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THE LIU In OX PRIZE FIGHTGAME IN SPRING VALLEY’.The lid lias fallen on the prize fight pngs of Spring Valley and Bureau county, and Sheriff Skoglund and L. M. Eckert have been notified to sit on the cover until the aforesaid pugs and their game have been smothered.Acting Governor Oglesby is the gentleman who gave the big cover the jar that slammed it shut and then locked it down by sending the local sheriff a request that he take advantage of every necessary means to enforce the law and keep the lid on.“Complaints from Spring Valley citizens,” says the press reports, were received by Mr. Oglesby Monday, which told of a fight or two that had been pulled off in the past, with the additional information that another was to occur this evening.” It is said Mr. Oglesby rang for his secretary at once. The following is the result:Hon. O. H. Skoglund,Sheriff of Bureau County. Princeton, 111.Dear Sir:—The attention of this department has been called to the fact that a prize fight is advertised to take place at Spring Valley on September 3rd. I'nder instructions of Acting Governor Oglesby, I am writing to request that you take the necessary means to prevent any violations of the law.Yours truly,C.. M. TINNEY, Sec.
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Princeton Bureau County Tribune
Princeton, Illinois, US
Fri, Sep 03, 1909
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