City Council Grants Nuisance Power to Ban Bees
City council met with little business and adjourned for an hour. The nuisance ordinance was amended to include horses cattle hogs fowls bees and other animals as nuisances and subject to removal if they cause complaints. A motion moved to place part of Haish avenue in township limits to gain road-law benefits. Special assessments will be reviewed at the next meeting on the 15th. City Clerk Blackman stated the session was largely uneventful.
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Regula
Limi
Haish Avenue
Blackman
Board Meeting Called For This Evening On Sewer Work
Local improvements board members have been notified that a meeting is set for tonight at city hall. The agenda centers on the special assessment funds for sewer work on Ish Avenue with possible informal discussions on other board matters.
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Board of Local Improvements of
City
City Hall
Ish Avenue
Report Peace Near for Ireland? Decided by De Valera Cabinet
London reports Aug 3 that De Valera’s cabinet and Dail have accepted Lloyd George peace proposals as a basis for discussion with minor changes. Expected Dail endorsement, with key task to unite De Valera and Craig of Ulster. Sinn Fein troops evaluated as further sign that terms are practically agreed and a formal announcement awaits.
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Cuttom Press
London
England
de Valera
Lloyd George
Th Daily Sketch
le Va
Craig
Ulster
Sinn Fein
Electric Car Delayed At Station For Repairs
An electric car at the station stalled during departure, emitting smoke and failing to start. Passengers were held over until a later car as repairs were made in Aurora.
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Itaving
Fle Station
Aurora
Black Sox Seven Barred From Professional Baseball
The seven former White Sox players acquitted of fixing the 1919 World Series are barred by Judge Landis from playing professional baseball again. Landis issued a rule preventing reinstatement for any involved in or covering up the fix, and the ban applies to all connected with the notorious conspiracy despite the not guilty verdict. Buck Weaver’s supporters had urged his reinstatement, but the court’s ruling stands.
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Chicago
White Sox
Ko M. Landis
Chart Comiskey
Ciner Black Sox
Comiskey
Landis
Elite
Minerphei
Aero
Buck Weaver
Weaver
Dblue Cox
St Marys Ice Cream Social Held On Church Grounds
The Ladies of St Mary Alta Society will host their Annual Ice Cream Social on church grounds Thursday afternoon and evening. Cake and peer less cream will be served from two o'clock. Everyone is invited to attend and enjoy the good things.
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Ladies of
Schuyler Family Heads to Interlochen Michigan Resort
Dr Colfax Schuyler and his family depart tomorrow for a two week vacation in Michigan. The DeKalb dentist plans to spend the time at Interlochen enjoying a genuine holiday and rest away from practice.
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Schuyler
Michigan
Colfax Schuyler
DeKalb
Interlochen
Mich
Two College Men En Route to Ames Iowa
Race and Robert Anthony, two college men riding horses, travel from Wisconsin through Minnesota and the Dakotas toward Ames Iowa for fall term. They stop to visit friends, call on Dr. Clifford Smith, and plan to finish business in Wisconsin Minnesota Nebraska and Iowa before reaching Ames for school.
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Rank Race
Robert Anthony
Cal
Ames
Iowa
Mr. Race
New Mexican Outlaw Seeks Revolt Alarms Ranchers
Vera Cruz Mexico Aug 3 General Pedro Hernandez of Puerta Blanca declares revolt against the Obregon government with a large force. Ranchers fear arson and cattle theft and appeal to federal authorities for aid.
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United Press
Vera Cruz
Mexico
Pedro Hernandez
Puerta Blanca
Obregon
Blue Lodge to Confer First Degrees This Evening
A regular meeting of the Blue Lodge of the Masonic fraternity will be held this evening with routine business on the agenda. The first degree will be conferred on candidates, signaling the lodge’s ongoing ritual work and community engagement.
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Blue Lodge
Masonic Fraternity
Death of Enrico Caruso Sparks Naples Mourning
Mourners thronged streets around the hotel where Enrico Caruso lay in state as Naples and Italy mourned the world famed singer. Police kept crowds back while hundreds viewed the body. Caruso's will, filed in America in 1919, bequeaths about 10 million dollars, with substantial bequests to relatives. Former Premier Nitti paused by the body and the American consul attended the remains.
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Naples
Italy
Enrico Caruso
Santa Maria del
Caruso
America
Nitti
Singer
Tle
Two Tragedies Near Galesburg Reported by United Press
Two deaths reported near Galesburg. Emil yl of Watago was killed yesterday when kicked by a horse he was driving. George M. Craig of Abingdon was found dead on a stairway last night. Coroner investigates.
