Notice of Bid for Greenwood Street Improvement Spring Valley
Sealed bids for widening and improving Greenwood Street in Spring Valley Illinois will be opened September 21 1925 at City Hall. Project includes reinforced concrete pavement curbing drainage and related work with quantities and specifications on file. Bids require 10 percent bond and a surety bond of one third of bid. Board reserves right to reject any or all bids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenwood Street
Spring Valley
Illinois
St. Paul Street
Erie Street
Board of Local Improvements
County of Bureau
State of Illinois
Charles W. Knapp
Joseph Yearsley
Andrew J. Pricco
Charles Sulski
Edward Leimbach
Dirk
Portrait Student Dallas Draws Dirk Toward France
In an Edna Ferber scene, Dallas declares plans to study portrait painting in Paris in April, while Dirk accompanies her to an art institute class. The pair observe life drawing, where Dallas is praised for a vivid, anatomy-fluent canvas, contrasting with Dirk’s cautious awe and growing tenderness.
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Dallas
France
Paris
Art Institute
The Things That Mattered Turned Unimportant
Dirk O'Mara reflects on shifting values as he reads life through Dallas O'Mara and his mother, noting the distancing of rich friends and the decline of past ambitions. Household scenes show working-class drabness and the North Shore crowd's lingering influence on family life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas O’mara
Selina
Aug Hempel
Dirk
North Shore
Spring Valley Street Improvement Notice 1925
The City of Spring Valley Illinois orders Spalding Street improved from Alley line to Fifth Street with reinforced concrete paving. The Bureau County Court will hear final assessment on September 19 1925 at 9 AM. Objections may be filed, and assessments to be collected in ten annual installments at 6 percent interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spring Valley
Illinois
Spalding
City of
Fifth Street
County Court
Bureau County
Ilinois
Ants driven away by whole cloves remedy
A reader claims sprinkling whole cloves drives ants away as if by magic. The note says the remedy is quick and clean and harmless to humans and will also expel other creeping pests when they appear.
Parliament Draftsmen Authorized to Insert Full Steps
A historic rule limiting Acts to single sentences ended in 1850 by a special statute. The measure allowed draftsmen to include full steps within acts of Parliament from that date forward.
Kitchen Walls And Paper Deterioration In Damp Kitchens
A note on painted kitchen walls noting that paint resists steam and dampness better than wallpaper, reducing deterioration on wash days when steam causes wallpaper to loosen and peel away.
Blessing Barbara Sketch Prayer Fragment
A brief, sentimental fragment shows a child praying for Blessing Barbara and asking for happiness for her parents. The tone is tender and domestic, capturing a quiet domestic moment in a sketch-like line.
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Walter Zukowski
West St. Paul Street
Spring Valley, Illinois
Edna Ferber
Clark Agnew
Helen
Callan
Wrigley Building
Vrade AT
Adams Street L
Venetian Bridge
Doubleday, Page & Co
WNN
Professional Directory
Celestina Fenoglio
W. St. Paul St
Florence
Thompson’s
Tye
Lil’s Eat Shop
Hicks Junction
Edward Peters
Bell
Peru, Illinois
DR. Olmsted
Peru
C. A. Jensen
LA Salle
la Salle, Ill
Cassiday Bros
Barbara
Daddy
Mummy
P. B. Giachetto
U.S
Peoria St
John Packup
E. Erie St
H. W. Toranson
Over Spring Valley Drug Store
Spring Valley, Illinoi
J. A. Shere
Woolworth
Chinks Place
Dakota Street
Hicks Park
J. E. Carlson
Optometrist
la Salle National Bank
R. K. McColl & Son
Princeton, Illinois
Bes
Bertrand
East St. Paul St
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