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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1938
Page
2
Crime Never Pays and Stick To The Constitution highlighted in a regional policy brief urging better farms and farmers. The plan extends Route 171 from Hansen's Corners on Route 78 to Chadwick joining Route 40.
Readable birthday and greeting listings for residents across Lanark Thomson Milledgeville Chadwick and surrounding towns from May 6 to May 12. Names include Ralph Flickinger Mildred Hawbecker Adelia Nipe Orlo James Stern Hazel Schreiner Nancy Deets Evelyn Holm and many others with married names and city references.
A lighthearted regional vignette recalls a Milledgeville road, a feathered spring hat, and the humor of driving chaos. It also mentions Harve Zugschwerdt and Harry Carbaugh seeking a fishing spot, Harold Eaton touting green bordered note paper for golf widows, and a Lanark farmer with windmill water on the farm.
Quotes from Bruce Barton and Charles M Schwab on business sense and kindness. Barton criticizes national administration for poor business judgment while Schwab advocates success through encouragement over criticism.
The text compiles aphorisms and life observations attributed to Milledge residents Marcelene Bawden and Mrs. Rosetta Hines, followed by a note about The New York World’s Fair Corporation. It states a not for profit aim and a commitment to reserve 2,000,000 dollars of net receipts for a future city park at the Fair site.
Brazil has agreed to spend at least 1 million dollars for 48 000 square feet of exhibit space at the 1939 New York World's Fair. The contract underscores Brazil's substantial presence planned at the event.
The town reveals a busy spring with baseball opening Sunday Clinton Owls versus Decatur, Mother's Day crowds, excursion boats on the Mississippi, and band concerts slated for summer. Farmers advance corn planting as tractors speed field work. Chadwick Cheese Day offers a new gift. subscribers grow in Chadwick and Lanark areas.
Members of the Blackhawk Counties Council of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and Auxiliary met Sunday to elect officers, hold memorial services and installation, and enjoy a program and supper. Logan Machen was named president with William Laing as vice president Mabel C. Greve as secretary and I. S. Williams as treasurer the group aims to promote Memorial Day celebrations and public participation.
Sharpe argues against compulsory crop control linked to a broad farm bill focusing on allotments and crops like corn and wheat. He asserts such a plan would face farmer resistance and likens enforced controls to history in Germany or Russia, while praising American freedoms under the Stars and Stripes.
A reader rails against the farm bill arguing it is unconstitutional and unfair. He cites price disparities, subsidies favoring certain farmers, and past crop failures while urging restraint on imports and criticizing lawmakers and radio propaganda.
The Y M C A announces a fully modernistic building on the fair grounds aligned with the World's Fair theme Build the World of Tomorrow. The project emphasizes contemporary design and facilities to showcase progress.
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