Ships to be built in Sycamore soon
Sycamore residents celebrate plans by the Stiles Aircraft Company to manufacture airships. Financiers pledged $500 each toward a $3,000 fund to build the first monoplane, with Chicago equipment loaded and a factory space established. If the first ship succeeds, orders for more craft and two passenger ships expected, possibly selling for under $2,000 each. News items welcome via the Sycamore Inn.
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Stiles Aircraf
Sycamore
Bus-Nees
Archer Peck
Chicago
Perten
Artecraft Company
Wee
Co Throuch
Alteon
Mieht & Successful
Ampttation & Tavuraibe
Roads in the Country Loft
Weather and road conditions in Tara area after recent rain. Roads remain soft with slick surfaces and frost hampering auto traffic. Officials warn that further freezing could make travel difficult and some routes impassable until ground firms up.
Work Halted on Community Building Construction
Rain halted cement foundations work on the community building project after several laborers carried out initial pours. Once weather returns to normal and temperatures rise, cement work is expected to resume.
Decorations in the Stores Are Taken Down
Wm visiting many of the stores in this city notes that after Christmas gift buying ends, shopkeepers begin removing stock and decorations. Only a few stores on the busier street remain active as this Christmas season closes, and business men report the usual exchange work was less strenuous than expected this year.
Chicago Depester Sent to County Jail Here
Chicago records show a person named Miller booked on charges of violation of the Harrison art. He was brought to the county jail Tuesday night and will remain there until his trial is called in Chicago.
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Chicago
Depester
Bi Miller
gremEps
Miller
Harrison
Sycamore society events mark busy week in town
A busy week in Sycamore featured a dance of the Sycamore Chamber of Commerce and Sycamore Woman’s Club at the Farg e hotel with J H Hudson speaking. Later, the Eastern Sea and Blue Ledge officers were installed at the Masonic hall amid a large crowd and a post-ceremony luncheon and dancing. Frances Tyrrell and Raymond Usland wed at the Federated parsonage, with plans to live in Sycamore after Chicago visits. Gust A Petersen and wife celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary with a 130-guest dinner at Salem Lutheran church, and Mr and Mrs Fred Peterson traveled from Warren, Minn., to attend. Charles Blake, Virinia Smillie, and Charl Elwood were noted in local notices, including a Christmas-morn elopement and a lost diamond ring on the return trip. Dr. Smith and grandson were in Chicago today.
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Eastern Sea
Blue Ledge
Masonic Hall
Sycamore
Frances
Tyrrell
Raymond Usland
HH. & Rebbee
Somonayk Street
Sycamore High School
Pearance
Ugland
Colder
Ueland
Chicago
Gust A. Petersen
Salem Lutheran Church
W. E. Pearson
DeKalbux
Picazo Herald Examiner
Charles Blake
Cheato
Smith
Aay
Basketball Players Set to Join Oregon Trip
Auto loads of rooters will travel to Oregon this evening to back the Headquarters team as they meet the fast American Legion squad. Oregon is said to boast unusually quick players and a sharp floor game, and the soldier boys aim to start strong to stall the home team's pace.
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Oregon
American Legion
Cace
Soldier Boys
Cottage Row Resident Improves After Illness
Reports say A. J. Tyler of Cottage Row, taken ill with heart trouble last week, is improving. Tyler worked on the Community House alterations when he was stricken. His physician ordered rest, and recovery is expected to be rapid.
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A. J. Tyler
Cottage Row
Tyler
Many Calls for Taxicabs in the Morning Hours
Morning hours saw unusually high taxi demand as none of the students attended school. Companies with cabs were kept on the jump throughout the morning while rain persisted. Drivers reported careful handling and aimed for prompt service on all calls, noting increased activity.
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Sreamore
Furniture Man Displays 1928 License Plates in Sycamore
C. V. Kebil, a Sycamore furniture man, becomes the first resident to display the 1928 license plates. He received the numbers yesterday and promptly mounted them on his car within an hour. The brown plates feature a Nebt tue flure and a newer numeric style than prior years.
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C. V. Kebil
Sycamore
Johnson Changes Radio Speaker to Front of Store
Phares M. Johnson of the Hee aneye Inn moved the store radio loudspeaker from the rear parlors to the front. He said too many people in chairs in the ice cream parlor crowded the space and made it inconvenient for patrons and workers.
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Johnson
Phares M. Johnson
Heeaneye Inn
Mr. Johnson
Accused Pair Plea Delays Robbery Case in County
By not guilty pleas despite Previews confession, William Reed and Vernon Rockwell of Freeport secured delays in their cases. Meanwhile, co-defendants Earl Downey and his brother EA Downey received prison terms of three to five years. Mannette, Wis, Dec yevo.
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William Reed
Vernon Rockwell
Freeport
Jadie Henry Grass
Earl Downey
Downey
Calendar Fans Start Work in the City Today
Today the city sees many youngsters visiting stores asking for calendars for the new year. Several girls worked the east side collecting samples from multiple shops, aiming to secure the best calendars available.
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Calender
East Side Firm Moves Store to New Location
Wiltherzer Brothers shift fixtures and merchandise to the Wiltherzer home at Fifth and Prime streets. A sales room and workshop are set on one side of the building. Some stock remains on East Lincoln Highway with plans for a public announcement by year’s end.
