Decline of One Man Rule and Tax Fears Shadow 1930s Era
The piece discusses the risk of a single political leader dominating power after Senator Uney Lone, with factions forming plans to carry on the late leader's ideas. It notes fears of dictatorship, possible splits in the Democratic party aiding Republicans, and concerns over a looming tax program that could burden savings. It cites life insurance asset growth through the Depression era, investor prudence, and the broader public unease about Europe and war. It mentions inheritance taxes and the distant impact on savings and employment.
Milledgeville Expects Bright Corn Prospects This Fall
Prospects for the corn crop in the Milledgeville area look bright with little worm damage and minimal frost risk. Silo filling is underway and many farmers are using or planning temporary silos. Quality is improving, prices steady, and most fields show strong potential unless a killing frost arrives soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ismut
Many County Students Leave for Colleges
Autumn brings the start of classes as numerous students from Mt. Carroll and Satanna depart for colleges and specialized schools. The list includes graduates headed to Beloit, DeKalb, Sterling, Rockford, and other institutions, with names such as Mildred Guenzier, Lois Nauman, Ruth Neis, Judson Grove, and Samuel Law among the attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. F. Grove
Mt.Carroll
Mt Carroll High School
Carroll Alice Fulton
Hinvis State Teachers’ College
DeKalb
Mildred Guenzier
Lois Nauman
Betty Spracher
Frances Shimer
Carroll
Mildred Haislet
Beauty Enlire
Davenport
Ruth jNeis
Brown’s College of Commerce
Sterling
Eliot
Peck
Beloit
Howard Petty, Jr
University of i ‘Pois
Marshal Rogers
Findley College
Findley
Ohio
Margaret Wilson
St Francis Hospital
Freeport
Richard Petty
Northwestern University
Evanston
Judson Grove
Univer
al Tino Richard Williamson
U. of Illinois
Nathaniel] Miles, Jr
lBeivit
Wis
Eurene Grove
Wesles
Conservatory of Music
Bloomington
Robert Williamson
U. of
U. of Hingis
Clarence Buchenau
Monmouth College
Monmouth Rose Wiliams
Walter Sack
Solrce
Cedar Rapids
Taz
Robert Rommel
Curtiss Wricht Technical
Rollers of
Glendale
Deanette Moershon
Helen Robbe
Isabelle Tits Peitr
Kathren Stakemiier
School of Nursing
St. Anthony's Hospital
Rockford
Eileen Frank
SL. Francis Hospital
Kraut Day draws record crowd at 2325 festival
Forr .3ton reports a record turnout at the 2325 Kraut Day celebration with heavy car parking outside village limits. The crowd consumed 180 valtons of kraut 16 000 Weitters and 7 000 buns as supply ran dry before tasting. Porreston High senior class won best decorated float while junior class took first in Puntation.
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Porreston High School
Bearine
Hw jMeche
Freeport
Beth Hower
Chadwies Lark
Mutvestun High
Esain Sauer
Soil conservation group eyed for Carroll county
Farm Advisor M. P. Roske says plans for a Carroll county soil conservation association could lift soil improvement and erosion controls. A meeting planned next week will launch organizing steps with farmers landowners and others invited. The group aims to secure equipment facilitate terracing and limestone grinding and cooperate with state and federal erosion control agencies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County
Soil Conservation Association
M. P. Roske
Carroll
Inca Soil Conservation Immitte
U. S. Soil Conservam Service
COC Camp
SCS- Laberated
Mt. Carroll
Julian Jack
Charles King
Mary. Truman Rover
J. M. Garner
Avam Heinze
Cnmmities
Adams
Roepd
Jersey
Knox-Warren
Macon
Mercer
Pike
Wabash
Warne-Edwards-White
Marriage Licenses Issued This Week
County clerk notices list several licenses issued between Sept. 12 and Sept. 16. Names include Arthur Kandle, Frederick Lanark, Robert Spencer, Chad Prick, Frank M. Barth, Agnes Jomex, and others in Brookville and Hanover area. The incomplete OCR obscures full details and some spellings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marrines Bcenses
