Exonerated Husband Cleared in Aurora Shooting Case
Gus Sebille, 37, of Aurora, was freed after a coroner's jury ruled the wife’s death accidental. He claimed the gun discharged as he reached for it on the ice box, after meeting his children with cookies and bread. Neighbors reported prior quarrels. two children, Jack age two and Gladys aged four, were present.
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Aurora
Gus Sebille
Elgin and Fox Hiver Kierthe Company
Hus
Sebille
Howe
Pol Sebille
Frank Michels
Sebilles
Jack
Gladys
Smallpox Vaccination Order Sent To Schools
One suspected smallpox case at 521 Garren Street prompts Health Officer Ha to notify Dewie Ross and issue a vaccination order to Superintendent Ritzman and President Brown. All Glidden training school and state college staff and students must vaccinate or present a valid certificate by August 12, 1925, or have had smallpox. Refusers must stay away from the school or college for 20 days from August 5.
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Dewie Ross
Garren Street
Tt. Ritzman
J. Stanley Brown
State College
Glidden Training School
Convicted Man May Appeal to High Court
Joe Gardner, sentenced to the state penitentiary for the murder of Steve Hutter, may appeal to the state supreme court after Judge Frank Lindley denied a motion for a new trial.
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Unitedress
Lincoln, IL
Aug
Joe Gardner
Steve Hutter
State Supreme Court
Frank Lindley
Noted Tenor to Give Program All Next Week
Man ager Dale Leifheit secured John Griffin of Chirag to present a week long program at the DeKalb theatre. Griffin, praised for a beautiful tenor voice, will appear at each show next week starting with Sunday at five p.m.
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Griffin
Wok
Lyon & Flealy Ae
Joe
Leland Girl Is Missing From Aurora County
Miss Glidys Jacobson 17, daughter of Mr and Mrs Joseph Jacobson of Lehane, left the juvenile home in Aurora Sunday evening with another girl. She is 5 feet 4 inches, light bobbed hair, wearing a white belt and a light tan coat, and took no belongings. Police search urged in Leland and southern county areas.
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Aurora
Glidys Jacobson
Joseph Jacobson
Lehane
Aurori
Police Phones to Be Placed in This City
Police phones will be installed within a short time in ten precincts, linking officers on beats directly to the station. The Genoa-made system will reduce delays by providing direct communication. Locations are yet to be determined, with the aim that every section gains access. Currently seven phones are in use but not yet perfect.
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Thei
Valle
Ity
Tyme
Ie 4
Genoa
Matti
Peliee Debartsmen
Burglar Trio In Booze Bout Have Tragedy
United Press report says Edward Olson and George Kane were wounded in a shooting after a burglary release party. Mrs Olson and Frank Hiskett were detained as investigators pursued motives and the gunman fled.
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United Press
Edward R .Olson
George Kane
Return From Two Years In South America
Perry Ferguson son of Mrs Lilian Ferguson Hurt formerly a city resident now in Hill Cal visits this city after two years as a mining engineer in Colombia with South American Golf and Platinum company He is here with Mrs Ferguson en route to California to visit his mother and grandmother He expects no return to South America after a strenuous interior camp life with frequent fever and few white peers
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Perry M. Ferguson
Lillian Perguson-Hurt
Hill
Cal
Columbia
South America
Perguson
E. Fe Buson
Prospect Street
Cots and Tents Sought for DeKalb Boy Scout Trip
Stuy Scouts of DeKalb seek donations of cots and tents for a Kingston park camping trip at month end. Only six cots and two tents are on hand, with 18 tents and 60 cots needed. Contact Edward Dunn or George Culver to donate. William Seeley named cook. another meeting planned.
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Stuy Scouts
DeKalb
Boy Scout Council
Kingston Park
Scoura
Edward Dunn
George Culver
Willam Seeley
Two Scouts to Rotary Camp Near Rockford
Two Boy Scouts from this city Wesley Modeen and William Olson left today for Camp Rotary at New Milford near Rockford. Operated by the Rockford Rotary club, the camp has hosted 10 or 12 scouts this summer. It is described as modern and well organized in this region.
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Wesley Modeen
Wiliam Olson
Thi
Rotary
New Milford
Rockford
DeKalb to Get Rochelle Canning Plant Near City
Rochelle canneries announce plans to move to DeKalb building on 35 acres just outside town facing the Northern Illinois tracks. The venture will lease about 2,500 of 4,000 acres nearby to grow peas and beans with crop rotation and high rents from 10 to 15 dollars per acre. J Ward Nelson leads farming operations with Ralph Brown of Rochelle supervising. First National Bank coordinating. The project could employ around 100 workers in season and requires no public stock subscription.
