Wallace Day Picnic Draws National Figures To DeKalb
A DeKalb community event features a busy schedule at Annie's Woods with a Demonstration, a stock judging contest, an address to women by Mrs. George Plummer, a band concert, an address by Henry C. Wallace, a horseshoe tournament, and a Hinckley versus DeKalb baseball game. Secretary Wallace will arrive on the 9:00 train, and Mrs. Plummer will speak at 10:30 to the women while men attend the field demonstration. Free educational movies will run at the Star theatre, with paid features at the Princess. Normal playground supervision and local store decorations are planned for a welcoming day of activities.
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Star Theatre
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Four Indicted for Theft of Automobile in Aurora
James McGlenn Lee Gilbert Louis Woodard and Arnold Blake were charged with stealing Carl Berthold automobile and driving to Des Moines Iowa. They were arraigned before Justice James Galvin at Aurora and pleaded not guilty to larceny. They were held to the grand jury under $2 000 bonds.
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Lee Gilbert
Louis Woodard
Arnold Blake
Carl Berthold
Des Moines
Iowa
James Galvin
Aurora Yeste
Ptomaine Mar Feast to Cement Friendship
Forty Manitowoc residents including officials and families were seriously ill after a banquet in Sheboygan to strengthen ties between the two cities. Doctors say ptomaine poisoning caused the illness following the dinner hosted by Sheboygan citizens.
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Sheboygan
Labor Leaders Represented at September Conference
United Press reports labor leaders will be represented at the president's unemployment conference to be held in September, according to authoritative sources in Washington D C.
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United Press
Washington, D. C
Old Church Occupied Amid Irish Unrest and Hunger Strike
Reports from Belfast and Cork detail renewed clashes between Sinn Fein and Loyalists with fourteen casualties and several deaths. In Cork area nearly 500 Sinn Fein prisoners on Spike Island begin a hunger strike to demand unconditional release, citing Irish Civil Courts decisions. A new American steel office opens in a renovated Methodist church building at Fourth and Locusts streets with an on-site hospital, employment office, classroom, and rest facilities.
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Sim Fenners
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Orer
Bollsides
American Steel Employment Bureau
Steel Company Hospital
Fourth Street
New Timetable for Aurora Line September 1
A revised schedule for the Chicago Aurora and DeKalb line takes effect September 1. Weekdays show departures from Deblb at 7 30 a m and 1 3 and 3 20 6 30 8 1 and 11 45 p m with Saturday trips at 4 pm. Aurora service runs 6 15 am 9 am 12 pm 2 pm 5 pm 8 pm 10 30 pm and a Sunday special at 2 pm. The shuttle changes start Thursday morning.
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Normal Museum Open Tomorrow at DeKalb School
The Normal Museum will be open tomorrow afternoon from three to five o'clock after a vacation period. Prof. E C Page notes new material is added constantly and invites attendees of the Soil Improvement Association to visit. Enter via the east entrance to the main building and go to the second floor.
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Museum of History
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Wallace Reid In Too Much Speed Tonight
Wallace Reid stars in the crime drama Too Much Speed premiering tonight featuring fast action and a tense chase plot. Princess theater likely hosts the screening with local fans expected to attend.
Murphy's Big Store to Close for Big Week Sale
Murphy's Big Store will close all day Thursday to prepare for a five day sale beginning Friday. New stocks go on shelves, old stocks marked down, and arrangements made for large crowds drawn by unusual bargains. Watch the Chronicle for special announcements and prepare to profit.
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Big Fight Buy Potatoes and Buy Right
W R Irving offers to treat customers, while “Too Much Speed” with Wallace Reid and Princess is showing tonight offering an evening of cinema action and romance.
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W. R. Irving
Ben Greet players enthrall DeKalb with Shakespeare
The article reviews the Ben Greet players in De Kalb delivering As You Like It with praise for the cast led by Miss Mills. It notes Shakespeare as religion to the troupe and compares Rosalind to a living, breathing woman while highlighting the performers’ broader connections to contemporary actors. A long section summarizes flood and rail strike news interleaved with local notes.
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Bard of Avon
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Theodore Roosevelt
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Taft
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N. Y
Frederick Monsen
Mexico
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Lyceum
Herbert Carlson
Chautauqua Schedule Shifts To Afternoon Lectures
The DeKalb chautauqua opens tomorrow with two talks. Secretary Wallace speaks at Annie's Woods at 2:30 PM, followed about an hour later by Dr. Frank J. Loveland on the Perils of Democracy.
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Frederick Monson
Children’s Hour
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DeKalb
Wallace
Annie's Woods
Loveland
Annie’s Woods
Peace treaty signed between Hungary and United States
Bulletin reports the Hungary United States peace treaty was signed at Budapest yesterday. American commissioner Grant Smith and Hungarian foreign minister Banffy finalized the accord as telegrams reached London.
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Chicago Mystery Solved as O'Meara Surrenders in Death
United Press reports Chicago sales manager Joseph O'Meara surrendered to police over the death of his friend Joseph Schlegel, son of a restaurant proprietor. O'Meara said he took Schlegel home after a late card game fight and learned of the death from a newspaper.
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Chicago
Joseph O'Meara
Joseph Schlegel
O'Meara
Schlegel
DeKalb Woman's Husband Dies in Milwaukee River fall
Arthur F. Zimmerman a Milwaukee window cleaner fell about 120 feet from a window and drowned after unfastening his harness. He left wife Winnifred Foreman and two young children Dorothy 4 and Gerald 2. Funeral held for his parents in Milwaukee.
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Arthur F. Zimmerman
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Zimmerman
Winnifred Foreman
Charles Foreman
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Twenty-Fourth Street
Ellwood Team Chicago Trip Postponed a Day
The Ellwood school baseball team will not leave for Chicago tomorrow as planned. They will depart DeKalb Thursday morning at six by automobile instead due to cars not available because of the picnic tomorrow. Elks sponsor the event and promise a day of fun.
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Scout Meeting Tonight At Rayworth Barn
Special scout meeting at Rayworth's barn tonight at seven o'clock sharp. All scouts asked to attend, location confirmed and agenda limited to urgent business.
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Mercer Artists Visit Apollo Company in Chautauqua Week
Harry Mercer Company performers were hosted by the Apollo Company after their Saturday program. Visitors saw a near flawless special order Apollo with advanced mechanical controls and test rolls. A baby girl was born to Mr and Mrs George Reed this morning at the city hospital and both mother and daughter are doing well.
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E. S. Rayworth
Wurlitzer
Cincinnatti
George Reed
Elizabeth Wallis
City Hospital
Gillette Razors on sale at Secor's bargain
Gillette Safety Razors with 12 double edged blades offered at $1.99 plus war tax. Wholesale connection enables low price as large stock moves fast. Limited supply, buy now at Secor's.
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