Vacancies at Sycamore schools resolved despite rumors
Superintendent A Lease dismissed reports of three vacancies and said one position remains to be filled. Evelyn Sipple died suddenly while vacationing, and Mrs M E Herbst will fill her spot. Mildred Duval will teach fifth grade at West School, and Miss Hollands returns to her classes. Student teachers from DeKalb assist Conard. Opening day proceeds as planned.
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Sycamore Public Schools
A. Lease
Evelyn Sipple
Adirondack Mountains
M. E. Herbst
Roy Winchester
Belvidere
Margaret Hollands
Parker
Sycamore
Central School
Harrietrd
State Teachers College
DeKalhia
Xin
Aidins
Mics Conard
Sycamore Day Plans Forming For St Charles Festival
Sycamore committee led by W. M. McAlister and others works on a top quality program for Sycamore Day on September 5 in St. Charles. Members toured Oregon and Mt. Morris to refine plans. City officials aim to stage the Fox River celebration as the best yet with citywide participation expected on the final Saturday night.
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Sycamore
St. Charles
W. M. McAlister
Tom Ronin
Edward M. Burst
John Cox
L. F. Mou‘@ry
T. J. Ronin
Melvin McIntyre
C. B. Conrad
Frank Dean
W. S. Boies
Oregon
Mt. Morris
St.Charles
Fox River City
Shrout to Arrive Saturday to Lead Sycamore Football
Coach Jesse Shrout is due in Sycamore on Saturday to prepare for the upcoming season. Veterans and light and heavy squads from 1928 will receive uniforms on Labor Day at 2:00 pm, with a Tuesday start for the full team. Shrout plans a new offense, focusing on conditioning and fundamentals as he adapts to available players.
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Shrout
Jesse Shrout
Sycamore
Delivery Guaranteed Chronicle Delivery Standards for Sycamore
The DeKalb Daily Chronicle assumes responsibility for carrier delivery in Sycamore. If a subscriber misses a copy, call Otto Fellinger at 420 Sycamore for special delivery. Complaints will be investigated and remedies provided. Carriers should be paid weekly to cover bills and profit.
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DeKalb Daily Chronicle
Sycamore
Otto Fellinger
Vacationers and Visitors Reported Across Town
OS Mr and Mrs Kimball Kormack enjoy a Yellowstone trip. Miss Maude Drew, in Chicago, vacationing at Sagatuck Michigan. Miss Mary Boynton returns from Lac du Flambeau Wisconsin to her State's Attorney post. Mr and Mrs Melvin McIntyre and family vacationing in northern Wisconsin. Betty Love to return from LaGrange with sister Phoebe from a girls camp. Mrs M N DeRose visiting Mrs Frank Dean in Sycamore. Mr and Mrs Harry Grahn entertain diverse guests on Edward Street. Miss Aurel and Elvira Markinson return from Lake Delavan with mother Mrs Markinson. Mr and Mrs S S Warren and daughter Elizabeth visit Freeport. Mrs Arthur Mueller to entertain at Kishwaukee Country Club Friday evening. Mary Lane visiting Miss Marcella Feil for a few days. James Nelson and Charles Anderson guests at Walter Marsh home near Sycamore. Leslie Jessen vacationing in Chicago then back to work Tuesday.
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Betty Love
LaGrange
Phoebe
Steam Line Replacement Delays City Street Traffic
Steam line installation by Illinois Power Company tears up East State street in front of the library and hampers traffic toward the city park. Buttrick Company workers rush the project with hopes to finish by Sunday, but ongoing disruption remains.
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Illinois Power Company
East State Street
Buttrick Company
Two Men Fined for Disorderly Conduct in DeKalb
Leonard Bergeron and Lorain Lovell of DeKalb were arraigned before Police Magistrate Z B Mitchell and fined 25 dollars plus costs for disorderly conduct. They were jailed overnight awaiting further hearing after DeKalb police arrested them yesterday morning on a charge filed by a local resident.
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Leonard Bergeron
Lorain
Lovell
DeKalb
Z. B. Mitchell
Road Push At Peak on Route 64 Progress Report
Recent developments on Route 64 show highly satisfactory progress in Sycamore. Workmen devote full time to paving with only about three miles left before the mixer reaches city limits. A mixer nears Richardsdon from the east as supplies base for contractors.
