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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1935
Page
6
Local grocery offers egg noodles in 6 oz packages and 5 oz 25 cent packages. Offers appear in compact daily ads with pricing and product sizes for home cooks and shoppers.
Thomson locals recount visits and social events from Peoria to Fulton. Names include Miss Anne Melngin, Leonard Gifford, Bernice Norman, Donalds, Albright family, Blanche Martin tindale, Edson Holland, Hattie Greeley, Florence Francke, May Kelly, Lloyd Smith family, Charlotte Rice, Ida and Ed Knapp, Olive Stark, Alice Bronkema, and several others. Attendees and hosts mainly shared meals and Sunday visits across multiple households.
Thomson notes a busy week of visits. William Estinger and Will Estinger spend time with relatives in Argo and Marrison. Many local residents attend family gatherings, funerals, and Memorial Day events. several homes host guests, and community members volunteer as bus drivers and janitor. Memorial Day trips include trips to Canton Eureka and Savanna Palisades Park. students and teachers receive salary updates.
Mr. and Mrs. Clint Wilt of York township farmers displayed mammoth rhubarb plants and snow balls in Thomson Monday. Rhubarb plants exceeded four feet including the leaf, with crowns over four inches across. Snowballs near basketball size and very handsome, grown on the Wilt farm near the former Mielendy creamery site.
Lanark and surrounding communities host a busy round of visits and family gatherings as many households welcome relatives and friends from Morrison Ottawa Savanna Dixon Chadwick Prophetstown and Clinton. Troop 7 Scouts advance with cooking first aid and compass tests while planning a Wiscon sin camp.
The report notes Wayne Ashby confined to bed with mites this week and Mix Ide Knapp ill at home, with Valay and Jit unwell. Carol Christiansen, daughter of Mr and Mrs Ralyle Christiansen of Low Moor, has been a patient at Mercy Hospital in Chaton.
Frank Smith underwent an operation at June Lamb hospital Saturday morning with latest reports indicating steady condition. Miss Harriett Kauffman, patient at Ure Dixon hospital, will travel to Chicago next week for an ear operation in the near future.
Mrs wi in BE and two children stay with Mr. and Mrs. George St. Ores as fever isolations keep the family under quarantine. Phonsan household contact prompts local quarantine measures.
Mr and Mrs W F Reynolds of Galva and Mr and Mrs Norm Lewis and son of River Forest along with Art Jie Pue of Clinton spent Decoration day with Mrs Alice Lewis and family. Norman Lewis also visited Mrs Mary McGinty and other relatives, preserving a shared family gathering.
A playful exchange about a band leader and music composed in bed yields the punchline sheet music. The humor centers on piano and band dynamics, with readers invited to groan at the pun. No further context is provided.
Howard Leavens left Sunday for Morrison where he has accepted a position in the refrigerator factory. He will join the Morrison ball club as a pitcher and all players can work at the factory, strengthening the refrigerated ball team.
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