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Newspaper
Spring Valley Gazette
Location
Spring Valley, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1920
Page
2
Post office notice from Spring Valley Illinois requests subscribers cooperate by phoning in items to improve quality of the newspaper. Paid in advance one year subscription priced at 82.00.
A congregation vote at Oxford marks a major shift from traditional policy by allowing women to enter the university and its degrees. Parliament is likely to approve, ensuring gradual inclusion in learned professions. Meanwhile officials note discrepancies between Albany records on the five suspended socialist assemblymen and the stenographers’ mimeograph, prompting questions about who edited the documents.
Gen. March told a House committee the plan to send Czech troops home in American ships. Most routes use Suez, but the Mount Vernon cannot fit through the Suez locks. The story claims locks exist though none do.
Mr La Guardia, president of the New York board of aldermen, denounces a socialist case in Albany arguing naturalized Americans can be good citizens. He says opposition to naturalized residents is unjust and hinders the melting pot concept.
The New York civic forum awards its gold medal to Mr. Hoover for distinguished public service in the past two years and continues to withhold names of questionable merit. Previous medalists include Prof. Alexander Graham Bell Gen. George Goethals and Thomas A. Edison.
Forty three state governors are named honorary chairmen of committees backing Mac Monnies's monument honoring the Marne battle. The remaining five states show no uniform opposition, maintaining a nuanced stance on the gift.
An inventor touts a snow-shoveling machine that can clear drifts in a minute with three helpers, whereas 1200 men an hour would be required by hand. If the city remains drift free, the invention could prove timely and transformative for New York.
About 160 city school teachers in Rochester New York continue night school Americanization classes as patriotic service. City funds for calories are lacking and the move reflects well on teachers while casting a poor light on city authorities.
Sing Sing prison plans a 40 cell death row addition as the existing 28 inmates awaiting execution for murder cannot be housed. The note reflects a surge in capital crime during these years.
A leading national farm agency notes Vermont farms attract more buyers than any other state, highlighting New England’s strategic position for leadership in key agricultural areas as recognition grows.
A towering Columbus statue for Buenos Aires harbor is planned nearly 100 feet high with a 22 foot crowning figure carved from a single marble block. The sculpture is said to be finished at Arnaldo Zocchi's Rome studio and reflects its grand theme.
Zinc remains ductile between 212 and 802 degrees Fahrenheit and can be shaped. It becomes brittle outside this range, hindering processing. The metal melts near 786 degrees Fahrenheit when vaporization is controlled.
Jacob Heitz and five farmers announce a shaft will be sunk on Heitz’s Coal Valley property formerly owned by William Bierman. The 51 acre farm lies along East Bureau Creek between Princeton and Hollowayville. The mine will sit on the second bench east of the creek with coal believed to match Spring Valley and Ladd quality.
An old period ad extols Nature’s Remedy NR Tablets as superior for digestive and eliminative health. It warns of poor digestion causing fatigue headaches and skin issues and claims one tablet nightly for a week yields relief, with lasting wellness after stopping use.
The Illinois river through this section moved out of ice quietly and without trouble. Snow and ice in the valley receded, relieving fears of flooding during the winter.
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