Community urged to buy Christmas seals for tubercular relief
DeKalb county leaders urge wide participation in Christmas seal sales to fund the tuberculosis fight. With 75 percent of net proceeds staying in the county, organizers call for heavy local support, noting improved death rates and the need to aid many patients in county and state institutions. School children are selling seals, and the public is asked to purchase at least 50 cents worth to help stamp out the disease.
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DeKalb County Association
DeKalb Sanitorium
National Tubercular Society
DeKalb
Mrs Glidden Bends to Recovery After Cast Set
Word from the Glidden home says the attending surgeon has set a fractured ankle and placed a cast. Mrs Glidden endures pain but friends hope for a rapid recovery as Vergene Glidden returns from Chicago to assist. It is hoped she will move about with crutches within days.
Kiwanis Club Installs New Officers Here
At a regular Kiwanis meeting the club installed Elmer E. Embree as head of the organization for the year and other officers. A brief after-dinner program followed the ceremonies. The school presents a Christmas Masque Friday at Maple Park Opera House at eight o clock. the public is invited.
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Kiwanis Club
Gand Bie
Elmer E. Embree
Maple Park Opera House
Ultimatum to Turks Over Dardanelles Peace Talks
British Foreign Minister Curzon warned the Turkish delegation that the allied plan for Dardanelles freedom must be accepted by tomorrow or the near east peace conference will end. The message, a near final ultimatum, was delivered as the Turks consider the terms.
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United Press
Lausanne
Switzerland
Curzon
Great Britain
Dardanelles
Near East
Irish Rebels Meet Death In Prison Today
Dublin reports seven insurgents executed by Free State authorities at Porto Bello barracks after being captured near Kildare. Rebels staged a demonstration near the jails as the executions were carried out at daybreak. The condemned were convicted of possessing rifles bombs and detonators.
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Unea Ore
Dublin
Ireland
Kildare
Porto Bello
Surety Company Seeks Certiorari In Kane County Case
The Supreme Court granted American Surety Company of New York a writ of certiorari to review a Kane County judgment. The circuit court had ordered the company to pay $25,000 as surety for F. W. Cherry, former receiver for the Chicago Aurora DeKalb Railway, in favor of Harvey Gunsul, now receiver for the road, who previously obtained $52,389 in the same court.
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Springfield
Supreme Court
American Surety Company of
New York
Appellate Court
Second
Circuit Court of
Kane County
F. W. Cherry
Chicago, Aurora & DeKalb Railway Company
Harvey Gunsul
Gunsul
Cherry
Gifts for all at DeKalb Tuberculosis Sanatorium Christmas
Mrs. G H Deane leads a community effort to surprise every patient at DeKalb County TB Sanatorium with a Christmas party Saturday night. The tree will be lit and Santa Claus will visit, with gifts funded by local merchants and residents. A second event plans a festive program and two Christmas trees at the steel plant Friday afternoon for children.
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G. H. Deane
DeKalb
DeKalb County
Mrs. Deane
Chronicle
Santa Claus
Kiddlee
Old Sain Nick
Steel Company
Chicago Braces as Cold Wave Fuels Crime Wave
Chicago endures a deadly cold snap with zero temperatures for three days. Two murders in 12 hours, a police shooting, and numerous fires cause heavy damage. Poverty-stricken areas suffer while relief services strain as pickpockets and burglars rise amid the holidays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Chicago
Rosario di Marco
di Marco
Ralph S. Sanders
McEwen Named Head of DeKalb County Bar
Judge Harry W. McEwen of DeKalb City court was named president of the DeKalb County Bar Association at the annual meeting in Sycamore. New officers include Vice President H T Smith of Sycamore, Secretary Cassius Poust of Sycamore, Treasurer Roy Cook of Somonauk, and board members Ed Stott Genoa Harry Lewis Sandwich and J A Dowdall DeKalb.
