Kishwaukee Country Club selects new officers and tightens membership
The Kishwaukee Country Club held its annual meeting at Elk’s Club with a lively session. J Ralph Brown Rochelle becomes president supported by A H Holcombe Sycamore as vice president and Milo Oakland DeKalb as treasurer. Directors include Phil May W P Landon J Walter Becker Dr H W Hennis Dr Cifford Smith and Dr A R Wright. Membership caps set at 90 DeKalb 45 Sycamore 30 Rochelle. waiting lists formed. Resident dues 60 a year, women and junior dues half. Memberships available only by board approval. re signings allowed. Club improvements discussed including a new men’s beverage room and redecoration. social programs to increase. P W Fisk outgoing president received praise.
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Kishwaukee Country Club
Elk’ Club
Offigars
Tirec'or
J. Ralph Brown
Rochelle
Vee
A. H. Holcombe
Sycamor
Milo Oakland
DeKalb
Phil May
W. P. Landon
Syenore
J. Walter Becker
H. W. Hennis
Cifford Smith
A. R. Wright
Sycamore
Ans
P. W Fisk
Many Sleepers Given Room at City Station
Police reported lodging for 11 sleepers at the city station last night as work remained at a standstill in the region. Night desk sergeant Wes Concidine listed the men, many seeking employment, with most planning to head to Chicago and a few aiming for farm work locally.
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City Station
Police Staton
Wes Concidine
Chicago
Dime Dance at Avalon with Claire D Clark Orchestra
Claire D Clark and his eight piece broadcasting orchestra perform at the Avalon Saturday April 4. Admission is one cent. Listen even if you do not dance. Location given as 101.
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Claire D. Clark
Donations by Farmers Aid Tornado Victims in Illinois
Farmers in DeKalb County donate to the Grubstake Fund for southern Illinois tornado victims. Friday April 3 contributions totaled 130.50, bringing grand total to 263.50. Contributors include Catherine Fe Coleman E P Strong Oscar Swanglen G H Carlson George B Walker H S Denton and others.
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DeKalb County Farm Bureau
Illinois
Farmers
Farm Bureau
Catherine FE
Coleman
E. P. Strong
Oscar Swanlgen
G. H. Carlson
George B. Walker
H. S. Denton
Harry Lauder
R. U. Conlin
Oscar Fridland
Joseph E. Stone
Roy Schafman
William F.elliott
Robert Varty
William P. Boeis
B. W. Lee
W. B. Reynolds & Company
L. M. Oldmstead
S. J. Nelson
C. G
Election Tuesday in All Precincts for Township Officers
Voter turnout is set for Tuesday across ten precincts in the city. Polls open 7 AM to 5 PM at Elks garage City Rest Room Soil Improvement office Ninth and State Finnish hall Ruby garage Tenth street Brikton gar Arlington hotel City hall West Lincoln Highway storage. Township officers to be elected and the afternoon town meeting convenes at Arlington hotel.
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Elks Garage
Ninth and
State Streets
Ruby Gartage
Tenth Street
Brikton Gar
Arlington Hotel
City Hall
West Lincoln Highway
Inquest to Be Resumed in Chicago Typhoid Case
The inquest into Billy McClintock's death and the poisoning of Emma McClintock and Dr. Oscar Olson resumes after William D. Shepherd's bail fight. Coroner's chemists report on vital organs. next Wednesday's session may reveal new evidence linking Shepherd to the ward's death via typhoid inoculation.
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United Press
Chicago
William D. Shepherd
Billy McClintock
Emma McClintock
Oscar Olson
Herriott Plans Finances Amid Cabinet Shakeup
Paris April 4 Herriott presses ahead with a capital levy plan to steady a crisis. Anatole De Monzie replaces Clemental as finance minister, a Catholic appointment that could trigger a fall of Herriott, parliamentary approval of the levy, or a new national election. Herriott maintains focus on policy steps despite looming outcomes.
