Christmas Cheer Brings Help to DeKalb Families
DeKalb residents enjoy a unified Christmas effort led by Mrs Boardman with Santa duties and by Girl Scouts Kiwanis and company volunteers. Girl Scouts provided dinners clothing and toys to one needy family while Kiwanis and Fellowship club aided eleven households. Churches and fraternities supplemented gifts ensuring no one went neglected in the city.
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Santa Claus
DeKalb
S. W. Boardman
Kiwanis Good Fellows
Fellowship Club
Ican Steel E Wire Company
Boardman
Frank Anderson
A. W. Marvin
Wes Snyder
James Parks
Carroll Marvin
Bill Nelson
George Boardman
Beavers
DeKalb County Aims for Silver Cup Reward
DeKalb county through the tuberculosis association seeks the silver cup from the National Tuberculosis Association for the greatest per capita sale of Red Cross Christmas seals. In 1920 the county averaged five cents per person. this year officers expect a larger sale with strong effort from county and township workers to win the cup, following Mason county’s 17 cent per person average last year.
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DeKalb County
Tuberculosis Association
National
Iberculosis Association
Red Cross
Mason County
Watchman Murdered on Duty in Chicago
United Press reports Abraham Levinsky a 64 year old night watchman at the Stern store clothing manufacturing company found murdered on the second floor early today. He was robbed of 35 dollars and struck four times with a hatchet. The employer found the body after opening the door. Police say no clues have been located.
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United Press
Chicago
Ill
Abraham Levinsky
Stern
Clothing Manufacturing Company
En Ployer
Italy Resumes Trade With Russia In New Treaty
Rome reports Italy signs a treaty to resume trade relations with Russia. Foreign Minister Torowsky and Del ta C. Toretta affix signatures to reestablish commerce between the nations, with an Italian Ukrainian treaty signed concurrently. The ceremony noted at the I. O. O. F. Dance Hall on Wednesday night.
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United Press
Rome
Italy
Wehccess
Russia
Torowsky
Foreign Affairs
Delta C. Toretta
Banks Add Securities Department For Investments
First Bankers and First Trust & Savings announce a new securities department. S E Bradt will supervise. They will buy and sell municipal, railroad, industrial, foreign, public service bonds, farm notes, building notes, and short term industrial notes at market price. They offer free security value checks and market guidance for patrons. The service aims to simplify investing without consulting Chicago banks.
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First Trust & Savings Banks
S. EB. Bradt
DeKalb
Chicago
Masonic Blue Lodge to Meet Tonight at DeKalb Hall
The DeKalb Blue Lodge will hold a special meeting at the Masonic hall for work in the first degree. Members are urged to attend.
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Masonic Blue Lodge
Masonic Hall
The
DeKalb Blue Lodge
Experience at Princess playhouse offers final shows
The big photoplay version of the famous play Experience is offered at the Princess playhouse for the last times at 7 30 and 7 15. Screen Snap Shots Tonics of the Day and music by the Princess Orchestra accompany the 21 programme for the evening show.
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Princess Playhouse
Renidit
Eight Arrested Believed To Be Bank Robbers
East St. Louis police say eight men were arrested and six identified as participants in a bank robbery gang tied to multiple Illinois heists. The group is linked to the Dupe Bank of Dupo, the Luka State Bank robbery, Panama State Bank, and the Peabody Coal and Mining Co. robbery in Kinkaid, with three more suspects held in Flora in connection with Luka. Police believe the robberies were staged by one gang, though not all suspects are the same individuals.
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United Tress
East
St. Louis
Illinois
Dupo
Bank of Dupo
State
Tuka
State Bank of Panama J
Peabody Coal Sand Mining Company of
Kinkaid
Flora
Beautiful Trees Along West Lincoln Highway Toppled
West Lincoln Highway shade trees next to Mrs Mayo’s property were topped by a telephone construction gang to clear room for new lines. City plan commission members and garden group officials condemned the appearance, saying the pruning left the row looking wrecked and exposed.
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Lincoln Highway
West
Chronicle Employee Very Sick at Home
Miss Gertrude Condon circulation manager of The Chronicle is very ill at the home of Mr and Mrs George Chene The illness began with a heavy cold and she remains confined to her room though the attending physician hopes she will recover soon and be around again.
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Gertrude Condon
The
Chronicle, Land « Faithful Employe
George Chene
Condon
Telephone Girls Hear Ki Yi Sing Today
A telephone in the Odd Fellows hall stayed off the hook during the Kiwanians meeting causing operators to fail at restoring service. After the meeting, Kiwanis singing began and reports say the song service sounded well over the telephone preceding the club’s gathering.
