Precaution Taken With Poultry Embargo On Shipping
Farmers urged to disinfect crates with Cresol or carbolic acid before shipping poultry to Illinois. American Railway Express requires inspection certificates on each coop and five day delay for passenger movement after disinfection to curb an avian disease outbreak.
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American Railway Express Company
General Office
Department of Agriculture
Division of Animal, Husbandry
Illinois
Express Company
George Culver
Express
Ford Coupe Stolen in Plano by Two Young Men
Plano authorities reported a 1923 Ford coupe stolen around 11 pm Friday night. Two alleged youths about 18 and 20 wore light caps and dark overcoats. the vehicle carried basketball suits in the rear compartment and had 1924 license number 407-617. DeKalb police were asked to assist in recovery. a watch will be kept for the car.
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Plano
Hoopeston Man to Hospital After Knee Injury
Hoopeston resident John Swope, 18, suffered a severe knee injury while working in the city and was transported to a hospital on Saturday afternoon. He had been boarding on East Lincoln Highway. surgery and care were deemed necessary. In DeKalb, I C Snow plans to travel to Hillsdale, Michigan, to visit his seriously ill mother Amelia Snow, convalescing past seventy milestones.
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John Swope
Hoopeston
East Lincoln Highway
Swope
Michigan
I. C. Snow
Hillsdale
Mich
Amelia Snow
Church Program Attracts Many Sunday Night
Many residents attended last evenings service at the Lutheran church. Arthur Repke of Rochelle was the featured artist with vocal selections. An organ recital by Prof. Eugene Nordgren accompanied the program. The junior choir sang and Rev. E W Magnusson continued sermons on modern life and the Bible.
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Lutheran Church
Arthur Repke
Rochelle
Repke
Eugene Nordgren
E. W. Magnusson
Gang Leader Juffra Sentenced to DeKalb County Jail
Judge Adam C. Cliffe sentences Nick Juffra, Chicago underworld lieutenant to six months in DeKalb County jail at Sycamore. He begins a week from Tuesday after ten days to settle affairs. Torrio and Edward O'Donnell receive nine and eight month terms with fines of 5000 and 2000 dollars respectively. Juffra also faces a 2000 dollar fine. The verdict follows the Sieben Brewery looting trial from last May.
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Adam C. Cliffe
Nick Juffra
Johnny Torrio
Underworld
Chicago
DeKalb
Sycamore
Jaffra
Torrio
DuPage County
Edward O'Donnell
Kane County
Sieben
State Meeting Opens in Carbondale With Two Day Sessions
Dr J Stanley Brown president of the state teachers college and E B Still Normal board member traveled from DeKalb to Carbondale for a two day board session. Today the board reads reports and outlines plans for the forthcoming legislature meeting. Tomorrow Dr Brown attends a session with normal school presidents.
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Carbondale
J. Stanley Brown
State Teachers College
E. B. Still
Normal School Board
DeKalb
Still
Brown
Death of Erick A Carlson prompts DeKalb funeral
Erick A Carlson a long time DeKalb resident and Finnish community member died Sunday after pneumonia at Gridden Memorial hospital. Funeral services at 1:30 from his home and 2:00 at First Lutheran Church with Rev E W Magnusson officiating. Burial in Fairview cemetery. He was born January 20 1873 in Finland and immigrated in 1892. Survived by wife Maria and four children Elsie Walter Sigurd, plus siblings and his father in Finland. He worked for American Steel and Wire before illness ended his career.
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Erick A. Carlson
Glidden Memorial Hospital
First Lutheran Church
E W. Magnusson
Fairview
Carlson
DeKalb
North 13Th Street
American Steel & Wire Company
Finland
Worchester
Mass
Providence
R. I
Maria Mangs
Michigan
DeKalb Order of Viking
Reuben Larson
Sycamore
Elsie
Walter
Sigurd
Defeated Chi Si Hsuan Forces Loot Near Shanghai
Fighting around Shanghai intensifies as Chi Si Hsuan troops retreat toward the city looting and rioting. Wu Pen Fis faction's coup collapses after a Lu Hsiang assault, while British troops move from Hong Kong to protect the foreign settlement.
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United Pross
Shanghai
China
Chi Si Hsuan
Wu Pen Fis
Lu Hsiang
Hong Kong
Odd Fellows to Lindenwood for District Meet
Members of the Odd Fellows lodge will dispense with their regular meeting tonight and motor to Lindenwood for the district gathering. Lindenwood has an enviable reputation for entertaining, prompting large delegations from many lodges to attend the event.
