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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1940
Page
2
The Review praises Carroll County residents as honest, hardworking backbone of the country. It urges continued support for churches, banks, and daily needs while emphasizing taxes, insurance, rent, mortgages, and family responsibilities as vital issues.
The Carroll County review outlines a plan featuring a bank at Milledgeville, road extension from Han sen’s Corners to Chadwick linking with Rt 88, and electing efficient town village and county officers. It calls for reduced taxes, safety first fire crime never pays constitutional adherence and support for farming and farmers.
A long Tuesday through Friday stretch of birthday notices lists residents of Thomson Milledgeville Lanark Chadwick Savanna Battle Creek and nearby towns with names including Mrs Joe Wilt Robert Harvey Miller Blanche Seim JoAnn Prins Lynn Curley Burdette Dyson C Miller Queckboerner and many others across dates May 10 13 and 14. The item preserves local names and places in a community birthday record.
The new Carroll Theatre in Mt Carroll opens tonight amid anticipation. Marchesi brothers bring theatres to Prophetstown Amboy Freeport Warren and Mt Carroll praised for quality. Local news notes Thomson and Chadwick teams plans and a Clean-up Week plus fire and weather updates.
Thomson and Atherton families hosted Sunday callers in Clinton and DeWitt. Guests included John Carpenter and children in Rockford, Ruth Cooper visiting Oak Park, Herman Jansen and family in Morrison, Bertha Hollait, W. J. Laycock and Holland in Davenport, and the Gelwicks and stage families in Milledgeville Lanark and Decatur weekend.
A narrator recalls a curious day at a fair between Savanna and the Hub. A sly tale unfolds of a fortune teller, two crying babies, and a mistimed rescue as a child falls into a horse tank, prompting a tense, comic pause before a farmer intervenes.
A narrator recalls a chaotic scene at a fairground hum with rumors. A mother clutches a child while a dark maiden, possibly the princess, surveys the crowd from the north stall. The narrator recalls confusion, a potential misidentification, and regret over a ruined bow tie and shoes as two nickels buy ice cream and the tale ends with a farewell.
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