Sycamore Soldiers Honored For Second 33rd Division Run
Headquarters Company 129th infantry in Sycamore was praised for a year of athletic and military service. Attorney L B Smith lauded their loyalty while presenting silver basketballs engraved Second 33rd Division 1929. Members Hanson Kendall Hindenburg Read Colder Cliffe Oranger Warner Johnson received awards as the company enjoyed a Fargo theater screening of The Time the Place and the Girl.
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Fe Chamber of Commerce
Sycamore
Armory
C. B. ‘Smith
L. B. Smith
Attorney Smith
Chamber of Commerce
Cainine
United States
Smith
Cacers
Danville
Harris
Camp Grant
Chamber of Commerce of
C. B.townsend
Ernest Hanson
Hawley Kendall
Irving Hindenburg
Leslie Read
A. F. Colder
James Cliffe
Oranger
Warner
Clarence Johnson
Fargo
Rivetts Draws Crowds Despite Grey Hair
In a lively exchange, two speakers joke that old Rivetts is always surrounded by girls. A third man then notes Rivetts is a steel magnate, explaining the fascination beyond appearance.
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Rivetts
Delivery Guaranteed Chronicle Delivery Guaranteed Chronicle
The DeKalb Daily Chronicle states it bears full responsibility for carrier service in Sycamore and will send a copy by special delivery on missed deliveries. Complaints will be investigated and remedied, and carriers should be paid weekly to cover their costs and profit.
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DeKalb Daily Chronicle
Sycamore
Otto Fellinger
Queen Esther unit hosts church entertainment on Sunday
NAPS says Cortland Methodist church sponsor ed an appropriate program at both morning and evening services last Sunday. Miss Dorothy Newell from Amarillo Texas sang violin solos with Mrs. Lackland accompanying. Newell, noted in the musical world, has broadcast on Southwestern radio. Several staff movements noted as schools near opening day with teachers heading to Chicago Rockford Iowa and South Dakota universities.
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Queen Esther
Cortland Methodist Church
Dorothy Newell
J. E. Lackland
Lackland
Miss Newell
Amarillo
Texas
Leslie Jessen
Chicago
Lyle Ebaugh
Sioux City
Mary Burchfield
Rockford l
Katherine Chatfield
School of Commerce
Iowa University
Jeanette Bollinger
South Dakota U
Accident on State Street Hits Car Backing From Curb
An afternoon collision occurred on the north side of State Street between Maple and Somonauk when a stranger backed from the curb into Mrs. Joe Sullivan’s car. Both vehicles were lightly damaged and the offending parked car needed a rear wheel replaced. authorities affirm through traffic has the right of way and backing from the curb is liable. Hankow, China, aims to become a hub for commercial air lines.
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State Street
Maple
Somonauk
Joe Sullivan
Flying Secretary Loses Glasses In Saturday Flight
John G. Cox secretary of the Chamber of Commerce earned the nickname flying secretary after a Saturday flight in a Smith brothers plane. He photographed the Sycamore sign on a roof for aviators, borrowed a camera, and flew at 400 and 150 feet. Winds knocked off his helmet and glasses, which were found later undamaged five feet from a sidewalk.
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Chamber of Commerce
John G. Cox
Sycamore
Department of Aviation
Government
Department of Commerce
Smith Boys
Leonard and
Lesslie
Arthur Smith
Eagle Rock
Chic” McBrien
Cox
Smith Brothers
McBrien
Chamber
Barker and Sullivan
Washington
T. J. Ronin
Alford Williams
Flying Mercury
Annapolis
Sinclair Chiefs Refuse To Talk Of Merger
New York August 27 officials of Sinclair Oil Company refused to discuss the renewed rumor that Prairie Oil and Gas Company is seeking control of the Sinclair concern. There is nothing new in the rumor. Officials of Sinclair Oil Company pay no attention to rumors.
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Sinclair
New York
Sinclair Oil Company
Prairie Oil and Gas Company
Soviet War Hero Drowned in Air Crash Over Black Sea
General Jan Fabrizius, aide to the Soviet Caucasian army and a noted war hero from civil conflicts after the revolution, perished when the plane from Sochi to Tiflis crashed into the Black Sea. Two other passengers also drowned in the accident near Moscow on August 27.
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Moscow
Jan Fabrizius
Sochi
Tiflis
Black Sea
Will Ask Congress For Money To Fight Fly Campaign
Secretary Hyde said the agriculture department will seek 26 million dollars from Congress at the next regular session to continue the campaign against the Mediterranean fruit fly in Florida. The request accompanies ongoing efforts to control the pest and protect citrus yields.
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Congress
Washington
Agriculture Department
Florida
Hyde
Taft Making Gains In Health On Vacation Visit
Chief Justice William Howard Taft shows steady health improvement after illness during vacation at Murray Bay Quebec. He plans to stay until October 1, though he usually returns to Washington by mid September.
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Taft
Murray Bay
Que
William Howar Taft
Washington
Cabinet Will Not Resign As Was Reported
Mexico City August 27 United Press reports Portes Gil remains at peace with his cabinet and will keep all members until February end. Interior Minister Canales denied a cabinet crisis and said ministers will return for congress opening. Reports focused on alleged rift with War Minister Amaro. World tonnage of vessels over 100 tons displacement stood at about 63 250 000 gross tons as of December 31, 1929.
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Mexico City
Emilio Portes Gil
United Press
Felipe Canales
Interior
Congress
Joaquin Amaro
Germans Aim to Break Speed Record With Rocket Car
Berun August 27 The German builders Sander and Volkhart plan to lower the world automobile speed record at Ormond Beach California next spring using a rocket car equipped with 64 rockets, up from the current 26 on the existing car.
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Berun
Ormond Beach
Calif
Sander and Volkhart
Oldest English Lighthouse for Sale on Mersey Embankment
England's oldest lighthouse on the Mersey embankment at Leasowe is for sale. The beacon lights were extinguished in 1908 and real estate agents promote it as suitable for a catering business or private residence. Police court advisers at Willesden named Saintly, Paradise, and Angell as recent applicants.
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England
London
U.P
Mersey Embankment
Leasowe
Willesden
Saintly
Paradise
Angell
Princess Elizabeth Adds Rabbit Fur Wool Dress to Wardrobe
Princess Elizabeth has added a mixed rabbit fur and wool dress to her wardrobe. The dress was a gift from a Kent British Legion village home to an Angora rabbit farm. The fur comes from a granddaughter of a pedigreed rabbit named Princess Elizabeth.
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London
A.P
Princess Elizabeth
British Legion
Kent
Pays Big Price For Few Minutes Of Sleep
Lynn Massachusetts. Eric Mi in court paid a steep $100 per minute of sleep after nodding off at the wheel causing an accident. The ruling ties the fine to the brief nap taken while operating an automobile.
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Lynn
Mass
Eric Mi
Prince in Hotel Quip Sparks Droll Excerpt
A brief humorous exchange shows a hotel manager and a royal guest. The prince jokes about scarce peaches and the manager replies that scarce are princes, in a passing show style vignette.
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Prince IN Hotel
Your
Fragmented Tit Bits Exchange on Debts and Worth
In a brief dialogue Mrs Panovac critiques credit, saying debtors deserve their fate if credit shaped history. Mr Parsons agrees, quipping that if a woman wanted something he would be in the work house. A concise, satirical exchange from Tit Bits.
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