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Newspaper
Spring Valley Gazette
Location
Spring Valley, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1920
Page
6
Classified brief lists Wanted help to take hosiery orders with pay rates and no experience required. Also sale notice for a Hupmobile 32 in good condition after overhaul. Five Peoria whiskey distilleries taken over by U S Food Products Corp planning reduced corn use and more jobs.
A reflective piece urges balancing adult duties with personal desires, using a metaphor of guests and children to explore restraint. It emphasizes mindful choices and the value of hosting inner impulses without letting them command decisions.
The Passover festival starts Friday April 2 and ends Saturday April 10 in observant Jewish households. Some liberal Jews finish on April 9. The holiday, rooted in agricultural origins, centers on the Seder home service with symbolic foods and songs of freedom.
A historical reflection contrasts quick profiteers with patient financiers and criticizes public utilities as cormorants. It laments the moral cost of wealth gained by gain and notes the gap between prosperity and public service under wage labor, urging caution about economic systems.
A brown leather suitcase found along the Rock Island track near Bureau Junction is identified as Reuben Bruce, Sr. of Peoria. The 64 year old, partially blind man disappeared two weeks ago after dining March 15 and boarding a train in Rock Island. Police fear robbery or foul play may have occurred as the search shifts to Bureau County.
Beginning April 1 1920 a fee schedule sets prices for office consultations at 1.50, day city visits 3.00, night city visits 5.00, obstetrical minimum 25.00, day outside city 3.00 plus 1.00 per mile, night outside city 5.00 plus 1.00 per mile. Extras for medicines and anesthetics 5.00 for minor operations 10.00 for major. Signed by six doctors including Coveny Miltenberger Moran Ream Rummel Schurtz.
A boy, given a penny for church, reports no God nearby and gives the penny to the sun. A book over a millennium old notes two chicken breeds in China, while modern incubators mirror those used in Egypt 4,000 years ago.
In Tibet every family must have at least one son join the church to ensure spiritual alignment and temporal protection by the monasteries, the dominant force shaping life and authority in the region.
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