Bankier Hurley leaves Ladd bank for La Salle savings
After thirty years with Farmers & Miners Bank of Ladd James J. Hurley resigns as director and cashier to join La Salle Savings Bank and Trust Company. Deposits rose from 28000 to over 500000 during his tenure. His family will move to La Salle and his son has a new law office there. John Cahill succeeds Hurley as bank cashier at Cherry.
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Farmers & Miners Bank
Ladd
James J. Hurley
la Salle Savings Bank and Trust Company
la Salle
Hurley
Ladd Bank
C. N. Hollerich
Spring Valley
Michael Hurley
Henry Knauf
William Herlein
Bureau County
John Cahill
Cherry
Cahill
Thomas Cahill
Osborne plans oil wells on Wabash lands
John Osborne of Spring Valley owns property in Wabash County Illinois and contemplates sinking oil wells. Geological experts report a northeast oil stretch from his holdings. He is selling part of his leases to fund development and expects results once operations begin.
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John Osborne
Spring Valley
Wabash County
Illinois
Mr. Osborne
Paul Biese and Cavaliers At Hicks Park
The famous Paul Biese and his Victor Recording orchestra will headline Hicks Park on Wednesday evening July 22. Touted as America's greatest dance orchestra, it has performed coast to coast in top venues. Manager Champley secured the act at great cost, promising a rare local appearance. On Saturday and Sunday the Cavaliers, an Ernie Young Attraction, will also play at the park.
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Paul Biese
Victor Recording
Hicks Park
America
Champley
Cavaliers
Ernie Young
Gasoline Prices Rise One Cent A Gallon
Gasoline prices were advanced one cent a gallon Tuesday. Standard Oil Company offices announced the new price at service stations is 21 cents and two cents less on service tracks. Independent firms followed the action and also increased their prices.
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Standard Oil Company
Standard Company
Speed Work On St. Bede Gymnasium Nears Finish
Progress continues on the new gymnasium auditorium at St. Bede College east of Spring Valley. Structural steel work ends this week with brick work to start. 80 bricklayers will push the brick phase, aiming to complete in about two weeks to meet a fall completion target.
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St. Bede College
Spring Valley
Resolutions of Respect for Miss Margaret Stuart
The Open Hand Rebekah Lodge 493 mourns Miss Margaret Stuart dear sister, extended sympathy to the bereaved family. Resolved that a copy of these resolutions be sent to the family, recorded in the lodge, and printed in the Spring Valley Gazette, signed by Margaret Simpson Agnes Walker Pearl Michael.
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Margaret Stuart
Rebekah Lodge
Spring Valley Gazette
Margaret Simpson
Agnes Walker
Pearl Michael
Union Giants Sweep Fort Dodge in Doubleheader
The Union Giants ended Fort Dodge’s long winning streak by taking both games. In the opener, Gilkerson’s team won 8-1 in a pitchers’ duel, and the second game was a decisive 18-0 victory.
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Union Giants
Gilkerson
Fort Dodge
Giants
Wage Confab by Eastern Coal Miners Brightens Strike Outlook
In Atlantic City operators and miners report near agreement on paying contract laborers directly by contract miners, easing tensions. A 10 percent wage request from miners could complicate progress as talks continue in executive session.
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Atlantic City
Cherry Miner Dies En Route to Hospital
Domenico Passini a 48 year old Cherry miner died Monday evening from valvular heart disease brought on by rheumatism after about 14 months of illness. He was a single man living with Au relio Cioni. Cioni found him critically ill and summoned Dr. Charles H. Dunn. Passini died about 5 30 on the way to the hospital. Coroner A H Malm of Princeton conducted an inquest and a jury found death due to heart disease.
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Domenico Passini
Aurelio Cioni
Cioni
Passini
Charles H. Dunn
A. H. Malm
Princeton
Streator Boy Fatally Hurt in Gun Accident
Fred Emerson aged 10 discharged a gun accidentally at 4 45 pm last Friday. The bullet entered his right temple and he died at 11 pm at St Marys hospital. A coroner jury found the wound accidental. The boy had been brooding after his father Ivan Emerson of Morris did not visit for a Morris trip.
