Carroll County Platform Aims at Civic and Sports Goals
In the 1940 Review the Carroll County platform outlines: a Milledgeville bank, extend Rt. 171 from Hansen's Corners on Rt. 78 to Chadwick joining Rt. 88, elect efficient town village and county officers to cut costs, promote competitive sports in Carroll County, and present Carroll County as the sportsmen's paradise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County
Milledgeville
Hansen’s Corners
Chadwick
Sportsmen's Paradise
Birthday Listings in Thomson Chadwick Milledgeville and Clinton Areas
A sequence of birthday notices dated Sept 27 to Oct 3 lists residents and their towns including Thomson Chadwick Milledgeville Lanark Morrison Clinton and Savanna with names such as Mrs Frank Johnson Harold Kauffman Hazel Sack and Nolan Basta among others. The column reads like a local community calendar with names and home towns.
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Frank Johnson
Thomson
Curtis St. Ores
Iva Bickert
Chadwick
Jeanette Queckboerner
Carol Lee Keckler
Will Rister
Willard Krauss
Milledgeville
Jack Newton
Harold Kauffman
Savanna
N. D
French, Sr
Hazel Sack
Anna Mary Allen
Ben Rosenberg
Claude Cook
Nolan Basta
Clinton
Raymond Hartman
Arla St. Ores
Delbert Emnyre
Lillian Lott
Francis Provant
Betty Miller
Lanark
Marvin Flynn
Mary Waters
Joan Boening
Blanche Beck
LaGrange
Henry Sweitzer
Arliss Joan Farwell
Henry L. Hartman
Allan Zugschwerdt
Floyd Tripp
Lillian Wagner
Donald Weatherwax
Sterling
Louis Diehl
Clarence McGinty
Robert Coon, Jr
LaVonne Holm
Bessie Isenhart
Ralph Ferris
Ralph Allison
Wayne Plummer
Gerald Smith
Sylvester McWorthy, Jr
Ruth Hower
Edwin Smith
Pearl Larkey
Morrison
Evan Rahn
Frank H. Schreiner
Carroll County News Roundup From Northwestern Illinois
Local notes report dry conditions improving for farmers in Carroll County while southward rainfall remains scarce for six weeks. The issue highlights county events from Milledgeville and Polo festivals, plus tax lists for York Wysox and Fair Haven townships. Melons in Thomson remain plentiful as cattle feeding rises amid milder milk prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forreston
Monroe
Wis
Milledgeville
Illinois
Carroll County
Mt. Carroll
York
Fair Haven
Wysox
Thomson
Jeach
Local Firefighters Miss Practice Chance After Harlan Handel Blaze
Oil stove fire at the Harlan Handel home was extinguished by Mrs Handel before the CHADWICK firemen arrived. Minor damage included a smoked porch and Beverly Handel's snow suit. The town also saw John Sollenberger exhibit his 1941 Chevy attracting crowds at Saturday events. Harold Holmes opened his new dental office to visitors Monday.
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Harlan Handel
John
Lee Spencer’s
Plymouth
Harold Holmes
Harold
Quote on God’s image: love of truth and justice
The text invokes the idea that what remains of the image of God in humans is love of truth and justice. It presents a moral stance centering on integrity and fairness as essential divine alignment.
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God
War talk and civic notes echo in Curley quotes and law
A rambling piece mixes mock court verdicts over corn stock with wartime commentary on England Germany and Spain. It touches conscription debates voter rights redrafting the Oct 16 draft registration and urges keeping politics out of the draft. It ends with Illinois Old Age Assistance asset claims and county cooperation to recover benefits after a recipient's death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judge Stransky
Curley, Hebder Co
Adam Heinze
Don Ashby
Heinze
Henry Hebler
Adam
Henry
Don
Curley
Ashby
Andy Sheridan
al St. Ores
Jim Lewis
Europe
Illinois
Mary Schaut Richter
County Department
Division of Old Age Assistance
Carroll County
Unnamed Witness Verifies Hidden Watch Claim
A man asks to confirm the watch is in the handkerchief. The other man responds that he is more than satisfied, noting the watch he gave has not run for six months.
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England
First Lesson and Zigzag Wake on Ocean
The wireless operator on a small vessel briefly took the helm, steering erratically until the captain arrived and cautioned him not to write his name on the face of the ocean. A Sunday school boy reports learning the First Commandment and that he must sit still.
Tudor style house sparks buyer and builder clash
The builder claims the house is in Tudor style while the purchaser rejects that label. A bystander named George is asked to wash oak beams with water. A child asks about political pie and the father explains it is applesauce and plums, noting candidates.
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George
Jackie
Dad
Also Mentioned on This Page
Thomson Review
the Village Echo
Thomson Broadax
Doc Saunders
H. G. Stagg
Sylvalena Bolhous Kenneth Whitney
Telephone
Happy
Broadway
Clay Streets
Harris
Jacob Richter
George Potter
Sailorboy Greeley
Barber Holland
Utilities
Connell
Main Street
Ann Brkljack
High School Girls’ Athletic Association
Kipnis
Mt. Carroll, Illinois
Sharpe
Herb Rawlins
Willkie
Sam Higley
Glenn Sears
Charles Groharing
Johnson Creek
Ely Cochran
Bill Strubb
Germany
Italy
Spain
Backer & Wagner
S. 2Nd St
Clinton, Lowa
W. L. Derrer
Carroll
Arrow
Ferguson
Savanna, Ill
Frank Alt
Marvin A. Naeve
Bryant
U. S
Iowa
Ill
Ohio
Sharpe Carroll
Ellery
Ellery Queen
Mercury
American Mercury
Mercury Books
Lexington Avenue
New York, N. Y
McIntosh
Grimes
Hessler’s
Main Ave. Rd
Clinton, Ia
Northwestern
Illinois Utilities
Phillips 66
Will Rentschler
Cotton & Chenille
Marth Bros. 'S
W. F. Black
Walnut, IN
Carroll County Farmer Friends
Foster Black
Pfister
The
F. Black Farms
Walnut, Ill
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