Chronicle to Raise Weekly Paper Price in Coming Month
The Chronicle announces higher costs force a price increase starting the first of the coming month. The management explains long rising material and labor costs and asserts the paper will retain high quality while not profiting from the move. Local papers nearby have already adjusted prices as costs climb.
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Chronicle
Meg
Che
DeKath
Dixon
Rockford
Cmoge
De Kalb Boys Land Safely Over There
Postcards arriving in De Kalb proclaimed the safe arrival of several local soldiers overseas. Harold Fawcett, son of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Fawcett, reached there with Gordon boys. George Wilton, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Wilton, landed safely across. Ferguson reported he was at Newport News and expected to reach France soon.
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Tom Fawcett
Harold
Gordon Boye
William Wilton
George
Ferguson
Newport News
France
Discharge Given to Private Beckler in Peingieta
Private Beckler of Company in Illinois reserve militia at Sycamore was honorably discharged by Adjutant General Dickson so he may enlist in the United States army.
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Ralph Beckler
Peingieta
the Chronicle
Beckler
BAD Esos
Illinois
Sycamore
Dickson
United States Army
Pershing releases two casualty lists total 758 names
General Pershing issued two war department casualty lists listing 758 names. The first shows killed in action and various death causes plus wounded and missing totals. The second lists Illinois names with statuses including killed in action wounded and missing, naming soldiers and towns such as Chicago Danville and La Salle.
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Washington, D. C
Pershing
War Department
Ilinois
Alfonso Peak
Danville
Paul Cochran
Chicago
Robert Richardson
Mound City
Samuel Bernstein
Elza C. Calvert
St. James
Frank Foster
Carlyle
Thomas Neill
Aurora
Arthur Lehmann
Richard Lube
Charles Spiegel
Florent Verhulst
Illinois
Willard Reid
Melvh Bounds
Theofil Knofski
Decatur
Prank J. Fenci
Frank P. Lillis
Cecil &. Way
Peoria
Missing, Corp
Ellwood Nushbam
Coleta
Elmer Cook
Christopher
Russell Foster
Quincy
Frank Komski
Mike Samaj
Illnois
Prosper K. Brooks
Kola
Darrell H. Call
Corp
George Db. Allan
la Salle
Auto Mishaps Sunday Night in This City
Two minor automobile accidents occurred Sunday night in the city. A man from Aurora named Wetmore searched for a cigar shop and hit the Burlington Lincoln Highway market at Fourth Street, damaging his car spring and a marker. Nate Wood collided with Homer McDole’s car in a separate rough moment. both incidents were minor and both drivers drove away.
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Aurora
Wetmore
Burlington-Lincoln Highway
Fourth Street
Nate Wood
Homer McDole
School Children in Gardens This Summer
In DeKalb the summer program has students working in school gardens despite heat. The children contribute to the growing crops and are praised for their hard work during vacation. This marks a successful venture linking schools with community gardening efforts.
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DeKalb
DeKath
Princess Playhouse Schedule and Featured Shows
Princess Playhouse closes Monday and Tuesday then opens Wednesday night with Roscoe Patty Arbuckle and his cast in Good Night Nurse and Les Hayakawa in The Bravest Way. Performances 7 40 and 9 16. Mabel Normand in The Venus Model and Douglas Fairbanks in Say Young Pellow. The Washington Herald notes The Unbeliever coming to Princess soon, a patriotic wartime photoplay, with Moore's Strand presenting The Unbeliever this week alongside Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews Three Things.
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Princess Playhouse
Roscoe Patty Arbuchie
Les Hayakawa
Mabel Normann
Douglas Fairbanks
Pellow
The
Washington Herald
Moore's Strand Theatre
Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews
Slacker Raid In DeKalb County Targets Unregistered Men
About 100 armed men from the DeKalb county exemption board conducted a raid to locate men who had not registered for classification cards. In Sycamore Sandwich and DeKalb highways were patrolled and many young men were stopped and ordered to present cards or face police stations until board officials could be contacted. Several locals recalled individuals forgetting or losing their cards, while others treated the raid as a joke.
