Detroit Lights and Greenfield Village Exhibit Recalled
A museum tour recalls Detroit’s transport past with gasoline steam and electric cars, three color traffic signal, Byrd planes, and Ford skis. Greenfield Village features the Floral Clock with Telanthesa star designs and seasonal plant replacements, reflecting an Early American village look and green focus.
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Franklin
Admiral Byrd
South Pole
Fokker
Ford
Greenfield Village
Greenfield Village opens as Edison Institute campus tour
The Inn and chapel at Clinton Inn Mich stand restored with original furnishings. Brick school features 80 year old equipment while modern systems are added. Greenfield Village educates by doing with hands on shops, clocks, and workshops.
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Clinton Inn
Clinton
Mich
Martha Mary
Henry Ford
Logan County
Illinois
Lincoln
Savannah
Orville Wright
Wright Cycle Shop
Toll House
Greenfield Village
Greenfield
State Department
Edison Institute High School
Niagara Falls
Local residents host weekend gatherings in Mt Carroll and Polo
Chadwick Prief and Mrs. Glen Lego of Mt Carroll were Sunday guests of Mr and Mrs Ward Weber. Larry Williams, son of Mr and Mrs Everett Williams, is visiting his grandmother Mrs Grace Hartman in Freeport for two weeks. Mr and Mrs Alvin Reiff Mrs Harold Stoner and Leroy joined Mr and Mrs Roy Reynolds for Sunday dinner in Polo and also visited the Will Cordell home in Polo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glen Lego
Mt. Carroll
Ward Weber
Larry Williams
Everett Williams
Grace Hartman
Freeport
Alvin Reiff
Harold Stoner
Leroy
Roy Reynolds
Polo
Will Cordell
Notice of Benefite Drainage District Assessments Due
Public legal notice to landowners in the Savanna and York Drainage District in Carroll County Illinois. The annual Benefite for drainage work is due by March 10, 1945, at the district treasurer in Thomson. Nonpayment will trigger sale of unpaid tracts to cover amounts and costs. Dated September 7 1944. Roy I Houghton Treasurer. 1 3t 9-2
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Savanna and
York
Carroll
Illinois
Thomson
A. D
Roy I. Houghton
Carrell
Ilinois
A.D
R. I. Houghton
Weber Family Hosts Birthday and Sunday Visits
Mrs Ida Weber hosted Sunday guests including Chadwick, Mrs H F Weber, Mrs Joe Weber, and LaVerne. On Friday, Mrs Bert Straub celebrated her husband’s birthday with ice cream and cake for Charles Straub Milledgeville Dorothy Lanark La Verne Straub Cpl Claude Mechling Camp Butner and the Mechling family.
Ration changes list sugar stamps and fuel oil details
The notice outlines sugar stamp stages for five and six pound canning sugars through Feb 28 1945 with Stamp 33 valid Sept 1 for six pounds, various meat butter processed foods and fuel oil coupon validity, and new period 1 heating year stamps for 1944-46. It also covers airplane shoe stamps and regional applicability outside the east coast.
Picnic scenes at Point Rock Park Mt Carroll families gather
Mr and Mrs Herbert Stein and family and Mr and Mrs Elmer Weber and family enjoyed a picnic Sunday at Point Rock Park in Mt Carroll. Mr and Mrs George Damman Sr and Mr and Mrs George Damman Jr and family were Sunday supper guests of Mr and Mrs A H Damman.
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Herbert Stein
Elmer Weber
Point Rock Park
Mt. Carroll
George Dambman
George Dambman, Jr
A. H. Dambman
Illinois Tops Nation in Newspapers and Printing Output
The Illinois Business Review reports Illinois has 785 newspapers including 100 plus dailies. Printing in the state’s fourth industry yields 28.5 million dollars yearly, with total printing valued at 96.6 million dollars annually, leading the nation in output and activity.
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Ilinois
Illinois Business Review
University of Illinois Bureau of Economic and Business Research
Review
New York
Booster Night at Black Oak Range Friday event planned
Booster Night for Black Oak Range will be held next Thursday evening September 28 with movies a play music and a beauty contest. Refreshments will be served. The public is invited. Flora Becker of Clinton spent the past week with her mother Mrs Carrie Becker.
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Black Oak Rrange
Flora Becker
Clinton
Carrie Becker
Also Mentioned on This Page
Detroit Lights
Noah Webster
York University
Robert Frost
Stephen Foster
Foster
State Farm Mutual
Paul Swanson
Savanna 117
Diagonal St
State Farm Insurance Companies of
Bloomington
Chiropractic
Earth
H.p.hoffman Palmer
7Th Ave
3Rd St
Iowa
The
Wall Street Journal
U. S
Territories
Chadwick
W. Schroeder
Garfield St. Clinton
W. L. Derrer
Ling
HAM
Msi
Tacoma
Olonoview
Legals
Allied van Lines
Carstensen
Clinton, Iowa
Ration News
East Coast
Chadwick Briefs
Lawrence A. Smith
Nat'l Bank Building
Brilden
Savanna
Uncle Sams Arsenal
Duluth
Superior
Rapid Citys
Omahaoo
DES Moines
Kansas Citys
Ottumwa
Terre Haute
Milwaukee Road
Midwest
Uncle Sam
Great Lakes
Pacific
America
Tie Millwaukee Road
Yellowstone Park
U. S&s
Mad Horn
Francine Johnson
Mary’s
Gclub
Ilnois
Valeska Powell
Tap
Jan Fredericks
Harriet Wertz
Acrobatics
Shinner
Winkler
Times Theater
Savanna Savanna
Claude M. Brigas
Main St
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