Carter Auto In Accident Near Plano
Dr. Carter and Mrs. Carter were hurt when the steering locked and the Ford crashed into the Somonauk bridge two miles south of Plano. Dr. Carter has a broken rib and Mrs. Carter a likely broken shoulder. Miss Mildred Wright and Mrs. Floyd Hamilton escaped serious injury. The car was wrecked and the party, returning from Piano, faced rumors of a fatality that proved false.
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C.D. Carter
Somonauk Bridge
Plano
DeKalb
Floyd Hamilton
Carter
F. M. Cooper
Dr. Carter
Government to Seek End to Anthracite Coal Strike
The government will do all it can to bring peace to the anthracite coal industry amid a threatened strike set for September 1. Secretary of Labor Davis announced after a conference at the summer White House with President Coolidge. A local notice mentions a July 17 event in Mass. The document also notes a sale at Leslie's for a 10 quart Slop Pail at $1.00.
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United Press
Mass
Davis
White House
Coolidge
Leslie’s
District Meet At Hickory Grove Lodge In Rochelle
An Odd Fellows district meeting is announced for July 30 at Hickory Grove lodge Rochelle. The event will be open to Rebekah members and may attract many from De Kath BV Hardy and J C Snow of De Kath will assist as installing officers. The Rochelle lodge installed its new officers the same evening in a session of wide interest.
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Hickory Grove Lodge of
Odd Fellows
Rebekah
DeKath
BV. Hardy
J. C. Snow
Lochelle Lodge
Wig Wag To Be Ordered In City Traffic Plan
The city council approved an ordinance to replace current gates with a wig wag and bell warning system at all railroad crossings. The measure, contingent on Illinois Commerce Commission action, mirrors the Elgin system and will take months to implement after hearings and final approval.
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Ilinois Commerce Commission
Chronicle
Commerce Commission
Fourth Street
Lincoln Highway
Elgin
Illinois Commerce Commission
G. N. Thackman
Camp Members Will Install New Officers
Kishwaukee encampment I O O I will elect and install officers at the regular meeting this evening at eight o'clock. All members are urged to attend. An ad notes Leslie's offers Boys' Summer Shirts sizes 3 to 8 for a dollar.
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Kishwaukee
Leslie’s
Verbal fire halts trial in Scopes case atmosphere
Dayton Tenn July 17 The Scopes case nears dissolution as Judge Raulston bars scientific evidence and closes to be heard. Bryan and Darrow clash over cross examination while affidavits are set to replace expert testimony and the court contemplates reversing its ruling.
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Tuited
Dayton
Ten
Clarence Darrow
Scopes
Raulston
William Jennings Bryan
Clarence Darrew
Raviston
Hhis
Stewart
Arthur Garfield Hayes
Malone
Olice
Matone
Bryan
Ratietos
Darrow
Philip Knapp Still at Large
Philip Knapp, an army deserter and alleged thrill murderer, was reported seen in North Carolina, Washington DC, Indiana, Ohio, and near the Canadian border in the last 48 hours as a Nassau grand jury meets to indict him for the killing of Louis Panella. Police in Wabash, Indiana release Robert Jackson of Kansas City after authorities say he does not match Knapp’s description.
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Tilted Prewsy Minneola
N.Y
Phillip Knox Knapp
Alteged
North Carolina
Washington
Indiana
Ohio
Nassau Grand Jury
Louis Panella
Wabash
Ind
Robert Jackson
Kansas City
Syracuse
N. Y
Phillip Knapp
United States
Jackson
Knapp
State Patrolman Church Stops in DeKalb Yesterday
Patrolman Kenneth Church visited DeKalb en route to Chicago on business. He noted lighter traffic on his new division and expressed hope to return to the Lincoln Highway soon. Cars washed and greased at North Side Garage, 212 N Second Street.
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Kenneth Church
DeKalb
Chicago
Church
Ihhief
Lincoln Highway
North Side
N. Second Street
City Council Opens with Prayer and Busy Agenda
The council held a long session with Rev. Gerald F. Richardson delivering the invocation marking the first city meeting opened with prayer. Aldermen approved plans for a rear city hall shed to house a sprinkler, ambulance moves, and brick reuse. They also set to relocate a fire hydrant before paving and discussed drafting a new plumbing ordinance with City Attorney Pasley, to be ready by August.
