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Newspaper
Spring Valley Gazette
Location
Spring Valley, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1918
Page
2
A Boy Scouts magazine article explains preserving eggs using waterglass in an earthenware jar. Clean containers press eggs tightly in, cover with solution, seal, and store in a cool dry cellar for winter use.
Wallace Howard of Indiantown township was fined five dollars and costs by Police Magistrate Herron for assault and battery on 88 year old Hank Kitterman. The altercation began over handling a horse. Kitterman had moved the horse to a neighboring farm to prevent Howard from using it. After a late night argument and Howard striking Kitterman in the face, the defendant admitted the act and apologized, with Kitterman pleading for leniency. If not for intercession, the fine could have hit one hundred dollars plus costs.
Three explosions by yeggs wrecked the Lee County Bank vault in Steward at two AM. Currency worth 2500 dollars was damaged but notes and valuables survived. Two suspects fled in an automobile before authorities could identify them. A tall man and a short heavyset man were seen in Steward the day before the attack.
Government vows to keep American war dead in France with graves kept green. The policy ensures bodies of soldiers and sailors who perish in service stay overseas until the conflict ends.
The War and Navy Departments announce a joint plan with the French government to establish military cemeteries and Grave Registration Units in France. These units will bury, care for cemeteries, and maintain identification records to prevent confusion when bodies are repatriated after the war.
Local notes report several residents visiting relatives in Princeton Chicago and Minnesota. Rev Spooner from Ottawa called on friends here. Fred Whetman and family, once connected with the Grier hotel, visit from Bureau and recounts of his service in France with the Canadian army starting in 1916. He was seriously wounded in November and spent months in a hospital.
A quoted line reflects on enduring personal troubles without burdening others. The author notes self restraint in carrying burdens while maintaining consideration for those around him.
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