Sycamore Sewer Extension Faces Costly Obstacles
The public improvements board faced strong objections at a recent hearing in the library council rooms over plans to extend Sycamore sewer lines eastward. Topography and past policy raise costs, with proposals seeking to avoid past depth mistakes, including a route along North Sabin to Pleasant North and toward the Chicago and Great Western Railroad.
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Board of Public Improvements
Sabin Street
Sycamore
Pleasant
Chicago & Great Western Railroad
Locust ‘Greet
Harvey
North Sabin
Pleasant 5
State Street
J. Walter Becker
Ethel Morf
Chicago
Miss Rose Nelson and Emil Bockland to wed in DeKalb
Miss Rose Nelson of Sycamore and Emil Bockland of Cortland announced plans to marry. They wed in DeKalb on Saturday and will depart for a two week motor trip to Niagara Falls and other eastern sites, stopping with Mrs. Smith, sister of the bride, and Mr. and Mrs. Edward Smith.
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Rose Nelson
Sycamore
Emil Bockland
Cortland
DeKalb
Niagara Falls
Bockland
Edward Smith
Soldiers drill intensely at Camp Grant for guardsmen
Reports from Camp Grant describe the Headquarters Company T. N. G. and Sycamore company arriving in Rockford and joining a rigorous two week training. Units conducted extensive ground school drills and communications work, with eight hour days, morning field sessions, and afternoon practice. Sunday reviews drew hundreds of visitors as the Eighth Infantry and Chicago aviation unit attracted attention.
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Camp Grant
Rockford
Sycamore
Eighth Infantry
Chicago
Bids Sought for City Sidewalk Upgrades
The Board of Local Improvements invites bids for sidewalk construction on Sacramento West State and other streets. Work targets several blocks needing attention with action by the city. Bids due August 12 with specs obtainable from the City Clerk Everett Leonard. Bond required equal to twice bid amount to cover five years of defective construction.
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Board of Local Improvements
Sacramento
West State
Everett Leonard
Monday Quiet At Court House In Sycamore
County officers and city police reported a quiet weekend statewide with minimal incidents. In Sycamore only one Sunday case of insanity disturbed the quiet, and no county court was held on Monday, the usual busy rush day.
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Sycamore
Divorce Suit Filed in DeKalb County Court
Elizabeth Bannis of DeKalb files for divorce from Iznav Bannis in De Kalb circuit court. She states husband’s present whereabouts unknown, believes him in Muskegon Michigan. Chaco Canyon located in NW New Mexico covers 20,269 acres of ruins, sagebrush, cedar, cliffs, and colored sands.
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Sycamore
Elizabeth Bannis
DeKalb
Circuit Court
DeKalb County
Chaco Canyon
New Mexico
Final Rites Held Today For Jesse Weaver
Funeral services were held today for Jesse Weaver who died at his home in Sycamore after six months of illness. Weaver, a 64 year old resident of Sycamore for 35 years, passed away Saturday evening. The Rev. Robert Byler of First Baptist was to officiate at the home funeral with interment at Elmwood Cemetery. Services were to begin at 2:00 PM.
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Jesse ©. Weaver
Syca More
Sycamore
Robert Byler
First Baptist Church
Waever
Elmwood Cemetery
Center Bowling Alleys Will Be Finished Soon
The Community Center alleys were resurfaced by two men from Brunswick Balke Collender on Friday and are being given finishing sanding and coats of shellac by Orville Clutterham. The work will require several days but will result in alleys practically as good as new when completed. The Danish flag, a white cross on red, is the oldest unchanged flag, thought to have originated in 1218.
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Brunswick-Balke-Collender Company
Orville Clutterham
Existnce
Delivery Guaranteed Chronicle Delivery Service Notice
DeKalb Daily Chronicle states it assumes full responsibility for carrier delivery in Sycamore. If a subscriber misses a copy call Mr Otto Fellinger at Sycamore 420 for special delivery. All service complaints will be investigated and remedied. Carriers should be paid weekly to cover bills and profit.
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DeKalb Daily Chronicle
Sycamore
Otto Fellinger
State Street Paving Hearing Set For City Council
A hearing on the proposed paving of East State Street is to be held in the city council rooms of the library this evening. The plan ties into a sewer extension that includes part of the street, so the session may attract notable interest.
