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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1942
Page
4
A column mixes community notices with a discussion on anesthesia and surgery. It notes visits by Thomson Briefs and local families in Savanna Clayton area towns, then shifts to a meditation on anesthesia as a safe guide to oblivion. The piece ends with a joke about a quarrelsome husband and an aggressive wife.
The piece promotes October as Do-Nut Month and notes doughnuts as a family staple. It cites 1941 U S consumption of 5 1 billion doughnuts valued at 85 million and mentions automatic doughnut machines reducing fat absorption. It also covers frying temps and tips, home methods, and a radio segment on Illinois Homemakers Forum inviting recipe sheets from Christine Ryman Pensinger.
Mrs John Carpenter and son Bob called Monday in Mt Carroll. The Win A dame residence is being inclosed. Forrest Eslinger and Jaclyn Ann of Lanark were Sunday guests of Mrs Emma Eslinger. Cecile Williams of Chadwick weekend guest of Eugene Murray. She returned home with Louis Frank who were dinner guests in the Murray home. James Green and family hosted Warren Green of Mt Car Wednesday supper. Frank B Arnold of Modesto California called on Noah Sweitzer and family. they will stay indefinit ely. Ed Sack and son Ned of Dixon spent Sunday and Monday in the Dan Sack home.
Savanna high school’s football team beat Mt Carroll 40-9 on Savanna Field. Coach Stefani played mostly reserves in the second half after a 27 point first quarter and a 13 point second. Mt Carroll scored late with a touchback a touchdown and extra point.
Illinois geologic notes describe Cambrian sandstone as the state’s oldest and deepest sedimentary rocks containing large freshwater reserves. Wells tap these beds across Rockford LaSalle region and deeper areas reach 2 600 feet, with basin depths up to 10 000 feet, where salt water likely stops further drilling. The piece blends geology with a brief, unrelated humor segment about christening a son Homer.
A passenger and a taxi driver argued over fate during a ride. The passenger claimed a ten year cab-riding history to prove his stance, while the driver retorted with a joke about efforts to ride.
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