Two Deaths Reported Sunday in Local Notices
Two deaths are reported from the weekend in this local notice. Lucinda Sivwright, longtime resident, died after breakfast yesterday at the Collier home. she was about 79 and leaves a son John Sivri and daughter Mrs. Alice Rand. Funeral services are expected tomorrow with arrangements by Oak Park. Burt W. Lee, a Syca Hinkie resident, died Sunday night at DeKalb Avenue home after illness. age about 66, survived by a widow, brother Frank K. Lee, and three sons. Interment will be at Elmwood after a 2:30 p.m. service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gwe Tomestera
Lucinda Sivewright
Place
Dan Collier
Sivwerstit
David
Sivwright
John Sivri
Mason City
Iowa
Alice Rand
Oak
Oak Park
Burt Lee
Burtoh W. Lee
DéKalb Avenue
Lee
Frank K. Lee
Business Aire
LaPlatte
Mo. Mar
Frank
DeKalb Ave
Rev
W. H. Tope
Elmwood
Reverend L A Owen Resigns From Local Universalist Church
Rev L A Owen announced his resignation to Universalist Church members asking for acceptance immediately, effective by January. He has served for about a year and led a community building effort. His farewell sermon is Sunday January 16 before departing January 17 for a posting in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. A. Owen
Universalist Church
Firiday
Janus. Owen
Owen
Ersalist
Grant Street Man in Sorrow as Mother Dies
Walter Fisher of Grant Street received word of the death of his mother Mrs Emma Fisher after a yearlong illness. She was about years of age and had lived in the county for many years. She is survived by a daughter Mrs Eva Cullmer of Sandwich and a son Clarence Fisher who resides in Canada. Services were held for Getedaed in Sandwich today and burial was in Oak Ridge cemetery.
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Walter Fisher
Grant Street
Prem
Emma Fisher
Fisher
Any
Peer
Sandwich
Eva Cullmer
Clarence Fisher
Canada
Oak Ridge Cemetery
Sycamore Commandery Knights Templar Meet at Gasonic Hall
Members of Sycamore Commandery No 16 Knights Templar held a meeting at the Gasonic ball last night. Routine business was noted along with other matters. An interesting report covered the recent entertain commandery organized for Masonic groups and for the ladies in Alberta, Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sycamore
Sycamore Command
Knights Templar
Christmas Party Plots By Sophomores At Sreedy School
Christmas festivities sweep through Sreedy High with a sophomore supervised party promising an extra lively event ending in a dance with music by Paddock and his orchestra. Dr. E. B. Barrow plans another home talent show titled The Trail Across the Hill after the holidays. Local youths visit DeKalb County Sanatorium to perform for patients under the Sycamore Woman's Club. Phares Johnson of Seeneye Inn travels to Chicago due to his mother's serious illness. Floyd Stromberg visits from Rockford. Elmer Boynton comes from Chicago for the weekend. D L Pasley of DeKalb attends courthouse business. Mrs. James Dooley hosts Miserites at her home. James Masterson spends the day in Chicago on business. Mr. and Mrs. N. W. J. Zierer spend Sunday at Rockford with relatives.
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Paddock
E. B. Barrow
DeKalb County Sanatorium
Sycamore Woman's Club
Phares Johnson
Seeneye Inn
Chicago
A. ©. Johnson
Sycamore
Many Hundred Cards Taken in By Santa Claus
Santa Claus visited the Chamber of Commerce rooms for a children’s benefit and over 11 cards with genuine signatures were collected. Cards bore addresses from Clare, Burtington, Lily Lake, Malta, Maple Park, Richardson, Shabbona, Grove, Virgil, Sycamore and other places. Merchants who organized the effort are pleased with the results and Santa will return Wednesday afternoon at the same venue.
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Santa Claus
Chamber of Commerce
Clare
Burtington
Lily Lake
Malta
Maple Park
Richardson
Shabbona
Grove
Virgil
Sycamore
Prescott Opens New Store in Townsend Building
George Prescott of DeKalb secured a lease on the Townsend building first floor formerly occupied by Swanson Brothers and has moved in much stock. He is still finishing preparations and will announce an official opening later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prescott
George Prescott
DeKalb
Townsend Building
Swanson Brothers
Firemen Flood Pond for Skaters at City Park
Fire department under Dutch Butteron directed a Sunday flood of the city park pond for skaters. The warm temperatures yesterday prevented freezing, leaving young people hopeful for a first class skating pond. If needed the pond will be flooded again to provide a quality winter skating site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fire Department
Dutch” Button
Yoasstern
Butzén
Check Writer Enters Guilty Plea at County Court
W R Brooks a former newspaper employee arrested for passing bogus checks pleaded guilty yesterday. After reviewing the evidence the court sentenced him to 300 days in the county jail amid ongoing petitions over the paper’s faulty issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. R. Brooks
Liquor violator fined and jailed until payment
Thomas McCann, a liquor violator, was fined 50 dollars and costs and ordered committed to the county jail until the fine and costs are paid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas McCann
Merchants Urged to Display Gifts for Wednesday
Members of the merchants division of the Chamber of Commerce received a letter from the chairman urging prompt display of gifts in store windows for the upcoming monthly gift day. Merchants who had not yet attended to the matter were advised to act at once as tomorrow is expected to be the big day before Christmas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merchants
Chamber of Comemree
High School Semester Ends Thursday as Holidays Begin
The article notes the current high school term will conclude Thursday afternoon. Many teachers will depart for holiday vacations, planning to return to studies after the new year.