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Ki-Yi
Odd Fellows Hall
Honor for Big School and Tragic Double Death
A brief honors notice follows a tragic tale from Passaic New Jersey where Thomas James and Matilda Rist, both 16, died by strychnine poisoning after choosing a "death marriage" over financial hardship. They married in death after planning only a few days prior, each consuming two tablets from a drugstore. The narrative contrasts with a separate celebration at St Marys parochial school, which earned Palmer Method High School Edition certificates for ten pupils and a prize for Miss Julia Stefani, highlighting local pride in exemplary penmanship and the school’s achievement.
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United Pressy
Passaic
N. J
Thomas James
Matilda Rist
Thomas
Matilda
Father Solon
St. Mary's Parochial School
Palmer Method High School
Pabner
Julia Stefani
Chronicle
Palmer
Miss Stefani
Miss Stefanius
DeKalb
Rochelle Man Returns From Trip To Germany
John Walter of Rochelle near the Fischer schoolhouse returns from Germany where he visited Stuttgart and his birthplace and relatives. He notes high food prices and low wages with a 10 percent tax, few autos, a clear class divide, and exchange rates of 300 marks per dollar. His niece, who accompanied him, joined Lincoln Hospital staff and attends night school.
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John Walter
Fischer
Rochelle
Germany
Mr. Walter
Stuttgart
Walters
Walter
Lincoln Hospital
Redmond Praises Two Taxi Drivers in City Service
Redmond announces today that two first class drivers operate in the city. Jay Mills is named as one driver and Tom Fagan another. Mills is familiar with Redmond and city streets. Fagan has years of experience and a record of steady service despite a past ordeal.
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Redmond
Jay Mills
Tom
Fagan
Mills
Chili to Meet Peruvians in a Conference
Santiago Chile December 27 Chili has forwarded a note to Peru accepting the proposal to send a mission to Washington to confer with three Peruvian representatives and discuss the treaty of an vonia The discussion will dwell on the unfilled clauses of the pact relating to the division of the territory of Pacna and Arica.
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Chili
Santiago
Peru
Washington
Better Taxi Service Day and Night
Better Taxi Service offers warm cars and careful drivers available day and night. Contact New Way Taxi Line at OS for reliable transportation.
Opening of The Old Oaken Bucket at Star theatre
Crowds last night packed the Star theatre for the opening of The Old Oaken Bucket a real drama of the heart. Performances scheduled for 7:30 and 9:10 with strong appeal to picture fans.
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Star Theatre
Drayman Reams Stricken by Pleurisy in DeKalb
Will Reams, a well known DeKalb drayman, is off duty for a few days due to a serious pleurisy attack. He has been ill for two or three days and hopes to resume his duties soon.
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Drayman
Reams
The Purple Four Dance Tonight at Block’s Orch
Elks halt events amid a busy local schedule as the Purple Four Dance heads into the evening at Block’s Orchestra. Performances promise lively tunes and a festive crowd.
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The
Purple Four
Block
Orch ‘Elks Halt
Cabinet Approves Submarine Tonnage Adjustments
Paris dispatch reports the French cabinet approved slight changes to the arms delegation guidance, maintaining support for undersea craft and signaling France will back its submarine view. The move follows naval committee urges increasing the fleet against Secretary Hughes’s plans, with little hope for a Washington conference accord on tonnage. Public crisis notes arise from M Berthelote’s resignation as foreign affairs secretary amid Chamber of Deputies confidence vote on Briand ministry over the industrial bank of China dispute.
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United Press
Paris
France
Naval Committee
Hughes
oMerjals
Washington
M. Berthelote
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Chamber of Deputies
Briand
Industrial Bank of China
Two Sunday Fires Cause Little Damage in Town
Smoke from a chimney clog frightened Lem Miller and family Sunday night leading to a box 42 alarm at Sixth and Lincoln Highway. A second blaze at the George Gurler home on Second and Pine ignited woodwork near a fireplace. both incidents caused only minor damage and quick department response.
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Lem Miller
Sixth
Lincoln Highway
George Gurler
Second and
Pine Street
Gurlers
Governor Len Small Petitions Deciding on Indictments
Waukegan Ill Dec 27 Judge Claire Edwards said he would decide Thursday at 1 p m on petitions to quash indictments charging embezzlement of state funds and conspiracy against Governor Len Small and Vene Curtis. If sustained, Small must stand trial likely early in the new year.
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Vniea Press
Waukegan
Ill
Len Small
Claire Edwards
Lake County Circuit Court
Vene Curtis
Phil Swanson Lights Tree for Yuletide
Phil Swanson displayed a festive display by wiring a large yard tree with many colored lights that burned through Christmas. Neighbors praised the beauty of the bright tree at night and hoped he keeps the tradition next year since this is his first time doing it.
