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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1936
Page
5
A jumble of satirical quips on politics and society recounts election aftermath and public mood. The column riffs on voting machines, royal blood talk, and a Toronto stork derby, mixing cheeky verse and wry observations about public life and personal habits.
A jumble of column Left items, reader quips, and jokes about elections and promises. It includes a remark about crying on a shoulder, a traveling salesman story, and a school classroom joke about writing a short story. Also mentions misquoted lines and flirtatious banter at a resort.
Mt Carroll high scorers dominated Warren in a U S Grant conference clash on Mt Carroll turf. Leigh opened scoring with a 10 yard run and a failed extra point. Peck added a second quarter TD and Hartman finished the late scoring. DeNier’s dropkick failed on the first extra point and a later kick was blocked. Warren did not reach the scoreboard.
Robert Hicks breaks an arm at the Hicks grocery. Bernard Conrad family visits Sheboygan relatives. John Hadley and Hat- Short return from Texas. Philip Queckboer rents a farm near Pair Haven. Melendy buys a Chevrolet sedan from Paul Lewis of Thomson. John Guinther and Rose Wolfe improve after strokes. Walter Severance uses crutches to move about. Road work slows with delayed cement hopes. contract calls for two miles of slab this fall. Grace Moyer and Lou to winter in Fulton at the John Muyer place.
Savanna trounced Lanark High 20 to 0 as Lanark offered a green lineup. Savanna full back Harry ran 15 yards for the first score and added two more touchdowns, with Sack the quarterback converting the extra points.
Kay Francis headlines the capricious melodrama Give Me Your Heart based on Sweet Ape ex at the Capitol Theatre Davenport opening Sunday. The English heroine travels from Italy to England, falls for a married man, learns she is about to become a mother, and the twist ends with the child taken by the lover who provides for her. Adventure and romance follow as The Isle of Pury, the second feature, offers tropical island thrills.
In Clinton Ta: Start Saturday for three days a rollicking faree featuring William Powell and Carole Lombard in My Man Godfrey. Also shown over the three days is The Cranes Wife starring Rosalind Russell John Boles and Billie Burke.
Rialto Theatre in Clinton presents Wedding Present starring Joan Bennett and Cary Grant for a three day run starting Saturday. The program also features Eric Linden and Cecil Parker in In His Steps, based on a Saturday Evening Post tale by Paul Gallico, promising new thrills and entertainment.
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