Delayed Contract For New Viaduct At Spring Valley
A state supreme court ruling forces a new public hearing in Spring Valley for the hard road project. The Illinois Commerce Commission schedules the hearing for Friday July 17 to comply with county venue rules. Fred J. Smith of Tipton Indiana is the low bidder slated to be awarded the contract after formalities. Moonshine case in Bureau County ends with Tony Aster of La Salle fined $600 plus costs.
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State Supreme Court
Hospital Hill
Spring Valley
Illinois Commerce Commission
Supreme Court
Springfield
Commerce Commission
Fred J. Smith
Tipton, In
Moon
Tony Aster
la Salle
Bureau County
Seatonville
Aster
Princeton
Ladies Aid to Hold Starved Rock Picnic
The Ladies' Aid Society of the Congregational Church plans a covered dish picnic at Starved Rock on Thursday afternoon July 16. Members should bring a covered dish and bread and butter sandwiches for their family. Transport options and ride shares are arranged by notifying Mrs. C W Knapp Mrs. Thomas Maloney Mrs. William Harmon or Mrs. Lloyd Pierson. departure between 4 30 and 5 00. Members and friends are invited with own dishes.
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Ladies‘ Aid Society
The
Congregational Church
Starved Rock
C. W. Knapp
Thomas Maloney
William Harmon
Lloyd Pierson
Pellegrini Denies Wrongdoing in Liquor Case
Angelo Pellegrini, of Marquette, replies to last week’s Bureau County Republican article denying any wrongdoing. He explains past employment with Hynds and Gross & Sons, notes his arrest in January 1925 tied to dynamite use, states the charge was nol prossed, and asserts no further connections to the liquor case or Spaulding incident.
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Angelo Pellegrini
Bureau County Republican
Marquette
Gross & Sons
Hynds
Galetti
Seatonville
Keim
Craven
Astoria
Lund
Mineral Point Zinc Co
de Pue
Nolle
Spaulding
Scouts Meeting Shifts to Saturday at 6 30 PM
Boy Scouts announce a meeting moved from Friday to Saturday at 6 30 PM at the usual meeting place. A first aid demonstration is planned but if canceled, other valuable features of the Scouts program will be offered. Everyone is urged to attend.
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Scouts
Congregational Church Notes Event at 7 30 Thursday
Congregational Church notes invite members to a Thursday evening 7 30 gathering at the church to hear reports from the Co. S. S. Convention a chapter from teachers text book and enjoy refreshments hosted by the Beginners department Next Sunday the pastor will speak on The Queen of the Attitudes.
Ice Cream Social at Hollowayville Church Lawn
The Ladies' Aid of Hollowayville Evangelical church invites all to a Tuesday July 14 event at 7 30 p m on the church lawn. Amusements will be offered and coffee cake and chicken sandwiches served to support church expenses.
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Hollowayville
La Salle Man Kasmir Makstutis Dies at 65
Kasmir Makstutis 65 died at his home at Seventh and Todd streets La Salle after an extended illness described as miners asthma. He was born in Lithuania and had lived in La Salle for years. The funeral will move from the family home to St Ann's church Spring Valley at 9 am Friday with burial in St Ann's cemetery.
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Kasmir Makstutis
Seventh
Todd Streets
la Salle
Lithuania
St. Ann’s Church
Spring Valley
St. Ann’s
La Salle Man Slashed Throat In Suspected Incident
Joseph Superezinski, 49, of LaSalle, appeared at a neighbor’s Tonti Street home with a deep throat wound that severed the windpipe. He was taken to St Mary’s Hospital where doctors reported improvement and hopeful recovery despite two theories: self-inflicted injury or an accidental workplace incident.
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Joseph Superezinski
la Sallian
Tonti Street
Canal
Superezinski
Superczinski
St. Mary's Hospital
Dorman Faces Gambling Charge In Ottawa Court
City resident George J. Dorman of La Salle was ordered to appear in Ottawa Justice Court Tuesday to answer gambling law violations after county officers found baseball pools at his business.
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George J. Dorman
la Salle
Ottawa
Truth and Lightning Games of Nature Magazine on lightning marks
Nature Magazine notes lightning can cause pink skin marks on victims. The piece critiques pseudo scientific claims about ramifying patterns and emphasizes that photographs of trees or objects on skin are not produced by lightning.
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Nature Magazine
Time Works Wonders When She Is Twenty
A Philadelphia Record aphorism notes a girl resents a man who forgets her birthday at twenty yet remains grateful as she reaches forty highlighting shifting perceptions with age.
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Mano
Philadelphia
Four Boys Confess Funeral Slain Chum in New York Swamp
In Queens four youths confessed they hid Ernest Schwer Jr. after an accidental gun misfire during a muskrat hunt. They led detectives to an ash dump in Richmond Hill where the body lay under brush with a bullet wound to the temple. The group ages 11 to 14 gave details of the incident and cover story.
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New York
Ernest Schwer, Jr
Richmond Hill
Queens
Schwer
Ction
Aged Man Bravely Rescues Savings From Fire
Patrick Powers seventy braved smoke and flames to save his wallet during a house fire in Philadelphia. Firemen carried him to safety after he collapsed in a smoke filled room while retrieving the money. His wife Anna and daughter Mrs Penny and two grandchildren were rescued as the blaze spread.
