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Newspaper
Spring Valley Gazette
Location
Spring Valley, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1918
Page
7
An appeal to mayors and city councils urges immediate ordinances banning barberry shrubs due to their role in spreading wheat stem rust. The letter notes rust threatens millions of bushels during wartime harvest and asks cities to act since state law is unavailable. Japanese barberry is exempt from destruction. Signed H W Anderson.
On Sunday June 2 the M E church of Spring Valley celebrates paying off a mortgage lasting over ten years. A day of rejoicing is planned and the public is invited to join in the celebration.
The rural church at TOA invites all to a 9 AM study in Mark and a 7:30 PM sermon by Rev. F C Jones on the History of Spring Valley Methodism. Epworth League conducts the 6 50 PM service led by president August Johnson. Dr. Phelps is expected. a mortgage note is to be paid off and a thank offering follows with benediction.
Last Saturday Bureau village held a Red Cross auction to raise funds for the Second War Fund. About $1200 was raised, adding to the village chapter treasury. The ladies thank all donors and buyers, especially auctioneers Plumley Fox and Utts and clerk A H Ferris.
Washington awakes to tighter security around the president as guards, gate officers, and night patrols surround the White House. A telephone alarm network and bayoneted sentries deter unauthorized entrants, while a hidden electric defense system remains a guarded secret.
A 68 year old man died in a Madison barber chair while being shaved by his son Frank Farnsworth. Heart disease was the cause of death with the incident noted as sudden and unexpected for the local community.
The 1918 ordinance declares Berberis vulgaris a nuisance within Spring Valley Illinois and orders property owners to remove the common barberry within two days after notice. If not complied with, the Health Department may abate the nuisance at the responsible party’s expense. Violations carry a fine from 10 to 200 dollars per offense. The measure takes effect upon adoption May 27 1918. In related court actions master in chancery Trimble schedules a June 22 1918 public sale of Bureau County real estate in Spring Valley with terms cash.
Public notice announces a master in chancery sale in Bureau County Illinois following a decree dated May 1918 in Eureka Building Association versus Peter Audo et al. Details specify foreclosure action and court authority for the sale.
A playful line from the Seattle Post Intelligencer imagines inoculating the milkman’s voice with a new anesthetic called nikalgia to ease sleep while knitting. The quip blends whimsy with medical jargon for a humorous effect.
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