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Newspaper
Spring Valley Gazette
Location
Spring Valley, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1920
Page
7
Westbound and fastbound train times from Spring Valley station to Hicks Junction and other towns listed, with abbreviations for limited and local services. Includes station stop notes, special days, and instructions to buy tickets. Also mentions Starved Rock State Park and Monahan Confectornery Store hours.
The county board plans a special tax proposal to fund a new courthouse and a county wide road system. Committees reported favorably on Pekin plans for the courthouse and outlined a five year special road tax to improve principal roads, with voters to decide at the November election.
Eleven year old Edwin Moss, son of Mrs Nina Moss of Sheffield, nearly died Friday evening when a stick of dynamite exploded while he played with it. His clothes caught fire and he was taken for medical care as the physician reported the illness and injuries.
William Merkel named executor of Herman Smith deceased Bureau County Illinois. He will appear before Bureau County Court at Princeton Court House for November Term first Monday to settle claims. Creditors must present claims and debtors settle debts promptly as of September 15, 1920.
40 acres of Missouri land for sale in oil and timber district. Inquiries to I. H. Marshall Mendota Illinois.
Mrs Luiga Corso widow sues Liza Zacharia in circuit court seeking 1000 as damages for an alleged July 20 Cherry assault. Corso claims Zacharia bit kicked and struck her causing bruises and disfigurement.
Mr Chas L Rutledge of Normal Illinois near Bloomington suffered five years with catarrh headaches constipation liver and stomach troubles. He says Dreco cured his catarrh and improved his health, noting relief from nasal drip and morning clearing difficulty after using the product.
A local resident reports relief after taking two bottles of Dreco. The claimant says headaches dizziness and stomach trouble vanished with improved sleep breathing and bowel function. The testimonial notes Dreco is sold by druggists and introduced in Spring Valley by Spring Valley Drug Co.
An undated reader appeal extols a universal herb medicine, claiming to regulate bowels, stimulate liver, cleanse kidneys, sweeten stomach, purify and enrich blood, and offers sweeping health outcomes without evidence.
The ad claims Bulgarian Blood Tea eases stomach liver kidney rheumatic and blood troubles and helps sufferers regain health quickly. It asserts use during the 1918 1920 influenza epidemic and promotes the product as a general first aid medicine for colds fevers influenza pneumonia and emergencies. It urges families to ask their grocer or druggist for a trial box.
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