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Odd Fellows
Lindenwood
Odd ‘Fellows’ Lode
Steel Workers to Present Minstrel Show in March
Announcement says the greater part of the cast is selected for a minstrel show to be held in the Welfare building. Rehearsals are underway and the event is planned as an annual social calendar feature. Those involved claim it will be one of the citys best home talent productions. Dance Saturday night at the I O O F Hall.
Honeymoon Interrupted by the Police
United Press reports in New Orleans that Charles Spangler, 22, was held for Champaign Illinois authorities on a kidnapping charge involving his bride elect Miss Beulah Allen, 16. They were detained at separate rooming houses on Champaign’s orders. Spangler reportedly came to Illinois to seek divorce from his wife, while a jealous Champaign constable, infatuated, arranged arrest to prevent the marriage.
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United Press
New Orleans
Charles Spangler
Champaign
Ill
New Bus Arrives Here To Boost City Fleet
A new bus purchased by the Northern Illinois Finance Company from Reo Motors is due in the city today after leaving Lansing, Michigan Saturday. The 25 passenger vehicle will be painted in the current game color and is the largest bus in the fleet as demand has stretched all vehicles in service.
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Northern Illinois Finance Company
Reo Motors
Lansing
Mich
Busy Saturday Draws Rural Visitors Amid Snow Climb
Merchants report a very good ride last Saturday making it one of the busiest Saturdays this winter aside from Christmas week. Many rural residents came to town in sleds due to heavy snowfall hindering auto travel. several farmers were seen driving to town, a sight less common in recent years.
Notice of funeral for Eric Carlson attends and church service
Members of I O V are requested to attend the funeral of our late brother Eric Carlson tomorrow afternoon at 1 30 at the house and at 2 o clock at First Lutheran church by order of the chief recording secretary Anders Set 361.
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1. O. V. Lodge
Eric Carlson
First Lutheran Church
Anders
Hughes Rejects Senate Fight Over Paris Reparations Pact
Secretary of State Hughes today denied that the Paris reparations agreement is a body or agency under treaty, saying the executive may authorize its signature without Senate advice. He warned the United States incurs no commitment and the full text will be published. Senator Moses signaled plans to push steps to protect the country if the pact entangles the United States.
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United Press
Washington, D. C
Hughes
Senate
Paris
Germany
Versailles
United States
Johnson
George Moses
New Hampshire
Moses
Six Suspects Arrested In Sinn Fein Plot
Six suspects including five men and a woman were arrested in London on January 19 in connection with a Sinn Fein plot to blow up a British battleship at Portsmouth. They were questioned and likely to be charged under the Official Secrets Act. The alleged pilot aimed to stir unrest between the Free State and Great Britain, with letters between suspects intercepted. Two petty officers were among the arrestees aboard the fleet at Southampton.
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London
England
Sinn Fein
Porstmouth
Free State
Great Britain
Southampton
Mrs. Egbert Lovell Improves at Glidden Hospital
Mrs. Egbert Lovell, a typhoid fever patient at Glidden hospital, is improving and will soon spend part of each day out of bed. She was very ill earlier, and her condition was at one time critical.
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Egbert Lovell
Glidden Hospital
Frank Ogle to Start Chicago Stock Service
Frank Ogle plans a daily stock line from this city to Chicago. He has purchased an International truck to transport stock to the Chicago market, establishing a direct service for the city.
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Frank Ogle
Chicago Stock Service
Chicago
Mr.Ogle
DeKalb Cast Rehearses for Once in a Blue Moon
Rehearsals for the DeKalb theatre production of Once in a Blue Moon proceed with a cast of local performers. The show, Monday night January 26, features a full chorus, several dances including an old fashioned dance by Mr and Mrs Donald Pasten in 1860 costumes, and musical numbers with the theatre orchestra. The plot mixes romance and comedy with a burglary, and a style show with gowns by DeKalb merchants. Mrs Berkley Ney will play piano for select songs.
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DeKalb
DeKalb Theatre
DeKalb Peo Ie
Donald Patsten
de Kalb
Children Drive Big Gift to Volunteers of America
DeKalb residents, led by local children, raised 364.8 dollars for destitute women with children in Volunteers of America care. Frances Hausman topped contestants with 30.66 dollars, followed by Helen Crowland 25.48 and Evelyn O'Donnell 25.44, with Violet Blasch, Jessie Wilbert, and Linda Kestila winning additional prizes.
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DeKalb Folk
America
Frances Hausman
Helen Crowland
Evelyn O'Donnell
Violet Blasch
Jessie Wilbert
Linda Kestila
Stolen 1924 Tudor Ford Sedan Reported in Boone County
Belvidere police joined Boone County and DeKalb officers after a 1924 Tudor Ford Sedan was reported stolen late Saturday. A detailed description was circulated to all nearby departments and used to track the vehicle.