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Cotearess
Paris
France
Herriott
Pinance
Clemental
Anatole de Monzie
Vatican
de Monzie
DeMonzie
Judge Johnson of Ottawa Dies Very Suddenly
Former Judge Kierry W. Johnson of Ottawa died in Chicago after a heart attack while returning from a Texas business trip. He was tied to Bull Moose politics in 1912 and led the Central Life Insurance Co of Illinois. Funeral services are set for Ottawa Monday with Legionnaires from DeKalb and Sycamore joining a state parade in Chicago.
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Kierry W. Johnson
Otawa
Chicago
Texas
Judge Johnson
James Johnson
Lee
Congress
Services for Mrs. Simpson This Morning
Funeral services for Mrs. N. W. Simpson of Cortland were held at the Ohio Grove church at 10 o'clock this morning with burial in Ohio Grove cemetery. A long illness preceded her death, and she was well known in DeKalb where she had lived for many years. Her second marriage occurred in 1910.
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Mormnz
N. W. Simpson
Cortland
Oho Grove
Ohio Grove
Ed Knolte of Kenosha Dies After Short Illness
Edward Knolte a former DeKalb resident and machinist for DeKalb Fence died early this week in Kenosha. funeral services were held Wednesday in Kenosha with relatives from this city attending. He leaves three children Clyde Edna and Margaret. his wife had died several years ago.
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Ed Knolte
Kenosha
Keno
Sha
Edward
Knolte
Peuce
Janet Keast
DeKalb
DeKalp Fence Company
Clyde
Edna
Margaret
Hag
Swedish Baptist Church Plans Sunday Guest Preacher
A special Sunday evening service at the Swedish Baptist Church will feature N D Nielsen of Elyria Ohio as preacher. Nielsen, president of Nelson Dietic Laboratories, is described as an interesting speaker and potential appeal to many. Congregation members are urged to invite others to hear him, noting his address will be delivered in English. Grapes vines offered by DeKalb Greenhouses with contact via phone 628 ring 4. Weather note: partly cloudy in the South tonight.
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N. D. Nielson
Elyria
Ohio
Nielson
Nelsson Dietic Laboratories
DeKalb
Arya
Easter Service By Festival Chorus At Congregational Church
An Easter program will be presented Sunday night at the First Congregational church auditorium by the Festival Chorus of the First Baptist church. Despite church construction delays the Baptists share space and the program moves ahead a week early. Four elaborate numbers lead the concert with soloists Mrs. Scott Peacock, Mrs. Clyde Hobart, Miss Effie Pearson, Dr. F. LeBlanc and Herbert Carlson. Piano by Mrs. Glenna Reynolds. Director F. W. Greenaway.
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First Congregational Church
First Baptist Church
Baptist Church
Clarence Dickinson
Caleb Simper
Horatio Parker
Lord
Berthold Tours
Scott Peacock
Clyde Hobart
Effie Pearson
F. LeBlanc
Herbert Carlson
Glenna Reynolds
Roy Gollinur
M. R. Brooks
F. W. Greenaway
Charles Scott
Helen Pearson
Mabel Scott
Irene Sullivan
Edith Mitchell
Irene Swanberg
Mary Fitch
Fay Hale
Altos
Berniece Backus
Rosalie Foster
F. E. Wirtz
Eva King
H. W. McEwen
S. E. Bauchle
M. L. Jackson
Charles Rattenbury
John Wodden
Tinson Reid
Basses
EB. E. Mitchell
Thomas Wilton
Road Meeting at Paw Paw Draws 400 County Residents
A large Paw Paw road meeting drew more than 400 men from Sandwich Somonauk Paw Paw Compton Mendota Amboy and Plano to discuss the county line route 18 from Mendota to Somonauk The state has yet to confirm construction this year with LaSalle county conditions prompting a possible redirection to follow the county line Speakers included Senator H G Wright and representatives from nearly every local village.
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Paw Paw
Buil
Mendota
Somonauk
Sandwich
PawPaw
Compton
Amboy
Plano
H. G. Wright
LaSalle County
Dairy Census Underway in County Farms
Dairy census taking begins as Milk Producers' Association conducts survey to record every dairy herd in the county. Census takers will use a questionnaire detailing herd use, number of dairy cows, tuberculin tests, test results, herd income, second test results, and farm livestock including horses and brood sows.
