Sycamore Merchants Prepare for Annual Mid Winter Fair
Sycamore merchants expect a busy fair as exhibitors rush to book tent and display space after the holiday season. Chamber of Commerce and fair association push display planning, with Anticipated crowded grounds for cattle poultry livestock armory and store exhibits. Ticket sales target 1000 season passes in advance while Seeaneye Inn handles news submissions and delivery issues.
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Sycamore
Chamber of Commerce
Fair Association
Sandwich
Sand Wich Manufacturing Company
International Harvester Company
Fair Board
Merchants Division
Chanter of Commerce
Treacherous Pavement After Rain Delays in Sycamore
After a rain storm yesterday afternoon pavements were treacherous in spots. Transported drivers kept their chairs and control as the city noted unusual traffic with shoppers in the holiday spirit, avoiding accidents while enjoying the season.
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Sycamore
New Ford Shown at DeKalb County Motor Sales Rooms
Large crowd gathers at D. C. M. Rooms to inspect Henry Ford's latest motor car. The coupe model is on display for a day, drawing many motorists, including owners of more expensive vehicles, for a close look and critique.
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DeKalb County
Henry Ford
San
Sycamore Odd Fellows Elect Officers in Semi annual Meeting
Members of the Sycamore Odd Fellows lodge held a semi annual nomination and election of officers last night. A larger attendance than usual reflected the importance of the business. The report notes France has fewer roadside restaurants and inns as tourists travel faster by automobile.
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Sycamore
Odd Fellows
Odd Fellows Lodge
France
Sarah Rebekah Lodge
Odd Fellows Hall
Rosa Hanson
Mabele Middleton
Della Lucas
Ruth Walker
Freda Drewe
Ingra Wallmark
Wallmark
Elizabeth Tyler
Millie Garner
Selma Hz
Janus
Order
High school basketball game and social events listed
Chronicle of Events lists a high school basketball game against Sycamore Merchants at 7 30 pm in the high school gym, plus December 7 Baptist bazaar and noon-day dinner, December 8 minstrel show by Sycamore Lodge BPO Elks at Fargo theatre, and December 12 13 Ladies night at Elks club. Also notes lodge elections, new officers, and membership applications, plus charity drives for Mississippi flood victims and church activities with speakers and dinners.
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High School Oracle
Sycamore Merchants
Sycamore Lodge
B. P. O. Elks
Fargo Theatre
Elks’ Club
Mrs Drewe Brought From Chicago With Illness
Mrs F Drewe and her husband moved from Chicago weeks ago after Mr Drewe's promotion with Northern Illinois Service. She is in serious condition at the Drewe home with a gall bladder ailment diagnosed as serious by a DeKalb physician. If no improvement, she would be moved to Sycamore hospital. The Drewe child has not fallen ill. Family and relatives hope for continued improvement.
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Fred Drewe
Chicago
Drewe
Northern Tlinois Service Company
DeKalb
Sycamore Hospital
Prohibition Violator in Jail Hails From Chicago
A Chicago man identified as P. J. Pollock has been sent to DeKalb county jail to serve a 30 day term after conviction. He was fined 500 dollars plus costs.
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Chicago
P. J. Pollock
Pollock
DeKalb
Crashes Wagon on Highway and Two Are Hurt
Ezra Lew driving slowed as his automobile failed to see a ahead wagon. Two children Agnes and Jennie were injured when ejected from the vehicle. The wagon and truck were damaged but no serious injuries occurred, and the driver is credited with preventing worse harm.
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Ezra Lewis
Agnes
Jennie
Lewis
Street Lights Look Well for the Holidays
The city’s street lights, especially the ornamental red and green lights, create an attractive nighttime display for the holiday season. The merchants division committee prefers this system over hundreds of post lights, and comparisons with DeKalb favor the city plan. The evergreen rope lighting remains visible once fully illuminated.
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Merchants Division Committee
DeKalb
Hope to Finish Brower Home in a Short Time
Workmen press toward final touches on the Brower residence as painters proceed and favorable weather aids progress. Contractors report steady pace and anticipate completion soon, with Mrs. Brower awaiting the new home’s full settling in.
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Brower
F. A Brower
Rehearsal of Elks Minstrel Ahead of Fargo Show
The Elks held the first complete rehearsal for their minstrel at Fargo theatre. Orchestra provided music as in the performance tomorrow night. Chorus end men soloists and quartet reported a very successful rehearsal. Sponsors expect a strong ticket sale to fund philanthropic work.
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The
Elks
Fargo Theatre
Representative Warren Visits Constituents in Sycamore
Representative Alvin Warren former board of supervisors chairman called at the courthouse during the board session. He expects a busy period ahead and wanted to meet his constituents before heavy work begins.
