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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1939
Page
8
A Northern editor riffs on Sabula Iowa city pond U turn signs and fish pond antics while lampooning weekly columnists as he recalls a raft of quirky local anecdotes. The piece also recalls wartime moral talk and debates on public health and vaccination urging parental responsibility.
A fragmented 1939 poultry and livestock directory lists breeders and stock breeds such as Belgian Draft Horses Jersey Hogs and Hereford cattle. It includes farm names in Illinois towns like Lanark Morrison Chadwick Savanna and Mt. Carroll with contact notes and owners. A stray poem dedicated to gossip circulates among the clippings.
A witty collection of jokes and quips from the Denver Post highlights playful wordplay about taxes, work, and a holiday season. The items include a pun about a father’s weekly earnings and his wife’s share, a lighthearted factory song request, and a traveler’s joke about a monkey wrench versus cattle and sheep wrenches told in a rural Swede setup.
A committee announced a county contest starting at noon with about ten entrants lasting 80 minutes. Contenders will have tractor wagons, marked plots, and weighed loads to determine final scores with deductions for gleanings. Ten top scorers advance to the state event later this month.
Mr and Mrs Reuben Tommans of Chadwick are invited to attend the Majestic Theatre Mr Carroll on Friday or Saturday night to see Rose Marie or on Sunday Monday or Tuesday night to see The Wizard of Oz Please bring this notice with you.
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