Spring Valley Utilities Defied Public Utilities Board Rate Order
The Spring Valley Utilities Company failed to put into effect a new rate schedule ordered by the Public Utilities Commission. The commission had directed temporary and then permanent rates across towns including Annawan Arlington Buda Atkinson Cherry Dalzell DePue Dover Granville Green Oak Hollowayville Kasbeer La Moille Ladd Malden Manlius Mineral Seatonville Tiskilwa Van Orin Waganet and Zearing. The company persisted in noncompliance despite hearings and notices from the City Attorney and the commission.
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Spring Valley Utilities Company
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Mnawan
Buda
Atthidon
Accorl
Cherry Dalzell
DePue
Dover
Ranville
Green Oak
Hollowayville
Fasheer
A Moille
Ladd
Malden
Manlius
Mineral
Spring Val- Seatonville
Tiskilwa
van Orin
Lassse
Zearing
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Commission
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Said Commission
W. F.wimbiscus
Thempany
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Springley Utilities Company
Comena
Yjany
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Speterins
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Annawan
Arlington
Atkinson Bureau
Cherry
Dalzell
Granville
Hallowayville
Kasbeer
la Moille
Neponset
Seatonville
Spring Valley
Wiganet
Whieras
City Council Acts to Protest Telephone Rate Increase
A Monday vote approved a resolution opposing rate hikes by the Bureau County Telephone Company. The city attorney was directed to file a protest with the Public Utilities Commission and coordinate with other municipalities to block unreasonable charges. A united front with regional groups aims to curb higher rentals.
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Bureau County Telephone Company
Public Utilities Conmission
Marriage License Showdown Ends With City Edict
Frank Viarchi produced a marriage license in Judge Dewey's court to prove his right to live with Velma Defraitis but admitted no ceremony occurred. He paid 25 dollars and costs for disorderly conduct. Velma Defraitis was fined 100 dollars and costs for immoral conduct and given 24 hours to leave the city. Chief Tieman led the arrests.
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Frank Viarchi
Dewey
Velma Defraitis
Miss Defraitis
Tieman
John Nachtnebel Improves After Mine Injury
John Nachtnebel, injured at work at No. 1 mine, was taken to a hospital and is now reported to be getting along nicely.
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John Nachtnebel
No. 1
Miner Suffers Sprained Ankle at Work
Peter Murphy Sr. is treated at St. Margaret's Hospital after injuring his ankle in a mine accident. He is listed in stable condition and receives medical care for the sprain.
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iPeter Murphy Sr
St. Margaret’s Hospital
County Finances Report Shows Yearly Receipts and Balances
The county treasurer reports 27160220 received in 1010, with total expenditures 161880.02 leaving a year-end balance of 109799.23 on January 1, 1920. The sheriff’s office ended with 1093.20 to the county credit. other departmental balances and figures are noted by the recorder and treasurer.
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Mercer
Board of Supervisors
Til
Anita
Univalve Rotary Engine Studied by Spring Valley Group
Spring Valley Commercial Association selects a committee to visit Chicago to inspect the Univalve rotary engine. If the report is favorable, funds and a local factory plan may advance. J. F. Morris, tied to the Univalve Company, demonstrates plans to Spring Valley mechanics who praise the design.
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Spring Valley Commercial Association
Chicago
Hin
Edward Howard
This
Nansen
Univalve Motor Company
Univalve
Spring Valley
J. F. Morris
Morris
Univalve Company
Barber to Chicago Move Sparks Local Business Change
Tom Gwalda, eight years on Dakota Street, leaves for Chicago to start a new business. John Baladinski has leased the Dakota Street building for an undertaking room.
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Wilson & Emmerling
Hyman Warner
Max Dimant
Chary
Dakety Street
Wilson
Emmerling
Tom. Gwalda
Dakota Street
Chicago
John Baladinski
Bert Fifield Home Destroyed By Fire Near Ladd
The Bert Fifield residence near Ladd was destroyed by a chimney fire on Wednesday morning. Bert Fifield’s wife or companion tried to fight the blaze, fell, and was hospitalized. The Ladd fire department could not supply water to the scene.