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DeKalb
Rochelle Canneries
Northern Illinois
Carless
First National Bank
J. Ward Nelson
Ralph Brown
Rochelle
Cinderella Adopters Age Claim In Adoption Case
New York August 8 The parents of Mary Louise Spas admitted to District Attorney Newcomb that their daughter lied about her age. They said the modern Cinderella adopted by Edward W Browning is actually 21. This could invalidate the adoption under a statute governing adults.
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United Press
New York
N. Y
Mary Louise Spas
Newcomb
Long Island City
Edward W. Browning
Mary Louise
Bandits Rob Bank Messenger In Detroit Payroll Held Up
In Detroit four bandits robbed a payroll carrier of 1400 dollars while he was taking money from a bank to his junk shop and shot him when they found he did not surrender. The incident was witnessed by a crowd as it unfolded shortly before noon.
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Antten Press
Detroit
Mich
Harry Velick
United Press
Washington, D. C
Lake Michigan
Mississippi River
Trinoix
Ohio
Interstate Commerce Commission
Heavy Rains Slow Up Polar Expedition
Heavy polar rains over six days delayed the McMillan Arctic expedition based at Utah and Greenland. Commander Donald B. McMillan informed the National Geographic Society by radio today.
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United Press
Washington, D. C
Utah
Greenland
Donald B. McMillan
National Geographic Society
Author-Pastor Will Lecture Here On Sunday
Members of the Swedish Mission church will hear an author speak at the morning and evening services. Rev. E. G. Winstedt announced Rev. Albin Johnson of Chicago will speak at both services. Johnson, a former Alaska missionary, later headed the Home of Mercy and Swedish Covenant Hospital in Chicago as it opened. He recently wrote a book titled Seventeen Years. The Swedish language services are at 10:45 a.m. and 7:30 p.m.
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Swedish Mission Church
E. G. Winstedt
Albin Johnson
Chicago
Alaska
Johnson
Home of Mercy
Swedish Covenant Hospital
New Covenant Hospital
Hearing Today Approves Work to Pave Here
City court approves pavement projects along South Third Street West Lincoln Highway from First Street to the bridge and John Street to city limits. Assessments confirmed. Local improvements board to advertise bids Tuesday and meet Monday to authorize call for bids. Alimony case between Bertha and Fred Allen continued to September 5.
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South Third Street
Lincoln Highway
First Street
John Street
Bertha Allen
Fred Allen
Three Flyers Never Missing States Report
Three aviators Eugene Courtellier Earle P Banker and Norris M Gathercoal once residents of De are reported to have flown for a circus in Ludington Michigan as their schedule shows. Despite claims they left Chicago on July 27 to Ludington and Detroit they were not seen in either city. A relative of Gathercoal feared they may have died in an accident.
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Eugene Courtellier
Earle P. Banker
Norris M. Gathercoal
Deare
Lundington
Mich
Ludington
Chicago
Detroit
Gathercoal
Economist at College Delivers Noted Public Utilities Talk
Prof. C. O. Ruggles of Ohio State University spoke at the state teachers college on public utilities relations with the public. The address drew interest from local utility officials and business leaders as he noted utilities face challenges in adopting innovations while maintaining low consumer costs.
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C. O. Ruggles
Ohio State University
State Teachers College
Ruggles
Scott Goes to Asylum Today In Handcuffs
Chicago dispatch reports former millionaire Russell Scott was sent to the State Asylum for the Criminal Insane in Chester Illinois. He was guarded and handcuffed to two deputy sheriffs on a noon train, claiming he is sane and would prove innocence in a murder case that led to his commitment.
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United Press
Chicago
Russell Scott
Chester
Ill
Scott
Joseph Maurer
Leslie's Glass Pitchers on Sale Tonight
Tonight at Leslie's the glass pitchers go on sale at 8 p m priced at 10 cents each.
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Leslie
Klan Convention Sparks North-South Realignment Tension
United Press reports a massive Ku Klux Klan parade in Washington on August 8 signals a northern push to challenge southern dominance. Separate incidents include two Klan members killed in a Rockville auto crash and Harvard town officials delaying parade approval until August 14 for a gathering planned August 15 amid prior harassment of Klan machines.
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United Press
Washington, D. C
Ku Klux Klan
Pennsylvania Avenue
Rockville
Miners Forbidden to Picket Mines With Prayers
United Press report from Henrietta Oklahoma notes strikers face martial law pressure and rising unemployment while authorities bar miners from singing or praying at the mine each evening. Twenty infantrymen plus thirty soldiers guard the entrance as owners refuse a 1917 wage scale.
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United Press
Henrietta
Okla
Louis Head
Private Firm May Purchase Big Air Blimp Swampscott Plan
A new airways corporation proposed turning the naval dirigible Los Angeles over to private operation as the first lighter-than-air passenger and freight service. John Hays Hammond Jr., representing the firm, presented the plan to President Coolidge and Secretary Hoover at the summer White House in a tentative form.
