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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1935
Page
2
The Thomson Review proclaims that Carroll County residents are ordinary citizens who should support churches and local institutions. It emphasizes honesty, hard work, and paying dues while urging readers to back banks, taxes, rents, and mortgages for the county’s best interests.
The outline urges electing a platform focused on Milledgeville and Carroll County. It calls for a new bank for Milledgeville, efficient town and county officials, paving Route 171 from Thomson to Argo to Chadwick, promoting competitive sports, supporting a county patrolled highway across the south part, and reducing expenses by aiding office holders.
The reader asks about qualifications for the Illinois Supreme Court, noting age, citizenship, bar membership, five years of service, and district residency. It also queries the court’s jurisdiction and the number of judges required to concur in a decision, with an answer stating four justices must concur.
A fragmented summary notes visits by Frank Ross and Moxa Roberts, chatter about Chadwick and Cavell Whiteside, and updates on Freeport players and Oscar Howard. Mentions of Leray, Lanark car wash, and county candidates reflect a bustling spring community bulletin with several names and places appearing.
Mt Carroll items report Janice Welch 20 daughter of Harley Welch laid to rest in Oak Hill cemetery after a long illness. Mrs Charles Craig 58 died at home and was buried in Oak Hill. Cal M Feezer remains critically ill in Mt Carroll hospital unable to take nourishment. Mt Carroll school band held spring concert to fund travel to district contest in Sterling. Lyn ness Hosfetter confined at home with scarlet fever. Tom Ward of Chi cago visiting Mt Carroll. Mt Carroll basketball fans plan a spring meeting and spring football workouts to follow field conditions at Point Rock park improve. William B Sipes was a passenger in a car involved in a crash.
Reports say a person was thrown during the Davis Junction wreck Friday night and sustained only bruises. County and city clerks announce a brisk spring fishing license sale. Arnie Hauth, a top local fisherman, has long frequented Sand Slough. Mt Carroll township and emergency relief plan a summer community garden with township funding for land rental and seedbed prep, while seeds and tools are supplied by the relief commission. Firefighters responded to a roof fire at Raymond Dietrick’s home with $25 damage. County building re-recording work in Mt Carroll is set to begin around April 12 with county-supplied materials and local labor.
A mixed 1915 and today recap covers Hartman’s 1924 Diamond Remedy hog prize, local weather, farming changes, and residents’ notes. It references Hartman’s retirement, Mr. Kellner’s expansion, Beede brothers, Jack Raymond, Morris Birkbeck, and community updates from Chadwick to Savanna, with poultry, burglaries, and social events noted in a dense, era-style column.
City and village election calendar lists key dates for nominations and ballots through April. Absent voter filing opens March 18, withdrawal deadlines hit March 36, and final absent voter mail ballot filings occur by April 17. The calendar impacts city offices and official ballots.
A fragmented public sale notice outlines Chas Hoover’s sale at Alban featuring horses and machinery. Bob Lewis plans a residence sale on route Friday March 22 including hens, mules, cows and cattle. A sheriff sale to settle a dispute over Gear Stein’s property at Spring Valley is described with unclear details and a timber of livestock and equipment.
In a rambling column SHARPE critiques farm subsidy programs, farmer compliance, and foreign pork imports, arguing the corn-hogs plan fails and warning on who bears the burden. He critiques Treaty of Versailles aftershocks, weather forecasts, and ends with a humorous verse about a car tire blowout.
Fragmentary radio column recounts Wayne King era fame and family, noting his Savant school years, early music interest, and local ties. Mentions Mae Wayne and Donny, sister and daughter, plus Tim and the post office work, orchestras in Galena, and Theater chatter with names like Carroll Lotties Howell.
The article traces Wayne King from high school in Clinton Iowa to bank work, joining Shea's and Benson orchestras, Valparaiso and Chicago bands, and finally forming his own orchestra. Opening Aragon ballroom years ago, he plans to move to the Waldorf Astoria in New York. It highlights a life built on dedication to waltz music and performance.
A chaotic OCR fragment hints at a night watchman discovering statues buried in a sack during a noisy era. The tale evokes a carnival tone with references to a theater event starring Cantor and a Cinderella screening, all set around March with talk of pyramids and archetypal burials.
A puzzled note questions a prior remark about a unit and sleep status, with fragmented dialogue about a sharp tool and misfortune. The garbled text lacks clear people, places, or events to anchor a full report.
A clerk notices sale of farm goods and personal property including eight cows, a wooden hogs device, a 6 foot disk, a gasoline engine, milk cans, a milk cart, wheelbarrow, and related items as part of a court levy. The description lists items and an interest in the property to be sold.
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