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East Side
Wiltherzer Brothers
Wiltherzer
Fifth
Prime Streets
East Lincoln Highway
Irrigation Dam Breaks Floods Green River Valley
A wall of water raced down the upper Green river valley in Wyoming, causing severe damage to ranches and threatening large cattle losses after an irrigation dam near Rock Springs burst early today. The collapse, blamed on accumulated ice, was heard for miles.
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Rock Springs
Wyo
Green River
Lindberghs Wife Evangeline Lindbergh Air Tour Stops
Mrs Evangeline Lindbergh returning from Mexico City to Detroit made brief stops in Dallas and San Antonio as her Ford monoplane refueled. Pilot Brooks and Harry Grooks described plans to push toward St Louis Dallas Tulsa and Chicago as weather and fuel allowed.
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Lindbergh
Muskogee
Okla
Evangeline Lindbergh
Mexico City
Detroit
Dallas
San Antonio
St.Louis
Chicago
Ty Brooks
St. Lavais
Harry Grooks
Tulsa
Tex
Race and Crime Links by Illinois Inmates in 1926
A Department of Public Welfare study of 3766 Illinois inmates in 1926 shows racial patterns in crime. Italians, Mexicans, and Africans led murder and manslaughter convictions. English, Irish, and German dominated burglary. French, Slavic, and Hebrew top larceny. Scotch, Hebrew, and German in confidence games. Greek, Italian, and Slovonic in robbery. Greeks, Dutch, Flemish, and Scotch in crimes against chastity. Italians showed no confidence game offenders. Mexicans and Scandinavians had no chastity offenders.
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Springfield
Illinois
Department of Public Welfare
Fire Scare on North Seventh Street Reported
Firemen were summoned yesterday afternoon to a North Seventh Street residence after occupants noticed smoke rising toward the ground in clouded air and reported a chimney burning out with no damage to the building.
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North Seventh Street
Grain market notes and mixed commodity signals from Chicago report
The Chicag o market shows weakness in wheat and oats with minor declines in corn while late day rally boosts prices. Export activity remains light and receipts are variable across cities with cold weather and looming large arrivals influencing traders. Provisions slip as market dulls though some grains firm slightly.
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Timothy
Liverpool
Canada
Northwest
Chicago Livestock Prices and Receipts Report
Department of Agriculture notes receipts for cattle at 7,000 with strong to uneven higher trading, best steers around year highs, vealers higher, cows and bulls up modestly, stockers slow. Sheep receipts 21,000. lambs down to 2 cents, heavy demand steady. Hogs 47,000. market steady to lower with heavy weights down and lighter weights steady. Chicago market mixed, some regional gains and overall firmness in select classes.
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Ies
Pittsboreham
Cleveland
Chiraco
Chicago
Pittsburgh
East Buffalo
Sebisher
Pittshore
Department of Agriculture
Heart Disease Tops Disorders During Year
State health director Dr Isaac D Rawlings reports heart disease led all fatal disorders in Illinois last year. He notes early detection and heart clinics with specialists could improve outcomes. Heart disease was the primary cause of death for those over forty, accounting for 14 341 Illinois deaths and sixteen percent of all fatalities.
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Springfield
Isaac D. Rawlings
Illinois
Rum Runner Found Dead on Indiana Road
William Rebec, a rum runner and alleged member of the Exan Rats of St Louis, was found shot to death under a culvert six miles north of Terre Haute Indiana. Farmers reported seeing a car stop, a body thrown out, and the vehicle moving toward Terre Haute amid suspected renewed gang violence.
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Ferre Haute
Ind
U.1s
William Rebec
Exan Rats
St.Louis
Here
Rebec
Terré Haute
State Bank Closes at Champaign
The Ahnos Trust and Saves bank of Champaign was ordered closed today by state bank examiners. A statement was issued concerning the financial condition of the institution.
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State Bank
Champaign
Todas
Champaign, ii
Ahnos Trust and Saves Bank of Champaign
Nei
Osborn Elected Head of Scientists
Henry Fairfield Osborn of the American Museum of Natural History New York was elected president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science at the meeting in Nashville Tennessee on December 29 19... He heads the scientific body succeeding to leadership amid the organization’s annual gathering.
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Nashville
Tenn
Henry Fairfield Osborne
American Museum of Natral History
New York
American Action For the Advancement of Seageem
Is There No Relief From Skin Torture
An advertisement pitches S S S as a long standing remedy for skin disease. It claims over a century of relief and cites a testimonial from a sufferer who endured eczema for twenty four years. The copy emphasizes herbal roots and systemic cleansing to “throw off the cause” and notes affordability.
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S.S.S
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Plete
Stues Amcraft Companys
Promises
Ewun Wens
Sycamore Chamber of Commerce
Sycamore Woman's Club
Farge Hotel
J. H. Hudson
Mines Chamber of Commerce
Chronicle
Ferdinant Buisson
Lindy
Cc Uba
Wisconsin
Idaho
Allied Chemical
American Can
Amaconda
Rock Island
Timken
United States Steel Stewart Warmer
Dee
Livestock Review
Der
Hegmar
Pittesburgh
E. L. Smith
Lincoln Highway
DeKalb Dry Goods
Indiana Road
James I
Southwark
Military Intelligence Division
U. S. Army
Chevrolet
Sawyer & Sons
Osborn
Philco AB
Philco
Prescott
Lincoln
Victory
DonGe Brothers
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