Spring Valley Notes and City News In 1918
Local items include theater improvements at the Majestic, sale notices for four 36x4 easings, and a new business opening in Spring Valley. Reports cover hospital operations, military letters from Camp Merritt, a local insane verdict, dance plans, and regional deaths, marriages, and civic updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ingersoll
Michael Keegan
Majestic Theatre
Cassidy Brothers
Harry Brown
Gillespie
Illinois
Bickle
Chicago
Virginia Turchi
Spring Valley
Watertown
Agnes Solon
Joe
Camp Merritt
New Jersey
England
William
Moon
Pauline
Sherman
Texas
P. J. Seerest
Bank
Us and
Greenwood Streets
E Bank
Wife of Judge Eldredge Dies at Home
Mrs. Edgar Eldredge, wife of Judge Edgar Eldredge, died at the family residence early Saturday from pneumonia after a weeklong illness. Born Edith Nash in 1880, she married the judge in 1905 and was a prominent Ottawa woman. Survived by husband and one daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Ryan
Oglesby
Illinois
James Burke
Henry Horner
Bull
Tulsea
Oklahoma
Anna
Ruth Burke
John James
Michael
Immaculate Conception Church
Ottawa
Edgar Eldredge
Eldredge
Edith Nash
Judge Eldredge
Judge Resigns From Bench in Illinois Fourth District
George A. Cooke of Aledo resigns as justice of the Illinois Supreme court Fourth district. He cites meager pay for high court work and plans to return to his law practice in Aledo when the resignation takes effect December 31. His term would have ended in 1921.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. A. Cooke
Illinois Supreme Court
George A. Cooke
Aledo
Cooke
Lowden
Supreme Bench
Traced Flusher to Lair in Phone Voice Scam
In a New York Sun piece a so called flusher uses a silver voiced phone scam to lure victims. The con artist calls about a news deal and brags of influence in Washington and the White House while maneuvering funds through his Chicago office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte
Washington
White House
Chicago
New York Sun
Axioms and Ambition from Old Business Titans
The passage lists famous maxims attributed to leaders like Theodore N. Vail Harriman Schwab Ford James J. Hill and J P Morgan and links them to views on facing trouble fear of the future and government antitrust actions. It notes the idea that government suits to dissolve large combinations spurred a broader lesson about economic efficiency demanding scrambled eggs rather than an unscrambled omelet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore N. Vail
Wall Street Journal
Harriman
Ford
James J. Hill
J. P. Morgan
Bonnie Doon and its Romantic Origins in Scotland
The piece recounts the Bonnie Doon song’s backstory, naming Miss Kennedy of Dolgarrock as its heroine and McDougal of Logan as the jilted lover. It notes the Don river near Alloway’s Kirk as Burns birthplace area and mentions the original tune The Caledonian Heart’s Delight and its possible Irish ancestry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bonnie Doon
Alloway
Burns
Tackling a Job As A Stepping Stone To Higher Ideals
Two views of work are presented. The pessimist sees only dissatisfaction and labels daily tasks a life sentence. The optimist embraces work as essential, a place in a larger plan, and a stepping stone to broader fields and higher aims.
