Thomson local paper titles and masthead details
The excerpt lists historic Thomson publications and staff roles including The Village Echo 1875, Thomson Broadax 1879, Thomson Review 1893 with staff names H G Stage and reporters Geneva Hazen and Kenneth Whitney. It notes second class matter status and weekly Thursday publication in Thomson Illinois at $1.50 per year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomson Review
Village Echo
Thomson Broadax
Doe Saunders
H. G
Birthdays listed for Carroll County residents by day
The Carroll County Birthdays column lists names and hometowns for individuals celebrating birthdays from July 21 to July 27. Entries include towns such as Chadwick Milledgeville Lanark Rockford Coleta Morrison and shows service members noted as U S Army and U S Navy. A closing anecdote contrasts courting a maid with a candidate’s viters and a stenographer’s query about waterworks spelling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Libberton
Mr. Carroll
Frank Kness
Chadwick
Mildred Tripp
Lois Kahler
Jacqueline McGinty
Rockford
R. G. Truman
Lanark
Richard Lyons
Dixon
Lawrence Weatherwax
U. S. Army
Clint Geary
Milledgeville
Howard Wiebenga
Thomson
Go Out With Your Boy Encourages Youth Wildlife Involvement
An article urges sportsmen to mentor youths in hunting and fishing to sustain wildlife conservation. It cites Father and Son Fishing Day on July 16 and discusses summer fishing challenges, advising deep-water lures and live bait for better yields as heat reduces fish activity.
Fishing booms along the Mississippi west and north of Thomson
Boating activity peaks with Browns resort reporting two bushel bullheads and many boats in use. Other river resorts show strong catches as internal revenue agents check auto tax stamps. stamps still sold at the post office with no instruction to stop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississippi
Thomson
Brown
Internal Revenue Bureau
Public appeals to enlist in U S Merchant Marine Cadet Corps
The sixth regional public relations officer of the war shipping administration urges young men in Illinois Indiana and Wisconsin to join the U S Merchant Marine Cadet Corps. Applicants aged 17 years 1x months to 23 must have a high school education and be in good health. Cadets attend basic schools at Pass Christian Mississippi and San Mateo California for twelve weeks then serve six months at sea before 30 weeks of study at Kings Point. Graduates receive Ensign commissions and merchant marine licenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Shipping Administration
Illinois
Indiana
Wisconsin
U. S. Merchant Marine Cadet Corps
WSA
Va. S. Merchant Marine Cadet Corps
U. S. Naval Reserve
Pass Christian
Mississippi
San Mateo
Calif
Merchant Marine
U. S. Merchant Marine Academy
Kings Point
Long Island
Merchant Marine Cadet Inquiries Held By Supervisor
Applicants are asked to submit a letter of inquiry to the Merchant Marine Coop and Shipping Administrator. The text notes the influence of salespeople on customer trust and the value of cheerful, sunny manners for new workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merchant Marine Cadet
Emer
Merchant Marine Coop
Oe Shipping Adminis
Eator
Also Mentioned on This Page
Carroll County
L. B. Spencer
Arion Kahler
George Gettle
Coleta
Joan Roberta Smith
Jefferson
Wis
W. W. Livengood
Donald Moore
Wilbert Spencer
Frances Hartman
Allen Tripp
Carl Kness
Bernard Conrad
Sheboygan
Anson Metzger
Clinton
Gordon Holman
Orr
Minn
David H. Zugschwerdt
Maryland
John Linker
F. A. Lester
Connie Louise Brown
Mary Wagner
W. C. Linker
Earl Shelly
George Nonemaker
Andrew Prins
Savanna
Frank Kahler
Morrison
Arlene St. Ores
Galesburg
Vernon Rawlins
Merle Cate
U. S. Navy
Donald Robinson
Joyce Elaine Spencer
J. L. Bogott
Roger Cheeseman
Curtis Balk
Fulton
Evelyn Mackey
F. W. Zugschwerdt
Stanley Wagner
Paul Turney
Colby Loebhel
U.S. Army
Leonard Brandenburg
May Turney
Silas Fike
Janice Miller
Richard Cambman
Rena Lott
Bobby Gipe
D. L. Burns
Harry Stoner
Owen Nye
Lois Ware
Jean Nailer
Frank Mest
Frank Zuck
Henry Warfield
Eddie
Illinois Department of Conservation
Lake Villa
Kentucky
D. J. Doyle
Tucker
Johnson
Artcraft
Rogers
J.H. Potts & Son
Main Ave
Iowa
Fed. Tax Inc
Oncisla Ltd
Mir
A. Brumer, JR
Clinton, Iowa
Oklahoma
G. C. Terry
Tri-County Press
Polo
Terry
Agricultural Department
Springfield
War Production Board
Labor
W. L. Derrer
MT. Carroll
Mt. Carroll Black
Riding Academy
Highway
Camanche
D. F.-Fogel Milledgeville
Wm. J. Quest
Robert Acker
Mr. Carroll Wesley Sack Thomson
John Fogel
U. S. Merchant Marine
Kipnis Sales
MT. Carroll Sales CO
H. Kipnis
Mgr
Willard
U. S
Machael
South Second Street
Camanche Avenue
Judge
Steve
Conference of Alcoholic Beverage Industries, Ine
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