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Newspaper
Dekalb Daily Chronicle
Location
Dekalb, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1925
Page
2
Sycamore high school edges Naperville 13 to 12 in a tight game. Captain Strombum injured, Naperville challenged late, as Sycamore keeps a seven of eight record with a fifth straight victory this season.
The Daughters of the American Revolution chapter met last evening at Mrs A TH lecomb’s West State street home. The program opened with a potluck, followed by a social hour led by A D Gates. Martin Johnson Vern J and Miss Lulu Clutter performed, and Mr Gates offered a musical solo. The quartet featured Mrs Earl Wells on the piano. Little business was conducted.
Funeral services for Mrs Emmett Larson will be held Sunday afternoon at three at her Charter Grove home. She died Thursday evening at St Ma hospital in Dek. Rev Wal will preside and many city residents are expected to attend.
Plans near completion for the initiation of several candidates into the 40 and 8 society of the American Legion. The event will be at the Armory on Tuesday night and is expected to be one of the largest ever held in this community. The Chicago post wrecking crew will be present to perform the work under A. K. Stiles, Chef de Gare.
Rochelle represented by the Rochelle Carneys will meet the Sycamore American Legion team Monday night at Sycamore high school gym. The Legion second team faces Waterman town team as curtain raiser. Both games expected to be lightning battles. fans urged to attend. Rochelle arrives with confidence after a season opening defeat of county Legionnaires.
Two Masonic orders the Chapter Royal Masons and the Blue Lodge chapter held installation services last evening at the Aleda Young Temple with Charles Koehn as installing officer. A strong attendance from both groups followed by a social hour.
Yale University will conduct a national survey of transportation problems in 1925. Winthrow M. Daniele Samuel W. Dudley and Charles J. Tilden head the study with five assistants. The project analyzes railway, waterway, and airway transportation and will involve railroad bureaus and other agencies to inform future consolidation discussions.
A Bouffant evening frock features a tisht bodice and long skirt of taffeta with black lace accents. Instructions describe cleaning black silk by damp pressing with hot coffee, and advise using a button facer near an ironing board to manage buttons and heavy embroidery.
New York N Y Pan 10 Packard Motor Car cuts prices on its enclosed sixes matching open car prices without altering quality. Alvan Macauley cites growing demand for enclosed cars and notes open models cannot be mass produced at lower costs. Industry watchers expect reactions from other makers as the 25th annual auto show opens amid a strong sales year. Also a recipe note suggests cooking apples with lemon juice and cinnamon for flavor.
A fragmented OCR list shows various seeds and feeds including CAR LOTS with multiple color codes such as red yellow and white, labels like No. 2 No. 5 and No. 4 white, and entries for oats Timothy and white varieties with prices noted as 5.75 and 6.75. The readable items describe sample grass and grain commodities with references to no clear quantities or full product names.
Hog receipts total 7 006 head light demand, steer and calf volumes mixed with price swings. Sheep receipts around 4 000 with better demand for yearlings and wool lands. Monday estimates show hogs 85 000 cattle 27 000 sheep 22 000. Grain letter notes May wheat and rye solid gains on export talk, but futures strength softened by heavy hog supplies and weak oats. For grain buyers, caution advised amid mixed signals from export and domestic demand.
Local Malta notes report a possible surge of heavy demand for silver dollars with a town businessman promising to give his wife all his annual silver take. The bank may ship silver dollars to satisfy patrons inclining toward such gifts as the year proceeds amid other town updates.
Artistic Monuments presents our craftsmen as true artists whose work rivals noted sculptors. Each monument is designed to endure and to embody the character and qualities of the departed loved one.
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