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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1927
Page
4
Government reports show hog numbers to the market will be lower than last year, with only modest increases in late summer and fall. Prices are expected to rise through July and August, with a still solid market after the fall break, aided by fewer sows bred for fall farrow.
Wallaces Farmer notes wholesale lard ham sides and bacon run at 72 percent of year-ago levels while hog prices sit at about 6Y percent. Packers reap higher margins now. postwar hogs up roughly 10 percent, four product wholesale about 30 percent above prewar. Sides low relative to prewar. ham and bacon higher.
Dwight McCulloh of five miles north of Morrison was badly injured when a truck backed into a corn crib during storm danger. A timber struck him causing a lacerated throat four stitches, a mutilated ear, and arm bruises. His daughter Loretta was unharmed. Neighbor A. G. Canfield drove him to town for treatment. Also notes events: Rock River Bible Conference in Dixon August 7 to 14 1927 with speakers like Dr. G Campbell Morgan and Bishop Theodore S Henderson. Dee Leason passed navy physical in Des Moines and heads to Great Lakes for training. Miss Addie Hamilton visiting Savanna. J. J. Carroll lost a valuable work horse.
Mrs Seth Kenyon and son of Aus ing Minnesota visit this week with her brother Rawlins at Mt Carroll. Edna Brown visits Amos Yates family. Johnny Pape of Prophetstown visits his parents. Verda Ruch at Lanesville. Peter Nordham moves to Lyons. Families travel to Milwaukee for visits. Church social events and Ladies Aids noted. Several residents remain ill or weakened. Carpenters work at F R Stransky farm near Argo-Fa.
A mangled account describes a London resident nicknamed Fatty Teeth and a man named Frank Cone from New York. It mentions his habit of placing a set of false teeth on a chair by the bed each night and notes a long period of interaction with another person. The fragment cites McNaught's Month and reads like a garbled reminiscence.
Smithsonian researchers dismiss claims of life in meteorites and note no animal or plant forms have been found. The discussion recalls 1850 German Behn who described life forms in meteorites, but evidence refutes his conclusions.
A fragmentary quotation from Smith and Brown discusses fear dynamics in a marital context. The Cincinnati Enquirer is referenced as the source. The text hints at tension over who feels fear and who remains unafraid, framed by a reporter’s voice.
The Molinretchen collection of Austrian crown jewels is dispersed. Visitors can see diamonds masquerading as emeralds or colored to resemble topaz ruby turquoise and sapphire at the De Leers museum in Kimberley. A journey worth the visit for lovers of enw it will be worth the Journey.
Overpopulated Guadalupe Island goats alter grazing, scavenging bark and seaweed. They climb leaning trees to reach foliage, signaling evolving behavior and changes in foraging as population pressures rise.
The article notes long held beliefs linking the moon to weather and luck. It cites rural superstition in Europe and England where a new moon brings luck and pig killing in the waning moon is thought unlucky.
The concept of automatic telephony emerged in 1869 by Almon B. Strowger. The first public automatic exchange was installed at Laporte Indiana in TS with a crude setup. It served about 104 subscribers.
A 17th century milestone notes Anton van Leeuwenhoek, a Dutch naturalist, as the first to observe microbes in 1677, marking a landmark in microbiology and the understanding of unseen life.
December corn futures opened around 1.10 at the Chicago board of trade, with the contract trading four cents higher than September and thirteen cents above July. The piece notes unusual price relations, urges readers with old corn to delay sale, and compares 1924 and 1928 prospects, citing Wallaces' Farmer on farmer timing and returns.
The report notes flax production timelines under average conditions, with harvest durations for Mix varying by period and region. Weather patterns such as wet or dry spells influence ripening, while overall harvesting days shift between seasons and locales.
The Huguenots were the Puritans of France in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The name appeared around 1560. its origin remains unknown.
Uncle Eben remarks that polka talk behind your back won’t be heard if you keep gaining straight. The Washington Star frames his quip as a light aside in a column likely sharing regional humor or daily chatter.
A jumble of ads and notices lists milk prices at Argg Condensary, various insurance and paint firms, a barber shop children's haircut offer, tax assessment board dates for Carroll County, a residence for sale, an ice box for sale, rayon dresses promotion, and a bus schedule for Adam's Lines serving Mt Carroll Clinton Savanna Fulton Thomson. Includes names like JE Foltz, Wm C East, Harold Melendy, Mrs Dunshee, Mrs Durkees Shoppe, and dates in 1927.
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