Classified Ads Rates and Contact Information
Four weekly publications offer full classifieds in Carroll County. Ads are four cents per word with a 50 cent minimum. blind ads cost 26 cents extra and a card of thanks is 60 cents. All ads require cash with order and include multiple newspaper phone contacts.
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Thomson Review
Chadwick Review
Lanark Gazette
Shannon Reporter
Carroll County
Shannon
Lanark
Thomson
Record-Setting 1953 Upper Mississippi Tonnage Surges Ahead
The 1953 navigation season on the Upper Mississippi shows a record upbound tonnage with the Ohio and Tennessee breaking previous marks at 20,600 tons. Downstream grain shipments reach a historic 12,000 tons plus 6,000 oats and 6,000 wheat as the Truax assembles ten loaded barges for New Orleans. Total season cargo nears 6.47 million tons through Oct 30, with coal and petroleum leading, and Rock Island district activity heavy as locks move multiple tows and barges.
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Mississippi River
Alexander Mackenzie
Ohio
Tennessee
Upper Mississippi
Rock Island
Cargill
Min
I. B. Sullivan
R. R. Richtman
Robert Beeler
Fic
Guttenberg
Iowa
Laverton
Sunday Dinner Guests in Brookville Honor Jerry Spencer
Mr and Mrs Frank Bowers of Brookville and L B Spencer hosted Jerry Spencers sixteenth birthday with Mr and Mrs Robert Spencer and family, Mr and Mrs Ernest Dollinger and Mt Carroll visitors, and Mr and Mrs Ned Spencer and family. Starting Fires With Kerosene Dangerous. A safety note urges crumpled newspaper and dry kindling instead of kerosene or gasoline to start fires, warning of explosive vapor and possible explosions if vapors meet hot coals.
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Frank Bowers
Brookville
L. B. Spencer
Robert Spencer
Jerry
Ernest Dollinger, Jr
Mt. Carroll
Ned Spencer
Arvo Fa
Gordon McCleary
University of Ilinois Farm
U. S
McCleary
Social Guests Visit Area Residents Over Weekend
Mrs. Pearl Dingman of Sterling joined Mr. and Mrs. George Schle ming for an afternoon and lunch Sunday. Dr. and Mrs. Richard Petty of Carson City Nev en route home from New York. Attorney Wm Petty and Ernest Poffenberger of Mt Carroll visited Friday evening at the J Y Stickell home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearl Dingman
Sterling
George Schleming
Richard Petty
Carson City
Nev
New York
Wm. Petty
Ernest Poffenberger
Mt. Carroll
J. Y. Stickell
Rabbit Bag Limit Confusion Prompts Public Note
State hunters face a five rabbit per day limit with ten in possession, though licenses allow eight and sixteen. Law passed after printing caused confusion and potential warnings for small infractions. Emphasis on reducing hunter kills while boosting cover with multiflora rose planting and machine planters. Program updates for Mt. Carroll 4-H Achievement Night include Malcolm Alexander and Wayne Linker detailing pledges talks and awards then a film and refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Bureau
Mt. Carroll
Wayne Linker
Chadwick
Busy Beavers
Malcolm H. Alexander
Allen Hage
Federation
Shirley Carson
Home Economics Club
Paul Sites
Milledgeville
Home Bureau Board
Ag Club
Lawrence Miller
Savanna
Farm Bureau Board
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West Butcher
Polo
Wehmeyer Bros
I. Zentz
Rock Falls
Orville Landis
W. S. Sweet
Milledgeville-Polo Blacktop Road
Howard Baker
Alice Dommon
Rt. 88
Corner
Kenneth Duncan
Wacker
Kloepping
John Traum
Fred Queckboerner
Dial
Mit
Wesley Kness
Otto Kniss
White Rock Ballets
Myron Friederich
Co. V. Dame Farms
F. J. Stransky Farms
Stagg & Housenga
Argo Fa
Les Durward
Groharing & Feldt
Thom
R. A. Spanogle
Noordhoff & Peck
E. M. Ritenour
Heusinkveld & Stagg
Thomson, Ill
Fred
Pauline Werner
Chester W. Green
Cornelius Noordhoff
Frank Potter
John Simpson
Diephuis & Hand
Fred L. Miller
Fred H. Zemke
Stanley Ottens
Chadwick, mi
River News
Chadwick News
Alcoholics Anonymous
Clinton
Richard Badke
Thomson Methodist Church
Helsinkveld
Murray
Illinois
McCulloch Sales and Service
McCulloch
Helle Lbr. Co
Ill
Oregon
Mid-West Tree Service
Durant
Springfield
Mass
Mossberg
Shannon, I
America
American Weekly
Chicago American
Old
F. J. Geibel
Avenue K
LINDO
Watertown
Richard Badtke
Richard Voeckel
Pontiac House
M. E. Baum, Jr
Shannon, Ill
Fay Ashby
Harry Gaar
Emerson Ishe
Carroll County Farm Bureau
Illinois Agricultural Associaion
Chicago
Iske
Reynold Bleyer
Homer Hammond
D. W. Erdmier
Joe Rath
Lawrence Getz
James Sarper
Edwin Livengood
Carroll Service Company
Allen Airhart
Fred Peters
Mr. Carroll
Howard Woessner
Fred Werner
Jess
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Mi. N. W
Lanark, Ill
Ozarks
Barnsley
Clarksville
Arkansas
Garden Plain
George R. Wieneke
Geneseo
Fulton
Morrison
Edward Wierema
Level
Greenville
Roy Layson
Mason
Elizabeth Byers
West Main St
R. O. Gregory
9Th St
Fulton, Il
Colo. Land & Livestock Co
Klein Hotel
Walsenburg
Colorado
Delbert Curley
Thomson, Il
Earle Hollinshead
Portland Ave
Morrison, Ill
Illinois Frederation
Hell
Chevrolet
Dick Stagg
Ed Shiley
BUICK
Ford
Brand
Ironwood
Mobile Home
Dixie Gas
Clinton, la
E. 8Rd St
Acre
Savanna Farm Supplies Co. Inc
Carter Implement Co
Earl Kaufman
Pontiac
Plymouth
Lanark, Illinois
Kittin Goon
Albert M. Greison
Savanna, Ill
Tel
Claude Briggs
Joe Marsh
Williams
Flip
Sheriff's
Doe
United States Brewers Foundation
J. D
Pop
Judd
Shullsburg, Wis
Cet Ahunter Fan
Koym Electric Supply
East Main St
Freeport, Ill
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