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Fred Emerson
St. Mary’s Hospital
Streator
Ivan Emerson
Morris
Detour One Block Near Ladd and DePue Roads
Motorists traveling to Ladd or DePue may detour one block until the hard road completes. The detour runs on Cleveland Street to Lawrence Avenue and one block north to Dakota Street. The Ladd road is now open for traffic.
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Ladd Or
DePue
Cleveland Street
Lawrence Avenue
Dakota Street
Ladd
University Will Ask No Increased Funds
The University of Illinois board of trustees will request no increase in funding from the legislature, proposing $5,250,000 per year for two years, unchanged from two years ago. The plan allocates $4,250,000 annually for operations and maintenance, with $1,000,000 for construction including a second library unit, new facade, ar mory expansion, architecture building, gymnasium wing, and pharmacy building addition, as Chicago reports.
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University of Illinois
State University
Kinley
Illinois Board of Trustees
Architecture
Pharmacy
Chicago
Duel Ends in Tragedy Near Mooresville
McKnight and Grover Stutts, both Mooresville residents, die in a shotgun and pistol duel at Stutts farm near Mooresville. The eye witnesses could not determine who fired first. Bad business disputes and family feuds preceded the fatal confrontation.
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Charlotte, N
G. Locke Mee-Knight
Mooresville
Grover Stutts
Stutts
McKnight
MceKnight
Statesville
H. P. Grier
J. A. Craven
Jim
Stutts Farm
Craven
Brownieland Bulletin Recaps Holiday Cheer For Brownies
Billie Brownie reads the Brownieland Bulletin with reports of Lucy’s Christmas party at Brookwood-on-the-lake, planned games like hide and seek, and a playful note on reunions. Messages from a music box, a horse about humane treatment, animals club, chairs and sofa, and Dirt the dog close this neighborhood themed update.
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Brownieland Bulletin
Billie Brownie
Natureland News
Brownieland
Brookwood-on-the Lake
Lucy
Lucy’s
Felon Earns Five Thousand While in Prison
A released prisoner from Eastern penitentiary received a check for more than five thousand dollars, earned during imprisonment as he learned trades and small on‑site work. He began with no funds, gained skills via courses, and later supported his family with crafts sold outside the prison.
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Philadelphia
Eastern Penitentiary
John C. Groome
Engineering
Engineering Extension Department
State College
Miraculous Escapes as Auto Fails Five Stories
Lindley M. Franklin of Flushing escaped serious injury after his car rolled into an open elevator shaft in a New York garage and plunged five stories onto another vehicle entering the shaft. Archibald Nesbett of Bayside suffered only minor bruises while both cars were wrecked but prevented driver crush injuries.
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New York
Lindley M. Franklin
Flushing
Archibald Nesbett
Bayside
I Counted Three in My Family
Eleanor told her teacher she had three siblings. At lunch a newcomer arrived, and later she admitted her earlier count was correct. someone had joined the family that morning. The joke centers on a blown arithmetic by new arrival.
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Eleanor
Completion of Chicago Union Station A Monument to Railroading
The new Chicago Union Station is hailed as a landmark of engineering and design. It showcases a vast main concourse, 125 seat conference room, and extensive passenger facilities on a single level, serving 50 000 passengers daily across multiple railroads.
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Chicago Union Station
United States
Chicago
Rome
Union Station
Pennsylvania Railroad
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Ry
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy R. R
Chicago & Alton R. R
German prodigy Johann Baratier dies at nineteen
German boy Johann Baratier, who died in 1740 at age nineteen, is noted as a remarkable example of precocious talent. He learned German and French by age four Latin by five and Greek and Hebrew by seven.
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Johann Baratier
First Atlantic map by Marino Sanuto in 1306
The first chart to show the Atlantic by name appeared in 1306. Italian geographer Marino Sanuto, about whom little is known, produced the map that marked the ocean with its proper designation.
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Atlantic Ocean
Marino Sanuto
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ST. Bede E
Cherry Miner
North Carolina
Mary Grehar Bonner
Animals’ Club
Boy Wonder
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Garter Factory
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Cassiday Bros
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