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Newspaper
Dekalb Daily Chronicle
Location
Dekalb, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1930
Page
2
A smoky intra party contest surfaces as maneuvers unfold around mayoral hopefuls. Prominent figures like J. DP. Gerkier and others discuss candidate viability, with whispers of a mystery backer shaping the race. The town watches as factions align before a pivotal vote.
Tonight three major social gatherings begin with a Kishwaukee Country Club gala at Purge Hotel. A Thursday dance at year end follows, then Dec 30 parties in multiple venues including Business and Protest club supper and a Syndicated Xmas ball. Children enjoy indoor games at Community Center as Frank Lee and Miss Hime run the memorial room in absence of Elisabeth Robbinn.
Poor service will be carefully investigated and remedied. Carriers should be paid promptly at the end of each week to enable them to meet their weekly bi and make a profit. The note hints at a derby, a soft hut, and sap sent in, asking what the fourth item will be.
Tickets go on sale today for a charity game at the Community Center next Monday night. Mayor J D Beckler will manage funds and a full financial report will be published. About 3500 dollars total expenses are noted for posters and tickets with small labor costs pending. Two games and two officials are planned, with unemployed men to participate on one side to raise relief funds for winter.
The Community Chest met Tuesday morning and passed a unanimous vote of thanks to Mrs. W. H. Simpson for outstanding service as chair of the relief department of the Sycamore Woman's Club. Raymond Bozell to open a new restaurant in the empty Parke and Leonard building near the Great Western rail station. to be ready January 1. he will also operate the Maple Leaf Inn.
Sycamore postmaster Col. W. F. Hemenway denies sending word or evidence about a Romo Keefe claim that a local federal building robber had been caught. He notes the rumor is news here but offers no proof of the arrest or the alleged 20 year sentence in June of this year.
Real estate transfers listed in De Kalb, Sycamore, Sandwich and Franklin counties. Heirs and heirs by Peter Lew Let 5 Meadowlands and other deeds show transfers with small sums. Names include Augusta Binder Walter Stroberg Esther Cilfe John L Foran Peter Petit Frank Langivis and W A Abel with various lots and subdivisions.
The post office completed its annual Christmas rush with Col W F Hemenway noting adequate staffing kept mail handling on par with top offices. Parcel post sacks fell slightly while letters rose by about 5000 from the prior year in the same period. Local postal workers breathe easier as Tule season looms.
Residents discuss steps to ease joblessness as a basketball exhibition by local youths raises funds to hire the unemployed. Street chatter predicts further announcements within ten days as officials weigh fresh measures.
London report tells of a father with three children two crippled by leg troubles who left mining to box. He has fought over 300 times and was never knocked out. Winnings funded medical aid for his ailing kids.
Henry Devin, despite a physical handicap requiring a cane, has constructed a premier working model railway with 300 feet of track. His system includes a full signal network regulating six tiny trains, creating one of the world’s most complete model railways. Mrs Anne Mitchell of Freshwater Isle of Wight, in her 8th year, has eight children, fifty grandchildren and seventy two great grandchildren.
Holiday readings available in Public. Arliss memoir reveals behind the scenes life and acting craft with discreet critique of Disraeli and Rajah. Beatrice Burton’s Lovejoy follows love and prosperity testing a happy couple. Martha Ostermse’s Waters Under the Earth follows Carla Welland’s path to independence. Bertrand Russell asks what produces lasting happiness and explains the sources of unhappiness.
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