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Newspaper
Spring Valley Gazette
Location
Spring Valley, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1918
Page
6
Mazola is promoted as a reusable, tasteless cooking fat superior to butter lard or suet. Food Administrator Hoover urges saving animal fats. Mazola, pressed from corn, is described as pure and sweet. Households are urged to buy Mazola in pint to gallon sizes and ask for the free Mazda Book of Recipes.
A historical sketch outlines Chicago’s early rise as a rail and trade hub, from its trading post origins to the Illinois Central project. It details Judge Sidney Breese’s push, the 1836 charter, the collapse of major schemes, and the 1847 charter for the Chicago Rock Island LaSalle line, shaping the route toward a northern rail network.
The Union Railroad reached Kinzie and Halsted by June 1848 and received temporary river access to serve The Pioneer. By November 20 the Albany & Syracuse line moved men and material on ten miles of track, marking the first rail wheat delivery to Chicago. The Michigan Central reached Chicago by 1852, and the Illinois Central network expanded with Cairo Urbana service by 1854 and Dunleith Dubuque by 1855, reflecting outward entry patterns into Chicago.
Edward Sheedy fifteen son of Mr and Mrs Scott Sheedy of Brookfield township four miles southwest of Seneca killed himself Tuesday afternoon after dispute with his father over daily chores. He wished to go to town to see a moving picture show. The father went out to do the chores.
A LaSalle inquest heard a teen aged boy shoot himself with a .22 rifle after an argument about chores and not going to town. The note read This is what happens when I don't get to town when I want to. Coroner Donoghe ruled temporary insanity.
Representative Walters predicts a $60,000,000 hard roads bond issue will pass if Illinois voters understand it. He calls the highway program the most comprehensive and equitable improvement plan placed before voters, with the main risk being voter unfamiliarity.
The notice lists spring valley hours from 9 to 12 and 1 to 6 with evening and Sunday by appointment. It mentions a visor or attendant with unclear wording but indicates limited access outside standard hours.
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