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Newspaper
Spring Valley Gazette
Location
Spring Valley, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1923
Page
2
The Spring Valley Cazette lists P. M. Mahoney as editor and manager. The New Year paid in advance notice indicates the paper’s post office registration and second class mail status in Spring Valley Illinois.
The article argues that a driver who forcefully crowds another vehicle off the road causing death is a murderer, not an accident. It urges strict enforcement of simple road rules, like dimming headlights and honking to pass, to curb deadly crashes and protect drivers and pedestrians.
Retail merchants often take back unsatisfactory goods even when customers change their minds. Some shoppers misuse this policy by returning worn items like gloves after long use, demanding refunds for minor defects. This practice strains merchants and increases costs for the public.
Rural residents say owning autos aids farm work and market trips cut time and labor costs. Gasoline and tires are cheaper than hiring help, but overuse or neglect can offset the benefits and raise upkeep concerns.
In a humorous exchange Miss Ham prompts the group of pigs to make up poetry after finishing dinner, sparking playful but skeptical remarks from Grandfather Porky and Brother Bacon about the merit of pigs poetry. The scene ends with a turn to creative verses and a chorus of agreement that poetry may not amount to much.
Daley Dunn plans a spring hike with Joe Dunn in Springale. A bootlegging bottle of liniment causes mischief when Daley tries to pass it to Joe and a local bootlegger doubles as a comic ally before Professor Condon arrives to lead botany classes amid blooming flowers.
Fred at five asks his mother to sew regular pants with pockets. She says he’s too small and he doesn’t need pockets. He replies that he is growing and wants a place to park his hands.
A humorous exchange features Willie asking Johnny about his one year old brother, who answers with innocence as a dog is claimed to walk twice as well due to having twice as many legs. The vignette highlights playful humor in everyday family life.
A concise exhortation to pursue a clear life purpose with resolve. It urges using God given strength of mind and body to dedicate effort to meaningful work and steadfast perseverance.
The piece asserts art resides in everyone and everything from galleries to daily life. It argues art is not limited to objects but found in mind, home, manners, and even everyday activities like cooking, sleeping, and loving. Art connects peace and appreciation across all people.
The Introduction Into the house of commons by Hon. Arthur Bensonby of a bill to abolish hereditary titles creates more sensation from his social ties than the bill’s revolutionary nature. Bensonby, once Queen Victoria’s page of honor, now a labor party member, seeks a law within years. Also noted, India’s Sutlej irrigation project will open 3.5 million acres in 14,300 square miles to settlers, with roads planned to support crop transport and markets. completion expected in about nine years.
A Paris Museum of Natural History staffer notes dogs can reach up to 350 breaths per minute during running, aiding heat loss via pulmonary vessels. They perspire little through skin, relying on pulmonary transpiration, unlike cats. Birds also show high pulmonary transpiration.
The Commerce Bureau warns against confusing Latvia with Lithuania in money order dealings. Since US Latvia money orders exist there are many applications for Lithuania orders, sometimes misread by postmasters as Litvia Lietava Lieutva. There is no money order convention with Lithuania yet.
A faintly luminous mineral visible at night among Cornwall rocks was identified as autonite. Studied in London, it resembles uranium salts and glows due to spontaneous radioactivity. The find confirms local belief in a real glowing mineral.
Message urging perseverance through hardship with lines about persistence, overcoming debt, and near success. Encourages resting briefly but not quitting, noting resilience brings eventual victory and that closeness to success often appears when odds are highest.
An optimist rises above trouble and keeps hammering until success. He helps others stay encouraged when conditions slip and lightens burdens until normalcy returns, making him a valuable asset to any town. He sows pep while the pessimist sows weeds.
Advert appears to tout Hall's Catarrh Medicine as a two part remedy with an ointment for local inflammation and an internal tonic that works through the blood to restore mucous surfaces. It notes sales by druggists for over 40 years and lists F. J. Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio.
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