Stolen Cars, Break-Ins Reported Across Savanna Area
Police tracked multiple thefts including two Chevrolet cars in Savanna, a Ford in Thomson, and a Plymouth in Stockton with no vandals found. Authorities broadcast notices statewide and later recovered cars. one gas line was cut in Thomson. A humorous hotel veranda moment ends with an amused couple overhearing a pretend proposal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walker
Harl Johnston
Sherm Holman
Galena
Hartman
Ford
Johnston
Plymouth
Roy Howe
Savanna
Elizabeth
Stockton
Thomson
Fred Miller
Hogg Road
Real Estate Transfers Continue Across Towns
A series of property transfers includes William F Miller Jr to Henry Fink and Lena M Kness to Miller Jr, among others. Transactions cover parcels in Fair Haven Salem Lanark Shannon Wyson Milledgeville and Rock Creek with banks and savings associations involved. Names include Burkholder Gillogly Bowers Kingery Hoepfer Shoemaker Sweitzer Terhune and Eaton with numerous lot and block descriptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William F. Miller, Jr
Henry Fink
Lena M. Kness
Willian F. Miller
Fair Haven
First Trust Joint Stock Land Bank
Earl C. Burkholder
Salem
Harry L. Bowman
Porter Bickster
Rock Creek
Exchange State Bank
Joseph W. Gillogly
Lote
Long's Add
Lanark
Ellen Bitner
Sadie M. Bowers
Charles Ditsworth
Andrew T. Kingery
Freedom
John Green
George Green
Shannon
Willis F. Faulkner
Jas. H. Cheeseman
Wyson
Meyer Finer
Melvin Finer
Esther Reiff
Ida M. Wenger
Walker's
Milledgeville
Charles H. Albers
John L. Hoepfer
Woodland
William M. Schlott
Savanna Savings Building and Loan Ass
Savanna
Marion J. Shoemaker
Ronald J. Shoemaker
Elkhorn Grove
Franklin G. Shaible
Edna E. Sweitzer
Range
Cherry Grove
Pearl Peters
Laura M. Terhune
Ralph M. Eaton
Fay
Mt. Carroll
Lartz Suffers Stroke After Hospital Admission at St Joe
William Lartz recently admitted to St. Joseph hospital in Missouri suffered a stroke late Tuesday afternoon. Wayne Wilcke drove a car carrying Mrs. Lartz and other relatives to the hospital as Lartz battles ill health. The notice lists local residents with updates on health, travel, and plans for the summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Lartz
St. Joe
Wayne Wilcke
John Hook
Hattie Yates
Kermit Lasch
Wisconsin
James Foltz
Daggett
Nina Kenyon
Clyde Graharing
Chicago
Blaine
The Path of Right and Turns of Labor
A medley of aphorisms and anecdotes contrasts work with philosophy and leisure. A barber tale, a taxi scene, a naval officer mistaken for a doorman, and a cinema bill mix humor with reflections on duty, order, and the perils of misreading signs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
County Deaths Highlight Savanna Area Sorrow
Three local obituaries recount deaths in Savanna and area. Mrs. Joseph McGrail aged 84 dies after a weeklong illness with services at St. John’s Catholic Church and burial in the Catholic cemetery. Hans Fennie 66, longtime Milwaukee railway conductor, dies in Savanna hospital. survivors include wife and children in Chicago and Savanna kin. Harry Gemmill 65, Shannon postmaster and school board secretary, passes away after illness. memorials note his farm birth, 1895 marriage, daughter Lois Fisher, and siblings.
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Hans Fennie
Savanna Hospital
Fennie
Milwaukee Railway
Ever
Jack
Chicago
Mabel
Chris Greison
Savanna
Ever Haurity
Brookville
Harry Gemmill
Shannon
Gemmill
William
Susan Gemmill
Josie Miller
Lois Fisher
John
Racine
Wiley
San Diego
Calif
Etta Hubbard
Rock Island
Obituary notices from Shannon Savanna area deaths
Funeral services were held for Henry Collector a justice of the peace and postmaster with Masonic honors in Brethren cemetery. Mrs Charles Cheeseman Sr 75 died March 17 at Shannon after two months illness. services at home burial in Brethren cemetery. Miss Christina M King 67 died near Savanna after heart trouble. funeral at Fuller funeral home with burial at Mosquito Hill cemetery. survivors include siblings Charles Fred King Lena King Mary Krohmer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Masonic Lodge
Charles Cheeseman, Sr
Shannon
Max and
Charles, Jr
Claude
Don
South Dakota
Bernice Cox
Beach
N. Dak
Corrine Nesemier
Freeport
Theodore Potter
Brethren
Christina M. King
Savanna
Fuller Funeral Home
T. K. Griffith
Mosquito Hill Cemetery
Charles
Fred King
Lena King
Mary Krohmer
The Call of Spring Poem Fragment
A fragment describes spring calling to the reader as bells ring and hearts sing. The cuckoo hears it too and voices the seasonal music that lifts the spirit.
Dr G H Thompson Dentist Office and X Ray Rooms
Dr G H Thompson operates a dental office with hours from 8 a m to 6 p m. He offers gas and oxygen administration and x ray services in rooms 4 5 and 6. The office is over Walter Electric Shop at Tri City Fulton phone W 19.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Electric
Tri-City
Fulton, m
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Iowa Dairy
Dairy Company
R. M. Moore
Belvidere
Jack Fauble
Jones
Fulton
Burgess Meredith
Ann Sothern
Groom
Wheeler and Woolsey
Fred Astaire
Burns and Allen
Stooges
Marlene Dietrich
Herbert Marshall
Theason
Mal Lows
Joe Delp the Shoe Man
Morrison
Clinton Permanent Wave Co
Capitol Theatre
Clinton
Iowa
G. H. Williams
Ill
BABY
Wayne Chick Starter
Morrison Hatchery
APA
SE Yin
John W. Holland
The
Jim
YORKS
Thomson, III
Considine
Magazinee—Candy
Lincoln Way
Felten, Ii
Donald J. Sikkema
Sikkema
Potter Bros
Thomson, Illinois
Albany
Arge-Fa
Millikan’s
F. O. B. Lyndon, III
D. F. Millikan
Morrison, Ill
J. McGrail
Joseph McGrail
St. John’s Catholic Church
John McKenna
Jewel McGrail
Mary Enz
Harry E. Scofield
Aurora
Robert J. Link
Boston
Mass
Charles C. Smola
Mason City
Leo
Portland, Ore
Harry Gemmill, Shannon
Charles Cheeseman
Christina King
Pape
Illinois
Pershing Blvd
G. H. Thompson
Sylvia
Siug
J.& P. Shop
Owa
Kenmore
America
Sears
Sears: Roebuck and CO
Sterling, Illinois
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