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Newspaper
Dekalb Daily Chronicle
Location
Dekalb, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1925
Page
2
Voters in Sycamore face a March 10 primary with bids for mayor and city clerk. J D Beckleshier and A B Heml vie for mayor and clerk positions, while John G Betty Leonard Loomis and others seek alderman and treasurer roles amid a crowded field and late filing.
Reported gas trouble continues after a break in a main line near Sycamore. Crews repair efforts have begun and residents remain hopeful the outage will end once the damaged section is isolated and the fuel supply restored.
Z. E. Marr of Steen rod Marr departs by auto to Chatsworth for funeral services of Harry McMann, a relative. Marr plans to return Sunday and visit relatives in Sycamore before resuming his journey home.
Legion basketball team heads to town for a decisive game against Marengo fives. Anxious players expect a tough contest though recent practice indicates a strong home edge for the Legion squad tomorrow night.
The commandry will hold its annual inspection Monday night in the same building as the Fellows. Members are urged to attend as the session is one of importance and will begin at the usual time with the Odd Fellows notice.
The Woman's auxiliary of the Methodist church led the social hour at today's business meeting. Grade school teachers plan a lunch and a concert at the Congregational church Saturday noon. Leslie Voightman and Howard Payne entertain this evening at the Methodist annex starting at eight. A K K dance with the Peerless Novelty orchestra is at Pierce hall tonight. Sunday talks by Warden Westbrook at Cook county jail are featured for Sunday school groups. A Monday evening party at the Biks home is planned by local dancers.
It is announced that Batavia high school teams will travel Friday to Batavia for a game while West Chi 200 visits Saturday. Fans are urged to attend as larger crowds help the players. the event cannot feature both games in one evening due to scheduling.
Arch Masons Chapter No. 49 meets tonight at 7:39. John A. Young district inspector oversees the inspection and degree work for newly elected officers. A lunch will be served and all members are urged to attend.
Dr. R. E. Tall of Rockford, a Walton League leader, stopped in Sycamore en route to DeKalb for chapter business. He noted the Sycamore chapter’s 635 members and later met Earl Wetzel, chapter president, for an evening gathering.
Businessmen placed flags along Main Street to honor the holiday. Wind blew them into decorative pockets on the street creating an attractive display that drew comment from visitors throughout the day.
Birmingham plumber Ralph Loeker inherits a full dress suit from a relative. He forgoes formalwear, fires the furnace, weeds the garden, mows the lawn, and performs other tasks in sartorial splendor at his home in Birmingham.
In Columbus Indiana the Elks Club bans the flea hop dance citing building safety concerns from constant synchronized footwork. The note adds a remark about aging brains and weight loss in old age.
Rescue workers continue sinking a shaft toward the cavern bed five feet below the shaft bottom at Sand Cave Kentucky as Floyd Collins remains trapped and breathing intermittently. Authorities monitor respiration and electric power as efforts to reach him persist amid uncertainty about the cave roof.
A preliminary meeting at the city council rooms aimed to revive the dormant Izaak Walton League chapter in DeKalb. Dr. R. E. Tull from Rockford attended, plans outlined for a future meeting, and an active DeKalb chapter is expected to resume with new officers and committees. Waltonians now with Sycamore chapter may transfer once DeKalb is active.
Senator Trammell of Florida introduced a resolution urging the Federal Trade Commission to investigate recent gasoline price hikes. The measure claims the increases were unwarranted and arbitrary. In Chicago the Standard Oil Company of Indiana announced price boosts for gasoline and kerosene, with tank wagons and service stations in the Midwest seeing higher rates as crude oil costs surged.
Gust Johnson of DeKalb has been taken to Chicago for treatment at Augustana hospital after a specialist advised care there. Rev E G Winstedt accompanies him. his exact surgery status is unknown and friends in DeKalb await word on his recovery. Horses Can Float Genoa sea going horses are a new invention with boats fitted to hoofs enabling water walking by Genoa fisherman Ramo Losanee.
Simple buckthorn bark magnesium sulfate glycerine and other components used in Adlerika are praised as an excellent intestinal evacuant. It often works in one hour or less, does not gripe, and may relieve gas on the stomach. Sold by Kirchner's Drug Store in Lincoln Highway and Jacobs & Bridgewater in Malta.
Farmers in DeKalb area are invited to a Saturday meeting at the Elks Club to discuss the DeKalb Live Stock Shipping Association. Charles Stewart of Chicago will speak. officers and a manager are to be elected, with the event promising to enliven the group and encourage participation.
Senator Harald Kessinger of Aurora will speak at the high school Parent-Teachers meeting this evening. The patriotic event honors Abraham Lincoln with a focus on the great president's birthday. Students are urged to attend for an engaging story.
Royal Arch Masons Chapter No 52 will meet Friday evening in the Masonic hall. Special order includes work in the Seventh degree. a large turnout is expected with members from Waterman and nearby areas. A lunch will follow the session.
A ground hog found lying cold near a store window was warmed by Henry Beacham and placed near a warm fire. The animal showed no signs of life and may be beyond revival, though some expect it to revive like a gopher. Nearby Berlin reports a parlor car motor bus with lounging chairs and card tables.
J W Hays secretary treasurer of the International Typographical Union signs a check for 167 500 to buy a large Indianapolis mansion that will serve as the union head‑quarters starting April 1. In Taber Canada farmers report more than 1990 antelopes within 40 miles eating green feed meant for cattle.
An advertisement extols 8.S. as a miracle tonic for rheumatism complexion energy and general health. It claims to build strength, aid run-down feelings, and improve the body with claims of medicinal vegetable ingredients and two bottle sizes available at stores.
In Paris Notre Dame’s organ, famed as one of the world’s finest, is being damaged by dew dead bats and swallows. The organ with many keyboards has not been cleaned since 1894 and birds and dirt clog pipes. The parish is very poor and cannot afford repairs.
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