Booze Evidence Disappears in Spring Valley Clash
A clash over prohibition enforcement in Spring Valley led to arrests on Tuesday night after two investigators working for the State's Attorney were revealed as stool pigeons. A trunk with liquor samples went missing at the City Hall, prompting threats of warrants and renewed legal action as the investigators fled to Princeton with plans for future convicts.
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Spring Valley
Johnson
Geo. F. Moore
John Blieborn
Mrs. Cunningham
West Cleveland Street
South End
William Doig
Doig
St. Paul Street
Modére
Bliehorn
Moore
Cunningham
Princeton
Ferc Ibly
Greener Fields
Professional Thugs Label Bootleg Bottles as Secured Evidence
In many cases when evidence could not be secured, they allegedly marked bottles of their own liquor as secured from certain soft drink parlors. This practice aimed to mislead investigators by fabricating provenance for illicit alcohol.
Spring Valley Nurse Weds Mr. Beardey in Peoria
Miss Margaret E. Richardson of Spring Valley marries Mr. David Beardey of La Salle and Chicago at St. Patrick’s church Peoria. The ceremony was followed by a breakfast at Hotel Jefferson and an Eastern tour. The couple will reside in Chicago where Beardey’s business interests are centered.
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Margaret E. Richardson
Spring Valley
David Beardey
la Salle
Chicago
Father Culleton
St. Patrick's Church
Peoria
Elizabeth Hollerich
James Weldon
Troy Grove
Hotel
Jefferson
Young Woman Dies at 34 After Illness
Mrs. William Bogatties of 527 East Dakota street died Monday afternoon at St. Margaret's hospital from peritonitis. She was 34 and left husband and five children William Frank John Edith and Albert. Four brothers and one sister survive Barney Zolinas Chicago Joe Rockford Frank Peter and Mary Zolinas Nokomis attended the funeral held Thursday at St. Anne church.
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William Bogatties
East Dakota Street
St. Margaret’s Hospital
William Frank
John
Edith
Albert
Barney Zolinas
Chicago
Joe
Rockford
Frank
Peter
Mary Zolinas
Nokomis
St. Anne Church
Young Man Dies at Springfield Sanatorium
Joseph Mazurkiewicz, 24, son of George Mazurkiewicz of Spring Valley, died at the Palmer Sanitarium in Springfield after a two month illness. Funeral held in Springfield. Lithuanian church services and Calvary Cemetery burial. Survived by father, brother Adam of Chicago, sister Louise of Spring Valley. Slavish society members John Kuzma and John Nachwebel attended.
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Joseph
George Mazurkiewicz
Spring Valley
Palmer Sanitarium
Springfield
Calvary Cemetery
Adam
Chicago
Louise
John Kuzma
John Nachwebel
Slavish Society
Spring Valley Plans Summer Band Concert Series
If funds are raised, Spring Valley businessmen plan another series of Saturday evening concerts. Last year’s concerts drew large crowds and benefited local business, and the town’s band is in demand this summer, with neighboring towns already showing interest in financing more performances.
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Spring Valley
Big Carnival at Spring Valley Opens Next Week
The Harry Fe Billicks Gold Medal Shows arrive Sunday to open a weeklong engagement in Spring Valley under Gasoline Alley. The lineup features 12 acts and 35 concessions with the Dixie Minstrel show and a Wild West display. Ollie Olson and his fighters will headline, with attractions on St. Paul Street between Hennessey and Taylor.
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Spring Valley
America
Harry FE. Bitlick
Ollie Olson
Milwaukee
Wis
St. Paul Street
Hennessey
Taylor Streets
Princeton Youth Guns For One Man Hold Up At La Salle
Leroy Hopkins a 2b year old Princeton youth attempted a lone robbery at the Essel soft drink parlor in La Salle. He ordered drinks and drew a magazine gun. a bartender Thompson shot him in the shoulder and leg as Hopkins fled. Hopkins was later arrested in Peru and confessed to the attempted hold up.
