Carroll County Platform from 1938 Review
The Carroll County platform lists priorities for Milledgeville and surrounding routes. It calls for a new bank at Milledgeville, extending Route 171 to Chadwick via Hansen’s Corners and Route 40, plus electing efficient town village and county officers. It also urges support for community competitive sports and marks Carroll County as a sportsmen’s paradise.
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Rt. 171
Hansen's Corners
Rt. 78
Chadwick
Birthday notices roll across Chadwick and Thomson
A sequence of birthday and anniversary names appears for Chadwick Thomson Lanark Dixon and Clinton along May 11 to May 19. The item notes Illinois schools and civic clubs booking State Police Safety Squadron officers for talks films and student driver exams in early May emphasizing engineering enforcement and education in highway safety.
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Illinois
State Police Safety Squadron
Ants and Attitudes In A Week of Quips
A collection of light jests and observations from readers and editors. It notes British taxes, aging and fashion, the Roosevelt speech on thrift, a Milledgeville rhyme, dandelions returning to lawns, and a pep talk to bounce back after hardship.
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Milledgeville
Famous Sayings From Noted Figures
A collection of quotations from Thomas E. Dewey and Carter Glass. Dewey criticizes partisan politics in crime prosecution. Glass reflects on aging and birthday memories.
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Thomas E. Dewey
Carter Glass
Famous Last Lines On Life And Character
A collection of witty maxims on pride, happiness, and behavior. It notes that seeking too much advice can hinder progress and that emotion can ruin finances. It jokes about money, relationships, and how a person handles driving and travel.
Real estate transfers seen in circuit clerk records
Real estate transfers list numerous pairs transferring parcels in towns like Salem Savanna Lanark Milledgeville and Savanna to spouses trusts and builders. Separately a state committee reviews 250 Illinois laboratories that run syphilis tests to ensure accuracy and standardization, with over half a million tests and 25 000 annual reported cases in Illinois.
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Illinois
Poultry Lice and Mites Cut Profits Warn Illinois Officials
The Illinois Department of Agriculture warns poultrymen that lice and mites cut profits. W R Asrey urges immediate control with affordable methods including dusting with sodium floride and dipping in solution, applying blue ointment and vaseline, and treating roosts with nicotine sulphate or black leaf forty or oil sprays.
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Illinois Department of Agriculture
W. R. Asrey
Illinois Division of Poultry Husbandry
Cold weather affects Clinton area activities and plans
Carroll County reports a cold weekend with most homes using fire for warmth. The Clinton opening ball game was postponed due to wet grounds and cold weather. Street work on West Main Street in Thomson began Monday. Rumors of early corn planting surfaced, with farmers and watermelon growers preparing for spring. The piece critiques Dizzy Dean trade talk and notes local baseball activity, VFW Buddy Poppy day postponement to May 14, and a June 6 alderman election in the second ward with two candidates filed.
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Clinton
West Main Street
Thomson
Dizzy Dean
Wrigley
Dizzy
Chadwick
Buddy Poppy
Oscar Daley
Mother's Day Sermon Draws Strong Attendance at Local Church
Rev. Dude delivered a well received Mother's Day sermon to a good crowd Sunday morning. Plans are underway for Thomson s annual alumni banquet, promising a major social event. National air mail week is next week with air mail envelopes distributed by Postmaster Mary Sheridan.
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Dude
Thomson
National Air Mail
Mary Sheridan
First Lutheran parsonage gets new garage
A new garage is under construction at the parsonage of the First Lutheran church using lumber from the old barn torn down earlier. Farmers, with sunny weather, rushed to plant or prep fields. Free street movies start Monday May 23 titled Doughnuts and Society. Three Plymouths sold by Spencer Motor Co. Rev J W Bucklin bought a deluxe sedan and George Housenga Delmar Lang bought Road King motorcycles. Frank Mest Art Miller aided awnings installation on the store front, while Postmaster Miller toured rural routes on a Tuesday inspection day.
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First Lutheran
Spencer Motor Co
J. W. Bucklin
George Housenga
Delmar Lang
Frank Mest
Art Miller
Frank
Miller
Savannah Firemen to Attend Illinois Fire College
Fred Hungerford of the local fire department and Frank Riddle a volunteer fireman have been selected to attend the annual Illinois fire college at the University of Illinois on June 14 to 17. A tuberculosis clinic will be held in the Savannah library hall Friday May 20 with a specialist from Ottawa sanitarium in charge. All persons with a positive tuberculin reaction will be examined. Over 200 guests attended the home economics exhibit.
