Save Life of Wrist Slasher Charles Riley
Charles Riley 58 of Bureau Junction attempted suicide in Peoria city jail last Friday morning after being discovered bleeding from arm slashes by Sergeant Arthur Thompson. He had earlier been found at Rock Island depot acting strangely and placed in city jail. Riley had been a patient at Proctor hospital under treatment for mental disorders and was released Thursday as cured enough to return home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Riley
Bureau Junction
Proctor Hospital
Peoria
Arthur Thompson
Riley
Rock Island
Mrs A Andra Hemstitching and Plaiting Ad
Local service ad for Mrs A Andra offering hemstitching and plaiting work at 215 West St. Paul Street Spring Valley with guaranteed results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West St. Paul St
Spring Valley
Prisoner Riley Fends Off Self Harm In Jail
Riley, in a jail cell alone, cut his forearms with a three inch glass splinter he fashioned from a milk bottle. Sergeant Thompson spotted the injuries during a routine check, Troeger alerted a doctor, and medical staff stopped the bleeding before Riley was moved to Proctor hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riley
Thompson
Troeger
Proctor Hospital
Granville Merchant in Hospital with Paralysis
Max Reick of Granville is reported seriously ill at St. Margaret's hospital in Spring Valley after two weeks as a patient with paralysis. He previously suffered injuries in an elevator accident at Hotel Peru, which is thought to be the probable cause of his present condition. Reick runs a Granville hardware store and is well known in Spring Valley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Max Reick
Granville
St. Margaret’s Hospital
Spring Valley
Reick
Hotel Peru
Cherry Mine to Operate Despite Local Rumors
Superintendent C F Brenn of St Paul Coal at Cherry Granville denies plans to close the Cherry mine. The plant employs 500 workers, runs about five days weekly, and yields roughly 1200 tons daily, mostly for St Paul railroad usage. State inspectors Walter Waite and Peter Faletti report conditions satisfactory with no recommendations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cherry
St. Paul
Bureau County
C. F. Brenn
St. Paul Coal Company
Granville
Brenn
Supt
Long Wall
Illinois
Kentucky
West Virginia
Tennessee
Chicago
Peoria
Union
Walter Waite
Cherry Mine
Peter Faletti
Department of Mines and Mining
Government to Purchase Prewar Whisky Stock for Medicinal Use
Federal Prohibition Commissioner Roy A. Haynes proposes the government buy whisky stored in concentration warehouses in Chicago Peoria and St Louis as a reserve for legitimate medicinal needs. About 20 million gallons are under supervision, enough for seven years, with Illinois Kentucky and Peoria housing major portions. Some distilleries may resume production by 1928 to supply four year old spirits when stock runs out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Peoria
St. Louis
Roy A. Haynes
Haynes
Illinois
Kntucky
Kentucky
U. S
Congress
Get at the Cause Kidney Relief Ad from Spring Valley
Spring Valley residents learn to avoid suffering from kidney weakness and secretions. Mrs Robi Carmichael of 228 West Cleveland street credits Doan's Pills with easing back pain dizziness and dull ache after hard work weakened her kidneys and left her fatigued. Used by many local sufferers. Foster Milburn Co Mfr Buffalo NY.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean
Spring Valley
Robi. Carmichael
West
Cleveland Street
Doun
Foster-Milburn Co
Mfrs
Buffalo
Master in Chancery Sale in Bureau County Illinois
Public notice announces a master in chancery sale of multiple Sobieski Park lots in Spring Valley with coal rights excepted. Conducted after a 1925 decree, the sale is at 2 PM May 9 1925 at Spring Valley City Hall West front door to the highest bidder. Ten percent cash at sale, remaining balance upon sale confirmation and deed delivery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis A. Zearing
Bureau County
Spring Valley
Illinois
Bureau
Ilinois
Sobieski Park
State of
Marquette, Spring Valley and Northwestern Railroad
Josephine Olszanowski
Purchase Notice Dated April 6 1925 at Princeton
Purchasers assigned this notice dated at Princeton Illinois on April 6 1925. Louis Zearing signs as part of the transaction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton
Illinois
Louis Zearing
Complaint Detail Missing in Bu reau County Case
Master in Chancery of Bureau County Illinois directs proceedings in a suit with C N Hollerich as complainant's solicitor. no further case details or dates provided beyond "Te 4-30."
Inventory list of grocery items and prices
A fragment lists household goods and food items with quantities and prices including Aluminum Round Roasters Kirks Flake Soap Jello navy beans Blue Rose Rice C W G Best Flour Ginger Snaps Soda Crackers cigarettes Pure Cane Sugar with various weights and prices such as 19c 25c 65c.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. W. G. Best
Also Mentioned on This Page
A. Andra
Dry Goods
Red Crown
Coveny Keegan Garage
Fehr & Son Swanson & Balestri
Vogel & Zicker
de Pue Bryant Hdw. Co
de Pue Ranch Elec. Co
de Pue M. Barto
Seatonville
Standard Oil
Standard Oil Company
Spring,Valley Ill
Indiana
Uncle Sam
Master IN Chancery’s Sale
State of Illinois
Circuit Court of
Henry Olszanowski
C. N. Hollerich
J. F. Balm
E. St. Paul St
Spring Valley, iv
Mazda
Maxwell
America
Maxwell Organization
Detroit
DE Filippi and
Leimbach
West Dakota
Spring Valley, Illinois
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!