a delightful dancing venue with reasonable prices. This Saturday Emil Flindt and his band perform, Monday July 17 Freddie Vogt's orchestra plays for 20 cents admission, and Wednesday July 19 Fritz Miller from Merry Gardens Chicago returns by popular request with Miss Kay Davison.
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Sterling 15
Sterling Roof Garden
Sterling
Emil Flindt
Freddie Vogt
Fritz Miller
Merry Gardens
Chicago
Kay Davison
Radio Anger
Free seed for farmers in northern Illinois storm region
Henry Horner approved the distribution of free seed to farmers in seven northern Illinois counties hit by a recent storm. The state emergency relief commission will fund the 150000 seed program for Cook, DuPage, Kane, McHenry, DeKalb, and Winnebago counties. Distribution starts mid next week via county relief units and a proposed Elgin distributing station.
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Guy
Henry Horner
Cook
DuPage
Kane
Melleury
Roune
DeKalb
Winnebago
State Emergency Relief Commission
J. H. Lloyd
Funeral Services for Fred H. Cole Held in Savanna
Funeral services for Fred H. Cole an 83 year old Savanna police magistrate of ten years were held Tuesday afternoon at the home of his daughter Mrs James Sullivan. Interment was in Sheron cemetery near Prophetstown. He was born in Portland township Whiteside County and lived there until about 18 years ago when he moved to Savanna. Survived by daughter Mrs Ruth Sullivan of Savanna and sister Mrs TL Brooks of Atkinson Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred H. Cole
Savanna
James Sullivan
Sheron
Prophetstown
Mr. Cole
Portland Township
Whiteside County
Horace Cole
Ruth Sullivan
TL '‘Brooks
Atkinson
Soil Erosion Camp Opens In Mt Carroll This Week
Camp 60 E in Mt Carroll prepares for arrivals of 212 young men to staff soil erosion projects across Carroll Whiteside Tagle and Stephenson counties. Leaders urge farmer cooperation, outline duties, and detail brush dams ponds and reforestation efforts to prevent runoff and protect rivers.
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Gh. Logan
Soi
Cam Ly Tha
Carrol
Ft. Sheridan
Mr. Logan
Smith’s Park
Carroll County
Whiteside County
Rock River
Tagle
Stephenson
Savanna Groups Sponsor River Boat Excursions
The Savanna American Legion, Lions Club and Hospital Clubs sponsor trips on the J. S. steamer De Luxe. A day trip to Clinton and Sabula with a New Orleans style ten piece band from New Orleans, Earl Dentin and his Mississippians will headline. Evening sailings from Savanna and Sabula on Friday July 14 offer dancing and relaxing decks. The J. S. departs Savanna at 10:00 am and Sabula at 9:40 am for the day trip, returning at 8:20 pm from Savanna and 8:00 pm from Sabula.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savanna American Legion
Lions Club
Savanna
J. S
Earl Dentin
Miss Asippians
New Orlea
Hannibal
Wintona
Minn
New Orleans
Memphis
Clinton
Sabula
The
Legion, Lions and Hospital Clubs
Sabuly
Sabuls
New Oil Inspector Named for Whiteside and Carroll Counties
Frank Keefe of Deer Grove is appointed oil inspector for Carroll and Whiteside counties, succeeding Emerson Fellows who held the post four years. The item notes expected routine appointment with local county impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whiteside
Carroll
Frank Keefe
Deer Grove
Emerson Fellows
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