DeKalb Merchants Promote Two Day Bargain Carnival
DeKalb merchants plan a two day bargain carnival Friday and Saturday with red and blue price tags on windows and shelves. Despite a recent storm and slick roads, cement routes from all directions should ease travel as shoppers flock to town for discounts and specials across many stores. Rural residents study ads in The Chronicle to prepare lists of items and expect a large turnout, especially Saturday.
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DeKalb
Tomorow
Srey
the Chronicle
Concert Next Week At Teachers College Auditorium
Axel Frichof Carlson basso will headline a rural county concert at the teachers college auditorium next Thursday evening with Edna Wheeler Ballard and Mrs Glen W Reynolds as accompanist. Tickets are on sale at local druggists and inns. Carlson Ballard and Reynolds will also broadcast noon Sunday on WBBM from 12:30 to 2. Too few details were given about the previous planned broadcast. The event is expected to draw a capacity crowd.
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Teachers’ College Auditorium
Axel Frichof Carlson
Edna Wheeler Ballard
Chicago
Glen W. Reynolds
Seventh Street
Still’s
Lincoln Inn
Lincoln Inn. Sunday At 12:30 Mr. Carlson, Mrs.Reynolds and Edna Wheeler Ballard
WBBM
DeKalb
Teachers College
Carlson
Miners Return to Work After Five-Year Pact
In Scranton Pennsylvan ia thousands of miners entered underground recesses at collieries for the first time since 1925 after a five year wage agreement. Operators promise first deliveries at the normal winter price and miners anticipate extended industry peace despite lingering tensions.
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Scranton
Penn
Chicago Negro Saved from Hanging Friday
Chicago records indicate Sam Washington, a Black man, survived a stay order in Criminal Court delaying his hanging and directing appeal to the Supreme Court. Judge Eae Ler granted the stay as Fernekes and two associates faced related writs and legal action. Imported Pottery, Glass ware and Gifts for Card Parties. Columbia China Shop.
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Chicago
Sam Washington
Mignie Moore
Eaeler
Criminal Court
Supreme Court
Jenry J. Fernekes
Fernekes
Columbia China Shop
Fears of a Bigger 1926 Year Warned by Banker
Chicago Feb 18 Charles Mitchell president of National City Bank of New York arrived in Chicago and predicted 1926 may outpace 1925 in business while cautioning that excessive prosperity could provoke inflation and later deflation. He outlined five European stages toward normalcy and noted U S influence in Europe. Also advertised Electric Park Dance by Little Eva's Orchestra at Saturday Nite Club.
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Chicago
Charles Mitchell
National City Bank of New York
Pacific Coast
Mitchell
Europe
Germany
Italy
England
United States
Mussolini
Ialian
Electric Park
Little Eva
Weather Update From Illinois Snow and Rain Mix
Illinois forecast shows snow in the north and rain changing to snow in the south tonight. Colder on Friday.
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Tenight
Excluded Countess Cathcart Seeks Court Appeal
Vera, countess of Cathcart, is excluded from the United States for moral turpitude after admitting elopement before divorce. Secretary Davis upholds Ellis Island, says the law mandates exclusion. Attorneys plan habeas corpus action in New York City if reversal fails.
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Countess Cathcart
U. S. Carmania
United States
Davis
Countess of Cathcart
New York
Vera
Countess of
Washington, D. C
Secretary of Labor
James J. Davis
Department of Labor
Ellis Island
Earl of Craven
Robe Carl White
Florida
New York City
Ellis Island Board
White
Man Confesses to Murder and Crimes in Chicago
James Rabilaus, 39, confessed to killing a woman known only as Anna in 1921 and to a string of burglaries and other crimes across St. Louis, Cleveland, and Detroit. He asked to be taken to a priest and to atone for his acts, prompting detectives to log a lengthy crime history.
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Chicago
Til
James Rabilaus
Victor Coulter
Anna
Rabilaus
St. Louis
Cleveland
Detroit
Art Smith
Bryan
Smith
Guards Stand Watch at Evansville Mines Amid Unrest
Heavy armed guards patrol non-union mines in Evansville Indiana as authorities fear a renewed shutdown. A small group of union men appeared last night prompting renewed vigilance. Prosecutor Warren Martin continues investigations into Tuesday's disturbances in Warrick County.
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Evansville
Ind
Warren Martin
Warrick County
Lincoln's ideals praised by Lincoln Rotary speakers
President John Wesley Hill of Lincoln Memorial University spoke at a noon Rotary luncheon, urging reverence for law and adherence to Lincoln's ideals. He quoted Lincoln's writings, linking the world court and the Volstead Act to Lincoln's dream, and called Lincoln the embodiment of American democracy worthy of exalted vision.
