Cheerful Caller Notes Weather and Farm Life in Carroll County
The item recounts moisture and rain notes from Carroll County farmers. It mentions melons, fishing west of Thomson, grain shocks and the debate over threshing vs combining, and rye and wheat yields. Also references Hanover construction, Hanson Cafe business, local repairs, and road work near Route 78 at Wingert corner.
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Thomson
Carroll County
Hanover
Ed Mest
Bob Isenberger
Bob Lego
Ralph Ferris
Evansville
Wis
Grant Grimm
Farm Bureau
Frances Roske
Wingert Corner
Martin Dry Goods
Honest Living and Oil Vein Tale Ends in Tragedy
A narrator recounts a Rogent tale of two schemers eyeing a Romanian farmer Herman and his oil vein. The story escalates from deception to murder and ruin, ending with Herman’s death by assassination and a tragic note on social change and morality.
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Roumania
Herman
Sophia
Missus
Phillip
Sir Philip
Thei
R’d
Ind
Thomson Village Echo Chronicle 1875 66th Year
The Thomson village newspaper records its 66th year and notes publication details. It lists editors and staff including Foster L. Stagg, H. G. Stagg, and Kenneth Whitney. It specifies filing as second class matter in Thomson Illinois under the 1879 act and dates the issue as a Thursday edition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Village Echo
Thomson Broadax
Thomson Review
Foster L. Stagg
H. G. Stagg
Kenneth Whitney
Thomson
Illinois
Time To Organize For Defense Says Tribune Editorial
The Chicago Daily Tribune argues that Congress must formalize a precise defense plan and curb wasteful armaments. It criticizes rapid rearmament without strategy, notes heavy battleship spending and outdated equipment, and urges strict scrutiny of tanks rifles and staff needs.
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Congress
Europe
Washington
Chicago Daily Tribune
Ice Cream Soda Slogan Sparks Simple Night Out
A breezy summer evening scene features a young man and a companion strolling before payday. The humorous remark celebrates a simple pleasure: a 5-cent ice cream soda as a small remedy for tough times.
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Junior
Birthday Anniversaries Listed by Town and Date
A long list of names with dates July 18 to July 24 noting birthdays for residents in Milledgeville Chadwick Lanark Thomson Thomson Lanark Coleta Chadwick Sheboygan Clinton Ore Minn Burling ton Ta Detroit Mich includes Mrs R W Cheeseman Mrs Elizabeth Lowman and several others across towns with no events beyond celebrating personal birthdays.
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Hubert Williams
Stockton
Rena Wilkins
Fulton
Marilyn Freeman
Milledgeville
Ella Mae Nye
Walter Edmunds
Harry Cheeseman
Marie Robinson
Thomson
Walter Edmonds
Chadwick
Fred Zemke
Arthur Deets
Paul Ritenour
Phyllis Emnyre
Wilbur Stickell
Camp Forrest
Tenn
R. W. Cheeseman
Chas. Meyers
Lanark
Margaret Carroll
Eugene Bull
Glen Turney
Bob Hower
Mason Weaver
Fred Tautz
Carroll
John Geisz
Delmar Kradle
Carre
Richard Lego
G. H. Roggendorf
Kenneth Truman
Elmer Buffington
Milledeon
Hazel Fogel
Forest Miller
Ruby Warfield
Savanna
Vernon Eugene Radaty
Norma Schneider
Alice Queckboerner
Elizabeth Lowman
W. W. Livengood
Jesse Franklin
Donald Moore
L. B. Spencer
Wilbert Spencer
William Linker
Arlan Kahler
George Gettle
Coleta
Joan Roberta Smith
Jefferson
Wis
Jacqueline McGinty
R. G. Truman
Richard Lyons
Dixons
Lawrence Weatherwax
Clint Geary
Mary Louise Voeckel
Wil! Libberton
Frank Kness
Mildred Tripp
Lois Kahler
Bernard Conrad
Sheboygan
Anson Metzer
Clinton
F. A. Lester
Gordon Holman
Ore
Minn
John Linker
Frances Hartman
Carl Kness
Allan Tripp
Mary Wagner
David Werner Zugschwerdt
Edward L. Kinyon
Burlington
Harold St. Ores
Beverly Kraft
Chicago
Dee Wilt
Detroit
Mich
Archie Heath
Robert Eastabrooks
Will Linker
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Hanson Cafe
Lyle Greeley
West End
Sharpe
Tama
W. L. Derrer
MT. Carroll Te
Ferguson
ACME
Paul A. Smith, Mer
Mt. Carroll, Ill
Happy
the Doctor
With ME
Hans P
Greison
Savanna Cleaners & Dyers
Franklin J. Stransky
W. F. Black Farms Walnut
Fuhremann Canning Co
Marth Bros. Variety Stores
Mt. Carroll
Morrison
the Style Shop
Farmer’s Elevator Co
Volckman Furniture and Carpet Co
Clinton, In
Chu
Richard Vogel Fulton
Lawrence Carra
Presh Fields
Broadway
London
Frances Shimer
Mount Carroll
GE Thrift
Illinois Utilities
W. F. Black
Walnut, Ill
Foster Black
Pfister
Pfister Hy
Fred Wolf
MT. Carroll Carroll County
W.f.black Farms
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