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Fred Hungerford
Frank Riddle
Illinois Fire College
University of Illinois
Savanna Library
Ottawa Sanitarium
Lutheran Church Dedication Follows Fire Damage
The Lutheran church fully redecorated since last November fire was dedicated during Sunday morning services. A pipe organ was dedicated at the evening service. County Judge O M Grove attended a three day conference on delinquency in Danville starting Monday. Mt Carroll high school singers earned multiple first second and third division ratings at the state vocal contest. William Rhodes won the boys low voice division and helped a quartet with Robert Grove Donald Pettit and Reuben Leitner taking high ratings. Elmer Guenzler and son Leonard were injured in a Sunday car upset near Freeport with Mrs Guenzler hospitalized at St Frances for several days.
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O. M. Grove
Danville
Mt. Carroll High School
William Rhodes
Robert Grove
Donald Pettit
Reuben Leitner
Elmer Guenzler
Leonard
Freeport
Guenzler
St. Frances Hospital
Safe DrivingTips From A Cautious Driver
The piece argues that most driving faults stem from drivers failing to recognize their own limits. It lists practical rules: drive within your limit, beware color blind readers at signals, avoid overtaking if you cannot judge distance, steer clear of congestion when nervous, and ask about signs you do not understand. Safe drivers ask questions and observe these points to stay safer.
Farmers Cut Pig Losses With Cholera Vaccination
S F Russell director of livestock marketing for the Illinois Agricultural association says farmers vaccinate against cholera as hogs fetch better prices for the 1937 corn crop. Illinois Farm Bureau Serum association backs the claim, reporting 7 457175 cc used in four months this year versus 4 153450 cc a year ago.
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S. F. Russell
Illinois Agricultural Association
Russell
Illinois Farm Bureau Serum Association
Linotype and Local Voices Fill a Busy Page
A column writer praises the linotype man Maurice and the craft of printing while urging readers to plant trees and reflect on mothers. He jokes about being busy with his own affairs and inviting reader tips for stories. The page notes March coal production in Illinois fell 19.7 percent from February and announces dredging at Wilmette Harbor to nine feet to prepare for boating season.
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Linotype
Maurice
Wilmette Harbor
Wilmette
State Department of Public Works and Buildings
Lake Michigan
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Thomson Review
Doc Saundere
the Village Echo
Thomson Broadax
Foster L
Stagg
H. G. Stagg
Harriett Smith
Kenneth Whitney
Office of Publication
Thomson, Illinois
Telephone
Carroll County
Happy
Fay Potter
Merlyn Schreiner
Harold Stoner
Melvin Straub
Margaret Queckboerner
Stacey Burns
Oscar Geldmacher
Louis Mickelson
LaVerne Manning
Leroy Wedekind
Dixon
Ed Queckboerner
Lanark
Richard Queckboerner
Lyle Rauser
Art Deets
Ed Olson
Lawrence Doden
G. H. Roggendorf
Victor Roggendorf
E. J. Isenhart
Elmer Bickert
Jimmie Sites
Paul Hartman
Glen Bowers
John Spalding
Bernard Hartman
Bernice Hartman
Glen Daggett
Mr. Carroll
William Boylan
Hayward
Wis
Paul Lewis
Irvin Leitz
Sheldon Frank
Lyle Bickert
June Holman
Edith Holman
Harry Schreiner
Betty Dial
Mary Taylor
George Kauffman
Savanna
Kenneth Kemmer
Morrison
Herbert Blodgett
Lee Center
Savanna Sue
Harry M. Hinebaugh
Ferne Hinebaugh
Salem
Russell R. Marth
Savanna Savings Building and Loan Ass’n
Mt. Carroll
Anna Dennison
Philomina Brinkman
William Good
Vera J. Scharman
Shannon
Anna DeGraff
Riley Lotzbaugh
Irvin
John Bogott
Clifford E. Dingman
Meyer
Alta Hammerstein
James Marken
Irvin B. Lister
Sophia M. Higginson
Gerald W. Bush
Harvey A. Byers
Walter G. Byers
Range
Lima
Margaret Grove
Ruth M. Rogers
Humans
John L. Brearton
Savanna, Illinois
W. L. Derrer
Gene Carr
Vaitole Gut
Fred W. Lraut
Sable Gian Oo
Geneseo Sales CO
Geneseo Stock Yards
R. S. Bollen
Mgr
Robert Wayne
Jim Stephens
Mell Sievens
Sharpe
Minois
Lawrence A. Smith
Savanna, Ill
Black
Mt. Carroll, Il
Kipnis Sale Lot
Galena Street
Mount Carroll Sales CO
H. Kipnis
Roy Fritz
Owen Miles
the Daredevil
McAndrews
Clinton, Towa
Farcour
Charles Rengles
Eer
Illinois Utilities
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