In Jail: Clara Phillips Case Chronology Revealed
A timeline recounts key events from the Clara Phillips murder case 1922 1923 including alledged relationships arrests trials and escapes. It notes Alberta Meadows death Los Angeles trial and Phillips later recapture and imprisonment as a high profile sensational murder saga.
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Ody
Alberta Meadows
Los Angeles
Armour Phillips
Clara Phillips
Jack Jungmeyer
Angeles
Clara Philnot
Alberta Meaig
Central America
Ban Quentin
William Traeger
Clara
Honduran
Big Rise in Live Stock Shipments From DeKalb Area
DeKalb County Shippers Association reports bigger live stock shipments to Chicago markets. A carload of hogs and a mixed-animals load left the area last night, signaling heightened farmer and cattle raiser interest. R. J. McKerzie leads the effort, aiming for quicker action and greater results for small shippers.
Pond Opens On Thursday At Rotary Park
Water from the creek above Carter dam will fill the new pond by Thursday. Officials expect a field day on the park athletic fields with events run by the Chronicle and Coach Horne aided by Remsyn’s star athlete. Ribbons will be awarded to winners as townspeople attend the school sports day.
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Rotary
Carter Dam
Chronicle
Horne
Remsyn
Reports on Hard Road County Mileage in Springfield Tl
Statistics from the state highway department show total hard road mileage across counties under two systems, 60 million and proposed 100 million. Of 9,604.5 miles, 4,749.1 miles or 49.49 percent lie in the proposed system, with the overall mileage nearly equal but distribution among counties varies widely.
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Springfield
State Highway Department
Furniture Auction Notice at 211 South Third Street
Wednesday morning at nine o'clock I will sell all my household furniture at 211 South Third street. Mrs Arthur Gainer signs the notice. Girls wanted and two competent boys required. High School graduates preferred. Apply at the Innovation 153.
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South Third Street
Arthur Gainer
Co op Bill Passed in Springfield Assembly
Springfield June 5 United Press says the farm ers cooperative bill cleared the house with 99 votes for and 47 against. It moves to the senate with amendments already agreed to, and governor expected to sign later this week. Separate items note hearings on the woman's eight hour bill and a district seat recount showing Hennerby winning by 258 votes. The day also covers civil service efforts in Chicago and state budget hearings on road bonds and health spending.
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United Press
Springfield
House
Farmers’ J Co-Operative
Senate
State Senate
Jane
Committee On Corporators and Industrial Affairs
Michael Hennerby
Dist
Wiliam R. McCabe
Hennerby
Governor Small
Chicago
Senate Appropriations Committee
State Health Department
Commerce
Cairo
John P. Hart
Aurora
Health Department
DeKalb Delux Restaurant Opens on Lincoln Highway
DeKalb opens the Delux restaurant on the East End near Sixth Street along the Lincoln Highway. Two Chicago fellows launched the new establishment last week under DeKalb management, offering modern fixtures and high class service for tourists and townspeople.
Policemen and Two Others Die in Gun Battle
Police gunfire in Chicago ends in three deaths. Patrolman B. W. Sutton is shot in the head while attempting to arrest Ernest Jackson in a pool hall. Jackson mortally wounds Sutton before Sutton returns fire, killing Jackson and bystander James Windsor.
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Unites Eres
Chicago
Ill
B. W. Sutton
Ernest Jackson
Jackson
Sutton
James Widsor
Have You Seen Marion Davies in Adam and Eva at the Princess
The note advertises Marion Davies in Adam and Eva shown at the Princess theatre and reminds readers of the final engagement night in De-
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Marion Davies
Adam and Eva
Princess Theatre
DeKath theatre near opening after organ install
Work on the Wurlitzer Hope Jones organ installation at the DeKath theatre progresses with seats awaiting delivery. BP Marriott John Oeschber and Robert E West prepare, tour ahead to Chicago, and local leases await opening as religious tensions rise in Spain after Cardinal Soldedria's assassination.
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DeKath
Del
BP Marriott
John Oeschber
Chicago
Marriott
Robert E. West
New Theatre
West
Marriot
Mornig
Howard Payne
To Attend Director s Meet in East This Week 8. BE
Bradt left yesterday morning for Boston to attend a directors meeting of the U S Fastener company He will return to DeKalb late this week and on the return trip will stop in Middletown Delaware for a brief visit with his daughter Mrs John Ingwerson
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East
BE. Bradt
Boston
U. S. Fastener Company
DeKalb
Middletown
John Ingwerson
Charm School Play to Be Repeated at College
The senior class will repeat The Charm School at the college after a prior performance in the American Steel Welfare Building. Demand was strong as the hall could not accommodate all admirers. Half the tickets will be released to the public for one day starting Wednesday morning. Admission 50 cents. Tickets at Gorm
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Charm School
American Steel Welfare
Gorm
Care and feeding of infants in hot weather series begins
A newspaper feature highlights the struggles of babies in summer, noting how heat affects infants and the difficulty parents face. The forthcoming series aims to guide young mothers on proper care and feeding during hot months.
The Chronicle Public Health Series Begins Wednesday
The Chronicle introduces a series prepared for us by the U S Public Health Service. This special run starts on Wednesday with health guidance and public welfare tips intended for broad readership.
