Iowa leads with 67 championships at 1910 Livestock Exposition
The 1910 International Livestock Exposition closes with Iowa sweeping 67 championships and 113 first places, heading a 25 state showing. Illinois follows with 58 championships and 1203 first places, while Indiana earns 45 championships and blue ribbon awards. Canada, Ontario in particular, claims several grand champions across swine, cattle, and sheep.
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Chicago
Iowa
Lkewise
Ilnois
Indiana
Canada
Tunols
Inn
Towa
Ontario
Illinois
Gates Seen By Chief Rowe At Local Robbery
Chief of Police Bid Rowe links Warne Gates to a northern Minots robbery after positively identifying him in a bright street light near the Fourth street oil ration. The confession by two youths and their transfer from Plano to Eycamore are noted as evidence grows.
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Bid Rowe
Minots
Warne Gates
Fourth Street
Eycamore
Plano
DeKalb
States Ten
Inquest Into Carlson Death Closed Unidentified Driver
The inquest into Theodore Carlson's death at Pleasant Street concluded with a verdict that he died from injuries after being struck by a car. The coroner's jury, after two sessions, could not determine the driver's identity and did not classify the death as accidental.
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Carlson
Theodore Carlson
Pleasant Street
BR. P. Culver
Chamber Holds Prizes For DeKalb Corn Show Winners
Winners of the third annual DeKalb Corn Show may claim prizes at the Chamber of Commerce office. Many have not yet called for awards. The show, closed Thursday night, was called the most successful here. Farmers must claim entries by tonight. corn not claimed by Monday evening will be removed by the committee.
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DeKalb
Chamber of Commerce
Minstrels Show Stirs DeKalb Church Fellowship
The Men's Fellowship of the First Baptist church staged a two part minstrel show at DeKalb Township High School auditorium. Proceeds after expenses benefit the Good Fellows fund. Performers included Bill Borah F W Greenaway Dr P S Hopkins Leonard Pearson and others with Eskil Anderson and the DKE German band providing music.
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Southland
First Baptist Church
DeKalb Township High School
Good Fellows Fund
Bill Borah
F. W. Greenaway
P. S. Hopkins
Scott Peacock
Franklin Elmer
W. L. Perkins
Creed Brawneer
Roland Wallace
Leonard Pearson
Earl Rattenbury
Kenneth DuSell
Stanley Rattenbury
Dr. Hopkins
A. Raddatz
Arthur Johnson
Johnson
DeKalb
Greenaway
Eskil Anderson
George Peck
DKE
Ed Chenette
M. A. Radditz
Floyd Boyes
H. W. McEwen
M. D. Clapper
C. E. Rattenbury
E. E. Mitchell
Mr. Bartelmas
Roy Marth
Men's Fellowship of the Baptist Church
Bank official shot at while driving prompts two arrests
Theodore Smith and Theodore Reistedt, both Elmhurst residents, were arrested in Kane County after firing on L. P. Mc Mellin, vice president of First National Bank of Rock Falls, and impersonating officers while driving toward Chicago. They confessed to joining a mock secret service in Waukegan and received badges and car stars for 15 dollars. Both are bound over to the Kane County grand jury on $2,000 bonds.
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L. P. McMellin
First National Bank of
Rock Falls
Sycamore-St. Charles Road
Theodore Smith
Theodore Reistedt
Elmhurst
Kane County
Geneva
DuPage
N. Larson
I. L. Elmendorf
Kane County Grand Jury
McMellin
Chicago
Sycamore
St. Charles
Mein
Buck” Kempster
Kempster
Larson and Elmendorf
Ceal
Waukegan
Death Calls Boyes Family to Rockford
Mr and Mrs Floyd Boyes traveled to Rockford yesterday due to the death of the infant daughter of Mr and Mrs H Schroeder. The baby died shortly after birth and Mrs Schroeder is the Boyes daughter in law. The family funeral plans were not announced.
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Floyd Boyes
Rockford
H. Schroeder
Schroeder
Boyes
All Arteries Leading To Chicago Now Opened
The Chicago Motor Club touring bureau reports that radial highways within 36 miles of Chicago, closed during the touring season for widening and construction, are now open. Detours were heavy and congestion high on weekends, but officials say the improvements largely offset the earlier inconvenience. Several grade separations are underway or planned for next year, with a few two lane bridges remaining on new 40 foot stretches to be eliminated soon. Route 1 widened between 135th street and the Joe Orr road. Barn to Page 7 Please
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Chicago
Touring Bureau
Chicago Motor Club
Motor Club Touring Bureau
135Th Street
Joe Orr
Matrimony Unleashes Unconscious Humor In Hollywood
Special dispatch ties offbeat jokes to domestic life in Hollywood California with a woman said to have married her fifth naval officer prompting quips about shifting navy loyalties. The item riffs on naval disarmament conferences and notes readers in a sunny California scene observing Knute's team in action.
