This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 12 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1942
Page
5
The notice describes classifieds available across three publications in Carroll and Rock Island counties. It notes rates based on service and territory, enforcement of open classifications, and Review style type. It states the Review will cover one incorrect insertion.
Notice restricts hunting and trespassing on land leased from the government along Route 80 north of Thomson and on Guy Turney's farm. Warns trespassers will be prosecuted according to law.
An agricultural ad invites farmers in Bryant Iowa and surrounding regions to try Ace High corn. It claims high oil and starch content, high yield, and urges orders as some numbers are low. It markets the seed as grown and processed with wartime morale phrasing.
A fragmented ad listing various services including auto insurance by George Oliver of Hillsdale and law texturing by George W Ivey & Sons Mt Carroll linking to a real estate broker A L Boothby. Also mentions shoe repairing by Jake Kerkstra Fulton and a Savannah address with prompt reliable service.
Local auto service providers advertise winter fronts for cars, gas bill reduction schemes, tire recapping, and general maintenance. Shops listed include Cut Rate Auto Supply next to Strand Theatre, Bear Service Station on 4th Avenue South, Recap Tire Service, and Acker Chevrolet in Mt. Carroll. Addresses and brief taglines suggest broad auto care offerings in Clinton area.
Classified note lists a 1935 Pontiac sedan four door for sale at 200 dollars. Seller is Helen Bentley located in Polo Illinois. The fragment includes a library anecdote about custodians and scholars from Harvard.
Listings show auctions at Sterling Sales Pavilion Sterling Al with horses cattle hogs and sheep every Thursday starting early morning. Brookville Sales held Wednesdays at 12 30 pm offering horses dairy cattle butcher cattle bulls steers veal calves bred sows feeder pigs and more. Harry Kipnis to host sale at Mt Carroll Florida Oct 16 starting 12 50 pm featuring horses cattle hogs sheep and related stock.
A dense list of purebred animals offered by multiple sellers across Carroll County and surrounding areas. Holsteins Jerseys and Angus cattle, Duroc and Poland China boars, Shropshire sheep, Hampshire pigs, Guernsey and Chester White boars, gilts, ram lambs, and Shetland ponies. Includes contact names, towns such as Mount Carroll Dixon Morrison Lanark and Prophetstown, plus telephone or route references. Many items note cholera immune or high testing status for breeding stock.
Classified listings show numerous items for sale and wanted items including sewing machines fishing supplies shotgun rifles and accessories. Notable entries include 8 roll McCormick shredder 200 acre farm for sale near Morrison and a black land farm 160 acres with buildings near Belvidere. Various farm goods trees and nursery offerings appear from Wessels Nursery German Valley Illinois.
A collection of gibes and witticisms on everyday life. Jokes on poverty, government policy, and social quirks, including a quip about tires, a bird tale, a waiter’s eye, and a humorous store encounter.
A bride and groom depart on a brief honeymoon after a breakfast in a downtown hotel. The groom wears olive drab and brass buttons with matching attire while the bride dons blue. An English visitor in upstate New York questions a peculiar owl cry as the local friend explains the owling sound.
In a Washington War Production Board office two workers silently tracked each other. One quit at 4 PM, the other tolled at 6. The decisive moment came when the second revealed his tactic of marking tough details and citing Commander Smith, proving no papers returned.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.