DeKalb Plans Dedicatory Service for Clock Memorial
The DeKalb music committee led by Vere Goodyear calls for a 200 voice choir to sing patriotic pieces at a Sunday dedicatory to the Third and Lincoln Highway clock honoring soldiers sailors and war workers. Harry F Atwood will speak at 2:30 PM at the church with a march to the memorial and a closing dedication.
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DeKalb
Vere Goodyear
Third
Lincoln
Jacob Hopkins
Harry F. Atwood
Chicago
Atwood
M. Webster
Congregational Church
B. Barrett Evans
Yarda
Harry F Atwood
H. B. Goodison
American Legion
America
Farge Chorus
Legion
Legion Club
De Kalb First in State Farm Bureau Membership
LaSalle county leads Illinois in county farm bureau membership with 3155 active members, per treasurer George A Fox. Iroquois is second, followed by Champaign and others in a state ranking listing counties and member totals.
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LaSalle County
Ilinois
United States
George A Fox
Stephenson
Knox
Hancock
DeKath
Will
Sangamon
Whiteside
Macoupin
Adams
St. Clair
McDonough
Lee
Kane
Peari
Pike
Kankakee
Dogs Cause Trouble in Northeast Town
Police respond to severe complaints in the northeast part as officers warn residents their dogs will be declared a nuisance and sent to the pound if not kept chained.
Company M Elks Entertained Last Evening
Members of Company M hosted the Elks club with a first class meal beyond the usual army diet. A large crowd gathered at six o clock and the home guard volunteers performed K P and fatigue duties before receiving praise from the Elks for the supper prepared by The Stealers.
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Elks Club
Elks
Home Guard
K. P
Taxpayers in DeKalb urged to settle personal property taxes
DeKalb Trust and Savings Bank announced slow tax collections as deputies warn of a penalty of one cent monthly for lagging taxpayers. Deputy Collector McCormick noted last year’s much higher totals and warned positions may back up on the last days of February with estate and heavier taxes allowed until March 1 and April 1 respectively.
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DeKalb Trust & Savings Bank
Banik Thiun
McCormick
Sycanore
Bim the Airedale Returns Home in DeKalb
Bim an Airedale prized by a DeKalb family is found after two days missing. Andy Min and Chester express relief as the family locates the pet before a local detective could conclude the search. An ad in The Chronicle aided the reunion.
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Bim
Andy
Min
Chester
Chronicle
Wallace Reid in Always Audacious at the Princess
Dance Vassar Saturday Wallace Reid appears in Always Audacious at the Princess tonight with showtimes 7 30 and 9 00. Chronicle Want Ads notes results from yesterday’s events.
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Wallace Reid
the Princess
Workman Narrowly Escapes Fall at Factory Elevator
W.E. Yaorking at the Standard suffered a non fatal accident when the elevator car started while he stood on its floor to inspect a jammed cable. The shaft stopped midway, Yaorking fell eight feet head first, his head cut, but a safety gate saved him from deeper injury. He remains at work.
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W.E. Yaorking
Yates
Hin
Tlis
Satzeon
DeKalb County Agricultural Association Lowers Deposit Policy
The DeKalb County Agricultural Association announces a policy change due to tight money, requiring a ten percent deposit with the balance due on delivery. The shift is intended to support farmers and advance permanent agriculture in the county amid cash constraints.
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DeKalb County Agricultural Association
Agriculural Association
Lawmaker seeks Landis removal from baseball role
A bill introduced by Representative Welty of Ohio in Washington asks Judge Landis to resign as national baseball arbiter or give up his other belt position. The measure would make it a misdemeanor for any federal judge to hold two federal offices. Welty notes no current law blocks Landis from holding both posts.
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Washington, D. C
Kenesaw Mo Landis
Welty
Ohio
Fed
Servier
Landis
Seven Fellows Sleep in Jail During Night
Seven travelers slept in the city jail last night the largest turnout of the season. Three men secured brief work this morning earning breakfast before they left town. Chronicle want ad.
Dickson Walks Plank in State War Department Shakeup
Springfield reports unnamed political insiders claim major changes in the adjutant general and staff roles. Major Carlos Ames is named to succeed Frank S. Dickson, with Colonel Edward Lang to serve as chief of staff and Colonel Richings Shamd as adjutant general. Governor Smail reportedly favored retaining Dickson, but political forces push for new appointments and a code amendment to allow Ames to qualify.
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Unite Press
Springfield
Frank S. Dickson
Thianis War Department
Dickson
Carlos Ames
Ottawa
Edward Lang
Paris
Col Richings Shamd
Mt. Vernon
Steven O. Webb
Len Smail
Ames
Police Called to Quiet Noisy Boys Near Congregational Church
Police dispersed a disturbance on South Second Street near the Congregational church where a group of about ten boys caused noise after dark. Officers warned the youths and sent them home to their parents.