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Milk Producers’ Association
Texan Prostrated by Heat At Work In Houston
Houston reports a heat prostration as G R McDonald, laborer, collapsed at his job in the afternoon heat. The day reached about 90 degrees, stressing workers. Police and medical staff attended to McDonald as temperatures neared peak in early April.
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United Press
Houston
Texas
Hausen
G. R. McDonald
Spring Cleaning Time at Secor's Housewares
Spring sale features cleaning items for the home with specials on Lyknu furniture polish and woodwork products, pianos and autos polish, moth proof garment bags, Abserene wallpaper cleaner, Valspar varnish, and assorted can sizes. Local customers are invited to visit 101 Secor's for these discount prices.
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Secor's
Death takes Mrs. Adee in Pasadena after old age illness
Mrs. George D. Adee died Saturday March 28 at her daughter's Pasadena home of infirmities of old age. Born March 17 1845 in Eagle Point Ogle county Illinois she married George Dowle Adee on December 25 1866. Survived by three children six grandchildren one great grandchild and siblings in Polo Illinois funeral services were held March 30 1925 at her daughter's home with interment planned for South Grove cemetery.
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George D. Adee
Pasadena
Cal
Elizabeth Jane Nichols
Christy Ann Byers
John Nichols
Eagle Point
Ogle County
Myre
James Byers Sr
South Grove
This County
George ‘Dowle Adee
New York State
Sycamore
John Nichols Adee
Philadelphia
Lillian
Clarence A. Stone
Arthur George Adee
Chicago
Polo
Adee
Nellie Wright
Olive Nichols
Russell
John
James Nichols
Brother Dies Yesterday at Highwood Home
Mr and Mrs Howard Smith will travel to Highwood tomorrow after learning that Bernard Smith died yesterday afternoon at age 38 following a long illness. He leaves a wife and three children and was well known locally. Funeral services are expected Monday morning.
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Howard Smith
Highwood
Smith
Bernard Smith
Mr. Smith
Three Fires Today Damage to Roof and Grass Blazes
Three fires occurred today in the town. Fire crews battled a roof fire at D. D. Plank's East Lincoln Highway home with roof damage around 50 dollars. A chemical truck tackled a grass fire at 13th Street and Sycamore Road twice, first at 10 30 in the morning and again shortly after one in the afternoon.
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D. D. Plank
East Lincoln Highway
13Th Street
Sycamore Road
First Phone In This City Was In Old Tavern
DeKalb’s first telephone dates to a historic tavern in the city. Mrs V Crawford, mother of Mrs Dick Boal, managed the tavern when a telephone was installed, the earliest in town. The building, noted as the oldest standing in DeKalb, is set for demolition, a detail linked to the city’s early phone service.
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Old Tavern
DeKalb
V. Craword
Dick Boal
Atone Lime
Ic Kool
Coroners Verdict On Tornado Victims in Illinois
In Murphysboro 204 people died in the March 1, 1925 tornado according to acting coroner Dr. J. Lewis. Similar tolls were reported in De Soto with 80 fatalities and in Gorham with 32 dead.
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United Press
Murphysboro
J. Lewis
DeSoto
Gornam
Six Bills Target Nondrug Medical Practitioners in Illinois Senate
United Press report from Springfield on April 4 outlines six Illinois Senate bills by H J Hainisch. They seek to regulate nondrug medical practice by creating an examination board, licensing in obstetrics under conditions, overseeing osteopathy, and excluding optical sellers from prescriptions. A fifth measure would allow holders of existing nondrug licenses to practice broader medical fields where they trained.
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United Press
Springfield
Mlinois Senate
H. J. Hainisch
Chicago
Department of Registration and Reducation
Murder Trial Near Close at Nearby Place
In Waukegan Illinois on April 4 the trial of Bernardt Mylin Bernard Smith Edward Smith and Ralph McKee for the murder of Russell Dickey during a Viking Express robbery last winter nears verdict. Jury heard testimony after a session last night with Mylin accused of shooting Dickey when he did not raise his hand during the attempted mail-car robbery. the others are named as his accomplices.
