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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1940
Page
2
The Thomson Illinois Review prints a charitable in spirit declaration urging Carroll County residents to support churches societies banks tax and living costs. It asserts the community is the backbone and dedicates future issues to honest civic effort and lawful behavior.
The 1940 Review outlines Carroll County aims including establishing a Milledgeville bank, extending Rt. 171 from Hansens Corners to Chadwick to meet Rt. 88, electing efficient local officials, reducing expenses, boosting competitive community sports, and promising tax cuts, safety, constitutional adherence, and better farms for farmers.
A series of names listed by date from Friday November 22 to Wednesday November 27 appears as a sequence of residents and attendees in Lanark Thomson Milledgeville Chadwick Sterling Morrison and Savanna areas. The fragment shows multiple individuals including Clara Roggendorf Dorothy, and several others across days with no events described.
Local items report Mt Carroll shop expansion and community Christmas tree plans, Roosevelt Thanksgiving postponements, hunters’ success, and sale bills printed at the Review office. Stretches of warmer weather, upcoming basketball, and Thanksgiving sales loom as Adam Heinze improves.
A first person recollection of a fair midnight tale featuring a turtle dunked into a fraudulent betting game. The narrator describes gambling on paddles, a staged turtle race, and a dramatic exchange with a clever Princess who demands ten dollars as payment for injury. The tale ends with a vow of a future lesson.
A narrator warns Pal that many schemes may be tried tomorrow to influence the Princess, but cautions against failure as the Princess is known to react decisively. The speaker exits with a warning to stay vigilant and avoid being left responsible.
On November 14 and 15 leaders from science location industry agriculture and conservation gathered at the University of Illinois to dedicate the Natural Resources Building built and equipped by the state and federal government. The facility aims to advance research into the state’s natural resources with a full staff of specialists to ensure results benefit the entire state.
Ben Merboth of Savanna tops Carroll county with 124.7 bushels per acre in the 1940 DeKalb hybrid corn growing contest. Nearly 10,000 farmers entered from 12 states. Montgomery of Shelby County, Illinois, earns state honors with 196.21 bushels per acre. Merboth to receive bronze trophy and credit for over 1000 bushels per planted seed.
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