Civil War Vet George W Perry Dies at Sycamore
Civil War veteran George Washington Perry, born March 18, 1840, in Cortland Township, died Friday near Sycamore after a long life in the area. He enlisted in Illinois cavalry, fought at Gettysburg and the Wilderness, and served as a dispatcher for General Wilson. He leaves three children, including Mrs. Julia Lakin, and two sons, A. A. Perry of South Burlington and N. J. Perry of Chicago. Funeral services were held at South Burlington church with a firing squad and taps.
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Fredrick B. Brooks
Free ‘Methodist Church
Belvidere
F. E. Hurt
Robert E Holmes
George Washington Perry
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Helen Andrews
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Julia Lakin
North Sabin Street
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South Burlington R
N. J. Perry
Chicago
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Soldiers Postpone Cage Game After Sycamore Victory
Headquarters Company basketball team delayed their Public Service Rock game after Sycamore high squad reached finals. Rockford boys prep for next week with practice and a game set for Saturday in Rockford on January 1, 1930.
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Public Service Team
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Rockford
perfume magnate Chauncey Woodworth seeks divorce
In West Palm Beach Florida Chauncey Woodworth a wealthy perfume magnate faces a divorce suit filed by his wife Mrs Woodworth. The couple known in New York and Palm Beach society were previously in the news when another former wife sought to set aside a marriage decree. The recent filing is described as humiliating and involves property and social prominence.
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West Palm Beach
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Chauncey Atk Woodworth
New York
Palm Society
Chronicle Delivery Guarantee in DeKalb Chronicle
The DeKalb Daily Chronicle assumes responsibility for carrier delivery in Sycamore and offers special delivery on request. Subscribers can call Otto Fellinger at Sycamore 420 for a copy. Complaints are investigated and remedies provided. Carriers must be paid promptly each week to ensure profit.
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Sycamore
Otto Fellinger
Charity Ball Set by Sycamore Woman's Club
Tomorrow evening the Sycamore Woman's Club hosts its annual charity ball at the Fargo hotel. It will be a mixed dress affair inviting formal semi formal or informal attire. The crowd is usually large with lively conversation and dancing often crowded by the floor.
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Sycamore Woman's Club
Fargo Hotel
Queen Marie Discusses Marriage Customs and Dowries
Queen Marie of Romania speaks on royal marriage practices and dowries, noting Western misunderstandings of arranged marriages. She clarifies her stance on her daughter Ileana not smoking, and comments on press reports about her family, calling some international coverage unfair and irritating.
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Sata
United States
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Love Tragedy Ends Year With Double Death in St Louis
In St Louis, embalmer George Sutter, 35, and Nell Brown, 25, were found dead after a lovers quarrel turned fatal. Sutter telephoned intent to kill both, then shot Brown and himself after a cab ride to his apartment. Police call it a jealous lover incident, with both dying at a hospital.
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Dee
George TL
Sutter
Nell Brown
Stevin Geraghty
Evening Dance and Bankers Face High Stakes in Sycarmore
City youths expect an active evening as games and dances are limited to a single event in Sycarmore. Bankers riding five straight wins chase first place while Turner Brass plays in what could be a heated session. The Patten charity ball last week drew crowds before an injury and paralleled tonight’s tense atmosphere.
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Sycarmore
Turner Brass Crew
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J. V. Pat
Patten
Strick
Car Stolen Is Returned Same Night
Jack Patten, son of J. W. Patten, reported his car stolen Saturday night. Police recovered the Ford in the 400 block on Somonauk street around 3 am. Patrolman Guy Singer towed it to a garage. Patten said the motor was damaged by hard driving and the taillight broken, a pattern seen in previous thefts this fall.
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Jack Patten
Jack
Bowling At Center Has Scrap Ahead
League bowling scheduled at the community center tonight faces a disrupted week as the holiday season slows play and teams fall behind in number.
Pencil Maker Is Found Dead In Hotel Room
Wilfred E. Gerry a 52 year old pencil manufacturer and Rite Rite Pencil Corp president was found dead in an Embassy Hotel room in Chicago Indiana by his 44 year old sweetheart Molly Arndt. A poison bottle lay nearby and a son-in-law called it suicide due to stock market losses.
