Local Visitors and Community Notes Highlight Summer Life
Local residents report visits from friends and relatives including Robert Sweeney from Chicago and several parties from Chicago and Madison. A piano recital by Spring Valley and Ladd pupils occurred at the M F E Church, and a fire department call at Picco garage ended with no damage. Community events feature a Park Hicks Park dance, Campfire Girls breakfast, Euchre Club gathering, and various familial and travel updates amid obits and farm remarks.
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Spring Valley
Ladd
Ella Hicks
M. FE
Spring Valley Fire Department
Hicks Park
Firemen's Tournament Postponed to Washington Park Peru
The Peru Firemen's tournament planned for July 5 was postponed due to threatening weather and will be held next Sunday at Washington Park in Peru.
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Peru
Washington Park
Wear Bells on Toes and Charms Among Dakar Natives
The article surveys West African groups in Dakar noting charms worn by men, Berbers as historic Mediterranean speakers, Serers who revere snakes and transmigration, Serer height norms, and Fulah famed horsemanship and poetic lore. It highlights Berber resilience and dignified morals of Serer and Fulah women.
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Dakar
Mediterranean
Fulahs
Didnt Tell All The Story Garry McIntyre Legend
In a Western town a prominent man Garry McIntyre boasted of swimming the Snake River. Days later soldiers cross the river and a ferryman recalls meeting him. He notes McIntyre swam the river but adds that they were firing while he did so. The tale highlights bravado and danger.
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Garry McIntyre
Snake River
Philadelphia Ledger
Emblems of Eagles Across Nations and Ages
The piece contrasts the American bald eagle and the German imperial eagle, noting the American seal adopted June 20, 1782 with a shield on the bald eagle and the eagle’s first coin use in 1788. It traces imperial eagles from Persia to Napoleon era France and Russia, and describes the German single headed black eagle crowned with Charlemagne’s crown.
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Europe
United States
John Adams
Great Britain
John Prestwich
Austria
Russia
Charlemagne
Hollister Rocky Mountain Tea Promises Digestion Aid
Cools the stomach washes out the bowels drives out impurities helps the liver says Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea. Take once a week during hot weather and feel happy and contented. 35¢ tea or tablets.
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Hollister
Global Congregationalists mark 300 years in America
The text notes a world council of Congregationalists meeting in Boston with delegates worldwide, marking 300 years since Congregationalism was introduced to America with the Pilgrims binding Plymouth to the faith.
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Boston
Plymouth
Mass
America
Illini Camp Fire Girls Dance At Hicks Park
The Camp Fire Girls host a second dance at Hicks Park on July 9 to support the Tiling Camp outing. The first dance drew strong demand and proceeds fund camp expenses.
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Illini
Camp Fire
Hicks Park
Report of the Spring Valley City Bank July 20 1920
Official publication of the bank’s condition at close of business on July 20 1920 filed with the Illinois Auditor. It lists resources such as loans and discounts cash items and other assets including bonds and real estate and specifies amounts for each category as of that date.
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Spring Valley
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Robert Sweeney
Chicago
Mrs
J. J. Sweeney
Drucilla Maurer
Irene Serbert
John Lindburg
Kenneth Milligan
Lillian and
Beatrice Rudolph Sissy Fein
Ida Finkleberg
Sarah Suffel
Katherine Morton
Margaret Kennedy
Laura Quinlan
Earl Quinlan
Bruno Heilgeist
William Gray
Naval Service
James McGarry
Gray
New York
Agnes Miller
de Pue
Harriet Jorwin
Peter Wielget
Helen and
Rose Winski
Picco
East Main Street
Ruth Welch
Anna Welch
Anton Andra
W. Boettcher
C. W. Anderson
Ruth
Lawrence
Park Ridge
A. L. Swain
James & Miller
Jean
Malcolm
Madison
Wisconsin
Andrew E. Miller
Joliet
Will
Lake Geneva
St. Louis
Peter de Filippi
Wm. J. Emmerling
Martin Sack
Kansas City
Garden City
Kansas
Emmerting
Edward E. Bartholomew
J. J. Moran
Denver
Decatur
Mr. Bartholomew
De*Pue
Chris Gunther
J. C. Sitterly
Champaign and
Gilman
Tit
Gillman
Frank Manit
Gillman Place
Uottie Wheeler
Jean Zearing
Genevieve Hollerich
Mary Hanney
Edith Yearsley
Lucille Ma_ honey
A. S. Rosenzweig
Euchre Club
Dire Fred Noe
Vincent Conway
French West Africa
Man
Harry
Eagle
Sping Valley Poultry Co
Congregational Church
Spring Valley City Bank
Liberty Loan
I. J. Jagodzinski
Illinois
Spring Valley, Ill
Spring Valley Drug Co
Fifth Ave
New York City
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco CO
Winston-Salem, N. C
Sturkish & Dome
Plendarett
Spring Valley, Illinois
Wm. Hollerich
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