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DeKalb Chronicle
Hollywood
Cal
Sam
Navy
O. R. Weed
Knute’s
House Committee Approves 30 Million Drought Aid Bill
Washington December 64UR The House agriculture committee backed a 30 million dollar loan program for drought hit farmers, less than the 60 million approved by the Senate. The vote was 11 to 7 after defeating higher and lower variants. The measure omits McNary Senate food provisions and heads to the House early next week. President Hoover seeks Republican support after Senate rejection, with a possible veto if Congress pushes past 60 million. U.S. rural drought relief and unemployment measures dominate the session.
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Washington
House Agriculture Committee
Senate Agriculture Committee
McNary
Senate
Appropriations Committee
Army
Lytle Brown
U.P
Hoover
House
Congress
Budget Bureau
Rochelle High Freshman Shot While Hunting Near DeKalb
Glenn Rhoades a 16 year old Rochelle High School freshman was shot in the neck and likely fatally wounded while hunting with two companions a mile east of Rochelle. Keith Harrs dropped his shotgun and its charge struck Rhoades in the back of the neck. he was rushed to a DeKalb hospital.
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Rochelle
U.P
Glenn Rhoades
Rochelle High School
Here
DeKalb Hospital
Keith Harrs
Rhoades
Car Crash Ends With Injuries Near Nashua Corners
Franklin Grove WL Dec 6 The hope was held today for the recovery of Coroner Frank M Banker of Lee county seriously injured last night when his car left the Lincoln Highway near Nashua Corners and overturned. Dr Banker’s daughter Margaret escaped injury while her companion Miss Helen Boucher suffered a broken hand and scalp wounds.
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Franklin Grove
Frank M. Banker
Lee County
Lincoln Highway
Nashua Corners
Banker
Margaret
Helen Boucher
Beloit Search for Rockford Man Expands After Auto Found
Beloit and Wisconsin authorities joined in a search for Everett Snapp, 38, a Rockford phonograph salesman, after his automobile and hat were found punctured by bullets near Beloit today.
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Beloit
Wis
Wisconsin
Everett Snapp
Rockford
Twenty Men to Go Out Monday to Secure Wood
Robert Powell leads a 20 man crew at Hopkins Park on Sycamore Road to cut trees starting Monday morning. Eleven men have already worked since Thursday, with lunch provided by the police department. Swinbank and Clark chose the trees, and the group clears brush while sourcing wood for fuel.
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Robert Powell
Hopkins Park
Sycamore Road
William Swinbank
E. G. Clark
Delegates See Need of Solution for Job Crisis
Delegates at the unemployment conference in Witherspoon hall urged both immediate and permanent measures to stabilize employment. Calls for compulsory contributory unemployment insurance were voiced, and Ethelbert Stewart urged repeal of certain antitrust laws to allow efficient private industry organization, noting monopolies can lower prices and wasteful overproduction. He warned against panic-driven antitrust repeal.
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Philadelphia
American Academy of Political and Social Science
Witherspoon Hall
Ethelbert Stewart
Labor Statistics
United States Department of Labor
Stewart
United Press
Good Fellows Benefit Show At Egyptian Theater Next Tuesday
The Good Fellows benefit at the Egyptian Theatre features the comedy Only Saps Work starring Leon Erroll Mary Brian and Richard Arlen. Applause greeted the notice and reports indicate strong attendance with two shows planned Tuesday night to raise funds for cheerful work and a Christmas party for local youngsters on December 25.
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Leon Erroll
Mary Brian
Richard Arlen
Good Fellows
Foggy Night Causes Two Auto Crashes on Lincoln Highway
Two automobile mishaps occurred late last night and early today due to dense fog. Miss Caroline Henke of Naperville and HW N Hinevaugh of Mt Carroll collided head on at the Housewert bridge, then five hours later two cars sideswiped near Maple Park cemetery. State Patrol cautioned against driving without lights in heavy fog, noting it is a traffic violation and dangerous even if visibility seems better.
