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Newspaper
Spring Valley Gazette
Location
Spring Valley, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1923
Page
2
The Spring Alley Gazette lists FP. M. Mahoney as editor and manager. The notice indicates paid in advance status and a post office entry in Spring Alley, Illinois, as second class mail matter.
A piece contrasts work and play as essential to life. It argues concentration during labor and immersion in physical and mental activity during recreation strengthens body and mind, enabling endurance. It warns the foolish man wastes time and avoids necessary laws of nature.
Ottawa representative Lee O Neil Browne, long a Democratic leader in Illinois, is described as a possible wet candidate for governor. Backed by Chicago and downstate allies, Browne would run if party leaders favor a liberal stand on the wet issue, challenging Governor Small in the primary if he backs a dry slate.
Two well dressed strangers robbed A Seigman’s jewelry shop in the Wilson building Kewanee of twenty four diamond rings valued around one thousand dollars. Seigman had earlier met the men Monday and again Wednesday when they returned after lunch and demanded the rings. A gun was shown during the theft as the robbers fled north of the Wilson building and police from Henry and Bureau counties are investigating.
A piece of string about eight feet long with ends tied forms a loop used by natives across Africa for various forms of cat's cradle games. The simple toy provides entertainment and showcases traditional play patterns in multiple regions.
The Bureau County Illinois Board of Supervisors met at the Court House in Princeton on June 11 1923 with a full quorum. They approved previous minutes and reviewed semi annual reports from County Clerk James Fletcher Circuit Clerk Henry Fuller Sheriff Harry Mills County Treasurer A H Malm and other officers including detailed receipts expenditures and inquests related to county funds and operations.
An old advertisement describes cold remedies as a nasal catarrh attack. It claims Halu's Catarrh Medicine combines a local ointment and a blood-acting tonic to build up the system and reduce vulnerability to future colds. Sold by J. Cheney & Co. in Toledo for over forty years.
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