This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 11 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1936
Page
4
A collage of wry observations and jokes from a midcentury column, touching on campaign fatigue, romance, economic wits, and social quirks. Notable items reference a beauty operator’s ship, a literary digest poll, election comments, and a humorous obituary note for Chic Sates, interspersed with quick quips about parking, envy, and farm life.
Bart Holman will hold a clay pigeon and poultry shoot at his place two miles northwest of Thomson on the river road this Sunday November 22. Prizes include live geese turkeys ducks and chickens. Lunch and ammunition available on grounds. Free supply of Thanks cig meat offered.
Readable lines note Friday games for Tech Comarvuit High School Lyndes and Chadwick Hick at Clodwick. Schedule appears fragmentary but lists two junior or high school matchups on a Friday, with participating schools and locations.
McGinty the 29 year old gray pacer owned by A J Miles of Mt Carroll died after throat injury last week ending his racing life. He raced 109 starts between 1911 and 1918 with 23 in the money and 60 victories earning about $2000 on tracks in Illinois Iowa Wisconsin Minnesota. He retired to the Mt Carroll fair grounds where he rested after a six heat race at Elkhorn Wisconsin.
Football season winds down with Mt. Carroll Lanark and Savanna finishing games as Stockton and Warren prepare for Thanksgiving. Basketball opens soon as larger schools refocus, while smaller programs hope for surprises with many veterans lost. Christmas tree shipments appear along highways ahead of Yuletide season.
Theaters Rialto Clinton debut three day showing featuring The Longest Night with Robert Young and Florence Rice as a store owner’s son and his girlfriend. They foil a clever swindle by a smart ruse. Also on the bill a Fox hit Ambassador Bus and a Cody Lewis Hodsworth tale.
Stockton clinches the U S Grant conference with a 6 0 victory over Galena on Wednesday afternoon. Stockton remains unbeaten this season while Galena suffers a second defeat. The game featured a long pass from West to Werkheiser for Stockton's score in the second quarter with the extra point attempt failing. Galena threatened late in the game but could not score.
Savanna high school, under Coach McWorthy, beat Maquoketa 24 19 on Savanna field in an Armistice day game. Savanna opened scoring with two second quarter touchdowns and added one in the third and fourth periods. Harry the Savanna fullback scored the first TD and later connected for a pass to Krahn for a second. In the third period Savanna extended its lead as Harry scored again from the five yard line.
Savanna failed to convert extra points after touchdowns as Maquoketa rallied with Romer a8 yard run and Rasmussen plunging in for six. Jones connected with Ray on a 40 yard pass for a second Maquoketa score and Jones added a late plunge. Final score 19 9 in favor of Maquoketa.
Opening the basketball season at Thomson Friday evening the varsity squad easily trimmed the Fulton Juniors, 41 to 11. Morrison grade school beat York Freshmen, 17 to 11. Thomson’s team appears stronger this year, prompting local fans to predict several wins. D. B. misread Baton Rouge as a cosmetics brand.
Lanark high school loses to Mt Carroll 18 to 12 in Friday homecoming. Mt Carroll's Leigh scores three touchdowns and Guenzler adds one while Lanark's Wix and Lind each tally in the late quarters. Lanark finishes with ten first downs to Mt Carroll's twelve and earns praise for a strong first-year effort.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.