Day by day limited service warns riders to buy tickets
A compact notice notes reduced service with limited stops on the daily line and urges passengers to purchase tickets to save money. No further details on schedule or stations are provided.
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Newspaper
Spring Valley Gazette
Location
Spring Valley, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1920
Page
7
A compact notice notes reduced service with limited stops on the daily line and urges passengers to purchase tickets to save money. No further details on schedule or stations are provided.
The Bureau County Fair in Princeton runs August 31 to September 3 with new features like air exhibitions by Harry McLaughlin, balloon races, and auto racing. One highlight is the Essex car team with Haugdahl Lampkin and Hovey, plus fast horse races, a 2:25 trot, 2:12 pace, and a 2:25 pace. Farmer’s Day Friday features a parade and final races.
The last of ten men killed in the Degnan McConnell mine No 19 explosion at Degnan Oklahoma was recovered. Rescue crews labored through Saturday night and Sunday morning after fans in shaft four failed, trapping workers.
Daily packet service between Spring Valley and Peoria ends September 7 per Swain line. After that date until navigation ends, downriver trips run Mondays Wednesdays Fridays and return trips on Tuesdays Thursdays Saturdays.
The Fourteenth Division of the American Red Cross covers all territory outside the U S including Alaska Porto Rico Hawaii Virgin Islands Philippines Guam and Yap. In 1920 it reported 50808 paid up members and runs service clubs for sailors in foreign ports aiding Americans abroad and planning disaster relief.
The American Red Cross runs a broad program aiding World War disabled veterans in Public Health Service hospitals and through the Federal Board for Vocational Education. Red Cross workers assist from admission to discharge, support convalescence, and help with housing, finances, and rehabilitation both in hospitals and in home communities. The Institute for the Blind near Baltimore trains blinded veterans, with the Red Cross backing an industrial survey to place them in suitable vocations.
The Iberian chapter of the American Red Cross in Spain contributes 480 dollars to a joint Spanish Red Cross and League of Red Cross Societies malaria fund.
At the Santa Barbara school for boys known as Boy Land, an area of about two acres offers a flat earth map with rivers lakes mountains and oceans. Boys can paddle through the larger waterways as part of the exhibit showing continents and valleys.
Julius Caesar grew obsessed with baldness and fell ill over it. On the day he learned no remedy existed a crown was made to cover his head but wearing it proved torturous.
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