Faltz Critiques Route Plan for Southward Highway
The Somonauk Revellie and The Chronicle spar over the proposed trunk line south from DeKalb to Cannon Ball trail, debating straight south versus via Waterman. Reveille urges flexibility for economy, while noting Waterman’s protest and emphasizing local access benefits for Somonauk Sandwich and Hinckley residents.
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Charlie Faltz
Somonauk Revellie
Chronicle
Baa
Ity
E Chronicle
Benstracten
Waterman
Burlington
Revellie
The
Faltz
Reveille
Tate
St. Charles
Aurora
DeKalb
Somonauk
Leland
Sandwich
Hinckley
New Way Taxi Line Ad Teases Safe Day and Night Service
Better Taxi Service offers warm cars and careful drivers around the clock. New Way Taxi Line invites calls to 63 for day and night transportation.
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New Way
Divorce to Rich Pair Split by Desertion in Chicago
Mrs Harold F McCormick daughter of John D Rockefeller divorced her multi millionaire husband in circuit court on desertion charges. She testified McCormick left her in Zurich on May 27 1918 and never lived with her since. The couple married in 1895 and wealth tied them as two of America’s largest fortunes.
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United Preast Chicago, II
Harold F. McCormick
John D. Rockefeller
Charles A. McDonald
McCormick
Muriel
McCormicks
United States
Switzerland
Lucerne
Chicago
Kids on sleds menace to auto drivers in town
Parents warned to admonish children for hitching sleds to automobiles. The practice endangers youths and drivers as a deputy revenue collector narrowly escaped a collision when a sledder attached to a car and veered in front. Seventh street sidewalks used for sledding prompt caution.
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C. D. Schoonmaker
Seventh Street
Shooting During Packers Strike Becomes Armed Camp
Chicago Dec 28 packed plant area resembled an armed camp as rioting flared. A gun was fired when a black worker flashed a pistol at jeering strikers, fatally wounding William Milles as officers and reserves were mobilized to contain the violence.
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Unitea Pressy
Chicago
Iil
William Milles
Ohio Coal Operators Signal Open Shop Plan Against Lewis
A Southern Ohio Coal Exchange notice to John L. Lewis signals a shift from central wage talks to district deals. Operators claim past wage fixing harmed business and deny intent to attack unions, citing economic conditions. Dr S L Anderson reports improving health as local interest grows.
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United Press
Columbus Ohio
Southern Ohio Coal Exchange
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Ohio
Pittsburgh
W. D. McKinney
Exchange
Lewis
McKinney
Former President Wilson’s 65th Birthday Observed Quietly
Great masses of letters and telegrams swept in on ex President Wilson in Washington on his 65th birthday. He received messages of cheer despite political defeat that has taken a toll on his health and spirits. He marked the day without special observance.
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VEY Unico
Washington, D. C
Wilson
Moonshine Toll Hits New York City Four Die from Poisoning
A wood alcohol scare swept New York as four people died from bootleg liquor and two more were blinded with others hospitalized or temporarily affected. The quick moving panic followed holiday liquor poisoning. Local authorities urged caution as the incident drew wide attention.
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United Kessy
New York
N. Y
Costly Blaze Destroys Paper House in Flint
Flint authorities estimate a blaze at the E. G. Brant wholesale paper house caused about 100000 in damage. Fire spread through the plant today, destroying the facility and disrupting operations in the Michigan city.
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Michigan
United Preasy
Flint
Mich
E. G. Brant Wholesale
Bradt Speaks at Meeting of Finance Clan
The Lee County Bankers association held a successful banquet at Amboy in the new First National Bank building. Nearly all county banks were represented, with two exceptions, as Hon Samuel E Bradt and L S Griffith addressed bankers on issues in banking and finance. The event featured a banquet in the bank’s lobby and corridors served by the Amboy bankers' families.
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Lee County Bankers Association
Amboy
First National Bank
Samuel E. Bradt
DeKalb
L. 8. Griffith
Lee County
Licenses To Marry Issued Seven Couples
Seven couples applied to County Clerk S. M. Henderson during the holiday week for marriage licenses. The applicants include Harry V. Franklin 27 De Kalb, Harriet M. Jacobson ? De Kalb, Edward Bochtler 46 Somonauk, Mary Adams 49 Somonauk, John H. Firkins 22 Paw Paw, Jennie Benson 21 Shabbona, Arthur Byre 22 Malta, I Weymouth 18 Malta, Fred F. Merchant 26 Sycamore, Mary Ella Brooks 18 Sycamore, Charles Friedrich 24 Sycamore, Grace Kruse 21 Sycamore, Paul W. Reynolds 24 Sycamore, Lila G. Barry 17 Sycamore.
