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Newspaper
Spring Valley Gazette
Location
Spring Valley, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1925
Page
4
Church notes encourage all members to attend next Sunday at 11 o'clock. Sermon topic titled The Commandment Nobody Keeps stresses adherence and may affect vacation plans for churchgoers and students alike.
Quincy prepares to host the State American Legion Convention on August 1 and September 1 with an entertainment program aimed at surpassing past events. James Doyle represents Spring Valley Post with John Carroll as alternate.
The Spring Valley Tornados fall 4 to 3 in ten innings at Marseilles in a hard fought game. umpiring aided Marseilles while a deep center field relay injury cost a home run for F Taylor. Marseilles wins with an error and two hits in the tenth. The Tornados set to meet Amboy again next Sunday.
Louis Murphy's Illinois Giants draw record crowds in the Michigan Ontario League, defeating American Oils 12 to 3 and Vans 11 to 5 in Flint and Lansing. 3000 spectators watched at Lansing as Murphy's star pitcher Half Pint Gibson, undefeated in 21 starts this summer, leads the team toward a doubleheader at Round Lake.
Martin Zearing, longtime president and cashier emeritus of the Farmers and Miners Bank of Ladd, will resign Sept 1 and join the First National Bank of Princeton as cashier after steering the Ladd bank from a $10,000 start to about $500,000 in deposits. He will be succeeded by Thomas Cahill as president and John Cahill as cashier with Roy Conway as assistant cashier.
Standard Oil cut gasoline by two cents per gallon effective Tuesday across Illinois Wisconsin Indiana Minnesota Iowa Nebraska Missouri Kansas Oklahoma North and South Dakota. Tank wagon price drops to 17.3 cents while station prices stand at 19.3 cents. Kerosene and furnace oil also reduced by a cent with kerosene at 11.6 cents and furnace oil at 7.7 cents.
An advertisement touts Zenzal as a cure for pimples eczema and various eruptions. It claims quick results after one application and distinguishes two formulas for different skin conditions. Available from Thompson Drug Co. Rexall Store.
Parish of St Ann's Church acknowledges Spring Valley residents and local businesses who contributed toward a new pipe organ. Names include Spring Valley City Dnk, I J Jagodzinski, Illinois Light and Power, Dr R E Miltenberger, Bonucci Meat Market, Assalley Bros, and many others with amounts ranging from 50 cents to 5 dollars.
Daily schedule snippet shows multiple train times from La Salle Joliet Ottawa Morris and connections. Notes daily except weekends and mentions main line car connections at Ottawa for Grand Ridge and Streator. Fare details include Chicago NL routes via Joliet and Chicago and Joliet Electric Railway. Tap fare 93.64 cents and Way 1.92.
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