Sycamore Prepares for Growth in 1927 Prospects
Progressive residents and the Chamber of Commerce map a busy year for Sycamore Illinois with more paved streets, resurfacing of ragged avenues, new storefronts along State Route 28, and a planned modern Fargo hotel lease. The new school building will open early in the year, while industrial prospects and fire department needs prompt ongoing monitoring in a year citizens anticipate as transformative.
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Beneft
Chamber of Commerce
Sycamore
Illinois
Fargo
Gemeva
Stiles
Dis
DeKalb Circuit Court Session Hears Wings Divorce Case
Judge Wyam J. Fulton presided over a DeKalb circuit court session where several motions were argued and orders issued. In the afternoon the Wings divorce case drew attention among those acquainted with the principals, with no immediate court adjournment expected and further actions anticipated later.
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Ceith
Wyam J. Fulton
DeKalb
American Legion to Hold January Meeting Announcement
Official sources announce the first renting of 192T will be held on Thursday evening January 9 at the American Legion meeting. A supper and remarks will be served and a program to follow.
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American Legion
Rageehmencs
New Year Ball Draws Promise of Large Attendance at Merce Hall
Society news notes indicate a big turnout planned for the Sycamore Wom ens Club New Year’s Eve dance at Merce hall to fund club work. Details of pricing dress code and program reflect careful planning. Other items include a Christmas meeting of the Sycamore Business and Professional Woman’s Club with a Santa Claus tree, a pot luck bridge dinner, and local residents visiting from Geneva and Pittsburg while public figures attend Opera events in Chicago.
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Tonicht
Merce Hall
Sycamore Women's Club
Sycamore Business
Guild Hall
Santa Claus
Frank E. Stevens
Elizabeth Crum
Henry Parke
Genoa Road
Courthouse to Close for Weekend Holiday Schedule
Courthouse offices close this evening and reopen Monday morning with only the coin clerk and county clerk on call. County Sheriff will maintain headquarters at the jail while the courthouse office is shut for the day.
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Earl Joiner
Knowlton to Celebrate Birthday With Alleys Marked Day
Jerry Knowlton a former top ten pin bowler celebrates his 63rd birthday on January 9 and invites others to roll ten pins with him on January 8 or 11. He plans five or ten consecutive games, challenges any participant, and bets he will win most games and total pins.
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Knowlton
Jerry Knowlton
Moose bowlers defeat DeKalb Knights of Pythias on the road
Moose bowling team members Bud Lindquist Joe Quinn John Turkelson Dick Ingram and Glenn Niebergzall traveled to DeKalb Wednesday to face the Knights of Pythias. The Moose squad won by pins though none reached 200. The next match likely at Sycamore alleys.
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Moose
DeKalb
Bud Lindquist
Joe Quinn
John Turkelson
Dick Ingram
Glenn Niebergzall
Knights of Pythias
Sycamore
Congregational Troop of Boy Scouts Organized Here
A new Congregational Church Troop of Boy Scouts has been organized and is functioning at nearly full strength. Scoutmaster Jansen and Assistant Scoutmaster Danielson lead the program for the season. Patrol leaders Edward Boies and John Waterman, with George Knipp as scribe, are named. The group meets Tuesday nights and aims to become a leading unit in the city.
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Congregational Ciurch Dnatties
Jansen
Stores to Close This Saturday for New Year Holiday
Local stores will stay closed all day Saturday except provisions, with food stores opening in the morning and closing at ten. Businesses will operate tonight until nine, and starting next week will close every evening except Saturday until April.
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Provision Star
Saturda
Busine Men Sig
Missing West Chicago girl on train sparks family anxiety
Word reached YC tower near noon that the girl seen by the conductor on the train lives at West Chicago and got off at the Chicago terminal. Friends fear she missed her mother and may have run errands downtown before returning home. No word from Chicago by noon as anxious parents await word. Alice Keenan spent Thursday evening in Chicago.
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West Chicago
Chicago
Grain prices tumble on December delivery in Chicago
December grains drop as traders sell heavily on the delivery date. Wheat closes 7-8 to 3 1-2 lower, corn 1 5-8 to 1-2 lower, with slow demand and liberal tenders depressing prices. Cash markets vary, receipts listed, and livestock futures show mixed moves amid broad price declines.
