Last Day at the College Graduation Addresses at 1922 Class
Dr Walter Henry MacPherson of Joliet delivers a forceful address to the 1922 graduates urging equality and the teacher's role as a spiritual parent. Diplomas are presented to 98 graduates from two-year teachers college programs, marking the first Normal group finish with eleven high school students.
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Walter Henry MacPherson
Joliet
MacPherson
Brown
Verdi
Ocestra
Anna
Frank Webster
Colle
State College
Bessie Cowall
F. M Webster
Teachers’ College
Newspaper MEN Invite Plano for Republican Editorial Dinner
Newspaper men across the 12th district were invited to the annual meeting and dinner of the Twelfth District Republican Editorial Association at Maramech Hill Plano. The event on Saturday June 10 will be at Marameth hall south of Plano near historical Fox tribal site. DeKalb is expected to send a full delegation.
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Plano
12Th Congressional District
Twelfth District
Republican Editorial Association
Maramech Hill
Marameth Hall
Ilinois
DeKalb
Governor Small Trial Focuses on $10 Million Loan Details
United Press report from Waukegan Illinois June 1 describes testimony in the trial of Governor Small. State Treasurer Edward E. Miller testified about loans of $10,000,000 to the Grant Park bank and how the governor directed him before arranging a bond for the office.
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aBy United Press
Waukegan
Grant Park Bank
Small
Edward E. Milstate
Miller
Smaltyg
Ashe
Rail Board to Slash Wages of More Rail Men
United Press reports Chicago June 1 that the Rail Board plans further wage cuts for shop and maintenance workers after threats of a strike by Bert M Jewell and the railroad department of the American Federation of Labor. The board aims to add about 50 million dollars to payroll reductions, affecting machinists blacksmiths boiler makers electrical workers car men and helpers. Apprentices and others face small hourly cuts as part of the broader move.
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Rail Board
United Press
Chicago
United States Railroad Labor Board
Railroad Department
American Federation of Labor
Fter
Bert M Jewell
Railroad Board
Jewell
Additiol
Calendar of Kishwaukee Country Club season 1922 events
Kishwaukee Country Club releases an elaborate 1922 season calendar detailing officers, committees, club history, and aims to become a family social center. It outlines party expenses, stag events, a children's playground, new restaurant service, a professional, a picnic ground near the ninth hole, and a policy on buying balls from caddies. It also lists social and golf events and membership.
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Country Club
Kishwaukee Country Club
Rehearsals Set for Farm Pageant This Saturday
A series of rehearsals for the upcoming Farm Pageant are underway. Nicholson's Flower segment will rehearse at Elk Hall Saturday morning. Boys invited by Mrs Franz Parsons join the Vegetable Dance rehearsal, and high school girls in the Sweet Clover Dance meet at Elk Hall Saturday at 9:00 AM.
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Ward
Farm Bureau
Nicholson
Elk Hall
Franz Par’s
Directors of 7 United States Steel visit DeKalb mills
Directors of seven corporations arrived in DeKalb in a private car for the annual inspection of the mills. They toured the east and west works last evening finishing about 9 30 this morning they inspected the north and south works. The directors expressed general satisfaction with the mills conditions and noted the potential of a new assembly hall.
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Weteen
United States Steel Corporation
DeKalb
Forest Fires Ravage West Coast Leaving Towns Ruined
Portland reports Cedar Falls partly in ruins as fires threaten several towns on the West Coast. One firefighter is dead and multiple logging camps burned. Residents flee before advancing walls of flame, while northern Washington faces spreading blazes and widespread danger.
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Portland
Ore
Washington
Cedar Falls
Britain to Act as De Valera Sparks Irish Crisis
London reports cabinet weighing step amid De Valera stance. Churchill warns Ireland to honor peace treaty or face reoccupation. In Belfast, sectarian fighting leaves eleven dead and many wounded, including constables, with a 24 hour toll rising. Craig meets Londonderry and other cabinet figures to discuss Ulster and south Ireland.
