Cheerful Caller Sparks Morning Notice in East End
Friday night excitement in Carroll County's east end ends with the Charles Trude family forced to move after a street quarrel near the Etter Humbert house. The village marshal quieted the disturbance as neighbors awoke. Herb Spearman returns from a pheasant hunt and hints about birds. H E and H H Zugschwerdt inspect their trailers ahead of snow.
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Charles Trude
Etter Humbert
Herb Spearman
H. E
H. H. Zugschwerdt
Last and Least Parade Ends in Cow Calf Race
A lively fair scene captures a late day cattle parade with a prankster narrator recalling the last and least remark. The narrator helps lead Holsteins Guernseys and Whiteface in a downtown track parade, a pig ring trick and a blue ribbon calf race ending with a chaotic finale and mixed feelings.
Supply Shortages Meet War Era Demand Across Goods
The piece notes women and men seeking woolen dresses suits and knives face shortages as American goods lag and British imports surge. It cites a hotel manager told American knives are scarce while British stainless steel arrives. It highlights concern over six to seven billion dollars in lend lease expenditures and demands more congressional scrutiny.
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Congress
Chicago Tribune
Thomson Illinois newspaper masthead history notes
The item lists publication history for Thomson Illinois papers including The Village Echo 1875 The Thomson Broadax 1879 Thomson Review 1893 with staff roles for Doc Saunders Foster L Stagg and Kenneth Whitney and details about publication and mailing under federal acts. It notes second class matter status and weekly Thursday issues plus pricing and contact.
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The
Village Echo
Thomson Broadax
Thomson Review
Dew
Doc Saunders Foster L. Stagg
H. G. Stagg
Kenneth Whitney
Thomson, Ilinois
Farmers face new tax rules on feed and breeding stock
A 1941 Department of Finance ruling taxes retail sales of feed and breeding stock. Farmers not in retail sale avoid tax. those with milk cream or roadside stands or advertised retail sales are in business and taxed. Seed sales for planting were taxed after a Supreme Court ruling, and breeders selling as such are taxed. Until the court decides, all retail feed sales by farming sellers are taxable. Keep sales slips for records.
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Department of Finance
Department
Illinois Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Circuit Court
Sangamon County
Trail ride by local horsemen north of Clinton delights riders
The Colehours and other local horsemen enjoyed a Sunday trail ride north of Clinton with favorable weather. City Marshal Charles Petty appeared in a new uniform recently, and workers repaired a steam line between the courthouse and the annex over the past week. The mild conditions spared occupants from cold during the outage.
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Colehours
Clinton
Charles Petty
Multiple oil sands push Illinois Salem field to prominence
In Illinois oil pools often rely on a single bed, but some fields yield from several strata. The Salem field in Marion county epitomizes this with 2400 wells drawing oil from six distinct sands at depths from 1750 to over 4500 feet, making it a standout in the Illinois basin and among America’s great fields.
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Ilinois
Salem
Marion County
Illinois
America
Crimson Gulch Club Namesake Echoes in Return Interest
In a terse exchange, Cactus Joe confirms Crimson Gulch remains keen on the Blue Eagle. The note recalls the town’s early exuberance when the popular night spot carried that name.
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Crimson Gulch
Cactus Joe
Provisions of Dead Animal Disposal Law Enacted in Illinois
A new Illinois law on dead animal disposal, signed July 16 by Governor Green, requires rendering plants to be licensed and inspected by the department of agriculture. Trucks must be sanitary with no leakage and covered loads, and carcasses must be processed within 4% hours. Farmers must dispose within 24 hours by notifying a licensed renderer or burying at least four feet deep or burning, with feeding restrictions also in place.
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Illinois Assembly
Green
Ilinois Renderers’ Association
Department of Agriculture
Rendering plants push to enforce new law in Illinois
Illinois rendering plants cooperate to enforce fresh meat law. Plants upgrade equipment and trucks statewide to meet regulations and ensure safe disposal of uncooked carcasses from live stock used for human consumption.
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Ilinois
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Robert F. Wernle
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W. L. Derrer
MT. Carroll
Young Men's
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Hans P
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Rene Eamones
Treasure Underground
Cooper Hose
Cooper Underwear
Cooper Sportswear
Rhodes Bros
McKinley &Hummelgaard
Chic
Motor Club
Gouz
Lelay
W. A. & O. Stuedemann
Purina
M.C. Crouse
Patek Paints
Milledgeville
Walnut, Illinois
Fred Wolf
W. F. Black Farms
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Pfister
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