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Leroy Hopkins
Princeton
Third
Bucklin
la Salle
Third Street
Thompson
Hopkins
Bucklin Street
Vouth
Ta Salle
Peru
Fficer Hawkins
Fifth Street
Central Park
Hawkins
Hopki
Pekin
Ottawa
Welter
Sheriff Seizes Moonshine and Stills in Four Spring Valley Homes
Sheriff Mills and State's Attorney Johnson led deputies in a Saturday sweep finding moonshine wine and home brew in four Spring Valley homes. The Gailus and Gailine households faced counts with past fines and a prisoner in county jail. Moonshine was also found at the Norkus home while two other searches turned up empty.
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Mills
Johnson
Spring Valley
Nick Gailus
West Dakota Street
Indy
Gailing
Gailine
Chas, Norkus
Mtr
Auto Crash at Hicks Park Leaves Man Severely Injured
Thomas Beecham of Ladd hospitalized at St Margaret s in Spring Valley after a Hudson touring car rammed a Chevrolet at Hicks Junction on West Dakota Street. Beecham suffered a torn ear and other injuries as three La Salle county men Leonard Mottaz Utica Peter Johnson and Thomas McGee Wedvon were arrested for speeding and disorderly conduct and fined after pleading guilty.
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Thomas Beecham
Ladd
St. Margaret's Hospital
Spring Valley
Hicks Park
la Salle County
Leonard Mottaz
Utica
Peter Johnson
Thomas McGee O- Wedvon
Hicks Junction
West Dakota Street
Beecham
Chevrolet
Tre
Yearsley
Mottaz
Ottawa
Johnson
McGee
State's Attorney Receives Anonymous Threat Letter
Chicago letter warns State's Attorney C R Johnson to stop his alleged crooked work and says he will face retaliation if he runs for office again. Johnson says threats will not affect his administration and vows to prosecute liquor violators.
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C.R. Johnson
Chicago
Jane
Utican investor sank 115000 in Texas oil swindle case
Norman J. Cary of Utica testified at a Fort Worth federal trial over the Robert Lee oil swindle. He said he invested 115000 with the Lee concern, whose officers are accused of fraud in deals totaling millions. Cary was among three witnesses at the Monday hearing as the case unfolds.
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Norman J. Cary
Utican
Southwest
Forth Worth
Texas
Cary
Robert 2B. Lee
William Campbell to Build New Theatre in Spring Valley
William A Campbell of Spring Valley and Mr Palmer of Edgerton Wisconsin have bought Globe Land Co property at Erie and Spaulding and plan a modern one story brick moving picture theatre 75 by 130 feet. Construction aims to start soon for December opening with top line furnishings and a pipe organ. The project should boost area property values and include widening Spaulding street sidewalks.
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William A. Campbell
Spring Valley
Mr. Palmer
Edgerton
Wis
Globe Land Co
Erie and
Spaulding Streets
Spaulding Street
Given Moore Dies After Stroke In Kansas City Area
Information arrives that Given Moore died in May at his son in law Andrew Millers home in St Louis following a paralytic stroke at a hotel in Kansas City. He headed a company that formed the Given Moore Mtv Co in Spring Valley and made washing machines, later involved in farm machinery manufacture in St Louis.
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Given Moore
Andrew Miller
St. Louis
Kansas City
Ceremony at Murray Home in Spring Creek Unites Miss Edwards and Mr Watcher
Miss Nanny Edwards and Mr Henry T Watcher wed at 4 pm Saturday at the Murray home in Spring Creek. Rev Walter Spence officiated. Both residents of Peru, the couple planned an extended Eastward honeymoon after the ceremony. Mrs Edwards is the daughter of the late Mr and Mrs James Edwards.
