Landis to quit as baseball commissioner and judge
Kenesaw Mountain Landis signed to resign as United States district judge effective March 1 to focus on duties as baseball commissioner. The ill health and heavy workload prompted the decision after guiding the Chicago building trades dispute and other acts. His past rulings, including the Standard Oil fine, and the black Sox era framed his legacy.
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United Press
Chicago
Ill
Kenesaw Mountain
Landis
United States
Chicago Building Trades
Black Sox
C W Yeoman Dies at 92 After Long Illness
Charles W Yeoman 92 father of Gene Yeoman of Pine Street died this morning after a long illness. He was born February 13 1830 in Delaware County New York and lived there until age 12. The family moved to Illinois then Wisconsin married March 27 at Beloit and later lived in Boone County Iowa Nebraska before settling in DeKalb. He and wife had ten children five sons and five daughters. Private funeral under the family at E C Yeoman's home at 2 30 Monday. flowers omitted. Burial at Fairview Cemetery.
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C. W. Yeoman
Charles W. Yeoman
Gene Yeoman
Pine Street
Mr. Yeoman
Delaware County
New York
Illinois
Sarah Mane Webster
Beloit
Wis
Boone County
Iowa
Nebraska
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DeKalb
Rs. Yeoman
O. K
Charles J
Michigan
George M
Fred G
B. W
Capron
Prank W
Missing Los Angeles taxicab driver linked to Taylor murder
Police seek a taxi driver missing since February 2 believed to be a hired assassin in the William D. Taylor case. Bullets matching the 32 caliber slug used to kill Taylor were found in the driver’s room, and a revolver left on the bureau was noted. A warrant is expected while prosecutors widen lines of inquiry amid alleged letters from Sands offering immunity.
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Press
Los Angeles
William D. Taylor
Myst
Theni
Taylor
Sands
William Davis
Henry
Angeles
Return of the Lost by Willard Spicer
A DeKalb seventh grader Willard Spicer has his photograph and a story entry in the Chicago Daily News contest. The tale follows a Chicago family moving to a western ranch by prairie schooner where a boy is captured by Indiana riders during a rough journey toward Denver.
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Williard Spicer
DeKalb
Harsh
Chicago Daily News
The
Daily News
Willard Spicer
Chicago
Neil
James
Denver
Indiana
Buy Yourself a Razor at Your Own Price
Durham Duplex Razor offered at Secor's with two styles and a safe, sharp double edged blade. Customers are invited to insert a silver coin in a box to receive the razor, claiming a novel pay-what-you-like sale.
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Secor
S. i
New Home Of Yours Right Now Details In a Few Days
A brisk tease promises a new home ready soon with live updates and a window for completion. The brief hints at ongoing progress and upcoming among readers eager for a first look.
Dinner in Chicago Spurs Plans for Jewish War Relief
C. H. Iskowich attended sessions of the Interstate Merchants' Council at the Hotel La Salle in Chicago and joined about 70 men for a dinner at Julius RosenwaldRecence. The group laid plans for a Jewish War Relief fund drive with DeKalb people to contribute soon. Iskowich praised the council talks as very interesting and helpful to today’s merchants.
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C. H. Iskowich
Chicago
Interstate Merchants’ Council
Hotel la Salle
Julius Rosenwald
Atate
Iskowich
DeKalb
Farm Bloc Sees Plot Against Farmers In Senate Hearing
The Farm bloc in Washington accuses a plot backed by a $250000 war chest to cripple farm legislation and the cooperative movement. Senators name major chambers and associations as prime drivers, with banks and financiers aiding the effort. Farmers plan to dominate next week’s Farm Labor conference and possibly form a new political party.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
Senate Agricultural Committee
Farmers Cooperative Movement
Charre
Kenyon
Iowa
Cincinnati
Ohio
United States Chamber of Commerce
Wholesale Coal Dealers Association
Wholesale Lumber Association
Millers National Association
National Cotton Growers Association
Growers of
Wholesale Growers Association
National Cement Association
Chicago
Funeral set for Mrs. Mary Croswell at First Methodist
The service will be Sunday at 2 30 PM at the First Methodist church. Mary Mills Gosnell was born January 30 1858 in Ridgetown Ontario and married Joseph M in 1876. They lived in DeKalb from 1892 until 1911 when he died. Survivors include three children Byrone Chicago Roy Los Angeles and Glenn plus grandchildren and two brothers in Canada. Mrs Gosnell was a longtime Methodist member.