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Kishwaukee
Turner i
Fred Townsend
Tom Roperts
East State Street
Elm
Sycamore
Governor
Walnut
Lbrary
Dry Raider Freed Faces Murder Charges Over Oklahoma Raid
W. W. Thomason, a federal dry agent, and his assistant Jeff Harris, charged with murder in the killings of farmers James Harris and Oscar Lowery during a Pottawatomie county dry raid, have been released on a $15,000 bond awaiting trial. He plans to resume prohibition activities.
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W. W. Thomason
Jeff Harris
James Harris
Oscar Lowery
Pottawatomie County
Oklahoma
Bug Circus Is Only Big Fake Says Teacher
Houston Texas reports Dr M A Stewart Rice Institute professor declares flea circuses fake and fleas dumb. He cites platinum wires visible only under microscopes used to make fleas perform tricks by trainers tying fleas together to force movement. He notes experiments with bubonic bacilli.
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Houston
Texas
M. A. Stewart
Rice Institute
Stewart
Dr. Stewart
Residents conflict over sewer extension and paving plan
At a recent hearing residents of East State voiced objections to an expensive sewer extension and paving project. The state highway department will contribute 15,000 of the estimated 40,000 dollar cost, while some residents demand sewer connections but oppose paving, complicating the overall plan and street widening needed to meet state requirements.
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State Highway Department
East State
Kreiner Douglas Starts Work On Center Cross
Kreiner-Douglas Construction of Rockford closed Center Cross from DeKalb Avenue to State Street to lay a finishing asphalt layer. Authorized by the city council at the June meeting, this first coating aims to preserve and protect the paving and is viewed as an economical measure.
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Kreiner-Douglas Construction Company
Rockford
Center Cross Street
DeKalb Avenue
State Street
Flea Plays Tiny Tune Revealed in Classroom Experiment
In a curious note, Dr. Stewart demonstrates a flea wired to a table to produce a sound. A paper attachment on its legs causes the flea to kick and click, creating an instrument-like effect as platinum wires restrain its escape.
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Stewart
Herb Peddler Arrested For License Violation
Doc F. P. Baker a 38 year street peddler in herbs was fined by a Police Magistrate after arrest for not having a license to station his show truck on Lincoln Highway at Third Street. The jury found him guilty after a brief deliberation and the minimum fine was imposed.
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F. P. Baker
J. M. Blair
Baker
C. S. Rowe
Lincoln Highway
Third Street
Springfield
Dennis Collins
DeEstin L. Pasley
DeEstin Passey
DeKalb Boat Wins Inland Lakes Regatta at Lake Geneva
DeKalb boatman I. L. Elwood dominated the Inland Lakes E boat invitation regatta by winning four of five sloops events, securing the grand prize. In the finale, Elwood’s sloop Liss Second narrowly lost to Gale skippered by W. G. Nye Jr, in a thrilling near capsize finish.
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I. L. Elwood
DeKalb Vatchman
Lake Geneva
Inland Lakes
T. Los
DeKalb Boy
Liss
Gale
W. G. Nye, Jr
Nye Yacht Wins Desperate Finish at Last Buoy
In a tense finish at the last buoy, Nye yacht pilots staged a final push across the line, overcoming rivals in a dramatic race to secure victory.
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Nye
Knox College to Welcome First Japanese Student
Knox College in Galesburg Illinois will host one of the first Japanese students under the Bancroft scholarship, established in memory of Edgar A Bancroft. The fund was created by his family in Washington D C and Cambridge Massachusetts to honor his role as ambassador to Japan and to celebrate U S Japanese ties.
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Galesburg
Ill
Knox College
America
Bancroft
Albert Britt
Edgar A. Bancroft
Frederick Bancroft
Washington, D. C
Antoinette Bancroft Pierce
Cambridge
Mass
Japan
Mason orders claim three million members in US
A headline notes the estimate that about 3,000,000 individuals belong to the Masonic order in the United States, highlighting the organization's breadth and presence across the nation.
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Masonic Order
United States
Gly-Cas hailed as unique remedy for rheumatism in DeKalb
Claims of numerous relief cases across Northern Illinois Iowa and Indiana report dramatic cures with Gly-Cas. Mrs George Defoe of Elkhart Indiana details five months of severe rheumatic pain and swelling followed by complete relief after using Gly-Cas. The Gly-Cas Man promotes the product at Kirchner drug store DeKalb and it is said to cleanse the intestines and remove waste tied to chronic ailments.
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Illinoia
Iowa
Indiana
Kirchner
George Defoe
S. Main St
Elkhart
Ind
Eouty
Chicago
DeKalb
Kirchner Drug Store
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