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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1939
Page
4
A reader urges parents to model safe pedestrian behavior after witnessing a young child with her mother crossing the street unsafely. The piece cites that pedestrians account for about 40 percent of automobile fatalities and that most fatal pedestrian crashes involve unsafe walking or jaywalking, calling for nationwide education and parental example.
A playful fragment collection critiques money talk and editor habits with jokes about a wide range of local figures. It references a garden club meeting ending oddly and a stenographer misplacing envelopes, ending with a plumber and householder joke about teaching children to swim.
State Auditor Edward J. Barrett and State Superintendent John Wieland address school districts on the new law for transporting public school pupils. The rule sets a state reimbursement of three fourths of transport costs up to 15 dollars per pupil, with residents only and nonresident transportation not authorized. tuition-paid pupils excluded from reimbursement calculations.
Rob t and Adeline Girofaang farm known as the John Cole Lam Thomson Stagy and Prins Thomson will be added to the list to run through the hunting season for fifty cents. Mail to the Review office at Thomson.
Mr and Mrs Wilbur Williams of Thomson are invited to attend at the Majestic Theatre Mr Carroll on Friday and Saturday nights to see Our Leading Citizen or on Sunday Monday or Tuesday nights to see The Star Maker Please respond promptly to this notice.
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