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Newspaper
Spring Valley Gazette
Location
Spring Valley, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1920
Page
4
Public notice endorses Josef T Skinner for re election as States Attorney citing four years of faithful service. The defense of law and order is praised with claims of integrity fairness and broad community support. Voters urged to return him to office.
Oliver Seaton who had been released from Watertown on a technicality was being returned from Emporia Kansas Saturday by Deputy Sheriff Robinson. At Galesburg he disappeared after entering a Burlington depot toilet and has not yet been located. Police are searching with no money reported on Seaton.
Next Sunday at 11:00 a. m the pastor topics The Sermon on the Mount. Afternoon 2:30 and evening 7:30 host Sixth District Purenu Co S S Association sessions with speakers from Ladd Wasbeer Princeton De Pue and La Salle. Coffee provided between sessions for attendees staying on.
Jon Scuitto, member of the Black Hollow gang involved in the Illinois Zine pay train heist that killed guards Elmore West and Ben Dierks, died September 22 in Joliet from tuberculosis. Scuitto, resident of La Salle, had been serving 24 years after a 1914 murder conviction following a confession that helped arrest four of the five bandits.
Harry BR. Hocking and Miss Lorraine Clear, aged 17, eloped from Ladd and are believed married in Chicago before heading to Ogamulda Oklahoma. A warrant for Hocking’s arrest on enticing charges was issued by Justice F. H. Dunbar and sent to Sheriff Ten D. Spaulding as Chicago police were alerted to intercept them.
The piece notes that on November 2 women gain voting rights while men face a long ballot. County Clerk confirms a ticket bigger than a newspaper page with 304 names, with eight Bureau County men added from Springfield.
The official ballots will be printed with a widened format 33 1-2 by 29 1-2 inches after adding the list of names. This produces the largest ballot yet supplied to Bureau county voters.
Services at the Methodist Church Sunday October 24 include Sunday School at 9 45 a m and morning worship at 10 45 a m The evening service is omitted and members will unite with the Congregational Church in Sunday School conference
The Peru Spring Valley concrete highway link is expected to be opened to traffic later this week. Contractors Trumpeter and Sons will wait on the state engineers for formal opening instructions.
All water rents and meter payments must be paid within ten days after date the meter is read. If not, the water will be shut off without further notice.
An advertisement argues that a 65 cent Rat-Snap cake can kill many rats, saving owners about 100 dollars yearly on feed and property losses. It claims no odor after killing, cremation of carcasses, and multiple cake sizes sold by Fehr and Cumming and Thompson Drug Co.
Wanted for Watkins Famous Products. Lady or gentleman agent in Spring Valley city. Known everywhere. Big profits. Write J. R. Watkins Company, 57, Winona, Minnesota.
Spring Valley resident Mrs. Lida M. Norris of 412 East St. Paul Street testifies to Doan's Kidney Pills. She recalls a severe kidney trouble in 1910 with back pains, says the pills relieved pains and regulated kidney action, and in 1919 reaffirmed continued benefit. Sold 60 cents at dealers. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY.
The property owner vows comprehensive coverage and proactive measures to avert fires. He understands his land contributes to national wealth and that fire loss cannot be fully insured, yet he acts to minimize risk for his country.
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