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Philadelphia
Patrick [Owers
Anna
J. W. Penny
Powers
Indian Physician Father of 33 Children in Virginia
Dr Ernest Jones of Milton and Cherokee descent in Danville Virginia is described as a prolific father with 38 offspring. The 12 month old youngest child has a 68 year old brother, Jones is 86 and cites careful living and diet as reasons for longevity. He has been married three times and has 66 grandchildren and 18 great grandchildren. His only illness was an earlier bout of rheumatic fever treated successfully. All children are reported healthy.
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Danville
Ernest Jones
Milton
Doctor Jones
Local notices and entertainment fill Cherry area
Local residents visit relatives in Rockford Joliet and Gillespie and attend Fourth of July gatherings. Frigidaire cabinet installed in Julian's Store offering assorted ice cream. Upcoming Cherry Airdome screenings include Born Rich The Warrens of Virginia and North of 36 with additional films and a Go-Getters comedy.
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Peter Seghi
Florence
Spring Valley
Albert Cassolini
Antone Montrestelli
Chicago
Steve Andrioni
Rockford
Julian’s
Ed. Raith
Harry Konen
John Holzel
Ada Welsch
John Welsch
la Moille
Peter Sandeen
Wataga
Thos. Templeton
Chas. Templeton
Gillespie
C. V. Dent
Kinkin
Chiro Bascari
Wm. Troy
Joliet
John Bulli
Mariana Verna
W. E. Moore
Wenamucca
Nevada
Born Rich
Claire Windsor
Bert Lytell
Cullen Landis
Fox
Warrens of
Virginia
Ben Turpin
Yukon Jake
Wm. Desmond
Riddle Rider
Divine Right
Mildred Harris
Anders Randolph
Elliot Dexter
Lois Wilson
Jack Holt
Ernest Terence
Noah Berry
Uncle Eben Sparks Talk Over New Comet Discovery
Uncle Eben quips that finding a new comet causes chatter but a discovered two dollar bill in last winter's pants holds greater human interest. The Washington Star noted the remark emphasizing practical finds over celestial news.
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Eben
Washington Star
Quote on Uplift and Grounded Purpose
Rural New Yorker remarks that uplifters fail to fix on a real home job and cannot lift anything without being braced to the ground. The fragment reflects a critique of idealistic reformers lacking practical anchor.
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New Yorker
Coral Islands Formed from Petrified Coral Skeletons
Coral formations are numerous in warmer Pacific and Indian waters where coral grows rapidly. They also appear in lesser numbers in the Gulf of Mexico and along the West Indies Atlantic shore.
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Pacific
Indian Oceans
Gulf of Mexico
Atlantic
West Indies
Take Stock of Self-Made Men and Introspection
A Grit column argues that boasting of being self-made invites doubt among peers. The piece urges such individuals to reflect on their achievements, suggesting introspection could temper conceit and foster humility.
Be Independent You can never tell
Quote from Washington Post admonishes self reliance and effort with a warning that the world may not repay hard work or humble persistence.
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Washington Post
Odd, but So it Is play note on work and leisure
A Washington Star line quotes Uncle Eben musing that no man tires more after eight hours of work than after sixteen hours of enjoying himself. The remark blends humor with work life, hinting at fatigue and balance.
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Eben
Washington Star
Aged Lady Dies at Granville
Mrs Elijah Walborn aged 80 died at her Granville home on Saturday June 24 after a cancer illness. Born in Pennsylvania she had lived in Granville 44 years. Surviving are eight children Clara Anderson Jessie Happ Frank Walborn Sadie Westcott Jacob Walborn Stella Johnston Pearl Tyler Chester Walborn husband 16 grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Funeral held Monday afternoon June 29 at the Congregational Church Granville.
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Elijah Walborn
Granville
Pennsylvania
Clara Anderson
Jessie Happ
Rockford
Frank Walborn
Spring Valley
Sadie Westcott
Florid
Jacob Walborn
Stella Johnston
Pearl Tyler
Chester Walborn
Tne
Congregational Church
Recital at La Salle High School Concert
The pupils of Hugh Price presented a recital in the La Salle High School auditorium on Wednesday evening. Misses Margaret Wimbiscus and Eunice Johnston of Spring Valley played selections and Miss Joy Latham of Ladd assisted with several solos.
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Hugh Price
la Salle High School
Margaret Wimbiscus
Eunice Johnston
Spring Valley
Joy Latham
Ladd
Veteran Dies at Maywood in Chicago Family Notice
Word was received here of the death of John Studzinski in Chicago. He is the son of Xavier Studzinski of 1224 La Harpe street La Salle and survives by brothers Anton and Stanley and sisters Mrs John Liss Miss Stanley Wasziniak Mrs Stanley Spayer of De Pue Mrs Steve Narucke of St Louis Mrs Arthur Baker and Joseph Jagodzinski of La Salle.
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John Studzinski
Chicago
Xavier Studzinski
la Harpe Street
la Salle
Anton
Stanley
John Liss
Stanley Wasziniak
Stanley Spayer
de Pue
Steve Narucke
St. Louis
Arthur Baker
Joseph Jagodzinski
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BOY Scouts
Dorman
Chaim
Hunt For Lost
Arthur
Harold Meighan
Adam Rotunda
Charles Hirschfield
Maywood
Celestina Fenoglio
W. St. Paul St
Joseph M. Dezutti
Iowa Street
Spring Valley, Ill
C.a.mason
Rigidaire
Cassiday Bros
Goodyear
Coveny’s
Dakota
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