Carroll County Platform 1939 Review Highlights
The Carroll County platform calls for a bank at Milledgeville and extending Route 171 from Hansen’s Corners on Highway 78 to Chadwick, connecting with Route 40. It urges electing efficient town village and county officers, reducing expenses, promoting competitive community sports, and proclaims Carroll County as the sportsmen’s paradise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milledgeville
Rt. 171
Hansen’s Corners
Chadwick
Carroll County
Sportsmen’s Paradise
Birthday notices list local residents by date and town
A sequence of birthday entries from May 19 to May 24 lists residents and their towns including Herbert Blodgett Lee Center Esther Isenhart Chadwick C A Spanogle Milledgeville Mrs pawel Jeanna Poffenberger Mt univ and others. The notices include names such as Gipe Chadwick Hart Milledgeville Ferris Milledgeville Johannsen Fulton Dyson Thomson Miller Milledgeville Sack Thompson Mall etc.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Blodgett
Lee Center
T. Esther Isenhart
Chadwick
C. A. Spanogle
Milledgeville
Univ
D. E. Hollinshead
Folten
Russell Mclhattan
Lanark
Arla Brown
Thomson
G. E. Scheerer
Red Bank
Harlan Johannsen
Fulton
Catherine Dyson
Arthur Thompson
Savanna
Theodore Storm
Mt. Carroll
Mae Balk
Glenn Miller
Carroll County News Snapshot Highlights Local Life
Weather favors corn planting to continue by horse power, with graduates and strong schooling noted across Carroll county. Savannah updates report licenses and Scouts camping, while Thomson details parking woes and civic changes. Community events include track meet closures, carpentry projects, and local business moves amid daily town life.
Local Social Notes Highlight Thurs May 25 Attendees
Thursday May 25 lists Betty Imel of Coleta Mrs Hattie Brown of Thomson Sylvalena Bolhons of Thomson Robert Schleming of Chadwick Mrs Fred Barnhart of Chadwick Ruth Kradle of Chadwick Kenneth Rahn of Milledgeville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Imel
Coleta
Hattie Brown
Thomson
Sylvalena Bolhons
Robert Schleming
Chadwick
Fred Barnhart
Ruth Kradle
Kenneth Rahn
Milledgeville
Illinois fruit survives cold snap raises hopes for crop
Illinois fruit growers report a freeze of two to 12 degrees below zero damaged fruits but left enough peach and strawberry buds to yield a fair crop. Day of the Illinois Agricultural Association notes 10 to 75 percent peach bud loss, with apples hurt by cool rain and poor bee activity. Pears damaged, strawberries spared except Villa Ridge where 25 percent blooms fell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Harry W. Day
Illinois Agricultural Association
Villa Ridge
Fragmented humor and reflections in Sabula column
A chaotic assemblage of quotes and skits from a Sabula column blends wry social musings, phoniness of publicity seekers, old jokes, and moral ponderings. It ponders peace, religion, progress, and daily life with scattered vignettes and aphorisms across a wide range of topics.
State Highway Contracts Soar Past Four Million Dollars
Chief State Trighv Ernst Liebermatt reports highway awards total 4,907,118 for the year through April, with April contracts at 117,418 compared to last year. By May 1 the period shows 305,218 in excess, amid a jumble of dated remarks and references to architects and early book notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trighv
Ernst Liebermatt
Pastel Crayon Tips for Freshening Summer Felt Hats
A fragment describes using pastel crayons to refresh felt hats, detailing rubbing with the crayon to even color, removing dust, and finishing with a brush and dry clean method. It mentions a hat named the Stump and a scene of a girl sizing shade and tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mateile
Arter
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Review
Doc Lane
the Village Echo
Thomson Broadis
Thomson Review
H. G. Tage
Sylvalend Bolhous Kenneth Whitney
Office of Publication
Thomson, Illinois
Carrell County
Happy
Mrs. Pawel
Jeanna Poffenberger
Wesley Sack
Robert Merchant
Erma Cambman
C. E. Burch
Waterloo
Jack Martin
David Bushman
Lillian Moore
Bobby Maberry
Gerald Strauch
Ralph Linker
Earl Sack
Chicago
Kathryn Lichty
Laverne Imel
Beth Kahler
Henry Livengood
Willard Krauss
Homer Nye
Lila Dyson
Henry L. Hartman
Lila Michelson
Ruth Cooper
E. F. Tallman
Louie Zagachwerdt
Louis Kradle
Guy Mackey
Chatwick
Helen McKean
Kate Deas
George Wagner
Mississippi River
Lee Horning
Morrison
Boulder Dam
Niagara Falls
Johnny Brown
Fulton Emporium
Clinjton
Apple River Canyon
Savanna Chapter
National Honor Society
Jeanne Greison
Frances Shimer College
H. P. Greison
Albert Carlson
National Tea
Dixon
Clarence Vos
Carroll
Carlos
John Gelwicks
John
Lawrence Brudi
Grand Jury
Paris
New York
Library Board
J. C. Kerch
Don Henley
Sterling
Don
Will Miller Corner
H. P. Hartman
Sadie Garland
Lillian Clemmer
Hawaiian Islands
W. B. Sites
Shannon
E. A. Peters
W. P. Stattler
Kipnis
Mt. Carroll, Ilinois
Wade
Brighton
Ashe
Sabula
Harry Miller
Gogh
Pop
Michael J. Sheridan
Atwater Kent
Garrett Sterenberg, Auctioneer
A. E. Sheridan
Uust
Smith Lot
Yin
Coli
Fred Christian Mi. Carroll, I
Lawrence A. Smith
Laywik
Mombhyr National Assoc
Lion
Lyop
Dr.a.l. Ringuette
Sth
Ave
United Cigar Co
Clinton
Iowa
A. C. Elliott Jewelry Company Square
Savanna, Ill
Danny
Kness
Mt. Carroll, III
Towa
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John Doory
Roek Ishin
Hars
Dane Hay Wa
Dey
Heller
Elen
Matena
Whiteside
Cali Rovio ‘Thomson
Paul Heusine
Thorson
Comple
P. J. Cavanagh & Co
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Clinton, Iowa
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