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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1927
Page
2
Community notices recount church events and family visits in Morrison Davenport and Savanna including a baptism, a church program, intercity visitors from Fulton Rock Island and DeKalb, and club meetings in N.T. and African Methodist circles. residents travel to Dixon and Chicago area towns and community groups coordinate fundraisers for a Savanna church.
On Monday October 10 1927 at 1 30 p.m. at my farm 4 1 2 miles south of Chadwick I will offer for sale about 15 acres of heavy timber. Timber to be sold in one quarter acre lots with plenty of good saw logs. Terms one year at 7 percent. Roy Fritz as auctioneer FE W Zugschwerdt clerk.
An October 6 public mass meeting at Fulton Coliseum will discuss paving Route 80 from Savanna to Rock Island. Illinois officials Col Miller and Col Sheets from Springfield will attend to hear public support for early action on a paved Route 80. Local editor notes corrections were made post print. Luther Geisinger visits the Geisinger homes while touring the Schaffer tent show.
Governor Len Small promised to be present on October 1 to officially open Prophetstown Home Coming on the 7th. Haré read officials schedule a 9 30 A M meeting with the Governor to discuss Bowle No 78 from Alt Carroll to Kewanee Illinois with plans for activities to start early in 1928. The note closes with a 1927 Omar verse about wilderness and the Volstead act.
Justice Prins sustained a serious finger injury Monday when it became entangled in Ebner machinery. Doctors treated the wound at the hospital and he will be off duty for several days with a very sore hand.
Uneven readable text notes Miss Wain and Mr Alfred Smith visiting relatives. Mentions a woman sought for weekly park duty. Mentions Mr and Mrs Allen and companions visiting Jackson Sunday. No clear events or dates to confirm.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions a daughter and a year in Park College Mississippi Mississippi Captains and a Watton prades ky qs, with Mrs. referenced. The readable material is highly incomplete, lacking clear names, dates, or events to form a full obituary or news item.
Classifieds show salesmen wanted to sell nursery goods with weekly commission payments. Inquiries directed to Hartley at Court Street and a life insurance firm offer agent contracts, territory rights, and full commissions. Additional notes advertise alfalfa seed prices by George Bowman in Coney Kansas with seed purity claims.
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