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Yautea Ress
Waukegan, al
Bernardt Mylin
Bernard Smith
Edward Smith
Ralph McKee
Russell Dickey
Viking Express
Mylin
Dickey
Wheeler Plans Defense Ahead of Federal Trial
Senator Burton Wheeler arrived in Butte from Washington to ready his defense for the Great Falls trial opening April 16. He faces charges linked to appearing before the interior department during his Senate term.
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Uniteaness
Butte
Montana
Burton K. Wheeler
Washington
Great Falls
Senator Wheeler
Interior Department
City May House New Bus Merger Office
The newly formed Tincis Motor Transportation Association may place its offices in this city. President H. G. Wright says the group, originally housed at Steinfield, could move to De Kalb around July. The association unites several bus operators to improve service and may lead to mergers among a few companies, absorbing the former Tilineis Motor Highway and Motor Transportation Associations.
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New Bus
Tincis Motor Transportation
Associaton
Steinfield
H. G. Wright
Te New Association
Dej Kalb
Tthe New Association
J Sistence
Tilineis Motor Highway Association
Motor Transportation Assocation
Havng
Dodge Heir Fails to Block Dodge Brother Sale
Detroit April 4 John Dodge eldest son of the late John F. Dodge failed to obtain a temporary injunction in circuit court to halt the sale of Dodge Brother Inc to Dillon Read & Company Judge Harry Caveman denied the request but Mrs Matilda R Dodge widow and executrix was ordered to appear and justify an injunction Odrees petition seeks to restrain assets of the Anna Margaret Dodge estate claiming a fifth interest worth about 12 5 million dollars
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Dodge
United Press
Detroit
Mich
John, DuVad Dodge
John F. Dodge
Dodge Brother, Inc
Dillon Read & Company
Harry Cavhman
Cashman
Matilda R. Dodge
Odree
Many Women Drown In Chinese River Relief Funds Raised
A southern state storm relief effort, urged by State Deputy Houlihan, collected funds for Red Cross headquarters after a Knights of Columbus meeting urged voluntary contributions. Grand Knight Joe Hart reported a $14 donation by the DeKalb council to aid flood victims in China. A Central News dispatch described mass drownings in Shan-Li provoked by bandits, with many women perishing as a ferry sank while others were abducted.
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Neignes
Ooumbus
Houlihan
Red Cross
Knights of Columbus
Joe Hart
United Pre
London
England
DeKalb Councils
Shan-Li
Tsein
Gerald Chapman to be hanged in June in Connecticut
Hartford April 4 Gerald Chapman was found guilty of first degree murder in the shooting death of James Sheiley. The jury verdict was returned after about 12 hours, and Judge Jennings sentenced Chapman to be hanged by the neck at Watherfield prison on June 25.
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United Press
Hartford
Conn
Gerald Chapman
Meliceman
James Shelley
Chay
Jennings
Watherfield
Chapman
Dungeom
Jenings
Therfield
James Sheiley
New Britain
New York
Atlanta
Danville Banker Ernest LaSuer Dies at 61
Ernest S. LaSuer, son-in-law of former speaker Uncle Joe Cannes, died here last night of a heart attack. The 61 year old banker is survived by his wife and two daughters. Shade Trees ad appears in the text after the obituary.
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Danville
Ernest S. LaSuer
Joe” jCannes
House of Representatives
LaSuer
Chicago Doctor Exonerated by Judge McKinley
Dr. Henry J. Shireson a facial surgeon was acquitted by Judge McKinley who quashed an extradition writ mandating his appearance in Calhoun county for alleged 1921 offences. The notice appears amid a garbled Chicago dispatch with unrelated fruit tree and DeKalb housing references.
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Ncy United Dress
Chicago
Mil
Henry J. Shireson
Mi L. McKinley
Shireson
Calhoun County
Gan
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Weller
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L. G. O. F. Hall
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DeKalb County
French Republic
Edouard Herriot
Senate
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Council
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DeKalb Greenhouses
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