Thomson locals share weekend visits and gatherings
Thomson area residents mingle across Clinton Savanna and Morrison with family guests in homes of Rawlins Hook Vowel Pape and others. Attendees include Emma Kling Jean Rawlins Gwen Ritter Francis Shimer students and many relatives from Savanna Argo Clinton Morrison and Fulton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Kling
Clinton
Kenneth French
William French
Orrie Rutherford
Seaman Swett
Edward French
Savanna
Henry Wheeler
Dale, Til
Clarence Rice
George Clay
Mabel Smith
Chicago
Ida Frederick
Orella Bennett
Thomson
Mildred Bower
Helen Tente
Charles
Margaret
Alice Bower
Elmer Hook
Argo
Fulton
Hook
Ben Dykstra
John Smit
Maurice van Buer
H. A. Tobey
Alta Wilson
LeClaire
Claire Tobey
Princeton
B. R. Lewis
Cecil Frosch
Philip Switzer
Francke- Switzer
Jennie Clark
Thomson House
Ed Drake
H. R. Dude
Albany
Eugene Murray
Louise Record
St. Paul
Minn
Henry Parsons
Nellie Parsons
Harriet Miller
Helen Wentling
Chas, Huntley
Frank Lohmeier
Henry Lohmeier
Agnes Heiss
Morrison
Harriett Yates
Vernon Dearinger
Famiy
Harrison Wheeler
Mt. Carroll
James McCullagh
Clifford Bee
Rhinelander
Wis
Louis Schick
Garrett Sterenberg
Kyle Rawlins
Theodore Storm
Wacker
Willis Stage
Lois and
Vernon
Leonard Stage
Merle Stage
John Vowel
Arthur Pape
Community Notes From Clinton Savanna And Mt Carroll
Thomson Briefs describe visits and relocations including Katie Bennett and Gu Holm in Clinton, Allen Witmer and families in Savanna, Virginia French heading to Madison Wisconsin, Fossetts moving to Chadwick, and Olive Smith visiting Batavia. Blackhawk Production Credit Association directors attend Starved Rock conference September 25 26. Mildred and Jimmy Ritenour visit Coleta for a centennial event and Olive Smith plans weeks in Batavia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katie Bennett
Gu Holm
Clinton
Allen Witmer
Jackson Davis
Savanna
Merle Atherton
Jack French
Virginia French
Madison
Wis
University of Wisconsin
N. D. French
Harvey Fossett
Chadwick
Mt. Carroll
Association
Carroll County
Mildred
Jimmy Ritenour
Wacker
George van Buskirk
Coleta
Olive Smith
Batavia
Floyd Stratton
Paul Wilt
Clint Wilt
Frank Smith
Lewis Smith
Home Economics Club opens year with social and booth success
The York Community High School Home Economics Club held its first social of the new school year with 24 members. They reported 11.78 dollars earned at Melon Day, thanked supporters, and announced an open house September 20 from 7 to 9 pm to display summer projects with refreshments. Edna Curley reported on Savanna rally day and Arla Brown shared canning and sewing tips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Home Economics Club
York Community High School
Edna Curley
Savanna
Arla Brown
Miss Skinner
Blue Ribbon English Club Forms in Fifth Grade
The fifth grade class forms the Blue Ribbon English Club with 18 members. Officers are President Sylvia Dykstra Vice President Thomas Root Secretary Diana Diehl and Treasurer Lola Grim. Members will read poems stories and riddles and share hobbies at meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sylvia Dykstra
Thomas Root
Diana Diehl
Lola Grim
Ronald Bull
Helen Johnson
Willkie Farms in Indiana Highlight Practical Profit Model
Republican candidate Wendell Willkie runs five Rushville area farms with 398 acres of Berkshire woodlot and pasture, 80 Herefords, 200 hogs, a 50 50 profit split with tenant managers Kramer Bell Berkemeier Brown Moore, and AAA signups. The plan emphasizes low overhead, home grown feed, and worker welfare.
