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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1928
Page
5
The Thomson school lads travel to Chadwick Tuesday afternoon for a return game after one home contest. A lively, pep filled clash is expected from both teams with strong effort on the field.
East ern Star Ad s h e lo e Chapter 458 A E 8S met in their Chapter room last Thursday. After the business meeting a social hour followed with refreshments served by Mr and Mrs John Carroll Mr and Mrs Frank Brown and Mr and Mrs Alec McCullagh. A six thirty dinner is planned soon followed by a lecture for Eastern Stars and Masons by Rev Daniel Hogan of Clinton. Details to be announced later. Irve Martindale has improved the elevator area partitioning a feeds room and plans more open space to boost health. The Hammonds of Stockton face bankruptcy after their bank closed recently. They own land in Colorado the Dakotas and Jo Davies County. Frozen real estate assets helped close the bank. John Shrader has his first season sale Saturday at Chadwick offering Chester White boars and gilts raised by Harry Rahn plus horses cattle etc. Sale starts after noon.
Mr O H Hackett plans a grape farm near Bayard Lewis farm west of town. He cites Ohio acres of grapes with strong markets and says local soil is suitable. If successful, multiple acres may be planted and tended on the Sandridge.
Lucius Green died at his Lyons Iowa home last week. He lived here before and after his marriage. He is survived by his widow three sisters a brother and three daughters Mrs Ben Griswold of Clinton is one of the daughters.
Classified ads offer cabbage at 60 cents a dozen and Hubbard squash at 20 cents each or a dozen with a note of satisfaction guarantee and local delivery in Thomson. Also various notices about drainage assessments due March 1929, speak of bonds, interest, and sale of lands if unpaid. Includes a sale ad for Kipnis Clean Up auction near Savanna and general classifieds in Clinton Iowa and Argo-Fa milk prices.
Down Shader announces a Saturday sale with half a dozen horses a dozen cattle and around a hundred head of hay plus Chester Whites. Shrader reports strong bookings and urges sellers to notify before Saturday noon. Eddie Isenhart of Fairhaven visited last week and left word for his closing out sale for October 16th noting farming is challenging after his wife's passing.
The notice states a person will sell all equipment for amount it brings. Payments due on assessment Nos. 3 and 4 are owed to Mr Carrell Mutual Fire Insurance Company. Losses recorded around Thomson include $939.55 to Jo Seal Methodist Church, $17.50 to Glen Adby, $50 to Grace and Louis Shelly, $75 to Dwight McCullogh. Total losses paid $13.00 fines last assessment. Also mentions telephone books and sale bills for job printing.
A cash article compares car trouble to finances, urging immediate attention to financial issues. It advises not to ignore problems until breakdown but to seek timely help from the bank, likening it to a repair service for money and credit.
The One-Denver Dry Goods Company with stores at Fulton and Sterling has been acquired by the First National Bank of Sterling. The store in Sterling has long operated and the Fulton location started two years ago after a buyout. Debts against the firm are to be satisfied from the sale of stock.
A Vermont report claims the state holds an early world lead with a playful record of the first ii puny in a quirky contest. Local observers note humor and regional pride in the unusual achievement.
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