Thomson locals host wide weekend guest list
Mr and Mrs Delbert Dimmick entertained numerous visitors including Herman Neibuhr and four children from Williamsfield Tr and Charles Stage with Joann from Rock Island. Joe Melendy and Chester Libberton brought Mrs Melendy home from Sheboygan Wis. for a short stay with Bernard Conrad's family. Multiple households hosted relatives and friends for Sunday and weekend visits across Savanna Morrison Pole Argo Prophesytown and surrounding areas.
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Delbert Dimmick
Herman Neibuhr
Williamsfield
Charles Stage
Joann
Rock Island
Bun
Joe Melendy
Argo
Chester Libberton
Mt. Carroll
Sheboygan
Wis
Melendy
Bernard Conrad
Thomson Briefs Guests Attend Weekend Gatherings Across Areas
Local notes list Bruce Groharving and Alice Mayhall of Galesburg visiting relatives in Thomson. Guests at various dinners include Alvin Petersen, Will Keuhl, Peter Swartz, Alvin Rodif, John Dierks, Clark Jones, Will Holm, Rudolph Hols, and others from Clinton, Andover, Argo, Davenport, Cordova, and Savanna. Earl Holman hosts a clay bird shoot, and Dr. Claude Parks and family plan a weekend visit with J Y Stickell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bruce Grohaving
Sliss Alice Mayhall
Galesburg
Alvs
Robert Groharving
George Leader
Alvin Petersen
Will Keuhl
Andover
Peter Swartz
Alvin Rodif
John Dierks
Clark Jones
Clinton
Will Holm
Mrs
Howard Lawrence
Sjilyds
October Students Honored and Education Week Events
Those neither absent nor tardy for October include John Green, Lauren Mitchell, Arlene Smith, Robert Smith, Pauline Carpenter, Leland Schmaling, Norma Johnson, La Vonne Holm, Burdette Dyson, Bernice Aude, Lyle Mitchell, Lenora Yates, George Yates, Loyd Johnson, Dorothy Johnson, Patrician Yates, Alberta Johnson, Wm Yates, Catherine Dyson, George Bittner Jr, John Aude. Education Week opens with Lauren Mitchell on Horace Mann and LaVonne Holm on reading educators. Arlene Smith, John Green, and Charles Miller perform Winning Over Dad Friday. Donna Yates fractures arm in a chair fall. Fourth and fifth grades lead 204 miles to 107 miles in a race against the sixth grade. Literary Club program set for Friday, November 19, with La Vonne Holm as chair and a food program. Reporters Janet Kenyon and Norma Johnson. Teacher Thelma Schick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Green
Lauren Mitchell
Arlene Smith
Robert Smith
Pauline Carpenter
Leland Schmaling
Norma Johnson
la Vonne Holm
Burdette Dyson
Bernice Aude
Lyle Mitchell
Lenora Yates
George Yates
Loyd Johnson
Dorothy Johnson
Patrician Yates
Alberta Johnson
Wm_ Yates
Catherine Dyson
George Bittner, Jr
John Aude
Horace Mann
LaVonne Holm
Charles Miller
Dad
State Department
Donna Yates
Janet Kenyon
Thelma Schick
Race Between Dr Franklin No 2 and Nominee on Mississippi River
In 1854 the narrator recalls ending his river racing career after devastating floods swept four rafts from the Mississippi and Iowa rivers near Muscatine. He details losses of about ten thousand dollars, storage fires, and a high stakes duel race from St Louis to Galena with the Nominee, ending with the Nominee’s defeat and his own retirement.
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Albany
Stillwater
Iowa
Mississippi
Jenving
Clayton
Dubuque
Smith Harris
St. Louis
St. Paul
Read’s Landing
Grand
Read’s
Crooked Slough
Point Rock Slough
Guttenburg
Stu. Paul
Galena
Riny
Hartman and Hartman family visit in Thomson area
Thomson News reports Mr and Mrs Charles Hartman and the Hartman family visited Mr and Mrs Geo Hartman on Sunday afternoon. Mrs Mary Moore spent the weekend with Mr and Mrs Wm Clank Sr and Ms George Hartman and called on Str James Haley Dee King and Mrs Harvey Marshall at the Griffis home in Freeport. Three local residents Lynn Curley Fred Miller and Thomson Rendering Works had telephones installed last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Hartman
Idea
Geo. Hartman
Mary Moore
Wm. Clank Sr
George Hartman
Morfindrison
Felix Manning
James Haley
Dee King
Harvey Marshall
James Griffis
Freeport
Lynn Curley
Fred Miller
Thouson
Wacker Club Plans Meeting and Local Notes
The N. G. club will meet with Mrs. F. Grimm on Thursday. Tloyd Neis works for Lewis Getz. Mr. and Mrs. Guy Turney welcome a daughter Carol Joyce born Nov. 6. F. Grimm Sr. and sons Edward and F. Grimm Jr. attended a football game Sunday in Chicapo. The choir stages a 2 minstrel show Tuesday at Chestnut park school and will perform at Mr. Carroll in a couple of weeks. Shredding in the community is progressing rapidly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. G
F. Grimm
Tloyd Neis
Lewis Getz
Guy Turney
Carol Joyce
F. Grimm Sr
Edward
F. Grimm Jr
Chicapo
Chestnut
Park School
Mr. Carroll
Social Evening Gatherings Across Local Families
Mr and Mrs Martin Schipper of Yukon were guests at supper Sunday evening in the home of Mr and Mrs Bernie Dykstra. Mrs Joe Hastings Mr and Mrs Merle Hastings Clifford Raymond and Richard Hastings of Savanna spent Sunday afternoon with their daughter and sister Mr and Mrs Wilbur Dyson and family. Dinner guests last Wednesday in the home of Mr and Mrs Allen Witmer were his stepmother Mrs Sam Witmer Sr of Galt, his brother and wife Mr and Mrs Sam Witmer Jr of Sterling and his cousins Mo and Mrs Vernon Witmer of Langster County Pa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin Schipper
Yukon
Bernie Dykstra
Joe Hastings
Merle Hastings
Clifford
Raymond
Richard Hastings
Savanna
Wilbur Dyson
Allen Witmer
Sam Witmer Sr
Galt
Sam Witmer Jr
Sterling
Vernon Witmer
Langster County
Let the Lazy Rabbits Lay Adverse Advice in 1910s Safety Note
A humorous byproduct of an agricultural safety notice warns readers to identify sick rabbits. It notes rabbit hunting season opens in Danaois on November 10. It describes tularemia as a rabbit fever and portrays a sick rabbit as listless or hostile, advising shooters to kill and walk away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Witneis Agricultural Association Department of Safety
Dainois
Fragmented local guidance from a scratched page
An OCR fragment mentions gloves and caution about disease and cooking rabbit warnings. A tourist travels Texas Panhandle and an old filling station scene appears with scattered dialogue about rain and married life, including stray phrases about Blondes and a husband.
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Texas
Panhandle
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Luther Williams
Ustick
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Dorothy Lewis
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Herbert Blodgett
Lee Center
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Paul Vance
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Cedar Rapids
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Fred Rockwood
Decia Brooks
Dixon
R. D. Bennett
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J. Y. Stickel
Luedeke
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George Neis Jr
Wacker
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Caledonia
August Schmeling Jr
Paul Bloomingdale
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Claude Parks
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Herbert St. Ores
Dan Sack
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Milwaukee
Roy Heitman
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Hanover
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Heitman
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Margaret
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Frank Smith
Harriett Wheeler
Davenport
William A. Wheeler
St. Luke's Hospital
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Thomson
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