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Newspaper
Spring Valley Gazette
Location
Spring Valley, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1920
Page
2
Building Up Small Towns Amid Big City Growth
The piece argues towns must limit expansion of large trade centers and strengthen local commerce and farming linkages. It notes declines in many small towns across Illinois and other states while cities grow, urging farmers and merchants to cooperate to sustain community life and regional wealth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Indiana
Michigan
New York
Missouri
Thomas Jefferson
Lincoln
Republic
Besancon Hotel Employees School Trains 10 Women Weekly
A Besancon France school for women hotel workers teaches arithmetic bookkeeping geography hotel legislation commercial correspondence stenography and more. It releases ten women each week ready to fill roles from cashier to chambermaid in local hotels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Besancon
France
Facts and Fancies About the Philippines by Kalaw
Excerpts recount arguments about Philippine history under American rule, stressing high literacy, numerous native-owned farms, and prior Filipino achievements. The piece cites figures from census estimates, notes pre-American governance, and argues that self-determination should be honored rather than eroded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philippines
University of Santo Tomas
Harvard
Luzon
Aguinaldo
United States
Philippine Republic
Islands
John Barrett
Pan-American Union
Admiral Dewey
Malolos
George F. Hoar
Jose Rizal
Cooper
Orient
The
Union
South America
Europe
Charles Emmett Yener
War Department
Climate of the Philippines described as mild tropical
The Philippine Islands are said to have a mild tropical climate with cool nights and no reports of sunstrokes. Over the past thirty years the temperature average is noted as 80 degrees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philippine Islands
Rail traffic soars as 1833 baseline cited in era study
A historical report notes American railroads now haul three times the traffic of twenty years ago and threefold the freight and passenger volumes of earlier eras. It details gains in mileage, equipment, and worker efficiency from 1900 to 1917 driven by capital investment and improved terminals and tracks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Local Social Notes From Mendota and Nearby Towns
Mr and Mrs John Hoffman of Mendota spent Thursday with their son R H Hoffman Maurice Craven spent Monday evening in Peru with friends Harold Maurer visited friends in La Salle Monday evening Miss Grace Creed spent Monday evening in La Salle Miss Eleanor Foster spent Thursday in Ottawa with relatives and friends Miss Betty Westphal left Monday for her home in Belvidere She will not return next term Miss Florence Hull left the last of the week for Milian Illinois to spend summers with relatives and friends She will teach at East Moline High School next year
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Hoffman
Mendota
R. H. Hoffman
Harold Maurer
la Salle
Grace Creed
Eleanor Foster
Ottawa
Betty Westphal
Belvidere
Westphal
Florence Hull
Milian
Hinois
East Moline High School
Local residents on weekend visits and travels
Miss Anya Burnson left Saturday for Madison Wisconsin for the summer months. Mrs Anerst Bansch of De Pue visited at Mrs Josephine Guarnery's home Sunday. Willkin Walker returned to Chicago after visiting relatives Sunday and Monday. Josephine Selina Katherine McCallin and Anna Oberwinter spent Monday in Peru. Gregory Doyle spent Monday in Chicago with relatives. Mr and Mrs J L Steinberg and son Harry spent Monday evening at Starved Rock. Mr and Mrs Raben of DePue spent Monday at I L Steinberg home. James Lynch of Kenosha Wisconsin spent the weekend with his parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anya Burnson
Madison
Wisconsin
Dummer
Anerst Bansch
de Pue
Josephine Guarnery
Willkin Walker
Chicago
J. L. Steinberg
Harry
Starved Rock
Mrs. Raben
DePue
I. L. Steinberg
Adequate Rail Rates Urged by Life Insurance Leaders
In a resolution by the Association of Life Insurance Presidents the chief executives of major insurers urge railroad rehabilitation and by law established rates sufficient to meet current and future commerce demand and stabilize the roads' credit and securities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Association of Life Innsurance
Railways to Private Control Guarded Against Receivership
The executive council of the National Association of Credit Men states that transferring railways to private control must protect them from receivership and assure the public of uninterrupted service. The public statement emphasizes safeguarding essential railway service and financial stability amid the transition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Association of Credit Men
Reversing the Compliment Exchange
A cashier of portly build frowns at a statement of accounts from his pretty typist. He says he admires her typing as a young lady, but cannot honestly praise her typing. She retorts that they are different for while he excels at figures, no one could say he has a splendid figure.
Overworked Word Clipped Letters Measure Lunar Reach
A statistician estimates that if all printed letters forming the word co operation were clipped from magazines over six months and placed end to end they would reach three times the earth moon distance.
Books for Everybody campaign drives library growth nationwide
The American Library Association shifts from war work to expanding library systems and reading habits. With 4000 librarians nationwide and cooperation from trustees and friends, the movement funds itself through pledges rather than a broad drive. The ALA notes its wartime record and aims to boost libraries everywhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Library Association
United States
Friends of Libraries
Aap Cmaine
Hae Socontony
Area residents visit friends and family across towns
Mrs V Hebel of Peru visited at Mrs Ida Finklebergs Sunday. Dooley Doyle and Miss Margaret Ngan of Rockford spent the weekend at Peter Doyle's home. Mr and Mrs C H Schmidt and son drove to Starved Rock Sunday. Catherine Glevson left Saturday for Kalamazoo Michigan. Hilda Cooper of La Salle visited the McIovern home Sunday evening. Mrs Roy Curran was operated on at St Margaret's hospital Tuesday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
V. Hebel
Peru
Ida Finkleberg
Dooley Doyle
Miss Margaret Ngan
Rockford
Peter Doyle
Hilda Cooper
la Salle
Mc Iovern
Roy Curran
St. Margaret’s Hospital
Minneapolis Visitor and Chicago Guest Spend Weekend
Walter Turner of Minneapolis visited Miss Florence Mc Govern on Friday. Joe Mazzorana of Chicago spent the weekend here with relatives and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Turner
Minneapolis
Minnesota
Florence McGovern
Joe Mazzorana
Chicago
Also Mentioned on This Page
Spring Valley
Cazeir Bruce W. Marshall Liditor
M. Ruth Miller
P. M. Mahoney
Susvacs
America
Maximo M. Kalaw
Philippine Mission
St. Louis
Maurice Craven
Josephine Selina
Watherine McCallint
Anna Oberwinter
Gregory Doyle
James Lynch
Kenkosh, Wisconsin
Fisk
de Filippi
Spring Valley, Ill
Peron
Fiek
C. H. Schmidt
Catherine Glevson
Kalamazoo
Mieh
Arman
Camel
Cainesis
P. Siesesns
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co
minen-Salem, N.C
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