Birthday List Reveals Local Residents
A long roster of residents with birthday dates appears, listing names and towns such as Wayne Martin in Chadwick, Linnie Bornemeier in Lanark, Marvin Cheeseman in Milledgeville, and many others. The compiled notes include upcoming milestones on Friday June 21 and events through Thursday June 27 with multiple Chicago and Thomson affiliations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne Martin
Chadwick
Linnie Bornemeier
Lanark
Gus Bornemeier
Marvin Cheeseman
Milledgeville
Henry Ashpole
Delmar
Night at the fair reveals a Hindu tent saga
A first person account recounts a chaotic visit to a fairground Hindu tent. The narrator describes meeting the Princess and her husband, schemes for fortune readings, a thirsty patron helped with makeshift water, and a comic finale over lunch as tensions and humor collide at the midway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
York
Papa
Shay
Cap
Sheba
Carroll County Towns Push Summer Celebrations
Farmers praise last week’s rain and crop prospects while Freeport plans a large Fourth of July event. Savanna, Lanark, and Mt Carroll communities organize Cheese Day and family reunions as local parks see heavy use. Shaner reunion dates are pending and county issues attend to 1940 assessments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freeport
Thomson
B. R. Lewis
Wisconsin
Savanna
Proving Grounds
Hubert Cate
DHIA
Carroll County
York
Fair Haven
York-Fair Haven
Lew Alexander
Glenn Ward Dresbach
Lanark
Marth Bros
Mt. Carroll
Marth Brothers
Mr. Carroll
Chadwick
Stagg
Rock Island
Old Mill Park
Palisades
Touring camps under Illinois health inspection project
The Illinois State Department of Public Health surveys about 650 overnight tourist camps to rate sanitation for motor tourists. A forthcoming tourist guide will list camp names sanitary ratings cabin capacities lodging rates and more. Nearby residents and visitors are noted in casual local mentions amid unrelated anecdotes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
State Department of Public Health
Carroll County Board of Review to hear 1940 tax complaints
The Carroll County Board of Review will meet in the Supervisors Room at Mt. Carroll Court House on July 1 and 2, 1940 and every Monday and Tuesday in July from 10 A M to 4 P M to hear complaints on the 1940 tax assessments. No complaints filed after July 20, 1940 will be considered. R C Carson, Chairman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Frahm
Clinton
Myrnie Legel
Carroll Theatre
Harold Herman
County Board of Review
Lanark
Carroll County Board of Review
Court House
Mt. Carroll
Also Mentioned on This Page
Thomson Review
Doc Saunders
the Village Echo
Thomson Broadax
H. G. Stagg
Sylvalena Bolhous Kenneth Whitney
Telephone
Hansen’s Corners
Happy
Dwight Spearman
Fred H. Olson
Lawrence Lego
Vern Williams
Cecelia Hawk
Nelson Kirkey
Howard Goble
Lyle Deets Nicholas
Sherm Oakley
Ideal
Vernon Dwayne Sikkema
Fulton
Harvey Downing
Ethel Geldmacher
Paul Melendy
Harriet Wheeler
Elizabeth Harmon
Lyle Nicholas
June Pilgrim
Edwin Schleming
Chicago
Frank Anderson
Edwin Geldmacher
Herbert Rawlins, Jr
Frank Kahler
Morrison
Richard St. Clair
Laverne Lindsay
Reuben Tommans
Hugh Senneff
Vera Tomman
Roy Klitz
George Balk
Donna Yates
Vernon Bashaw
Wm. Carrow
Fred Doden
Glenn C. Teeter
Rena Lott
Donald Dennis
Sharpe
Bob
Mobil Oil
Russell Weed
Robert Royer
Shannon
Virgil Royer
Rev
I. D. Leatherman
Donald
Tommy Cunningham
Ed Schneider
Don Brown
Ellis Patterson
Charles City
Hoak
Shaner
H. E. Zugschwerdt
Art Miller
Ward Weber
Blanche Freeman
Plymouth
Lee Spencer
Billy Emyre
Ray Westfall
Farm Bureau and Conservation Office
Preston Prairie
Cedar Creek
Township
Earl Smith
Earl Bickelhaupt
Robert
Center Hill
Fred
Kipnis Auction
Mt. Carroll, Illinois
W. L. Derrer
Secretarial Accounting Business Administration Civil Service
Moline Business College
Fifth Avenue
Moline
Thomson Rendering Works
Thomson, Illinois
Northwestern
Illinois Utilities Chas
Chas
Groharing
Mer
Kaynee
Martin
L. B. Hussey, M. D
Savanna, Ill
Greison Bldg
Main St
Tel
Black
Illinois Utilities
Lewis Motor Co
P. R. Bryant
Savanna, Illinois
R. C. Carson
Avanna
W. F. Black Farms
Walnut, IN
Foster Black
Pfister’s
Pfister
Walnut, Ill
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