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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1938
Page
2
A brief catalog line listing year markers for Village Echo in its sixty third year and references to Thomson Broadax and Thomson Review with years 1875 1879 and an incomplete 189% fragment.
The Carroll County platform outlines a bank at Milledgeville a road extension from Hansen's Corners on Route 78 to Chadwick via Route 40 and a call to elect efficient local officers. It promotes community competitive sports and emphasizes sports as Carroll County’s paradise.
A summary outline lists four endorsed themes: lower taxes, safety first, crime deterrence, constitutional adherence, with notes on agriculture and farmers. The list emphasizes fiscal restraint, public safety, rule of law, and farm interests as central priorities.
The town announces birthdays for residents in Chadwick Thomson Lanark Mt. Carroll Fulton Milledgeville Superior and Chicago figures include Mrs Henry Daehler Mrs W C Scribner Betty Maynard Mrs Charles Curley Fred Seim Marian Schneider Floyd Tripp Joe Pessman Deloris Bittner Angeline Imel Clyde Foltz Joyce Flickinger Zacha Morgan Chester Libberton Kathleen Isenhart Walter Weber John Sauer Gail Turney Alvie Wolfley Everett Jueckboerner Beth Mackey Velma Dambman Willard Hartman Jerry Sikkema Ed Drake and others.
Charles Henry Cook 65 a retired Milwaukee railroad passenger conductor died Tuesday night at Savanna City hospital. Born July 10 1878 he began work with the Milwaukee in 1898 and retired in April. Funeral plans await wife from Los Angeles Friday.
Local brief covers new one man football experiment in Oregon area high schools and banking amendment voting. It notes Cubs World Series lead and discussions over team prospects, plus mosquito reports near Savanna and civic news in Thomson.
Those on the absence list for September are Charles Libberton Glen Doty Robert Frank Cid Libberton Russell Libberton and Wilma Foltz. On the B honor roll are Charles Libberton Robert Frank Glen Doty Cid Libberton Russell Libberton Wilma Foltz and Marian Daves. Plans for a Halloween program and pastry social at the school house on Tuesday evening October 25 invite all parents and friends to attend.
The Jo Daviess and Carroll County Medical societies sponsor a second program on Obstetrics and Pediatrics in Savanna Illinois on October 12 at 8:00 p m. Dr Bert I Beverly Oak Park will discuss Behavior Problems in Children and Dr Charles B Reed Chicago will cover Medical Complications of Pregnancy. Organizers Ray E Logan Galena and L B Hussey Savanna urge all physicians in the region to attend.
Cy Petersen, renowned trick shot artist, will personally appear at the Clinton Billiard Parlor on Thursday Oct 13. He will perform unprecedented billiard feats including shots with a fifty cent piece. Sam Knight invites Illinois friends to attend. admission is free.
Republican senatorial nominee Richard J. Lyons will address listeners on WROK Rockford Monday evening October 10 from 8:30 to 9:00 pm. He will discuss relief and unemployment as part of a Republican rally drawing thousands to Freeport.
Memoir notes the Iowa river bluffs, vines, and flat channels along the Mississippi from Burlington toward Fort Madison Montrose Nauvoo and Keokuk. It describes rapids dams locks a canal for rafts and rail bridges. Mentions Mason’s island Warsaw Alexandria Canton La Grange and Smoots Landing with historical notes on towns and commerce.
Un Sharpe pays tribute to Charles Duryea, credited with creating the first gas motor driven buggy. Though unnoticed and never wealthy, his idea sparked the world’s largest industry. The column blends local chatter and light anecdotes from a cafe crowd recalling stories and a Wisconsin fishing trip ending without a clear ending.
A rambling column recalls fishing trips in Minnesota and Clinton with humorous yarns about a ghost carp in a tub. It notes Cubs wins, the end of a war era, railroad strikes, and local bids like Savanna’s hall and York township bridge closures.
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