Sterling Men Stage Ambitious Home Exhibit Show At Coliseum
The American Legion Post 206 presents a four night Home Exhibit Show at the Sterling Coliseum March 9 to 12. Dozens of local stores showcase goods in an educational display with 25 models ranging from toddlers to debutantes, plus nightly stage entertainments by The Neff Dancers and a lineup including Roland Spangberg The Mighty Mite of Magic and a Sterling High School concert.
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Sterling Post No. 206
American Legion
Coliseum
Sterling
Boys of the Legion
Neff
Roland Spangberg
Mighty Mite of Magic
Royal Blue Quartet
Doodlebugs
Dom Umholz
Luther Kinman
A. A. Goulding
Edwin Plautz
Lawrence Thome
Paul Meede
Sterling High School
County Board Orders Office Changes and Fountain Repair
The board approved sending the resolution copy to district members and county boards. It directed the public building committee to study second floor office changes for the county tuberculosis nurse and to examine fountain repair or replacement costs. Delegates Robert Carson J F Lower and George Mest were named for the County Officials association meeting at Danville on May 5 6, with expenses covered. Routine business included approving quarterly county officer reports and the county farm superintendent’s annual report.
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General Assembly
Public Building Committee
Robert Carson
J. F. Lower
George Mest
County Officials Association
Danville
Postmasters of County Host Dinner at Thomson Home
Mr and Mrs A Straka entertained area postmasters with a three course dinner at their home Wednesday. Guests included C C Miller Chadwick Slater Savanna Alfred Geiseman Shannon Mary Sheridan Lorraine Weatherwax Thomson. The group plans monthly meetings with the next set for April 12 at Thomson.
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A. Straka
C. C. Miller
Chadwick
Mr. Slater
Savanna
Alfred Geiseman
Shannon
Mary Sheridan
Lorraine Weatherwax
Thomson
Cardiffs Return From California Visit to Chadwick
Mr and Mrs W E Cardiff of Galva spent two months in California and returned home last week visiting Mrs Cardiff s parents Mr and Mrs F W Zugschwerdt in Chadwick over the weekend. Mr and Mrs Cecil George of Morrison and Mrs Anna George were supper guests last Wednesday in the home of their sister and daughter Mrs Walter Queck boerner and family. The rest is light humor and quotes about happiness and a door being locked.
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W. E. Cardiff
Galva
California
Cecil George
Morrison
Anna George
Walter Queckboerner
Tourney Winners Edges Fulton In Final, Chadwick Falls In Consolation
Fulton defeats Milledgeville in a tournament final with a late surge after a steady lead. Chadwick struggles against Milledgeville with key players fouled out and scoring droughts, suffering a 19 to 14 foul tally and limited offense.
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Eats
Fulton
County Seat
Chadwick
Susanna
Schreiner
Stoner
St. Clair
Milledgeville
Glenn
Bott
Pi Snyder
Sr Voss
DeWeerdt
Bielema
Moldermaker
Reimers
Mt. Carroll
Grove
Paisley
Rhodes
Hartman
Kuhleman
Hungerford
H. Etnyre
Tripp
D. Etnyre
Rosenberry
Zugschwerdt
Fogel
Smith
E. Livengoode
L. Livengood
Wooding
Study in Figures on Marian and Her Girlish Figure
A witty dialogue notes Marian after ten years apart. The speaker jokes about changes in appearance, stating she has doubled her “girlish figure,” with the 99 reference hinting at a playful age remark.
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Marian
Paul Dairy Herd Tops February Production in Local Association
The February standings show Ward Paul’s six grade Holsteins leading with 1065.9 pounds of milk and 42.1 pounds of fat per cow. Eugene Murray’s 14 grade Holsteins ranked second at 937 pounds milk and 22.2 fat, followed by John Derrer’s 26 purebreds at 888 pounds milk and 31.6 fat. W. G. Warnock’s four Jerseys were fifth with 615 milk and 27.2 fat. Stransdale No. 1 posted a top cow record of 1764 milk and 63.6 fat.
