Local magazine subs and ads offer discounts and business chances
Patebicd Holstein bulls testing dams and herd guidance appear in a mixed ad page. Rush W. Carman route and Moore Cottrell Inc promote subscription plans, low rates on periodicals, and home business opportunities. Also notices for painting fall estimates and a closing out sale of woven wire by Francke & Switzer in Thomson and Naples Road North Gohocton NY.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rush W. Carmsan
Thomson and Vicinity
U. S
Moorecottrell, Inc
Naples Road
North Gohocton
N.Y
Fulton Paint & Pa
Francke & Switzer, Thomson
Local Ads and Humorous Quotations Mixed in Scraps
A jumble of classified items lists gas stoves and a Maytag washer alongside old quips about hay, tightwads and public figures. The piece weaves ad lines with wry one liners, ending mid sentence about a floor walker’s exchange with a customer.
Illinois Basin Boom opens 1938 prolific oil field
Seventeen years after a Marion County well failed at 1600 feet, a deeper drill would have hit the Benoist sand and the Lake Centralia Salem pool. The field was not discovered until 1938, and on its first birthday it ranked as the state’s most prolific producer, yielding about half of Illinois’ total oil from nearly a thousand wells across 10 000 acres.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion County
Illinois
Lake Centralia-Salem
Illinois Basin
Hainois
Stamp Honoring Printing Week Planned Nationwide
A movement seeks a nation wide observance of Printing Industry Week starting September 26 to coincide with a special 3 cent postage stamp marking the 300th anniversary of printing in the American colonies. First day sales will be in New York City with sale at all post offices nationwide on September 26.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
New York City
Meeting Competition Sparks Window Flower Message
A young florist displays a sign offering a packet of flower seeds with every plant to boost trade. A rival across the street counters with a sign promising the earth with every plant, matching the bold promotional move.
Maritime Jests and Gaffes From a Colonial Ledger
A comic column parodies nautical life with snippets about a widow, a shipboard disposition, and jokes from the crew. The First Mate jokes about luck, a skipper and a wife, and a Second Mate quips about a skipper using nautical puns.
Plan Additions To State Police Radio Station
Engineers plan a 97 foot addition to the WE G east of Sterling to provide a two stall garage for squad cars space for 40 motorcycles a filing room and possibly a squad room for officers. The project will follow other state projects and will require driveway changes from highway 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Police
WEG
Sterling
Stateville Penlitentiary
Rock Island
Sterling Station
Highway 30
Dixon
Notice for Mt Carol theatre patrons at Majestic
Mr and Mrs FEO Rawls of arsen are invited to attend at the Majestic theatre Mt Carol on Friday or Saturday nights to see The Cowboy Quarterback. Also Totchy Plays with Dynamia on Sunday Monday or Tuesday nights and These Glamour Girls. Please bring this notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Feo. Rawls of
Arsen
Majestic Theatre
Mt Carol
Totchy
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Northorn
Bowman Company
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General Automotive
FORD
Tate Auto Supply Co
Strand Theatre
Clinton
Bear
General Auto CO
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John K. Morris
Thomson Review
George Oliver
Wiledaiey
George W. Ivey & Sons
Mt Carroll
I. Sotary
Clarence Bolhous
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Buick
Clyde Grahaimg
Jake Kerkstra
Fulton
Unionville Mill Morrison
Verlie Sallows Cordova
Alinnis
JE. Wessel & CO
Robert Sargent
Arling Steers
Jokerst Motor Sales
First Ave
Jim Bull Union Grove
Richard Vogel Fulton
God
Coliseum
Sterling, Hlindle
Hollywood Sweethearts
Corona Zephyr
Corona
Forest Thompson
Ill
Leonard Stage
John Deere
Earl Dailey
Albany
Argo- Fa
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Oscar Willaert
Cordova
Fred Nipe
Mt. Carroll
Rt. 1
Frank Foltz
Hampshire
Sheridan & Hand
Mes
L. J
Bud Kruse
Martindale Farms
Ustick
Bupane Gas Service
Truman & Son Lanark
Wade
Wade Guenther
Sabula Gazette
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Laws
Memphis, Tenn
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
W. H. Foster
Iowa
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Rollie Pringle
Prop
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Musk Optical CO
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Sterling Theater
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Youstabout
Cinois
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Lawrence Welk
Tax Inc
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Marcucci
Milo John’s
Fedderson
State Line Tavern
Browning Browning
Fernivall
English Browning Society
Browning
Ringuette
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Big Shoe
Pinney Printing Co
Clinton, Iowa
Robt
Adeline Grohaning
John Cole
Thomson, I
Grove Material & Supply
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Oneida Ltd
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Hollywood
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