Quarterly Conference Tonight At Church
The Methodist church hosts the quarterly conference for the official board with interested members. Dr. Ernest C. Lumsden, superintendent of the Joliet Dixon district, will attend and lead the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Church
Ernest C. Lumsden
Joliet-Dixon
Elgin Meets Carl Schurz Team Tonight In Gym Showdown
Elgin heavyweight squad, fresh off a narrow win over Austin High Chicago, hosts Carl Schurz in the Elgin gym tonight. The Maroon lightweights, winless in two starts, meet Schurz in the curtain-raiser as Coach Adams plans to use at least eight players and Schurz, practicing since September, brings an edge of experience after beating Evanston in overtime.
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Elgin
Austin High
Chicago
Carl Schurz
Maroon
Maroons
Adams
Schurz
Evanston
Emperor Ails Slows Japanese Business Across Nation
Business stagnation grips Japan as Emperor Yoshihito battles pneumonia at the Imperial Villa. A moon bulletin reports high pulse and fever while Tokyo’s New Year trading activity falls toward a nadir, signaling hardship for merchants, theaters, and hotels and foretelling slow recovery.
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Japan
Ails Hayama
U.P
Yoshihito
Imperial Villa
Tokio
Sure Test of Gentility Sparks Wichita Marriage Note
In Wichita Kansas on December 21 a note from Mr and Mrs J B Parsons asserts John M Aaron is a gentleman because he wishes to marry their daughter Hazel Parsons aged 16. The Parsons grant permission for marriage and request a license, citing Hazel as a blonde and Aaron as 21. They state Aaron is a gentleman and consent to the union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita
Kas
U.P
J. B. Parsons
John M. Aaron
Hazel Parsons
Aaron
Hazel
Parsons
Bloody Battle in Nicaragua Report Near Las Perlas
Reports from the east coast say a fierce battle occurred near Las Perlas between conservative government troops and liberal revolutionary forces. If liberals in Leon obtain arms, the entire country could be drawn into the conflict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nicaragua
Managua
U.P
Las Perlas
Leon
Early spring blooms at local knitting mill exhibition
Forrest L. Jepson, knitting mill superintendent, and Charles Bushnell of Hartland, gathered and displayed a large cluster of puigy wildflowers, signaling an early spring display in Winstead, Connecticut.
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Winstead
Conn
Forrest L. Jepson
Charles Bushnell
Hartland
Tar Compound Cure Cites Pine Tar and Honey for Cough Relief
A Chicago advertisement claims a tar compound blends pine tar with honey to quickly ease coughing and heal its underlying distress. It describes relief from a stubborn cough that kept the reader awake, asserting the product’s curative virtues without opiates or chloroform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Red Grange and four teammates arrested in Dallas
Not tight say Red Grange and four New York football players were arrested at a Dallas hotel for making noise at 4 a.m. They paid $10 fines each to avoid delays before a Beaumont game. Grange denied liquor in the party and said they used fake names only if guilty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Tex
U.P
Narola
Red Grange
New York
Grange
W. S. Oliver
R. W. Scott
A. T. Hubert
A. A. Woods
Beaumont
Illinois
Health board proposal to create national institute of health
Representative Kindred of New York introduces a bill to establish a national health institute under the treasury with the surgeon general in charge. He argues the United States would lead medical progress by devoting war profits to studying disease causes prevention and cures.
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Washington
Dee
National Institute of Health
Kindred
N. Y
United States
America
Treasury
Public Health Service
Drobeck Case Sheds Light on Missing Wife
Reports from Chicago indicate M Roger Drobeck, linked to his wife’s disappearance, has been seen there as police investigate bones found in his El Dorado home furnace. He awaits Mann Act charges in St Louis after being found living with a 14 year old girl.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drobeck
el Dorado
Chicago
Roger Drobeck
St. Louis
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Sycamore‘ News Sabedriners Qronicle
Bart Letees
Alberta
University
Sreedy
Floyd Stromberg
Rockford
Elmer Boynton
D. L. Pasley
James Dooley
Miserites
James Masterson
N. WN. J. Zierer
Health Board
Nave
Sian United
Paris Medicine CO
Beaumont and
Pine Streets
Wonder
Goodyear
Sawyer & Sons
Anderson Bros
DeKalb, Illinois
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