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Newspaper
Spring Valley Gazette
Location
Spring Valley, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1920
Page
4
A compilation of short notices lists residents traveling for visits in Chicago and Newark, hospital stays, home repairs, jobs, and social events. It mentions Richard O Halloran returning from Town, Miss Jonnie Tarro visiting Chicago, Patrick Reynolds taking Montana employment, and several others visiting relatives or recovering at St. Margaret's hospital.
In a rural community Lessie Saunders overthrows social expectations and cuts through pretense to reveal her true self. Nate Dixon, seeking a stable home, questions whether Lessie is the right wife, learns her plain self is enough, and resolves to build a real home with her.
Rev Mills plans to return this week from vacation at Lake Geneva Wisconsin and will preach next Sunday at 11 o clock. Bible school begins at 10 a m with services at the usual hour.
A new ball club the Spring Valley Regulars forms in the city. Their first game is next Sunday at Hicks Park against the De Pue Regulars. The Valley team members are described as skilled and eager for a fast contest.
The La Salle Peru and Spring Valley horseshoers will hold a picnic at Mitchells Grove in Peru on August 7. The event declares Saturday a holiday as members and families travel to the park for games athletic events and a fine picnic dinner.
Alcide Lorenzi of Seatonville was arrested last week on a charge of selling moonshine liquor. He appeared in county court, was arraigned, and fined $200 plus costs for the offense.
A reflective piece on personal character and unseen influence. It asserts that true worth lies in inner strength and integrity, not external status, urging readers to recognize their own capacity to act bravely and honorably in the face of danger calumny and duty.
A collection of old superstitions warns of luck or misfortune when starting out. Phrases advise about dropping a purse, dust in the eyes, un-cleared tables, meeting three spectacled people, cutting nails, and a racialized tale about running around chairs for luck.
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