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Newspaper
Spring Valley Gazette
Location
Spring Valley, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1920
Page
2
A community appeal lists reasons for widespread participation in the Fourth Red Cross Membership Roll Call, running November 5 to 25. It cites aid to war orphans, first aid training benefits, disaster relief readiness, and continued care for ex servicemen, with Pershing pledging strong support.
The quote argues A T Stewart favored men who failed in business, believing difficulties test and build character. It claims most top American business figures faced extreme hardships, while easy routine work yields little growth. It urges seeking obstacle rich experiences in youth to develop resolve.
A Springfield sub district conv en tion demands a special State convention of the Illinois United Mine Workers to address grievances. Operators’ powder cost rose from 1.75 to 2.15 per keg and the latest wage scale gave mine drivers and day men 1.50 more daily while diggers were left out.
The Illinois miners union requires President Frank Farrington and Secretary Walter Nesbit to provide a detailed account of 27000 dollars spent to quell a recent insurgent strike. The ruling, by an international executive board commission led by President John Lewis, signals deep factional strife as both leaders seek re election.
A gang attempted to rob the Compton bank last Wednesday morning but was driven off when the alarm gong rang. They fled in a stolen car later found abandoned near the railroad. Only the front door was damaged. the alarm had been installed six weeks earlier.
All owners of vehicles who have not paid their vel cle tax and secured a tax nor before Oct. Oth, will be prosecuted according to the ordinances of the ity of Spring Valley.
An old advertisement touts RAT-SNAP poison cakes priced at 65 cents and up to 1.25, claiming it kills rats with no lingering smell and leaves no meat or grain contamination. It markets three sizes and notes Fehr and Cumming and Thompson Drug Co as sellers and guarantors.
The Bureau County supervisors discuss mining and farm reports, approve county judge expenses, name officers, and set compensation. Jury lists are read, grand jurors named for January term 1920, and resolutions for stenographer and office expenses for the county judge are adopted. The meeting adjourns to continue next week.
Fred Lamb reports rats avoid his feed store after using RAT-SNAP. He says dead rats appeared each morning until adoption of RAT-SNAP, and now none are left. The product is sold by Fehr and Cumming and Thompson Drug Co with a money back guarantee.
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