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Newspaper
Spring Valley Gazette
Location
Spring Valley, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1920
Page
8
Local residents and visitors feature a bustle of weekend activity.George Baxter and family from Pri ceto n visited relatives here while Mrs Margaret Spohn shopped in La Salle. Several residents traveled to Chicago and Peru for shopping and meetings with friends and relatives over the weekend.
Notices show J F Creed transacted business in Chicago last Friday. Mrs Lloyd Pierson spent Tuesday in La Salle with relatives and friends. John McGinnis Frank Oberta George Sheppard and Vincent Brotherton visited in Seatonville Saturday evening. Miss Julia Boyle visited relatives in Chicago over the weekend. Miss Mary Fedor accepted a position at L W Mars and Co. Mrs Clemence Kaiser and son Arthur of Oglesby visited Mrs Richard DeCosta. Mrs Peter Doyle Mrs Florence Schotner and Miss Grace Creed attended the D of I initiation in Ottawa Sunday. Mrs Agnes Solan and daughter Mary transacted business in Lasalle last week. Mrs Who Schmidt and daughter Jean of Princeton were guests at the Thos Dyer home Monday. Mr and Mrs Alex Rolando and baby moved to Rockford where they will make their future home. Mr and Mrs George Perkins of La Moille visited Virgil Allen’s home Saturday and Sunday. Mr and Mrs Josephon Cholek left for Rockford to make a future home. they bought a new home there. Prof Munson attended a Bureau County Sunday School Association executive committee meeting in Princeton Sunday. Dr Gibson and Mr Jensen of Momence Ill. spent Wednesday in Spring Valley. Word from Frank Ballerine a Mayo Bros hospital patient in Minneapolis says he is getting along nicely.
Nathan Frank returns to the store after a week of illness. Miss Rose McDonald and Miss Katherine Doyle visit or transact in La Salle and Peru on Saturday. J G Wilson W Emmerling J S Murphy also transact in La Salle on Saturday. Mrs Henry Schmidt Miss Ferne Houghout Alta Mason also shop in La Salle. Mrs Westphal from Belvidere visits daughter hospitalized at St Margaret's. Mrs J H Ferris and Joyce visit patient A E Ferris at the same hospital.
Rev Majewski of De Pue transacted business here last Thursday. Miss Adeline Walter of De Pue also transacted business here the last of the week.
Judge Hawthorne transacted business in Peru last Thursday. Mrs J C Litterly spent Friday shopping in La Salle. Miss Helen Sweeney shopped in La Salle Friday afternoon. Mrs Lloyd Pierson entertained at the Elks Club in La Salle Friday. Mrs Roy Curran returned home from the hospital Thursday and is improving. Charles Yearsley of Savannah NL visiting his parents in town. Misses Margaret Cosgrove and Sister Yearsley visited with friends in La Salle Sunday. Mrs William Gunther returned from Joliet earlier this week. Frank C Nebin left Monday for Davenport to attend a convention. Miss Anna Stadalius of Princeton visited over the weekend. Peter Clinton transacted business in Toluca and Fairbury Friday and Saturday. Mrs T J Ryn of Pekin was a guest at the Matt Hanney home over the weekend. Mrs Eli Edwards of Deane shopped in Spring Valley Saturday evening. John Curran of Chicago spent the weekend with his brother Roy and wife. Abe Rosenzweig left Sunday for Minneapolis to consult Mayo Bros.
Miss Adella Anderson and Mr. Ed ward Hammer of Chicago visited Miss Gertrude Yearsley for a weekend gathering. End of the stay featured social familiarity and local hospitality.
Miss Irene Hicks left Sunday to consult Mayo Bros. in Minneapolis, with her two granddaughters joining for a few weeks. Mrs. Jennie Curran returned to Chicago at week’s end. Miss Betty Westphal, operated on at St. Margaret’s hospital Saturday morning, is reported to be getting along.
Charles Merrill left Monday for his home in Los Angeles after a week among old friends. Misses Helen Sweeney Ruth Franklin and Beruta Bender attended the track meet held in LaSalle Friday.
Mrs Charles Fehr returned Friday evening from Chicago where she had been transacting business for a few days.
Mrs Hawthorne spent Friday in La Salle visiting friends and relatives.
Peter De Filippi invites listing of city or farm property and businesses for sale in Spring Valley Illinois. He claims buying and selling is his regular business and provides the office corner of St Paul and Greenwood Streets.
Frank Cassiday is visiting relatives in Streator this week.
Mrs. Harry Cassiday visited La Salle on Wednesday along with Mrs. Vincent Conway and her daughter. Dr. J. H. Franklin and Dr. Walter Ream left Tuesday for Rockford to attend a medical clinic.
The Ladies Aid Society of the Congregational Church will meet Thursday afternoon May 27 at Mrs. Albert Sweet 496 East Erie Street. The first division plans a Kazoo Band Concert Wednesday May 19 at 8 30 a m at the Congregational Church with refreshments and lunch served afterward.
Mr and Mrs Robt Hoffman and Mrs Nancy Rouse motored to Mendota Saturday and spent the weekend with relatives. Mrs Agnes Miller accompanied them and visited Mrs Flora W Marshall, formerly of this city, on Sunday.
A lecture titled The Resurrection of the Dead will be held May 28 at 10 a.m. at the Majestic Theatre La Salle. D. Jd. Morehouse V D M of Chicago will speak. Admission is free and there will be no collection. Everyone is welcome.
This week carpenters begin framing the South Bluff Country Club's new clubhouse as the foundation nears completion. A temporary course at the club grounds draws growing interest from wolf enthusiasts, with player turnout rising daily.
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