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Newspaper
Spring Valley Gazette
Location
Spring Valley, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1918
Page
4
A 1917 letter montage touts miraculous cures by a healer in Napl es Illinois and nearby towns. Accounts describe long chronic rheumatism, walkers able to discard crutches, and others returning to work after treatment. Supporters credit divine power and urge readers to seek help despite skeptics.
The Nexto invites residents addressed by Rev. Dr. Hawkins at Box 57 FE St. Louis Illinois to Mendota Depot Hotel next Wednesday April 10 for a healer visit as he cannot travel to Spring Valley.
The War Savings campaign and Liberty Loans are not rivals but partners in national finance. War Savings Stamps build thrift and capital for the nation, supplementing successive Liberty Loan drives. All workers should cooperate to support the Third Liberty Loan and promote thrift via Thrift Stamps and W S 8.
A Floridian pair touts peanuts as bread material and a versatile American staple. The piece catalogs wide uses from cooking oil to cosmetics and fuel, including roasted peanut meats and hulls for various industrial roles, urging war support by highlighting peanut productivity.
A Red Cross benefit sale lists automobiles real estate farm implements livestock poultry merchandise grain and more. The event is slated for Saturday April 6 with five auction blocks all day and a night athletic show in the Opera House featuring Billy Papke the world middleweight champion.
A Chicago star headlines a boxing bout and three wrestling matches on the card. The event includes three benefit dances in the evening to support a local cause.
Edgar A. Strause, accused of slaying Bern M. Mead, was released and immediately re arrested on a murder charge after State's Attorney McMenar dismissed the indictment. Judge Grier ordered the March grand jury reconvened to consider a new indictment prompted by a faulty original charge.
Otto Olsen, former chauffeur to Bryant H Barber, claims Barber’s body is hidden by a river rat for a reward. Olsen says he saw the banker’s body in the Rock River near Grand Detour and plans to expose the hideout. The Barber bankcollapse left about 1000 depositors with losses as final payments were issued. Parish notices and social items follow.
George L. Cook of Dubuque Iowa is jailed in Cambridge on a bigamy charge. Sheriff George H. Brown chased him to El Paso Texas. Cook awaits trial after divorcing and remarrying, then reuniting with a second wife amid alimony issues.
Sheriff Brown traced Cook from marriage fallout to El Paso Texas and Austin Texas. A hot pursuit across the southwest ended with Brown returning to Springfield with Cook after a habeas corpus bid failed. The governor had issued a warrant for Cook’s arrest and papers were retrieved.
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