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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1943
Page
5
Public sales in Hrookville held every Wednesday at 12 50 PM featuring horses dairy cattle cattle bulls steers heifers veal calves bred cows feeders and miscellaneous stock. a Sterling sale at Sterling Lale Fecition starts at 10 30 AM on Thursdays with horses cattle used sheep and more. 500 pigs and 600 head at auction Tuesday June Btn.
Classified listings show sewing machines, home appliances, farm stock from Mendota Illinois and surrounding towns. Pigs from Iowa and Illinois farms, double vaccinated. Hybrid seed corn Brun hybrids certified by Mt Carroll Produce Co. Fresh fish from Robinson Fish Stand at Thomson Route 8 and McKinnon’s Fish Market. Musical instruments available from Ray Miller Music Store in Dixon. Cocker spaniel stud dog owned by Bart Green in Morrison. Turtle meat and live turtles offered at Robinson Fish Stand.
The notice states the chart shows points for select sizes and directs customers to the official chart for other sizes. It notes the need to surrender Blue Stamps Generation Book for certain items and mentions specific limits and can weights, urging readers to check the table for exact weights and dates through June and July.
Auction style listing shows purebred Holstein and Guernsey cattle including two weeks hay, a 24 load shipment, and multiple schedules. Also advertised are real estate offerings: a Sterling home with two apartments and a seven room house with double garage near Route 20, Thomson.
A collage of jokes and quips spans wartime humor, domestic one liners, and social punchlines. Bits reference WAACs, summer days, and a joke about a goldfish, with a brief note on Americans in Manila and a plug for The American Weekly magazine distributed with Sunday papers.
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