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Gerald F. Richardson
Advent Christian Ehoreh
Ters
The
Chronicle
Lincoln Highway
DeKalb
H Fs. Goodison
W First Street
Sixth
Lim
Sixth Street
DeEstin L. Pasley
Prisoners Escape From County Jail Prompt Hunt
Bulletin Benton July 17 reports a posse continues to search for six prisoners who escaped the county jail yesterday led by Jimmy March. Authorities have not located them in nearby towns and believe they fled toward surrounding counties. In a separate note, Robert Webb, life sentence for killing a Chicago detective sergeant in 1913, was believed to be hiding near his farm after briefly wearing civilian clothes yesterday.
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United Press
Benton
Jimmy March
Tss
eSsez
Robert Webb
Chicago
Webb
Yes‘terday
Kishwaukee Loses Title Tie in Lincoln Highway Ladies Golf
Kishwaukee Country Club of Sterling defeats remain tied with Polo after a 36 hole event at Sterling. An extra nine holes decided the outcome with Polo scoring 27 down to Kishwaukee 44 down. Mrs Milo T Oakland won high individual honors and Miss Malle Gustafson took second. Oakland received a silver vase and the second place team a silver flower basket. Final standings list DeKull and Polo tied for first, Sterling third, Dixon fourth, Morrison fifth, Clinton, Ta., sixth.
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Kishwaukee
Lincoln Highway Ladies’ Association
Sterling
Kishwaukee Country Club
Milo T. Oakland
Malle Gustafson
Mes
Oakland
DeKull
Polo
Fish
Dixon
Morrison
Clinton
Interurban at Dixon to Quit Its Operation
The interurban line between Dixon and Sterling will cease within a short time after Northern Illinois Utilities Co filed with the Illinois Commerce Commission to discontinue street car service. Dixon city council approved the move with streets to be repaired and rails removed. The company says it has operated at a loss for the past year and cites competition from autos. no buses will be added. In the first half of 1925 the line lost $23,858.
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Dixon
Sterling
Ilinois Utilities Co
Ilinois Commerce Commission
Dixon City
See the New Christy Razor at Special Price
The neatest easiest safety razor with easy blade angle for handling and cleaning. Blades are hand finished and tested. Introductory price 35¢ for the razor and six blades in a box. Also advertised was a 12-quart galvanized pail for 25c at Leslie's.
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Secor
Illinois Weather: fair tonight and Saturday
Fair tonight and on Saturday with a slowly rising temperature. In the northwest portion tonight the rise begins and in the north and central portion Sunday temperatures increase further.
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Illinois
Graduation at the State College Serves 44 Teachers and 46 Diplomas
A noon commencement closing the six week summer term honors 44 graduates of the teachers college and presents 46 diplomas. Dr J Stanley Brown presided awarding degrees to Russell G Gage Vergil B E Lyon and Julien at Deterson, with a brief musical program by college students under Prof A Neil Annas.
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Teachers College
J. Stanley Brown
State College
Russell G. Gage
Vergil BE. Lyon
Julien
Deterson
Trof
A. Neil Annas
Mariam Hollinshead
J. M. Tayne
Mrof. Ruzene Nordgren
First Lutheran Church
Brown
The
Erice Ef, Abbott
Margaret Bartlet
Carolyn M. Barth
Elizabeth Tradt
Alice Mar Byers
Marcelyn M. Carlson
Elizabeth Jane Clevens- Tine
Jessie
Clover
Marcia E. Cowen
Alfaretta G. Dempsey
Trene A. Ditzler
Lisle E. Bbaugh
Gertrude Ebson
Gertrude Farley
Mildred Maelanders
Olive H. Fry
Elizabeth Gennon
Dorothy Martha Gardiner
Mary Barnes Gear
Harlan G. Hlan- Way
Elsie Irene Havens
Arlyne M. Hawthorne
Helen Stewart Hewitt
Vivian Nells Hubbard
Frances C. Ingoldsby
Bertha Johnson
Irene June Keniny
Randolph Langlois
Vera Mae Lawson
Helen Lawton
Wilhelmina Mathison
Ethel Lenore Miller
Lucile Mussle
Esther F. Nylund
Hannah Petterson
Mildred M. Repke
Mildred Mary Walrod
Tisie Alice Whitney
Flossie Winifred Wiley
Harold R. Wilkinson
Nellie Anne Wilson
Annabel Winders
Mary Grace Yarger
Mildred E. Gromer
Captain Wail Reassumes Fire Station Duty After Vacation
Captain Will Wail returns to his duties at the fire station after a ten day vacation that he found agreeable despite the heat. Clayton Kennedy, next in line, takes ten days off and another member will fill in. It is not yet known when Chief M H McEvoy will take his vacation or where he will go. Saturday Sale at Leslie's features 18x36 floor mats at 10c each.
