01 Jun 1944
Page 5
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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1944
Page
5
Auction listing for Brookville sales held every Wednesday at 12 30 P M featuring horses dairy cattle beef cattle bulls steers heifers veal calves bred sows feeder pigs and miscellaneous articles. Bring stock to the good market conducted by C E Wehmeyer auctioneer.
August 16 19 Union Agricultural Society War Ren Illinois schedule notes a regional fair or meeting in War Ren Illinois with agricultural displays and community activities.
Ration news outlines red coupons AS through Q8 valid indefinitely with three more red coupons issued each second Sunday after April 9. Blue coupons AS through Q8 valid indefinitely with five more blue coupons issued monthly. Sugar book 4 coupons 30 and 31 allow 5 pounds each indefinitely. coupon 40 allows 5 pounds for home canning through February 1945. Airplane coupon 1 in book 3 grants one pair. coupon number 2 valid May 1. Gasoline coupon 11 valid March 22 through June 21. Fuel oil period 4 and 5 coupons good through Sept 30 at 10 gallons per unit.
A collage of humorous quips and skits on wartime rationing and daily life. The jokes touch on air raids, shopping, work, romance, and small-town curiosities with a light satirical tone. Readers encounter playful lines about coupons, machines, burlesque, and temper, reflecting home front humor.
Chronicle of varied local happenings includes water supply work and safety concerns, cholera alert, hospital visit, a family birth announcement, a Green family penny ceremony, a 160 year old English coin note, band debut praise, Camp Custer training plan, showers for Zelma Rush, a mule loss, stump blasting, wheel injury, early peas harvest, melon-weed winds, rusty nail blood poisoning.
A simple breakfast feature frying corn meal mush until golden brown then serving with fried apples. The dish suggests a hearty morning entree with a sweet-tart fruit accompaniment.
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