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Sycamore
Richardsorr
Sycamore and
Lovell’s Crossing
Mosaic Law Is Basis of Writ For a Divorce
Louis Leon a 61 year old tailor, claiming descent from Aaron, asked an Illinois court to nullify his marriage to Rose Davis under Mosaic law which bars a priest from marrying a widow or divorced woman. The Superior Court granted annulment, noting the ancient law and consulting Jewish theologians before approving the order.
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Chicago
Illinois
Moses
Aaron
Louis Leon
Rose Davis
Leon
Davis
Butler Gets Sharp Defense From Union Head On Ford Views
Ella A. Boole, president of the National W A T U., defends Henry Ford againstDr Nicholas Murray Butler who challenged Ford's statements on prohibition. She cites Columbia University business school figures claiming prohibition shifts five billion dollars yearly from liquor to other goods and argues Butler misstates Ford's stance. Boole calls Ford a dreamer and praises his foresight beyond the average man.
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Evanston
U.R
Ella A. Boole
Henry Ford
Nicholas Murray Butler
Ford
School of Business
Columbia University
America
Student Dies When He Deals Bad Card Hand
Chapel Hill North Carolina August 29 Poor luck at bridge and fate that made him deal himself a bad hand were blamed today for the death of Harry Meacham a 21 year old University of North Carolina summer school student Meacham had no success in his
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Chapel Hill
N. C
U.e
Harry Meacham
University of North Carolina
Meacham
Tribune Reverses Stance on Route 64 Value to Chicago
The Chicago Tribune has reversed its view on Route 64 as a major arterial highway from Chicago. A traffic count between Lincoln highway and Route 64 shows similar hourly car flow, suggesting rapid completion toward Sycamore. Credit for shift attributed to St Charles and North Avenue history. Progress hints at finishing to Sycamore soon, with Sycamore Day celebrations influencing plans.
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Sycamore
Arthur Smith
Tribune
Chicago Tribune
Chicago
St. Charles
Lincoln Highway
Route 64
the Tribune
North Avenue
Tragedy at Card Game Ends With Self Inflicted Shooting
Meacham, a North Wilkshboro resident, played a game with friends yesterday afternoon. After a string of bad hands, he declared he would shoot the next person who dealt him a poor hand. The next hand came from him, as he picked up a pistol on the table and shot himself in the temple, dying shortly after.
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Meacham
North Wilkshboro
N. C
American Held in Cuban Prison on Old Charge
Joseph E. Barlow, who pursued a $5,000,000 claim against Cuba in Congress, was jailed in Havana on an undisclosed old charge with no bail offered. He later said he was jailed on false charges and cited reports of imprisonment in Principe fortress.
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Havana
Joseph Om. Barlow
Barlow
United States Congress
Washington
U.R
Joseph FE. Barlow
State Department
the America
Principe Fortress
Italy to Enter Schneider Cup Race Despite Death
Rome reports Italo Balbo, undersecretary of air, said Italy will enter the Schneider Cup in England ten days hence as a sportsmanlike duty. Italy sought postponement after Capt. Giuseppe Motta’s death during a trial flight, but England declined. Italy will field two aircraft, one with a new design and engines not previously tested in flight.
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U.P
Italo Balbo
Air
Maly
England
Italy
Giseppe Motta
Balbo
Record Breaking Crop Raised On Four Acres
Benton Illinois August 29 U N Dr D E Phillips owns four acres on a 100 acre farm and raised 389 bales of timothy hay, averaging over three tons per acre. This feat marks the eleventh consecutive high yield from the same field, following a 1917 record of four tons of limestone per acre.
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Benton, Ill
U.n
D. E. Phillips
Illinois
Phillips
Farmer Killed When He Steps Into Car's Path
Buffalo August 29. John Mathews 28, a farmer, stepped from between two cars into the path of an automobile and was killed. The car was driven by James Fay who was to appear today before a coroner's jury at an inquest into Mathews death.
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Buffalo
U.P
John Mathews
Farmer
Mathews
James Fay
Fay
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