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Bert Fifield
Ladd Utally
Wifield Desig
Ladd. Fire Dept
Booze Raid Captures Stills and Three Suspects in Ladd
Sheriff Spaulding and aides seized two stills and nearly 700 gallons of wine and moonshine in an eastern Ladd residence raid. Three arrests followed: Anton Castignari, Mrs Castignari, and Ena Barhim. Prohibition agents from Chicago arrived to take charge of the evidence for prosecution.
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Ladd
Spaulding
Princeton
Anton Castignari
Anton. Clastagnari
Busi
Ena Barhim
United States Prohibition
Major Dalrymple
Chicago
Dance Attendees Hold Princeton Event Monday Evening
Mrs. Charles Fehur and guests Helen Sweeney Mary Michletti Hulda Leccett Herbert Weeks Alvin Haas Walker Bruening attended a dance in Princeton Monday evening.
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Princeton
Helen Sweeney
Mary Michletti
Hulda Leccett
Charles Fehur
Herbert Weeks
Alvin Haas
Walker Bruening
Charles Fehr
Notice of March meeting at City Library
The PSM Chirls call a March meeting at the City Library. Members are requested to be present as per the notice.
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Mom Ai
Hoffman Visits Daughters in Champaign After St Louis Trip
Geo. L. Hoffman, in St Louis on business, was en route home and stopped in Champaign to visit his daughters attending college there. He returned Wednesday evening.
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Geo. L. Hoffman
St. Louis
Champaign
Local bank and post office honor Washington's birthday
Local bank and post office observe Washington's birthday with a schedule change. The note mentions Sunday and Monday events and references operations tied to the holiday. A hospital report notes Charles Wright underwent appendicitis surgery last week at St. Margaret's.
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Washington
Proken Pont in Foot Frank Smariale
A fragmentary report describes an incident at a workplace involving Tony Riordiva and a person named Frank Smariale, with unclear details and damaged wording. Further readable facts are limited in the text.
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Proken
Foot
Investigation of Tenancy Plans in Bureau County
Census figures show farm tenancy rising in Bureau County with near parity between tenants and owners. After March 1, tenants may surpass fifty percent while owners decline. Some farmers cede farms to relatives, but many landlords treat land as an investment, narrowing tenant paths to ownership and risking long term fertility.
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Bureau County
Farm Bureau
Illinois
Red birds signal approaching spring says local resident
Janes Hicks of this city notes three red birds seen today indicating warm weather is near. He says the red birds and their song are sure signs that spring is on the way.
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James Hicks
Janes Hicks
Youthful St Bede Five Seeks Basketball Games
A team of former St Bede college players seeks games with teams weighing about 115 pounds. They claim no defeats in two seasons and can be reached through the Rector of St Bede college.
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ST. Bede Five
St. Bede College
Tax Book for Every Township in Bureau County
The county treasurer introduces memo tax books duplicating collectors records to help taxpayers pay taxes via banks. One book per township will be in local banks for customer use, or payments may go directly to the treasurer. Delays in rate certifying push back readiness to March. small quarters complicate work as offices rush to post daily, with penalties starting May first and extra 1 percent on June first.
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State Department
Bureau County
Bureau 2G
Spring Wey City Bank
Convention of Mine Workers Delayed by Peoria Coliseum Unsuitability
Illinois United Mine Workers officials scrapped plans for the biennial district convention in Peoria on March 16 after failing to book the Coliseum. The 400 delegates and state officials cannot be accommodated in Springfield, with aims to move the meeting to another city after a December date postponement due to a general strike.
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Peoria
Illinois United Miners Workers
Frank Farrington
Springfield
Mrs C W McCusky in West Virginia Cares for Son Professor
Mrs C W McCusky of McMerhen West Virginia is here attending to her son Professor McCusky during his illness at the local hospital seeking his recovery and relief.
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C. W. McCusky
McMerhen
West Virginia
Prof. McCusky
Letter Read to Local Catholics Sets Tone for Church
A pastoral letter read in local Catholic churches, the first since 1885, signed by 101 bishops. It addresses clergy and laity on social questions, calls for moral conduct, and urges adherence to church guidance amid modern society.
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