18 Nov 1937
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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1937
Page
1
The text sketches postwar concerns about government relief, farm surpluses, and unemployment in the United States. It mentions budget issues, censorship of letters, and calls for aid to farmers, with reference to Washington and postal matters. The tone mirrors a late 19th or early 20th century newspaper voice.
Carroll High claimed the Grant League title with a 6 to 0 victory over Warren, sealing the county seat grid championship for the season. Household Science Club elects officers.
Carroll High School trounced Warren 26 to 0 in the season finale capping an undefeated, untied run in the US Giant conference. Key plays included a long DoNnai run, a blocked punt by Derrer, and a late TD by Grove with Paisley on the receiving end for the final score.
The garbled text appears to describe a Sunday event with references to a church, pastor Rev ip VW Tetligolf, and a snowy morning. It mentions streets, people, and uncertain actions, with partial phrases about a fire, unity, and a decoy. Specific names and places are unreadable but imply a community incident or tale from a neighborhood.
Preliminaries for seven elementary districts and Mt Carroll high school will select finalists for the county finals. Lawrence E Bird, Supt of Schools, announced contests start December 10 with district events and December 18 for the final representatives. Teachers and committees are listed for coordination and locations in Savanna Mt Carroll Lanark and surrounding towns.
Fragmentary text mentions RTPAIR ELEVATOR AT SOTANNA and GLAIN SHIP M NIS G14 UNDER WA, with garbled phrases about a van, Vitor, Bayan, and various places. The legible bits reference personnel, ownership hints, and a potential purchase or transfer context, but overall the content is unclear and heavily corrupted.
The document outlines final tax distributions showing how real estate taxes were allocated up to September, with total receipts to the county and various towns. It notes percent shares, adjustments by the treasurer, and lists distributions to multiple townships and individuals in a historic county fund settlement.
Seven Chicago men were arrested for trespassing while hunting on Alym Prowant property east of Chadwick in Wasox township. Charges and small fines followed as farmers report trespass and livestock injuries by visiting hunters. The incident sparks debate on hunter responsibility and farm access practices.
Guroll county distributes October state school funds totaling 2956.61 dollars to townships. Checks were issued by the county superintendent of schools last Thursday and mailed to township treasurers on the following day.
MT Carroll grid squad awarded letters for the year to Shelden Th Nien Lit Durer and Rob Wartman Rob Neus cowarder Bill Rhodes James Kintsaos Harold Foltz Ben Iisentaye ROT Grove Eugene Tyner Duds Puley Miron Glen and Don sud Tit Lowe classmen.
Jurors in the county face a heavy docket as a grand jury convenes with many cases awaiting consideration. Court notes indicate a wait for a third day to review all matters, with jurors expected to reconvene next Monday to conclude the term.
Checks amounting to a five percent dividend on funds in the bank were mailed to depositors this week. The Bust] Cross County State Bank of Coirill closed, with a 19% note, and WP Hoga deputy canard Thettal announced total dividend as $73. One at the fourth W and depositors Methane, & 17 percent are included.
Rath, son of Mr and Mrs Tatas Rath of Savanna, is named Carroll County champion in a national meat and mal raising contest conducted by a packing company.
Election results list community committees for the new farm program across multiple towns. Names of chairs and vice chairs are given for Washneton Savanna Mt Caroll Freedom Rock Creek and Lima Salem They Grove and broader alternates appear with several misspelled entries and duplicated lines.
District leaders of 4H clubs plan Wednesday meetings in Oregon to discuss a new year’s conservation program. County superintendent announces dates for the annual county spelling contest with preliminary meets in December and finals on December 17.
The Warehouse Board of this county met Friday afternoon in Carroll to select and recommend action for the state Department of Agriculture. Names include Ralph Tabiney Milledgeville Ward Neidman Carroll and George Dois Lanark. Next Tuesday Nov 23 sealers will be chosen for northern Illinois counties and board members will meet in Din to receive corn loan program instructions.
Sunday’s annual Monroe gathering named Boyd of Freeport as president and J Stukenburg as first vice president for the US Grant Council. Representatives from Carroll Stephenson Jo Daviess Grant Lafayette Green counties attended along with Wisconsin delegates.
Real estate transfers include Edgar E Harry and Dorothy Hood exchanged titles for lot A block 5 Herseys addition Savanna Dorothy Hood and Edgar E Harry swap lots Lot 1 block 5 Herseys Charles H Albers to Bethel E Schreiner see 21 23 23 range 7 Elkhorn Grove William J Schreiner and wife to Bethel E Schreimer see 21 23 range 7 Elkhorn Grove Henry Retet Jr et al to Leslie Merchant et al lob 1 blk 21 Stovels add Lanark George Haas to John A Thompson Rec fat 2 blk 2 and lots 1 and 2 Wh 7 J A Robinsons add Savanna Richard Roche et al to Walter Roche part lot 7 blk 4 Mortons Walter I Roche to Dorothy Fauble and husband part lot 7 blk 4 Mortons add Savanna Michel Howard and wife to Oliver W Pierce et al lots 12 and 13 blk 1 Savanna.
A meeting of county farm chairmen is planned for Thursday morning November 18 at the county agricultural conservation association office. Officers will be elected, with field reporters to survey every farm by December 18, classifying each field by slope erosion and productivity using a county soil map, aiming for equitable soil management and set acreage goals.
Public welfare nominees from about 50 counties to take a mass examination in Springfield to determine best qualified candidates for posts. A. L. Bowen, director of the state department of public welfare, announced that about 60 counties have qualified five candidates, with around 40 more still in the rejected class. County officials said they had received no notice whether the last list of nominees to the state had been accepted or rejected, despite a letter listing five nominees. The first county list was rejected, sparking resentment. Bowen declined to comment on a letter from James R. Cannell urging boards to name no more than three nominees from one party. Cannell offered assistance to counties resisting the governor’s limit.
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