Carroll County Platform from 1938 Review
The Carroll County platform calls for a bank at Milledgeville and extending Route 171 from Hansen’s Corners on Route 78 to Chadwick joining Route 40. It urges electing efficient town village and county officers and supporting expense reduction, promotes community competitive sports, and proclaims Carroll County as the sportsmen’s paradise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milledgeville
Rt. 171
Hansen’s Corners
Chadwick
Carroll County
Sportsmen's Paradise
Chronicle of Chadwick and nearby towns event list
A dated sequence lists numerous names with places Chadwick Lanark Morrison Savanna Thomson and dates from Oct 29 to Nov 3 alongside scattered personal notices. The item concludes with an unrelated quoted dialogue about a fan dance and a judge remark referencing control of oneself.
Carroll County Notes Rail Against Winter and Wins
Carroll County editors compile a weekly roundup noting hunting ducks, corn harvest trends, local politics with Leo Allen stops, dry seed corn preparations at Just-A-Mere Jam, and public events. Mentions Chanwick Curran and Mrs Knox funerals, community ice ponds, and a Vienna Choir concert drawing nearly 1200.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tere
Simul
Ou Ss
Olice Atherton
Mt. Carroll
Alice
Chadwick
Wm. Curran
Milledgeville
Hh. C. Knox
Leo Allen
Galenate
Carroll County
Clinton
Lanark
Rockford
Bert Turnbaugh
Barney Gifford
Thomson
Vienna
Memoirs Of Captain Stephen B Hanks River Pilot and Master
Memoirs recount Captain Stephen B Hanks a Mississippi River pilot with long career and family ties to Lincoln. Fellow captains praise his generosity skill and noble character while noting his connection to Abraham Lincoln and his place in river heritage. The reminiscences include anecdotes from Captains Roman Lenhart Folsom Heerman Turner and others and reference a Chicago Examiner piece by Tom Marshall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Hanks
Davenport
Hale
Hanks
Washington
Valley Forge
Francis Marion
South Carolina
Abe
Lincoln
Springfield
Walter A. Blair
Capt. Hanks
C. B. Roman
Camanche
Capt
Mississippi River
L. C. Lenhart
Lake City
Minn
Stephen B. Hanks
E. E. Heerman
Devils Lake
N. Dak
St. Paul
Stillwater
St. Louis
Abraham Lincoln
Christ
Jeve
Clinton
Steve
J. M. Turner
Lansing
Captain Hanks
Tom Marshall
Morning Star
Chicago Examiner
Marshall
Emancipator of Slaves Honored by Albany Captain
A tribute ends a historical notice praising President and Moses-like leadership, then salutes Stephen B. Hanks of Albany Illinois as his first cousin. The passage lauds his life, wishing him longevity and celebrating five events of twenty years each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moses
Stephen B. Hanks
Albany
Ill
Chicago Stock Show Set to Open Next Month
The International Live Stock Exposition and Horse Show will run November 26 to December 5 at the new International Amphitheatre. Cash prizes exceed 100000 across 30 breeds of horses cattle sheep and swine with entries from many states and Canada. The event marks the 20th grain hay show and expects about 14000 head of livestock, as farms from the U S and Canada participate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
States
Canada
New
International Amphitheatre
Chicago Stock Yards
B. H. Heide
Also Mentioned on This Page
Review
Dow Saunders
the Village Echo
Thomson Broadax
Thomson Review
H. G. Stagg
Harriett Smith
Kenneth Whitney
Illinois
Office of Publication
Thomson, Illinois
Happy
Katie Dambman
H. P. Hartman
Wm. Beattie
Curtis Naniga
Jacqueline Kier
Morrison
Ruth Keil
Irvin Kness
Kenneth Beaston
Mr. Carroll
Roberta Hook
Joseph Strukhoff
Ed Knapp
Roland Schroth
Arthur Pape
J. Y. Stickell
Grace Moyer
Beth Heimbaugh
J. W. Bucklin
Chas
Dial, Jr
Annette Hinebaugh
Leroy Foltz
Savanna
Sylvia Lewis
Eleanor Tautz
Carroll
John C. Brandenburg
George Lang
Melvin Straub
Scott S. Nichol
Darlene Ashby
Meryl Spencer
Claude Mechling
Geo. H. Collinson
John Carroll
Faith
Lewis Motor Garage
Bill Strubb
Johnny Brown
Thomas Stagg
Manatee
Florida
Phillip Switzer
Charles Switzer
Rachel Switzer
MT. Carrol
Harry Carbaugh
Harry
Amile
Ben Stadel
Mulberry
Walnut
Fifth Street
Loyal Order of Moose
Lucile Stransky
Morrison Chapter
Chas. Hoover
Ward Crom, Auctioneer
M. S. Rosenkrans
Lewis Motor CO
Stephen B. Hank
Galena Street
Mount Carroll Sales Co
H. Kipnis
Roy Fritz
Owen Miles, Cler
Head of Choice
Poland
China
Rawleigh Farms
Freeport
Christian Science Monitor
Monitor
Christian Science Publishing Society One
Norway Street
Boston
Massachusetts
Energy
The
Zenith
Legears
Myron Tibbits
Garret Sternberg
W.B. Mitchell & Sons
Marfa, Texas
Morrison, Ill
Fair Grounds
Highland Country
Texas
F. P. Norrish, Morrison, Jr
W. B. Mitchell
Earl Garten
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