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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1940
Page
2
The Review salutes the majority of residents as normal, honest citizens supporting churches, banks, and local businesses. It urges continued honest effort with taxes, rent, mortgages, groceries, and family duties as vital to the community’s future.
The 1940 Review outline presents Carroll County aims including a bank at Milledgeville, extending Route 171 to Chadwick via Han sen’s Corners and Route 88, electing efficient local officials, promoting competitive sports, and tax reduction. It emphasizes safety, crime reduction, constitutional adherence, and support for better farms and farmers.
A long birthday calendar spans July 26 to August 1 listing dozens of residents from Milledgeville Chadwick Thomson Lanark Fulton Savanna Mt. Carroll River Forest Argo and more. Names include Mrs J L Chambers Silas Fike Mae Turney Leonard Brandenburg Colby Loechel Evelyn Mackey and many others with dates assigned each day.
The Carroll County Review announces a two issue Cheese Day edition with updates on harvest heat drought and a near miss fire on Ben Dykstra's farm. Chadwick set for Cheese Day events next Wednesday and Thursday with remarks on attendance for older residents and a new Mt Carroll fire truck benefiting farmers. Frank Stransky reports Republican speaking dates this fall while Milledgeville Community Day awaits date.
Melon growers report the crop looks good though more rain would help. melons not yet suffering from moisture shortfall. Barber Holland runs a busy shop, kept at his chair late. Walter Switzer and bride send a Sunday cigar greeting and best wishes. Jurgensons keep their tavern notably cool and comfortable.
Residents seek cool spots in the village park and courthouse offices as a heat wave stresses workers. The Review notes hot public spaces, crowded concession blocks, and the Farm Bureau AAA offices losing space while yards and downtown blocks remain exposed to afternoon sun.
A punchy exchange shows a tapering treatment for alcoholics priced at 125 dollars for six weeks with board and whiskey. An applicant orders two courses back to back. A maid quips about quitting a job while Ditto jokes about a mechanical stenographer for the husband.
Sunday warmth and shaded thoughts unfold as a narrator recalls childhood moments under birch and chestnut trees. The piece wanders through political jabs, jokes about Jim Farley, and a vivid schoolroom memory of John Hay and Merry Reed era pranks, ending with a fond farewell from Sharpe.
Frank Ferris an 18 year old of Savanna was fined 25 dollars and costs by justice of the peace R C Ward last Wednesday night on a charge of assault and battery. Ferris was arrested earlier that afternoon on a complaint sworn by Donald Stoner of Lanark and agreed to pay the fine in installments as he could earn the money.
Carroll county's share of the national farm program payouts totals $286,466.87, including local administrative costs. Disbursed to 1,648 farmers, the average payment is about $174, with Illinois farmers overall receiving $27,384.26 million. J W Erdmeier, county committee chairman, confirms the figures.
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