Big Christmas program shines at the new Assembly Hall
A large crowd attended the Christmas entertainment at the Assembly Hall on Fourth and Locusts. The program opened with a company band concert under August Carl and featured the mill quartet, the Good Fellowship orchestra, and a celebrated children’s pageant directed by Maude Nicholson.
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American Steel Wire !Company
Assembly Hall
Fourth
Locust Streets
August Carl
Helen Duncan
Humpty Dumpty
Gladys Hers- Tere
Jack
Andrew Homoutz
Jill
Charlotte Underdown
Jack Horner
Albert Thwaites
Joan
Edith Fletcher
Jack Be Nimble
Frank Kerzich
Diddie Dumpling
Leona Willett
Willie Blasch
Stanley Stolpe
Eva Blazevich
Anna Smith
Mill Quartet
Good Fellowship Orchestra
Peter Kurkies
Uncle Sam
Clementine McNisky
Scotland
Denmark
Evelyn Holmstrom
Sweden
Edith Anderson
Orish Pumishino
Walter Musinberg
Delia Stewert
Annie Mokiavich
Annie Petrichus
It's Now or Never For This Christmas
Our stocks remain large and selections broad as Christmas nears with toys books cameras and gifts. The ad emphasizes strong toy stocks and urges last minute shopping before Christmas.
Wallace Reid in The Hell Diggers at Princess Tonight
Silent film star Wallace Reid appears in The Hell Diggers at the Princess Theatre for a final showing tonight. Moviegoers may expect a dramatic western-adventure with Reid’s action heavy performance closing the engagement.
Pig Club of DeKalb Gains Fifty Members
A DeKalb pig club attracts 50 young members as Jan 15 1922 deadline nears to join, select stock, and learn prize plans. The effort links DeKalb and county farmers with breeders to raise Chester White and Duroc Jersey hogs, listing first names and affiliations of many participants.
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DeKalb
DeKalb County
Chester White
Eugene Kiemm
Frank Klemm
Donald
Ralph Nelson
John Nelson
Edwin Anderson
Ben Anderson
Ray Welsh
Charles Welsh
Claud Cooper
Frank E. Cooper
Lia Verne Johnson
L. M. Johnson
Thomas
Kenneth Knudtsen
Thomas Knudtson
Bennie Dresser
Alfred Dresser
Lester
Clifford Bemis
Bert P. Bemis
Clifford Denton
H. S. Denton
Leonard Zeller
Marvin Zeilar
Paul Willett
Fred
Willett
John Rolfe
Frank Rolfe
Bandits Raid Car Theft Ends in Fatal Shootout
Two bandits attempted a taxi hold up on the James Callahan residence line. Emil Krothen was wounded in the cheek as the crew fled. Callahan joined a pursuit with Patrolman McNaughton. Carl Gilbert died in the exchange and Claude Thomas was captured.
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Cuiret Presa
Chicago
Ill
James Callahan
Chicago White Sox
Emil Krothen
Callahan
W. A. McNaughton
Carl Gilbert
Claude Thomas
Groves Car in Mishap on Sycamore Road
Slippery pavements caused a slight collision on Sycamore Road yesterday afternoon. Henry Groves reported his business car was sideswiped by a passing machine with a badly damaged fender. He attributed the incident to the slick cement surface. No major damage to either vehicle was noted.
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Sycamore Road
Henry Groves
De Kalb Bakery Closure and Local Dance Night
The De Kalb Bakery will close all day Monday for Christmas holiday, urging customers to buy for Monday. An old time dance at K. of C. Hall is planned for Saturday night December 24 with admission 75 cents, featuring Wallace Reid in Princess Tonight.
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DE Kalb Bakery
Lincoln Highway
F. Hall
Christmas Programs Planned by DeKalb Churches
DeKalb churches plan elaborate Christmas events with Sunday schools staging programs. The Swedish Mission church hosts a seven o’clock Christmas evening program with readings, songs, violin and mandolin pieces, and student performances led by Theodore Carlstrom and Carl Holmstrom.
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DeKalb
Swedish Mission Church
First Lutheran Church
Theodore Carlstrom
Reading
Harold Swanson
Ruth Bergstrom
Violet Stenberg
Linea Swanson
Maria Swanson
Sone
William Aspengren
Werner Sharp
Russell Erickson
Maurice Stone
Mildred Anderson
Floyd Ohlson
Runar Johnson
Frank Swanstrom
Stanley Ohlson
Joseph Johnson
Furole Four Dance on Christmas Eve at Elks Hall
Beamon's Orchestra headlines a Christmas Eve dance at Elks Hall billed as The Furole Four Dance. The event date is given as December 19 with festive music and social dancing anticipated.
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Beamon
Elks Hall
Princess Tonight Dances at K of C Hall
A schedule item notes an old time dance at the Knights of Columbus Hall on Monday night with performances by Princess and the Diggers and a social dance event for December 26.
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K. of
C. Hall
Diggers
Watterson Is At Rest
Marse Henri Watterson dies and lies in a marine vault at Evergreen cemetery Jacksonville. Funeral simple with Rev J T Boone and relatives present. Body later to be moved to Kentucky. messages of sympathy flood Mrs Watterson from world notables and humble friends.
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United Press
Jacksonville
Fla
Marse Hlenri’ Watterson
Evergreen Cemetery
Blue Grass
Kentucky
Watterson
Marie Henri
Jim Watterson
Louisville
Arthur Crock
J. T. Boone
First Christian Church
Santa Claus Delivers Travel Bag to Editor in Chronicle Visit
The Baptist church officials Judge H. W. McEwen Rev. W. R. Yard Frank Mosher and TF. E. Wirtz surprised editor F. W. Greenaway in the Chronicle editorial rooms. They learned he planned to spend Christmas with his mother and presented a full leather traveling bag in appreciation for his work with the choir.