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H. W. McEwen
Harry W. McEwen
DeKalb
DeKalb County Bar Association
Court House
Sycamore
H. T. Smith
Cassius Poust
Syenore
Roy Cook
Somonauk
Ed Stott
Genoa
Harry Lewis
Sandwich
J. A. Dowdall
Chronicle Ad Sells Articles In Short Time
E J Wiswall told Chronicle office that his three line For Sale ad drew calls fast. He came to stop the ad before more people arrived as buyers visited his home and bought the furniture quickly.
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Chronicle Ad
E. J. Wiswall
Wiswall
DeKalb Elks Lodge Transforms Home Into Club Center
The DeKalb Elks Lodge on First Street has renovated the former Mayo residence into a stylish club home with a wireless room elk head over the fireplace, a cigar counter, and reading and card rooms. Upstairs features a card room, writing room, and a clock room, with plans for further improvements as members seek a more pleasant meeting place.
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Chicago
DeKalb Elks Visit Sterling Club Initiate 41
DeKalb Elks traveled to Sterling last evening by car and train to witness the initiation of 41 candidates at the Sterling lodge. Witnesses praised the services as unusual and reminiscent of bygone days with a lunch served afterward, marking the second DeKalb visit to the Sterling lodge.
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DeKalb Elks
Sterling
DeKalb
Sterling Lodge
Secret Service Men Hunt Trail of Mint Robbers
Federal agents pursue bandits who robbed United States bank guards in Denver Colorado while transporting 200000 in five dollar bills from the mint vaults to the federal reserve. Tips from a implicated woman link the gang to plans to cut off at Wheaton Geneva or West Chicago with agents stationed at three locales.
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United States Bank
Denver
Col
Mint
Federal Reserve Bank
Secret Service
Northwestern
Wheaton
Geneva
West Chicago
Normal Road Residents Meet Tonight For paving
City hall hosts a meeting of West Lincoln Highway and Normal Road property owners to decide paving plans. Officials say paving may not occur next year, but current legislature appropriations make urgent action by owners necessary.
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West Lincoln Highway
Normal Road
Wallace to discuss Morris deal with Armour
Secretary of Agriculture Wallace will arrive to review final terms of Morris and Co. sale to J Ogden Armour. Transfer expected at midnight December 3. Auditors completed their review while Armour financial aides in New York handle money matters.
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Chicago
Wallace
Morris & Co
Packers
J. Ogden Armour
Armour
New York
On the High Seas stars Holt and Dalton at Star Theatre
Jack Holt and Dorothy Dalton lead a Paramount romance of the sea at the Star theatre tonight. A splendid supporting cast headed by Mitchell Lewis appears as the curtain closes. Shows at 7:30 and 9:10.
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Dorothy Dalton
High Seas
Paramount
Jack Holt
Mitchell Lewis
Star Theatre
Pension bill backed for ratification as Christmas gesture
Senate and house conferees reached an agreement on the Bursum Fuller pension bill and planned an early ratification vote in both houses. The measure would honor soldiers and widows of the Mexican Civil and Indian wars and maimed soldiers of all wars including World War I.
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Senate
House
Diphtheria Rising Across Illinois This Week
Diptheria cases in Illinois rose in the weekly health report from the state department of health. Last week 482 diphtheria cases were recorded along with 280 scarlet fever, 24 smallpox, 29 typhoid fever, 37 influenza, 340 pneumonia, and 198 whooping cough.
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Springfield
State Department of Health
Riots Kill Seven in Italian City at Labor Chamber
In Turin today two Fascists and five Communists were killed and 15 wounded in clashes at the Chamber of Labour. Officers of the Communist Daily Ordine Nuovo were burned.
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Turin
Italy
Chamber of Labor
Ordine Neuvo
Eight States Aid Hunt for Bandits Who Robbed U S Mint
Authorities across eight states joined the search for seven bandits who robbed the U S Mint in Denver of 200000 dollars in currency and fatally wounded guard Charles Linton. Police tracked air routes and weighed mountain pursuit if they escaped toward Colorado mountains. Eva Lewis of the Lewis gang was suspected.
