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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1942
Page
2
Walter Watson announces candidacy for County Clerk on the Republican ticket with primary on April 14 1942. Sharpe Carroll also seeks Republican nomination for the same office with encouragement for support. The White House issues slogan Serve in Silence urging discretion on military information.
In a wartime stance the writer argues farmers should accept no price padding or parity tinkering while sons fight abroad. He praises Donald Nelson for decisive action and urges rapid chick production to feed soldiers, insisting no slowdown on farms as elections fade from relevance. A public notice for supervisors of Cabinois, Illinois, is listed with filing dates.
A long reader list titled Carroll County BIRTHDAYS runs daily from Friday March 6 to Thursday March 12. It names numerous residents of Lanark Milledgeville Thomson Savanna Chadwick Chadwick Morrison Fulton Wacker Freeport and other towns with names like Bara Rank George Greeley J M Garner Hazel Stober William Wheeler Gary Fry Harold Hartman Geraldine Smith Norman Hartman Lee Warfield Judith Merkle Dwight Flickinger Marvin Hartman Kathryn Dyksra and many others. The list appears as a local social notices item listing birthday honorees by date and town.
Illinois oil fields drive public interest with Crawford Lawrence and Clark counties yielding oil from 13 thousand wells. The west of the Wabash River field has produced about 485 million barrels, ranking as a major U S source of oil in its history.
A lighthearted reminiscence describes a water racket at the fair. Children sell water and lemonade from under the grandstand, sparking a tug of war with rival groups, near-fights, and a local police interruption as tempers flare and profits slip away.
A narrative recounts Red losing an eye at a fairground stunt where a faker offered to damage the other eye for money while a man from Pleasant Valley creates chaos. Red earns three dollars but laments two black eyes. The piece ends with a campaign pitch by Sharpe Carroll, Republican candidate for Carroll County clerk, urging voters to choose the couple who will secure a marriage license first.
From 1929 to 1940 labor cost per man hour in manufacturing rose about 20 percent. Industry notes show low grade tobacco now being processed into paper, soap, varnish and fiber board. A moral verse line closes with a Shakespearean quip about personal integrity.
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