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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1933
Page
2
Foster L Stagg serves as publisher with H G Stagg as business manager at the Office of Publication in Thomson. The note records the staff roles for the local newspaper operation.
The platform urges buy American merchandise and reducing county taxes by promoting economy in village town school and county expenditures. It calls for renewed faith in Carroll County banks and asks voters to name the persons they want for offices. It also promotes drawing towns and communities closer for simpler governance and lower costs.
Readers discuss visiting the Fair during the Fourth of July weekend, noting timing, costs to park and enter, and how to pace a multi day visit. They advise seeing at night, walking first, and spending for food and entertainment as part of the fair experience. A new two year 2 percent sales tax starts Saturday to fund unemployment relief and eying constitutional challenges.
The article urges careful travel and water safety for Independence Day. It cautions drivers to keep to the right, maintain safe distances, and drive at reasonable speeds. It also warns against risky swimming after eating, checks pool or stream depths, and stresses supervising swimmers. Firework tips emphasize avoiding crowds and buildings and protecting children. It notes tetanus risks and prompt treatment for cuts.
A column filled with local color and chatter about fairs, beer parlors, a planned dam at Apple River, and village politics. The writer muses on summer heat, fishing dreams, and neighbors while noting Gov Horner’s tax stance and a bill on lending associations. Mentions Chadwick, Freeport, Galena, Savanna, and Chadwick’s water system plans.
A plan to organize a new national bank at Savanna under the Glass Steagall Act follows the Spokane model. Conservator L I Miles says assets will be reorganized, deposits preserved, and stock offered in small amounts to present depositors and the public, with conditions on liquid assets and note reduction.
Real estate transfers list Mare Hershey Bliss to William Anton and Miribeth Moore Hoffman to William Anton. Court house reports assessors’ books turned for checking and predictions of lower county personal property valuation. Marriage licenses include Robert Glasshagel and Caroline Dieter, Maurice James and Gladys Morgan, George Bohm and Seat Cox, LeRoy Goss and Mildred DeVore. Petit jury panel dismissed to July 5. County boy guest at county farm after being found wandering post incident. June term criminal cases listed. Court house heat noted. Erosion camp set near Mt Carroll with 72 applications. Farm Bureau picnic planned at Mt Carroll. Savanna improvements and various foreclosures and civil actions listed. 12-year-old boy story details and hundred-plus legal filings referenced.
A Springfield introduced measure seeks to require third class counties like Carroll to adopt a uniform system of accounts forms and records for all county officers. The act would centralize reporting of fees earned and transactions, with access granted to county boards to verify and compile reports. The bill’s fate and potential impact on county administration remain to be seen.
The Oregon city council on Monday night passed a resolution requesting federal highway funds to build a concrete bridge to replace the old 1896 steel girder structure. Estimated cost is 150,000 with a 100 percent grant sought. project has county support but no county funding. Also seeking federal aid to finance sewage system work at 150,900, bringing total to 209,000.
Attorney General Kerner may file condemnation suits against cement plants on Tlineis. George T. Palmer, state probation officer, has resigned her precinct. Governor Homer vetoed the marginal tax bill on theJer o and it being uncompitation. The raniall in Diinvis during the month of Meg was almost sight inches, any poeviems.
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