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Usted Press
London
England
de Valera
Earl Cavan
Siepe
Churchill
Ireland
Jame Craig
Lord Londonderry
Wins Churchill
James Craig
Ulster
Belfast
Danny
Kane
York Road
Winston Churchulrs
DeKalb booster letter highlights camp ground praise
A May 11 letter from Blanche Mahaffey Claxon of Long Beach California to Mrs E J Wiswall describes DeKalb as a desirable stopping spot. A visitor praised the local auto camp in detail noting clean facilities by Boy Scouts and attractive surroundings. The writer urges boosting DeKalb’s reputation to attract visitors and mentions thirty wells on the hill producing about 24000 barrels daily.
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Blanche Mahaffey Claxton
Grand Ave
Long Beach
Cal
E. J. Wiswall
Nomiveitrend
DeKoulb
DeKalb
California
Southern
Wiswall
Coal Prices to Fall While Mine Strike Proceeds
DC June 1 The American public will pay 10 to 15 percent less for coal as long as the mine strike continues. A $5.00 per ton mine price frames consumer costs. Central committee in Washington coordinates distribution as non union districts submit fair price scales from 2.45 to 3.50. Highest local price in southern West Virginia at 3.40 per ton, lowest in Alabama at 2.45.
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Cue Or. DC
Secretary of Commerce
Hoover
Department of Commerce
Central Committee
Washington
West Virginia
Alabama
Whiting Refinery Band to Broadcast Friday Radio Concert
The Standard of Company Refinery Band of Whiting Indiana will give a radio concert tomorrow evening from KYW Chicago, seven to eight central time. Directed since 1919, the band is expected to attract listening from several local radio stations.
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Inyder
Standard of Company Refinery
Whiting
Ind
KYW
Chicago
Sold Dog Through Chronicle Want Ads
A brief notice recounts how Bill advertised an Airedale pup in the Chronicle want ads and sold the dog at ten o'clock that night to a Shabbona resident. The seller notes the rapid sale and questions how the buyer learned of the ad.
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Chronicle
Bill
Romance in Court Now in Battle Over Wealthy Heiress
Chicago June 1 The Rocke etc two of America's richest families clash over Miss Mathilde McCort's marriage to Max Gier of Switzerland. McCormick and Rockefeller camp argue against the match citing Swiss citizenship and wealth concerns. Probate judge Horner weighs restraining order as details of guardianship and finances are reviewed. Weather Illinois fair and warmer with increasing past west and south tonight.
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Peesey
Chicago
Rockefellers
McCormicks
America
Mathilde McCort
Max Gier
Switzerland
Keith Rockefeller McCormack
Charter Cutling
Jude Veary Horner
Illinois
Voting standings update from Campaign Manager counts
The Campaign Manager reports daily vote tallies with the next edition reflecting changes. Notable figures include Miss Alvira Benson Shaber with 22, Irene Duffy Waterman with 22,675, Phyllis Crosby Hinckley 21,600, Nellie Lawrence Shabbona 20,100, and Ella Ingham DeKalb 19,6735 among many others across DeKalb and surrounding towns. District details list hundreds of names with varying totals, showing broad participation across multiple communities and districts.
