Governor Horner’s Death Sparks Illinois Political Reflection
The piece notes Governor Horner’s death ending his era. It critiques patronage under the Nobleman Kelly Nash ring and contemplates Governor Stelle’s potential moves on state employees. It contrasts war talk about Japan and Roosevelt with a personal ramble on democracy and old friendships. It closes with an elongated anecdote about Robert Burns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horner
Illinois
Kelly
Nash
Stelle
Kelly Nashring
Hershey
Japan
Uncle Sam
China
Carroll County Platform Proposes County Sport Focus
From the 1940 Review, Carroll County platform endorses a Milledgeville bank, extending Route 171 to Chadwick via Han sen's Corners and Route 78, electing efficient local officers, reducing expenses, and promoting community competitive sports in Carroll County. The platform casts Carroll as the sportsmen's paradise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County
Milledgeville
Hansen’s Corners
Chadwick
Birthday list notices from Milledgeville and nearby towns
Public birthday acknowledgments list names and residences for October 11 to 17 across Milledgeville Thomson Chadwick Lanark Mt Carroll Fulton Savanna Argo and Argo area towns. Names include Dale Zenk June Stone Agnes Rippy Gail Turney Sam Jones and many others daily through Oct 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dale Richard Zenk
Thomson
Chester Libberton
Mt. Carroll
G. W. Wolf
Milledgeville
Sam Jones
Stone
Agnes Rippy
Gail Turney
Ed Drake
Wilma Miller
Lanark
Kathleen Isenhart
H. A. Harfman
Morris
Tom Sheridan
Chadwick
Mary Alice Isenhart
A. M. Wolfley
Dennis Lee Lamooreux
Willard Hartman
Fulton
Jerry G. Sikkema
Everett Queckboerner
Beth Mackey
Velma L. Cambman
John Albert Clemens
Beatrice Lott
Lloyd Schreiner
Harold Atherton
Robert Voeckel
Robert Ashpole
Billy Halfman
Leroy Collinson
Savanna
Henry von Huizen
Clinton
Emerson Wenger
Jackie Wagner
Dave McWorthy
John Ashpole
Donald Hartman
Shirley Kay Chase
William Merle Chase
Glyde Collinson
Argo
Connie Lee Strauch
Milledveville
Chas
McGinty
Donald McGinnis
Allen Dykstra
Carrie Atherton
Elmer Hook
Donald Green
Judith Anne Weidman
Carroll County News Briefs Hint At Local Happenings
Local notes from Thomson, Chadwick, Mount Carroll describe cabin leases near Old Riverview, hunting blinds, fish questions, farm purchases, and a stolen car. Reports mention Melon days ending, registration for national defense, a new village marshal, heating installations, and a crop of peas. Public notices warn of drainage and levee tax deadlines for 1941.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Riverview
Thomson
Fred Smith
Carrell County
Champaign
A. D
Savanna and
York
Carroll
Ilinois
Roy I. Houghton
Milledgeville Figures Named in Local Notices
The item lists individuals including Lee Emnyre Eva Allen and Lois Sarber of Milledgeville along with Mrs. Kate Gleason of Ideal and Mrs. John Kratz of Chadwick in a local notices collection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Emnyre
Milledgeville
Eva Allen
Lois Sarber
Kate Gleason
Ideal
John Kratz
Chadwick
Bill Traum Announces Mutual Network Programs
Bill Traum, promotion director and announcer at WROK Rockford, announced two Mutual network programs aired last week by WGN Chicago. Mutual carried Lou Panico Orchestra from the Faust hotel in Rockford last Tuesday and Wednesday from 4 to 4 30. WROK originates the program weekly on Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons. WGN airs it when possible. WHBF Rock Island and WROK are other area Mutual stations. Mr and Mrs A P Kenyon formerly of Chadwick now Westerly RI heard Traum on WFIL Philadelphia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Traum
WROK
Rockford
Mutual
WGN
Chicago
MBS
Louis Panico
Faust Hotel
WHBF
Rock Island
A. P. Kenyon
Chadwick
Westerly
R. L
Bill
WFIL
Philadelphia
Vandals Target Ancient Graves Before Archaeologists Reach Them
A short, provocative remark notes vandals as people who rob ancient graves before archaeologists can intervene, framing the issue as a caution about cultural desecration and looting.
Meet the Real McCoys At Texaco Station
The McCoy brothers Bob and Frank now operate Reynolds Texaco at 60 North Main Clinton Indiana inviting friends and motorists to stop for a tank of Texaco gasoline. Bob has worked at the station for months while Frank arrives from Town City to join him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martine
McCoy
North Main
Clinton
Texaco
Bob
Frank McCoy
Reynold
Frank
Town City
Also Mentioned on This Page
Sharpe
Tankes
Germany
Elliot Roosevelt
Prince of Wales
England
Washington
Lincoln
McKinley
Cleaveland
William Bryan
Robert Burns
Burns
Bedad
God
Thomson Review
the Village Echo
Thomson Broadax
Noe Saunders
H. G. Stagg
Sylvalena Bolhous Kenneth Whitney
Telephone
Happy
Joe Melendy
Henry St. Ores
Graharing
Ford Grimm
West Main Street
National Defense
Dr. Calkins
Ed Mest
F. Hartman
Charlie
Bill Handel
Ben Stadel
John Geisz
Wisconsin
Upper Michigan
Minnesota
Jack Geisz
Alma
Lake Superior
Iron
Hibbing
St. Paul
Tom Watson
David Kipnis
Bazooka
County of
Roy I
Houghton
Nesbitt
Savanna, Ill
W. L. Derrer
Kipnis Auction
Mt. Carroll, Illinois
Northwestern
Illinois Utilities
Chas. Groharing, Mgr
Cobb
Ferguson
Marvin A. Naeve
Bryant
U. S
Iowa
Ill
Ohio
Sharpe Carroll
Round Oak
Otter Bros
Thorn2en
Meet the
Real McCoys
Marth Bros
W. F. Black
Walnut, Ill
Pei
Foster Black
Lester Pfister
W. F. Black Farms
Pfister
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