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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1947
Page
6
For Sale list includes a brooder house with 4% square feet of floor area, new. one library table wood in good condition. one antique work table. one radio. two small coal stoves suitable for brooder house. one 6 burner kerosene stove with oven. and a Winchester pump gun. See Frank Holman Sr one mile west of Thomson. 2t 4-Re.
Mrs Henry Picklum asks that the Review be kept for her until she calls, noting they will be in Michigan during April and Thomson around early May. She mentions historical context about TB beds, recalling under 10,000 beds in 1904 versus about 100,000 today.
World War II era screening of candidates for military duty rejected about 160,000 men and women due to signs of tuberculosis. The process aimed to ensure fitness for service, impacting recruitment and medical screening standards of the time.
The text suggests that churches would receive the money reported as contributions, while noting the difficulty in convincing people to stop borrowing. It frames taxation, church funding, and debt as interconnected issues.
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