Farmers Buy Farms Through Land Bank Loans, County Report
County records show 74 families purchased from private owners and nine from the land bank during the five years ending June 30 1940. The Land Bank approved 17 applications totaling 150400 for early 1940 farm purchases. Refinancing remains common, but new purchases rise as eligible applicants gain access to supplementary Commissioner funds. Ex tenants turned owners joined with down payments, paying with long term loans. Is Jones a good customer He pays down but never pays up.
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Mr. Knox
Land Bank
Agsolas
Land Bank Commissioner
Farm Loan Association
Knox
Federal Land Bank
Commissioner
Birthday listings by date and name across towns
Birthday calendar entries list names and places from Milledgeville Thomson Chadwick Lanark Polo Decatur Argo Argo Thomson Milledgeville Chadwick for October 18 to October 24. The compiled notices include individuals with titles Mrs or Mr and multiple spouses or relatives, reflecting a local community remembrance.
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Gerald LeRoy Edmunds
Mr. Carroll
John Ashpole
Ottawa
Florence Ford
Milledgeville
Anna Wertz
Lanark
Paul Davis
Thomson
Blaine Turney
Clinton
Janet Taylor
Emil Hartman
Chadwick
Raymond LaVerne Adolph
Gladys Tallman
Max Rister
Polo
Victor Brockill
Freeport
Elmer Lotz
Mary J. McGinty
Calvin Eslinger
Clayton Paul Grim
Ella Orr
Lois Hunt
Decatur
Clarence Cooper
Agnes Jones
Bruce Wenger
Walter Henske
Cecil Imel
John Warner
Jess Klitz, Jr
Richard Schreiner
S. D. Jones
K. B. Carpenter
George Bittner
Argo
Maxine Shellhouse
Velda Daehler
Carl Schreiner
Carroll
Harriett Isenhart
Chas. Miller
Coleta
H. P.hartman
Howard Lego
Morrison
Jeannette Wilburta Bucklin
Kenneth Robert Carbaugh
Carroll County Cheerful Caller reports local events and notes
The Sterling Daily Gazette covers Carroll County happenings including a visit by former Gov Alf Landon and GOP 1936 nominee. Farmers push corn picking as fall work continues while hunting lands are posted hurting hunters. Local theft, arrests, school yearbook editors, fire department plans and road work are noted along with weather turning colder and preparations for winter.
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Sterling Daily Gazette
Sterling
Alf Landon
Kansas
Republican Standard
Chadwick
Carroll County
Treasure Underground In Illinois Coal Reserves
The article emphasizes Illinois coal mines as a long standing and vast energy asset, predicting billions of tons of coal remain untapped and providing insurance for the industry long after current oil fields are exhausted, while hoping for more oil discoveries.
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Illinois
Notice of Claim Day in Estate of Sarah J Millard
The county court of Carroll County Illinois sets December 2 1940 as the claim date in the estate of Sarah J Millard Deceased Edward Coleman Executor and Chas E Stewart Attorney warn that claims may be filed on or before that date without summons
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Sarah J. Millard
Carroll County
Ilinois
Edward Coleman
Chas. E. Stewart
Remembering Dave Mc Worthy and Halloween Night Mischief
Obituary note honors Dave Mc Worthy who died after a recent injury and reflects on his character. The local column recounts a Halloween recall of a schoolyard prank with a white black striped cat, a ghost, and a box social, ending with the teacher pardoning two boys who helped settle the disturbance.
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Mr. X
Vandal trouble at school ends with coat mix up and resolve
The narrative describes vandals at a school causing disruption and stealing, along with a mislaid overcoat, a teacher reacting with frustration, and a director vowing action. The passage mixes tasting cake, a cat involved in drama, and a late note about a $62 tally, ending with farewell remarks.
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Beau
Federal land bank loans aid farm buyers
Eight three families in Carroll and Whiteside counties bought farms in five years with help from Federal land bank and commissioners loans. Leo M. Knox, secretary treasurer of the Morrison National Farm Loan Association in Morrison Illinois, spoke for the group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Land Bank
Carroll and
Whiteside Counties
Federal Land Bank and Commissioners Loans
Leo M. Knox
Morrison National Farm Loan Association
Morrison
Illinois
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Jones
Thomson Review
the Village Echo
Thomson Broadax
Tne
H. G. Stagg
Sylvalena Bolhous Kenneth Whitney
Telephone
Hansen’s Corners
Better Farm and Farmers
Happy
Milt Hartman
Cvveene
Barber Holland
Savanna
Web Theatre
Frank Goldquist
Merle Fisher
West Point
Field Artillery
W S. Army
C. W. Fisher
Military Academy
Susan Greison
Eugene Moore
Annavas
MT. Carroll
Deupty
Eber Shepherd
Marth Bros
Main Street
Thomas B. Rhodes
Huth
Chicago Tribune
Richard Gillespie
Melendy Hill
Adam Heinze
Art Smith
Earl Bailey
Reynold Lang
S. S. Harter
K. C. Whitney
William Handel
Thomson _ office
Northwestern
Miners Utilities
Chas
Grohari Ing
Mer
Treasure Underground
Legals
Savanna Cafe
B. K. Shores, Prop
Savanna, Ill
Big Horn Mountains
Montana
Milwaukee Stock Yards
Wm, Ehredt and Son
Wilmer Nehrkorn
Glenn Teeter and Son
William Beaton
Sharpe Sa-Ys
Dave McWorthy
Dave
Hitler
Stalin
Mussolini
Treasury
Hallowe'en
Uncle Tom
Hallowe’en
Vinegar Hill
Willows
Lee
Ferguson
W. L. Derrer
Marvin A. Naeve
Bryant
U. S
Iowa
Ill
Ohio
Sharpe Carroll
Thomson, Il
Farmer’s Elevator
Russell Meyers
Mgr
L. W. Keeider, Ass’t Mer
Milledgeville, Ill
Mt. Carroll, Ill
Galena Street
Wisconsin
Mount Carroll Sales CO
H. Kipnis
Roy Fritz
Owen Miles
Shorts
Remington
Avanna
W. F. Black
Foster Black
W. F. Black Farms
Pfister
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