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Newspaper
Spring Valley Gazette
Location
Spring Valley, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1923
Page
2
Credits showing P.M. Mahoney as editor and manager. Post Office entry notes a one year paid in advance subscription price of 32.00. Historical newspaper masthead line remains central to the issue.
The article notes a decade of industrial growth with rising purchasing power. Wages have increased 60 to 100 percent while prices lagged, enabling more purchases. Farmers face issues but overall the average farmer is arguably better off since 1913, signaling a new field of business ripe for enterprising efforts.
The passage notes rising purchasing power will help enterprising merchants grow their business. It suggests higher spending on promotion as consumers seek items they previously could not afford or have only bought sparingly, with people consulting newspapers to compare costs.
The author suggests giving a boy aged fourteen to fifteen a challenging task beyond his current ability. He should work through stages, admit failure, then review and be supplied with what is lacking. Reattempting the task will likely lead to success, building character and pride in achievement.
Bill Skinner sentenced for violating prohibition laws was sent home in Ponca City Oklahoma after no jail cell was available. He will begin serving his term once a vacancy opens in the county jail.
In New York a man named George Smith turned himself in at the Tombs prison confessing grand larceny of $300 to $400 from the Interborough Rapid Transit payrolls. He described a six month scheme, said he couldn't sleep or eat, and was held on $1,000 bail in Harlem court.
In Clifton New Jersey two boys Walter Van Beveren nine and Fred West eight died after being struck by an east bound Lackawanna Buffalo express while attempting to rescue a kitten on a railroad trestle. The engineer Frank Frankflaker of Stanton Pennsylvania shouted and braked but could not avert the tragedy.
A Baltimore incident reports the death of three year old Bernard Silverman from a balloon explosion. The balloon allegedly released compressed air into the child's throat after it broke, with the toy breaking during an act by the mother who slapped him on the mouth.
Mrs Sally Gold marked her 108th birthday by clerking at her son’s candy shop on 108th Street. She reads and sews without glasses and walks without assistance. In Tekoa Washington Max Burgett killed 1987 prairie dogs on local ranches, mostly on a single 900 acre property, while employed by farmers.
Warren Ohio resident Mack Brown escaped a fiery blast when his clothing ignited from burning gasoline. He leaped into a deep well and saved his life without outside aid.
New York man Richard Ferrin received a suspended sentence after pleading guilty to a foxfention related offense involving a litter of newborn pups.
The Ford Motor Company shows Henry Ford and his son owning all capital stock. Net profits last year reached 119 million dollars and cash held in banks totaled over 198 million on February 28. The pair are among the richest in the world with vast private income, a rise from modest beginnings as a bookkeeper.
A neighboring brass band performed a concert but started poorly and deteriorated. The crowd clapped politely while the first cornet muttered to the conductor about the next selection. The conductor suggested The Maiden's Prayer, prompting the cornet to exclaim he had just played that piece.
A Spring Valley teacher received a mother’s note granting permission to whip her son any time it is needed to "learn him sense." The letter compares the boy to his father and urges strict discipline without attention to his father’s commands.
William Heinsel aged 35 a well known young married man and lodge member is missing from his Marseilles home since last Saturday morning. A Masonic and Knights of Pythias committee has kept quiet search hoping to locate him before publicity. Heinsel lived with his wife and their young son in harmonious relation. no reason for his leaving is known. His wife recently left hospital and the child is ill with measles.
A quirky quote asserts 48,000 rattlesnakes in the Rocky mountains and questions if any could learn to play a harmonica. The exchange treats the premise as laughable speculation about animal intelligence and improbable talents.
A terse aphorism asserts that the vain belief in self-sufficiency and the converse dependence on the world are both flawed. It warns that imagining one can live apart from worldly regard leads to self-deception, while assuming the world cannot exist without oneself proves equally misguided.
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