Spring Valley Social Notes Highlight Local Visits and Moves
Spring Valley residents share weekend visits with relatives from Peru Joliet La Salle and Clinton Iowa. People travel for college and returning from South Dakota. Local business shifts include Fred Sack becoming manager of a Farmers elevator in Ladd and Jake Bernstein selling his Boston Store stake. A barn fire on West Dakota damages property and a charity concert benefits Hegeler Park La Salle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jake Bernstein
Boston
Nokomis
David Bernstein
Wisconsin
Spring Valley
Hegeler Park
la Salle
Local notes on playground fund and fire truck remodel
Musicians donated their services and La Salle residents express gratitude for support of the playground campaign. Faletti and Data remodel the new fire truck, transferring the old body chemical tank and apparatus before repainting the unit, likely in service before winter. Mrs Ida Finkleberg travels to New York City to join fiancé Prof Louis Rudolph returning from Europe Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lic Playground Fund
la Salle
Faletti and Data
Ida Finkleberg
New York Ciy
Louis Rudolph
Europe
Rudolph
United States Army
Frank Sajdak Home Returns From Poland in 1918 Army Service
A telegram to Mrs. Sajdak said her son Frank and his bride arrived in New York from Poland and are expected home today. Frank enlisted in the Polish army in July 1918 and served against Germans and Russians. Relatives had despaired of ever seeing him again, now overjoyed at his safe arrival.
A Spring Valley Man Praises Deans Kidney Pills
Arthur Hurst of 101 FE Cleveland Street describes long term use of Deans Kidney Pills with positive results. He cites back discomfort headaches nervousness and irregular kidney function as conditions relieved by the remedy. The pills cost 60 cents at dealers and are manufactured by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Hurst
Cleveland Street
Dean
Mr. Hurst
Hurst
Foster-Milburn Co
Mfrs
Buffalo
N. Y
RAT-SNAP Rat Killer Promises Fast Odorless Results
Mrs. Joanny reports finding a long dead rat in her cellar after using RAT-SNAP. She notes the carcass must have been dead for six months and did not smell. The product is sold by Fehr and Cumming and Thompson Drug Co in three sizes 35e 65e and 1.25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joanny
Fehr and Cumming and Thompson Drug Co
Hicks Park Club Defeats Tiskilwa 5-4 In Local Baseball Game
Hicks Park Club beat Tiskilwa 5 to 4 at Hicks Park before a crowd. Fred Noe pitched effectively for Hicks Park with strong support, while Tiskilwa built a late rally with three seventh inning hits and a key error. The game featured timely hits by P Ternetti Baker and Monahan, and wild plays on defense that shaped the result.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hicks Park
Tiskilwa
Bill Kramer
Buda
Henry
la Salle
Fred Noe
P. Ternetti
Baker
Barry
Lewandosky
Scott
Lewandoski
Trabus
Tisklwa
Noe
Hunter
Byers
Phelps
Pryor
J. Ternetti
Ternetti
Monahan
Quinn
Kidnapped Child Supposed Return Sparks Divorce Case
Goldie Roquet of Cedar Point files for divorce on August 25 1920 alleging cruelty and non support while seeking custody of five children. She accuses husband Joseph Roquet of luring 11 year old Henry away near their home, with a state warrant issued for his arrest and an injunction restraining harassment during the suit. Sheriff Ayers moving to locate Roquet and the boy for arrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Roquet
Henry
Goldie Roquet
Cedar Point
Roquet
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Peter Kleinfall
Towewance
Harry Halm
Lottie Stuart
Peru
Amelia Mueller
Joliet
Chas. Anderson
Princeton
Ruth Franklin
Lake Forest
Illinois
Mary Williams
Peoria
Louis Aimonetti
Miss Zeta Dole
Chicago
John O'Bierne
T. Cantwell
J. Hardy
Catherine Maxwell
Wm. Maxwell
Eleanor Murphy
Mrs
J. L. Murphy
John “Oll
John Allen
Clinton
Iowa
J. J. Sweeney
Dr. Rummel
Witchell
South Dakota
Harry Maxwell
Hastings, Neb
Fred Sack
Ladd
M’sses
Mary Fedor
Mary Kusma
Martha Tuldzeski
City of Spring Valley
Watkins
J. R. Watkins Company
Winona
Finn
Andrew Priece
Ford
Pythian Brothers Lodge No. 13
Pythian Sisters Court No. 47
J. Bloomfield
W. T. Shaw
Dom. Raveglio
West Dakota Street
Wild Cats
Streator
Y. M. A. Club
Matt Knauf
Mike Heuser
Frank Sajdak
Bank
Spring Valley Cty Bank
Spring Valley, Illinois
Balla
Balda
Noe l
Vickory
Evenceeeed
Cressnnreente
Baldas
Tadbus R
Lark
Scott P. Me Mahon
Norman
Caiaag
Ane
Pete
Ayers
Klingberg Building
Greenwood Street
George Demanas
Fehr and Umming and Thompson Drug Co
THE
Thompson Drug CO
Rexal
CG. L. Willey & Co
S. Robev Sr
Mars
Spring Valley, Ill
Geo. L. Hoffman & Co
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