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Newspaper
Spring Valley Gazette
Location
Spring Valley, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1920
Page
3
Two men posing as workers entered Jim Brown's Pekin saloon and offered a drink after showing union buttons. Brown served strong liquor, was robbed at gunpoint, and arrested. case tied to prohibition law probes as drink not paid for and legality unsettled.
R. B. Fraser, proprietor of the Princeton Chvorlet garage, secures a lease on the $20,000 Ruberg garage building in Bureau Junction. He will run a storage and service station linked to his Princeton Wand Pada garages with plans for a countywide garage network. A competent mechanic will lead the repair department at Bureau Junction.
Retail lumber dealers report strong inquiries about building materials amid an educational campaign run through local newspapers. The ads share information on supply sources transport freight rates and price drops. Another notice highlights straight grain yellow pine flooring lath shingles and patent roofings.
Bureau county farmers plan strict enforcement of weed laws after a Princeton meeting. Landowners will census their grounds and report under oath any noxious weeds including Canadian thistles, facing heavy fines and county-funded eradication costs.
Used 1917 Dodge Touring in good shape. 1919 Dodge Touring in good shape. 1919 Mitchell Roadster in good shape. 1917 Mitchell Touring in good shape. 1917 Ford Touring also available. Visit KASBEER'S GARAGE in Princeton Tl. Phone 2089.
James Winchcliffe a 75 year old pioneer resident of Ladd was found dead on the door step of his home Saturday evening. He likely died while carrying coal to start a fire and had been dead since early morning. He lived alone since his wife died last March and had no other relatives. He worked for the Illinois Third Vein Coal mine for many years.
Bred Duroc Jersey sows to be sold at Yalehurst Farms six miles north of Peoria on Mt Holly road at 1 oclock January 20th. Transportation from Jefferson Hotel or Prospect Heights Car line. Catalogs available by writing A Y Bartholomew Manager Yalehurst Farms Peoria Illinois.
Spring Valley resident Mrs. Roy Curran credits Doan's Kidney Pills with curing her back pain and urinary issues after two boxes. She reports long relief since and urges neighbors to use the same product priced 60 cents. Foster Milburn Co. of Buffalo, N Y markets Doan's Kidney Pills.
Large pure bred sow sale announced by A. Y. Bartholomew of Peoria aims to reassure smaller breeders amid weak market conditions. Local sales are planned with confidence of a demand for bred sows and a chance to acquire quality stock within the community.
Secretary of Labor Wilson awaits a mediation report before acting in the quarrel between anthracite mine operators and 125000 miners unhappy with the national commission award. Miners seek about 13 percent wage gains beyond the 17 percent rise already granted. operators refuse.
RAT-SNAP is guaranteed to kill rats and mice. Cremates them with no lingering smell. Rodents forsake food for RAT-SNAP and rarely survive. Sold in cakes with no mixing, in three sizes 35c, 65c, and $1.25. Guaranteed by Fehr and Cumming and Thompson Drug Co.
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