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Newspaper
Spring Valley Gazette
Location
Spring Valley, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1925
Page
1
William D. Townsend postmaster of Kasbeer ended his life with a bullet to the head Sunday noon after a prolonged illness and a note to his wife expressing distress over insanity. Neighbors heard shots about 11:45, and his body was found in a shed near his home with a revolver and a mirror nearby.
Week of Lent ends with nightly union services at 7 30 led by visiting pastors Rev Wm Taylor La Salle Rev Pitman Granville Rev Noyce Oglesby Rev Evans Peru and Rev Lawler Princeton The Lord's Supper to be celebrated Thursday Good Friday sacred
Members of the Board of Education will be elected Saturday April 11 for both the High School and City schools. All retiring members seek re election with no opposition. High school candidates are Roy W Brown president J H Franklin and William Wolfer. City schools candidates are Win Harman president Mike Bender and Chas Savio.
In Geneseo A V Sieben and Lester McCleud have resigned from Illinois Power and Light Co and left Wednesday for Geneseo to start their own business. They secured the Westinghouse lighting agency and will handle electrical supplies. Mrs Sieben remains here.
The Spring Valley Association of Commerce announces its annual banquet next Tuesday April 7. Guest speaker Nels Darling, formerly a Lyceum speaker now with a Chicago wholesale drug firm, will discuss community problems. High School orchestra, Elva De Filippi singing, and Madelon Mahoney violin solo are on the program. Delegations from Granville Ladd and nearby towns will attend.
George Miller and his partner Miss Jean Fraser were arrested at their business location on Wednesday after officers secured evidence they ran a house of prostitution. They furnished bonds for their appearance in court when called for trial.
A hearing on the overhead bridge over Northwestern tracks at Spring Valley will be held in Springfield on Thursday morning April 9 at 10 a.m. before the State Commerce Commission. A delegation of Spring Valley citizens will attend.
Forty three merchants unite to boost April trades in Spring Valley. They publish a Business Guide and offer fifteen cash prizes from 100 to 5 dollars. With each fifty cent purchase a ticket earns a chance on 242.50 dollars in prizes. Eight thousand guides are mailed to local homes. prizes awarded April 30.
A large LaSalle auditorium crowd heard speakers urge forming a local group to join a national body seeking to amend laws to permit sale of light wines and beers. Thiele outlined aims while C A Windle, editor of the Iconoclast, argued against Prohibition as inconsistent with justice and liberty.
Frank Nebin has purchased the auto accessories line from Illinois Power and Light Corporation and will operate a full stock of wholesale and retail auto accessories.
The Minnesota state highway department petitions the State Commerce Commission to allocate the cost of a new viaduct over Northwestern Railroad tracks at Hospital Hill east of Spring Valley. The proposal calls for a 245 foot bridge, a 22 foot clearance, a major cut through Hospital Hill, and relocation of Creek and Creek bed work with extensive right of way acquisitions and regrading including 11 237 and 11 728 cubic yards earth moves.
The major cut on the Marquette hill along the Ivy Way between Spring Valley and De Pue is finished. S J Groves and Son of Minneapolis did the cut, Trompeter and Son of Peru will lay concrete starting around April fifteenth, and about eight miles of concrete plus gravel will finish this year’s work.
A legislative plan for a 60 million dollar bond issue earmarks DePue in routing Route 7 through county cooperation and local support as a compromise to fulfill statutory requirements.
Mrs. Ethel Richardson, 386 years, died at home after a two year tuberculosis illness. Survived by four children, one sister Mrs Bertha Smith, and her Chicago-based parents. Husband Eugene Richardson died six years ago. Funeral Tuesday at Mt Zion Baptist Church with Miller cemetery interment.
Baltrus Gregalovich aged 40, a former Spring Valley and Cherry resident, died of pneumonia at Gillespie last Thursday. He was single, with brothers and sisters in the area. Remains brought to Spring Valley for a Saturday funeral at Immaculate Conception Church. interment in Lithuanian cemetery.
An ejectment case filed by Spring Valley Coal Company against Misses Rebecca and Arabella McCormick of Peru is heard in the La Salle County Circuit Court. The coal firm seeks possession of a land strip after claiming a deed, while the McCormicks assert ownership for over twenty years and tax payments on the land. Attorneys H N Bayne and C B Chapman represent the company. Henry B Kelly of Detroit and John Coleman of La Salle defend the sisters.
James Barto returns from Chicago and will work with his father Peter Barto in the family undertaking business. He graduated Hall Township High School and the University of Illinois, then completed a Chicago embalming and undertaker program earning a license as embalmer and funeral director.
John Maddie bought the Del magro corner on West St. Paul street and will start building a brick store to replace his nearby grocery operation. Anton Marteno acquired two lots on West St. Paul street while John Mignone bought a lot in Luther's addition near the High school.
Paul Mehlenbachs Arcadians of Peoria headline Hicks Park Easter Sunday April 12 as the park offers major improvements. The enlarged pavilion will host over 500 couples for dancing and a dome shaped structure shelters the orchestra with special post dance car service.
The Association of Commerce appeals for donations for Southern Illinois tornado victims, reporting $290.25 raised so far and plans to collect more this week at City Bank. Camp Fire Girls and Peter De Filippi lead gifts of $25 each, with many others donating small sums. A Salvation Army Tag Day raised about $172, of which half benefits storm survivors. A community dance at Prosperity Club Hall on April 18 supports the fund.
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