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Newspaper
Spring Valley Gazette
Location
Spring Valley, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1925
Page
2
Spring Valley Gazette notes editor P. M. Mahoney and manager announces one year paid in advance subscription price of two dollars. Post Office entry confirms second class mail status in Spring Valley Illinois.
A call to celebrate local virtues and tout a town’s strengths. The piece urges residents to publicly highlight amenities from schools and water supply to paved streets and park systems, arguing honest promotion builds happiness and civic spirit.
The Chicago Tribune notes the federal courts devote about ninety percent of their activities to cases dealing with alcohol regulation and enforcement. The piece highlights the broad reach of Prohibition era style controls and their impact on court dockets.
The piece argues that various departments are punishing beer drinkers, filling jails and court houses, draining government funds, and turning federal courts into justice shops. It claims the U S government’s focus on preventing beer consumption diminishes dignity and respect for law.
A shoe store clerk with a nearly bald head was trying on shoes while a female customer focused on others. The shopper mistook the clerk’s head for her knee and grabbed her skirt to cover it. Fellow clerks intervened to prevent the bald clerk from suffocation.
A Chicago Motor Club bulletin advises adding one gallon denatured alcohol to two gallons water to create a 30 percent antifreeze solution that resists freezing to ten degrees above zero. Denatured alcohol is recommended as wood alcohol can damage hoses and engine despite slight antifreeze benefits.
Earl Maurer of Spring Valley narrowly escaped drowning when his duck hunting boat capsized in the Illinois River. Companion William Michels and two passing boys aided, Maurer clung to the overturned craft until a boatman reached shore and medical help arrived. He recovered by next day with only memories of the icy ordeal.
Early Monday 8 o'clock fire destroyed a Ford dump truck owned by Zolper and Sons Mendota paving contractors in front of Coveny's garage West Dakota Street. Fire started while fueling. hot dust pipe suspected. Mechanics tried to douse flames but failed. Fire department chemicals finally controlled the blaze. interior completely burned.
William White, Chicago and North Western roadmaster with Belvidere headquarters, retired on October 31 after 54 years with the company. He began as a track laborer in Belle Plain, Indiana, on March 1, 1872, and served as general foreman for major projects including yards and track elevations in Chicago. He also led the road maintenance from Elgin to Freeport and Belvidere to Spring Valley.
Spring Valley residents complain of fatigue backache headaches dizziness and urinary troubles linked to weak kidneys. A user testimonial from Mike Rafter engineers at the water works credits Dean's Pills as a stimulant diuretic that eased his pain and restored vigor. Available 60c at dealers. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY manufacturers.
The Valley Theatre invites families Friday November 6 for a single 35 cent admission. Lois Wilson and Wallace Berry star in Rugged Waters with the 101 Ranch Wild West Circus in the serial Wild West. Jack Mulhall and Helen Ferguson appear in the first chapter. Jack White's Neck and Neck closes the program.
The entire student body and faculty joined a Halloween party at Hall Township High School on Saturday night October 31. Staged by the three upper classes in honor of the Freshmen who won the school’s subscription contest. Games and dance followed by a curtain at ten, Mr. Sullivan pulling the switch to declare lights out.
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