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Newspaper
Spring Valley Gazette
Location
Spring Valley, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1918
Page
2
County Club leaders organize neighborhood canning clubs with state help to conserve fruits and vegetables for wartime needs. Instructions cover hot water bath outfits to sterilize jars, blanching, packing, sealing, and drying methods, plus syrup recipes and vegetable classifications.
Announcement says Capt. David M Swain founder of LaSalle Peoria Packet Co died in Pittsburgh PA while on a business trip at age 71 The firm operates boats on the Illinois River and was built up by Swain and his sons Percy and Verne The remains were sent from Pittsburgh to Stillwater Minnesota for a family funeral and the community mourns his loss.
The report condemns the steamboat excursion craze placing hundreds aboard top heavy vessels with little discipline or control in a disaster. The piece notes a loss and calls for stricter safety measures to prevent such calamities.
Cambridge residents learn 299 Henry county men are summoned to Camp Grant Rockford for training leaving today. F M Wedge chair of the County Exemption board notes it consumes nearly all remaining Class 1 registrants. The move, unexpected after July troop rumors, follows Washington guidance to prepare lists for a large August call.
The 88th division witnessed the execution of three Black privates at Camp Dodge after they were convicted of assaulting a white soldier over a 17 year old sweetheart. Privates Johnson and Tramble confessed, while Allen protested his innocence. A white guard and three Black observers fainted as the trap fell.
City ordinance from 1911 allows the mayor to kill mad dogs or those at large or untagged starting June 7 1918 until further notice. The notice enforces tagging and muzzling to prevent danger from mad dogs in Spring Valley Illinois.
Margaretta L Wheeler administratrix announces a Bureau County Court August term proceeding at the Princeton courthouse for estate claims and debt settlement. Creditors must attend and all debts should be paid promptly.
Executor of Antonio Viano of Bureau County Illinois states the will and confirms appointment to administer estate as required by law. The notice invites any claims or challenges to the will by creditors or interested parties within the statutory period.
Notice of final accounting and claim adjustment for the estate of Anton Andrat executor. Court at Princeton, August term, prst Monday in August. Creditors urged to present claims and debtors to pay promptly to the undersigned. Dated June 6, 1wk.
The executor of Sarah Hiney's estate announces an August 10 1918 public sale at the Spring Valley front door to liquidate Lot 3 and the west 40 feet of Lot 2 in Dalzell's Fourth Addition, with coal and fire clay rights reserved. Cash payment plus taxes for 1918. sale conducted by F A Steady executor.
Public notice for a 1918 foreclosure sale by Master in Chancery W K Trimble at the West Front Door Spring Valley to sell Lot 13 in Block 12 Greenwood Addition Spring Valley Illinois under deed terms, taxes and paving installments, cash at sale. Complainant's solicitor C N Hollerich. Dated Princeton Illinois July 5 1918.
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