Mt Carroll football squad opens practice under coach Long
More than 30 candidates reported for Mt Carroll high school grid workouts as second year athletic coach James Long leads the squad. The team faces a Sept 22 season opener at Polo with 11 lettermen returning and new prospects challenging for starting spots in the U S Grant conference which includes Mt Carroll Stockton Warren Galena and Aquin at Freeport. The schedule lists Polo Sept 22 Open Sept 29 Open Oct 6 Open Oct 13 Savanna at home Oct 20 Warren at home Oct 26 Stockton at home Nov 3 Aquin there Nov 10 Galena there.
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Mt. Carroll
James Long
Polo
Long
Grove
Kubleman
Cornister
Wilcox
Emmert
Miles
Putty
Leitner
Poffenberger
Kessler
Kipnis
U. S. Grant
Stockton
Warren
Galena
Aquin
Freeport
Lanark
Court hearing on road right of way postponed
A county court hearing scheduled for Monday on condemnation proceedings for securing the Milledgeville Polo road right of way was postponed due to nonappearance of parties. Real estate transfers listed include Willis St. Gres and wife to T Lawrence Schunder and wife in Washington township section 28, etc.
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Milledgeville-Polo Road
Willis St. Gres
T. Lawrence Schunder
Washington
Freda Marie Plock
Harry Frye
Shannon
Northwestern Ill
Utilities
Milton J. Wied
Oakland Adt
Savanna
Maude Prugh
Albert H.mann
Stever
Lanark
Leng K. Dauphin
Athla Eshelman
Surrey
O. T
Peter Shiley
Mary E. Updegraff
Coast Guard drama heads Rialto lineup in Clinton
Coast Guard starring Randolph Scott Frances Dee Ralph Bellamy and Walter Connolly opens at the Rialto Clinton for four days. The picture follows U S Coast Guard duties from Arctic ice breaks to flood disasters with romance. Also Beau Geste at Capitol and Daughters Courageous at Royal Fulton.
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Rialto
Clinton
United States Coast Guard
Coast Guard
Rialto Theatre
Randolph Scott
Frances Dee
Ralph Bellamy
Walter Connolly
Amerca
Edward Ludwig
Arctic
Warren Hymer
Edmund MacDonald
Stanley Brown
Mala
Kaby Sandy
Sandy
Mischa Auer
Dennis O'Keefe
Shirley Ross
Capitol Theatre
French Foreign Legion
Gary Cooper
Ray Milland
Robert Preston
Geste
Legion
Intone
Lunder
Ray Mitland
Susan Hayward
Red-Head
Paramount
Mr. Webster at Home on Politics and Capital
A quotation attributed to Mr. Webster frames politics as the art of obtaining money from Capital and votes from Labor under the pretense of protecting each from the other, offering a sharp view of political maneuvering.
Deaths and funerals in Savanna area
Funeral services were held for Mrs. James E. King 62 at St John’s Catholic in Savanna with burial in Greenwood Galena. Also noted are rites for Frederick Werner 79, Mrs. John Curtis 93, Jennie Elliott 84, Leonard W. Swanson 25, Hilen Morse 66, and Mrs. Parl G Brenner ? with multiple survivors and church ceremonies across Savanna, Mt. Carroll, Bellevue and surrounding towns.
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St. John’s Catholic Church
Savanna
James E. King
Greenwood Cemetery
Galena
Rice Township
Daviess County
John
Bridget Creighton
Louis Stoewer
James King
Daniel O'Neill
Chicago
Agnes King
Lois Stoewer
Rockford
Cecelia Sincock
James
Gies Township
Frederick Werner
Fred W. Werner
Milledgeville
Dutchtown
William
Fred
John Curtis
Shannon
Lanark
Curtis
Wimbledon
Eng
Monrovia
Calif
Clyde
Lulr Martin
Jennie Elliott
Carroll
Chester Law
Christian Funeral Home
Mt. Carroll
United Brethren Church
Grover Filtz
Zion Cemetery
Washington Township
Elliott
Katherine MccCall
Law
John Derver
Richard McCall, Sr
Robert Carson
Leonard Swanson
Galesburg
Leonard W. Swanson
Savanna Hospital
Swanson
Burlington Railroad
Chadwick
Hilen Morse
Law Funeral Home
T. Stuart Cleworth
Mr. Morse
Morseville
Harrison
Caroline Morse
Bertha Best
Milwaukee Railroad
Lyness
Lawrence Morse
Richard Morse
Nellie Morse
P. G. Blenner
Parl G. Brenner
Fuller Funeral Home
Gerhard Fischer
Bellevue
St. John’s Lutheran Church
S. H. Sandrock
Lyons Campaigns In A Trail er For Illinois Governorship
Richard J Lyons sails into the 1940 campaign with a white 26 foot self powered trailer as traveling headquarters. The mobile unit features a speaking platform four horns and a built in public address system with floodlights and independent electricity. Lyons plans constant campaigning across Illinois and to repeat street corner speeches from the 1938 effort for the upcoming primary.
