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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1932
Page
2
A notice records second class matter status for She Thomson in Thomson Illinois, filed under the Postal Act of March 1879.
C E Huff of the National Grain Corporation argues agriculture needs broad cooperative action from farm to market. He condemns high Chicago Board of Trade commissions on futures trades and tax-like costs borne by farmers, urging farmer-led cooperatives as the remedy. Carroll county delegates attended the Agricultural Adjustment Conference in Oregon on October 6.
Len Small leads Horner for Illinois governor by about five votes in a Rockford Register-Gazette straw poll covering northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin. Roosevelt and Hoover show mixed results with rural areas favoring Roosevelt while Horner does better in towns and cities across ten northern counties.
Village notes clash over a Roosevelt Hoover contest with two Chadwick men clashing on Main Street. The piece praises restraint, recalls a late night private celebration, and endorses officials trimming expenses while condemning broad salary cuts. It reports V V Provant sale bringing $1500, corn indifference in a gloomy market, and urges October 18 registration ahead of the November 8 election.
Miscellany of brief humorous exchanges and odd bits featuring Grandpa and Little Louise. A state health officer in Virginia tells of a farmer delivering vegetables to a sanitarium with a punchy exchange about farming and craziness. A girl asks about revenge as a boy friend and another girl discuss a dating mishap.
Theodore Adair of near Brookville was arrested by county officers Monday on a charge of obtaining money under false pretenses. He was taken to Mt. Carroll where a preliminary hearing was held. Also Mt. Carroll baker Dallas Elliott was fined and placed under a peace bond after a charge of assault and battery by John Mumford. Marriage licenses were issued to E. Weidman and Maryone Phillips of Mt. Carroll by Clerk Walter Watson on Oct 7.
The annual meeting of the Carroll County Tuberculosis association will be at the Palisades lodge near Savanna on Monday Oct 11 with a 6:30 dinner and officer election. State workers will participate in a short program. Fall plans for the county Christmas seat sale will be discussed. W P Shahan will attend. Officers listed include Dr E Turner president and Bruce Machen treasurer.
Members of the Carrell county Republican committee endorsed a 20 million dollar emergent relief bond plan to raise county funds and urge voter approval at the November 8 general election. Pamphlets outline two state options to finance unemployment relief and warn of higher taxes if the bond fails.
Voters in Winnow rural and surrounding areas must register for the general election, with registration days set for October 18 and November 1. Registrants will have names transferred to poll lists and new registrations recorded. attendance urged, as registration lasts two years after the congressional election.
Hundreds of Carroll county voters are expected to travel with thousands from northern Illinois to a Sterling rally next Friday. The event features a barbecue with a 1400 pound ox from Representative Henry Allen’s prize herd, six thousand buns, a hundred pounds of catfish, ten gallons of barbecue sauce, and extensive refreshments prepared by Chef Bob Cushman and helpers. Orator James Garfield Jr. leads speeches alongside Len Small, Oscar E. Catlin, and other notable figures including Senator Chis F. Glenn, Warland Brooks, and Harry G. Wright as they seek to energize supporters for the Republican ticket.
The upcoming political event features candidates from Allen and Colas counties joined by major northern bands. A torchlight parade will march through the streets with prizes for costumes and decorations, followed by speeches and a fireworks display at the Liteelr school yard. A factory rep will oversee a local event activity.
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