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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1933
Page
3
March 19 1919 itemized local events from Savanna Thomson and Davenport. Teachers institute planned, dedication of township high school Friday, social visits by Clinton and Good Hope residents, various business and personal appearances including Geo Haywood and Frank Melendy. Clock change noted for Sunday March 30.
Local notes detail marking out trenched ground for seed placement and fertilizer, moves of houses and farms, visits by residents from Clinton and Savanna, and upcoming events including a chicken dinner and apron sale. Residents discuss farm sales, military discharge of Leavens, and community activities amid variable weather.
Lanark families relocate within Thomson and North Broad Street as the Gossards move north and the Bloyers take over the Gray residence. Visitors include Edith Mack and Ethel Everhart of Freeport at the Everharts, and Cris Myers and Jack Schuneman of Spring Green with Dan Stitzel. Pelber Scott heads to El Paso for a filling station job, after recent time with the Nichol family. Lions of Rockford guests, Henry Arnold visit, and Paul Hildebrand of Rockford joins Nora Adams for a Sunday. Cal Greenawah ships stock to Chicago. Rex Merle Hawbecker attends funeral of a Morris child. Mrs. Morris receives community support. Bower and Harry Babel travel to Dex Moines for track work. Lanark farmers report hybrid corn yields.
Spring Valley hosts an all day meeting with Mrs. Frank Trion as hostess. Family gatherings occur at the Allen home in Fulton with Mr. and Mrs. McCullagh and relatives. Ethel Jamison, Dixon high school teacher, spends spring vacation with her parents. Earl Shoemaker visits from Thom. Local gatherings include Willing Workers event set for April 21 and auditors meeting at Iustick town hall. Basketball game attendance in Thom son and funeral attendance for Mrs. Jacob Null in Morrison.
Conservators were named this week for several Illinois banks. The banks may accept new deposits as cash box deposits under federal supervision with no restrictions on new funds. Names include W. T. Graham at Aledo Farmer National and others at Amboy First National, Cambridge Farmers Fay Rishes, Dixon City National C H Len, Earlville Earlville National and First National, Galena Galena National and Merchants National, Galva First National, Lanark First National, and Opened Wednesday Albans State Bank Olds cashier.
A quirky set of punchlines and skits unfolds with college jokes about Perkins and a failing football graduate, a tense game pause, and a comic miscue about a ten gallon actor. Cowboys in Madison Square Garden seek coffee lore from a Broadway chef, who offers a farcical recipe mixing two gallons of water with one pound of coffee and a horse.
Arthur Elson surveys negro music as an American invention rooted in plantation songs rather than African sources. He outlines three styles, notes Foster as key figure, discusses ragtime and plantation camp meetings, and highlights Dvorak’s New World Symphony as a pinnacle that channels native negro melodic spirit into a broader American school.
A tense exchange unfolds as a irate woman complains about politeness while a salesgirl politely asks to see a sample. The dialogue also includes a father and son remarking on early rising and luck in the morning.
An open letter to York Township voters urges careful evaluation of three candidates for assessor, stresses honesty and equal tax burden, and urges turnout and thoughtful voting for all local, county, state, and national offices.
An OCR fragment mixes phrases from The Song of the Shirt with garbled dialogue about money, debt, and labor. It presents a jumble of names and lines suggesting a broader Victorian theme of poverty and toil, rendered in a distorted, unreadable transcription.
A district election notice informs voters in School District No. 207 Carroll County Illinois to elect two board members for a three year term. Polls open at 10:00 a.m. and close at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday April 5. Issued by Frank Smith president and L J Gaar clerk March 28, 1933.
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