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Wail
Will Wail
Clayton Kennedy
M. H. McEvoy
Concrete Pour on Blackhawk Trail From Dixon to Rockford
Concrete poured yesterday on Route Two known as Blackhawk Trail from Dixon to Rockford. Contractor for the paving was let recently and has hauled material to the route for days. The project should be ready for traffic by mid September, with other sections anticipated to meet that timeline.
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Blackhawk Trail
Dixon
Rockford
Condons In quake area during Elks convention trip
Word reached DeKalb that Emmett Condon and his wife were in California during a recent quake while touring the west and south. The message from Bill Leutbecker at the Portland Elks convention notes Condon’s claim of being in the quake ten days earlier and his plan to stay in Portland until the Elks gathering ends. The Condons may share quake stories on their return trip, with Leutbecker and other Elks staying at the Washington hotel in Portland.
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DeKalb
Emmett Condon
California
Chronicle
William Leutbecker
of the Elks
Portland
Bill
West
Elks
Loutchecker
Brother Ells
Washington
Bil
Leutbecker
B. P. O. Elks
Looney Trial Nearing End In Rock Island Court
In Rock Island July 17 the state rested its case against Looney on charges of conspiring to protect gambling. Four women from the underworld testified that Looney had them arrested on trumped up charges to force them to hire him as their lawyer. Mrs Nettie Jennings accused Looney of framing her arrest. John K Scott former city attorney testified he acted as go between Looney and Jennings and paid him 200 dollars.
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United Ties
Rock Island
Looney
Nettie Jennings
John K. Scott
Scott
Looney and ™ M Nettie Jennings
Jennings
Burroughs Return from Weeklong Lake Geneva Outing
Mr and Mrs Sidney Burroughs have come back to this city after a ten day vacation at Lake Geneva with the Howard Stevenson family, who also returned from the trip. The notice notes pleasant memories of the trip and a welcome return to home. A local tea house at Malta Corners advertises Peach Shortcake and Cream for refreshments. Leslie's Store features a Saturday sale on children and women footwear, plus dresses and fabric items at reduced prices.
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DeKalb
Sidney Burroughs
Lake Geneva
Howard Stevenson
Kettle Tea House
Malta Corners
Leslie
Russell Scott Receives One-Week Stay of Execution
In Springfield Illinois this morning Russell Scott, to be hanged at sunrise, was granted a one week reprieve after a Telegram from Detroit signed Robert Scott claimed responsibility for the murder of Joseph Maurer. Governor Len Small, advised by the pardons board, ordered the delay and police sought the telegram’s sender to verify its authenticity.
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United Press
Chicago
Russell Scott
Scott
Joseph Maurer
Detroit
Robert Scott
Russell
Springfield
Len Small
Will Coleman
Board of Pardons and Paroles
Robert
Small
Board of Paroles
Woman Claims She Was Held by the Chinese
Calexico Calif July 17 Claiming she was kidnapped by Chinese and carried blindfolded and gagged toward the Mexican border Mrs Virginia Lee Cookson wealthy authoress sought police during the night. A posse of 30 men searched the hills around Santa Anna for Mrs Cookson since her disappearance early this week. She left a note foretelling death and directing her affairs.
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United Press
Calexico
Calif
Virginia Lee Cookson
Santa Anna
Shepherd Loses Fight to Probate Will in Chicago
William D. Shepherd failed to have Billy McClintock's foster son fortune admitted to probate as Judge Henry Horner ruled there is a presumption of undue influence despite no direct evidence. Attorneys for Miss Isabelle Po and nine McClintock cousins attacked Shepherd and his wife, plan to appeal. The estate stays in its present stand for now. Skeleton Caps for Golf or Tourisy.
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United Press
Chicago
William D. Shepherd
Billy McClintock
Henry Horner
Isabelle Po
Billy
McClintock
Shepherd
Horner
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C. D. Carter
Rochelle
City Council
Lincoln Highway Association
Chicagoo Motor Club
Tive
2 Motor Chub
Chicsizo Motorclub
Philip Knapp
State Patrolman Church
Dayton, Tenn
William Jennings Pegan
Solons
Bulletin
Ogre
Interurban
Davy
Will Leutbecker
Elks’ Convention
Brother
Tourisy Davy's
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