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Abraham Lincoln
Rotarians
John Wesley Hill
Lincoln Memorial University
Cumberland Gap
Tenn
Hill
Lincoln
Incoln
Dr. Hill
Copernicus
Stanton
Charles A. Dana
Passion Week Services Planned In DeKalb
DeKalb ministers plan Passion Week observances at noon day union services in a business district building. Pastors from DeKalb churches will conduct the sessions open to the public. A committee is finalizing the location as the last week of Lent begins with Ash Wednesday observations.
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DeKalb Ministerial Association
DeKalb
Chicago
Loop
Halt Work of Investigation at Pittsburg
Pittsburg February 13. Work gathering evidence on the Aluminum Company of America to prove monopolistic tendencies was halted as directors held the annual meeting. The hearing in Pittsburg will be followed by sessions in other cities. Government aims to show the company, already dominant, harassed independents by delays and other practices.
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Pittsburg
Aluminum Company of America
Federal Trade Commission
Senate
Washington, D. C
Walsh
American
Cummings
Judiciary Committee
Department of Justice
Former DeKalb Man Recovers After Throat Operation
DeKalb friends report W. H. Hamilton is slowly recovering in a Chicago hospital after a serious throat operation several weeks ago. He has recently begun to receive nourishment and hopes to regain the ability to swallow.
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DeKalb
Chicago
DeKalb Friends of
W. H. Hamilton
Malta Bank Buys Farm At Sheriff Sale In Malta
At the sheriff sale the First National Bank of Malta purchased the Frank Keeler farm of 122% acres for 2500 dollars. the sale price to date and other judgments total about 4300 dollars for the DeKalb bank and 746 dollars for Brown and Pease. The farm lies on the Lincoln Highway near Malta and buildings are reported in good condition. Keeler had disappeared in January after receiving a 3000 dollar legacy. Proceeds and expenses leave a small sum for creditors.
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Frank Keeler
Colonel Kepner
Rochelle
First National Bank of Malta
Er Bradt
DeKalb
Malta
Lincoln Highway
Genuer
Keeler
Brown & Pease
First National Bank of DeKalb
Road Bonds Are Sold for Illinois highway rush
An additional 5 million dollars was made available to accelerate the completion of the original Illinois paved highway system as a block of the 100 million bond issue was sold to a group led by Guaranty Trust of New York. The department plans to finish remaining miles before building new roads, and may use funds from the new issue to finish the older system.
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Will Rush
Chicago
Ill
Guaranty Trust Company of
New York
Highway Department
Lenz
John Ciplak
New Jersey
Marilyn Cigara
Passaic
N. J
Poland
Whey
Lincoln Highway
Russia
Soviet
Earth Tremor Rattles Coast From Santa Barbara to Long Beach
A strong earthquake centered near Santa Barbara shook Southern California from Santa Barbara to Long Beach at 10 19 a m. The quake lasted about five seconds and was the strongest in six months though no damage was reported.
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Santa Barbara
Long Beach
Illness Closes Three Rooms at Glidden Training School
Health authorities fumigated second, fifth, and sixth rooms at Glidden Training School after a Jard Ward family child contracted scarlet fever. Two other children attended school. illness deemed contagious but not alarming. Parents delayed physician visit. boy not severely ill. Physicians warn of widespread sickness and urge early medical care.
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Glidden
J. B. Hagey
Jard Ward
Girard Street
DeKalb
Lenten fasting rules issued for Rockford diocese parish
Rev J A Solon of St Marys church relays Lent regulations from Bishop Muldoon. Fast days run from Ash Wednesday to Holy Saturday except Sundays, with meals limited to one full meal and a small collation. Exceptions apply for the sick poor and nursing women, and working men retain some meat allowances under a long standing indult.
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J. A. Solon
St. Mary's Church
P. J. MuLdoon
Rockford
DeKalb Church
Ashee
Muldoof
Holy See
Army
Navy
United States of America
Death Toll Mounts After Utah Snowslide Tragedy
Reports from Bingham Utah recount a devastating snowslide that buried Highland Bay and nearby mines. Rescue teams recovered 35 bodies with 29 listed as missing. officials warned the toll could reach 75 as fires hampered searches. Many victims were in the McDonald boarding house when the avalanche struck.
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Bingham
Utah
James McDonald
Eva
McDonalds
Mehad
Highland Bay
Sap Gulch
Utah Delaware Mining Company
Bay
Frank A. Wardlaw
Wardlaw
Debria
Bingham Hospital
F. E. C. Straup
Delaware
Utah Apex
McDonald
Mra
Rimby
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Malta Bank
McAllister- Ulery Co
St.en
Benevolent Ass'n
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Rae
China Shop
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