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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1938
Page
4
A playful explainer ties St Patrick's Day to its feast day and Irish heritage, noting competing origin myths and celebrating with seasonal foods. It lists mint ice, Irish stew with bran dumplings, shamrock rolls, emerald dessert, and party snacks like sardine fingers, framed in a nostalgic home-cook style.
Among ten tombstones with French inscriptions in a century old cemetery in Tazewell county is one marking the grave of Jean Pierre Mougeon who died in 1852. Mougeon is described as a soldier in Napoleon's doomed 1812 Moscow campaign.
The article highlights growing drilling activity in Illinois and expects a wave of new industries to accompany oil field development. It foresees refineries asphalt plants equipment supply houses and related enterprises forming to capture markets and manage rising oil output.
Miss Sarah Hostetter aged 81 died at 11 30 Tuesday night at the Robert Mackay home two miles east of Mt Carroll Funeral services will be held at 230 this Thursday at the H P Hostetter home with burial in Oak Hill cemetery She was born January 17 1857 in Salem township daughter of Abraham and Catherine Hostetter Educated at Frances Shimer College she taught there later taught music and domestic science in Minnesota Wisconsin and South Dakota Her parents a sister and three brothers preceded her in death.
Six Carroll county high school bands join 38 entries at the northwest district band contest in Rock Island March 25 and 26. Leaders include Beth Hower of Thomson directing four bands. Finalists may advance to Urbana for state contests. Class D bands are ineligible for finals.
The American Passion Play enters its fifteenth season at the Scottish Rite Temple in Bloomington with Harold D. Walters replacing longtime Jesus actor Frederick A. Hitch. Walters, about 28, is a former Methodist minister turned life insurance agent who continues ministry within the Central Illinois Methodist Conference.
An Educational Committee statement urges timely birth registration for every child. It lists rights tied to birth records such as schooling voting contracts and passports. It notes physician filing duties and health data benefits for infant welfare studies.
A poultry farming discussion favors using own grain with supplements rather than full mash feeds. Proponents argue fresh grain plus additives reduces costs and avoids milling and freight, while critics worry about mixing and consistency. The Illinois Medical Society Educational Committee has approved the statements. The Illinois Waterway locks between Lockport and Starved Rock total 141 feet of lift.
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