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Newspaper
Spring Valley Gazette
Location
Spring Valley, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1923
Page
7
Governor Small preserved Illinois funds by holding firm against bond bidders. Seven million in road bonds sold for 6,790,000 after bidders offered 6,723,000 and threatened to quit. Despite initial offers, the governor insisted on his price and buyers compromised then accepted.
Police and postal authorities probe St Louis underworld for Egan's Rats in the Staunton Illinois payroll robbery. Five masked bandits intercepted Postmaster G A Roberts and clerk Harry Knehen as cash for the Mount Olive and Staunton Coal Co. payroll was moved from Wabash station to the Staunton post office and fled toward St Louis.
A Burlington planned Yellowstone Park trip highlights the geysers hot springs lakes and canyons of the region along with a ninety mile motor excursion through Cody country. The program includes Denver Colorado Springs Manitou Pikes Peak Estes Park Royal Gorge and optional Glacier National Park visits at low cost with flexible two to three week durations.
A brief exchange shows a man offering to pay double fare for the pleasure of a traveling companion and a woman replying with regret that she did not know earlier. He expresses joy while she notes she would not have purchased a ticket.
A lecturer states lessons come from all peoples and a heckler replies about the Eskimo with a quip on his icehouse. The exchange reveals a moment of audience humor amid a discussion of universal knowledge.
A brief dialogue records Mrs. Quiverfull, aged forty, and Mr. Singleton discussing marriage and long life. Singleton expresses optimistic hope for another forty years of safety and companionship.
A reflective note on athletic limits and progression. The speaker jokes about an athlete who runs a mile yet only moves two feet, highlighting the paradox of effort versus outcome. The quote invites readers to view every effort as a stepping stone to greater achievements.
A fragment shows Diogenes cautioning against rushing to clean up wealth. His pupil questions the idea, prompting a brief exchange that underscores the value of deliberate effort over haste.
The quip exposes Owens living beyond means funded by credit. He supposedly earns nothing and relies on lenders. His claimed financial anxiety over income tax is revealed as a pretense to secure credit.
A witty aside notes that Smithkins has a clever wife and a private home solution. The quip contrasts implied wisdom with domestic cleverness in a brief social observation.
A boy misremembers the Tower of Babel asking his teacher about Solomon and his many wives, calling the biblical site where Solomon kept 500 wives. The anecdote highlights a humorous misnaming of biblical figures in a classroom setting.
A Wisconsin Octopus quip portrays Pred as glum following a humorous arrest joke about autosuggestion. The gag hinges on a girl being invited for a ride, framed as a pun in a light column.
The Paris humor cartoon depicts Dave and Lou debating a wife’s demand for a fur cloak of monkey skin. Lou laments financial strain while Nina refuses to play because he is crying, highlighting comic domestic friction.
A London Tit-Bits quote recalls a late congratulations exchange about marriage. A witty exchange highlights etiquette and the notion that a lady is always a lady, while one speaker argues established facts should not be disputed.
A playful exchange contrasts old time remedies with modern cures for illnesses. A humorous vignette centers on a chicken dressed to kill versus one dressed to eat, and a joke about smoked ham priced at sixty five cents a pound due to scarcity.
Ted-Tom struggles to maintain appearances as Ned-He's car is repainted and relocated to a fresh neighborhood amid ongoing efforts to cover up hardships.
A comic confession unfolds as a red headed boy hurls the taunt peroxide blonde at Mary for four nights. Mary and Bob Parker confront the tease in a back yard amid playful peril, ending with Mary admitting no blonde label as romance blooms. A French chemist named Mazarin debuts a new alloy resembling gold called areum with durable, tarnish resistant properties.
Police and sheriffs search for two masked bandits who held up the State Bank of Dana last Thursday. They forced president L. M. Pritchett and cashier C. J. Pritchett into a rear room, stole about $2,000, and fled in a high powered automobile.
A bank hold-up observer noted a Buick without a license number during the escape. The car was traced a mile east of Dana where it turned north and vanished, leaving investigators to seek further clues.
Stockholders across Chicago Bloomington and Champaign formally ratified the consolidation of McKinley and Studebaker interests into Illinois Power and Light Corporation. The merger includes Peoria Railway Company and numerous utilities such as Bloomington and Normal Railway and Light Co Citizens Lighting Co Clinton Gas and Electric Co Consumers Water and Light Co Marseilles Danville Street Railway and Light Co Decatur Railway and Light Co Galesburg Railway Lighting and Power Co Galva Electric Light Co Madison County Light and Power Co Monticello Electric Light Co Mound City Light and Water Co Northern Illinois Light and Traction Co Quincy Railway Co St Louis Electric Bridge Co Southern Illinois Light and Power Co Urbana and Champaign Railway Gas and Electric Co Urbana Light Heat and Power Co.
Officials of the La Salle County Carbon Coal company announced the company store connected with the Union mine on East Fifth Street, Peru, will be closed. The entire stock will be disposed of and the business suspended after 45 years of operation.
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