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South Second Street
Congregational Church
Fients
The Stealers Dry Cleaning Moths Warning
A dated notice from Carlson & Benson warns that moths threaten garments with a forthcoming hatch. It advocates dry cleaning using naptha solution to kill insect life and prevent discard of suits this year.
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Carlson & Benson
Hearing Next Week On Gas Petition By Illinois Northern Utilities
The Illinois Northern Utilities Company seeks a general rate increase for Dixon De Kalb Sycamore Geneseo Sterling and Rock Falls. City and Sycamore Dixon Morri son Sterling Geneseo officials plan to oppose the request as a state Public Utilities Commission oral hearing is set for February 4 in Springfield with a new compact regime.
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Springfield
State Public Utilities Commission
H. W. Prentice
City Attorn
Sycamore
Dixon
Morrison
Sterling
Geneseo
Illinois Northern Utilities Company
Utilities
Senator Wright Home From Capital For Weekend
Senator HG Wright returned from Springfield and will stay until Monday before traveling to Fulton to resume duties. He notes few bills introduced this week and says committee rooms will be ready for next week's session. DeKalb wan, a key committee member and senate chairman, will be kept busy.
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HG. Wright
Springfield
Fulton
Atield
Wright
DeKalh Wan
Senate
Train Delays Near Maple Park After Car Damage
A Continental Limited baggage car pulled a drawbar near Maple Park yesterday causing a several minute delay eastbound about 2 30 p m. The damaged car was set out and later repaired during the night and returned to DeKalb on the milk train, resuming travel on a morning eastbound passenger service.
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Continental Limited
Maple Park
DeKalb
Tle
Fourth Street Gate Damaged Causes Train Crossing Delays
A broken bolt in a gate at the Fourth Street crossing of the North Western railroad disrupted gate operations. The gateman struggled to alert pedestrians with his whistle while standing on the crossing with his stop sign, as residents rely on the crossing’s usual function.
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Fourth Street
North Western Railroad
Services for H L Fordham Dixon
Funeral services for H L Fordham president of the DeKalb Trust and Savings Bank will be held Sunday afternoon at two oclock in Dixon. The body arrived at his home in Dixon last night. Officials and employees of the DeKalb Trust and Savings Bank and others who knew Mr Fordham plan to attend.
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H. L. Fordham
DeKalb Trust , & Vings Bank
Tuscon, Ariz
Dixon
DeKalb Trust & Savings Bank
Don't Miss "The Stealers" Mrs Harry Sawyer Returns
Mrs Harry Sawyer came back from Chicago last evening after two weeks visiting her sister Mrs A G Swensen and other relatives and friends.
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Harry Sawyer
Chicago
A.G. Swensen
Sentino De Santis Hanged After Refusing to Confess
Sentino De Santis, convicted of murdering two boys tied to West Frankfort riots, was executed at 9:15 am with tears and a muttered insistence of innocence. About 500 witnesses filled the stockade as homes and streets around the scaffold mobbed with onlookers.
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United Press
Marion
Ill
Hughes Named Likely Secretary of State by Harding
In St Augustine Florida February 11 President elect Harding signaled Charles E Hughes as his choice for secretary of state saying Hughes would arrive in a week and he would not make his stay in Florida unhappy. A Harding ally affirmed Hughes was a sure thing for the post.
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Vey
Eres St. Augustine
Fla
Harding
Charles E. Hughes
C “Hughes
Florida
Hughes
Hushes
Brislane Paid Price for Bravado in Murder Trial
Kaward Bristane was hanged here for the murder of William Mills, a motion picture theatre manager. The trap was sprung at 9 10 and he was pronounced dead nine minutes later. Bristane killed Mills during a box office robbery on March 11 last. He denounced hanging before execution and said public hanging would show its barbarity.
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United Press
Chicago
Kaward Bristane
William Mills
Lion Picture Theatre
Brisiane
Mills
Sinn Fein Troops Raid Skibbereen Claim Three Captured
Sinn Fein soldiers invaded Skibbereen, southwest of Cork, raiding the town and taking three prisoners before police and soldiers arrived. Taunting notices warned of another raid to come.
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Ireland
Sinn Fein
Skibereen
Cork
Sinn
Dr Elmer Jones Speech Postponed At State School
Announcement from the Normal school states Dr Elmer Jones cannot speak this afternoon and no replacement could be found. The semi monthly address at the state school is postponed indefinitely.
