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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1936
Page
5
A chunkt of phrases reflects varied remarks, jokes, and social banter. The text catalogs opinions about editing tone, gossip, technology, and manners, with snippets from fictional or colloquial voices. It notes 77 Pullman sleepers entering Switzerland and hints at travel and gendered interactions.
The Cap itol Theatre Davenport debuts The Big Broadcast of 1937 on Friday, headlined by Jack Benny with Burns and Allen, Benny Goodman and his swing band, Martha Raye, Shirley Ross, Benny Fields, and Stockowski Orchestra. The film follows Benny a radio station manager trying to keep everyone happy, amid comic misadventure and celebrity turns. Also shown is Thank You Jeeves featuring Arthur Treacher in a P. G. Wodehouse tale of a perfect butler’s chaotic life.
An editorial piece pokes at clever wordplay as Wit Knott signs Won't and a whimsical take on hunting, politeness, and social quirks unfolds. It cites a satirical game law list from Altoona Tribune and ends with a political cue urging votes for John L. Brearton, Republican candidate for States Attorney.
E Melville Hayes county rehabilitation supervisor for the Resettlement Administration outlines loan aided farming in Ogle Lee Whiteside and Carrott counties. Seventy two families totaling 319 persons now farm 9388 acres as harvest season ends for winter preparations.
E Melville Hayes explains farm loan restructuring under the Resettlement Administration aided 4 counties with rehabilitation loans. Ownership distributes among private individuals banks and other orgs including insurance firms and operator-owned farms. Loans require inability to obtain credit elsewhere, set up farm and home plans, and first liens on livestock and equipment. Average family income rose to about 942 this year from 563 in 1935.
Instructions describe shaping tart shells using muffin tins and rounds, filling before or after baking, and creating lattice lids or center holes for half circles. A casual vent follows about returning from vacation to empty bottles and missing drinks.
Savanna and Lyons played to a 0-0 tie Friday at Lyons field with drizzling rain hampering play. Savanna earned five first downs while Lyons had six as penalties totaled 65 yards for Lyons and 35 for Savanna, five passes by Savanna with one interception. Next Friday Savanna meets Mt Carroll at Weidmans field in their season opener.
Ninejora, a four year old pacer, resumes winter quarters at Carroll Park. The mare has six firsts, three seconds and one third in the summer season, including a Grand Circuit appearance at Lexington, Kentucky where she won a heat in 2.03 2-2 and paced the final half in 69.1 seconds, signaling a potential two minute mile next year.
Lanark high school grid team fell 219 to 0 to Pecatonica on the litters field Saturday in only their second game. Pecatonica scored in the first, second, fourth periods with most TDs on passes. Wix led Lanark offensively while Diehl excelled on defense. Tomorrow Lanark hosts Rockton.
Banana Cream Tarts mix whipped cream sugar and vanilla with bananas and fill tart shells. Sprinkle with chocolate if desired and serve. Banana Apricot Tarts soak dried apricots, cook with bananas, then press through a sieve and glaze a banana filled shell. Serve in pastry shells.
Mt Carroll high school defeated Galena high 19 to 6 on Friday in the second conference game. Mt Carroll built a 12 first downs to four advantage, with DeNier scoring on a 20 yard run and Leigh adding two TDs via short plunges, Guenzler adding one extra point and a late score by Guenzler on a kick. Galena’s lone touchdown came on Marsden’s one yard plunge in the fourth quarter.
Coaches from Lanark Milledgeville Chadwick Shannon and Mt Carroll met in Lanark Tuesday night to discuss schedules and the possibility of a county league. Milledgeville Warfel and Chadwick Kenyon attended, but no action was taken. Thomson and Shannon preliminarily must respond before any league formation.
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