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Newspaper
Spring Valley Gazette
Location
Spring Valley, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1918
Page
8
Local items report numerous residents on the sick list and visiting relatives in Peru LaSalle Chicago and LaSalle. Visitors include Matt Hanney and Mae Clinton while Tom Foster and Albert Newman attend family events. A seven month old dies spinal meningitis. Patriots Fund payments move to City Bank.
Obituaries report death of Charles Newman aged from illness and recount his family, burial details at Olivet cemetery, and pallbearers. Other notes include James McAdams burned serving Mass and Tom Patterson and Ruth Seaman wedding. Influenza deaths at Cherry mine and a Spring Valley Manufacturing dissolution vote are noted along with Rock Island waiting station improvements.
The board of health lifts restrictions and announces next week’s meetings at the Congregational Church. Sunday schedule includes 10 a.m Bible study 11 a.m Divine worship with sermon and 7 p m Young Peoples meeting. Wednesday features the Ladies Missionary Society bank offering at 3 p.m with Rev Walter Spooner and possibly Miss Frances Patterson as speakers.
The Tower family of Mendota reports its fifth death in a month as Antone Mathesius nee Hope Tower died Monday at Harris Hospital from pneumonia after influenza. She was 26 years 9 months and 21 days old, survived by her husband serving at Camp Forest Georgia a two and a half year old daughter her mother Mrs Henry Tower and brothers Tracy with the American Expeditionary Forces in France and Forest at home. Funeral services were held Thursday at 1 30 o clock from the home conducted by Rev Clapp of the M E Church and burial followed at Restland cemetery.
Illinois reports 22 756 war savings societies far surpassing other states with a 20 919 quota. Members pledge weekly or monthly purchases of war savings stamps. The Maximum War Savings Club shows over 1 500 extra quota and limits membership to those buying 1000 dollars in stamps.
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