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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1938
Page
4
A long list of 4 H members names and years attached to Milledgeville and Lanark areas. The section records many youths with ages in parentheses and notes Bronze and Silver pine groupings among the participants.
Quick Trial continues with names including J Williamson Woodland Frank Switzer Freedom Gilbert Kampmeier Shannon Peter Mohlenkamp Shannon Albert Greison Savanna Hardin Dinsen Savanna as participants and respondents in the proceeding.
A spectator asserts that Americans are citizens of a nation governed by the people, not by a dictator who has seized power, acknowledging imperfections but upholding government by the people.
Northern Illinois editors and publishers from seven counties met in Rockford for a Northwestern Illinois Editorial association gathering. A luncheon program on WROK featured Barney Thompson and Bill Traum with remarks by Ray Scotchbrook, Warren president, Foster L. Stagg, and Kurt B. Schmidt.
The county committee outlines corn loan rules. Cribs up to seven feet wide stored in open space qualify. wider cribs need moisture at least 19 percent. Bulletin detailing crib specifications is available. Enclosed livestock buildings do not count. Cribs should be separate units near farm stead, well drained, fire safe, flood protected, and built on a solid foundation with ventilation and a sturdy roof to guard two years of corn.
Births and deaths listed for Shannon, Thomson, York township, Lanark, Savanna, and Washington township. Entries include Viola Kness, David D. Reiff, Mrs Rachel Switzer, Mrs Ella Newell, George A. Diehl, Mads H Schmidt, Henry J Wiesner, Nora A Sawyer, Jennie M Kellogg, Manuel Hector Curts, James Colebaugh, Orval White, Sandra Lee Anderson, with interments at local cemeteries.
The Rialto shows Men With Wings a three decade air progress chronicle led by Fred MacMurray Ray Milland and Louise Campbell. Capitol presents Out West With the Hardys with Mickey Rooney Virginia Weidler Ann Rutherford and Lewis Stone in a sixth Hardy family installment at Thanksgiving weekend.
John van Guilder offers practical holiday photography advice. He urges readers to plan a full Christmas story through pictures, prepare supersensitive film and flood bulbs, and stage scenes from decorating the tree to opening toys. He notes lighting tips and family poses to avoid harsh shadows.
A Chicago stock yard strike halted trading and caused anxiety and losses for local livestock raisers and truckers. Stock arrived unsorted, weighing was delayed, and shipments continued to arrive as unions and merchants urged stoppages until the yards re opened. Also reported is the death of J W Taylor 49 at the county farm near Mt Carroll with services held at the Christian funeral home.
Multiple brief obituaries from Savanna Freeport and Joliet noting deaths of Mrs. Harry Kipnis age 40 in St Francis hospital Chicago burial in Chicago with survivors including husband and two children. Also Charles Billhorn 45 veteran and railroad worker Savanna died at Veterans Hospital Hines Illinois with military funeral at Savanna church. burial Savanna. Joseph Haas 62 Pleasant Valley died in Freeport hospital. born Aug 24 1876 in Massbach.
Health advocates promote Christmas Seals to fund tuberculosis prevention. The message emphasizes that TB kills about 200 people daily and targets ages 15 to 45, urging isolation, hygiene, and tuberculin testing and X rays for all ages. Modern sanatoria offer cures and treatment options.
Wiley G. Harris 45 of Lanark is jailed in Mt. Carroll with 750 bond after an information by State's Attorney John L. Brearton accuses him of selling goods for Walnut Grove Products to Hazel Spanogle Milledgeville 82.75 and keeping the money. Proverbial Poem Absence appears in the page text with unrelated lines about absence and clothes.
A historic public health appeal emphasizes tuberculosis education and treatment, urging support for Christmas Seals. The message highlights rehabilitation, scientific methods, and community efforts to eradicate the disease and protect every home from TB.
Legionnaires from nearly all 34 posts in the 13th district met Sunday in Stockton with over 100 at the morning session and 150 in the afternoon. Edward Clamage of Chicago spoke as department commander, with Lester B. Benston Oscar Berga Vergil Lutrell Earl J. Woodring among speakers. District membership reached seven posts tying 1938 levels by November 19 and Savanna post equaled its all time high of 162 members.
A reflective meditation contrasts costly gifts with surrender to God. The speaker urges trust in divine love and warns against fear, embracing unconditional devotion and reciprocal affection from the divine.
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