Classifieds note sales and ads across counties
Review Classifieds describe advertising rules and local sales in Carroll and Rock Island counties. Listings include livestock auctions at Sterling Illinois and Mt Carroll, with times for Thursday and Friday sales. The piece mixes ad copy with quips and jokes from the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll
Rock Island
Sterling Sales
Sterling, Ill
Harry Kipnis
Mt. Carroll
Rock Island County
Bank Rejected Check Triggers Household Purchase Bargain
A husband notes the bank has returned the check while his wife jokes that now he must buy something with it. The exchange hints at a domestic moment about finances and shopping, reflecting lighthearted household bargaining.
Wide Cracks
A collection of humorous quips and light anecdotes from Sabula Gazette readers and local figures. Notes include a Miles resident's office visit, a Fairfield driving while intoxicated fine, and jokes about marriage, manners, and everyday life with punchy one liners and social observations.
Fragmented OCR Passages Spark Dated Domestic Snapshots
The readable lines describe a chaotic scene with a cashier losing 50 000 dollars and a secretary eloping with a stenographer, while workers seek raises and a closing Well house is mentioned. A writer praises cleanliness in kitchens and a playful marriage proposal adds a light note.
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Brookville
Co. E. Wehmeyer
Auct
Pete Blackmore
Jess
George Oliver
Hillsdale
George W. Ivey & Sons
Mt. Carroll, Ill
Clyde Groharing
Morrison
Tf Notary Public
Clarence Bolhous
Thomson
A. L. Boothby
National Bank
Savanna, Ill
Wells
Lanark
Robert Sargent
T. B
Bangs
Rush W. Carroll
Loomer Downing
Arkshire
Hoch
Forreston
Ill
Auntie
Audrey
Holstein
Stransdale Farms
Dixon
Morris-Barrick Cattle Company
General Automotive
Cut Rate Auto Supply Co
Strand Bldg
Clinton, Iowa
General Auto CO
Bear Service Station
4Th Ave
Clinton
Plymouths
Jokerst Motor Sales
Sterling
Earl K. Dailey
Albany, Ill
Helen
Oliver
C.B. Thomas
Oliver Sales—Service
Bluff
Ft Il Mate
Youne
Savanna
H. P
Copperwell’s Tavern
Shannon
Schaff Bros
W. A. Slayman
Herbert Rawlins
Thomson, Ill
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co
Wiersema Green House
Ave
Fulton
Orella Bennett
Illini
Tousley Bros
Green Mountain
E. M. Ritenour
Chadwick
Margaret Heusinkveld
Thomson Insurance Automobile—Fire—Liability and
Thomson Review
Harry Jurgens
N. W. Thomson
River Road
England
Henry VIII
Chicago Herald-American
Francke & Switzer Thomson
BABY
Foy
19Th Ave
Clinton, la
Tribune Charities Inc
Soldiers Field
Hicsgo
Mary
Bate
Illinois
Jim Bull
Union Grove
Elto
R. G. Truman
Hardware
Lanark Bupane Gas
Allis-Chalmers
McCormick
Deering
John
John Deere
Fulton, Ill
G. W. Blohm
Chiropractor
Fourth Ave
Iowa
WHBF
Shannon Cattle CO
Rock Island Stockyards
Moline
Carbon Cliff
Wade Guenther Fiditor
Sabula
K. €. Kellogg
Miles
Fairfield
Laura Preshwater
Violet
Silly
Lily
Rastus
Liza
Davy Jones
London
Florida
Plymouth
Nick
Carstensen
Nash Cars
Federal Trucks
Louis Hoobler
4Th Ave. S
W. H. Foster
Wilson
Owa
Pratt
McCarthy
Rock Falls, Ill
Tech
E. Musk
Musk Optical CO
Bing
Revere
Revere Watches
Elry
Gus A. Brumer, Jr
S. 2Nd St
Montgomery Ward & Co
Eetary
Saya
Beauty
Freeport School of Beauty Culture
West Main ST
Freeport, Ill
Joe Feldman
Morrison Albany Shipping Association
Vernon Reiling
Port Byron
Waite'’s Hatchery
Erie
Rock River Lumber & Grain
Prophetstown
Lyndon
Grace
G.e.hasting & Son
Geneseo
Cochrane
the Paaske Shops, Inc
Main Ave
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