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Newspaper
Spring Valley Gazette
Location
Spring Valley, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1920
Page
7
Notices in the local column indicate the appointment of the successor to Dr. P F McNamara at the intersection of St Paul Street and Greenwood Street. The brief item records a change in medical leadership for the immediate area.
Westbound and eastbound train times listed from Spring Valley station to Hicks Junction and several towns including DePue Bureau Princeton Joliet Ottawa LaSalle Morris Streator and Morris with service notes and station stops. Advertising lines for Starved Rock State Park Monahan Confectionery Greenwood and Dakota Streets open daily 9 am to 9:30 pm.
Postmaster Stone ends his Peoria office tenure effective at the earliest moment upon Washington approval. He explains the move is not political and aims to devote time to private affairs, after serving since March 1918. Stone previously served three terms in Congress and enjoys strong support in Bureau county.
James Stucky reports a rat blocked toilets and drains in the basement, requiring floor and pipe tearing. The plumber charged 125 dollars, with RAT-SNAP used to remove the rodent. product sizes 35, 65 and 125 cents sold by Fehr and Cumming and Thompson Drug Co.
Albert Vogel age 103 of Jeannette Pennsylvania says he will vote for Harding and Coolidge and America first. He recalls voting for Polk Lincoln and has supported the Republican ticket his entire life. He started as a lamplighter in Capitol grounds at fifteen and later became a Methodist minister.
J Gabbert of Riverside California reports editor Harding runs a meticulous operation. The Marion Star visit resembled an editorial conference rather than a political crusade with staff tenure from 20 to 88 years. Harding tracks every detail from pay to ad accounts and type setting.
A London Chronicle note explains a bizarre traveler tactic in tropical swamps. Explorers wear a bright tin disk on their ankles to lure snakes away from the wearer, creating a target for a knockout blow. The device is described as a harmless stroke in dangerous terrain.
Wilbur H. King a Princeton bound cowboy with the Diamond Bar Outfit is jailed on $500 bond for burglary. Arrested at the American House by Chief Skoglund and Sheriff Spaulding, he allegedly robbed Nagle and Spaulding barber shop in the Clark hotel building last Saturday. Myrtle Butts faces disorderly conduct charges. Spaulding testified King had lingered nearby and a savings bank was found in a fourth floor bathroom.
The record lists acres and assessed values for Westfield Township 160 acres at 25.5 cents cost per acre and 40.80 acres with various rates. includes average costs for Court House and Roads. It also presents a Statement of Ownership for Spring Valley Gazette dated October 1 1920, naming publisher P M Mahoney editor and business managers, with owners Kraft Marshall Mahoney and noting no bondholders of 1 percent or more.
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