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Newspaper
Spring Valley Gazette
Location
Spring Valley, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1925
Page
5
The Congregational Church invites the public to a Friday evening entertainment at 7 30 in the social rooms called a Washington Surprise. It features a short play and luncheon for 25 cents with homemade candy for sale. Proceeds support the beginner's department pledge toward the church budget for benevolences. The pastor will speak on Gods Farm Hands next Sunday at 11.
Preparations are complete for Bureau county’s largest basketball tournament set for February 27 and 28 in Sheffield. Matches include Buda vs Malden, De Pue vs LaMoille, Mineral vs Manlius, Bureau Two vs Neponset, Sheffield vs Ohio, Princeton vs Spring Valley, and Tiskilwa against first day winners with single-session tickets 35 cents for students and 50 cents for adults. Season tickets cost 1.25 for students and 1.50 for adults.
A notice states that Sylvester Patarozzi will not be responsible for any debts contracted by anyone other than himself.
Mrs. Jessie McKee of Momence Illinois claims relief from an eight year goitre using Sorbol Quadruple, a colorless liniment described as pleasant to use like toilet water. Inquiries are directed to Rathbun's Pharmacy or Sorbol Company in Mechanicsburg, Ohio.
A new Merchants' Credit Company bureau will establish a central office in the Tri Cities area with a complete card index and phone access to credit standings. Representatives are in town organizing the project to serve Spring Valley and nearby towns, backed by local merchants.
Harbin, China report recounts an aged tale of a czar era officer who fell into debt with money lenders and misread a wedding gift threat. After a fatal loan dispute, the lender is found dead and the note bundle tied with ribbon marks the doomed gift. The officer is exiled to Siberia where remorse and poverty followed.
Capacity audience applauds the Liberty Theatre last Sunday for a celebrated film with Monte Blue Irene Rich Marie Prevost Louis Fa zenda and Frank Carrier. Next week features Three O Clock in the Morning Being Respectable and a large stage show with thirty performers plus Liberty Orchestra.
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The Cincinnati Enquirer quotes a wife who insists a husband should always heed her advice and endure playful reproach if he fails to decide independently, noting she enjoys ribbing him for indecision.
Tests by the bureau of chemistry show straw gas can light, heat, and power motors, but harvesting this material for on farm gas production is not practicable.
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