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Belvidere
Boone County
DeKalb Department
Mail Thief Is Retaken In Indiana After Escape
Gerald Chapman, famed New York mail robbery mastermind, captured in Muncie after a fight with detectives. He held $7,500, watches, nitro- gly cerine, and a revolver when taken. Angled for return to Atlanta penitentiary to finish a 25 year sentence.
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United Press
Indianapolis
Ind
Marion ‘County
Gerald Chapman
Muncie
Indiana
New York
Tvo
Atlanta
Chapman
Europe
Chicago to battle water cutoff amid looming crisis
Chicago faces a life or death water shortage as municipal chief engineer Edward J. Kelley urges mass meetings to protest reducing Lake Michigan withdrawals. He warns that a cut to 10,000 feet per second would let sewage contaminate drinking water and cause widespread deaths.
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Chicago
Edward J. Kelley
Lake Michigan
Kelly
Washington
For Sale 1924 Ford Roadster Mechanically Sound
Service Garage offers a 1924 Ford Roadster for sale described as mechanically like new and priced right. Located at 142 North Second Street.
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Ford
Second Street
Funeral Procession Hit by Bobsled Delays De Kalb Cars
Funeral cortege delayed when a bobsled team driven by a man who had worked for the owner collided with the auto carrying pallbearers. The driver fled until after the procession passed. H A Nelson helped hold the horses. Undertakers complain about autos cutting in during processions.
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Richard Norrby
Antil
Second Street
Wage Boost Granted to Railway Workers by Board
The U S Railway Labor Board granted wage increases to 20000 rail workers across 50 railroads, raising pay by one to two cents an hour. About 75000 other workers were denied raises. Increases total roughly 3300 dollars annually with time and a half on Sundays and holidays. Vacations with pay are approved, duration based on service length. reductions in hours were rejected.
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United Press
Chicago
U. S. Railway Labor Board
Legion Meeting Tonight Under New Commander
The Legion will hold a very important meeting this evening at eight o clock in the post rooms under Commander C D Thorpton who was recently installed. Mel Thornton will reelect several committees and discuss plans for the year. Ex service men wishing to join are asked to attend.
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Re! Legion
Legion
C. D. Thorpton
Mel Thornton
Sad Train Tragedy Told of Three Deaths in Family
A traveling salesman recounts a harrowing tale of a California to Chicago trip that ended in three deaths within one family. The parents, penniless, were traveling to bury their youngest child who died in California, with the second child dying en route and the third at Dixon as the train stopped Friday noon. Police or officials note the parents may have relatives in Chicago.
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California
Chicago
Dixon
Lad Kicked by Chum Fails to Rally from It
Mystery shrouds the death of Charles Orville Johnson an 11 year old Washville lad who died of abdominal injuries after saying he was kicked by a chum days earlier Peter Hornung named by the boy as the offender The death follows a year after the brother of the dead lad was accidentally shot and killed in the doorway of his home
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Noweo Rre
Litchfield
Charles Orville Johnson
Washville Lad
Peter Hornung
Lives Lost In Flood In Southern States
Nine people die and massive property damage follows floods across five Southern states after ten days of heavy rain. Swollen rivers inundate vast areas in Georgia South Carolina Alabama Mississippi and nearby regions.
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United Press
Atlanta
Georgia
South Carolina
Alabama
Mississippi
Knights of Pythias Circus Opens in DeKalb Chronicle Hall
The Knights of Pythias circus opens tonight in Chronicle hall with plans set for a busy week. Committees have worked to attract crowds and raise funds for club use. The event features boys and girls contests, vaudeville acts, dancing, and music nightly from seven to midnight, inviting local participation.
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Pythias Circus
Chronicle Hall
Mgst
DeKalb
Order
Ourday
Knight of Pythiastion
Knights of Pythias
Chimney Fire Near South Third and Prospect
Sunday noon a chimney blaze on South Third near the intersection with Prospect caused a brief alarm. Firemen responded quickly. the fire remained in the chimney and was extinguished after salt was used. No roof fire occurred, though officials warned conditions could have spread if not contained.
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Jlo
Taira and
Prospect
Freeter
Optometrists Gather for Illinois Association Meeting
Doctors H. M. Payne J. Rendell lead optometrists from across Illinois at the annual meeting in Chicago. The two day convention at the Hotel Sherman ends tonight with Rendell returning to DeKalb.
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H. M. Payne J. Rendell
Chicago
Ilinois Late Optometrical Association
Sherman
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E. Carlson
North Thirteenth Street
I. O. O. F. Hall
U._S
U.S
Cape Cod
Oleans
Captain Walker
Coast Guard
Stes
Amer
Train
Lad
Chum
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