Chicago Male Quartette to Perform Next Sunday at Methodist Church
The Stevens Free Lecture and Concert series presents the Chicago Male Quartette at 7:30 p.m. next Sunday December 19 at the Methodist church. Doors open 6:45 p.m. The group led by Robert Herrick includes John Sloan Kirk Emmons and Frank Culman. The program combines humorous sketches and musical variety reflecting college days with lively costumed numbers.
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Stevens
Sunday Evening Club
Methodist Church
Chicago
Robert Herrick
John Sloan
Kirk Emmons
Frank Culman
Bers
Ciceatone
Much Mail Sent From Sycamore Last Evening
Sycamore post office workers handled 700 pieces of mail yesterday afternoon each weighing four pounds and totaling over 100 sacks. The holiday shipment from U S Art Binder consisted of a large box, few items fit in one sack. The factory mail weighed nearly one and a half tons and officials expect this year to surpass last year’s receipts.
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Sycamore Post Office
U. S
Blount Sentenced to 90 Days in County Jail
Bennie Blount colored was arrested for disturbing the peace and threatening the life of Mrs Ann Bridgewater colored. He received a 90 day county jail term before Judge Pond. A peace bond of $1000 will secure future protection for Mrs Bridgewater. She alleges Blount threatened her and attacked with a knee knife on several occasions. Kenicie Want Ads Bring Results.
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Ben Blount
Bennie Blount
Ann Bridgewater
Judge Pond
Blount
Bridgewater
Community News and Social Notes Highlight Local Activities
Wreaths on street lights carry health stamps donated by Farmers Grain and Lumber to honor Charles Westfield at Spring Brook Sanatorium in Aurora. Local donors include J. H. Johnson and others. Miss Avis Coffy plans a dancing studio in Pierce hall after the new year. Weekend visits include George Button returning from Illinois and a Rockford College dancing party. Mrs. Walker fractures her hip at the Tracey home and may face serious recovery. Illinois alumni plan Illini-Ire club events for December 28 with details to follow.
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Farmers Grain & Lumber Company
Charles Westfield
Springbrook Saniatrium
Aurora
J. H. Johnson
Victor Johnson
John | McDonough
P. A. Carlson
John | Johnson
Sycamore Exceeds Red Cross Quota by Fifty-One Dollars
Sycamore oversubscribed the Red Cross quota by 51 dollars. The quota was 500 dollars with 474 annual memberships 8 contributing memberships 1 sustaining 1 supporting and a donating of 2 dollars. From each membership 50 cents must be sent to National.
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Sycamore
Red Cross
DeKalb Chapter Funds Directed to Local Sycamore Work
Ten cents from memberships are placed in the DeKalb County chapter treasury, leaving 40 cents for the Sycamore branch local work. Funds follow regulations under the DeKalb County chapter and Central Committee oversight in Washington, D.C.
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DeKalb County
Sycamore
Central Committee
Washington, D.C
Funeral Held for Mrs Augusta Peterson at Salem Lutheran
Funeral services were held at Salem Lutheran church for Mrs Augusta Peterson who died early Sunday morning. Dr Albert Okerstrom of Detroit and Rev W E Pearson officiated as mourners mourned the long time Sycamore resident born in Sweden in 1855 and arriving in 1866. She is survived by Reuben and Elmer Peterson and Carlos Gustafson, Bessie Peterson, Mrs Amanda Whitten, and Mrs V C Hart, among many friends and relatives.
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Reuben and
Elmer Peterson
Carlos. Gustafson
Bessie Peterson
Amanda Whitten
V. C. Hart
Services for Miss Jane Dick Held Today
Funeral services for Miss Jane Dick who died Monday at her Somonauk street home were held at two o'clock this afternoon with Rev H S Roble officiating. Interment followed in Mayfield cemetery. She was born March 31 1847 in Mayfield township and taught her first school at sixteen. She was severely hurt by a hip fracture five years ago and never fully recovered. Survived by two sisters and three brothers including Mrs Anna Stanley of West Point Miss John H of Mayfield Joseph W and Miss Marian of Sycamore and George E Dick of Fort Collins Colorado.
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Miss Jane Dick
Somonauk Street
H. S. Roble
Mayfield Cemetery
Miss Dick
Anna Stanley
West Point
John H
Mayfield
Joseph W
Marian
Sycamore
George E. Dick
Fort Collins
Colo
Dope Fiends From Chicago Registered for Trial
Chicago Sheriff Fred Colder registered three dope fiends May Shook Susie Taylor and Condon Taylor from Chicago to be held for trial here awaiting Chicago court proceedings.
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Chicago
Fred Colder
May Shook
Susie Taylor
Condon Taylor
Sheriff Dolder Visits Vandalia Farm With Officers
Sheriff Fred Dolder and Chief Fred Mitchell plus Frank McCormick traveled to Vandalia today. A DeKalb prisoner, recently sentenced to 90 days on the Vandalia work farm, was removed there by the officers.
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Fred Dolder
Fred Mitchell
Frank McCormick
Vandalia
DeKalb
Free Dolls and Trains Ad From Chicago Herald and Examiner
An advertisement offers free unbreakable dolls for every girl and American Flyer trains for boys. It directs readers to the Chicago Herald and Examiner for details and urges purchasing through a local news dealer H Chronicle Want Ads.
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American Flyer
The
Chicago Herald and Examiner
Musterole touted as home remedy for colds and aches
Advert reads Musterole as easy to apply mustard oil based ointment that fights colds and related pains. It claims doctor and nurse endorsements and offers a milder Children's Musterole for babies and small children.
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Sycamore News
Chronicle
Seeaneye Tan
Seeaneye Inn
Quartet
Kenicie
Avis Coffy
Pierce Hall
Miss Coffy
George Button
Illinois
Francis Hart
Theodore Joslyn
Joe Crum
Edward Safford
Mabel Crosby
Rockford College
St. Peter's Church
Guild Hall
Illini
Mazda
National
Maza
Uis Vy Os
Vandalia Farm
Zipper Christmas
Father Zipper
Mother Zipper
Zipper Brother Zipper
Baby Zipper
Goodrich Line
Dav’s Store
Marshall Neilan
Bronson Sterling JE Obesser
Eek
DeKalb Theatre
Anderson Bros
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