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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 03, 1938
Page
2
The publication extols ordinary county residents as the backbone of the nation. It urges support for churches, banks, and local businesses while stressing responsible finances, tax and mortgage payments, rent, groceries, and family welfare as vital duties.
A fragmentary Carroll County platform lists three agenda items including establishing a bank at Milledgeville and extending Route 171 to join Route 40, plus electing efficient local officials and promoting community economy. The text also mentions sports in Carroll County and hints at a County Sport venture with scattered unreadable terms.
A dated social notice lists birthdays across Nov 4 to Nov 10 for residents including Geo I Collinson of Savanna Bertram Jeters Lanark Mrs H Douanoo Lanark Floyd obey Thomson Mrs Rossboyian Thomson Mrs Joe Allison Milledgeville Phineas Bashaw Lanark Arthur Lott Chadwick Maurice Mest Silvis and others with many names tied to Lanark Thomson Milledgeville Chadwick Argo Fa Moline Low Moor Penrose Polo and surrounding areas.
Carroll County notes quiet duck hunting but strong corn picking as main farm work. Frank J. Stransky’s Stransdale No. 1 farm shows upgrades including a larger Holstein dairy barn with two extra rows of stanchions and a modern calf barn with native lumber. Next year’s plans include further improvements on the Chisholm farm. Chadwick hosts a notable Hallowe en event praised as a model for nearby towns to adopt.
An alumni cast at State Teachers College DeKalb will stage Journey's End on Monday November 7 using the same 1933 cast as available. Alumni and substitutes from DeKalb Rochelle and Chicago will perform in a three act World War I drama noted for realism. Other local items mention Halloween decorations, voter registration, school programs, Tony Sarg marionettes on November 14, and a Republican rally with Leo Allen speaking.
November opens bright as corn picking proceeds well. F L Gigous works as a carpenter in leisure hours. Candidates campaign actively for votes. Mrs Frank Baumgardner from Rockford visited Tuesday. J T Eckmen, president of Lanark Mutual Fire Insurance, collects annual assessment. Mrs John Schoen and daughter Mrs Louis Miller visit Reeport on Saturday.
The State of Illinois disbursed 399,999.48 to 183 districts in 75 counties to cover excess costs for educating crippled children during 1937 38. Funds come from a 400 000 appropriation approved by the General Assembly on Governor Horner's recommendation.
A political opinion piece urges every citizen to vote next Tuesday amid a broad field of candidates. It criticizes party lines, discusses tariff policy, foreign competition, and the impact on American labor, while noting local politicians in the county are mostly candid and honest.
Public health nurses conducted over one million visits to the ill in mountain communities islands offshore isolated swamps and crowded industrial areas. They inspected 659 187 school children for health defects with physicians and instructed 58 754 mothers and young girls in home hygiene and care of the sick.
The College of Agriculture University of Illinois will host an open house at Mt Morris soil experiment field on Friday November 4 at 1 50 PM to show how hybrid corn adapted to field fertility boosts yields. A L Lang and other college representatives will explain results from tests on hybrid varieties soil treatments and organic phosphorus relationships harvested Friday morning with attendees from multiple counties.
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