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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1940
Page
2
The writer recalls several players including Tate Clinton Lewis Thomson and Wehmeyer from Brookville as potential tryouts for the big show. He invites readers to attend each game across the county and looks forward to starting the season.
In the 1940 Review the Carroll County platform calls for a Bank at Milledgeville and extending Route 171 from Hansen's Corners on Route 718 to Chadwick joining Route 88. It urges electing efficient town village and county officers and reducing expenses. It promotes community competitive sports in Carroll County as a sportsmen’s paradise.
Clinton hosts a large scale celebration and corn planting week actions feature in Carroll County. Lucas Strang sky rides Savanna route. Lanark store closes. brag of watermelon acreage near normal and a lively church, theatre, and cemetery scene. Gophers, aerial photos, and local business moves pepper the week with community updates.
A dated listing of individuals celebrating birthdays from May 17 to May 22 across Milledgeville Chadwick Lanark Thomson Fulton Savanna and surrounding areas. Names include Holm an Leitz Frank Bickert Kauffman Meyers Wenger Hart Gipe Miller Sack and others with accompanying towns.
A set of resident names appears in a May 23 notice including Jack Martin Chadwick David Bushman Milledgeville Earl Sack Green Bay Ralph Linker Lanark Kathryn Lichty Lanark Henry Livengood Milledgeville Willard Krauss Milledgeville Homer Nye Milledgeville Laverne Imel Chadwick Beth Kahler Chadwick Vernon Alexander Chadwick Larry Franklin Milledgeville.
The American Guernsey Cattle club in Peterborough New Hampshire reports that a registered Guernsey bull named Sidney of Walnut Row 273416 has been sold by Lena M. Stagg to Charles R. Williams of Elizabeth Illinois.
A succinct reflection on the presence of a sacred spark within each individual, suggesting universal divinity and intrinsic value in humanity. The phrase frames moral worth as inherent rather than earned, emphasizing common spiritual kinship across all people.
A memoirish column recalls Thomson baseball legends and local fans from past summers. It names Olie Olsen and Marius, recalls players like Henry St. Ores, Bob Dyson, Oscar Graham, Roy Barrett, and Bill Bushman, and evokes a festive game at Lanark with a grudge battle and a grass sizzle that decided the county contest.
Three Carroll county stockmen shipped heifers to Chicago last week with notable sales. Kenneth Winters of Shannon sold heavy heifers at 10.00 per ewt, Ray Truckenmiller near Shannon delivered 628 pound cattle at 9.40, and Ot to Kniss of Shannon sent 20 head averaging 425 pounds at 0.25 per ewt. The Chicago top for cattle reached 12.00 on Tuesday, while hog prices peaked at 86.00 with Tuesday averages around 5.70 per cwt.
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