This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 7 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Spring Valley Gazette
Location
Spring Valley, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1920
Page
4
Local residents and visitors are listed with travel, visits, and work. Notables include Mrs. F J Schurtz visiting Peoria, John Huber from Champaign at J J Sweeney’s, Mrs Morgan Greener at hospital, and Claude Soller with Marie Lim berg visiting Geneseo. The Knights of Pythias plan initiation, Moose Carnival announced, and a variety of moves, arrests, and duties noted including Parke buying a building and Ruth Charles in county court.
The family expresses gratitude to neighbors and friends who assisted them and to the Pythian Sisters for their generous support during Mrs. Elizabeth Jarrownen's illness and passing.
Potatoes in about two weeks will arrive at Rock Island Depot Spring Valley in two carloads. Best New York stock will be used and packed in sacks. Sold at the cheapest possible price. Leave orders at Gazette office or telephone William Paulson Granville Illinois.
Notice stating that T will not be responsible for any debits contracted by anyone in the name of T. L. Steinberg unless the order is personally signed by TI, L. Stenberg, Spring Valley, TI.
Mrs Joanny writes of buying RAT-SNAP cake for 35 cents to kill a big cellar rat she saw last fall. She found the dead rat last week while moving and notes it must have been dead six months but did not smell. The ad promotes RAT-SNAP in three sizes and guarantees by Fehr and Cumming and Thompson.
The Doig brothers Goats and Jack Doig fought a hard six round exhibition at the 129th Infantry association smoker in Ottawa last Thursday night. Ringside fans called it a good draw as both brothers exchanged relentless body blows toe to toe with intense effort. Goats opened a cut over Jack’s mouth by the fourth round, yet Jack pressed on and delivered a furious inside battle.
An insurance pitch warns that fires mean waste of materials and labor and urges buying enough protection to cover current property value. It notes ninety seven percent of fires stem from tonight's carelessness and urges careful insured coverage.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.