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United Press
Tileshore
Emilyl
Watago
George M. Craig
Abingdon
Kishwaukee Club Trips Dixon in Northern Illinois tourney
Special to The Chronicle reports Kishwaukee Country Club leads Dixon with a decisive margin after the first morning of the inter club golf tourney. DeKalb five scorers Milo Oakland 38 42 Deforest Hunt 39 42 Hugh Guckingham 43 41 Alan Tyler 43 46 Perry Fisk 43 50 amid bogey based scoring across four rounds.
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Country Club
Dixon
The
Chronicle
Northern Illinois Golf Association
Kishwaukee Country Club
Tvo
Perry Fisk
De-Kalb
Milo Oakland
Deforest Hunt
Hugh Guckingham
Alan Tyler
Shooting on road from New Milford ties Mass murder to Ferris ambush
Police theorize a link between last year's Mass murder of Mrs Maude Lucile Mass and an attack on Capt. Robert Ferris near Camp Gante prison. Ferris was shot by ambush while motorizing from the prison camp as an escaped prisoner was pursued.
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Rockford
Maude Lucile Mass
Grant
J. Arne
Robert Vewris
Gamt
Ferris
Moss
Tom
Fugitive banker Spur gin tracked to Chihuahua City Mexico
United Press reports Warren Spurgin, fugitive former Michigan Avenue Trust Co official, under surveillance in Mexico after crossing into the country July 19. A taxi driver identified him from photos as authorities followed the absconding banker toward Chihuahua City. Bank examiner notes total losses of 1595.49 with failed plans to reorganize to pay depositors in full.
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Oy United
Chicago
Warren Spurgin
Michigan Avenue Trust Company
Mexico
Spurgin
Marza
Texas
Scott
Uexi
Chihuahua
Citie
Funeral of Dan Reeder Held for Old Resident
Funeral services for Dan Reeder were held at 2 30 p m from the Haish avenue home. Rev W B Yard officiated. Private rites included family and intimate friends. The house opened 10 to 12 for callers. Remains laid to rest in Fairview cemetery.
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Dan Reeder
Haish Avenue
W. BR. Yard
Carse Thees
Fairview Cemetery
Earlville contractor seeks men after cave in delays
O. Be Muzzey of DeKalb holding a contract near Earlville called this morning to recruit extra workers after a rain caused a ditch collapse. Several laborers quit, and he promises good wages to those who help finish the job.
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O. BE
Muzzey
DeKalb
Earlville
Food hosts ready to go ready to go
United Press dispatch from London reports Americas food army mobilized to relieve famine in Soviet Russia. Supplies stacked in central Europe warehouses awaiting release of American prisoners and negotiations with Riga officials including Maxim Gorky. Brown predicts feeding 1,000,000 children amid famine spread to Siberia and global pressure on Soviet regime amid calls for aid and warns of covert political aims by Britain and the United States.
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London
England
America
Russia
Europe
United States
Lyman Brown
Brown
Riga
Maxim Gorky
Berlin
Germany
Siberia
Joseph J. France
Maryland
Moscow
Workers of the World
Star
Sheriff arrests man tied to local harness theft
Sycamore County Sheriff Decker added Frank Perry to jailbirds after a week of investigation. Clarence Strack reported a harness missing near Sycamore, linking the item to Bliss Park at Aurora, where Perry allegedly bought the harness. Decker tracked the suspect and, upon Perry’s arrival for pay, arrested him at eight o clock. The harness was recovered and returned to Sycamore.
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Sycamore Tribune
Decker
Frank Perry
Clarence Strack
Sycamore
Bliss Park
Aurora
Perry
Mpat
Sycarore
Ford Plans to Use Plant for Making Metal
Detroit mid Aug indicates Henry Ford intends to produce aluminum at the River Rouge plant via a new chemical process. Engineers reportedly worked on a scheme to extract the metal from common clay near the blast furnaces. The process allegedly skips bauxite and high electrical energy.
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Detroit
Henry Ford
River Rouge
Ford Company
Thief Strips Tire From Mail Truck In Night
Jack Cook found his U S Mail truck without a new tire casing and tube, stolen from the wheel while the vehicle stood in front of his garage last night. The loss caused inconvenience as he needed the big truck for the early morning mail run.
