Birthday announcements parade across towns
A list of residents with September birth dates in Freeport Thomson Lanark Argo Milledgeville Chadwick Savanna and Byron. Names include Edward F. Smith R D Bennett T Eckman Velda Dingman Genevieve Carpenter William Linker Harold Barthel Lois Eastabrooks Charles Eneis Leslie Andt Betty Lewis Darlene Shoemaker Lois Martindale M J Strukhoff Bernice Cambman Maude Hawkins Mrs Ben Wagner Bob Demarer Mae Adolph Adolph Doden Harry Wenger Chas Slogz Vada May Collinson Russell Klitz Ardis Wenzel Bessie Kreiner Dorothy Ann Burns Joe Allison Jeanne Swett Joyce Hicks Will Adams D M Gleason Howard Potter Delmar Heimbaugh George Potter Delilah Lipp Wilma Miller Elmer Weber Harry Spealman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Wagner
Thomson
Bob Demarer
Mae Adolph
Chadwick
Adolph Doden
Harry Wenger
Milledgeville
Chas. Slogz
Vada May Collinson
Savanna
Russell Klitz
Ardis Wenzel
Lanark
Bessie Kreiner
Dorothy Ann Burns
Howard Goble
Joe Allison
Public Livestock Auctions At Sterling Pavilion Illinois
Weekly Thursday livestock sale at Sterling Sales Pavilion Sterling Illinois begins at 10 30 p m featuring horses cattle hogs sheep and more. Harry Kipnis holds a Mt Carroll sale Friday September 17 starting 11 30 a m with extra fine horses cattle goats and sheep.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sterling Sales
Sterling, Ill
Harry Kipnis
Mt. Carroll
Carroll County Sports and Social Notes Update
Local notes report Chadwick losing another game and speculation about responsibility. Bystanders discuss Red Solmes remarks, plus remarks about Ben Stadel, Riley Temple by a bonfire, and weather freezing spirits of old-time softball players. Also mentions Legion drum and bugle corps exhibitions, school enrollments, Moose lodge anniversary, sick lists, street work, and church visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chadwick
Red Solmes
Pan
Red
Ben Stadel
Riley Temple
Mt. Carroll
Fire truck arrives too late to save Fay Christian apartment blaze
Mt Carroll residents recall a fire at Fay Christian apartment last week where the fire truck arrived after the blaze. Mrs Christian and her husband had a few pails of water before the stove flame reached papers. Sequoia club members held a picnic supper Monday with wives as guests. Marshal Johnson wonders who will curb midnight siren noise. Miss Marjory Tommons begins work at Frahm Cafe amid new eight hour day rules. Hollyhock contest features a nine foot five inch bloom by Mrs Bleakley and an eight foot eleven inch bloom by Harry Dutton. News arrives of George Legel's death on September six. services held in Crystal Lake, Pa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MT. Carroll
Lotal
Fay Christian
Christian
Sequoia Club
Carlos Johnson
Marjory Tommons
Ruben Tommons
Chadwick
Frahm Cafe
Katherine Bleakley
Harry Dutton
George Legel
Fragmented Dialogue Reveals Confession and Love
A wartime era dialogue portrays a confession of love between two men. One speaker recalls Bill holding hands from night to morning and describes a subsequent kiss. The exchange hints at fear of social repercussions and a suggestion of marriage within a constrained, male-bonded relationship.
Odd aphorisms from a bygone column
A fragmentary text offers scattered maxims on health superstition and conduct. It references Dr John Wy Boll and cautions against drunkenness while praising cleanliness and moral behavior. The excerpt reads as a collection of moral quips without a single cohesive news item.
Treasure Underground In Illinois
Illinois holds world class deposits of glass sand spurring rapid industry growth. Proximity to markets and supply boosts glass production, aiding quartz sand producers and attracting manufacturers near central markets and fuels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treasure Underground
Illinois
Tinais
Futhermore
Sharpe recalls wild river tales and carnival mischiefs
A reader recalls years of column bits and pranks from farm stalls to state fairs. The anecdotes range from a car catching fire after a flood to a dog dressed as a lion, a mule that wrecked headlights, and Hindu fortune tellers causing comic chaos at the fair.
Daily Texas Column Tease Promises Wild Tiger Story
A humorous collage of local notes and jokes teases readers about upcoming features in Wade Bakewell’s column. Mentions a Whiteside tiger story, a haunting at Morrison, and playful jabs at entertainers, with snippets about weather, ads, and social quips from Plankinton and surrounding areas.
Representative Wanted to Manage Magazine Subscriptions Nearby
Employment notice seeking a representative to handle magazine subscription interests in Thomson and vicinity. Earn dollars during fall and winter with guaranteed low rates and free instructions and equipment. start full or part time with Moore-Cotrell Inc. in North Cohorton, NY. Lega notice warns landowners in Savanna York Drainage District of due annual benefits for 1937 to be paid by March 10 at Thomson Illinois office or face sale of funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomson
U. S
Moore-Cotrell, Inc
Wayland Road
North Cohorton
N. Y
Savanna and
York
Carroll
of Viliiais
Illinois
Ber
A. D
Roy
Houghton
Also Mentioned on This Page
Thomson Review
Doc Saunderr
Village Echo
Thomson Broadax
H. G. Stagg
Harriett Smith
Kenneth Whitney
Thomson, Ilinois
Office of Publication
Carroll County
Hannen
Carroll County — Twe
Edward F. Smith
Freeport
R. D. Bennett
T. Eckman
Velda Dingman
Genevieve Carpenter
Argo
William GC. Linker
Harold Barthel
Lois Ann Eastabrooks
Miledgeville
Charles Eneis
Leslie Andt
Betty Lewis
Christy Geison
Darlene Shoemaker
Lois Martindale
M. J. Strukhoff
Bernice Cambman
Milledeville
Maude Hawkins
Legion
van Bibber-Hansen Post
American Legion
T. Stuart Cleworth
Savanna Lodge
Loyal Order of Moose
Moose Hall
Lodge
Beatrice
Delmar Pontnack
Robert Styne
Lee Cenyb
George Stone
Brother's Store
Route 40
Main Street
A. F
A. M
Owen Burns
A. B
Puterhaugh
Mayo Clinic
W. B. Bryson Hai
John WY. Boll
Shim
Eriday
Kipnis
Cgalena Atrest
Mt- Garroll
Nebraska
Montana
MT. Carroll Sales CO
Mgr
Reay Fritz
Glen Tester
Owen Miles
Sharpe
Lupen
Cultumn
Plum River
Shep
Stage
Jack
Fropherstown
Tophouse
Seaman Swett
Ziggy” Messinger
Cal Feezer
Pop
Anothr
Weil
Wade
Billy Bertholf
Morrison
Hitt
Landas
Whiteside
Tress
Paul Bakewell
Plankinton
S. D
Wease Someboiy
Aosal
Iron Hills
Iwest
Jackson County
Sayling
Zeke
John McDermott
Kansas
Jyndy
Ley Lufuss
Alyy
Hue
Doe
Layer
Weu
Sconeciter
John L. Breas
Legal Publications
Lawrence A. Smith
Savanna, Ill
National Bank Building
Tel
Lewis Motor CO
Attentio
Blackhawk
Ray B. Gelwicks
Kraft-Kessler Clothing
MR. Farm
Clinton Rendering Co
Milledgeville Son
Mt Black 268
Clinton
Iowa
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