Train Schedules for Spring Valley Station to Hicks Junction and Others
Westbound trains depart Spring Valley for Hicks Junction Ladd and other points at 4 in the morning with multiple return times through the day. Eastbound trains run from Spring Valley to Peru LaSalle Ottawa Streator Marseilles Seneca Morris Joliet with numerous morning and afternoon departures. Mention of Princeton DePue Joliet Ottawa Morris LaSalle and Starved Rock State Park promotion.
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Spring Valley Station
Hicks Junction
Ladd
Peru
LaSalle
Ottawa
Streator
Marseilles
Seneca
Morris
Joliet
A. M
P.M
Princeton Limited
RAT SNAP Mice Food Advertised in Local Notice
Local ad promotes RAT-SNAP for mice control with odorless claim. Includes sizes 35c, 65c, and $1.25, noting use in pantry kitchen chicken house and larger buildings. Sold by Fehr and Cumming and Thompson Drug Co.
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Fehr and Cumming and Thompson Drug Go
County farm costs 3 65 a week per inmate in year just closed
The county farm annual report shows 3.65 dollars per week per inmate, total running costs 16 241 76 with 2 714 72 for improvements. Earnings were 6 779 74, county treasury contribution 9 462 02, groceries 4 440 44, dry goods 1 439 01, fuel 2 877 29. I A Steadry reappointed superintendent at 2500 salary.
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County Farm Committee
Board ,of Supervisors
Mevillian Holds Woman in Silent Store Trap
The masked Mevillian silences a woman by removing a gag and taunting her that no human ears will hear her. He reveals they are in a store that never advertises as her fear deepens and she faints.
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Mevillian
Benefits in disguise
A prospective tenant questions an old house while the real estate agent markets it as modern. The stairs creak and the agent reveals the feature is a patent burglar alarm staircase designed to wake residents, implying a security improvement.
People of Our Town Bragging About a Bright Child
The piece reflects on public self praise and small town vanity as a father boasts of his child’s brilliance while others minimize and tease the idea of an orphan asylum. It taunts social pretensions in a concise wry tone.
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Orphan Asylum
Waitress's Demeanor Draws Noted Attention
A diner observes a waitress with an interesting face, noting her haughty repose over twenty minutes. The conversation ventures into the damsel's life while the speaker claims no interest in her past before the current meal.
Wheel Tax Notice Issued for Six Months Ending December 31 1920
Owners of wagons motor bicycles motor vehicles and motor trucks are notified that the license for the six months ending December 31 1920 is due and payable at the office of the city clerk. Vehicles without plates will be prosecuted under Spring Valley city ordinances.
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Ity
Cty
Spring Valley
Tragedy in a Gunny Sack at Deserted Store
A girl was bound and gagged, placed in a gunny sack, carried upstairs to a dungeon, forced into a car, and driven away. She struggled unsuccessfully to escape before being moved into a building where she gasped for breath as the sack was removed.
Augustus Declares Possession in Comedic Exchange
A humorous dialogue features a customer insisting on rights and possessions including two motorcars and a five-year apartment lease, while a barber challenges his claims with witty responses about income and social norms, ending with a playful miscommunication about hair care.
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Augustus
Executor's Notice for Herman Smith Estate
The undersigned executor William Merkel invites all claimants to appear before the Bureau County Court at Princeton during the November term to have claims adjusted. Debtors are asked to pay promptly. Dated September 13, 1920.
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Herman Smith
Bureau
State of Illinois
Bureau County
Court House
Princeton
Land for Sale 40 Acres in Missouri Oil and Timber District
40 acres of Missouri land for sale in the oil and timber district. Write or phone I. H. Marshall Mendota Illinois.
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Missouri
Oil and Timber District
I. H. Marshall
Mendota
Illinois
Healing the Sick With Bulgarian Blood Tea
Hundreds of thousands of sufferers report relief from stomach bowels blood and rheumatic ailments after one trial package of Bulgarian Blood Tea. The remedy is praised for constipation headache appetite sleep liver kidney issues and immune support. Use steaming hot with lemon juice to aid cold or flu prevention.
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Professional Directory
P. J. Secrest
P. F. McNamara
St. Paul and
Greenwood Sts
de Filippi
S. Spring Valley
J. H. Franklin
Jagodzinski Building
THE
COX Jewelry CO
Marquette St
Chicasd
Peoria
Spring Valley, Ill
Express
DePue
m—tLaSalle
Starved Rock State Park
Sanitary Ice Cream Parlor
W. St. Paul St
Monahan Confecttonery
Greenwood
Dakota Sts
Chicago NL
Joliet, Ill
Chicago ,and Joliet
Ats Die
C. A. Jensen
LA Salle Theatre
la Salle
JOS. F. Kuss
Hotel
Kaskaskia
I. A. Steadry
DR_ A. B. CONNOR
Telephone
Optometrist
Cassiday
DR. C. Menge
Masonic Temple
DR. Ladue
Dr. Rummell
Carles Rehre
Hrir Ractarar
Wlliam Merkel
Man Smith
America
Liggett & Myers Tobacco CO
Cigeretten
J. L. Murphy
Peltier Bldge
Bostor
Linois
Edward Peters
Bell
ILI
Peter Braida
E. St. Paul St
DR. Olmsted
Granville
John Wishnevsky
Prop
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