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Newspaper
Spring Valley Gazette
Location
Spring Valley, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1920
Page
6
An odd fragment notes a one year prepaid amount of two dollars and mentions Spring Valley Illinois and a second clasp mail scatter. The readable text is incomplete and lacks a clear event or outcome.
A discussion argues that third parties such as the committee of 48 single taxers and socialists will not alter results and will merely provide a platform for the soviet element to speak their minds.
Unity and cooperation spell better communities and prosperity. Every dollar saved outside the community incurs a penalty for destroying community spirit. The town is a larger home where families share in housekeeping through clean streets, parks, schools, libraries, and thriving local retail stores run by resident taxpayers.
A quarrelsome lament about Bryan who spoke with authority for democracy for twenty four years. At the San Francisco convention his influence faded as his demon rum foe loomed. The piece mourns a political figure fallen in a harsh scene and echoes Prince John’s line about sparing a better man.
The piece argues editors are emerging as key political actors. It notes Meredith and Carter Glass as editors turned public figures, and claims many leading candidates are drawn from journalism. It laments a shift toward national influence from local country newspapers.
A call to support friends with honest praise to help them advance. Do not withhold encouragement out of jealousy or fear of being outpaced. True leadership means lifting others as you work hard to rise.
Five men in a touring car robbed the state bank at Plainfield nine miles from Joliet, taking 13000 dollars in cash and Liberty Bonds after locking officials in the cellar. Shots wounded three citizens before the bandits fled toward Yorkville or Aurora, leaving a guard trapped inside a vehicle and sparking a citywide scramble.
La Salle morning report says Yeogs failed to blow open the Lig strongbox at the Standard Oil offices after a clerk opened at 7. Manager James Lay notified authorities. this marks a second attempted robbery at the same site within a year following a August 11 burglary.
The Wilson commission on wages for anthracite workers will issue the decision with input from both sides. Warriner says profits and railroad monopolies are immaterial, while miners threaten appeals to President Wilson if issues are ignored. Union leaders demand a 27 percent rise, arguing operators can absorb the increase without public impact.
Explanation in Olmstead case cites wrecked float and need to fulfill La Salle theatre engagement as reasons Miss Gertrude Olmstead could not head the Elk parade in Chicago. The Herald Examiner notes parade delays and her prior commitment at the Ta Salle Theater.
In a small town Miss Darthia Prentiss, famed for pairing couples, finally faces a twist of fate when Professor Hugh Randolph chooses her over the expected matches. The shy widowly matchmaker realizes the right man stood under her own maple home moonlight.
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