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Grain Review
Chicago
U.P
Young Americas
Country In Fine Shape For New Year Prosperity Review
Federal data show high general prosperity with low unemployment and a favorable trade balance near 375 million. Exports around 4.825 billion. imports 4.45 billion. Motor vehicle production climbs to 4.446 million. steel output up. coal, electricity, and railroad activity rise. public debt reduced to about 19 billion. Agriculture faces postwar adjustment, especially cotton.
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America
Mellon
Commerce Department
Great Seal of Jehovah Topic At Advent Christian Church
Rev J H Crouse preached on the Great Seal of Jehovah from Rev 7 3 a sealed living God inward mark designating God s own The sermon highlighted grace mercy and the sealing period as pivotal for missionaries and souls won The audience was urged to attend tonight s Finding God and Miss Marion Reed of Rockford will visit Miss Dorothy O Brien for New Year s Eve
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J. H. Crouse
Advent Christian Church
Rev
Crouse
Christ
Jesus Christ
God
Kosher Poultry Market Boss Quips on Ethnic Slur
New York on December 31 reports John Langley, operator of a Kosher poultry market in Long Island City, remarking that he and all his staff are Irish and Celtic, defending his slaughtering Rabbi with a provocative question about Jews selling crucifixes on the east side.
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New York
U.P
John Langley
Long Island City
Langley
DeKalb Sees 1927 Growth Hope Amid Bank Savings Rise
The DeKalb community reports rising savings accounts through the year, with farmers' relief cited as boosting business. Optimists expect 1927 to match or surpass 1926 as building expands including homes, a large garage complex, and a hotel under rapid progress, though several projects remain pending.
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DeKalb
Mexico Oil Confiscation Crisis Averted Hint
Officials urge U S aid to extend time for confirms concessions while Mexico lines up protection for foreign oil properties valued at 500 million dollars. Calles government hints oil holdings will be protected whether registered or not, and Morones signals possible compromise to settle the dispute.
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State Department
Mexico
Calles
Kellogg
United States
DeKalb to Buy Best Coals From City Fuel 1927
City Fuel and Supply Co resolves to furnish DeKalb residents with the best coal obtainable in 1927. A resident states intent to purchase all coal from the company.
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City Fuel and Supply Co
DeKalb
City. Fuel & Supply Co
Holt, Ferguson
North 7Th Street
Equalized school funding reform proposed for Illinois counties
A legislative committee outlines a bill to revise the distributive school fund. It cites wide gaps in per child assessed valuation across counties and cities, with poorer districts paying higher taxes while rail lines erase revenue. The plan calls for higher minimum standards, targeted aid to needier districts, and removal of stimulative elements that favor wealthy areas.
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Legislative Committee of
Till Association
Association
Williamson
Quincy
West Frankfort
Winnetka
Johnston City
Illinois Central Railroad
Illinois Central
Marion County
Herrin
Saline
Jackson
Franklin
Moore
Henderson County
Jack
Untidy OCR note on district funding and upcoming legislature
The readable fragment discusses two main points about districts and funding. It notes that owned districts achieving this goal likely require special help and that distributing the remaining funds must be uniform. A reference to a school funding issue describes it as tedious for the legislature meeting next Wednesday.
Gust Nelson Returns Home From Illness
Friends of Gust Nelson report he is able to spend part of each day in a chair after an illness last summer and an operation at the Gliddun. Nelson had been employed for years at the Andersen Brothers store and is now recovering at home.
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Gu Nelson
Andersen Brothers
Nelson
Gliddun
Hospital patient Nelson gains daily chair time in recovery
Nelson, once confined to bed after discharge from hospital, now spends part of each day in a chair and shows fouright improvement. Friends hope for a rapid recovery as he regains strength. Mail order wife story from Hiawatha Kansas notes Edward Hearley answered an ad and wed. divorce petition denied by the court. The Chronicle Want Ads promise results.
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Nelson
Hiawatha
Edward Hearley
Mirried
Alfoines Court
Bewatey
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Pittsburg
Mrs
Walter Schulz
Geneva
Cassius Poust
Opera
Herbert Johnson
Chicago Civic Opera Company
Alice Keenan
Department of Agriculture
Marion Heed
Rockford
Dorothy O'Brien
Busness
Industries
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Morones
Boston Store
Lincoln Highway
Gust Nelson
Sawyer & Sons
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Edward Swanson
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