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United Press
Denver
Colo
U.S
Charles Linton
Colorado
Utah
Arizona
New
Mexico
Wyoming
Nebraska
Kansas
Oklahoma
Rinker
Eva Lewis
Lewis
Poison Rumor At the College Proves Untrue
Williston Hall officials deny reports that several young women suffer ptomaine poisoning. They confirm illness among students over two days but attribute it to the cold spell. no case is linked to ptomaine poisoning. Miss Werdell Taylor of Aurora suffered burns on her hands from an electric curling iron, but resumed classes.
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Williston Hall
Werdell Taylor
Aurora
Miss Taylor
Four Sleepers At The Station Hotel Vendome
Four men registered at the Station Hotel Vendome with desk sergeant J W Conci, then were sent to the city limits to seek new territory after a night of rest. Visitors to the station are down this year, suggesting work is easier to find. It may be that the men find it harder to keep from working.
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Vendome
J. W. Concidine
Alfred Dresser Suffering Hand Infection
Friends of Alfred Dresser report a blood poisoning infection in his hand that is not improving quickly. The family and supporters hope for more favorable news from his home soon.
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Alfred Dresser
May Use Gag to End Dispute in the Senate
Washington D C December 19 Administration forces in the senate threatened to invoke the gag rule to end the debate on the status motion displaying the ship subsidy but with the farm credits measure.
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Senate
Washington, D. C
Possible royal family attack found in London
Police discover Mills hand grenade on a garbage wagon used to clean Buckingham Palace ash cans. The device was found near the royal residence in London, prompting a security alert and investigation.
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Royal Family
London
England
Mills
Buckingham Palace
Rum Runners in Hearing in Dry Territory Case
State's Attorney's office pressed for speedy justice for Charles Story and Harry Thomas arrested after a chase by Motorcycle Officer Ben Peck. They faced charges of transporting intoxicating liquor in dry territory and were sent to Sycamore after a speeding fine of 16 dollars. Seventy five gallons of grain alcohol were seized with the car.
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Ben Peck
Charles Story
Harry Thomas
Sycamore
Plan for European reparations settlement and US role
Washington reports a US proposed plan to avert a crisis over German reparations. The plan envisions a commission to set a just payable figure and US backing a loan to Germany, with lenient terms for debtor nations and possible further international steps to preserve peace and limit armament.
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United States
Germany
United
Europe
Kent Harding
Britain
France
Italy
Belgium
Japan
Ruhr
Poincaire
J. P. Morgan
Whitman Named Warden Joliet Penitentiary Chief Prisons
Governor Small appoints Sheriff Elmer Green of Lake County as superintendent of prisons and John L Whitman as warden at Joliet penitentiary both salaries 5900. Whitman previously served as prison superintendent and acted as warden, now confirmed permanent. Nearby K and M grocery at Eighth and Streets to open Thursday with stock and sweets for women and men, promising a lively start.
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Bs Coiven Rressy
Springfield
Small
Elmer Green
Lake County
John L. Whitman
Joliet Penitentiary
Whitman
Joliet ‘Penitentiary
Snall
Tony Roach
Matevich
Eighth and Streets
Large Narcotic Cache Taken In Brooklyn
Federal customs officers seized a large narcotics cache on a Brooklyn pier while inspecting a fish shipment. In barrels they found cans of morphine and cocaine, marking the largest New York seizure in years.
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United Press
New York, N. Y
New York
Brooklyn
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ELKS
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Len Small
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Chamber of Commerce
Sherman & Balsum
A. D.rodenburg
Harry A. Newby
American Legion of Illinois
DeKalb Flks
Sterling Club
Morris
Bulletin
Tolled
J. C. Killian
James Lewis
Anderson Brothers
H. Iskewich
Henry Groves
Ed Fuller
Robert Ferguson
Newport
Illinois
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Job Green
Nestie
Thureday
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