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Mary Croswell
First Methodist Church
Gosnell
Mary Mills
Ridgetown
Ontario
Joseph Mat
DeKalb
Goenell
Byrone
Chicazo
Roy
Los Angeles
Glenn
W. C. Keefer
Maywood
Canada
Evans to Speak to Kiwanis Club Next Monday
Rev B Evans of the First M E Church will address Kiwanis members at noon on Monday. He will speak on A Kiwanian Who Keys, as the club plans its annual attendance contest and urges full participation at every session.
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Kiwanis Club
B, B. Evans
M. E. Shurch
Music Treat Heard Here by Mme Sturkow Ryder
Mme Sturkow Ryder wowed DeKalb audiences for a second time with a piano recital under the Woman's Club of DeKalb. The program featured the Apollo Reproducing Piano along with selections by Milner and Tchaikowsky Brown, plus the chorus under Mrs L E Wavner.
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feKalb
Mme, Sturkow-Ryder
Music Department
Woman’s Clal of
DeKalb
Woman's Club Chorus
Sturkow-Ryder
Lincoln Park
Young Pianist Florence LaClaire Studied Under Mme Sturkow Ryder
Florence LaClaire, once a pupil of Mme Sturkow Ryder at St Marys hall Florence, appeared in a piano recital here last night. She played pieces the artist had performed earlier and is said to be an advanced student of Glendell Gunn, after previously gaining recognition as an accomplished musician five years ago.
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Tchaikowsky- Brown
Niedlinger
Mme. Sturkow-Ryder
St. Mary's Hall
Florence LaClaire
Mme. Sturkow- Ryder
Miss LaClaire
Glendell Gunn
Lewis Wins in the Big Fight Over Kansans
Indianapolis Feb. 18 President John H. Lewis triumphed over Alexander Howatt the Kansas faction leader and followers in the United Mine free wage convention Washington today with the final vote completed. The convention refused to reinstate the Kansasans in the union and upheld the expulsion order of the Lewis administration.
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Miteuacces
Indianapolis
Ind
John H. Lewis
Alexander Howatt
Kansas
Lewis
Muriel to Speak Mind on Mathilde McCormick Engagement
Miss Mathilde McCormick plans a Europe trip in May and aims to wed Max Oser the Zurich riding master twice her age. Muriel McCormick denied the engagement and may react strongly, while Mathilde seeks her father's consent and awaits her mother Edith Rockefeller McCormick's stance.
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Chicago
Mathilde McCormick
John D. Rockfeller
Europe
Max Oser
Zurich
Julia Mangold
Oser
McCormick
Mathilde
Murial
New York
Granfather
Muriel
Edith Rokefeller McCormick
Relative Undergoes Major Surgery in Kalb Area
Mrs F W Greenaway learned this afternoon that sister Mrs Robert Watson of Aurora underwent a serious operation. Her brother in law H E Burnett is recovering from a very serious operation. Both are well known in Kalb. Weather in Illinois cloudy and unsettled tonight and Sunday with little temperature change.
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F. W. Greenaway
Robert Watson
Arora
H. E. Burnett
Kalb
Poor Man's Court Judges in Session
A DeKalb county meeting of the Illinois Justices of the Peace Police Magistrates and Constables Association was held in Sycamore. Judge George W Carr of Maywood addressed the group as president of the state association. Officials noted more than 6,000 local justices and magistrates statewide and emphasized that the poor man’s court offers quick, inexpensive trials often resolved without higher courts.
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Sycamore Tribune
Sycamore
DeKalb County
Association of Ilinois
J. H. Husk
W. F. Heeg
M. L. Overton
Shabbona
George W. Carr
Maywood
State Association
Ilinois
Justice Courts
Justice Court
Justices of the Peace
Mlinois
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