Marshall Weds Miss Greenleaf in Kansas City
Announcement of the marriage between Miss Marjorie Greenleaf of Kansas City Missouri and I H Marshall of Chicago. They wed in Kansas City on August 22. Marshall is general manager of 23 affiliated newspapers including the Spring Valley Gazette De Pue Leader and Ladd Journal.
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Marjorie Greenleaf
Kansas City
I. H. Marshall
Chicago
Marshall
Spring Valley Gazette
de Pue Leader
Ladd Journal
Spring Valley
Tourist Involved in Crash On De Pue Hill
A Terre Haute woman driving from Des Moines in a Ford sedan hit loose gravel on the De Pue hill and lost control. The car overturned badly injuring the driver with severe cuts. her mother who rode with her escaped unharmed. The vehicle was wrecked.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Des Moines
de Pue Hill
Franckey's Orchestra Signs with Ernie Young Agency
The Spring Valley group Franckey's Orchestra signs with Chicago's Ernie Young agency and joins the agency's top attractions. Now an eight piece band, they perform in parks and dance halls across the middle west. They played at Beald Saturday and M Sunday and are booked through Indiana and Ohio next week.
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Franckey
Spring Valley
Ernie Young Agency
Chicago
Ernie Young
Middle West
Beald
Indiana
Ohio
Thundering Herd Opens at Valley Theatre Sunday Feature
Thundering Herd starring Richard Talmadge headlines at the Valley Theatre with Zane Grey’s The Thundering Herd as the feature. The program also includes The Big Town comedy, a late Pathe News, and 3 acts of vaudeville. The show repeats Monday.
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Zane Grey
Pathe
Col Frank L Smith Runs for U S Senate Nomination
Col Frank L Smith of Dwight chairs the Illinois Commerce commission and becomes a full candidate for the Republican nomination for the United States Senate. He will challenge incumbent Senator William B McKinley in the race for re election.
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Frank L. Smith
Dwight
Illinois Commerce Commission
United States Senate
William B. McKinley
Granville Labor Day Celebration Promises Wide Pageant
Granville Merchants Association stages a Labor Day celebration with Gov. Small speaking at 10 AM and Col. Frank Smith at 8 PM. The program features a ball game McNabb Cardinals vs Ladd Moose, Firemen water fight, athletic show with a double windup, band concerts, dances, and a Ford car Crosley radio giveaway. Performances include Bunzie Lolli, Jimmy Cashill, Joe Ortez, Paul Hilnar, Jimmy Sayers, and Makiney Sisters.
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Merchants Association of Granville
Governor Smail
Frank L. Smith
Tommy Ryan
McNabb Cardinals
Ladd Moose
Johnson
Jimmy Cashill
Joe Ortez
Paul Hilnar
Jimmy Sayers
Bunzie Lolli
Spring Valley
Peoria
Col
Frank Smith
Ladd Moose Edge Marseilles in Fourteen Inning Thriller
The Ladd Moose defeated Marseilles 7 to 6 in a fourteen inning game last Sunday. Negro and Lunn pitched for Ladd as a large crowd watched an exciting contest. Next Sunday Ladd meets the La Salle Indians at LaSalle and Monday they face the McNabb Cardinals at Granville.
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Ladd Moose
Marseilles
Ladd
Negro
Lunn
LaSalle Indians
LaSalle
McNabb Cardinals
Granville
Limestone orders surge as Bureau County farms apply lime
The Bureau County Farm Bureau reports a rush of limestone orders with fifteen carloads in one day and forty carloads in the first half of August. By season’s end many farms may be fully treated with lime, led by W. F. Neureuther of Hall Township who has ordered 450 tons for his farm near Ladd.
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Bureau County Farm Bureau
Bureau County
W. F. Neureuther
Hall Township
Ladd
Lost World at Majestic Theatre hailed as greatest film
A group of explorers led by Bessie Love Wallace Beery Lewis Stone and Lloyd Hughes enter a prehistoric land where dinosaurs still stalk. The Lost World opens at the Majestic Theatre in La Salle on Monday September 7 with rapturous notices promising it to be one of the sensations of motion picture history.
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Rip van Winkle
Majestic Theatre
la Salle
Bessie Love
Wallace Beery
Lewis Stone
Lloyd Hughes
Zenzal promises to banish pimples and skin eruptions
Dr Darling’s skin remedy Zenzal is advertised to quickly clear pimples and eczema. Two varieties exist: one for pimples and dry eczema and another Special Zenzal for wet eczema. Both are described as white odorless and stainless and sold by Thompson Drug Co Rexall Store.
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Darling
Thompson Drug Co
Rexall
Glimpse into the Future at a Farewell Reception
Mrs. Susan Elam envisions a thriving cityscape northward from a farewell reception for Mr. and Mrs. Martin Zearing. The tale details modern amenities from Y M C A facilities to a grand Shriner temple, bustling firms, post office, rail depots, Ford aeroplane factories, and a large tourist park, portraying a highly automated, enterprise rich community.
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Ladd
Susan Elam
Martin Zearing
Wakeful Return to Ladd in Nineteen Thirty Five
A traveler awakens to the bustling, prosperous town of Ladd in 1935. He marvels at the rapid progress as resident locals greet him with cordial humor and vivid memories. The piece captures nostalgia, growth, and a sense of belonging in a familiar place.
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Ladd
Rip van Winkle
Oglesby Residents Tie Quiet Chicago Wedding
Friends of Thomas McCann and Mrs. Mattie Funke of Oglesby learned they were quietly married in Chicago on August 6.
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Thomas McCann
Mattie Funke
Oglesby
Chicago
Hog cholera exposed on LaSalle County farm
A severe hog cholera outbreak appears in LaSalle County. Twenty seven hogs on a farm east of Grand Ridge were infected and four died. Dr E E Palmer notes the disease is a very severe form often fatal. Local vets urge dog vaccination to curb spread.
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LaSalle County
Grand Ridge
E.E. Palmer
Why Busy Matters Beyond Activity
A Miami News-Record quip notes that busyness alone proves little. the bee is praised for purpose while the mosquito is swatted, highlighting quality over sheer pace in daily life.
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Miami News-Record
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Joseph M. Dezutti
Iowa Street
Spring Valley, Il
A. Andra
West St. Paul St
Hartford Fire Insurance Co
I. J. Jagodzinski
Insurance Spring Valley
Illinois
U. S
K. of C. Hall
K. of P's
D. G. Dolson
Dr. Davis
C. Dunn
Farmer’s Elevator Co
Hunter & Co
J. Grivetti
Knauf & Son
Henry Knauf
Henry Liesse
Millie Kinder
Mr. Knauf
Conway & Sabbatini
Cahill & Conway
Davis & Dunn Drug Store
American Telegraph and Telephone Co
Columbus
Antlers
Palace de Versailles
Paris
France
Torri
Steffen
J. Carr
D. Kelly
Tat
Federal Building
Campeggio
Miss Camarro
Union Depot
Maibohm & Simplex
Henry Ford
Ford
Majestic
Billy Maine
Charleston
Beauty Chorus
Wallace
Beery
LLOYD
Hughes
Sir Arthur Owan Doyles
Spring Valley City Bank
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