Great Dollar Day Planned In DeKalb Saturday
DeKalb merchants announce a Great Dollar Day carnival of price slashing and bargains. Clothing furnishings dry goods shoes furniture drugs auto accessories hardware and many other lines will feature cost or below pricing aiming to attract thousands of shoppers this Saturday. The Chronicle urges readers to check the advertisements and visit the stores to see spring outfits offered at unprecedented prices.
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DeKalb
Satlay
Mubceg
Chronicle
Skempers
Milady
Coolidge Delivers Brief New York Visit Speech
President Coolidge spent a quick New York trip with a short visit and no fanfare. He dined at the Lincoln Day event of the Men's Republican club, promised immediate uncompromising prosecution in the naval oil reserve scandal, but warned against condemning the innocent, and urged passage of tax bills while reiterating opposition to the soldier bonus.
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WBY Unites Ress
New York
N. Y
Coolidge
Men's
Republican Club
Teft
Washington
Marion Star sale tied to Teapot Dome inquiry sparks denials
Roy Moore and Louis Brush, owners of the Marion Star, deny Frank A Vanderlip’s speech linking the paper’s sale to the Teapot Dome scandal. Moore notes potential inquiries from New York and says a formal statement may follow.
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United Press
Marion, O
Roy D. Moore
Marion Star
Louis H. Brush
Self Ag
Harding
Vanderlip
Marion County
Cleveland
Ohio
Louis Brush
Salem
Frank A Vanderlip
The
Star
Marion
Roy Moore
Lou H. Brush
New York
Frank A. Vanderlip
Bandits Loot Gilda Gray in Nighttime Hold Up
In Chicago on February 13 police hunted three men who robbed Gilda Gray, the shimmy queen. They took jewels valued at 150000 and 2000 in cash after forcing entry to her apartment, subduing an elevator man, and pistol threats. Police estimate total loot at about one third of Gray’s declared value.
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United Price
Chicago
Gilda Gray
Gilda
Malta Farmers Institute Preparations In Malta
Preparations are under way to welcome farmers to Malta on Friday for the farmers institute at the town hall. A 1 PM program and a 7 PM program feature speakers of note from Prairie Farmer and cattle fame. William Osburn Bert Thomas William Webb and H P Rush will address the audiences in the newly completed high school auditorium.
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Gilda Gray
Malta
Farmers’ Institute
William Osburn
The
Prairie Farmer
Bert Thomas
Cattle Fame
William Webb
H. P. Rush
Russell to Attend Conference With State Engineer
County Highway Superintendent A. R. Russell left this morning for Elgin to meet State Engineer Lamb regarding the season's highway program. Russell says no definite plan will be announced yet as the highway committee of the supervisors discusses next steps.
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Russell
A. R. Russell
Elgin
Lamb
Illinois Weather Report Favors Cooler Thursday Night
Partly overcast tonight with a likely fair Thursday. Temperatures to dip in the north and west after noon or tonight as colder air moves in.
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Illinois
Two Choirs to Present The Seven Last Words by Dubois
Announcement of a future musical event featuring the combined choirs of First Lutheran and First Methodist churches performing The Seven Last Words by Dubois on Good Friday evening. The production is planned at the Methodist church with a likely second performance at the Lutheran church during the spiritual meeting.
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Dubois
Peace Today in Mine City Amid Klans and Militants
Williamson county remained quiet under a disarmed peace as state militia patrolled Herrin Tyler Carterville and Johnston City. Major General Milton Foreman led business leaders in maintaining order while Sheriff George Galligan, an anti Klansman held on Glen Young orders, spoke of a three day kidnapping and abuse during his 150 mile transfer to Urbana. He described being forced to attend Caesar Cagle’s funeral with 5 000 Klansmen present and feared assassination in Carterville Cemetery.
