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Newspaper
Spring Valley Gazette
Location
Spring Valley, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1925
Page
5
A piano recital by Immaculate Conception School students is set for Friday evening in the school hall. The program lists works by Liszt and others, with students and teachers named, inviting public attendance.
Readable names listed as Margaret Sady Marion Mitchell Frank Berghof Jovle and Charles Fehr Newland appear with the titles Twilight Hour A Secret and Chorus Valse Caprice indicating a likely musical program or composition listing from a period page.
The Woman's Missionary Society gathers Wednesday at 3 p.m. with Mrs. J. C. Pinkley on East Cleveland Street led by Mrs. C. W. Knapp. A nearby program invites members and friends to discuss yellow cousins topic. An Anti-Saloon League debate on Law Enforcement occurs Monday at 7:30 p.m. featuring Mr. O. C. Christgau and Mrs. J. W. Langley of Chicago with no admission fee. The pastor preaches The Simplicity of Salvation Sunday at 11. A dozen youths and teachers attended the LaSalle Conference last weekend.
The article notes the final day for rabbit hunting is Saturday with the season ending January 81 in this part of the state. Fur bearing animals other than muskrats may be hunted until February 15 and muskrats until March 31. The squirrel season ended December 31 and no hunting resumes until September 1.
Pews originated for Norman nobles with ordinary worshipers using three legged stools.
Congressman William E. Hull spoke to hundreds of business and professional men in La Salle on H R 1131, a deeper waterway bill for the Illinois River Valley. He argued the measure would double the region’s population in 10 to 15 years and attract new manufacturing, while critics urged caution about impacts on the Illinois Valley and Sanitary District of Chicago.
A vendor advertises apple trees peach trees grape vines strawberry and raspberry plants hedges currants roses peonies and shade trees. Prices range from 10 to 75 cents per plant with bulk lots and year 1 or year 2 vines listed and discounts of 10 to 25 percent on select species.
John Van Schaik is listed with a telephone contact and address at 113 R 111 E Third Street in a historical notice. The entry provides no additional context or events.
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