Carroll County Platform for 1939 Review
The platform includes a Bank at Milledgeville. It calls for extending Route 171 from Hansen's Carnera onto Route 88 via Chadwick. It pledges electing town village and county officers and aiding them to reduce expenses. It promotes community competitive sports in Carroll County. Carroll County The Sports men's Paradise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milledgeville
Hansen’s Carnera
Chadwick
Carroll County
Sportsmen's Paradise
Happy Birthday List for October Dates
The page presents a birthday directory listing names and places tied to dates from Friday October 20 through Tuesday October 24. Individuals include Mrs Max Rister Polo Pauline Sikkema Thomson Mrs S O Cram Milledgeville Gladys Tellman Lanark William Beaston Carroll Mrs Elmer Lots Lanark and others in Milledgeville Lanark Thomson Chadwick Argo and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Max Rister
Polo
Pauline Sikkema
Thomson
S. O. Cram
Milledgeville
Gladys Tellman
Lanark
William Beaston
Mr. Carroll
Elmer Lots
Victor Brockinl
Freeport
Mary J. McGinty
Thomason
Wm. H. Miller
Robert Pilgrim
Wayne Hanna
Delores Ann Hill
Frances Green
Argo
Maxine Shellhouse
C. D. Jones
Er. B. Carpenter
George Bittner
Velda Daebler
Chadwick
Argo Fs
Carl Schreiner
Harriett Isenhart
Charles Miller
Colote
H. P. Hartman
Howard Lego
Walter Henske
Jeanette Wilburt
Becktia
Chad
Carroll County News Highlights Local Hunts and Hopes
In northern areas several husking contests use mechanical pickers while the best hand picker remains popular. Duck season opens with anticipated hunters and reports of tame ducks. Basketball, ping pong at schools, Legion activities, Scouting, and a new lunchroom attract attention amid farm and town news. Local transport, business, and church events fill a busy Sunday, with fieldwork and hunting season details shaping community life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion Auxiliary
W. S. Feldwisch
Springfield
Lakemiller
Lutheran Church
DO. H. Boening
Chadwick
County American Legion Council
Savanna
County Tuberslosis Association
Local Notables and Residents List Read Like Directory
A damaged clipping lists residents and associates in Milledgeville Chadwick Lanark Thomson and Oregon areas. Names include Mrs Chas Begeman Henry Miller Fenton Haugh Kim George Ione Mary Hawkins Dale Maydew Nelo Hardazero Ray Lichty John Deets Russell Provant and others with multiple towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas. Begeman
Milledgeville
Henry G. Miller
Chadwick
Fenton Haugh
Kim George Ione
Yle Glenn
Ledgeville
George W. Tones
Lanark
Mary Hawkins
Dale Maydew
Clinton
Nelo Hardazero
Ray Lichty
John Deets
Oregon
Donald Rook
Pulbe
Wade's Wide Crack and the Bellevue Leader Debut
A Jackson county note introduces a new Bellevue Leader columnist with a mix of humor rumor and sketches. The piece parodies dances, anatomy lectures, and two ends of man in a playful, if coarse, strip showing local humor and social observations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson County
Bellevue Leader
Fairground Badge Caper Ends With Promised Entry
A humorous tale recalls a youth’s misadventure at a fair. He and companions dodge ticketing, clash with a gatekeeper, and bluff their way in by posing as a policeman. The boy wears a genuine emblem, feels proud, and notes the mistake of keeping it on. A later note shows an employment ad from Keokuk seeking a man for local business territory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Weber
Joe
John Sollenberger
Claude
Mechling
Senneff
Way
Art Miller
Chicago
George Cambman
Frank Mest
Harold Emyre
Owever
Naval
Mies
Feezer
Sonny
Cawse
Turnbaugh
Cop on the Fairgrounds Amid Drunken Pranks
A first person reminiscence recounts being mistaken for a cop by a crowd at a fair. Drunken men taunt and mock arrest him, force a coat misbuttoning, stash whisky, and rig a makeshift billy as he is paraded toward a nonexistent jail amid jeers and a growing crowd. The tale ends with the narrator urged to march on, seeking to minimize danger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shay
Dave
Vanite
Sant Dave
Sam
Cop Ae
Hybrid Seed Corn Ad Promises High Germination
Bryant Iowa advertises Naere Ace High hybrid seed corn state certified grown 115 miles west of Thomson Alabama to match climate and foliage. Claims very high germination guarantee. Sharpe Carroll, agent with Thomson contact 16 306 Thomson IT.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryant
Iowa
Thomson, al
Sharpe Carroll
Thomson
Notable Evening at Majestic Theatre Rumors Drift
A fragmentary notice references Mr and Mrs Veray Navy Thomson and a crowd around a man in a crowded setting. Conversation hints at family tension and local talk of a “scrape” and a potential incident involving Hart fisher and a father figure. Mentions of Doc and Chicago horse plain surface in a disjointed memory frame.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dave
Hart Fisher
Chicago
Also Mentioned on This Page
Review
The
Village Echo
Thomson Review
Poster L. Stagg Publisher
Sylvalena Bolhous Kenneth Whitney
Illinois
Office of Publication
Thomson, Ilinois
É. Crome
Happy
Charles Geisz, Jr
Chas
Anderson
Ada
Katherine Beaston
Woodrow Bott
Roy Pieck
Diana Lee Diehl
Lola Grim
Ella Orr
Oak Park
Lois Hunt
Decatur
Clarence Cooper
Bruce Wenger
Agnes Jones
Cecil Imel
John Warner
Jesse Klitz, Jr
Richard Schreiner
Kenneth Robert Carbeugh, Chet
MT. Carroll
United States
Cloyd Wehmeyer
Brookville
Harvey Lindsay
Joe Cunningham
Emma Cheeseman
Shannon
Gussernemeier
Clarence Smith
Arthur
Wade
Wade Guenther
Sabuls Gazer
Sabula, Town
Kipnis
Mt. Carroll, Ilinois
Sharpe
Hyme
Aoman
Fife
Isles
New York
Vincent
Vin
Jimmy
Washington
Lincoln
Pop
F. Baker & Co
Keokuk, Ja
Thomson, Ill
Poland
Chinas
Top Row
Ahren Farms
Hutchinson & Son
Glenn Teeter
E. &. Johnson
J. A. Shaner
Selby
Glexz
W. A. & O. Stuedemann
Main Ave
John E. Housenga
John Deere Dealer
Fulton
Glen Teeter & Son Auctioneers
MT. Carroll, Ill
Lawrence A
Attorney AT Law
National Bank
Veray Navy Thomson
Morrison, MN
Ieghet F.C. Greens Studi Morrison
W. L. Derr
Stakemiller
Illinois Utilities
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