Wind Destroys Nehring Brothers Stack At East Lincoln Hwy
Weekend wind caused major damage across the area including the 30 foot steel stack at the Nehring Brothers factory on East Lincoln Highway. Trees and wires fell, telephone service suffered outages, and two fires caused about 500 dollars in damage. Fire crews fought a chimney fire at Jacob Haish properties and a lamp explosion sparked interior damage.
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Nehring Brothers
Lincoln
Nebving Brothers
Telephone Company
Jacob Haish
East
Lincoln Highway
Pine
Fourth Street
Watson Leads in Movements for Iliinois Agriculture
Chauncey B. Watson, new vice president of the Illinois Agricultural Association, receives prominence in coverage of the McNary Haughen bill. He says tariffs protect industry and immigration laws aid labor, while the bill aims to shield the farmer. He notes wheat prices, saying 120 bushels once bought a binder, now 250 are needed. He also heads a committee on association insurance.
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Chauncey B. Watson
Ilinois Agricultural Association
McNary- Haughen
Watson
Association
Favorable Reports From City Hospital On Two Patients
Reports from the city hospital today note two patients improving after days of critical illness. Ebmer Carlson shows pneumonia improvement while William Pooler is progressing well. Meanwhile, a Kiwanis Minstrel Frolic at the High School Auditorium draws crowds with curtain at 15 cents and seating at one dollar. Tom Mix appears at the Princess tonight in Single Shot Parker.
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City Hospital
Ebmer Carlson
Wiliam Pooler
Tom Mix
The
Princess For Tonight
Parker
Shet Parker
Educator's Wife Is at Hospital for Treatment
Mrs J Stanley Brown wife of the president of the Northern Illinois State Normal school was taken to Glidden hospital Friday afternoon after several days of ailment The attending physician deemed hospital treatment best and doctors do not report her condition as serious She may not remain long before returning home
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J. Stanley Brown
Northern Illinois State Normal School
Glidden Hospital
Brown
Legion Meeting In DeKalb Urges Bonus Support
Mandell Brothers Post commander W G McCarthy will speak at the Ameri can Legion in DeKalb this evening. Members are urged to attend with at least one guest as the post promotes support for the wartime compensation bill now before Congress. A luncheon, dinner-membership contest plans, and squad-based recruitment will be featured as ex service men gather at post headquarters above Butch Weinlund's shop.
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W.G. McCarthy
Mandell Brothers
Chicago
McCarthy
Congress
DeKalb Post
Legion
Butch Weinlund
Aurora
Plang
Mystery Surrounds Damage to Lincoln Highway Post
Uncertain culprit in damage to the ornamental grit post at the southeast corner of Fourth Street and the Lincoln Highway intersection. Observers report the act occurred Saturday night or Sunday dawn, likely by an auto dumper or similar vehicle, leaving the globe and post broken and the post leaning against a tree.
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Fourth Street
Lincoln Highway
Patriot passion and pacifist critique in wartime letter
A DeKalb woman who sent her son to World War I denounces pacifist student bodies in college and urges stern government action. She asserts loyalty tests for Americans and argues for conscription and a strong policy against traitors, demanding punishment for those opposing war.
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DeKalb
America
Legion
Bureaus of Propaganda
China
Trumbauer Moved to St Marys Hospital Today
Trumbaur, long patient at Glidden hospital with serious but not critical condition, was today removed to the St Marys hospital. Officials indicate every effort will be made for his care during this time.
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Trumbauer
St. Mary’s
P. S
Trumbaur
Glidden Hospital
8 Ma
Crazy Man Holds Police Force at Bag land Ohio
Police stormed a rooming house in Bag land Ohio on Sunday night using bar bombs to subdue a demented man who had terrorized neighbors and held four squads of officers at bay since 7 30 PM The man was wounded during the raid and captured and rushed to a hospital for treatment
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Bagland
Ohio
Convicts Kill Guard and Escape in Missouri Break
Reported in Jefferson City three convicts killed an aged guard at a Missouri facility and escaped. The incident follows confusion at the state capital as authorities hunt for the fugitives while the public is urged to support local events and a pastry cook position is advertised.
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Jeferson City
James Hart
Missouri Litertiary
First Show of Frolic at DeKalb High School
The Kiwanis Minstrel Frolic, titled Beyond the Rio Grande, is announced for February 26 at the DeKalb High School auditorium. Mise Norton's class leads music with glee clubs in a home talent production, with rehearsals under R. E. Howell and Larrington Adams Inc, promising lavish costumes and scenery and a hoped-for strong turnout.
