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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1938
Page
3
Advertisers may secure results in Carroll Whiteside and Rock Island counties. Rates reflect a reasonable charge for service and territory. Review ads must stay within proper classification and adhere to the Review style. The REVIEW accepts responsibility for a single incorrect insertion.
The Review lists Butter's Garage and others in Hillsdale advertising two used coin pickers and noting many inquiries despite sales. It includes a poem and a rural goods section with livestock and cattle breeders and a vignette about a dependable farm hand praised for steadiness and work ethic.
A collage of quips and tall tales lines a community page, mixing personal jokes about manners and rumor with light commentary on weather and taxes. A Yukon of misheard phrases and seasonal yuks closes with a postcard scene from a Christmas walk in Scotland.
A Des Moines Regis ter column excerpt recalls a joking call for longer shirt tails to soak up cotton surpluses and imagines reviving white muslin undergarments to boost starch and corn product sales, noting fashion in past eras and social norms.
A driver must be vigilant near schools as thousands of one room classrooms exist in Illinois. Children naturally play along roads and may dash into traffic. Drivers should reduce speed and stay alert at school signs and during the school year to prevent accidents.
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