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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1927
Page
1
A garbled record shows receipts and disbursements totaling 2381.02 for Carroll County funds including Red Cross support, refugee aid for H J Ellis, postage and secretarial services. Local obituaries note Mrs Herman Senneff’s death in Ottawa and a busy weekend of visits, meetings, and a postponed Mt Carroll picnic with Argo Home Economics Club members enjoying a belated gathering at Mt Carroll Park.
A garbled OCR item mentions Frank O Lowden as a presidential candidate and references a Republican convention. The text also includes auction details for a Tallula Illinois sale of cattle and notes on local people and events.
In 1677 Anton van Leeuwenhoek, often credited as the first to observe microbes, is misrepresented here with garbled wording. The fragment references a supposed discovery and a dubious attribution, noting a staged or garbled transcription that undermines clear historic attribution.
Illinois would create the nation’s broadest state wide system of game preserves parks and fishing grounds if approved. A $20 000 bond issue funds the plan with interest and principal paid by licenses and a direct tax to cover any deficit. The grounds would be open for boating camping hiking and picnicking.
Secretary of the Treasury backs a proposal to shrink U S paper money by one third. One dollar notes would feature George Washington while two dollar notes would display Thomas Jefferson. The text notes a desire for money with greater purchasing power and includes a local Thomson visitation report mentioning Miss Mary McCay Mrs Anna Howard With Dr. and Mrs. John Stevenson and their daughter.
The Missionary society of Spring Valley Presbyterian church held an event at the church. Miss Mary Margaret Hook is ill with measles. Septuagenarian I Rhymer of Morrison recently turned 90, fell at her daughter’s Morrison home, fracturing an arm and injuring her scalp and ribs. Local families attended reunions, visits, and sh as Green descendants picnic at Water Works Park. Hog shipment to Chicago via Thomson shipping association occurred. Various local movements include visits among Hook, Fulton, Aitkin, and Krohn Kratz households with convalescence noted after an operation at a local hospital.
Lenard Hale and Miss Charlotte Chesbro wed this week with license at Mt Carroll. Hale, a Lyons resident, and Chesbro, long-time Thomson resident, will reside in Lyons after a postponed ceremony. Miss Harriet Kauffman returns from Dixon Hospital, while local news covers July 4 events at Oregon including harness races, a Moline Plow Boys performance, concessions, and a grand fireworks display featuring a 20-foot Black Hawk statue.
A note in The Review describes a pelican able to carry enough food for a week within its beak to sustain the third week.
Garden Plain Sunday School presented the cantata The Awakening Sunday, postponed from last week. Cast included Mother Nature Carolyn George and King of the World Millard Schaver with multiple character roles. community guests and club events noted alongside local visits and social gatherings.
Kyle Melendy named administrator of the estate announces he will appear at Carroll County Court House Mt. Carroll during the August Term on the first Monday in August to adjust all claims against the estate. Creditors and debtors are directed to attend or make payment as required. Dated June 13 1927. Attorney John B R Connell.
The M E Church lists Bible School at 10:00 A M and a Children’s Day program at 8:00 P M. Epworth League meets 7:00 P M with a Preyer Meeting Thursday at 7:00 ARGO FA Morning Worship at 11:00 A M. Williams serves as pastor.
The Carroll County Board of Reviews of Assessments will meet in Mt Carroll Court House Supervisor’s Room on July 5 and 6 1927 and weekly through August 2 1927 secretary J A Boyd. J M Fays kitchen cabinet demonstration drew about 75 ladies with two helpers and another Albany showing planned. Mr Fuller Spring Hill joins Melendy shop as barber living with Les Fuller. Verda Rush to spend summer at A E Thomas camp Riverview. Prof Chesnutt and wife en route to Wisconsin State University for weeks there. Mrs Alice Lewis and daughter Lee Reynolds visit Minneapolis Minnesota to see daughter Mrs J H Stirling.
The event on June 23 at York Baptist Church features a full Children’s Day program with preludes for Junior and Intermediate classes, prayers, recitations, dialogues, solos, duets, and a sermonette by the pastor. Participants include Josie Mordoff, Paul Balk, Clayton Robertson, Cecil Lillie, Ruth Switzer, Lucile Griswald, Thelma Lillie, Marvin Balk, Dallas Robertson, and many others.
The Hard Road Committee met with Hanover Savanna and Fulton representatives to decide on sending delegates to Springfield after consulting their lawmakers. The proposed state highway line would largely mirror the Fulton to Savanna path with minor changes. George Groves and Mrs. Joe Green of Freeport visited Thomson Friday, with Mrs. Groves also known as Mrs. Alvie Keltner, traveling from Fort Tupton, Colorado in their car.
The Dearborn Independent reports that the unlucky thirteen stems from Scandinavian lore where twelve demigods were joined by Loki who invaded, creating the thirteenth and ominous number. The piece connects the superstition to mythic origins rather than modern events.
A Baston Transcript clipping notes the saying knowledge is power until a man reaches the point where he knows it all. The snippet captures a reflection on limits of certainty and the value of ongoing inquiry.
Announcement of a July 4 celebration at the old Will Graharing farm now occupied by Reuben Green. Events include music by a band, foot races, sack races, potato races, wheel barrow races, jumping contests, nail driving for ladies, horseshoe pitching, a noon dinner, afternoon music segments, readings, and a ball game. Speakers include Fred Smith, States Attorney Breart on, and performers include Hilda Hisen, Lucille Griswold, Veida Rush, Della Williams, Madge Bowers, Garfield Sauer, and a male quartet.
A New York Americas note recalls a banker reading a poor poem at a bankers’ dinner and how no action followed. The piece contrasts poet misdeeds with the leniency shown to poets who issue bad checks.
A brief quotation on nature by E. P. Roe notes that love of nature may be developed in every heart and often purifies and elevates the soul. The line reflects a romantically framed moral sentiment.
A note from The Progres grocer quotes the adage that appearances hide hardship, suggesting some people claim to cope well while actually facing worse conditions.
An elderly resident, aged ninety four, recalls being the town’s oldest inhabitant. He jokes that if not for strikes and clocks being cut back yearly, he would have reached centurion age by now, reflecting on time and change in a London Answer column style.
A Washington Star quotation attributes to Hi Bo the saying that every man believes he knows how a government should be run. It notes no one has ever conducted one to satisfy both themselves and the public. The remark frames political critique in concise, reflective terms.
In a Cincinnati Engineer serial tale Jared quotes a line about Farod and mez slapping babes in Bethlehem. The Review Is Your Home Paper presents this sensational, homegrown fiction excerpt with period-accurate rhetoric.
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