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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1938
Page
2
The Carroll County platform calls for a Milledgeville bank, extending Route 171 from Hansen’s Corners on Route 78 to Chadwick and joining Route 40, electing efficient local officers, reducing expenses, promoting competitive community sports, and portrays Carroll County as the sportsmen’s paradise.
A series of birthday notices dated November 25 to 30 lists individuals from Thomson Milledgeville Chadwick Lanark Savanna Dixon and Mt Carroll. Names include Edson Holland Roy Frederick Harry Spearman Walter Hartman Jr Dorothy Sucher and many others.
The column details Chadwick Christmas plans with library bazaar prep and a December 2 livestock and farm equipment sale led by Leonard Dauphin and the Shibley estate. Milledgeville talks of road changes on the Milledgeville-salo road, Frahm’s cafe meals, local doctors busy, and a busy week of farm sales and community safety plans including a school patrol program and stoplight discussions.
A venting column attacks tax spending and school funding, urging readers to question where tax money goes. The piece rails against politicians and promotes personal responsibility, education, and moral values with satirical asides and local references.
All persons having claims against the Estate of Gus Shibley deceased are notified to appear before Carroll County Court in Ohio on January 2, 1959 for adjustment. Dated November 16, 1938. L A Fink administrator. John O Kerch attorney cot 121.
Oklahoma plant breeder J B Sieglinder recalls a farmer waking a worker at 3:30 AM to harvest oats and asks if they are wild oats. The memory is tied to a summer farm job and a joke about complexion and painters’ union.
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