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Newspaper
Spring Valley Gazette
Location
Spring Valley, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1918
Page
1
Spring Valley cites a $38 818 75 quota and calls for national stance on War Savings Stamps. The piece urges immediate purchases, weekly buying, and maximal personal investment to fund the war effort, praising past drives and outlining per capita targets and limits.
The Gazette highlights a patriotic supplement backing war stamp sales. It acknowledges post office, police and fire department pages and many leading merchants who bought space for the drive beginning the 28th. The note thanks those who aided the cost reduction during wartime publishing challenges.
Under a national proclamation the Spring Valley District 99 schools will open Friday June 28 from 2 to 6 PM to allow citizens to pledge or buy Thrift or War Savings Stamps. Teachers supervise and administer sales. district quota set at SBS.818.75 to be met.
The Spring Valley Giants host Rockford Amateurs at Hicks Park next Sunday. The Amateurs are last year’s city champions and have six wins with one loss to Camp Grant, while the Giants ride a five game winning streak. The game starts at three o’clock after the Giants beat the Turkish Baths of Peoria 10 to ?.
John Liggett of Amboy died Sunday night when his car plunged down a hill embankment after two vehicles passed. George T. Smith and Miss Zilas Ford, both of Amboy, were injured. Morrissy, Ed Peterson, and Wi Morrissy unhurt. An inquest found the accident unavoidable with no blame assigned. The 1914 Overland car carried Liggett and companions from Amboy to Starved Rock, Deer Park, LaSalle, then Hicks Park. Liggett, about 30, left a wife and child.
Fifty boys depart Spring Valley on June 27 at three o clock in the morning by Rock Island railway for training at Camp Wheeler Georgia. The call omits several previously named, listing thirty five young men from Spring Valley and nearby towns including DePue Cherry Ladd Princeton Zearing Arlington LaMoille Mendota Malden and others with affiliations to Rock Island rail line and local units.
The canvass of merchants by the soliciting committee supports the idea that business men and other labor groups deserve a day off each week, enabling rest and freedom from work. The report suggests broad support for a weekly rest period across classes.
Spring Valley will celebrate the Fourth of July in a patriotic program starting at 1 30 with a band concert, a large parade at 2 30, and the unfurling a service flag of 250 stars around 4 30. A nationally known speaker is sought and a full program is to be announced next week. The mass meeting drew about thirty societies and invited all labor and women’s groups to participate.
Debate over Sunday and holiday store hours grows as some retailers push longer open times to boost sales. Critics argue workers deserve a day off, noting shops already stay open late before holidays and on Sundays, harming official rest days and fairness.
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