Thomson locals share weekend visits across Clinton and Savanna
A long list of local residents and families visited relatives and friends over the weekend across Clinton Savanna Lanark Argo Freeport Moline Morrison Galesburg Chadwick and Mt. Carroll. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. Guy Stumphy Mrs. Ella Stumphy Mrs. Harok Harper and others with lengthy social calls and dinners.
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Guy Stumphy
Clinton
Ella Stumphy
Ella Orr
Oak Park
K. B. Carpenter
Donald Smith
Duane
Lockport
Conrad Lillie
Jean
Raymond Knutsen
Alberta Vitenour
Erie
Harry Diehl
Diana Lee
Fred Diehl
Freeport
Elizabeth Merritt
Mt. Carroll
Sarah Groharing
Mike Tucker
Mary Louise
Groharing
Alice Mayhall
Bruce Groharing
Galesburg
Thomson Area Dinner Guests List From Local Homes
A long list of Sunday dinner guests includes Mr. and Mrs. Leo Blair of Lairk, John Smith and Almeda, the Meyers family of Milledgeville, the Plocks, and the Millers. Other visits include Mrs. Turney with Ada Newell, and Frances Robison with Carl Robison. A 20 000 gallon tank was installed at Argo’s condensary, with an Elkhorn foreman. rural mail carrier Ferdinand Grimm has rented the Delia Melendy house. Rush Carroll seeks re election to the high school board for the spring term. election set for April 9.
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Reeves Kratz
Freeport
Frank Rush
Cecil Imel
Henry Sauer
W. H. Vandermeer
Fulton
Andrew Hook
Vandermeer
First Reformed Church
Adam Kness
Argo
Chadwick
Grace Moyer
Freeman Clevidence
Lanark
John Moyer
Adolph Anderson
Viola
Miles
Art Huebner
Violet
Ruby
Sabula
Joe Warfield
Hans Jensen
Frank Warfield
Jensen
Ruth French
Cornell College
Mt. Vernon
N. D. French
Wesley Kness
Bill Geerts
Albany
Library Board
Alice Lewis
Harvey Marshall
C. E. Cassell
Rockford
Frank Potter
Emma Bentz
Fonda
Pauline
Flossie Matticks
Muscatine
Potter
Dakota
Roy Lovering
Auchstetter
Sublette
Ill
Otto
Anthony Dombman
Fate Haven
Leo Blair
Lairk
John Smith
Almeda
Russell Meyers
Milledgeville
Harvey Plock
Andrew Miller
Joe Turney
Ada Newell
Thomson
Frances Robison
Carl Robison
Chester Libberton
Carroll
James Libberton
Alvin Reiff
Mt. Morris
Loomis Poultry Farm
Denton Naniga
Nick Basta
Clinton
Harold Sucher
Ferdinand Grimm
Savanna
Delia Melendy
Gatsos
Lyle Williams
Emma Tice
Elmer Gergus
Oregon
Lloyd Smith
Geraldine
Sadie K. Dunshee
Mt. Carroll
Paul Smith
Ronald
Gerald
Orlo Smith
Ben Stage
Kenneth Kemmer
Morrison
Floyd Welch
Rush Carroll
Rebecca Holland
Edson Holland
Emil Brach
Philip Brach
Keep your hens and feed them through the egg rebound
A reader urges farmers to avoid selling flocks as egg prices rise. Indiana reports show 600, 250, and 175 hens sold in separate cases, but the writer argues keeping flocks sustains production and profits. Eggs cost less than 10 cents a dozen to produce for well fed hens, with profits resuming as prices recover.
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Indiana
Senior Band Contest and School Report Highlights
A Rock Island senior district band contest report details transport by grade school bus, performance judged second in its division, and a tour of Rock Island High School facilities. Other items describe biology class frog experiments, alcohol education notes, local youths’ ambitions, a call to more track participation, and Illinois State Police radio system benefits from car theft recovery efforts.
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Rock Island
Middle West
Moline
Thomson
Lois Middleton
Sherman
Illinois
F. Lynden Smith
National Air Mail Week Drives Public Interest Nationwide
The Post Office launches National Air Mail Week May 15 to 21 with statewide and national leadership to commemorate 20 years of air mail service. Major figures include Postmaster General James A. Farley as honorary national chairman and Ernest J. Kruetgen in Illinois, with contests for essays and posters to promote air mail adoption and revenue growth.
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National Air Mail
Post Office Department
Ernest J. Kruetgen
Chicago
Mlinots
Paul R. Younts
Charlotte
N. C
James A. Farley
New York City
Washington, D. C
Hong Kong
America
Horner
Ilinois
United States
Kitty Hawk
North Carolina
Wright Brothers
Clatter Room Could Offer Kids Noise Safe Play Space
A home feature proposal suggests a dedicated clatter room for children to play loudly. The design emphasizes acoustical ceiling Celotex and cane fiber boards to absorb sound, permitting parents to balance activity with other room use.
Treasure underground and state rulings cited in Illinois
Illinois farmers use more ground limestone than any other state and five million acres are adequately limed. Fifteen million acres need treatment. doubling current limestone use could lime farms in 15 years. Illinois Supreme Court upholds township power to ban liquor sales in dry towns. Supreme Court upholds truck size and weight regulation.
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Illinois
Ilinois
United States Supreme Court
South Carolina
Illinois Supreme Court
York Community High School Board Election Notice 1938
Notice sets April 9 1938 election date at Village Hall for School District 201 Carroll County Illinois. One board member to a three year term. Polls open noon to 7 pm. Secretary hk. D. Bennett signs the notice on March 29 1938.
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Board of Education
York Community High School
Village Hall
County of Carroll
Ilinois
Specimen Ballot for Yorkere High School Annual Election
Official ballot specimen for Yorkere High School District 201 election at Thomson Village Hall Illinois on April 9 1938 polls open from 12 noon to 7 PM.
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Yorkere High School
Village Hall
Thomson
Illinois
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Lester Stolder
Markie Beck
Louis Daehler
Lars Daehler
Will Holm
Dorothy
Clara Emnyre
Roy Heitman
Harold Tobey
Hanover
Paul Jameson
Jameson
Mr. Tobey
Cora Griswold
Edward Hege
John Lee
Florence Hawk
Rose Bensen
Clinton George Potter
Henry St. Ores
Emma Holland
Lee Potter
Frances
Curtis St. Ores
John Prins
Lyndon
Claus Prins
DR. Gatsos
Thomson Briefs
Arlene St. Ores
Genevieve Chipman
Main St
Savanna, Ill
Illinois Agricultural Association
Springfield
Board of Delegates
IAA Board of Directors
Ramaring
Jannevt Allen
Treasure Underground
Hk. D. Bennett
L. B. Hussey
M. D
Savanna, Illinois
Greison Bldg
Farm Seeds
Alsyke Clover
NEW McCormick
Francke & Switzer
Thomson, Illinois
John Deere Quality En
Raymond T. Boysen
R. D. Bennett
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