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S. M. Henderson
Harry V. Franklin
DeKalb
Harriet M. Jacobson
Edward Bochtler
Somonauk
Mary Adams
John H. Firkins
Iota
Paw Paw
Jennie Benson
Shabbona
Arthur Byre
Maltaithe I. Weymouth
Mala
Fred F. Merchant
Sycamore
Mary Ella Brooks
Charles Friedrich
Syca More
Grace Kruse
Paul W. Reynolds
Lila G. Barry
Postal Car Is Robbed by Bandits on Train No. 209
Two bandits looted the express safe and mail sacks of the Joplin Kansas City train No. 209 on the Missouri Pacific, escaping after wounding express and mail clerk L. H. Holland. Officials say about $1,000 was taken. The robbers boarded at Pleasant Hill entering the car through an end door and fired during a hand to hand struggle. Holland was wounded in the chin and leg.
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United Preen
Kansas City
Missouri Pacific
L. H. Holland
Pleasant Hill
Holland
Nothing New About the City Clerk's Office Calcutta Welcome
City Clerk G. N. Blackman reports a calm morning as a Prince of Wales gold piece attracts attention in the cash desk. Ten thousand natives reportedly gathered in Calcutta as the incident unfolds, a rare sight since earlier days. A female clerk recalls the unexpected gold payment for a city bill and wonders at the spectacle.
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G. N. Blackman
Prince of Wales
Warren Ti
Blackman
United Press
Calcutta
India
Men’s class to go to Rochelle for January sing
Members of the Methodist church Men’s class plan to travel to Rochelle on January 15 to sing at the local Methodist church. About 60 to 75 members are expected to attend by car after a strong rehearsal and a workout from new songbooks purchased for the event.
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Rochelle
Methodist Church
DeKalb County Telephone Granted Certificate to Extend Rural Line
The Illinois Commission issued an order granting the DeKalb County Telephone company a certificate of convenience and necessity to extend its rural line north of Colvin Park. The action was announced in Springfield on December 28.
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United Press
Springfield
the Chronicle
DeKalb County Telephone Company
Colvin Park
Illinois Commission
The Sheik Show at Princess Theatre Tomorrow
The Sheik, E. M. Hull's sensational novel, arrives at the Princess Theatre tomorrow with Agnes Ayres and Rudolph Valentino. Also listed are matinee at 3:00 and evening shows at 7:30 and 9:15 in the Odd Fellows hall program.
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George Memora
E. M. Hull
Princess Theatre
Agnes Ayres
Paramount
Rudolph Valentino
Odd Fellows Hall
Fathers and Sons Meet at Congregational Banquet
A fathers and sons banquet at the Congregational church drew 130 attendees. Rev. F. M. Webster presided as toastmaster with talks by alumni and teachers including Harlan Hanway and Phil Eichhorn. The event emphasized schoolwork and family ties, with plans for more similar gatherings on the church calendar.
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Fathers and Sons
Congregational Church
Organ Guild
F. M. Webster
C. W. Whitten
DeKalb Township
Springfield
Alden Wiltberger
W. Wiltberger
Berkeley
Calif
Raymond Corey
Perry Ferguson
J. J. Kingsley
A. Neil Annas
E. J. Wiswall
Harlan Hanway
DeKalb Township High School
George
H. Wilson
C. E.montgomery
Sordid Murder Confession From Peoria Man
Charles Horner of Peoria, Ill., confessed to the murder of druggist S. B. Storer in Chicago. He said an accomplice and he went to Storer’s rooms to rob him, Storer resisted, was struck on the head, and killed. Loot included cash, a diamond ring, and two cases of clothing.
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Hy United Press
Chicago
Ill
Charles
Cecil Horner
Peoria
S. B. Storrer
Horner
Storer
Cairo students strike over British troop intervention
In Cairo on Dec 28 students at government schools walked out in protest of British troop intervention after disturbances since last Friday. The strike eased as officials who had joined the walkout began returning to duty.
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Uniten Press
Cairo
Egypt
Duke of Chimney Butte at Princess Tonight
Fredstone, world famed stage star of Montgomery and Stone, headlines the Princess program tonight with Pathe News in the bill for a studio style program of drama and entertainment.
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Fredstone
Montgomery and Stone
Duke of Chimney Butte
Pathet News
Three Nurses Hurt In City Freak Accident
Three St. Luke's hospital nurses Anna Lehman Gertrude Lang and Rose Campbell were pinned under a fallen safety island on Roosevelt Road at Michigan Boulevard after a touring car swerved to avoid another vehicle. Alfred Gordon of 4714 Grand Boulevard drove north and struck the island, knocking over the lamp post and injuring the nurses. Miss Rachel Jackson of American Steel & Wire Company knows two of the nurses. The incident left them near death according to early morning Chicago papers.