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Caroline Henke
Naperville
HW. N. Hinevaugh
Mt. Carroll
Housewert Bridge
Lincoln Highway
Maple Park Cemetery
Frank Stevens To Give Talk In DeKalb City
Sycamore journalist Frank Stevens will discuss early DeKalb County history tomorrow at 3:00 PM in the First Methodist church. The public talk, open to everyone, aims to recruit interest for a local historical society and outlines preliminary steps toward its formation. Stevens is an authority on Abraham Lincoln and a noted regional historian.
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DeKalb County
Frank Stevens
Sycamore
First Methodist Church
Stevens
Abraham Lincoln
Police Aid Prosecutor In Youth Case
Bert Hickey chief of police at Sandwich and Officer Felder of Plano conferred with States Attorney Castle yesterday about boys held in Sycamore after their long confession of crime activities. Felder found the first youth through a stolen overcoat, aiding the investigation that solved many crimes.
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Bert Hickey
Sandwich
Felder
Plano
Castle
Sycamore
Hickey
Weather Illinois Cloudy Tonight Colder in Northeast
Cloudy conditions prevail tonight with a drop in temperatures in the extreme northeast portion. Tomorrow expected to be mostly fair with light to moderate visibility and mild to warm daytime temperatures.
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Illinois
Drops Dead At Noon Today On Sycamore Farm
Benjamin Whipple aged 72 collapsed and died at his granddaughter’s home east of Sycamore, likely from a heart attack. The widow and grandfather to a granddaughter, with a son Warren and a Genoa brother, were noted. Coroner Dr. R. P. Culver will hold a 10:00 am inquest at the Emil Johnson chapel in Sycamore tomorrow.
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Benjamin Whipple
Sycamore
Mr. Whipple
Warren
Genoa
R. P. Culver
Emil Johnson
Thief Gang Trailed in Central Illinois Robberies
Bloomington police questioned a nine member thief gang after the fatal wounding of Charles Fancher, 19, in Decatur. The group includes two women and seven men. arrests followed a botched Strawn burglary and a raid yielding merchandise tied to store thefts.
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Bloomington
Lpi
Illinois
Charles Fancher
Decatur
State Normal University
Fancher
Sat Strawn
A. F.funk
Myrtle
Is & Shelton
Bernie Shelton
Shelton
Ilinois
Fred Archer
Willow Hill
Reeder
F. W. Garrison
Strawn
Garrison
Pontiac
Ted de Vary
Normal
de Vary
Archer
Raymond Lacy
Robert Birekey
Coldwater
Kan
Clayton Hotchkiss
Freeland Brown
Vincent Lawler
Building Second Story On New Hollies Flush Store
Workmen began laying brick for the rear wall of the second story on the Hollies Flush building Thursday. Contractors hope the second story is done before another cold wave so interior work can continue despite the weather. Steel for the second floor and planking have been laid. The second story will be half the size of the first floor, extending from the Lincoln Highway south to the alley line.
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Hollies Flush
Lincoln Highway
Meuse Valley Fog Death Toll Rises to Sixty in Belgium
Meuse Valley in Belgium suffers a deadly fog outbreak with scores of deaths and hundreds ill. Health officials say victims had preexisting heart or lung conditions worsened by damp fog. Authorities report regional totals around 49 to 60, as autopsies begin and fears of poison gas fade.
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Brusselis
Belgium
U.P
Meuse Valley
Ministry of Health
Frussels
Meuse
Alto
Engis
Liege
Namur
Brussels
Government Hygiene Commission
United Press
Flemalle Haute
Flemalle Grande
Yves
Huy
Eamdal
Ministry of Hyciene
Kamdal
Bride of Senator Still Working in LaFollette Office
Mrs. LaFollette, wife of Wisconsin Senator Robert M. La Follette Jr., continues her nine hour workday in the senator’s Washington office. She has worked for the La Follettes since 1924, balancing duties with married life after a swift Washington honeymoon. She serves as assistant secretary, answering telephones, reviewing correspondence, and greeting visitors, insisting she could not be induced to seek a public office.
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Washington, D. C
Robert M. LaFollette, Jr
Wisconsin
LaFollette
Fighting Bob
Bob
Rachel Wilson Young
North Woods
Washington
Phil LaFolsiette
Grace Lynch
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Men's Fellowship of Baptist Church
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Henry D. Cooke
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