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Newspaper
Spring Valley Gazette
Location
Spring Valley, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1925
Page
2
The notice states a Spring Valley Illinois periodical subscription priced at $2.00 for one year, prepaid. It indicates the publication is entered at the post office as second class mail matter.
A reflection on snow removal argues that fresh snow is easier to clear than packed ice. The narrator muses on a utopian ideal of dry, clean town streets and the hope that someday the sidewalks will stay clear after a storm.
The piece humorously urges delaying shopping until December 24 at noon or later to test merchants and postal service. It notes waits till 5 30 for butcher and grocer, 5 45 for groceries, and same day delivery for cards mailed before Christmas. It pokes fun at the chaos of holiday shopping and the notion that waiting favors shoppers.
Enthusiasm for a deep waterway from the Lakes to the Gulf sweeps the nation. Proponents argue it will lower transportation costs, unlock Midwest resources, and expand national trade by linking the Great Lakes to the Atlantic via a southern route.
The passage notes that with the waterway in existence, Spring Valley will quickly become a key commercial hub, implying enhanced trade and growth. The statement highlights infrastructure impact and future economic development for the town.
A public discourse outlines three core concerns for every citizen from laborer to millionaire. It stresses bread and butter for families, favorable business conditions locally and globally, and steady capital investment to sustain employment and industry.
Health notes show diphtheria and scarlet fever remain seasonally high only scarlet fever now rising with about 33 daily cases. Pneumonia affects all ages but broncho pneumonia mainly infants under one year. Scarlet fever antitoxin is now commonly used in major cities and produced under U S Public Health Service supervision.
La Salle city council approved a revised ordinance increasing lighting service purchases over ten years from Illinois Power and Light. The decision followed last Wednesday’s special session after early agreement at Monday night’s meeting.
Enrollment blanks for the Junior Red Cross membership are being sent to every school this week. The 50 cent fee grants schools Red Cross News for the year. Volunteers in U S Veterans Hospitals welcome gifts from Juniors for the disabled ex service men, with bulbs, stockings, pencils, socks, handkerchiefs, calendars, notebooks, blotters, and tray favors among acceptable items. December seat work and Red Cross greetings are noted.
Seventy percent of the money from selling seals by pupils will be returned to the school to fund hot lunch outfits playground equipment health books or other health promotion needs approved by the Bureau County T B Association.
Henry Stuppy of La Salle sues Anton Washkowiak in Ottawa Circuit Court for 15000 dollars claiming injuries from a motor car collision at First and Gooding streets in the early hours of April 27, 1924. He was attempting to stop the speeding vehicle and spent weeks in St Mary’s Hospital.
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