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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1940
Page
8
Vital statistics show 14 deaths and six births in Carroll County for last month. Multiple births listed with names, dates, and towns. deaths include Peters, Ballein, Strukhoff, Fahlen, and others with burial locations in local cemeteries.
Edison the Man stars Spencer Tracy and co stars with a two day engagement at the Royal Theatre. The film follows Edison from age twenty two in New York through his invention of the phonograph and electric light. Also Donald Duck cartoon and Ma He's Making Eyes At Me with The Great McGinty at Carroll Theatre as a benefit for American Legion and Auxiliary Christmas Basket Fund.
Thomson Briefs lists a flurry of weekend and Sunday visits among families across Illinois Wisconsin and surrounding states. Names include Lawler Carroll Oakley Johannsen Senneff Shipman Sack Severance Daniels Hunter Drake Clark Landis and Bennett among others. Several trips mentioned: Chicago residents visiting Milledgeville Prairie du Chien Delmar LaGrange Judd and Fargo area.
During August 18 herds on test totaled 342 cows. The association average was 645 Thea. milk and 23.8 Tha. fat. Lee Morgan's 17 mixed cows led with 1157 lbs milk and 44.2 lbs fat. none dry. A 16 head Brown Swiss herd owned by Rex Rahn was second with 827 lbs milk and 2.1 lbs fat. none dry.
County Clerk Walter Watson issued marriage licenses to J William Glenn of Eggertaville New York and Ruth M Harstick of Richmond Indiana and to Robert F Mattison of Oregon and Eileen E Buche of Lanark. The will of Sherman F Myers of Mt Carroll was admitted to probate. The entire estate goes to his widow Lizetta Myers for life with the remainder to the children. Lizetta Myers named executrix.
A sequence of property transfers documents appears, detailing quitclaim and warranty deeds. Named grantors and grantees include Hartman, Hammen, Cohn, Hartmen, Allison, Traum, Lundberg, Barber, Greison, Boyd, and others across Savanna Milledgeville Chadwick Lanark Oak Park Oakvale Woodland D. B. Sur. and surrounding plats.
Justus L. Johnson Republican candidate for secretary of state charged Tuesday that $2,000,000 in gasoline tax funds were diverted from downstate counties to Cook County. The Peoria Association of Commerce found refunds based on 1933 vehicle registrations rather than the prior year’s license fee receipts, exposing improper calculations and diversion.
Sunday visitors included Mr and Mrs Carl Peterson at the home of Mr and Mrs Adam Heinze near Savanna. John Balk Pete Balk Claus Prins and Albert Prins traveled to Kansas City to buy cattle. Chas Sack of Argo and Charlotte Hoffman with daughter Gloria of Freeport spent Saturday in Monroe Wisconsin then visited the Carl Hoffman home in Freeport and attended the Freeport Horse Show and Fair. Earl Sack and daughter of Green Bay Wisconsin stayed with his parents Mr and Mrs Wesley Sack for the weekend.
Under the Old Age Assistance Act Illinois requires children to support their parents if able. Mary Schaut Richter notes 305 responsive children of recipients have been interviewed since Jan 1 1940 to determine ability to contribute. County offices coordinate cross county and out of state inquiries with factual assessments guiding support responsibility.
Miss Carmel Harris works at Bielema Beauty Shop in Fulton while Mrs. Bielema is away. Many visitors stop by homes in Fulton Ideal Morrison Grays Lake and nearby towns including Dan Sack and Sam Herrington travelers and relatives join Sunday meals and weekday calls across the region.
County Clerk Walter Watson received a shock when an Iowa couple came seeking a same day marriage license. They were unaware Illinois requires a medical certificate with license application and a three day waiting period, so they left for Clinton to wed in their home state.
Many Mt. Carroll and Savanna youths depart or plan to soon for higher education. Students from Savanna attend the University of Illinois Urbana and other colleges, including Cornell, Coe, Penn, Columbia, Scovill, Brown’s, AIC, and Frances Shimer College, with numerous local names listed.
George Rumsey 79 died in county home near Mt Carroll at 11 a m September 11. Funeral services were held Saturday at the Nels Peterson home in Savanna with burial at Sabula cemetery. Survived by five daughters, two sons, a sister, 28 grandchildren and nine great grandchildren. Bernard Ingwersen 32 of Sabula died at 5 04 am Sunday in Savanna hospital from injuries when run over by a truck at the Ralph Blake farm sand pit. Inquest ruled accidental death from crushing injuries to head and chest. Ingwersen worked hauling gravel and signaled the truck to back up to the loading bin.
A local man died after a sudden collapse and fall under moving wheels. He is survived by his widow, a son, his mother, four sisters and three brothers, according to the obituary notice.
Farmers Ward Weidman Wallace Williams and Loomer Downing have been silo filling. Neal Dauphin is building a home on U 8 52 between Savanna and Center Hill. Mr and Mrs Jesse Taylor of Rockford visited over the weekend. John Wacker turned 90 on Sept 17 and a family dinner was held Sept 15. Irve Neuschwanger started crushing limestone near his Jacobstown home.
An employer questions the candidate about mathematical ability. The applicant shows his son’s homework noting that 75 percent of the sums were correct, implying limited proficiency. The exchange frames a humorous resignation to imperfect arithmetic.
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