Helping youths on Hallowe'en and other local notes
Community notes show Chadwick plans a Hallowe'en main street program to steer youths toward positive fun. The column also urges statewide marriage license health checks, reports on snakes in Thomson, and explores village needs such as a public rest room and a skating rink.
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Chadwick
Geneseo
Ill
Illinois
Iowa
Clinton Herald
Wisconsin
Davenport
Chicago
Rockford
Rock Walls
Galesburg
Kewaunee
Thomson
Chicago Cubs
Yankees
Carroll County Platform from 1938 Review
The platform calls for a bank at Milledgeville. It supports extending Route 171 from Hansen's Corners on Route 78 to Chadwick to connect with Route 40. It urges electing efficient town village and county officers and pushing expense reduction. It promotes community competitive sports and markets Carroll County as the sports men's paradise.
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Rt. 171
Hansen's Corners
Rt. 78
Chadwick
Platform Review Summary Headlines 1938 Election Topics
The list highlights key campaign themes from 1938 including tax cuts, safety, crime deterrence, constitutional fidelity, and farm support. It reflects voters and candidates focusing on fiscal restraint, public safety, legal integrity, and agricultural policy.
Birthday notices from October listings
Local society page lists birthdays by date and name. Names include Thomas Rush Thomson Beatrice Lott Chadwick Harlan Handel Chadwick and others across Thomson Lanark Savanna Clinton Chadwick and nearby towns through October 20.
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Archie Heath
Lanark
Harlan Handel
Chadwick
Robert Ashpole
Thomson
Beatrice Lott
Lloyd Schreiner
Harold Atherton
Billy Halfman
Sharpe Says Local Schools Recall Humble Beginning
An operator and national figure recounts a childhood in Hickory Hollow with 18 pupils 10 boys and 8 girls, noting a teacher kept a razor strop in a locked drawer to discipline students, reflecting on education and local pride.
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Hickory Hollow
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Review
Doc Saunders
the Village Echo
Thomson Broadax
Thomson Review
H. G. Stagg
Harriett Smith
Kenneth Whitney
Office of Publication
Thomson, Illinois
Telephone
Publisher's
Hallowe'en
Charles Wilt
Sandridge
Carroll County
Johnny Brown
Iowa City
Johnny
Reublicans
Springfield
Washington
Midway Inn
MT. Carroll
John Gerwicks
Kentucky
Ralph Eaton
Tony Miles
Boby
Emnyre
Curt Nanign
Marion Hartman
PTA
Ed Mest
John Tripp
Harvey Seim
John
Lotz
Quest
Savanna
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
American Federation of Labor
Willis
Ralph Madsen
Palisadestate Park
Madsen
F. A. Stransky
Pacific Northwest
Hawaii
St. Paul's Parish House
Sarah
Argo
Ideal
Center
Vinegar Hill
Oil Valley
Ol Valley
York Rural
Dist
Milledgeville
Happy
Thomas Rush, Thomson
LeRoy Collinson
Henry Ven Huizen
Clinton
Dave McWorthy
John Ashpole
Donald Hartman
Garrett Naniga
Glyde Collinson
Charles McGinty
Donald McGinnis
Allen Dykstra
Ollie Atherton
Henry St. Ores
Joe Melendy
Kate Gleason
John Kratz
Ernest Kloepping
Blaine Turney
Emil Hartman
Raymond Adolph
Raymond Mackey
Pauline Sikkema
P. J. Cavanagh & Co
Clinton, Ia
Thomson Rendering Works
Mt. Carroll, I
Kipnis Sale Pavilion
Galena Street
Dakota
Mount Carroll Sales CO
H. Kipnis
Roy Fritz
Owen Miles
Sharpe
Duroc
Chadwick, Illinois
Prince OF Pathfinder
Kenneth Schneider
Mount Carroll, Illinois
Duroes
Lewis Motor CO
SYR -E
Clinton, Iowa
John L. Brearton
Savanna, Illinois
Mt. Carroll Mutual Fire Ins. Co
Route 78
Jersey
Guernsey
John Deere
Emerson Gang
J. M. Libberton
Edw
R. Mest
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