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Chicago
St. Luke’s Hospital
Roosevelt Road
Michigan Boulevard
Rachel Jackson
American Steel & Wire Company
Anna Lehman
Gertrude Lang
Rose Campbell
St. Luke's Hospital
Illinois Central
Alfred Gordon
Grand Boulevard
Reparations Tangle Still in Great Snarl
Berlin dispatch reports the German cabinet delaying a reply to the reparations commission after Walter Rothenau’s London visit failed to secure a moratorium or British promise. Paris telegram notes Germany again misses a clause, with 15,000 tons of coke due to Lorraine and Luxembourg industries not delivered.
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Jy United
Berlin
Germany
Walter Rothenau
London
Paris
France
Allied Commission
Lorraine
Luxembourg
Ford Collision at Second and Lincoln Highway
A Ford owned by Al Beard and another owned by Frank Pritchard collided at Second and Lincoln Highway about 5 30 last night. Beard traveled west on Lincoln Highway while Pritchard approached from the north. the impact spun Beard’s car but it did not tip or injure occupants. Both cars suffered damage yet proceeded under their own power.
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al Beard
Fred Frost
Frank Pritchard
Second
Lincoln Highway
Beard
Pritchard
Crime Wave Rolls On In Gotham During Holiday Week
United Press reports New York City faces a continuing crime wave as the holiday week progresses. Charles Hayes, a Brooklyn salesman, was beaten to death by three bandits. Bernard Kelly was arrested after a roof-to-roof chase for shooting a hole in a show window and stealing coats. Police note a woman leader may have guided some suspects according to reports.
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United Press
New York
N. Y
Charles Hayes
Brooklyn
Bernard Kelly
Plan of France Shows Limits on Submarine Demands
France would accept submarine reductions only with a peace guarantee in the Atlantic similar to the four power Pacific treaty. Washington reports say France demands security assurances before reductions. November and December dispatches from Paris Washington Tokyo discuss Japan’s stance on ratifying the four power Pacific pact and limits on guaranteeing Japan's mainland.
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Paris
France
Atlantic
Frante
Washington, D. C
America
Naval Committee
O'Cloce Tokio
Japan
Itv Privy Council
United States
Old Resident Bernard Dugan Dies Sudden Career at Home
Bernard Dugan a longtime DeMalb resident aged about 90 died suddenly at his home on 1 Street last night after a brief attempt to rise from a chair He finished his evening meal and collapsed The family physician and Sunn company were summoned and the family is grief stricken No arrangements have been made for services yet
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Bernard Dugan
DeMalb
Dugan
Ali
Es “Sunn
Hal
Pleas to Dail Eireann to ratify peace verdict opens
United Press reports in Dublin that petitions urging ratification of the Anglo Irish treaty flooded Sinn Fein HQ. De Valera loyalists weighing abstention as Dail reconvenes January 3 to debate the pact amid public sentiment. In Illinois, Jean s Lockhard is found dead from gunshots and club blows after aiding a bank hold up, murder attributed to unknown assailants.
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Dail Eireann
Lockhard
United Free
Dublin
Ireland
Sinn Fein
de Valera
Dail
United Frensh
Edwardsville
Ill
Jeans Lockhard
Nokomis
Here
Kincaid
Apple Yield of the Dominion Is Heavy One
Canada’s 1921 apple crop reached 8 337 200 barrels with British Columbia producing 1 009 000, up from 504 540 barrels. The total value of the national crop is estimated at 30 000 000 dollars.
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Dominion
Uniret Rreass
Ottawa
Milwaukee Seeks Legal Light Wines and Beers
Milwaukee officials, citing a 90 to 1 vote at a council meeting, adopted a resolution urging Congress to legalize the sale of light wines and beers in the city. City records show strong support for relaxing alcohol laws and opening new revenue avenues.
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United Irian
Milwaukee
Wis
Milmaukee
City’ Council
Congress
Bold Bandits Work On Michigan Avenue
Chicago 11 Dec 28 Tyres bandits held up and robbed Edward escaping with 7000. The robbery occurred on crowded Michigan Boulevard in view of a police station. There was a special meeting of the Dell Chapter 6&2 R. A. M. Thursday evening to p u f y the work in the fourth degree. Mrs Marietta Earl of Chicago has been a guest at the G H Hub sberd home on East Lincoln Highway.
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Chicago
Edward "Hime
Milchigan Boulevard
Delley
Marietta Earl
Chicard
G. H. Hubsberd
East
Lincoln Highway
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