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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1941
Page
4
The notice outlines classified ads in three publications covering Cee rall and Rock Island counties. It mentions reasonable rates, proper classifications, and the Review style, plus auto service promotions from Cut Rate Auto Supply and General Auto Co. Bear Service Station.
A collage of quips, want ads, and social asides recalls wartime humor and small town life. Witty lines on romance and manners mix with notices and farm advertising, reflecting a slice of midcentury American daily humor and classifieds.
The page lists rental properties including a 134 acre farm northeast of Thomson on a gravel road with 10 acres alfalfa and a 160 acre farm southwest of Chadwick managed by Mary Kradle. It also includes a long reflection on October color, school health guidance, and a social column anecdote from Winder Georgia.
Heavy demands upon our service department require reliable men for steady work. We seek qualified applicants and a good used car mechanic. See Mr. Graban at Rock Island Nash 1500 4th Ave Rock Island Illinois It 109. Marvin Naeve Bryant Iowa agent Sharpe Carroll box 383 Thomson NL promotes U S hybrids with high yields and easy picking including Ohio M 15 64 day or 90 day types and other corn belt varieties for top honors.
A local notice seeks a notary public service for Clarence Bol hous in Thomson. Call at the house on Saturdays or during evening hours for arrangements.
The text discusses differences between simple and compound fractures, noting infection risks when bone ends protrude. It advises washing exposed bone with gasoline, re housing the end, applying a tourniquet if bleeding is heavy, using a dry bandage, then splinting and transporting to hospital while treating shock.
Ownership details for the Thomson Review dated October 1, 1941 list Foster L. Stagg as publisher and editor with H G Stagg as business manager. Owners are Foster L. Stagg and H G Stagg. No bondholders or mortgages. A notary swore the document on October 7, 1941. A fragment recalls a tramp conversation about honest work and questions about God from a woman near a water tank.
Official notice posted on Tract No FI-164 Carroll Farms in the Mississippi bottoms south of Savanna. Violators will be dealt with in accordance with the law. Signs warn and a $50 reward is offered for information leading to conviction of anyone molesting the land.
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