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Ward Paul
Eugene Murray
John Derrer
Kueh Carroll
W. G. Warnock
Stransdale No. 1
Joe Winters
Edwin Keim
Rush Carroll
Stransdale Farm No
County Agri Conservation Meeting Leads District Program
Four Carroll County Agricultural Conservation Association members with the secretary and county farm adviser attended a Polo meeting where J B Bumgarner and J W Stevenson outlined the 1938 program and the agricultural adjustment act as it applies locally. A county meeting in Mt Carroll is set for March 11 for community committee members to receive program details.
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Carroll County Agricultural Conservation Association
Polo
J. 8. Bumgarner
J. W. Stevenson
Mt. Carroll
Cost of relief in Carroll County for 1937
Expenditures for relief in Carroll County in 1937 totaled $178,524.30 with $44,908.60 paid by the county and the rest by state or federal governments. The report to the county board notes food allowances and work payments through federal programs and lists major categories including Old Age Assistance Mothers Pensions Blind Benefits Transient Relief and County Farm costs.
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Carroll County
Membs
Unty Board
Arch 8
PWA
NYA
Township relief expenditures total in county report
Relief payments issued by townships and by LE. R. C. totaling 198,524.50 dollars includes 19,002.45 by townships and 9,479 by LE. R. C. with a grand total of 198,524.50 in relief expenditures.
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LE. R. C
The Koh-i-oor Diamond History Traced to 14th Century
The history of the famed Koh-i-oor diamond can be traced with certainty to the early fourteenth century, marking its long and storied provenance through eras and rulers.
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Koh-i-oor
County Deaths Listed for Parr Ross and Others
Mrs Rose Parr Ross 82 dies at daughter Mise lau ra Parr Savanna. Funeral Friday Fuller funerals. burial Savaren cemetery. Survived by two daughters, two sons and five grandchildren. Mrs Guy Ruter 39 dies at Mary Flickinger Shannon home after visit. Survived by husband three children, mother two brothers and six sisters in Germany. Edwin H Williams Thomson aged resident dies in Moline hospital. Funeral in Thomson Methodist Church with burial Lower York cemetery. Survived by widow and thirteen children.
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Rose Parr Ross
Mise Laura Parr
Savanna
Fuller Furcrs
Bor
Savaren
Miss Parr
Charles Heil
Clinton
Richard
William
Comanche
Guy Ruter
Mary Flickinger
Shannon
Ruter
Flickinger
Elsie
Bertha
Walter
Germany
Edwin H. Williams
Thomson Edwin H. Williams
Thomson
Moline
Lower York
The Spanish Lemon Origins in Arab Trade Routes
The lemon arrived in Spain through Arab traders, shaping early cultivation and spread. This brief note highlights how cultivated varieties were exchanged along medieval trade networks, influencing introductions that predate modern citrus commerce.
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Pete Smith
Mauch Twins
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Bobby
Floyd Gibbon
Charlie McCarthy
Crawford Tan Ufter
Ted Mane
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Henry Fonda
Joan Bennett
Next Sun
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the Goldwyn Follies
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ULTON
Pat O’brien
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Hugh “Hoo” Herbert
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Bette Davis
Leslie Howard
Capitol
Smith Ballew
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Buckaroo
Olivia de Haviland
Walter Winchell
Ben Bernie
FBI
Gene Autry
Tourney
Capitol Theatre
Clinton Permanent Wave Co
Clinton, Iowa
McAndrews
The
Koh-i-noor
Rose P. Ross
Spain
Wayne
Morrison Hatchery & Feed Morrison
Blue
Chambray
Pennant
Lda Se F
Dr. Case
Brown Elk Oxfords
Sale
Locuarst
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General Electric
Illinois Utilities
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