Plans to Elope Foiled by Police and Locals
Hazel Mitchell and Joe Medyeke of Chicago ran away to elope after parental disapproval. They traveled 70 miles to Esmond and rode a freight to Sycamore where station staff found them hungry and tired. They were returned home but offered work to the boy. the girl was sent back to her parents. In other news, Washington estimates over 6 million Americans hunt each open season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hazel Mitchell
Joe Medyeke
Chicago
Esmond
Sycamore
Great Western Station
Maple Leaf Inn
W. H. Simpson
Sycamore Womans Club
Local couples wed and license clerks clear applications
In county clerks office two couples ended the weeklong deadlock by applying for marriage licenses. Sycamore couple Clarence G Taylor and Gunhild Charlotte Carlson of DeKalb also listed. Rockford pair Raymond Walquist and Florence Thelma Eddie filed licenses. Flossie Sparrow and Carl Bowman of Sycamore were married in Elburn on June 2 by Rev Paul Hi Clarke. Nearby trips include Robert Bangs and James heading to Algona, H B Olson and family plus Martins to Lake Geneva, and H B Mason hosting grandson Bobby Mason with daughter Bessie Mason visiting from Hibbing Minn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence G. ‘Taylor
Sycamore
Gunhild Charlotte Carlson
DeKalb
Raymond ©. Walquist
Florence Thelma Eddie
Rockford
Flossie Sparrow
Carl Bowman
Elburn
Paul Hi. Clarke
Community Congregational Church
Illinois crops look good in Union Press report Aug 1
United Press reports Aug 1 Illinois crop correspondents say best corn crop since 1917 with 387,499,000 bushels produced, wheat and oats below state average but improving, drought damage offset by central and northern gains. Corn ahead of last year by about three weeks, oats quality good, state oats 74 percent normal with 110,282,000 bushels projected. US outlooks show substantial production across winter and spring wheat and oats totals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Springfield
Illinois
Federal Departments of Agriculture
Illinois Agricultural Statistician
A. J. Surratt
United States
Hlinoix
Explosion at Walrod home starts small kitchen fire
Fire department responded to a late afternoon blaze at Walter Walrod’s West State street residence. An oil stove exploded while a woman prepared supper, igniting the kitchen but causing only slight damage. No injuries reported. Insurance covered losses. This marks the fourth fire at the same house in four months, two while one family resided there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walrod
Walter Walrod
West State Street
Collision injures no one on Somonauk Street
Two Ford cars collided yesterday on Somonauk Street around five pm while turning a corner at Ottawa Street. One vehicle suffered heavy damage. the other had a bent fender. Owners’ names were unavailable, but a man named Combs was reported to be driving one car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ford
Somonauk Street
Combs
Ottawa Street
Four Are Committed to County Jail This Morning
Three men and a woman, all from Chicago or Oakland, were committed to the county jail today and await trial in federal court. Harry Bood John Roberts and Andrew Hampton face drug charges, Modesto Ballesteri a Mexican of Oakland stands on white slavery charges. The quartet was sent out by Commissioner Bietler.
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Harry Bood
John Roberts
Andrew Hampton
Chicago
Modesto Ballesteri
Oakland
Calif
Bietler
Letter From Leslie Prescott to Ruth Burke Cont'd
A continuing dialogue unfolds aboard a ship where Leslie and Syd discuss happiness and wealth. Melville Bartoris charms many, Sartoris forecasts an Orient voyage, and the jade and coral bibelots hint at a paired gift motif. The scene dwells on envy, affection, and the quest for a matching keepsake. TOMORROW-Letter from Leslie Prescott to Ruth Burke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leslie Prescott
Ruth Burke
Leslie
Earth
Mr. Sartoris
Syd
Melville Bartoris
Melville
Jack
Sartoris
Travelers’ Club
NEA Service, Inc
Polar Flyers Aim to Base at Bard by August 25
Washington August 15 Admiral Edward E. Eberle chief of naval operations said the polar flyers will press obstacles of bad weather icebergs and tides to establish a base at Bard in the northland if they can cape Thomas Hub by August 25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Washington, D. C
Northland
Cape
Thomas Hubbe
Edward E. Eberle
Naval Operations
Would you call this economy
A promotional note extols home laundering versus professional services, claiming saving time and energy with moderate costs. It invites readers to call for mobile laundry pickup, arguing that using a service yields whiter, cleaner results and frees hours, especially during hot days.
Community Church Services and Union Meeting Schedule
Local churches list Sunday services Sunday school and evening worship times for First Church of Christ Scientist Advent Christians Swedish Baptists Methodists Lutheran and other congregations. Union Evangelical services planned tomorrow at Mission church with Rev. Richard Swanson and English language choirs. public invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Church of Christ, Scientists
First National Bank
Cortland Advent Christian Church
Orson Colton
Loyal Workers
Fisk Avenue
Seventh Street
Emil Å. Winstedt
Axel Cronlund
Evangelical Churches
Mission Church
Richard Swanson
Batavia
Swanson
First Baptist Church
Prospect Street
Third
Fred W. Field
St. Paul's Episcopal South Second Street
C. B. Upson
N. Second Street
L. B. Hastings
St. Alban's School of
Upson
Cartoonist to Ride in Chicago Frontier Rodeo
J. R. Williams, creator of Out Our Way in the Chronicle, will ride broncs at the Chicago Frontier Rodeo opening today for a week. Former cowboy Williams faces three main events with cash prizes, his backers say he is a rider of exceptional ability. Readers will see his rodeo happenings in his drawings over the next days. Expenditure of 100000000 to modernize the Russian telephone system is planned by the Soviet government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. R. Williams
The
Chronicle
Chicago
Williams
Flapper Wife Book Form to Be Published This Fall
Chronicle reports the popular tale The Flapper Wife will be issued as a book around September 1 with sales at all book stores. A film adaptation is in preparation and the casting and set work will begin soon as the screen version progresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Filmingye Company
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Sycamore News
Ilinois
Victoria Augustynowicz
New York
Countess Victoria of
Poland
Robert Bangs
James
Algona, la
H. B. Olson
Martin Edwards
Lake Geneva
H. B. Mason
Bobby Mason
Bessie Mason
Hibbings, Minn
Gangle
Polar
White Rose Laundry
Sv. Sth
Co. H. Montgomery Malta Agent
Advent Christian
Seventh and
State Streets
Ald
Richardson
Grove St
Ruth Colton
Swedish Baptists
Inth
H. &. Johnson
Methodist Episcopal
Oak Streets
Hammitt
Locust Streets
Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran
E. Frenk
American Steel Welfare Hall
North Fourth
Hell
First Lutheran
Third and
Pine Streets
W. Magnusson
North Third Street
First Congregational
Corner Grove
Second Streets
F. M. Webster
South Second Street
E. Montgomery
Latter Day Saints
Albans
Trinity Lutheran Church
Seventh and State Streets
J. C. Wakinson
Pearson Bakery
DeKalb Bakery
E. Lincoln Hwy
Wagner
H. A. Beacham
Mile
Raymonde Malicot
River Seine
Paris
France
Stapleton
US Engne
J. A. Widen & Company
Footloose
Hydrox
Lincoln Inn
C. A. Carlson
Mgr
Lincoln Highway
National Dairy Products
s’__ Corporation
Oakland Six
Crankshaz Regine
Fisher
Oakland Motor Sales Company
Fourth Street
De‘kalb
EL Essi
General Motors
Erte
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