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Newspaper
Spring Valley Gazette
Location
Spring Valley, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1920
Page
2
Gov. Frank Lowden argues for civil administrative reform in Illinois including a centralized Department of Finance and a state budget. He cites savings from consolidating agencies, a legally structured budget, and a tax policy shift reducing the rate in 1918 while addressing high living costs.
The speaker argues that rising taxes and government spending inflate consumer costs and stifle initiative. He cites congressional figures showing federal estimates growing from about 1.1 billion to over 4.8 billion in four years and urges a Washington reform based on business budgeting.
The piece notes that aging brings compensation, citing Longfellow's view that age offers opportunity equal to youth. It reflects on the natural laws of living longer and living well, despite dim sight and hearing loss.
A recent photo shows Dr. Albert Einstein, renowned for the theory of relativity, reportedly willing to join the faculty of the new University of Jerusalem as part of the Back to Palestine movement supported by Zionists worldwide.
Ezra Haning suffered serious injuries when his brush fire ignited his clothing and burned the $200 in his pocket. The incident left him severely burned and hospitalized.
The pauper committee of Bureau County invites sealed bids by May 24 1920 for medical and surgical aid to paupers and certain residents in Hall Township. Bids cover physicians to supply drugs and postmortem assistance, vaccinating, and care for confinements, with rights reserved to reject any bid. Included are various train schedules and ticketing details for local transit.
West bound cars depart Spring Valley station heading to Hicks Junction and Ladd in a brief transit notice.
The swingknife is a wooden sword measuring 18 to 24 inches in length and 8 to 10 inches in breadth. It is used to scrape the woody portion from flax with a swingstock groove guiding the motion though modern machinery has largely replaced it in flax production.
Describes beliefs among Australian Aboriginals who weave dingo tails into beards for length and Puget Sound peoples who make blankets from dogs hair. Notes Borneo natives fearing black dogs as sorcerers familiars and a warning that laughter when a dog crosses one’s path brings stone transformation.
A short quip about a child declareing cake hunger while visiting a skilled aunt. The line reflects humor in a family setting as the four year old rejects bread and butter for cake. The aunt remains popular among younger relatives due to her baking talent.
The quote reflects a discontented bachelor musing on the paradox of guaranteed non shrinking woolen wear and laundries that promise not to shrink unshrinkables, only to see the unshrinkable items shrink. It underscores consumer frustration with guarantees failing in practical use.
A desert plant, yellow with sand, is called coughing bean. In dry beds its pores clog and it explodes from a strong gas building up inside, producing a sound likened to a human cough.
A vivid description of a U S dreadnought crew enjoying first class shaves haircuts massages and other grooming at minimal prices. The piece highlights electric laundry and modern conveniences allowing sailors more time for self improvement while underscoring the Navy standard that only the best is acceptable.
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