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Newspaper
Spring Valley Gazette
Location
Spring Valley, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1920
Page
7
The Children's Day services both morning and evening were well received and a credit to those who arranged the programs. Next Sunday morning the pastor will speak of Samuel and his Spirit.
Three men from the Seatonville extra gang were injured in a crash on the Milwaukee railway near a curve north of Seatonville. Pietro Digesore, Pete Maretto, and Joe Serafina suffered wounds ranging from foot and hip injuries to shoulder bruises and were taken to St. Margaret's hospital. The other speeder carried S. Lunn, inspector, at Howe. The accident occurred after both crews met at the curve when the brakes failed and the machines collided.
The board of supervisors authorized hiring a clerk for the board of review at six dollars per day for the session. A. G. Wolfe, a board member, prompted the action after appearing Tuesday morning. Deputy treasurer duties shift due to tax collection, with the treasurer T. W. Mercer unable to spare staff. The board will meet next month and likely sit until early September.
Hard winter work on the State Aid road near the Vermillion river south of La Salle created a scenic route along the Illinois river bluff. When finished late this fall the drive will offer top tourist and motorist access from Joliet west to La Salle through Desplaines river bluffs and toward Starved Rock and Deer Park.
James Rudolph of Herrin Illinois mails to the United Mine Workers Journal a letter illustrating rising living costs for miners. He compares 1903 wages and prices to 1920 figures, noting Illinois miners earned 2.56 dollars daily in 1920 versus six dollars in 1903 with rising annual expenses. He lists twenty food items with 100 pounds costs totaling 115.44 dollars in 1903 and 478.58 dollars in 1920 for 2000 pounds.
Mrs. Chas. Walch of Peru died Saturday evening at seven at her home. She is survived by her husband and four children Mrs. Albert Hooser Mrs. William May Hanley and Chas. all living north of Peru. Funeral held at 1 30 Monday from the home to Hollowayville church on the hill with interment in the same cemetery.
A fragmented timetable lists westbound car departures from Spring Valley station to Hicks Junction and other towns with daily, Sunday, and holiday patterns. Details include Joliet Ottawa LaSalle Morris and DePue local services and a Monahan Confectionery Store opening hours.
In 1918 Sumatra east coast imported 886,835 pounds of second hand US newspapers to cover young rubber trees and sugar cane. From January to September last year imports reached 572,585 pounds. Climate is hot and sheets of paper held by stones protect sprouts. In Fawili rice paper from Japan is used similarly.
A Boys' Life article notes Sir Oliver Lodge predicting earth’s existence for tens of millions of years and discusses possible future human evolution. It contrasts ancient animal lifespans with the relatively brief age of humans and imagines continued refinement of man.
An East side man cuts dock weed in his yard with a scythe while his eight year old watches. The boy asks why God makes dockweed and after a moment delivers a humorous take, claiming God mixed up rhubarb with dockweed.
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