Local Elvan Club Raises Funds for DeKalb Needy at Christmas
The Elvan Woman's club started a Good Fellows Fund drive to aid DeKalb's less fortunate families. A $5 donation from the club initiates a larger effort aimed at raising about $400 to supply food baskets and toys for children, with hopes to reach $500 for toy inclusion. Many families face hardship as single parents and unemployed fathers strive to provide a Christmas.
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Elvan Woman's Club
de Kalb
Good Fellows Fund
Elva
DeKalb
Good Fellows of
Santa Claus
Ditch on Pleasant Street Refilled After Hazard
Motorists on Pleasant Street can pass safely now as the contractor filled the cross street ditch yesterday. Earlier days left little room for autos and required careful driving to prevent accidents. Hand colored Christmas cards sold at 18 cents for a box of 12 by Lenz Drug Store.
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Pleasants Street
Pleasant Street
Eleventh
Lenz Drug Store
Voice of the Christmas Seal appeals for health funds across Illinois
The Illinois Tuberculosis and Public Health Association appeals for $150,000 in down state Illinois to fund the tuberculosis fight. The message, spoken as the Voice of the Christmas Seal, urges public support to restore health and color to sick children and ends with a call to buy seals.
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Illinois
Illinois Tuberculosis and ‘Public Health Association
Governors Lowden and Al Smith Jailed on Intoxication Charges
In Avoca Indiana on December 17, Governor Lowden and Al Smith were jailed on intoxication charges after being found on a road by Sheriff Mercy Tinton of Pottawattamie County. Each claimed identity as the other during questioning, leading to a curious roadside scene.
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Avoca
Lowden
al Smith
Here
Mercy Tinton
Pottawattamile County
New York
Brown Chamber Meeting Names Officers and New Committee
The Chamber of Commerce elected officers for the coming year and approved a new Insurance and Real Estate committee. President Glen Reynolds and Dr. J. C. Brown discussed cooperative efforts and teacher recruitment in northern Illinois, with aims to raise demand for graduates from Northern Illinois State Teachers college.
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Chamber of Commerce
Glen Reynolds
J. C. Brown
Teachers College
Innovation Grill
Chamber
Reynolds
Pr. J. C. Brown
State Teachers College
Dr. Brown
Illinois
Northern Illinois State Teachers College
Brown
DeKalb
S. E. Bradt
F. Q. Crego
H. G. Wright
W. W. Wirtz
W. J. Snyder
H. W. Prentice
S. W. Boardman
Dr. J. A. Spickerman
R. F. McCormick
Attorneys In Fact
E. G. Clark
A.G. Kennedy
H. D. Fisk
Girl Burglar Found Guilty by Jury Today
Rebecca Bradley Rogers was convicted of bank robbery with firearms in LaGrange Texas after a two hour jury deliberation. The former University of Texas student, accused of robbing Farmers National Bank at Buda, faces a 15 year sentence and plans to appeal if retrial is denied. Defense argued insanity. state called sane by alienists.
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LaGrange
Tex
U.P
Rebecca Bradley Rogers
Rogers
Otis
Farmers National Bank
Buda
Texas
Wires records found destroyed in Mexican documents probe
Washington reports Western Union records prior to December 1926 were destroyed while investigators examined alleged Hearst papers about a Mexican plot to bribe U.S. senators. Officials said no large transfers were found. testimony noted missing telegrams and unidentified exhibits X, Y and Z.
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Washington
U.P
Western Union Telegraph
Reed
Senate
Hearst
Elias
New York
Calles
Mexico
U. S
James E. Bresnahan
Western Union Company
Bresnahan
Brlias
Wisconsin
Heflin
Alabama
Norris
Nebraska
William Randolph Hearst
Flins
Dallas
James E. Bresnahar
Western Union
Thomas Dowd
The
Postal
Heart
Republican
Miguel Avila
Avila
John Maze
Patient Dies Last Evening at DeKalb Sanitorium
William Wilkins, 57, a patient at the DeKalb County Sanitorium since July, died at four oclock this morning. He had worked at Kohler Die & Specialty Co before illness. He leaves a son in Detroit. funeral arrangements are pending.
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William Wilkins
DeKalb County
Wilkins
Kohler Die & Specialty Company
Detroit
We Are Buying Furs and Hides by Ike Gordon and Son
Ike Gordon and Son advertise paying the highest cash price for furs and hides including mink muskrat skunk horse hides and cow hides. Located at 151 North Second St with phone 1026. 277tf
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Ike Gordon and Son
North Second St
Weather Outlook for Illinois and Great Lakes Region
Generally fair tonight and Sunday with a slight drop in temperature tonight across the southern part. In the Great Lakes area, cold at week start, rising temperatures midweek, then colder again toward the end, mostly fair early with one or two precipitation periods.
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Wlinois
Great Lakes
Capone Freed Returns Home Amid Bail Deal
Chicago recounts Capone's homecoming as he leaves Joliet jail after an eight hour stay and posts bail of 2400 dollars. He tells reporters he plans to return for trial on concealed weapons charges and hints at charitable donations in Joliet. Capone describes enjoying California and San Diego visits while vowing to stay in Chicago.
