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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1938
Page
2
Extend Rt. 171 from Hansen's Corners on Rt. 78 to Chadwick joining with Rt. 40. Elect efficient Town Village and County Officers. Encourage them to reduce expenses. Promote community competitive sports in Carroll County. Carroll County the Sports mens Paradise.
A birthday notice lists numerous individuals from Milledgeville Chadwick Thomson Fulton Mt Carroll Downers Grove and Chadwick with first and last names including Anla Brown Esther Isenhart Leroy Hart and many others. The roster spans multiple communities and includes Mrs. Lila Dyson Mrs. Henry Hartman Louis Zugschwerdt Ruth Cooper and other residents in a recurring celebratory column.
The column recalls Lanark's old fire engine shown in Old Chicago and notes the town's part in the film. It also touches on graduation plans Chadwick’s commencement June 2 and local shoptalk about farm crops, high water effects on logging, road improvements, remodeling at Alfred Smith home, Balk Beauty Barber Shop opening, and local residents George Balk and Bob.
Louis Frank recently moved into a new house just north of K W Senneff’s older residence while Elmer Weber begins a home across the street. Ole Elevens and crew dig a basement, facing old church foundation obstacles. Rain disrupts farm work as locals note the weather. Harry Wilkes hosts a town event with a loudspeaker and microphone from his shop. Gravel paving spreads along the western county road and other worn sections receive new surface material assisting road improvements.
More than four hundred U S Grant Area Boy Scout council members from six counties plan to camp at Krape park in Freeport May 20 and 21 for the annual area camporee. Scouts from Wisconsin and Illinois will compete in fire-by-friction, knot tying, tent pitching, signaling and more while about two thousand spectators are expected at the high school stadium events.
In Savanna, a Buddy Poppy drive collected 106 dollars and 11 cents Saturday. A separate item notes a May 26 special election on a 40000 road bond in Savanna township, with notices not posted by Town Clerk George C. Williams. Also mentioned is a May 24 25 trip by a group of women to northern Illinois parks, and a false alarm fire truck call to the old brewery on Chicago Avenue.
County board committee turns down colored lights for the courtyard fountain after cost estimates, opting to proceed without illumination for now with possible overhead flood lights later. May 28 is Poppy Day proclaimed by Mayor Hartman, while a Commercial Club fundraising drive starts at 9 am. A special air mail service flight by Don Henley of Sterling will briefly land at Charles Kingery field to pickup a cadet delivered from the post office, supervised by Postmaster Wilkerson.
Fred W Braga discusses pedestrian fatalities and traffic safety measures. He cites education, posters, lectures, and media as tools to reduce accidents. He emphasizes motorist caution and public awareness to protect children and pedestrians.
Nation wide survey launched by Lights for Life Foundation of New York to measure how lack of emergency lighting contributes to accidents in homes and industry. The study collaborates with manufacturers, Red Cross, YMCAs and hotels to collect data on injuries, costs and hours lost. Experts expect findings to bolster safety campaigns against preventable death and injury.
Illinois schoolboy resentful of showing written excuses traces origins to 1850s declines in attendance. Federal Writers Project notes 1858 rule in Chicago that absent students without excuses forfeited seats, suspensions halved absences, though some parents called the rule unreasonable.
Judge Franklin J. Stransky a prominent Chicago and Savanna attorney and former Republican state central committee chairman organizes a general practice in the Continental Illinois Bank building Chicago. Dissolution of Sims and Stransky was announced, with Stransky remaining in part of the offices alongside Sims Handy McKnight and Carey in the same location.
A collage of humorous lines, quips, and social jests touches on roadside signs, hospital aids for new fathers, a Chicago girl and a hunter of puns, a minister's christening at a farmer's home, and reflections on politicians versus toreadors. The piece piles witty one liners about marriage, drinking, dogs, and danger with a light, satirical tone.
The First Lady quips that her husband cared for the baby yesterday while she shopped. The Second Lady asks how he handled the tiny infant. She notes he did well except for losing most of the best table napkins.
A garbled passage presents playful author quotes and a mock dialogue about a fictional character. The text mixes remarks on telling a story with humorous exaggerated traits and a glance at a naval secretary, all in a stream of mis-typed, partial phrases.
American enameling and other industries rely on European clay materials. Illinois research on local clay deposits aims to identify composition and properties at the atomic level to develop domestic sources and enable processing or blending for new clay materials and potential industries in Illinois.
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