Cherry Mine Fire Destroys Carpenter Shop and Rebuilding Underway
A fire at the Cherry mine carpenter shop Thursday night destroyed the building while adjacent structures were saved. The site will be rebuilt. Also noted are births, illnesses, visits, and a weekly Cherry theatre schedule featuring Jackie Coogan and John Gilbert among other acts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jas. Carr
Wm. Neill
Arlington
Cherry Mine
Alex Champley
Blanche Bulli
St. Margaret’s Hospital
Spring Valley
John Ledbetter
Roy Stull
H. Michaels
Ottsville
Peter Seghi
M. Gianone
Pete McCrudden
Matt Ryan
Rita Somerville
Marseilles
Cherry Theatre
Jackie Coogan
Toby Tyler
Dr Kings New Discovery for Coughs Offers Quick Relief
A simple treatment promises to stop persistent coughing, ease sore throat, and relieve chest congestion within 24 hours. Dr Kings New Discovery contains no opiates and is sold by all good druggists. use a teaspoonful held in the throat for 15 seconds before swallowing.
Coasting Prohibited in Spring Valley Streets
City resolves to ban coasting on all streets within Spring Valley Illinois and to confine coasting to Hennessey Street south of St Paul Street. Police to enforce immediately. emergency in effect from January 12 1925 as approved by Mayor Chas W Knapp and City Clerk N H Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Gilbert
Pal
Paramount
Pola Negri
Antonio Moreno
Wallace Berry
Kathryn’ Williams
Fox
Richard Houdini
Gladys Leslie
Hardane
Secret Service
Geo. O’hare
Barbara la Marr
David Butler
Zalu Jitts
Betty Francisco
Vincent Machek, Jr
de Pue
A. Trumpinski
Miglio Guidarini
Springfield Sanitarium
F. Marchando
Spring Valley
Spring Valley, Ill
Illinois
Hennessey Street
St. Paul Street
The Word Adobe Traces From Egyptian Brick Sign
The term adobe traces from an Egyptian hieroglyph for brick to at tob in Arabic and ado bar in Spanish meaning to daub. In the United States adobe describes molding sun dried bricks in a wooden frame for building houses and garden walls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Mexico
Creamery Buttermilk Paste Described For quick Dissolution
A description notes a pure creamery buttermilk paste containing about 65 to 70 percent water removal, forming a soluble powder that readily dissolves in plain cold or warm water.
Forty Thousand Ducks Slain in Illinois Valley Hunt Season
About 40 000 wild ducks were slain this fall along the Illinois Valley as gun clubs from Bureau to Spring Valley report. Geese totals topped 170. Clubs such as Swan Lake and Princeton Game and Fish led with thousands of ducks each, while hundreds were shot in corn fields and flooded farmland near Mineral.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois Valley
Bureau
de Pue
Henry
Spring Valley
Putnam
Mineral
Swan Lake Club
Princeton
Kewanee Club
Streator Bars Near Ruling in Prohibition Case
Restraining orders closing three Streator soft drink parlors prepared in Circuit court after Judge Eldredge signaled readiness to issue. Temporary injunctions against 11 other Streator bars stay in effect pending future hearings. Prosecutor Hanson leads action to close nearly a score of parlors for alleged prohibition violations. Defendants include Joseph E. Curry Mary Rheinhard George Drussel Joe Galhetta Anheuser Busch Co. Mike Firotnek Tim Miller Mary Firotnek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Streator
Sttorney Hanson
Circuit Court
Eldredge
Joseph E. Curry
Mary Rheinhard
George Drussel
Joe Galhetta
Anheuser Busch Company
Mike Firotnek
Tim Miller
Mary Firotnek
Bureau County Jail Condemned as Fire Trap
The January grand jury condemned the Bureau County jail as a fire trap after inspecting the premises. It warned rescued prisoners would be nearly impossible in a jail fire, especially those in the second story cage. The report was signed by foreman Earl Mount and clerk E C Prior and filed with Judge Joe A Davis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau County
Joe A. Davis
Grand Jury
Earl Mount
Wyanet
E. C. Prior
Princeton
Davis
W. W. McManus
Board of Supervisors
Siamese Twins Name Origin and Exhibition Fame
The first famous pair of joined twins known as Siamese twins sparked the name. Many later twins joined in the same way are called Siamese though not natives of Siam, sharing the same distinctive condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Siam
Hard but Worth While Heaven Says Old Law
A quote frames heaven as an income of one dollar with ninety cents outlay and hell as a dollar in with a ten cent outgo. It asserts creating even a small surplus is easy to plan but hard for most people to execute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heaven
Hell
Also Mentioned on This Page
Chas. W. Knapp
N. H. Smith
Navajo Milk CO
S. Chambers ST
Galesburg, Illinois
Ill. Valley
Siamese
Copse
Dodge Brothers
Eisele Motor CO
la Salle, Illinois
Universities
the New Universities Dictionary
Percy W. Long
Harvard
Clark S. Northrup
Cornell
John C. Rolfe
Pennsylvania
Forrest S. Lunt
Columbia
Morris W. Croll
George J. Hagar
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