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Nanny Edwards
Henry T Watcher
Walter Spence
Congregational Church
Spring Creek
Harold E. Murray
Peru
Watcher
Illinois Valley Sash and Door Company
La Salle Township High School hosts area symphony concert
The La Salle musicians plus Spring Valley Ladd and Oglesby presented a Monday evening concert at La Salle Township High School auditorium led by Miss Price. The program featured orchestrations of note and a solo by Hugh Price. Over forty musicians performed with six Hall Township students Elizabeth Abraham Lucille De Costa Madelon Mahoney Lois Rowe Domenic Campepgio and Lester Van Tress.
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la Salle
Peru
Spring Valley
Ladd
Oglesby
la Salle Township High School
Miss Price
Hugh Price
Hall Township School
Elizabeth Abraham
Lucille de Costa
Madelon Mahoney
Lois Rowe
Domenic Campeggio
Lester van Tress
Kennedy resigns as Mark School head after fourteen years
After fourteen years at Mark school, Supt Kennedy steps down as he is elected County Superintendent of Schools of Putnam county. The Granville Echo notes the town’s praise for Kennedy, saying there is but one Kennedy and praising his leadership in making Mark world known for its school.
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Supt. Kennedy
Mark School
Mark
Kennedy
Putnam County
The
Granville Echo
Auto Dives Through Window of Skeffington Parlor
A Buick sedan crash lands through the plate glass window of the Skeffington soft drink parlor in Arlington last week. The youth driver reportedly misapplied the brake to mash the gas, sending the car onto the curb and into the front of the shop, leaving the vehicle well inside the building.
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Arlington
Skeffington
Man Killed In Train Wreck At Sheridan Junction
A southbound freight train derailed near Sheridan Junction on the Chicago Burlington Quincy line, killing engineer O L Mooney and injuring fireman F E Fox and head brakeman George Hampson. Conductor A E Randaugh and rail brakeman John Riesinger were unhurt as wreckage blocked the line for hours and damaged merchandise. Mooney, about 50, lived in Aurora and was a brother in law of Robert H Bradbeer of Spring Valley.
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Streator
Chicago, Burlington “Quincy Railway
Aurora
Sheridan
Sheridan Junction
O. L. Mooney
F. E. Fox
George Hampson
A. E. Randaugh
John Riesinger
Little Village
Mooney
Successful Year At High School
The ninth annual commencement exercises of Hall Township High School were held last Friday evening. A class of thirty received diplomas. Dr. Lewis A. Convis of Chicago gave the address on Adventure in Happiness. Class honors went to Della Guerini Janet Caperlo Thelma Shatz and Mary Riva. Henry Decker of Seatonville won athletic honors and trophies. The year was one of the most successful in the school history with strong scholastic standards.
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Hall Township High School
Lewis A. Convis
Chicago
Ladd
Della Guerini
Janet Caperlo
Thelma Shatz
Mary Riva
Reception Honors Miss Madeline Pierson in Spring Valley
Mrs. J. H. Kimber hosted a Saturday afternoon reception from 3 to 5 in honor of Miss Madeline Pierson who recently returned from Washington D C. Pierson wed Mr. Smith of Washington on June 6 and is daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Pierson. A program featured music by Mabel Rigby and Mary Faletti with dances by Beatrix De Filippi. decorations used Ophelia roses marguerites and garden blooms in yellow and white.
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J. H. Kimber
Madeline Pierson
Miss Pierson
Washington, D. C
Mr. Smith
Washington
Alfred Pierson
Spring Valley
Mabel Rigby
Peru
Mary Faletti
Chicago
Beatrix de Filippi
W. Knapp
Amug
Lottie Wheeler
Edna Thompson
Ada Barysoar
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BIG Carnival Company
MAN
Higks Park
State’s Attorney
Bureau
LEE
William Campbell
Murray
Streator Branch
Q” Railway
Mr. Mooney
Robert H. Bradbeer
Mrs. Kimber
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