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Rio Grande
Mise Norton
DeKalb
Mrolic
RE. V. Howell
Rom Larrington Adams
Kelly
Joffeys
Ebilux
Howell
Secor
Chet
Beghtols in Sorrow in DeKalb Community
Mrs J W Beghtol died at the family home on Sixteenth Avenue Sterling after a several month illness. She lived 69 years, active in the Methodist church and the Home and Foreign Missionary Societies. Survived by husband J W Beghtol, three sons C F Beghtol L R Beghtol J B Beghtol of DeKalb, two daughters Mrs Philip Boos and Mrs Bert Staton.
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Beghtol
de. Kalb
J. W. Beghtol
Beu
Sixteenth Avenue
Storling
Elone
Howe
Howe of Her Family Reside Was Neve
Heghtel
Wether
Ehuseb
Sterling
Ehurch
J. W. Bexhtol
C.F. Heevhtul
Rock Island
L. R
J. B. Beghtol
Beghtol Lirothers
DeKalb
Philip Boos
This City
Bert Staton
Kiwanis Minstrel Frolic Funds Aid Annie's Woods
Funds from the Kiwanis Minstrel Frolic at the high school auditorium go toward improving Annie's Woods. The event netted money with first pet selling for 15 dollars.
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Annie’s Woods
Brennan Is Particular in Chicago Car Collision
John J Brennan of Clare has a collision with Andy Gumps Rolls Royce in Chicago causing considerable damage to both vehicles. Brennan escaped serious injury but his car needed garage repairs while Smiths Rolls suffered heavy damage. The wreck occurred on a slippery morning as both drivers attempted to stop. insurance covers the claims. Brennan returned home late with a painful side from the steering wheel impact.
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John J. Brennan
Clare
Chicago
de Kalb
Rolls Royce
Andy Gump
Sydney Smith
Brennan
Mr. Brenan
Andy Grip
Smith
Fred Brishot
J. J. Masterson
Muddy Lincoln Highway Deteriorates Road Safety
Motorists report the Lincoln Highway resembles a dirt road during spring rains with cement pavement obscured by three to four inches of mud in places, making fast driving hazardous. City streets have been cleaned recently and the city appearance improves daily.
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Aurora
Vocational guidance lecture by Chester Sanford at state college
Parents and students are urged to attend a Friday Lyceum lecture at the state teachers college auditorium by Chester Milton Sanford an authority on vocational training He will discuss what to do in the world and how to choose a career Round table discussions and later student conferences are planned to provide individual advice Tickets were placed on sale at Secors drug store and the college office.
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Chester Milton Sanford
State Teachers College
Secor’s
State College
State College Lyceum
Sanford
DeKalb
Sandford
Prof. Sanford
C. L. Lyon
Lyon
Expect Great Throng at the Farmer Dinner
A DeKalb Chamber of Commerce Farmers Dinner at First Lutheran Church on the 12th aims to host 400 guests. Friends near DeKalb are urged to invite farmers, report guests to the secretary by card or phone, and secure Clifford V. Gregory of Prairie Farmer as the principal speaker.
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Chamber of Commerce - Farmers
Leach
DeKalb J
Clifford V. Gregory
The
Prairie Farmer
Brothers Killed by Continental Limited in Winfield Accident
Two Hohman brothers Wilbert 12 and Antone 10 were killed near Winfield Sunday afternoon when a Northwestem line freight passed at over 50 miles per hour. They stood at the main crossing awaiting the eastbound freight and were hurled 50 feet to contact a telephone pole. They are sons of Mr. and Mrs. Anton Hohman of Winfield, with Mrs. Hohman ill and not told of the tragedy. The Kiwanis Minstrel Frolic at the High School Auditorium promises a gorgeous show with 8 15 curtain, box office has choice dollar seats.
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Mie DeKalb High School
Limited
Continental Limited
Winfield
Wilbert Hohman
Antone
Anton Hohman
Nation Mourns as Wilson Dies Private Funeral Planned
Mrs. Wilson directs a simple private funeral for former President Woodrow Wilson to be held at the White House at 3:00 pm and 3:30 pm services at Bethlehem Chapel Washington Cathedral before burial in the Cathedral crypt. Admiral Cary Grayson says no state funeral. extended honor guard planned with family, friends, and officials attending.
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United Press
Washington, D. C
Bethlehem Chapel
Washington Thedral
James I. Taylor
Central Press
Church of Washington
Wilson
Sylvester Beach
Capitol
Senator Robinson
Senate
Grayson
Washington Cathedral
Adn
Weeks
White House
Swanson
Glass
Hull
Tennessee
Iowa
Princeton
Cleveland
H. Dodge
Cyrus McCormick
Washington
Norman
Bernard Barush
Vancemic
Dercum
Philad
The
Pyation
Coolidge
Wlson
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al Kirwanis
Kiwanis
DeKalb D. T. H. S
Curtai
Saffordi
Joliet
Safford
Lindstrom
the Princess
W. G. McCarthy
Illinois
Coller
Crazy Man
Lincolnway
Knodle
Min&Kel
High School
Tises
Clare Merchant
Tom
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