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al Warren
Sycamore
Alvin Warren
Board of Supervisors
Boar
Warren
Former State College Youth Plans World Tour
Stuart S. Engstrand, a former State College attendee who worked for Vere Goodyear at Goodyear Bakery, left DeKalb in October to travel Europe for a year. He recently reached Los Angeles, seeking temporary work while possibly writing about his travels using a sharp pen.
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Stuart S. Engstrand
State College
Vere Goodyear
Goodyear
DeKalb
Europe
Los Angeles
Mellon Reports Economic Progress in 1927 Budget Review
Mellon outlined 1927 progress with gains in utilities motors food and chemicals but losses in oil steel machinery and railroads. He urged a 225 million dollar tax cut and reforms, noting a 18.5 billion dollar debt reduction and a 635 million dollar year end surplus. Moonshine enforcement rose with 4029 distilleries seized and 19275 liquor law violators arrested.
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Mellon
Metlon
Congress
District of Columbia
Meilon
United States
Prohibition Bureau
Prohibition
Coast Guard
Public Health Service
Customs Bureau
Increased border traffic and Customs receipts under 1922 tariff act
The passage notes a serious administrative problem due to rising automobile traffic across the Canadian border. Customs receipts have climbed under the 1922 tariff act, signaling both the act’s rate productivity and broader business prosperity driving merchandise imports into the country.
Gas Company Sells Land to City for Street Widening
The Illinois Northern Wates Gas Company withdraws its appeal against a special assessment for paving Market State and North Fourteenth streets. It conveys land on the west side to allow North Fourteenth Street to be widened to full width. Springfield approval was given for a triangular plot bordering State Street and the Great Western railroad. The city plans to extend State Street southeast across the tracks to access industrial property east of the railroad and south of the Wurlitzer Grand Piano Company factory.
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Illinois Commerce Commission
Springfield
State Street
Great Western Railroad
Wurlitzer Grand Piano Company
DeKalbian Brochure Issued by State Teachers College
The DeKalbian brochure edited by Mr. LeVitt and Milo T. Oakland is being mailed to northern Illinois superintendents, principals and alumni. Over 2,500 copies have gone out. The pamphlet promotes quality over quantity and portrays DeKalb as a neighborly city while detailing the college’s served territory and upcoming catalog. Read The Want Ads It Will Pay.
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DeKalbian
State Teachers College
LeVitt
Department of Public Relations
Milo T. Oakland
Department of Printing
Northern Illinois
DeKalb
State College
Olive Tablets Offer Quick Constipation Relief
Dr Edwards Olive Tablets claim to ease chronic constipation and torpid liver by a gentle natural action. They are sugar coated olive colored tablets said to improve liver function and bowels without forcing abnormal action. Available in 25 30 and 60 cent sizes.
Luney Brothers Engineer Green Engineering Firm
Frank 8 Luney, chief engineer for Green Engineering, has plants in East Chicago. He formerly worked at American Steel & Wire and helped advance the Green Natural Draft Stoker. He is brother of E H Luney and maintains many friends in this city who will be glad to hear of his success.
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Arte
Frank 8. Luney
E. H. Luney
Green Engineering Company
Chicago
South Shore Lines
Mr. Luney
Luney
American Steel & Wire Company
Start to Look for Oil Again in Lee County
Stevenson of Chicago returns to Amboy and restarts oil field work in Lee County. He reports natural gas potential near Amboy and aims to determine prospects while noting the Minnick farm as not yet in operation. Rumors surround Minnick after his spring disappearance.
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Lee County
Stevenson
Chicago
Amboy
George Minnick
Minnicky
Lifetone Tablets Promise Quick Nerve Energizing Power
An advertisement touts Lifetone Tablets as rapidly boosting nerve strength and vitality. It urges two tablets after meals and two at night for two weeks, promising a refund if claims fail, and notes a 72 count bottle for $1.00 through Lenz Drug Store or the dispensing pharmacist.
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Lenz Drug Store
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Sycafiore
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Hill
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Kesner
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Salem Lutheran Church
Mississippi
Red Cross
W. H. Simpson
East Elm Street
Swedish Baptist Church
Adam C. Cliffe
St. Peter's Episcopal Guild
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F. Drewe
Kirchner's Drug Store
Chrysler Garage
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Prescott
DeKalb Theatre
Bonnie Mare
Crooks
Eddie Ellison
Larry Scott
Officer Hogan
Jim Welch
Mike Ross Kay Ellison
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Mrs O'Rourke
Forrest Lewis
Ollie Newcombe
Jack Krall
Baldwin Spears
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Ellison
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