Victim identifies bandit in La Salle jewelry robbery
Five witnesses in the Jensen jewelry store case positively identified Harold Sharp as one of three robbers who seized money and jewels worth 15600 in La Salle on November 18. Sharp was jailed in county custody after a Toledo detour, while denying the crime under questioning by Sheriff Welter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Sharp
Jensen
la Salle
Sharp
Toledo
Ohio
Welter
Oglesby
C. A. Jensen
Celie Jankowski
Walter Gietzendanner
Louis Marzatta
Florence Hayden
Congregational Church Notes Highlight 1926 Campaign
Mrs Grace Mayer-Oakes of Chicago Associate Secretary of the Congregational Education Society addressed teachers and workers of city Sunday Schools. The parish seeks support for 1926 with James Dwyer as campaign director. Next Sunday the sermon is The Man Who Three Cubits in Stature Touched the Sky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Mayer-Oakes
Chicago
Congregational Education Society
Mayer-Oakes
Congregational
James Dwyer
Change of time for Methodist Church social
A Methodist Church social announces a new date shifting from December 16 to December 15. The event offers lunch at 15 cents, a candy booth, fishing pond, and parcel post, inviting all to attend for an enjoyable evening.
Music on Spring Valley Main Street Showcases Radios and Displays
SEEN ABOUT TOWN highlights Spring Valley’s busy main street where radios blast from Fehr and Son, Picco garage, and Winfield radio shop. Rathbun Drug Store and Pinkley Drug Store feature magnetic window displays of Atwater Kent and Radiola sets. A giant Ho Bo cigar, 24 inches in circumference and eight feet long, graces Bonucci and Duncan’s window as the editor seeks a distinguished person to smoke it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spring Valley
Fehr and Son
Main Street
Picco
Winfield
George
Pinkley Drug Store
Bonucci and Duncan
Children Reunite Promptly Cancels Divorce Suit
Peter Bertolino of La Salle had sued for divorce from Anna Bertolino alleging cruelty and meals not prepared. The case was dismissed Wednesday as they reconciled over their four children Lillian Loretta Harold and Evelyn. Alimony of 25 every two weeks had been granted to Mrs Bertolino days earlier. The couple married June 4 1916 at Spring Valley and separated September 27 1925.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Bertolino
la Salle
Anna Bertolino
Bertolino
Spring Valley
Lillian
Loretta
Harold
Evelyn
Shooting on highways for Biden by state law
State game wardens are ordered to enforce laws forbidding shooting on public highways and to arrest violators. Farmers post farms against hunting, making highway shooting a difficult issue. The best plan is to seek permission to hunt on any farm to avoid questions. Shooting on public highways or state property has long been a menace.
Divorces Sought After Disappearance Case
Elmer G. Wedding a Princeton grocer files for divorce after months of searching for his wife and nine year old son who vanished last June. Detectives failed to locate the missing Mrs. Wedding who is thought to be in Chicago with H. Dick Johnston. Wedding hopes to recover a will amid a likely legal fight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer G. Wedding
Princeton Grocer
Special Assessment Notice for Spring Valley Streets Project
County Court of Bureau County Illinois issues notice of a special tax for Devlin Street improvement in Spring Valley. Assessments: $254.93 per 50 foot lot if paid within 80 days. ten yearly installments of $38.93 then $24.00 with 6 percent interest starting 1926. Call at City Clerk’s Office to pay within thirty days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Court
Bureau County
State of
Illinois
Devlin
Cornelia
Richards Avenue
City of
Spring Valley
Power Street
Minnesota Street
Dakota Street
Special Assessment Notice for Power Street Project
Special Warrant No. 63 covers the Power Street improvement from North Line of Minnesota Street to South Line of Dakota Street in Spring Valley Illinois. Assessments: each 130 foot lot $694.34 if paid within 30 days, or $109.34 per month with interest after 1925. installment details set at $65.00 per period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spring Valley
Illinois
Hicks Park
Ladd
Peru-Princeton
John Deere
Reeves
Alfalfa
Timothy Hay
Also Mentioned on This Page
Inese
EAT
West Hicks Park
Lauber
Lauber & Lauber Co
Chemists
aLber’s
THE
Thompson Drug CO
Congregational Church
Methodist Church
Willard
West Dakota Street
Bent Bros. Co. la Salle
Chichester S
Chichester & Biamond
Best
Herman Hamer Miles Fox
George Zearing
Donose Brothers
Dodge Brothers
Eisele Motor Co
la Salle, Ill
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