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Newspaper
Spring Valley Gazette
Location
Spring Valley, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1920
Page
5
Local items note Fred De Filippi visiting his sister in Ottawa over the weekend and Peter Pitch’s gradual recovery from two weeks of illness. Mrs Irving Munson did business in La Salle on Monday afternoon, while City Treasurer Colin attends a Chicago reception for a niece’s wedding.
Twin daughters were born to Mr. and Mrs. William Keegan at St Margaret's hospital on Monday morning. The babies weighed five and seven pounds respectively, and the mother and children are healthy and prospering. The sire is pleased with the advent of the pair.
The Spring Valley Concert Band will give a free performance on St Paul street next Saturday evening. This first event kicks off a series by the popular corps of musicians and all are invited to attend.
A small blaze sparked from the chimney of Mr. Francis Lemke’s house on East St Paul street. Firefighters quickly extinguished the flames, and the loss was minimal.
The S. M. Glee Club was entertained at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wacker on Sunday afternoon. After a concert, games followed and a delicious picnic lunch was served. The young people hope for another invitation soon.
Daniel McNally Sr of Hall Township and Timothy Ryne of Silby Town have been chosen as grand jurors for the upcoming circuit court term. Wanted a girl for general housework with good pay inquire at Max Miller's meat market.
The Reeves Restaurant announces new renovation and 24 hour service offering milk fed spring chicken dinners and sandwiches with quick attention for auto parties. Opposite Hicks Park. Ring 3 R 2.
The War Risk Insurance Bureau notes the reinstatement time limit expires on July 1. The Home Service office at 201 East St. Paul Street will be open Thursday Friday and Saturday evenings this week for ex-service men to obtain full information and continue their insurance.
Residence at 120 East Cleveland Street offers all household effects for sale at once. Mrs. L. Frank announces sale of household goods from the property with immediate availability.
Wanted notice asks sellers to call Sping Valley Poultry Co for current prices before making sales.
The Detroit News notes lumber camp managers ban free meals for vagrant loggers. The policy aims to deter roamers who would race along logging roads and risk becoming trapped between trees, left to starve if they push onward.
Mr Growcher argues that all men are born equal yet most drift from that view as time passes. He notes human beings change and inequality emerges through experience and circumstance, reflecting on social fairness and visible differences.
The proper diet for chameleons and lizards is flies and other insects plus mealworms. Sugar and water do not suffice in winter. many refuse food then and all require warmth, sunshine, and water to stay healthy. Without natural food, they may starve despite their ability to fast.
Carlton Fitchett of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer depicts the devoted fan who follows baseball through a score board rather than bleachers. The piece celebrates the scoreboard picket, a fan who stays loyal, imagines the game, and endures while the city fades away to Rainier Valley.
The article urges rapid agricultural and industrial development in Turkestan, highlighting crops like cotton, vineyards, rice, and fruit, plus sheep, fisheries, silk, and minerals. It envisions California expertise transforming Turkestan into a vast fruit garden and mineral wealth, reviving Eden-like fertility with irrigation.
The government bureau of mines foresees gasoline shortages and warns that by product coke ovens will extract light oil from coal to fuel cars and furnaces. One ton of soft coal yields about three gallons of oil suitable for motor fuel and 5,000 cubic feet of gas, with coke becoming smokeless fuel. Germany used coal gas for motor fuel when oil supplies were cut off.
Eighth grade pupils with top averages in Hall Selby and Westfield townships receive Normal School scholarships. A diploma will be presented by State Superintendent F. G. Blair. The award honors high school students who will remain in high school. Recipients include Margaret Perino Spring Valley Nellie Ampussitus Cherry Calvin O Byrne De Pue.
Charles M. Schwab told Princeton students that influence harms more than helps new entrants. He praised unfailing integrity loyalty industry and persistence as keys to success in a highly organized steel era where leadership opportunities have expanded with industrial growth.
The Domesday Book records land ownership in England ordered by William the Conqueror around 1086. It covered most of England except parts of the north and included two volumes detailing proprietors and possessions, later kept at Westminster and now in the public record office.
A London Tit-Bits note argues the Falkland Islands had an exceptionally low death rate in 1917 and 1918 at 3.31 per 1,000, far below England and Wales. It attributes longevity to harsh climate and abundant sunshine despite bleak terrain and strong winds.
An English scientist described by Popular Mechanics developed a method to measure color photometrically. Colors are compared to standard white under specific lights, expressing composition as percentages of white and black. For example red is assigned a value with white and black percent breakdowns to indicate shade.
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