Glee Club Delights Sycamore With Annual Concert
Sycamore residents packed the university campus church for Tin Glee Club’s annual concert. After the program, ta shindig at the Elks club featured alumni socializing and dancing. Sherman Schoonmaker led the School of Music performance praised for humor, folk and classical selections, soloists, quartet, and instrumental numbers.
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Sycamore
Tin Glee Dish & Musical Organization
Univererty
Tinot
Mts
Elks Club
Tminois
Elke
Proma
Greg Clth
Snether
Oetette
Praeram
Sherman Schoonmaker
School of Music of the Univresite
Waltons Meet Monday Night for Business
Walton League members plan a meeting Monday night at the National Bank rooms to discuss two or three important propositions of interest to Sycamore. Officers are urging a large attendance to cover the matter.
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Nak Walton League
National Bank Rooms
Sycamore
B ‘Ion
Installation of Eastern Star and Masonic Officers At Local Hall
The Eastern Star and Masonic Lodge installed their officers in a ceremony at the Masonic hall drawing many attendees. Worthy Matron Annette Duval and Worthy Patron L. W. Duval presided as others including Olive Miller and Jennie Witta Conneress filled key roles. Remarks recalled Duval’s 13-year journey in the order and honored installing officers from Sycamore Lodge A. F. & A. M. plus statements on the lodge’s service.
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Eastern Star
Bine Lodge
Masonic Hall
Theen Hanson
Charles Anderson
Fred JL Greenwald
CF. Koehn
Ava Stark
Roy Montfaltine
Metalline
Annette Duval
L. W. Duval
Pearl Maeser
Olive Miller
Jennie Witta
Ellen Paterom
Estelle Toute
Fannie Astiine
Rosa Honesm
Weethy
Stack
Seston
Stak
Stark
Stenstrom
Tyter
s@aiaen
Klemmédsth
Hennis
Roy
Inventory to Start in City With Year End Close
With the new year, many stores begin annual inventories recording merchandise, cost prices, and preparing sheets for management. Some firms keep yardage records up to date, pinning slips with price tags for quick tallying, while factory timing varies and may begin after year start.
Make Repairs Dairy Company in Short Time
Fire damaged the North Side Dairy building and equipment with losses over 500 dollars. Fire Chief Button says reconstruction will begin soon if insurance settles fast. The dairy continues milk supply to customers during repairs and aims to complete work quickly.
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Dairy Company
North Side Dairy Company
Button
North Side
Judge Carpenter to speak at Chamber banquet in January
Interest grows as Judge Fred E. Carpenter of Rockford is named as the speaker for the Chamber of Commerce forum and banquet. Ticket sales will begin soon and the committee may add more numbers to the program, to be announced later.
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Judge Carpenter
Fred E. Carpenter
Rockford
Chamber of Commerce
TI Chamber of Commerce
Illinois
Police Chief Questions Bays Story About $140 Missing
Police Chief Fred Mitchell doubts the three youths who say they acted as Good Samaritans by taking a man home. He suspects the boys know more, noting one admitted six weeks of unemployment and carrying over $50 from dice games. The investigation aims to recover the $140 missing from the man.
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Bays
Fred’ Mitchell
Mississippi
Black Hawk
New York
Judge Pond Ill Not At Bench in County Court
A county court session was canceled due to Judge W L Pond’s illness. The DeKalb County jurist reportedly has a severe cold and will follow the doctor’s orders, with a three day bed rest possible. He is expected to return to duties within a day or two.
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Judge Pond
Urgounu
W. L. Pond
DeKalb County
Sporting Goods Store Opens In Townsend Building
Sporting Goods to Store Is Now in 2 Full Operation With A. W. Davis in charge Prescott's Sporting Goods and Radio store in the Townsend building is in full operation though not all stock has arrived. Radios on the floor and a large speaker outside draw attention. Davis says a complete assortment will be added as the season for sporting goods arrives, making the city home to one of the first such stores.