Wateon
Ax Teles
Arthur Kandlehatr
Freedom Teamship
Lodis CG
Frederick Lanark
Robert Spencer
Chadprick
Feaforers
Brookville
Frank M. Barth
Savanthe
Agnes Jomex
Hanover
Body Of Hanover Youth Found In Mississippi River
Allen Reifsteck, 19, Hanover, was found dead in the Mississippi south of Savanna on Wednesday after last being seen in a Hieght truck owned by the Bral—wleigh company. An inquest yielded an open verdict, with clothing and a watch missing initially but later recovered. Funeral services were held in Hanover, burial in Hanover cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hanover
Mississippi
Savanna
Eber Shepherd
Allen Reifsteck
Young Steifsteck
Lewis Zubaty
Edward Stuaven
Reifstock
Brawleigh
Marquete Na Wanna
Son li Re
Frank Scharff
Rock Island
Sabula
Rigxert
Clinton County
Speer
Reif' Sstock
Reifsteck
Slavea
Sway
Fred Folverton
Hanover Cemetery
Arthur Thompson Escapes Injury In Auto Crash
Arthur Thompson, Savanna grocery store employee, escaped injury Saturday night after an auto crash on Route 52 near Savanna. Driving east he drifted into the opposite lane and struck the north bank after veering to the shoulder. Thompson, alone, suffered only a shakeup amid substantial damage to his car, while the other vehicle, carrying a Mexican group from Rock Island, was only slightly damaged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Themason
Savanna
Route
Thompson
Rock Island
Rites Held for Mrs. W Waldrip Former Savanna Resident
Funeral services for Mrs. W Waldrip 50 wife of W D Waldrip longtime Savanna city schools official were held at Pulfer funeral home Saturday. Rev T Stuart Cleworth Community Church pastor officiated with burial in Savanna cemetery. She was born in Richmond Indiana August 5 1885 and survived by husband daughter Mrs Martha Dane Borts er son William University of Minnesota and a granddaughter with her mother Mrs Ella Harvey and siblings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Finerst Lee Alice Narvey Drip
W. D. Waldrip
Savanna
Puller Funeral
T. Stuart Cleworth
Community Church
W. Db. Wahldp
Martha Dane Bort
Ser
William
University of Minos
Ella Jarvey
L. Gree
L. K. Owen
Ait
Marion
An. Teha
Farm Produce Prices Change Little Since Last Week
Carroll county reports show farm produce prices holding steady with only local variations. Eggs range around 8 to 11 cents, corn about 6 to 7 cents, oats near 6 to 7 cents, wheat and rye listed at around 40 to 48 cents per unit, with prices varying by elevator. Local elevators named include Chadwick Elevator Co., Lanark Farmery Elevator, Milledgeville Farmers Elevator, and Mt Carrell Elevator.
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Carroll County
Dash Neek
Lanark Farmery
Mass
Milledgeville Ferners Elevator
Doe
Carrell Oats
Lock 13 Employment by County in Carroll Area
Of 259 men employed on Lock 13 north of Fulton 23 are from Carroll county. Whiteside county has 85 workers, with Stephen Ison 4 Rock Island 3 Macomb 3 and REPORT 17. Births and deaths noted. past month 15 deaths, 121 employed from Recorded and others from Iowa. NRS aims to balance employment between Minnesota and Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lock 13
Fulton
Carroll County
Lo- Rcal
NRS
Whiteside County
Stephen
Ison
Rock Island
Macomb
Henry
Warren
Towa
Miimis J
Oldest and youngest deaths mark August report
Carroll county records show 101 deaths in August with Herman M Holm of York township aged 77 as the oldest and Arlene Jean Holman aged 1 year 4 months as the youngest. Births numbered 17, with two late reports from June and July. The report lists many names and dates from Savanna, Mt. Carroll, and nearby townships, including several newborns and a number of deaths, plus a note on Center Hill landmark removal and community events planned for the area.
