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Newspaper
Spring Valley Gazette
Location
Spring Valley, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1923
Page
7
In a raid on the home of Charles Helslanger in Kewanee a hidden trap door concealed three large whiskey stills and 175 gallons of finished liquor. Helslanger faced Justice Adams and was fined 375 dollars plus costs. he said the booze could have grossed about 1500 dollars.
Charles L. Odekirk of La Salle must pay Mrs. Gertie Odekirk fifteen dollars weekly as temporary alimony and one hundred dollars for her legal defense. Judge Edgar Eldredge issued the order during the ongoing divorce suit.
A local item notes activity scheduled at Miles Hotel in La Salle Illinois. Details are sparse but reference to La Salle venue and associated event are present.
Wednesday July 18 hours 8am to 8pm specialists offer free thorough personal examinations for stomach liver kidneys lungs eyes and skin conditions. treatment across numerous disorders promises no cost inspection and options for all income levels with contact for D E E Haley M D Peoria Illinois.
More than 200 owners and union delegates gather as United Mine Workers seek a 20 percent wage rise and 8 hour day. They push for full UMW recognition, free tools, and stricter grievance reporting, with Sept. 1 contract start. Operators say current wages are the highest in the anthracite industry and hesitate on concessions.
The article notes Elizabethan figure Leicester as the first man to obtain a license for performing plays in England. His troupe formed the year after Elizabeth I's accession and he managed it throughout his life.
The article notes Cocos Island as the hiding place of twelve million dollars in gold and silver. It mentions a Trinidadian father connected to the vast booty of sea rovers who plundered America’s richest cities.
The article advises dissolving epsom salts in water to coat glass or applying flour paste with a brush. It notes firmer results with thin white paint and, best of all, using putty fitted into muntin, letting it exude through muslin to obscure stain, then drying and varnishing.
Three Californians designed a door to a nest that opens to admit a hen after she lays an egg and directs nonlayers to a separate yard. The device aims to sort hens by productivity based on egg laying.
William Petre once hailed as the boy bank robbery hero admitted taking 41727 from Cleveland Trust in 1920 after a three day period of questioning. Bank officials led by Col. Leonard Ayres retrieved the money from under a garage where Petre said he had buried it. Petre was not arrested at the request of Ayres.
Deputy sheriff Normen Gilbert faced a dramatic chase when a large gander at John Talbert’s Summit County home attacked as papers were served. The bird forced Gilbert to retreat to his car, snapping fabric and hissing in defiance as he fled with the documents.
Alfred Jacobs sues a former maid for 80 dollars alleging she vamped the hired man and wasted his time. The former maid sues Jacobs for 304 dollars claiming pay due her.
Nearly 350 men paid $40 a barrel for genuine oldtime beer in Holland Michigan but received near beer. A salesman deceived the buyers and they were stung. In Phoenix a young woman Miss Ruth Smith aged twenty died after drinking a toxic mixture of acid iodine and alcohol.
Barry and Tomlins spar over affection for Rhoda a demure beauty whose past romances with Fred Simmons Sanders and a secret engagement shape a town veranda drama Barry discovers Rhoda’s confession to Danvers about past love and jealousy ends with a vow to never be jealous again.
Henry E. Bent of Oglesby, Northwestern University chemistry master’s graduate, receives a Public Health Institute of Chicago fellowship to study arsenic. He will report findings to the institute, which funds arsenic research to aid public welfare. The institute also funds six mercury researchers to erase disease.
John Semyck of Peru obtained an annulment of his marriage to Marie Semyck in LaSalle County Circuit Court last Friday. Testimony says they wed in Spring Valley on February 1 while both were minors. Marie White formerly of Wallace township is the defendant.
Attorney Louis A. Zearing and a state highway engineer lead efforts to clear land for the Princeton to De Pue highway. Eight property owners refuse settlements. condemnation suits to be tried in the Circuit Court after fair valuation negotiations. Wm. Goering of De Pue accepts 900 dollars for 2 to 3 acres.
A reflective note on foundations and the duty to act fairly for the sake of future generations as expressed by John Woolman in his journal. The passage urges impartial effort toward lasting good and communal responsibility.
A quotation from Horace on the joy of eating drawn from a fragment about savoring simple sustenance. It contrasts overseasoned meals with the intrinsic pleasure found in hunger and effort.
A fragment from a Johnson quotation notes that error comes from common people who rely on hope and promises. It warns against living frugally by chance and cherishing tomorrow’s profits with little scruple.
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