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Sporting Goods
A. W. Davis
Prescott
Townsend
Plaster Work At New School Progressing Rapidly
Plastering at the new school advances swiftly despite cold weather. A large crew is on site and the contractor plans to complete all work and have the building ready for the school board's acceptance by March 1, 1927.
From Injury to Head Frank Lee Tragedy Incurred
A garbled report notes Frank Lee suffered a head injury after a slip and fall. The brief mentions medical attention and an urgent condition but lacks clear details on outcome or location. The item preserves the basic incident and named individual from the damaged text.
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Frank Lee
Abe
Illustrated Norway lecture at Salem Lutheran church
Rev W E Pearson will present an illustrated lecture on Norway at Salem Lutheran church Friday night. The event includes a short cantata by the Ladies Chorus, sponsored by the Laither League. Refreshments to follow and the program offers a view of Norway’s famed scenery.
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W. E. Pearson
Salem Lutheran Church
Norway
Laither League
Black Hawk and Shabbona in Illinois History
A reflective piece tracing Black Hawk and Shabbona, contrasts between legends and the real figures who shaped frontier Illinois. It cites Shabbona’s grave at Morris, notes Black Hawk’s own account in Life of Black Hawk, and outlines frontier warfare, treaty fraud, and the Bad Axe massacre.
Black Hawk and Shabbona in Later Years
A narrative contrasts the fates of Black Hawk and Shabbona as white settlement expands. Black Hawk endures capture and eroding status, proud yet humiliated, while Shabbona, once Tecumseh’s ally, serves as militia scout and pleads for spared Sac and Fox women, showing both bravery and disillusion in the face of upheaval.
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Shabbona
Rock River
Black Hawk
Discovering Illinois Fifty Years Ago Spotlight on Black Hawk Tale
The piece recalls Black Hawk and Shabbana as symbols of native resistance and submission within Illinois history. It notes few Indians earned recognition in state history and frames the essay as part of a Chamber of Commerce series to promote Illinois development and knowledge.
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Black Hawk
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Sycamore News Gramere
Chronicle
Seeaneye ‘En
Andiall
Imn
Seeaneye Inn
Glee Club
University of Minois Musical Organization
Eccordine
Waltons
Raymond Lechan
National Tea Company
Robert Irish
W. A. Herrick
Ose Tinttere
DeKalb Yeetorday
F. Robbe
Forr
Effe Crawford
Minrifa
Fey
Her
Rose
Oman
Betty
Simpeon
New School
Ben
King Ben Parnell
House of David
Benton Harbor
Mich
Bessie Woodworth
DE Kalb
P. M. Swansen
P. M. Swanson
Laurenniad Snes
New York City
Ja“gra Swansen
T. Arthur Johnson
Tommie
Ockford
Alfred Dresser
William Dresser
James Dresser
DeKalb
Harold Griswold
Elva
Oscar Wallin
T Danae
Mor FE. Johnsen
Bessie Christensen
Charles Indrson
Delhalt
George Fagan
Aurora
Ee Dpdesser
John Carlson
Arthur Swensen
Warren
Chicago
Thur Carlson
Howar and
Harriett
Milan
Ralph Weinlund
Oscar Bremer
Ho ‘Ty Swayer
Arthur
Swanson and Sons
Lee
Clyde
Maywood
James Rogers
Emma
Ruth
Alfred
Dresser
Wallace Huntley
Will Rich
Howard Rich
Creston
Christ
Peter Sorenson
Ellen Wallin
Berniece Wallin
Eunice Wallin
Arthur Swanson
T. Arthur Johnson and Son
Edward Swanson
Elmer Swanson
W. G., Swanson
Miss Pegey Martin
Rochelle
Ilinois
Glack Hawk
Oregon
Ill
Black Hawk Division
Black Lawk
Morris, Til
Shabma
Laaten
Jack Hawk
Belan
Beloit
Madison
Wis
Cole
Blas
Kaiser Bros
Nares Honey&star
Kirchner's Drug Store
Seventh Street
H. A. Beacham
the Workingmen’s Headquarters
Davy’s Store
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