Thomson Polo Lane area notes and community items
Community news from Thomson Lanark Polo and surrounding areas covers fishing yields farming checks and open houses. Notable items include Oliver Wendell leaving Wilbur Lumber Co Lanark and a Polo road right of way condemnation suit plus several local events from Masonic activities to a carnival bazaar and a home talent show. Local residents attend a Cattle Congress in Waterloo and 4-H champions named Lucille Dresbach La Vonne Holm Grace Keeney and Jane Miller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomson
Riverview
Polo
Oliver Wendell
Wilbur Lumber Co
Lanark
Oliver
Polo Road
C. W. Noll
American Legion
Chicago
Rockford Drum and Bugle Corps
Ray Polhill
Shaw-Leavens Post
Bezsar
PWA
Stransdale
G. W. Nichol
J. T. Eckman
Scott Nichol
Joe Cunningham
John Gardner
Peters
George Peters
Lloyd Peters
W. P. Stattler
Waterloo
Morris Cook
Lanark-Milledgeville
Grace Keeney
LaVonne Holm
Lucille Dresbach
Ruth Wolf
J. Oscar Wenger
Polo Church of the Brethren
Wenger
North Manchester College
Emerson Lamoreux
Phillips 66
North Broad Street
Birthday notices roll through Chadwick and Lanark
Local birthday list announces celebrations from September 29 to October 4 in Chadwick Milledgeville Lanark Thomson Oak Park and nearby areas. Names include Nolan Basta Raymond Hartman Delbert Etayre Lillian Lott Marvin Flynn Mary Waters Joan Boening Betty Miller Benry Sweitzer Henry Hartman Ralph Ferris and others with several spouses and neighbors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nolan Basta
Clinton
Raymond Hartman
Thomson
Delbert Etayre
Chadwick
Lillian Lott
Francis Provant
Marvin Flynn
Milledgeville
Mary Waters
Joan Boening
Betty Miller
Lanark
Benry Sweitzer
Allan Zugschwerdt
Rick
Floyd Tripp
Lillian Wagner
Donald Weatherwax
Sterling
Louis Diehl
Blanche Beck
Oak Park
Henry L. Hartman
Isanbart
Ralph Ferris
Clarence Metrinty
Robert Coon, Jr
Orve Orcutt
LaVonne Holm
Ralph Berety
Wayne Plummer
Milledge
Local Names Listed in Milledgeville Area Notices
Randall Linker of Lanark Alvin Queckboerner of Chadwick Robert Bushman of Milledgeville and Forest Hanna of Milledgeville are named in a local record listing residents or involved parties in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Randall Linker
Lanark
Alvin Queckboerner
Chadwick
Robert Bushman
Milledgeville
Forest Hanna
Signs and Stories from a Weathered Driver’s Day
A rambling column follows a man named Bill and a chorus of roadside signs he encounters across towns like Fulton Davenport and Chicago. He jokes about signs, drivers, and memory dodges, ending with a lively account of helping milk cows with friends at a Sunday gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
Eagle Point Park
Davenport
Chicago
Tony
Fulton
Tadd
Savanna
Chadwick Boys
Ada
Pnand
Mareveci
Jack Gaar
Ray Hook
Gene Potter
Gilpin
Rush Carroll
Enoi
Stagg
Young Gear
Gene Fottey
Rays Ray
Tong
Sealed Beam Headlight System Aims to Improve Night Safety
The 1940 automobiles introduce a complete new lighting unit called The Sealed Beam Headlight System. The sealed unit resists dirt dust and moisture, protecting reflecting surfaces and lens. It produces two beams lower for city driving and upper for country driving, increasing light and road illumination for safer night travel.
Digestive aid Adl erika ad for heart gas relief
An old advertisement promotes Adlerika as a remedy for stomach gas causing heart pressure due to constipation. It claims one dose relieves pressure and that Adlerika cleans out both bowels. Sold at drug stores between 19 and 28.
Seils Store To Residen and Local Village Scenes
Fragmented story recounts a local store owner Chad Seils and a boy named Epante, with villagers observing a parade later truncated by crowd gaps. The text describes a family scene with children at play, a pantry activity using household foods, and a neighbor greeting Mary as she misses parts of a parade due to crowding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary
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Michigan
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Paul Fulrath
Rudolph Schreiner
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Leon Wheelock
Milwaukee
Siegel Taylor
John Shildwahter
Louis Miller
Mathias
J. T. Eckman Real Estate
Marvin Lindsay
Will Bright
Sisting
Cook Farm
Adam Heinze
O. H. Imel
Imel
Guy Mackey
Chad
Wick
Old Mill Park
Foundling of
Edna Clemerson
Robert Munts
Audubon
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Milwaukee Railroad
MT. Carroll
Carlos Johnston
Salvation Army
Sherriff
Lanark News
Review
Dias Semaailer
SIKTY
the Village Echo
Foster L. Stagg
Aot
Flage Bosinw, Manager
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Thomson, Hlinoi
Office of Publication
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Carrell County
Hansen’s Corners
Happy
Evan Kahn
Frank H. Schreiner
Gerald Smith
Sylvester McWorthy
Bath Hower
Paul Barthel
LaRue Geary
Minnie Turnbaugh
Harve Frederick
James Keckler
A. 8
Breneman
Duane Smith
Jerry Sikkema
Thompon
Chaa
Mt Carroll
MT. Carroll Rendering Co
Mt. Carroll, Til
Rouse
John D. Turnbaugh
ME. Carroll, Hl
W. L. Derrer
Carroll
Stakemiller’s
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Glenview Hotel
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Sharpe
Bill
Joe
Pete
le Quarter
Shaye
Dizzy Dean
Carl Haag
Mt. Carroll, NL
Cgalena Street
Mount Carroll Sales Co
H, Kipnis
Roy Frits
Owen Milles
Seils
George Wicks
Eh Hrocery
Ajay
Dan Kya
Kness
HS Soo
Plany
Bln
G Yin Nop Mide Kroan
Epante Bay
Krnas
Vba
Laban
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Attorney AT Law
National Bank Blig Savanna
Ill
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Hotpoint
Holpo
Picumer
Prance
Ilinois Utilities
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