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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1933
Page
2
Readers urged to buy American merchandise in the United States and reduce Carroll County taxes by 200000 dollars as the 1942 collectable tax reached 760000 dollars. The note backs bank strength and closer town community ties for lower expenditures and asks voters to name preferred officeholders.
A garbled column shares quirky events including a bull driving off a fire fighter in Loveland Ohio after a barn blaze. It mentions a Carroll county lady driver in a minor crash, a father implying Easter eggs, and social snippets about meat prices, unemployment, and a shy Santa Claus story.
Fragmentary OCR style report mentions a press meeting and a tally of tasks, noting a road pay fight and local club meetings. It references the York Checker Club winter meetings and practice, with unclear chronology and several garbled phrases.
Carroll county residents paid a total of 52 448. for hunting fishing and trapping licenses to the state conservation department last year. Chadwick village clerk sold 194 fishing licenses at 50 cents and 157 hunting licenses at one dollar. Mrs Kate Whitner Thomas lodge clerk sold 137 fishing and 164 hunting licenses. A burglary is described with officers pursuing the thief after he slipped away. The piece then shifts to social notes about home activities and puzzles as well as local market headlines from a Sunday paper.
Leo E. Alfen outlines tax reform ideas favoring real estate tax relief and phased forms of sales tax. He argues agriculture in the Thirteenth district is highly diversified and supports serving on the agriculture committee. He opposes canceling foreign debts but supports reorganization, noting wartime arms spending and a surplus in agricultural products. Alfen is accompanied by G C Terry and John Byers as secretaries.
Notice announces sale of the effects of Hansen Bru and Mrs. Doral Hansen at Hansen farm 12 miles east of Argena and west of Chadwick on Route 78 at 12 40 Tuesday March 7. The document includes unrelated remarks about relief, miners, a milk strike, and questions farmers’ accountability.
Court notes list marriage licenses for several couples including Kon A Merath Ma Caryod and Cucille A Schmidt Mt Carroll and Joseph B Warfield Lanark. Real estate transfers record deeds for A Schleuter to Dukw Kea, Anna Kaccaian to Jan Renkes, and John J Marmey to Henry S and Wobbena. A lawsuit Robert Trawnt v Herts Dressman seeks damages with local legal representation noted.
Mertha Hanslex will visit the Carroll district 4-H club leader meeting in Mt Carroll at the county bureau office on Saturday March 11. She will give instructions to county leaders and discuss new phases in 4-H work. Meeting starts at 16 a.m.
The Carroll Circuit Court plans to begin its March term on Monday with Judge Ed or Judge Heer presiding. Dockets were printed and distributed, listing five criminal cases with F A Stransky as attorney for the people. Accused face offenses including obtaining money under false pretenses, embezzlement, and larceny, plus a defendant appeal. Seven new chancery cases include foreclosures, divorces, a creditor bill, and a miscellaneous partition suit.
Carroll County Taxpayers Association outlines a program for a Thomson meeting. Open remarks by Pres. J. A. Shirk, roll call by townships on school value readings and salaries. discussion on teachers’ salaries. open discussion allotted five minutes per speaker. adjournment follows.
Carroll County residents insured in the Illinois Life plan may cheer as Associated Mutuals of Boston secures 3730,090,000 in policies. Federal Judge James H. Wilkerson approved the frusisement plan with Abel Davis tasked to arrange a takeover and ensure death claim payments. Receivers cite bad loans rather than poor actuarial management for the collapse, noting a 35 million loan to LaSalle and Sevens hotels linked to the Sievens family as a contributing factor.
Report based on extensive survey by the Chaois and federal departments of area cooperation with total mail carriers. The text notes a saved cron and references Sune to Ter dates, with figures about percentages and parish actions.
Wacker Russell Marth visited Mt Carroll on Saturday. Preston Prairie club met at the school house then enjoyed a social time. Glen Ashby family left Center Hill for Mt Carroll. Renerdy Lord and family moved into Ashby house. Ed ward Crofton to Lord’s vacated home. Methodist men cut wood for the church at Bird timber. The Ashbys, Russell Marth, Bart Bashaw, Robert Bashaw, Ted Storm, Eileen Bashaw visited Mr Carroll. Verne Warfield infant born and burial held in Wacker cemetery Friday.
The long work near Sand Slough by A. Davis is finished. Machinery moved away, but leftover fine building material and saw dust remain as evidence of the productive logging. Edward Switzer suffers a severe injury, with a hand wound and infection. relief is hoped as neighbors report some improvement.
The death from a 4 peas attack follows Arnold Mitehia who once lived with the J. E. Millued family on their little farm hand Thomson. He was widely known. his death occurred last Tuesday in Chicago. Survived by a son John of Chicago and a sister Mrs. da Hawk of Clinton. Funeral and burial were in Chicago on the Friday after death. Weather is fine for the time of year though seemingly unsettled.
The column records Argo milk plant activity with rising patronage from 29 to 118, milk output near 26 000 pounds daily possibly 60 000 pounds in summer, and Bernard Conrad as local manager. It notes Mrs Allie Mills illness relapse, Ruth Melendy visiting Clin ton, Wilbur Williams injury, Harold Kenyon capturing a wolf for a $10 bounty, and various visits and social events in the community, including Ch igago show and family movements.
A fragmented OCR passage refers to 2DPSClose Game Academy and references changes to an annual convention from February to January. It mentions names and numbers in unclear context and asks to read the review. The text lacks clear events, dates, or outcomes to summarize into a coherent news item.
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