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Carroll County
Watson
York Township
Herman. M. Holm
Ro»dealpi Holm
Argo-Fa
Arlene Jean Holman
Thomson
Wilfred
Margaret Roeder
Savanna
Frank Teer Kerkeve
Leland
Henrietta Kerkeve
Juanite Josee Urde
Ployd
Mildred St. Ores Hyde
Carl Henry Dimke. Jr
Cart Hlann Dorothy Dimke
Aus
Malic Child
Walter
Antoinethre Mier
Doulas Kyle Morgan
Clyde
Myrile Morgan
Mt. Carroll
Gordon Thomas Peterson
Jordon T
Zelmz Peterson
Sa‘wan
Richard Louis Casto
Frank
Antonia Castro
George Carl Gerenbach
Carl and
Beatrice Gerenbach
Katherine June Legel
Floyd
Vie Legal
Mt. Carrell
Center Hill
Joseph R
Besse Schreiter
Tribute to Weeklies Among Will Kroger's Finest Squirbs
A compact reminiscence on Will Rogers and his affection for hometown papers. The piece treats Rogers' humor and philosophy as lasting literary value, noting local editors like Sim Jones and Jesse Busbyhead, and recalling small town tales of note and election hush as signs of community life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roger
Atul
Will
Sim Jones
Jesse Busbyhead
M. T
Lock worker injured as ponies bolt at Lock 13
Blake employed at Lock 13 south of Thomson was seriously hurt Friday after noon when a team of frightened ponies he was driving bolted away. He lived on the Ware farm near the lock and had driven the ponies toward Fulton. Returning home he reached the 400 block of Tenth avenue when the team ran, throwing him from a small cart and causing a broken arm and a compound fracture of a leg. An ambulance took him to Mercy hospital in Clinton.
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Blake
Lock 13
Thomson
Ware Farm
Fulton
Tenth Avenue
Mercy
Milledgeville Community Day schedule announced
Milledgeville plans a large Community Day on Thursday September 19 with a big parade free entertainments on Main Street a car giveaway at 10 30 pm and a pavement dance after the program Wrestling matches a flower exhibit at town hall a baseball game between Carrell County Farm Bureau and Milledgeville Independents and a public speakers system for the crowd are all part of the day long celebration with preparations completed to welcome thousands of visitors
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milledgeville
Carrell County Farm Buresa
Milledgeville Independents
Town Hall
Millledgeville
J McCullagh Dies Sunday at Sterling Home
Jenkins McCullagh former Fulton hardware partner dies at his Sterling home after a heart attack. Born Ireland Feb 29 1872, he settled in Clyde Ustick then Fulton, later Sterling. Survived by wife Martha Patterson daughter Lex Knox two brothers Archie Clinton William Gre Lane James Alec Jismba Mara Steiner De Witt Ella Meyers Tam pice. funeral planned Wednesday 1:90 p.m. at Sterling home and 2 p.m. First Presbyterian Church. burial Sterling cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jenkins McCuLlagh
Fulton
Sterling
Mc‘Cullagh
Mr. McCullagh
T Ireland
James
Mary McCullagh
Clyde Township
Jther
Ustick
Mins McCullagh
Martha Patterson
Samuel
McCullard
Sterl
First Presbyterian Church
Voore
Lex Knox
Archie
Clinton
Wiliam
Gre. Lane
Jisba
Alec
Ustickensnip
Mara Steiner
de- Witt
Ella Meyers
Tampice
MacCulloch
Presbyterian
Pulton Indge
Cinfen Consistorm
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Uney Lone
Ayer &F
Hang
Ahi
Long
Se Ihr
Huey
Jasmants
Italy
Germany
Isalini
Hac
Sidlent
Democratic Party
Pblicans
Life Insurance
Linance
Insurance Commissions
Tling
Chas
United
Towle
Wii Rogers
Lilo
MT. Carroll H. S
Shimee
Vayama
Satanna
William Waldrip
James Farine
Charles Getz
George Kali
Jack Fennie
George Allen
Edmund Dyer
Geers Pandy
University of Iineie
Virginia Bowen
Virginia Croghan
Marian Lister
Irma Schmidt
Laura
Jane Ranyan
Lovella
Lauise Weidmat
Mary Lone
Forr
Arthur Thompson
Chadwick Elkceator Co
Herman Max Holm
Arlene Holman
Jean Candillo
Manuel
Amelia Candillo
Geological Survey
Savanna Torsday
Wed
Lyons
Stork
Savana Saturn
Frances Shimer Junior College
Alles Reifsteck
Farmers of County Plan Cooperative Association
Wile Bold
Careell m
Savanna Achool
Mt. Carroll High School
Point Rock Park
Fulcom
Stesting
Panthe
Bethel Cemetery
Miledrew
Wrean
Chadaak
Chadwick
Beck
Will Kroger
J. McCullagh
Ustick Township
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