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The
Chronicle
H. W. McEwen
W. R. Yard
Frank Mosher
TF. E. Wirtz
Baptist Church
F. W. Greenaway
Greenaway
Belvidere Seeks Rate Review on Gas and Electricity
Belvidere Illinois petitions the Illinois Commerce Commission asking for a rate investigation into increased gas and electric charges by Northern Utilities for Dixon. Officials argue costs have fallen while rates rose, seeking an order to reduce rates accordingly.
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Springfield
the Chronicle
Belvidere
Illinois Northern Utilities Company
Dixon
Public Utilities Company
Illinois Commerce Commission
Detective Service
Library Not Open Christmas Eve and Day Notice
Mrs E B Murray librarian announced the public library would be closed Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, granting workers two days off. The library will reopen Tuesday morning as usual.
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E. B. Murray
Flower Store Ad Promotes Holly Wreaths at Lincoln Highway
The Flower Store at 311 East Lincoln Highway offers holly wreaths and other goods made in house by J. L. Johnson. Prices are advertised as very reasonable. Swanson Bros. referenced.
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East
Lincoln Highway
J. L. Johnson
Harvey Church Sentenced to Hang for Brutal Murder
Harvey W. Church was found guilty of murder in the killings of Carl Ausmus and B. J. Daugherty, Packard Motor Car Company salesmen, in Chicago. The jury imposed a death sentence, with judge Caverly to receive the verdict. The defense argued circumstantial evidence and insanity.
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Chicago, Ill
Chicago
Harvey W. Church
Carl Ausmus
B. J. Daugherty
Railroad Opens New Bridge Near Creston for Northwestern
Train No. 4 of the Northwestern was held just out of Creston while cement and bridge workers completed a new span. The passenger train was delayed about thirty minutes before reaching DeKalb.
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Northwestern
Creston
DeKalb
Former judge gravely ill in Woodstock after stroke
Waukegan Michigan December 23. Charles H. Donnelly judge of the 17th judicial district is in critical condition after a paralytic stroke doctors fear he may not recover. His retirement followed the Will Orpet murder case of 1916. Judge Edward P. D. Shurtleff of Marengo succeeded him.
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Waukegan
Charles H. Donnelly
17Th Judicial District
Will Orpet
Edward PD. Shurtleff
Marengo
Naval arms talks near broad pact on world limits
Washington a complete agreement by the arms limitation conference on naval arms limits is expected before year end. Five powers agree on battleship ratios. submarine and auxiliary craft limits await compromise with adoption of international warfare rules and rejection of submarine abolition. France may gain slightly larger auxiliary quotas. Italy pushes for a gas weapon ban, while the US opposes several proposals.
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United Press
Washington, D. C
Germany
Britain
Hughes
Great Britain
United States
Japan
France
Debs Freed as Christmas Clemency Restores War Protester
Washington reports President Harding commuted Eugene V. Debs's espionage sentence and granted clemency to 24 political prisoners including five soldiers. Debs expected to leave Atlanta’s prison for Terre Haute and spend Christmas at home with his family.
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Washington, D. C
Eugene V. Debs
Harding
White House
Debs
Daugherty
Department of Justice
Atlanta
Terre Haute
Ind
Federal Pris
Germany
Leart
DeKalb Merchants Plan Monday Holiday After Christmas
The DeKalb Chamber of Commerce states most merchants will close all day next Monday after Christmas with some opening part of the morning. Drug stores will keep Sunday hours and confectioners stay open all day. Closing is voluntary by each merchant.
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DeKalb
Chamber of Commerce
Caulle Volcano Eruption Covers Chile Farmlands
A Caulle eruption in Valdivia province 400 miles south of Santiago blanketed surrounding fields with ash up to a foot deep. Early dispatches gave no life or property loss estimates. Valdivia province, on the Chilean Pacific coast, spans about 6 500 square miles with 76 000 residents mainly timbermen and cattle raisers.
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United Press
Santiago
Chili
Caulle
Valdivia
Chili Pacific Coast
Change in Services at St. Pauls Church
The Christmas day services at St. Pauls Church move to 9:00 a.m. from 9:30. No Sunday school will be held due to the change.
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St. Paul’s Church
St. Paul Schurch
Small trees restored to Barb City posts after shortage
Andrew Peter of Barb City grocery ran out of Christmas trees yesterday. He secured two trees from the Chamber of Commerce to decorate the ornamental light paste through the business section. Walter Kennedy and helpers moved the trees to meet demand after five o clock, making the grocers’ supply adequate once more.
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Andrew Peter
Barb City
Chicago
Walter Kennedy
Drayman
Kennedy
Three Cans Not Eight of Salmon for Dollar
The Westlake grocery ad in yesterday's Chronicl misstated the price of salmon. It should have advertised three cans for $1.00 instead of eight. The error underscores how busy the newspaper office is during the Christmas period and the occasional slips that occur.
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Westlake
Chronicl
Wallace Reid stars in The Hell Diggers' Princess tonight
The Hell Diggers' Princess screen feature with Wallace Reid screens tonight. The Goodyear Bakery plans a full-day Sunday and until noon Monday closing. Christmas dance hosted by I O O F Hall on Monday December 26 with Nelson's 4 piece Orchestra featuring both old and new dances.
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Goodyear
Dell
I. O. O. F. Hall
Nelson
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Morris
PIG Club
Bandit
Groves
K. of C. Hall
Princess
City
Marse Henri
Santa Claus
Library
Swanson Bros
Harvey Church
Railroad
Woodstock
Clinton
Ohio
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