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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1932
Page
11
Classifieds summarize rates for Carroll Whiteside and Rock Island counties with word counts per line. It covers circulation timing, editing rights, and contact options plus examples of services from heating plumbing auctions money services and beauty shops.
The Capitol Theatre at Morrison opened Sunday evening with the feature The Crooner Crownes attended every show. Daily Dreerans will be given in the evening and matinees on Saturday. J S Mikken of Sycamore is manager and Albert Herrick runs the machines. The house boasts best talking equipment. Lorita Young in Lily Begins, Richard Barthelmess in Cabin in the Cotton, Marlene Dietrich in The Blonde Venus, Save Me Love in Guilty as Hell, Ruth Chatterton in The Crash, Lionel Atwill in Doctor X, Harold Lloyd in Movie Grays, and the Four Marx Brothers in Horse Feathers are among the lineup with popular prices.
A reader column discusses Illinois state spending under different governors, noting increases from 192% and excluding bond costs and war expenses. It critiques taxation, calls for fewer state employees, and praises candidates like Otto Kerber and Martin Brennan while labeling party acts and a civilian barge trip as political.
Hurless Hog Sale set for Thursday October sixth at 4 oclock. A Hurtess offers thirty fall and spring boars ten gilts of purgized cholera immune Poland Chinas. Ed Mest and Henry Ulkts will assist in the sale. Farmers urged to attend for sound stock and good prices.
A collage of home canning and baking recipes from Chadwick and nearby towns. Dishes include Virginia Cow Chow with cabbage and green tomatoes, Butter Scotch Cookies from Mrs. Edward Waters, Cream Cake by Mrs. Lou Overholser, Catsup from Mrs. Joe Pessman, Suet Pudding with pudding sauce by Mrs. George Collinson, Grape Juice from Mrs. George Bowl et Thomson, and Weedable Soup using cabbage tomatoes carrots celery and peppers with salt sugar and spices.
The parcel post service will increase rates to help reduce the Post Office Department deficit. Rules specify weights over eight ounces up to seventy pounds with zone based pricing and per pound prepaid postage. Packages must be properly packed and labeled with clear sender and receiver addresses.
A retrospective column tracks historic commodity prices over the past half century. Wheat and cotton highs and lows, corn and rye figures, lard and sugar prices, and retail comparisons alongside a political jab note Grover Cleveland era context. A joke closes the page.
The passage records snippets of dialogue and social awkwardness from a gathering. A social worker and convicts exchange odd lines while a mother watches her daughter return with friends. A child relates default refusals to eat and to leave, highlighting family dynamics and social pressure.
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