Giant advertising boot tours the nation
The United States shoemaker unveiled a colossal boot built for promotion. The display boot weighs 500 pounds and towers 7% feet high with a 14 foot length and a 4 foot 8 inch wide sole. A sample boot rests beside the giant, emphasizing the advertising gimmick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Mnie
Ae MA Tobe
Balloon Adventure Prompts First Suspenders Origin
In 1847 Gabe Swallow of Horseboro abandons field work to watch a balloon ascent. The anchor lifts him 8 000 feet, dragging him through the air for two hours before landing in Kinetown, ten miles away where his belt ends up diagonal. He later crafts the world’s first suspenders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gabe Swallow
Squillion
al Cy
Horseboro
Detroit Free Press
Temporary Mask of Wisdom
A humorous essay notes how lighting a pipe makes a man look wise as the match flickers. It argues that the act unlocks a burst of pretentious thinking, leading to renewed arguments and often idiotic remarks. The piece surveys the illusion of intellect sparked by a simple ritual.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ourself
Treasure From the Jungle Hippopotamus at New York Zoo
A fragmentary note describes the pygmy hippopotamus in the New York Zoological Society collection in Bronx Park. It claims three specimens and notes their rarity, small size, and habitat in Liberta hinterland streams, with the adult male weighing around 420 pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Zoostogical Society
Bronx Park
Etig
Europe
Igredt
Miuseums
Liberta
Famliar
The Monocle Origin Story From Vienna Congress
The monocle fashion began at the Congress of Vienna where Europe was remade. Sir Horace Rumbold cites Jonkheer Breele as the first wearer who introduced the fad to diplomats at the congress and its spread across Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Horace Rumbold
Jonkheer Breele
Craters Gain Fame From War and Ancient Use
The piece traces the word crater from its battlefield meaning to the ancient Greek mixing bowl, noting craters’ prominent display in halls and their resemblance to volcanic openings as it traces linguistic history.
Latin Quarter of Tokyo Bright with Student Life
In Tokyo the Latin Quarter around Kanda hosts several private universities and foreign language schools. Jimbocho markets second hand books for young scholars, with shelves pairing Maupassant and Schopenhauer beside theology and English self help volumes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Dynemaa Stu
Normal College
Gertrud K
Use
Lolisane
SCR
Kanda
Latin Quarter
Jimbo
Paris
Japan
Maupassant
Zola
Baudelaire
Maeterlinck
Ibsen
Oscar Wilde
Shaw
Demand for Holy Places
The London Times argues that religion prompts people to seek sacred sites, whether in natural or man made spaces. It notes that sanctuaries gain meaning through shared reverence and generations of worship, regardless of architectural grandeur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Times
The Ancient Quipu and Its Significance in Inca Society
The quipu shows a five main cord structure with colored thinner cords knotted to record data. Red signifies soldiers, yellow gold, white silver, and green corn, with knots encoding numbers from ten to two hundred. They served for accounting, recording empire annals, transmitting orders, and logging army details.
Individuality in Groves and Forests
Henry Ward Beecher asserts that groves differ as distinct forests do, noting pines near the sea bring a resinous scent and unique life, while maple woods differ in insects, birds, shrubs, light, and sound, suggesting each grove carries its own character. The text contrasts shoregrown pines with inland maple woods, implying ancestral accents from the surf shape future groves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Ward Beecher
Liberty and Responsibility in a Free Society
A reflective editorial on liberty as duty, emphasizing that freedom does not grant license to break laws. It argues citizens must observe laws and enforce obedience within their jurisdiction, linking liberty to responsibility and the duty to preserve lawful order.
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Ericson
William Campbell
Sweden
Wierd
Spring Valery
Barney Orlando
Russia
Siberia
Orlandér
Central Life Insurance Company
Unee Sam
Colored Club
Wicks Park
Joe Mazzorana
Charles Wrights
Hoboken
Valley Boys
Eingland
Frank Tieman
Ed Tieman
France
Kentucky
Mr. Tieman
LaSalle
Edward Spayer
Michael Spayer
Harrison
Washington, D. C
T She Moose
The
Moose
Albert VY. Allen
Slinois Central Railroad
la& le
Allen
State Department
Bureau County
Evans
Chicago Tribune
Peru
Iss
United States District Court
East St Louis
Stanley Atari
Bernice Berych
Atari
South State Street
George Vogt
DePue
W. H. Robinson
John E. Hassler
Princeton
Hassler
Vogt
W. W. Herron
Rosamond Powers
Hiawatha
Utah
Fr. Walsh
Miss Powers
James Powers
Bamrick and Hanney
Pueblo
Colorado
Powers
General Pershing
Pershing
Baker
Leonard
OnePiano
Brigain Victor Talking Machine
Sweet
Jewelry
New York
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