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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1935
Page
7
Readable text shows a scrambled list of grocery items and misread print. Appears to include items like bathroom tissue and marshmallows with scattered brand hints, hints of chocolate, grape jam, pepper, honey, and other pantry goods. No coherent event or narrative emerges from the fragments.
Thomson brief notes Mr and Mrs Wai Hawk Jr and daughter visiting Clinton. Kate Tuyday is mentioned as part of the visit.
Thomson briefs list Savanna callers and Morrison dining gatherings among local families. Guests include Bett y Belle Bauf, Athlone Gaar, Hattie Greeley, Walter Milnes, George Weatherwax, J. Duncan, Dan Sack, and many others, with visits to Morrison, Clinton, DeKalb, Princeton and Argo plus travel to California.
Thomson area notes list numerous visits and gatherings. Families such as Haley Ella Libberton Moyer Turney Melendy and many others were guests or hosts at Sunday dinners and weekend trips. Church societies met for refreshments and next events, while several residents planned travel to Savanna Chicago Clinton and Lucas for family and social occasions.
Savanna resident Mr James Smith visited the Floyd Stratton home in Batavia. Mrs Madge Bower and family were dinner guests in the B R Lewis home. Ed McGinty and family visited with Charles Casselberry at Wacker. Ed Drake and Wayne spent Sunday with Harry Hunter in Sterling. Prank Warfield took a mixed load of stock to Chicago Monday night. Hubert Cate and family dined with E O Hemmer. Anna Stein of Morrison spent Sunday with her mother Mrs Willis Stage and family. They visited the Pines near Polo. Clarence Bielema and family of Chadwick were guests of Ben Dykstra. Louis Daehler, from Champaign, spent the weekend with his parents. Cornelius Nordhoff spent Sunday in Lanark with Lloyd Rogers family. Dan Sack and parents visited in Dixon with Charles Speauan. In Chadwick Earl Sack, recently a Chillicothe Business College graduate, accepted a position with Cudahy Packing Co in Chicago. Sunday callers at Paul Lewis’s home included Dr L R May and daughter LaVonne, Mrs James Smith and Noraj Smith of Savanna, Rev W G Aitken spoke at the First Baptist Church in Clinton Ia. His sermon drew a large audience.
The column notes waning summer days, radio sports, and regular visits from Mr. and Mrs. Earl Roendorf to Miscating. Federal game warden Cheney from Galena visited Sunday. Earl Rupple harvested one and a half bushels of fine peanuts on sandy soil. Mrs. Ray and Mrs. Earl Rupple learned of cousin Bert Bud Dodd's disappearance in Clyde, Whiteside County, last seen Sept. 23. his father Charles Dodd seeks any information. Repairs and new paint brighten homes as soybeans emerge. WLS drama group performers from Chicago are cited, along with local teaching and farming updates.
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