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DeKalb County
Exemption Board
Sycamore
Rochelle
Maple Park
Malta
Gurlers
Ir J. M. Everest
DeKalb
Japan Faces Food Riots Spiraling Toward Political Revolt
Washington reports say food rioting in Japan could spark a political revolt unless rice supplies are provided. German agents may be inciting unrest while anti annexationists oppose Siberian intervention. Rioters attack the homes of the wealthy, restaurants, rice depots, and geisha girls as a social crisis looms. Miss Flosrie England visited Rockford on Saturday.
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United Press
Washington, D. C
Japan
Siberia
Giesha
First Papers Rule Delays Citizenship For Foreign Born Men
DeKalb clerks announce seven year limit for using first papers before final naturalization. Germans Austrians and other foreigners aged two to seven years since first papers may apply for final papers. Any landing before June 29 1906 requires landing certificate. Plan mirrors national drive Pershing patriotic week with DeKalb Boy Scouts assisting stamps sales to meet quota and boost patriotism.
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John Killian
United States of America
Germany
Austria
United States
Killian
DeKalb
Pershing
Ms. B. Smiley
H. G. Wright
Smiley
E. B. Still
E. E. Embree
General Pershing
Goodison
Second
Lincoln Highway
Fourth Street Bank
Draft Age Bill Headed For Passage This Week
The Senate agreed to end recess and resume business Thursday to consider the manpower draft bill setting the draft age from 18 to 45. Unanimous consent was granted to return to regular business, and committee members hope to pass the measure by Saturday night.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
Chamberlin
Military Committee
Joe Neuman Gains Nicely in France
A letter reports Marine Joe Neuman can walk a little each day and is gaining steadily while out of combat. He watches fellow Marines and hopes to return to action soon. Private Will Busse of Camp Grant was home over Sunday.
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Joe Neuman
France
Neuman
Marines
Will Busse
Camp Grant
DeKalb Chautauqua Opens With Bright Prospects In 1918
The 1918 session of the DeKalb Redpath Chautauqua opens with strong prospects for high attendance, a top-tier program, and wartime themes. Superintendent Cornelison wins audience with engaging talks and the Croatian orchestra opens Saturday afternoon’s events. Lou J Beauchamp delivers a lively main lecture on The Sunny Side of Life after a war discussion.
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DeKalb Redpath Chautauqua Assembly
Chautauqua
Aires
Cornelison
Lou J. Beauchamp
Beauchamp
French Drive Surges Between Oise and Aisne Front
United Press reports a French advance of about one and a quarter miles over a nine mile front between the Oise and Aisne. They seize the plateau west of Nampoel, reach Audiznicourt ravine, capture Neuv en Vincre, and take 1,700 prisoners with 800 more in the area. Paris bulletin notes Roye under bombardment and a British flanking move north of Roye as German divisions reinforce. Allies claim over 3,000 prisoners in 24 hours.
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France
Oise
Aisne
Aisne-Vesle
French War Office
Carlpont
Fontenoy
Nampoel
Audiznicourt
Neuven-Vinvre
Avre
Roye
Oise-Aisne
Noyon
Germans in Petrograd as Russians and Germans mix forces
Three trains carried 810 German soldiers in Russian uniforms and German embassy staff from Moscow to Petrograd. Trotzky and Lenine arrived in Petrograd the same day as police measures. Refugee removal efforts underway with Swedish help sought. possible exit via Finnland if needed. A German force reportedly occupies Virbutsk and Smolensky with Bolshevik approval.
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United Press
Washington, D. C
Germany
Moscow
Petrograd
State Department
Trotzky
Lenine
Russia
Finnaland
Zurich
Switzerland
Virbutsk and
Smolensky
Warsaw
Allied Forces Make Gains on Western Front Front
Bulletin reports French troops advance two kilometers between Las Signy and the Oise reaching Hamel. German resistance strengthens at Roye with a strong defensive line near Nesle. Haig notes progress in Flanders and Arras sector with repelled attacks on a two mile front. Monte activity on Italian front and Negrin troops to join Czech units. Austrian reports air reconnaissance over Piave. General Pershing confirms details of a Sunday aerial battle in Lorraine.
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London
England
Lassigny
Oise
Hamel
Flanders
Arras
Field Marshal Haig
Rome
Italy
Monte
Italian War Office
Itayl
War Office
Vienna
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