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Elmer Jones
Two Airmen Die in Naval Station Aircraft Crash
A naval airplane wrecked at Guanatanamo Naval Station killed two officers. Pilot Lieutenant John Henry Hiebencamp of Garden City Kansas and observer Lieutenant Jacob F. Wolfer of Lancaster Pennsylvania died in the late yesterday accident.
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von United Press
Washington, D. C
Guanatanamo
Navy Department
John Henry Hiebencamp
Garden City
Kus
Jacob F. Wolfer
Lancaster
Stanton Found Dead on California Trail
Lieut. Col. Charles E. Stanton, famed for the phrase La Fayette, we are here, was found dead on a trail near a power house in a remote California area. Heart disease was suspected as the cause, according to word received.
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United Press
Reading
Cal
Charles E. Stanton
la Fayette
France
Stanton
Japs Defeat the Plan to Limit Armaments
Tokyo February 11. The diet defeated a disarmament resolution by 225 to 88. The measure was pushed by the insurgent wing of the opposition party, defeating the plan to curb armaments.
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Tokio
Japan
Diet
Ticklish Situation Develops in Siberia
Tokio reports a growing crisis as Americans refuse to recognize Japanese troops policing Vladivostok. Asa Hi notes the dispute escalates, signaling a fragile stance in wartime diplomacy.
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Siberia
Tokio
Japan
Vladivostok
Asa Hi
Kaiser Holds Germans Responsible For War Loss
Former ruler Wilhelm IIs interview reveals he blames the German people for the defeat, saying betrayal by his own nation and fear prevented victory. He cites socialist leadership and moral decline as factors, while reflecting on past glories and the world’s punishment.
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von Gontharg
Kaiser
German Empire
Franz Josef
Vienna
Vietor
God
Themeri
Cyclone Claims Many Lives In Southern Region
A powerful cyclone across Ocomee to Toomsho left twenty six dead and around forty injured. The storm destroyed homes along a five mile stretch about a mile wide, leaving many homeless. Rescue crews searched wreckage as officials assessed the damage and casualty figures.
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United Press Ocomee
Iast
Oronmee
Toomsho Arly
Ione
Abit
De Kalb People Attend Funeral of Mrs Hannah
Several DeKalb residents attended the funeral of Mrs. R. S. Hannah held in Sycamore this afternoon. Mrs. Hannah, wife of the rector of St. Pauls in De Kalb and St. Peters in Sycamore, died Wednesday evening after an extended illness. She is survived by her husband two daughters and one son. The body will be taken to London Canada for burial.
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DeKalb
Hannah
Sycamore
St. Paul's Church
St. Peter’s Church
London
Canada
Township High Boys Undergo Physical Examinations
Coach Horna at the township high school is giving a course of physical examinations to all boys to assess hearts lungs feet spines and other organs important for athletics. He notes Everett Cone and George McEwen as two exemplary specimens and plans tailored exercises to correct any deficiencies.
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Horna
Township High School
Everett Cone
George McEwen
Thirty Thousand Is Verdict in Lawsuit
In Chicago on February 11, BF United reports a jury verdict in circuit Judge Brentano's court. America Cuneo, a wealthy Italian man, must pay Miss LaVerzzio thirty thousand dollars for breach of promise after she claimed he gave kisses and sought marriage. Miss Le Zezzino sought fifty thousand dollars for similar claims against Cuneo.
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BF United
Chicago
America Cuneo
LaVerzzio
Cuneo
Cirscuit
Brentano
le Zezzino
Vice Presidents Salary Hike Proposed in Senate
United Press reports in Washington that the Vice President's annual salary would rise from 12000 to 16000 dollars under an amendment to the legislative executive and judiciary appropriations bill. The measure was offered by Senator Pomerene of Ohio and approved in the Senate.
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Wpy
United Press
Washington, D. C
Legislative Executive and Judiciary
Senate
Pomerene, Obio
Found Guilty in Brother Killing Case at West Frankfort
William Cameron was found guilty of manslaughter in circuit court for killing his brother George on December 16 at West Frankfort. He was sentenced to 1 to 14 years in the penitentiary. The verdict was read February 11.
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Benton, II
William Cameron
George
West Frankfort
Plans to bar typhus suspects in Europe districts
Dr. Hugh Cummings head of the U S public health service drafted recommendations for President Wilson on barring aliens from typhus infected areas in Europe. The inquiry followed a request from H C Copeland of New York as Illinois forecasts show cloudy unsettled weather and mild change. Edward Johnson visited Chicago on business.
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Penn
Washington, D. C
Hugh Cummings
United States Public Health Service
Wilson
Europe
Thies
H. C. Copeland
New York
Illinois
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