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Newspaper
Spring Valley Gazette
Location
Spring Valley, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1925
Page
2
An advance payment notice states a one year term costs $2.00 and indicates mailing through the Spring Valley Illinois post office as second class matter.
In the House the first test vote on the prohibition law drew 250 plus members who dodged the issue by absence or abstention. Leaders on both sides say members fear being recorded and would rather run than vote.
Bureau County records show 306 marriages in 1925 with 42 divorce suits filed. One in seven marriages ended in divorce, while 27 licenses were issued to minors. Deserts and cruelty cited. Prohibition enforcement noted. In 1924 there were 274 marriages and 27 divorces.
Spring Valley operates several transport links including 18 Ili cars east daily with 13 to Chicago, 17 cars to Princeton, four buses to Ladd each morning and two in the afternoon, plus one freight and express car east and west daily.
In Sheffield High School gym, Scott Gould of Neponset collapsed from a heart attack during the early moments of a Sheffield Neponset contest and died shortly after. He had long suffered a heart condition and was warned to abstain from sports.
Col Frank L. Smith, Republican state central committee chairman and Illinois Commerce Commission head, touring Bureau County on January 8 to woo voters in his U.S. Senate bid. His itinerary includes Neponset, Buda, Sheffield, Wyanet, Walnut, Ohio, La Moille and Princeton, with later stops on the county’s east side where he has labor support.
Russell Horack son of Frank Horack of Milo Township produced 97 bushels per acre on a home project by applying 250 pounds of acid phosphate to one acre. He is an agricultural student at Tiskilwa High School and used tested seed and disease resistant practices. The untreated fourteen acres averaged 81 bushels per acre on medium fertility soil.
Nels Johnson of 514 E Cleveland St says backache dizziness and urinary woes eased after using Doan’s Pills bought at Rathbun’s Pharmacy. He reports relief from one box and notes continued use as needed. Statement dated July 28 1919 and a 1923 update confirms reliability. Doan’s Pills are priced 60 cents at dealers.
County Court of Bureau County Illinois announces a special tax on St Paul Street improvements in Spring Valley including excavating grading draining curbing and paving with reinforced concrete. Assessments are $157.36 per 25 foot lot with options for full payment within 80 days or ten annual installments starting Jan 2 1926 at 6 percent interest.
Special Warrant No 138 orders improvement of Spalding Street from the South Line of Alley in Block 88 Extended Westerly to a point northward to the North Line of Dakota Street. The line is 130 feet north of and parallel with Dakota Street.
The north line of Fifth Street in Spring Valley Illinois has an excavat assessment of 937.30 for each 1380 foot lot. Individual 130 foot lots are 937.30 per lot with installment options of 127.30 and 90.00. The notice specifies payment terms and installments for 1925.
Special Warrant No 63 announces an assessment for the Power Street improvement from the North Line of Minnesota Street to the South Line of Dakota Street in the city. The notice outlines the project scope and affected properties.
The notice outlines payment options for a 1380 foot lot. Full payment costs $694.84, reduced to $694.34 if paid within 30 days. Installments are $109.34, with interest at 6 percent and $65.00 per installment.
An old advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Medicine as effective for over four decades in treating catarrh. It describes an ointment for local relief and an internal tonic that works through the blood to reduce mucous membrane inflammation and is sold by druggists.
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