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Chicago
Scarface al" Capone
Capone
Joliet
San Diego
Biltmore
Los Angeles
Kansas City
California
Mary Pieckford
Mil
Jury Gets Case Soon As Trial Wraps Up
In Marion Illinois area reports the jury in the Harvey Dungy Fred Thomasson and Joe Booker machine gun murder case nears conclusion. Prosecution argues Birger gang ties and kidnapping of Lyle Worsham from Zeigler before the Shady Rest murder on Sept 17 1926. Defense claims no involvement and presents a female identity for the charred body, while witnesses including undertaker Bert Scobey dispute the verdict.
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Marion
U.R
Harvey Dungy
Fred Thomasson
Joe Booker
Lyle ‘Shag
Worsham
Arlie C. Boswell
Zeigler
H. L. Summers
Georgi Bell
Bell
Services for Former DeKalb Resident Held
Funeral services for Mrs. Rosetta M. Castile, once of DeKalb, were held at Fairdale this morning with burial there. She died Wednesday at her daughter’s Chicago home after a brief illness. Castile had recently returned to Chicago after a year and a half in the west visiting two brothers, and previously lived in DeKalb since 1921.
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Rosetta M. Castile
DeKalb
Fairdale
Castle
Chicago
Chi[saee
West
Jef DeKalb
Slight Auto Accident at Intersection
Police report a minor collision at Jobo street and College overuue yesterday afternoon. A Ford owned by Mr Wiltse and Olston and Norrby delivery truck sustained some damage but no injuries occurred. The matter was reportedly settled satisfactorily by all parties.
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Jobo Street
College Overuue
Wiltse
Olston & Norrby
First Word of Lost Girl Has Been Received
Los Angeles December 17. A kidnapper has asked Perry Parker father of missing Marion Parker 12 for 15000 ransom in a phone call asking if he is a Christian gentleman enough to turn over the money without police. The kidnapper threatened harm if the girl is not returned unharmed and then disconnected.
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Los Angeles
Marion Parker
Perry Parker
Parker
Tuck
Oklahoma House considers seventh impeachment bill in Johnston case
Oklahoma City December reports reveal the seventh impeachment bill charging moral turpitude was reviewed by the insurgent house as testimony linked Governor Henry S. Johnston and his secretary Mrs. O. Hammonds. The House urged Senate inquiry into Supreme Court actions and questioned legality of the self created legislature amid militia interference.
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Oklahoma Cty
Okla
Oklahoma
House of Representatives
Henry S. Johnston
O. Hammonds
House
Senate
State Supreme ‘Court
Hammonds
Johnston
King Ftzpatrick
Hammond
Guthrie
William H. Franklin
Supreme Court
Darling
Fred Branson
Harry Cordell
State Board of Agriculture
Foster Bulldog Mother Hovers Over Orphan Piglet
A female English bulldog owned by Celext Kline, a farmer northwest of town, is caring for a two week old piglet after its siblings died last week. The surviving piglet relies on its canine foster dam for warmth and nourishment as the farm recovers from the litter loss.
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Pana
Celext Kline
Contagion Rules Urged For Chicken Pox Reports
Health Officer Dr. J A Badgley warns all chicken pox cases must be reported to him and the state health department. Noncompliance risks fines up to 250 dollars and possible imprisonment. City sees many cases. timely reporting helps officials confirm outbreaks and adjust quarantines.
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J. A. Badgley
State Department of Health
State Department of Public Health
Springfield
DeKalb
D. A. J. Markley
Belvidere
Markley
Badgley
DeKalb City
State Department
City Health Department
State Health Department
Lindbergh to Spend Christmas in Mexico City
Evangeline Lindbergh plans to fly from Detroit to Mexico City to spend Christmas with her son Col. Charles A. Lindbergh, invited by President Calles. The visit highlights bullfighting controversy and Lindberghs aviation advocacy, with Obregon hosting a luncheon and officials planning Lindbergh related events.
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Washington
Evangeline Lindbergh
Detroit
Mexico City
Col
Charles A. Lindbergh
State Department
Erin
Calles
Evangeline L. Lindbergh
Lindbergh
Gratico
United States
Mexico
Cing Impres
St. Louis
Alvaro Obregon
Presider
Catles
Dwight W. Morrow
Senate
Chamber of Deputies
Will Rogers
Col Charles Lindbergh
Plutarco Etliss Calles
Night Classes See Slight Attendance Rise at Ellwood
City Superintendent F R Ritman reports a small uptick in attendance at the Ellwood school night sessions held Mondays and Wednesdays. The facilities can accommodate more students, with classes continuing before the Christmas New Year break and resuming January 4. East End Candy Shop offers two year guarantee hot water bottles at 69 cents. Lenz Drug Store, t
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Oakland
Peter
Royal
Better Son Motor Sales
DeKalb
Sycamore
Peterson Coronh
Remington
East End
Hochette
Tf Motor Sales
F. R. Ritman
Ellwood
Lenz Drug Store
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Quebec
St. Charles
Henry J. Schireson
Schireson
Shetter’s Jewelry
May
Electric Park Corners
Messiah Chorus
Ohio
Ray Peterson
Barth City Grocery
Merry M. Parker
Lindy
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