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Chicago
Wilfred E. G
Embassy Hotel
Molly Lou Arndt
Gerry
Miss Arndt
North Side
Rite-Rite Pencil Corporation
London
Ontario
William Schroeder
Wisconsin Seeks Causes of Baraboo Sore Throat Epidemic
Madison reports a mysterious sore throat outbreak in Baraboo with over 200 cases in a month and six deaths. Health officials Floyd Rath and two assistants will inspect Baraboo’s milk supply while University of Wisconsin experts Dr. W. D. Forst and Dr. W. D. Stowell study other angles. A house to house canvass will determine exact case counts and progression noting rheumatism erysipelas and arthritis as subsequent conditions.
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Baraboo
Floyd Rath
W. D. Forst
University of Wisconsin
W. D. Stowell
State Laboratory of Hygiene
Woman set ablaze after domestic quarrel in St Louis
Mrs Augusta Widner, 36, set herself on fire after a household argument. She poured turpentine on her dress and ignited it, becoming a human torch. Her husband tried to extinguish the flames with his bare hands and was severely burned.
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St. Louis
Augusta Widner
Movie of Army May Have Boy From Sycamore
Fans await the film His First Command hoping a former Sycamore boy named Albert Hoffman known as Dutch appears. Stationed at Fort Riley Kansas with a regular army cavalry outfit he may be seen in the talkie as the unit uses the entire cavalry detachment and he rises from corporal to sergeant. Hoffman joined the regulars, served three years, reenlisted, and is now in the second hitch of his service.
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Sycamore
Albert Hoffman
Fort Riley
Kas
Hiteh
Briefing in Arcment Case Fails to Yield Details
A woman died shortly after hospital admission following an arcment event. Police have not learned the motive or details as they question Winer. Officials plan to question him again today to seek more information.
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Winer
Officits
Anniversary of Great Fire Remembered in Chicago
The 20th anniversary of the Iroquois Theatre fire is marked in Chicago with survivors recounting the disaster at a meeting of the Iroquois Memorial Association at Iroquois Memorial Hospital. The 1903 blaze killed 675 people, many women and children, as panic and trampling ensued after flames broke out during a matinee.
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Chicago
Trolanis Theatre
Iroquois Memorial Association
Iroquois Memorial Hospital
Aged Woman Personal Crisis Ended in Tragic Death
Alton, TH reports the death by hanging of Anna Caldwell, 70, employed at a farm for feeble minded children near here. Her body was found suspended by a cord from a window. The case notes fear and personal crisis as motive while local residents recall remarks.
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Ulm
Windness
Hue
Anna Caldwell
Here
New Konjola Promises Glorious Health Gains
Patient Dwlois Bracken reports kidney and bladder relief after using New Konjola. He says night awakenings stopped, swelling faded, appetite returned, and nerves steadied, calling Konjola the master medicine in a testimonial from Morton.
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Morton
Mixed races are best growers continued from page one
Professors G W Stewart of Iowa and R B Harvey of Minnesota discuss talent, education, and plant hardening. Stewart warns talent is common but underutilized, while Harvey suggests autumn hardening can help plants withstand winter conditions.
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G. W. Stewart
University of Iowa
Phi Kappa Stewart
R. B. Harvey
Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station
Harvey
Wheat Suffers in Sunny Winters, Iowa Professor Says
Professor W F Loehwing of the University of Iowa warns that prolonged sunny weather in autumn and winter promotes poor wheat growth. He notes that sunshine yellows the plant and reduces the grain's iron content, challenging crop resilience during cold periods.
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W. F. Loehwing
University of Iowa
Aimee's Group Plans Visit to Watch Night Services
Milwaukee dispatch reports about 1percent of Aimee Semple McPherson's Four Square Gospel church planning to travel to Waukegan Illinois for watch night services scheduled by Sister Bessie B Lacy, an aide to Mrs McPherson.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Aimee Semple McPherson
Four-Square Gospel Church
Waukegan, I
Bessie B. Lacy
Mrs. McPherson
Same Ailments Tit Bits Snippet
A fragment from Tit-Bits presents a humorous exchange about ailments. A man asks about his car and wife with a pithy, joking tone. The brief quip contrasts mechanical trouble with domestic routine in a light domestic vignette.
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