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United Presses
Marion, II
Williamson County
Herrin
Johnston City
Milton Foreman
George Galligan
Glen Young
Young
Galligan
Caesar Cagle
Galligan Baithe
Urbana
Cagle
Carterville
Gallifan
Awards Ready Soon at DeKalb Poultry Show
DeKalb dairy and agriculture news notes a strong year for business with cautious readjustment, while the poultry show hosts over 200 birds near DeKalb. Prize lists are nearly complete with Dwight Hale judging tight races, and Lea Munger owns the champion Buff Leghorn.
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DeKalb
Dwight Hale
Lea Munger
Hale
Carter quits King Tut tomb work in Luxor anger
Howard Carter leader of the Tutankhamun expedition in Luxor Egypt closes the tomb and abandons digs after repeated clashes with Egyptian authorities. He says the public land authorities imposed unreasonable restrictions and discouraged workers prompting a mass protest by his team and noncooperation from the crew.
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King Tut
Say Luxor
Egypt
Howard Carter
Pharoah
Bloody fighting erupts in Pirmasens Germany riot
United Press reports in Pirmasens Bavarian Palatinate a fierce clash between German Separatists and loyalists. Schwab was lynched, 20 followers burned in the city hall, total dead feared at least 49 with 28 Separatists and 21 Loyalists killed. Mob hunted remaining Separatists as fires raged. Dispatch notes further clashes near Kaiserlautern with French Moroccan troops guarding the delegate.
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United Press
Berlin
Germany
Pirmasens
Bavarian Palatinate
Gispiches
Herr Schwab
Schwab
Citizens Guard
Kaiser
Oil Company Plans Three Huge Storage Tanks
The Roxanna Oil Company will construct three 18 000 gallon storage tanks along Route 23 at the C M and St P crossing for product distribution in the area. A service station is planned at Seventh street and the Lincoln Highway, with no retail business at the storage plant. H C Edwards of Greenville oversees the work.
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Muuvrucu Wuag
Roxanna Oil Company
Route 23
Seventh Street
Lincoln Highway
H. C. Edwards
Greenville
Gregory Is Speaker At DeKalb Farmers Banquet
Over 400 farmers gathered at the First Lutheran church in DeKalb to hear Clifford V. Gregory editor of Prairie Farmer discuss farmers and their conditions. He urged reforms like tariff protection, cooperative marketing, and a government export board to stabilize prices amid world competition.
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Chamber of Commerce
First Lutheran Church
DeKalb Chamber
Clifford V. Gregory
The
Prairie Farmer
William Webb
Barth City Quartet
William Eckhardt
D. S. Brown
Henry Park
George Fox
C. B. Watson
DeKalb
de Kalb
Clifford Gregory
America
Europe
Pai
United States
Mr. Gregory
California
Vanderlip hints at Marion newspaper sale inquiry
United Press reports Frank A. Vanderlip suggested an inquiry into the Marion newspaper sale that fetched about 550000 while it was widely believed to be worth far less. He spoke at a Rotary club in Osining New York, urging scrutiny of the origins and destination of the funds involved in the deal.
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United Press
New York
N. Y
Frank A. Vanderlip
Marion
Rotary Club
Osining
Vanderlip
Harding
Washington
Opposition grows to nomination of Silas H. Strawn as oil counsel
United Press report from Washington outlines mounting opposition to President Coolidge's nomination of Silas H. Strawn as presidential oil counsel. Critics cite Strawn's banking ties to Standard Oil as grounds to oppose, with Congress prepared to fight the nomination while broader impeachments against Secretary of the Navy Denby linger. The piece also notes broadened investigations into former Interior Secretary Fall's land leasing and new testimonies linked to Teapot Dome.
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Washington, D. C
Coolidge
Silas H. Strawn
New York
Strawn
First National Bank
First Trust & Savings Bank of Chicago
Standard Oil Banks
Jeuse Indian Affairs Committee
Senate
Leo Stack
Denver
George Creel
Creel
E. L.doheny
Stack
Teapot Dome
Doheny
Senator Walsh
B. F. Stackleback
Karl C. Schuyler
Walsh
Schuyler
Harry F. Sinclair
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