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Phil Swanson
Swanson
Mr. Swanson
Picked Wrong Snot To Pull His Holdup
United Press report from Chicago on December 27 states a police officer captured Robert Burton age 24 after he attempted to hold up a clerk at United Cigar in the city. The officer surprised Burton in the rear of the store and quickly detained him.
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Chicago
Haish Avenue Man Improves Under Nurse Care
John McQueen, long ill, shows improvement while under constant care of a trained nurse. Numerous friends around the city express gratification at news of his condition and hope his recovery continues.
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John McQueen
McQueen
Testing Plant at Dixon to Open This Week
Illinois Holstein breeders will formally open their AR O testing plant in Dixon on December 29. The facility includes two new barns and a dairy building, housing about 60 cows with individual water basins hay mangers and brush. Delegations from Whiteside Carroll DeKalb Kane Boone Lake Cook LaSalle and DuPage plan to attend the meeting and tour.
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Dixon
Illinois
Long
The
Holstein Association
Whiteside
Carroll
DeKalb
Kane
Boone
Lake
Cook
LaSalle
DuPage
Woman Injured In Fall In Sycamore
Mrs Charles Peterson mother of 1 Grant Peterson of DeKalb was badly injured after a fall at her Sycamore home. She is at her son’s house in DeKalb Sunday afternoon with a serious hip fracture worsened by advanced age. Today reports say she is doing as well as circumstances allow and well wishes are voiced for improvement.
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Charles Peterson
Grant Peterson
DeKalb
Sycamore
Peterson
Egypts Nationalist Revolt Crowned by Madame Zazhlul
United Press reports Madame Zazhlul wife of Said Zazhlul Pasha leads Egyptian nationalists in nonviolent resistance to British rule. British forces fear a short strike while Zazhlul is expected banishment to Ceylon. Railways cut in southern Egypt. police station attack yields deaths. Streetcar service halted in Alexandria.
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United Press
Cairo
Egypt
Joan of Arc
Madame Zazhlul
Said Zazhlul Pasha
Zazhlul
Ceylon
Corn Acreage Reduction Resolution Adopted by Farm Groups
The Illinois Agricultural Association executive committee and a special committee for Illinois Iowa Indiana Kansas and Missouri approve a resolution urging a reasonable reduction in corn acreage in those states and an increase in clover alfalfa soybeans and other legumes to improve soil. The move follows two prior resolutions by many farm bureaus across the corn belt amid low markets from two bumper crops.
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Illinois Agricultural Association
Illinois
Iowa
Indiana
Kansas
Missouri
Corn
Purple Four Dance and Bank Pass at Matinee Event
A Tuesday night dance by Purple Four with Block's Orchestra at the Elks hall features a ticket option. The bank opens an account for $1.00 and offers a pass to the Rip Van Winkle matinee at 2 30 tomorrow.
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Block
Elks
First National Bank
Rip van Winkle
Debs Sees Arms Conference as Futile in Exclusive Interview
Debs, recently released from federal prison, tells United Press the Washington arms conference is a waste of breath and will not end war. He says the destruction of capital ships deepens future wars and that rulers push slaughter for their ends. He also advocates two paths to end war: conscripts in trenches or the people’s universal refusal to fight unless they declare war themselves.
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United Pressey
Washington, D. C
Washington
Debs
Allen
United Press
Deba
Harding
Daugherty
Big Christmas tree surprises barbershop stairway
William Jackson and John Helsdon found a large Christmas tree in the stairway of Carlson and Benson’s barbershop this morning. They reported locals Alderman Hiland Charles Smith and Lon Smith watched as two men attempted to remove it, then a box filled with sand as the base was revealed and hauled away after a half hour.
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William Jackson
John Helsdon
Carlson & Benson
Charles Smith
Alderman Hilesy
Olan
Former Commander G A R Found Dead in Indianapolis
United Press dispatch from Indianapolis reports A Ketchami, former wartime commander of the Grand Army of the Republic, was found dead at his home after failing to come to the breakfast table. Relatives discovered the body in bed early today.
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Toy United Presay
Indianapolis
Ind
Iam
A. Ketchami
Wat
The
Republic
Ae A
One Killed in New Irish Outbreak
United Press reports an outbreak in Marrow Bole district Belfast ended with Alvian killed and another person and a constable wounded amid the violence today in Ireland.
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United Press
Belfast
Ireland
Alvian
Soviet Congress Expresses Confidence in Lenin
Moscow declares all-Russian Soviet Congress expresses confidence in Premier Lenin's internal and foreign policy. The report notes strong support from delegates but details are incomplete.
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Moscow
Russia
le Nine
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Haish Avenue
Experience
Princess
Purple
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Helsdon
Hiland
C. ¥. Smithy
Lon Smith
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