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Alvira Benson Shaber
Irene Duffy
Waterman
Phyllis Crosby
Hinckley
HH. Agnew
Watr
John Craig Shabbona
Doris Wells
Shabbona
Lottie Foster Shabere
Hazel Bertel
Helen Montagon
DeKalb
Harriet Whitford
Roy Kesner
F. Johnson
Watma
C. Cannon
Lincoln Highway
Evelyn Paulson
Kirkl
Ruth Bomp
Esmond
Harry Love
Magnusson
S Henigan
Sycamore
Sarah Shriver
Kirklnd
Weaver
Sycam
Curtis Sanderson
Lee
Ransom Griffin Esmo
Rose Carpenter Lin
Hwy
Wm. Wailmark
Syc
J. F. Farrell Dek
Ed Johnson
Kingston
Gladys Hurd
Malta
Oscar Johnson
Kirkld
Ethel Hartman
Ella Peterson
Sycamore R
Edna Byre
Ray J. Eyehaner
Vivian Johnson
Fred Stark
Archie Marsch
Hinek
R. H. Driver
Jessie Spencer
Fred Busse
Pearl Frost
Shabbona Grove
Bernie Olson
Mary Jane Slade
Howard Hoyt
Elburn
Elmer Shoop
Malta Jr
Wm Masterson
Paira
Thos
Hart
Jim Allen
Clare
W. Winchell
Shab
Paul Keenan
Maple Pi
Gladys Blakey
Clyde Williams
Kirkia
Alice Jacobson
Joyce Carlson
L. H. Solberg
George Rollins
Cort'a Ency Price
Loretta Sullivan
Mburn
Hilda Wahlgren
Lois Brown
Henry Hyde
John Jenkins
Viola Anderson
Roe Bennett
Genoa
Jennie Male
Caroline Richard
Cortland
Fern Boyle
Wattman
Gladys Kaliman
Map
Myrtle Schmidt
Mary Organ
E. Iverson
Oscar Abjin
Florence Tysdal
Ruth Tyrrell
Pageant work and school graduation headline DeKalb
The DeKalb pageant for the Farm Bureau Decennial is moving forward as rehearsals expand across northern Illinois counties under Miss Nina Lamkin. The high school holds graduation for 78 seniors tonight, the last in the old building with Principal Whitten leaving thereafter. At the Star theatre Tom Mix stars in Sky High with Grand Canyon scenes praised as top motion picture work.
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Whitten
THE
STAR
Mix
Grand Canyon
Tom Mix
Fox
Arizona
Tony
Tom
Dorothy Dalton
Lynn F. Rynolds
Rudolph Valentino
Preain “Moran
Lady Letty
Princott
Lincoln Hwy
Ulprenen
Letty
Nina Lamkin
Illinois
America
Reuben
Lamkin
DeKalb
Elsa Larson
Rudolph Valentino and Dorothy Dalton In Moron of the Lady Letty
Rudolph Valentino stars with Dorothy Dalton in Moron of the Lady Letty, showing tonight. The drama features fast pacing and period romance as a seaside tale unfolds under the silver screen lights.
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Dorothy Patton
Lady Letty
Princess
Rudolph Valentino
Dorothy Dalton
Popular Princess Orchestra
Dorothy Datton
Moron
Resolution on wartime graft probes dies in committee
June 1 in Washington D C the Woodruff Johnson resolution calling for a congressional investigation into graft in the War and Justice departments was killed by the House Rules Committee after revoking its May action. Johnson plans to seek authority for the standing Expenditures Committee to probe war contracts. A special grand jury and the fraud cabinet formed by Attorney General Daugherty opened in secret.
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Vedaresst Washing c
Woodruff Joangen
Department of Justice
War Department
Tod
House Rules Committee
House
Washing
D C
Woodruff Johnson
Rules Committee
Ita
Johnson
Daugherty
Michigan City man executed for wife murder
William E. Donovan, 38, was hanged in Michigan City Indiana for the murder of his wife after his daughter Mabel urged clemency appeal to Governor McCray and Donovan faced the extreme penalty without visible emotion.
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Toned
Michigan City
Ind
Willian E. Donovan
Gov McCray
Donovan
J Yepro
Mabel
Bentvan
Rochelle Carnival Ordered Out After Citizens Protest
Rochelle residents protest a carnival that was ordered out of the city. Some business leaders favored allowing it to stay, but the event will not resume and is moving to Iowa for its next engagement.
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Rochelle
Iowa
Great Club Offer Closes Saturday Campaign Pushes Subscriptions
The campaign urges ladies to submit five new or five old one year subscriptions by June 3rd to win a ten dollar gold piece. Readers are reminded the offer closes Saturday night and letters bearing June 3 postmark will count.
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Eiare
Tees
Rocky Mountains
Magine
Ford
Packard Six New on Display at Central Garage
A. Noren shows off the new Packard Six in royal blue with black trim. The car features a simple smooth-running six-cylinder motor and refined construction. The model is in high demand for its value and will be exhibited at Central Garage for a few days.
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New On Display Co. A. Noren
Packard
Charlie
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