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United Press
Swampscott
Mass
Los Angeles
Coolidge
John Hays Hammond, Jr
Airways Corporation
Commerce
Hoover
White House
Quiet Ends After Lynching in Excelsior Springs
Excelsior Springs Missouri reports that a mob lynched a Negro yesterday after he attacked Miss Maude Holt. Justice was done, according to Ray Cummins Clayton County prosecutor, though the method was crude. Cummins said he would have preferred a lawful hanging.
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United Press
Excelsior Springs
Maude Holt
Ray Cummins
Clayton County
Cummins
President to Keep Hands Off Industry in Crisis
Swampscott Mass Aug 8 President Coolidge backs letting industries settle their own relations including the anthracite coal sector Hoover says after conference with the president on the local crisis.
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United Press
Swampscott
Mass
Coolidge
Secretary of Commerce
Herbert Hoover
Five Die In New York Blaze At Central Valley Home
Middletown N Y Aug 8 Power failed to aid them a father stood by as five members of his family perished in flames that consumed their home at Central Valley near here
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New York
United Press
Middletown
N. Y
Central Valley
Here
Murder Probe at Impasse in Cistern Case
In Mattoon Til Aug 8 authorities say no progress in solving the death of Miss Cora Stallman 48 once a former Ohio teacher found dead in a cistern on a sister’s farm Circumstantial evidence pointed to murder or possible suicide Coroner Schilling and States Attorney Fletcher report the inquiry is at standstill until the inquest next week but new angles are being probed for possible developments.
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Annedore
Mattoon
Til
Cora Stallman
Ohio
Schilling
Fletcher
United Press
Cas
Visiting Band To Play At Annies Woods Sunday
The Watertown band will entertain a large audience at Annies Woods Sunday after noon at five o clock weather permitting The program will be part of regular Sunday evening church services at the woods Rev Frank Anderson pastor of the Methodist church of Watertown will deliver the address If rain forces the change services move to the First M E church Morning services at the Methodist Episcopal church will be led by Rev L L Hammitt Many city churches have united for August community union services at both morning and evening hours.
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Annies’ Woods
Waterman
the Woods
Frank Anderson
Methodist Church of
Northern Illinois Service Company Adds Two Reo Buses
Two new buses from the Reo Motor Company were delivered to the Northern Illinois Service Company, bringing their fleet to 12. The company operates routes in northern Illinois, including DeKalb to Sycamore, DeKalb to Genoa, DeKalb to Dixon, and Dixon to Freeport, with the latest expansion between Sycamore and Genoa.
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Reo Motor Company
Mllinois
DeKalb
Sycamore
Genoa
Dixon
Freeport
John Temple Graves Dies in Capital at 69
Washington Aug 8 John Temple Graves a colorful southern figure known for his writings and public addresses died at his home after several days illness He was 69 years old
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Washington, D
John Temple Graves
South
Fair weather in Illinois tonight and Sunday
The forecast calls for mostly fair conditions in Illinois tonight and Sunday with little temperature change. Clear to partly cloudy skies expected, light winds, and no precipitation anticipated.
Slayer Is Sorry Now at Allison Iowa
B Warren Vandervoort an 11 year old high school graduate from Parkensburg broke down crying to Sheriff Burma after confessing to shooting his father the Rev F J Vanderwoort and firing two bullets into his mother's head. He may plead insanity and was bound over to the October grand jury after a brief hearing.
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United Frese
Allison
Iowa
B. Warren Vandervoort
Parkensburg
Burma
Vanderwoort
Warren
Bombs Crash In Gotham As Roomers Flee
Blasts rocked two tenements opposite Grace Chapel in New York City early today sending 68 families fleeing their beds and streets below. A barber shop and two stores were wrecked, and around a dozen people were seriously hurt as residents rushed into the streets and police fought to quell the panic.
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United Press
New York
N. Y
Grace Chapel
Artillery Unit to Pass Through City Next Thursday
Rockford today announced that the 122nd Field Artillery Chicago unit, marching from Chicago to Camp Grant, will pass through the city on Thursday of next week. The company will march ten miles daily and depart Chicago today, with detachments from Aurora and Rochelle meeting en route at Genève. More details will be reported as they arrive.
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Rockford
122Nd Field Artillery
Chicago
Camp Grant
Géneva
Aurora
Rochelle
Mason Members Attend Rochelle Corner Stone Dedication
Members of the Masons from several northern Illinois lodges traveled to Rochelle this afternoon to participate in the laying of the cornerstone for the new Rochelle Masonic temple. The ceremony began at 2 30 p m with district officers and other invited officials in attendance.
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Order of Masons
Rochelle
Illinois
Atite
Tien
Street Car Jumps Track Runs Onto Sidewalk
Crowds witnessed an electrical display as a street car jumped the track and moved onto the sidewalk early today injuring twelve passengers and shocking 380 others. The accident endangered many lives and a sale note followed at 8 p m for 10 cents each.
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United Press
Chicago
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