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Newspaper
Spring Valley Gazette
Location
Spring Valley, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1920
Page
8
Multiple residents including Mrs Dave Diltz Mrs Ed Fehr and Miss Anna Wheeler appear as LaSalle and Peru shoppers while others visit Rockford Chicago and Des Moines. Quarantine notices influenza and measles spread through families and streets with several patients confined at home. An advertisement touts electric washing machines and bank hours on pay day.
Mrs Rosabel Baker of LaSalle sues Victor Baker for divorce in Ottawa circuit court. She claims four months of marriage since August 6 1918 and accuses him of infidelity with Flo a white woman and a negress said to live at Hicks Junction Spring Valley seeking to end the marriage.
Examinations will be held in the County Superintendent's Princeton office on Thursday and Friday March 18 and 19 1920. Applicants must file blanks from the superintendent to avoid delays. Eligibility requires two years of work in a recognized high school.
Mary Shemielemski a 16 year old Peru girl accused Felix Robeza an 18 year old Spring Valley youth of statutory offense. Robeza bonded at 1000 dollars but unable to post was jailed at police headquarters. The girl testified in Peru court accompanied by a woman she lives with and her father works in Danville. Justice Skeffington found evidence sufficient for detention.
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