27 Jun 1935
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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1935
Page
1
The Thomson Review declares readers are normal citizens who support churches, banks, and local organizations in Carroll County. It urges paying taxes, insurance, rent, and costs of living, presenting a vision of the backbone of the country and promising continued effort in future issues.
The 1935 platform calls for a bank for Milledgeville, efficient town and county officials, paving Route 171 from Thomson to Argo Fa and onward to Chadwick, promotion of community competitive sports in Carroll County, a county paved highway across the south part from Milledgeville to Thomson, and urging office holders to reduce expenses.
The county welcomes a visiting circus delighting children and adults alike with lions, bears, ponies, and performers. Readers urge a safe Fourth of July statewide celebration with fireworks and events in Savanna Morrison and nearby towns. The Farm Bureau team asks the Review to cover their games, and farmers anticipate higher cash income this fall enabling repairs, taxes, clothes, and machinery upgrades.
The notice speaks to improving conditions for American farmers with better prices and stable rents. It emphasizes that farmer prosperity underpins the region’s success and urges supportive measures to ensure reasonable earnings for crops and livestock.
A county column praises local Boy Scout troops for their success and character building, while offering a measured defense of Carroll County roads. It credits road crews for improvements from muddy stretches to gravel coverage, and extends thanks to those who helped the scouts and highway efforts.
Argo Fa Mr and Mrs Kyle Melendy of Sa Vanna visited John Lohmeier. James Haley, pioneer farmer, fell and injured his shoulder. Arthur Robison is indisposed. Mrs Clyde Elmyre has measles. Geo Hicks drove to Fish Lake with boy scouts. Clarence Apple tending elevator. John Cooper treated for pneumonia risk but improving. Frank Warfield shipped cattle to Chicago with Bil Moore. Charles Mill and Dave McWorthy employed by Cooper and Robison. Rudolph Holm owns a new Chevrolet Master six. Corn crop poor due to rain and weed pressure. Robison building shed for tractor. Beth and Fay Bust ill with measles. 500 club met at Hortense Nipe’s home. prizes to Leona Holm, Cora Kauffman, Mayme Mummert. Bernard Conrad and mother from Sheboygan visited Joe Melendy. Vivian and Velma Sack hosted guild ladies at Mt Carroll church.
Dr John W Holland reflects on how society judges personal restraint and how partnerships are shaped when one partner dictates terms. The piece hints that true self control eludes most, and that stable courtship ends when control shifts to lawmaking within a marriage.
A disrupted local note reports Sheridan York supervisor culling Democratic weeds along Thoute Hi. Mentions Currall county sheriff role and a list of unclear events. References to softball at Thomson, court house meetings, and various local figures amid messy OCR hints.
Milledgeville notes reveal shifts in sports as the softball team names co managers Willard Krauss and Nelson Gushman to lead the women’s squad. Local musical activity includes William Vollmer and Joe Allison in the Deacon Dauman orchestra. Ward Crom purchases the Sterling sales pavilion while Milledgeville’s Millie girls basketball team is set to play in Chadwick tomorrow night.
In Savanna the July Fourth parade draws attention as comely maidens in aprons walk the streets. New faces include Rhene Law opening a Funeral Home near the old Fulrath opera house and a sign for Young’s Sandwich Shop at a new locale. Community chatter covers paving fixes on Chicago avenue and Federal project brickwork progress.
Sequoia officers elected at Mt Carroll regular meeting with T A Wachtel as president and Howard Rummel as vice president. New secretary treasurer is B R Eaton. Retiring officers listed alongside. Community visitors Hal Pratt and Madison, Wisconsin, connected to local church. Mt Carroll basketball delays due to rain. schedule revisions needed. John Garcia case: R M Eaton and Kent of Savanna to represent for murder trial likely postponed to fall. Wandering photographer captured court offices being redecorated for relief effort. Local attitude shifts on a colored CCC camp after army officer talks. community now suggests confined camp could be preferable to roaming youths.
A string of short quips and sketches features the Authoress recalling past work and an editor's trip from New York to Louisville. Dialogues touch on marriage, apartments, and a peddler joke about honey moons. The tone mirrors old timey newspaper humor with references to names and actors.
A string of old time gags and puns about trades and wealth. Jokes reference a jack of air trades a druggist and a 1 million dollar difference. A mall and correspondence school punch line caps the bit with light satire. The text plays on language and misheard phrases.
A collection of short quips about church sleepers and lawyers. The jokes touch on fashion and daily wear, then pivot to a retailer lament about bad business as even non-paying customers have stopped buying.
The piece surveys Tercentenary celebrations in Connecticut towns, the 300 year mark of Boston Latin School, and links to early American education. It recalls Bunker Hill on Breeds Hill, a Boston to Charlestown route, and mentions Stonington visits by Ed Wynn and a Roosevelt family boat race. A correction notes the Supreme Court building cost was 180 million dollars, not 10 thousand.
A long humor column offers marital advice in playful cookbook metaphors. It urges choosing a good husband, treating him with tact, affection, and humor, and dressing him with strength, clean shirts, and practical care to keep harmony at home.
A fragmentary exchange depicts a dispute between spouses with mentions of household items such as a sash weight, radio, vacuum cleaner, Victrola, and renversation, hinting at a domestic scene and implied tension within a home.
Marty Kipnis will hold an auction at Mt Carroll on Friday July 5 starting at 1 o'clock. The sale will feature horses and colts, cattle, hogs, sheep, feeders, and farm machinery.
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