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Illinois
Richard Jd. Lyons
Republican Party
United States
Lake County
Republican
Libertyville
Prairie State
Lyons
William Marks
Republican Committee
Chicago
Preston Prairie residents recover from auto accident injuries
Mrs. Russell Derrer and her son, injured in an automobile accident, recover at her parents Mr. and Mrs. Ward Weidman. A Sunday gathering at Paul Metz’s home included relatives and the Metz family. Evan Rahn of Chadwick and the Bichkelhaupts visited Center Hill church. Lois Weidman, a College of Commerce student in Freeport, spent Sunday at home.
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Russell Derrer
Ward Weidman
Paul Metz
Carl Metz
Nara
Evan Rahn
Chadwick
Center Hill
Chas. Bichkelhaupt l
Freeport
Lois Weidman
College of Commerce
Carroll Youths Headed to Colleges from Mt Carroll
A group of Mt. Carroll youths plan college study with entries at the University of Illinois, Cornell College, Northwestern Illinois State Teachers College, Brown's College of Commerce, Frances Shimer Junior College, and other institutions. Notable names include Robert L. Grove, Betty Rhodes, Maurine Roske, Frances Roske, Mary Allanson, Allen Slifer, Robert Marth, Mark Hartman, Bob Peck, Elliott Peck, Fred Leigh, Lee Derrer, Virginia McCray, Lois Weidman, Betty Leitner, and Lucille Switzer.
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Mt. Carroll
Jane
Robert L. Grove
Betty Rhodes
Maurine Roske
Frances Roske
Mary Allanson
University of Illois
Allen Slifer
Robert Marth
Mark Hartman
Bob Peck
American Institute of Business
Davenport
Elliott Peck
Fred Leigh
Cornell College
Mt. Vernon
Lee Derrer
University of Pennsylvania
Virginia McCray
Northwestern Illinois State Teachers College
DeKalb
Lois Weidman
Brown's College of Commerce
Freeport
Betty Leitner
Lucille Switzer
Frances Shimer
Sheridan couple take 300 mile motorcycle trip
Ruth and Paul Sheridan rode 300 miles last Saturday visiting Crystal Caves in Dubuque and friends in Cedar Rapids before returning home via Clinton. They started at eight in the morning and arrived home at two o'clock Sunday morning.
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Ruth
Paul Sheridan
Dubuque
Crystal Caves
Cedar Rapids
Clinton
Constitution Day Declared For Next Sunday
Governor Horner issues a proclamation designating next Sunday as Constitution Day urging residents of Hinuis to observe with civil, patriotic, and religious activities. The proclamation emphasizes the enduring value of the U S Constitution as a charter of liberty.
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Horner
Hinuis
United States
Corn Crop Safe From Frost As Plowing Advances
About 60 percent of the Illinois corn crop was safe from frost by September 10, with the bulk likely out of danger by September 20. The dry hot weather aided corn, late crop harvest, and checked soybean growth, while plowing for fall wheat progresses well.
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U'nois
Federal
Departments of Agriculture
Fragments Hint at Agricultural Harvest in August Notes
The readable text references crop conditions in the state, noting a favorable trend and a period of drought yet suggesting continued agricultural activity. Mentions of August imply timing for harvest or crop reports and possible impacts on production. Named places or organizations are unclear due to fragmented OCR, but the context points to farming conditions and yield expectations.
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Mt. Carroll School
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Roys
Fulton
Warner Bros
Royal Theatre
Michael Curtiz
Scen Jarists
Julius Epstein
Phillip
May Robson
John Litel
Margaret Lindsay
Hopalous
Cassidy
Windy
Sunset Trail
Jack Holt
Katherine DeMille
Trapped
Jane Wyman
Allen Jenkins
Torchy
WEB
Hell’s Kitchen
New York
SUN
Robert Taylor
Hedy Lamarr
Buck Jones
Mary Boland
Charles Ruggles
Donald O'Connor
Billy Lee
iThe Fitch
FBI
Lores
Lady!s
Tues
J. E. King
F. Werner
Will
Dick Lyons
Ilinois
Yours
RED Cross
Cobbies
Fase Boy
Clinton, Iowa
Preston Prairie
Carbon Cliff
Action
The
Tri-City Motorcycle Club
Raverne
Dr. W. 1
John DT
General Pray Office
West
Opposity House
Carrall
Lawrence S
National Bank
Teele
Arar
Coe A
Miles Aroun
Sterling, Ill
Childrens
Bargain Center
Sterling Theatre
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