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Jack Cook
U. S
Cook
Conference Report on Packer Bill Advances in Senate
United Press reports government control of large packers nears, as the conference report on the packer bill moves to the Senate calendar for Kenyon to consider. A county marriage license clerk notes little activity, with only one license issued last week to Roy Isack and Verna Murray of Shell Lake Wisconsin.
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Packer
Senate
United Press
Washington
D. C
Kenyon
Roy Isack
Verna Murray
Shell Lake
Wjs
Circus Parade Thrills as Miss Stark Fends Off Tigers
Miss Mabel Stark, a circus performer, saved her life during a North Lake Street parade in Aurora when a Bengal tiger and a Siberian tiger fought inside a wagon. She used a whip to drive the animals back, four workers separated them, and one tiger was later shot due to injuries.
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Mabel Stark
Aurora
Miss Stark
al G. Barnes Circus
North Lake Street
Redecorated city jail prompts plea for payments
Judge Glidden joked that guilty inmates should cover decorating costs after a week of work at the city jail. The walls were cleaned and renovations awaited, with linoleum soon to be laid in the sergeant's office, making the jail feel home like.
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Glidden
Halt on Spending Proposed as Tax Cuts Stride
United Press reports Washington details the drive to curb federal outlays. Republicans on the Ways and Means panel back a total spending cap of 500 million, aiming to avert tax increases. They oppose Mellon’s proposed auto tax, bank check tax, and a two to three cent postage, seeking to trim expenditures toward 3.5 billion.
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United Press
Washington, D. C
Mellon
Treasury
House
Ways and Means Committee
Leaves Key in Ford Then Finds It Missing
Louis Moulton, a truck farmer and occasional fire department member, left his car in front of the fire station with the key inside. He woke to find the car gone, apparently taken for a joy ride and abandoned elsewhere in the city. He vows to take the key with him to prevent future theft.
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Louis Moulton
Moulton
Morton
Shoe Shining Parlor Changes Hands Today
The shoe shining parlor on Lincoln Highway between Third and Fourth streets is leased from Christ Manos to Doc Sanders of Sycamore a colored lad who will run the business with other colored fellows. Sanders planned advertising on his first day as proprietor.
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Third
Fourth Streets
Lincoln Highway
Christ Manos
Doc Sanders
Sycamore
Sanders
Genoa Ford Agent In Town To Handle Business
E. W. Lindgren the Genoa Ford agent was in town today attending to business matters and greeting old friends. He reported that the flips trade is exceptionally good this season.
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Genoa Ford
E. W. Lindgren
Ford
Genoa
Lindgren
Mud halts small trip by Gov Len Small
Danville Illinois Aug 3 mud halts governor Len Small and his party on a road trip toward Champaign county. He returns to Kankakee after bad roads force a halt. He faces embezzlement charges and vows to resume the trip away from Sangamon county to seek a fair trial.
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United Preas
Danville
Tlneis Agenor
Len Smafl
Champaign County
Kankakee
Small
Springfield
Sagamon County
Sagaimon County
O Kane Restored by City After Hard Times
J O Kane once destitute and ill in DeKalb receives widespread aid from residents. Tom Shackleford coordinates car repairs with a free part from Creamery Package. Travelers checks arrive for the couple, a supper is provided, and a cot is given for the night as they recover and express gratitude for the community’s generosity.
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J. O'Kane
DeKalb
Tom Shackleford
Creamery
G. H. Deane
V. A. Glidden
O'Kane
Dekalb Firms Win Big School Contract
DeKalb firms Eckstrom & Goldbeck win the general contract for a new maple park area school building with two halves separated by a firewall. J E Bangs Co secures heating and plumbing while Swanson Tires handles electric wiring. Excavation starts this week. occupancy expected next summer.
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Maple Park
Community Hight
Eckstrom & Goldbeck
DeKalb
J. E. Bangs Co
Sycamore
Swanson Tires
Sycamore and
Quiet Police Circles Reflect Slow Night for Chiefs Riddell Glidden
Chief Riddell and Judee Glidden report business in their line is quiet with only minor calls. Officer Seeley brought in a drunken man last night who declined to reveal how he disposed of his belongings. The police cannot determine the origin of the items.
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Riddell
Mien
Judee Glidden
Seeley
Bull dog killed by passing auto on Pine street
A bull dog was struck by an automobile on Pine street this morning. Though not thought badly injured at first, the animal died a few minutes later. It was taken to the city pound for disposition. Additionally, the First Lutheran church hosted a Cream Social at 207 lawn.
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Pine Street
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