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Rushville
Indiana
Wendell Willkie
Willkie
Mr. Willkie
Joseph Kramer
Jesse Bell
Louis Berkemeier
Charles Brown
Harold Moore
AAA
Mary Sleeth
Willkie’s Indiana farming roots drive 4-H support
The text notes Wendell Willkie promotes farm partners’ children into 4-H clubs and farm animal projects. He emphasizes faith in farmland as a sound investment and aims for steady production to feed stock year round, guiding his son Philip to experience farm work. Louis Berkemeier recalls Willkie’s approach has sustained profits for six years.
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Mr. Willkie
Miss Sleeth
Wendell Willkie
Indiana
Willkie
Louis Berkemeier
Baldwin Park Visitors Pass Through Chadwick
Chadwick brief notices record Baldwin Park California visitors, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Heath and Mr. and Mrs. Mervin Heath and family, planning stays with local relatives. Sunday visits include Morrison visitors Mr. and Mrs. Sturmer with Spearman family. Homecoming attendance in Rockford noted for Rev. and Mrs. L. M. Phillips and family. A weiner roast gathers guests from Mt. Pleasant Iowa Mt. Carroll and local families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Heath
Mervin Heath
Baldwin Park
Calif
Carroll
Martin Sturmer
Morrison
Herbert Spearman
L. M. Phillips
State Street Evangelical Church
Rockford
Wendell
Emerson
M. D. Phillips
Seward
Weiner
William Provant
Mary Levi
Mt. Pleasant
Iowa
Sepha Stein
Mt. Carroll
Robert Carbaugh
Boyd Handel
George Stein
Man Pleads Guilty in Liquor License Case
Howard Kness, 35, charged with selling intoxicating liquor without a license at his place north of Fulton on route 80, pleaded guilty when arraigned before Judge H. J. Ludens in the county court. The case was continued until Sept. 25 for sentencing. Kness was arrested on information secured by the sheriff's office and has been free on bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Kness
Fulton
H. J. Ludens
Kness
Sheriff’s Office
Whiteside Sentinel
Morrison
Misunderstood Lumbering Request Reveals Linoleum Confusion
Mandy asks for amonium for the kitchen floor but is corrected to linoleum by the mistress, clarifying measurement as yards not pints or quarts. Later daughter Ruth visits and Mandy quips she meant aluminum, not amonium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mandy
Lawsey
Ruth
Rufe
Poultry farming proves profitable with 33 percent return
A Chicago businessman recounts a farmer who started 1600 chickens in May and, after three months, sold 1674 birds for $932.92. Costs, including feed, insurance, depreciation and interest, totaled $701.61, yielding $231.41 profit and about $1.05 per hour of labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Concord Grapes For Sale In Thomson Ill
Good Concord grapes offered by Louis Schick of Thomson Illinois. Price and quantity not specified in the readable text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord
Louis Schick
Thomson, Ill
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Iceberg
Brettine
LUX Soap
Lux
Arcay Soap
Wellworth
Oxydol
Mason
Lee
Pkg
Ige
Thomson Locals
George Mest
Mrs
Fred Hook
Edward Junge
Thomson Briefs
A. R
F. M. Junes
R. F
Herbert St. Ores
Old Mill Park
H. R
D. R
E. A
Jeanne
Pauline
Sebert
Billy
H. L. Bowman Cattle Company
Maquoketa
Sale
H. L. Bowman
Mer
Hute, Herard
Kramer
Berkemeier’s
Joe Kramer
Christine Kramer
Wheeler McMillen
Farm Journal
Farmer's Wife
Chadwick Briefs
Herman Francke
Charles Switzer
Francke and Switzer
David Switzer
Francke and Switzer Hardware Store
Francke & Switzer Thomson
Round Oak Gas Range
Oneida
Round Cab Gas
Potter Bros
Thomson, Illinois
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