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Newspaper
Spring Valley Gazette
Location
Spring Valley, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1918
Page
2
Due to a shortage of wagon drivers the ice delivery to private customers is discontinued. Those who bought ice books should return them and receive a refund of the remaining balance. Signed by Peter Barlow.
Emmanuel de Luynes Duc de Chaylnes a grandson of Theodore P Shonts steers the ambulance presented to Italy by New York supporters of Capt Pierre Tezzi of the Italian army.
Nero, a large St Bernard owned by Mrs Eugenia Graf, saved $3,000 from a saloon hold up in Chicago by attacking four armed bandits. As the robbers fired, the dog blocked access to the room behind the bar and forced them back, allowing Mrs Graf to escape through a back door with the money.
Peter Anderson of Bygland township Polk County Minnesota, is a farming father with 16 living children and 18 born, youngest Marie christened last week. He owns a T7 auto that carries only part of his family, plus another seven and a four seater are needed. The mother is 44, father 48, with 237 acres valued at $100 an acre. No twins or triplets. oldest son was 21 on June 30, 1918. He can farm without outside help.
A large fertilizer backlog on the Atlantic seaboard endangers next season’s wheat and grain yields. At a plant nearby 60,000 tons of acid phosphate sit awaiting shipment, risking closure for lack of storage if not moved promptly.
To avenge Admiral Craddock who died with his flagship Good Hope in 1914 off Chile a distant relative, Frank Culver Craddock, has enlisted in the United States Navy.
Zion City waits as Overseer Wilbur Glenn Vo liva attempts to teach a Mexican parrot to speak English. For hours Vo liva sits inside his home and hisses "Stink pot" at passing tobacco smokers while the bird imitates unsuccessfully.
Judge Charles C. Craig of Galesburg, seeking reelection to the Wisconsin Supreme Court, is known for hard work, conscientious rulings, and knowledge of law. The non partisan race rests on record and merit, with incumbency benefiting from past service and stable performance.
A German prisoner wounded near the front thanks his nurse and offers to repay kindness with any favor. The medical officer asks only that hospitals be spared. The anecdote notes a paradox in wartime mercy and questions who bears the harm.
A crowded streetcar story describes a man with a bag of flour who cannot move as the sack breaks. Flour showers the passengers, turning neighbors into improvised Santa Clauses on a wheatless day.
The passage traces the name Ukraine through Mazeppa romance and Pultova, notes early terms South Russians and Ruthenians, and maps Ukraine from the Carpathians to the Caucasus with the Black Earth provinces rich in coal iron salt and petroleum. It also mentions the Ruthenians as used in Austria and the Danube deltas along the Dnieper.
England has mobilized its inland canals and navigable rivers for wartime logistics. Rail and canal systems, now government controlled, serve as vital transport links between producers and consumers in Staffordshire and other districts across England and Wales.
The Chicago YMCA proposes using railroad lands to create department leased garden plots for 2000 workers and their families. Land will be plowed and assigned to members for spring and summer gardening amid sugar flour and potato shortages.
James Steele and Mr Luches of Granville were here Sunday afternoon. Three more of our boys are leaving us this week. Albert Olson and Arthur E Peterson went to Atlanta Monday. Ed J Morton goes to Ft Thomas Saturday. Martin and wife of Chicago visited Ernest Dunterman and returned home. Thomas Barrowman Sr of Spring Valley died Thursday and was buried at Ottville cemetery Sunday. Ebenezer Meadowcroft, formerly of Marquette and DePue, died Friday and was buried at Ridge Cemetery Sunday. Dr White attended the Illinois General Congregational conference at Hinsdale with large attendance. Big turnout at the Saturday night dance in Lukan’s Park. A mass meeting is planned in Larkan’s Park June 1 about the Red Cross with a prominent speaker. Misses Janet and Margaret Fleming, with Harris brothers, bid farewell to a brother headed to fight for Uncle Sam. Wm Wilhite underwent foot surgery at St Margaret’s hospital for a Cherry mine injury and progresses favorably.
A Decoration Day service will begin at nine o'clock Thursday morning in Martin's hall, after which all attendees will walk to the cemetery for the concluding service. Bureau boys continue in service with thirty six enlisted. recent departures include Leo Carlson, Grover Brady, Sylvester Spraggster, Sherman Yarrington, Fergar Yarrington, Sydney Charles, and Paul K Paulson heading to Jefferson Barracks and Camp Gordon.
The administrator of the estate of Fiorenzo Boggio, deceased, announces he will appear before the court. The notice outlines probate actions and upcoming proceedings regarding the estate administration.
On this 19th day of April 1918 all persons with claims against the estate are notified to attend for adjustment and all indebted to the estate are requested to make immediate payments.
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