Local Items From Granville To La Salle and Beyond
Local notes from Granville to La Salle report visits by Amelia Mazzorana Helen Sweeney Lyle Sitterly and Herbert Weeks in Bureau and area residents traveling from Dallas. A Granville man Ben Bartusis injured at the mine and treated in Spring Valley hospital. Community notices include a library board election two vacancies and a moonlit Eastern Star excursion on the Julia Belle Swain July 30. Other items cover water mains extension by Northwestern Railway Co barn fire in North Greenwood St Typhoid illness of Ruth Miller and upcoming Pythian Sisters festival with Centralia band at Starved Rock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amelia Mazzorana
Helen Sweeney
Lyle Sitterly
Herbert Weeks
Granville
Bureau
la Salle
Julia Belle Swain
Modern Ice Cream Plant Shows Quality Progress in Spring Valley
The Spring Valley Ice Cream Co. under Wim. Gunther has built a top rated factory at St. Paul and Power streets since 1916. They pasteurize at 160 degrees for 40 minutes then homogenize and chill to 40 degrees before freezing into cake form. Last year output reached 20 000 gallons with six workers, and plans include an artificial ice plant a York machine and a new sterilizing machine this winter.
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Wim. Gunther
St. Paul Street
St. Paul and
Power Streets
Gunther
Illinois
Spring Valley Ice Cream Company
York
Spring Valley
Notice of Office Hours in Spring Valley City Hall
Commencing August 1 1920 I will hold office hours at the City Hall Spring Valley from 344 to 5 00 p m on Mondays and Thursdays each week except when the County Board is in session Joseph B Casassa Supervisor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Hall
Spring Valley
Joseph B. Casassa
Vacation Bible School Led by Nelson Smith Next Sunday
Congregational Church notes announce a 10 o'clock Bible School next Sunday led by Nelson Smith as the pastor is away and no church service will be held.
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Nelson Smith
M. E. Church Notes and Help Wanted Ad
M. E. Church notes list Sunday services and invitation to worship with Pastor Rev. Chas. Edw. Bowen. Also a help wanted ad seeks young men with experience applying corrugated iron on steel and wooden structures. Steady work with good wages and potential increases. Contact Edmund Marliere at 727 Sterling St or write No. 1342 W. for details.
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Chas
Edw
Bowen
Edmund Marliere
Advertising and pride in a boy’s photo memory
A reminiscence contrasts a family pride in Billy’s college photo with a father's distress over the memory. The piece argues advertising is universal and essential, linking attire and behavior to perceived respectability, and ends with a dialect note on government ownership.
Last Night's Dreams of Trees and Meaning Across Beliefs
An exploration of dream symbolism focusing on trees and woods. It references Tennyson, Dante, and Freud, noting dream censoring, moral conditioning, and symbolic expression. Mystic traditions view trees as prophetic with outcomes on marriage, fortune, and voyages, while cutting or leafless trees portend bad luck.
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Freud
Filipino lawmakers debate in English marks first in house
The Philippine House of Representatives used English in debates for the first time, with speakers Benito De Guzman and Virata among the graduates cited. Officials note high literacy and English instruction in public schools, while bias and social lines are touched in a brief cultural aside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Representatives
United States Insular Affairs Bureau
Messrs. Benitez
de Guzman
Virata
University of the Philippines
Philippines
Quotations on virtue and conduct in daily life
The passage reflects on honesty, politeness, friendship, and mutual respect as essential virtues. It uses similes about steam power and happiness to urge personal improvement and discourages repeating harmful rumors.
Also Mentioned on This Page
W. F. Hickman
Dallas
Texas
Ben Bartusis
Spring Valley Hospital
John W. Waite
Champaign
Erie Street
Northwestern Railway Company
Powney
Northwestern
Mary Fedor
Merill
Wis
McClure
Library Board
Hazel Dilts
Chicago
Henretin Hospital
David Dilts
Jos. ‘Selina
Anma Oberleitner
Annaavaressi
Lena Barto
Selina Murphy
Catherine McCallum
Walter Thompson
Gary
Ind
Robert Mufford
Wmn. C. Thompson
Phil McGuiness
Enehre Club
Louis Thompson
Abe Rosenzweig
Illinois State Fair
Springfield
Peru
Farrow- Hirsh Co
Peoria
E. C. Hall
Plain Street
Battista Verucchi
Greenwood Street
A. Baracani
Ruth Miller
the Gazette
de Pue
St. Margaret’s Hospital
P. J. Secrest
Colorado
Wyoming
Cheyenne
Pythian Picnic
Starved Rock
Centralia
the State
Spring Valley Ice Cream Co
Severteen
Congregational Church
M. E. Church Notes
Sterling St
Sear’s Cash Grocery
Opera House
St. Paul Treet
Pricilla Dean
America
Aland Gillitan
Billy
Finnigin Filosofy
Tennyson
Dante
Hell
Cidert
Russell- Miller Milling Company
James de Filippi
Hartford Fire Insurance Company
I. J. Jagodzinski
Crosby
Ottaway
Price
S. & H. Green
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