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 11 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1942
Page
2
Thomson notes list weekend visits from many area residents and relatives. Families from Dixon Savanna Clinton Morrison Rockford Winslow Albany and Waupun Wisconsin traveled to Thomson and nearby towns for dinners churches and shared time with local families and old friends.
Pat Cate arrived home Sunday evening from Pueblo Colorado to spend three weeks vacation. At Savannah ordnance depot several women recently hired include Mrs Pearl Gilson Mrs Oscar Kraft Mrs Fred Coden and Mrs John Carroll who has been made an inspector and is taking instructions to qualify for her new work.
Sunday evening visits linked Chadwick and Savanna families with stops in Freeport and Mt. Carroll. Several households hosted overnight and dinner guests including the Lego, Kahler, Knoess, Hoffman, and Merkle families, plus others from Rockford, Hillsdale, Erie, and Dubuque.
A letter from Schmaling family of Argo describes a recent visit to New Salem State Park and Lincoln sites, hospital stay for tooth and leg pain, flag-raising at a local home, and daily routines in Maywood. It notes a blackout drill, corridor renovations, a missing mind case, aging, weight loss, and a poem at the end.
Notice invites scrap metal donations for a drive on September 12. Donors may drop items at Francke Switzer hardware or arrange truck pickup by calling 155.
A Sunday picnic at Point Rock park honored Mrs Cora Schmidt of Sioux Falls with attendees from Freeport Brookville Chicago Polo Moline Cordova Chadwick Lanark Arfo. Local events include 4-H prize hog展示, threshing crew outings at Old Mill park, dairy feed husks purchases, cattle shed construction, and family visits across multiple towns.
The piece narrates how Tunner ville replaces older names for a Carroll County bluff area famed for its scenic rocks and historic landmarks. It recalls the York Fair Haven testing group, a carved heart tree, Indian ties, an 1818 Illinois state survey, a vanished mill wheel, and the shift from wild to cultivated countryside, ending with a note on a new, up to date identity.
Mrs. Frank Sardam shows slight improvement and sits up briefly. Capt. Aaron Learner, now at Camp Campbell, Ky., trains lab technicians for station hospital duties at Clarksville Tenn. Harlan Johannsen and Sherman Oakley relatives report a Kentucky Wonder bean twisting in a V shape in their Thomson area garden as a symbol of Victory.
Social notes record Sunday picnics in the village park with families including Gotfried Lehman Linker Mackey and Zugschwerdt. Evening guests at Kooi home include Adolph family of Coleta and Ronald. Hartman visit to St Francis Hospital with Knoess Marshall Knoess and Provant family members. Alexander's daughter Margaret heads to De Kalb for teacher training college.
A fragment hints at a tense exchange over a farm scene and an unseen threat. The speaker dismisses fear as the world grows chaotic yet remains low against strength. The closing line signals departure.
Esther Merchant visits sister Mrs Ward Weidman at Preston Prairie. Albert Petty dies, marking a longtime local resident loss. D L Garber recently visited. Carpenters at Donald Buckwalter home. Reed Hower family dinner hosted August 40. Mrs Monard Adolph of Chadwick works at Smit s Royal Blue Store while Treille Dreebach vacations.
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.