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Newspaper
Dekalb Daily Chronicle
Location
Dekalb, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1925
Page
2
The park board announces swimmers use the pool at their own risk and that it closes at nine each evening. Competent supervision will be provided, plus restrictions on boating, walking on golf areas, and prohibitions on rough language or property damage. Tourists and picnics are welcome if rules are followed.
Mary Mier formerly of Earlville who is serving a 60 day term in the county jail after conviction for chicken stealing gave birth to a boy late yesterday. It is the jail's first baby. She and her sister Beatrice Mier were arrested near Franks, tried, convicted, and Mary Mier was sentenced to 60 days. After birth she was taken to Sycamores hospital for care.
Ronnie Cook, 13, lay in critical condition after a family dog attacked him late Friday. The dog, a longtime pet, was shot by police as the boy suffered bites to the arm leg and chest amid extreme heat. This is the first mad dog incident reported in the community.
City stores will close Thursday afternoon to observe the dedication of the new park. The event is free and widely advertised with various programs. Senator Harold C. Kessinger of Aurora is slated to be the principal speaker in the afternoon sessions.
An upcoming Monday meeting in Sycamore will consider removing gates at North Western railroad crossings and installing wig wag signals at the crossings on State street. City officials expect citywide traffic rules mirroring DeKalb standards and several sidewalk upgrades. Mayor Beckler and council aim to curb traffic violations and publish the ordinance details next week.
Sheriff E. E. Crawford discharged three inmates last evening on orders from a deputy United States marshal who carried Chicago court papers. The men were James Davison James Hunt and William Grant, held at the county jail pending trial in Chicago.
Members of Mrs Rosa Hansen and Miss Vera Viner Sunday school classes held a weenie roast in the new city park last evening at 530 pm. It was described as a dandy time with the juniors enjoying the event despite watermelons not being available in DeKalb or Sycamore.
Mr and Mrs Earl Yeager plan a motor trip to Freeport for a family reunion. They hope daytime temperatures will be a few degrees cooler and favorable for travel.
Esmond notes the Farmers Elevator directors convened a business meeting Tuesday night. Marian Decker of Belvidere visits her aunt Mrs. Lloyd Eychaner this week. Mrs. Robert Ferguson, who has stayed six months with relatives here, returns to Mitchell Nebraska. Wednesday visitors include Mrs. Pollard and Violet of Rockford. Elmer McKenzie started with Illinois Bell Telephone in Rockford Thursday. Mark Smith and Roy Pollard called in Dixon Thursday. George Edwinson and wife of Creston called on friends here Wednesday.
A coroner's jury at the city hall chambers elected officers for the Salvation Army Board here after a meeting held Thursday night due to a death. Elected officers include president J B Lindstrom vice president H B Goodison secretary W W Hyde and treasurer Franz Parks. Advisory board members listed many local figures and doctors. A fall drive will raise the annual Salvation Army subscription in this city.
Village stores in Maple Park and Somonauk shift to Wednesday and Saturday evenings only. Residents criticize loss of evening activity as stores stop open daily and Sunday mornings, changing rural commerce and social life.
A white boy was shot twice in the thigh early today in Detroit during escalating racial tensions. The shooting occurred in a barred house in a previously exclusive white neighborhood, claimed to be the third such incident in three weeks. Police rushed to quell the outbreak.
Dayton Tenn July 11 A large Dayton crowd attends the Scopes trial to see General B G McKenzie duel wits with Clarence Darrow. McKenzie, a famed Tennessee prosecutor, is noted for his humor and legal acumen while Darrow taunts him over suspenders.
United Press reports a sheriff in Jerseyville Illinois is targeted by a gang of copper thieves. A bullet hit the car’s thermometer but failed to injure him, and authorities pursue the attackers amid the theft ring investigations.
Sheriff Frank Sowell was fired on by a gang that was rifling a Bell Telephone line between the city and Alton. In the ensuing battle one alleged thief was captured and the head of the gang, with about 300 worth of wire, was also captured.
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