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U. S. Public Health Service
Grand Jury Convened for DeKalb County June Term
Judge William J. Fulton convened the June term and impaneled a grand jury of local farmers and residents with Sam Zeller of Genoa appointed foreman. States Attorney Poust outlined duties and presented a summary of fees fines and forfeitures earned and remitted to the county treasury from Feb 25 to June 1 1923.
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William J. Fulton
Sycamore
Circuit Court
DeKalb County
W. M. Goble
Paw Paw
Oscar Lane
Shabbona
George Olson
Milan
John A. Nelson
Malta
Harvey Larson
South Grove
Frank Miller
Franklin
Poust
Northwestern Crossings Repaired Improve DeKalb Streets
Northwestern repairs continue with the First street crossing fixed and work now underway at Sixth street. Motorists will soon enjoy smoother driving as trades resume along the Northwestern line. Sixth street work should finish in a few days after weeks of poor First street conditions caused by material delays.
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First Street
Sixth Street
DeKalb
Curtis Boys Travel East After College Trip
Cards from the Curtis brothers, state teachers college alumni on a hiking trip to the east, say they will reach Indianapolis today and then proceed to Louisville and other southern and eastern cities. A Mayo Clinic return note from Dr Si L Anderson explains he cannot accept new cases until his Rochester departure within ten days and asks old patients to settle accounts promptly.
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Curtis Boys
Curtis Brothers
State Teachers College
Donald Minnegan
Indianapolis
Louisville
Mayo Brothers’ Clinic
Rochester
Si L, Anderson
Train wreck kills five en route to Knights Templar convention
Five persons died when a train bearing Knights Templar members wrecked six miles west of Durand Michigan at noon while en route to the Washington convention. The dead include two Iona Commandery Knights Templar members, the engineer, the fireman, and a newsboy, according to early reports.
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United Press
Durand, Mich
Washington
Here
Iona Commandery
Knights Templar
Wilkinson Boy Run Over by Waterman Auto
Three year old Eugene Wilkinson son of Mr and Mrs Floyd Wilkinson of Mayfield was run over at the Second and Lincoln Highway intersection by the G J Baker car of Waterman driven by Miss Gladys Baker. The rear wheels passed over his legs but no bones were injured. witnesses called it unavoidable and medical attention found injuries not serious.
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Wilkinson
Waterman
Plan for DeKalb drive to aid Near East Relief orphans
DeKalb residents map a one day drive on June 19 to raise 2500 for Near East Relief orphans in the county. The meeting showcased relief work with images of 17 000 children and 3000 orphans at a long table, noting DeKalb must feed 15740. Workers will be chosen next week, mass meeting planned the night before the drive, pledges and organizations urged to act, and officers elected: Lincoln Watson chairman W S Poust vice chairman Mrs J C Leishman secretary F H Parks treasurer.
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DeKalb
Near East
Relief Association
DeKalb County
Jledges
Lincoln Watson
W.S. Poust
J. C Leishman
F. H . Parks
Paving Progress and Film At Star Tonight
The Gunn Graham paving crew reports a broken mixer at Sixth Street fixed within an hour as two blocks remain. The project aims to finish by Saturday if weather holds. In cinema news Theodore Roberts and Agnes Ayres star in Racing Hearts at the Star with showings at 7:30 and 9:10, plus Let ’er Zip! featuring Agnes at the wheel. Special booster meeting for C. C. F. at 7:30 Wednesday night.
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Gunn Graham Company
Sixth Street
Gunn Grabem
Agnes Ayres
Lovely Agnnes
Wally Reid
Prohibition Enforcement Moves to Canadian Border
United Press reports the U S Treasury plans to mobilize a large general prohibition agents force at the Canadian border as New York prohibition enforcement nears full responsibility. Ahead, Treasury officials mull permits for foreign ships to supply medicinal liquor to crews under new rules.
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United Press
Washington, D. C
New York State
Canadian
Secretary of the Treasury
Mellon
Internal Revenue
Blair
Haynes
Public Service
Treasury Department
Department
France
Italy
Spain
Poincare
Regent
LaFayette
New Public Bonds Signed by State Officials
Governor Len Small State Auditor Andrew Russell and State Treasurer Oscar Nelson completed signing ten point five million dollars of bonus bonds. Each official signed seven thousand times. In Tokyo Socialist leaders were arrested amid sessions on possible talks with Soviet Russia. In Ossola valley a cyclone killed sixteen and caused seventeen thousand dollars in damage. In Paris the French cabinet sought to pressure deputies into public discussion of royalist republic plans.
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United Press
Springfield
Len Small
Andrew Russell
Oscar Nelson
Tokio
Japan
Russia
Rome
Italy
Ossola Valley
Paris
France
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Tiger Ways
Gus Kirchner
New York
New York City
Kirchner
Inorth
Central
Traf Webb
RC Rouoche Gn Safe Drivers Club
FAI
Matter
James Stillman and
Jay Leeds
James Stillman
Florence Leeds
DeKalb Theatre
Varagossa
Watted Press
Madrid
Cardinal Soldedria
Vara Gossa
Barcelona
St. Vincent de Paul
the Chronicle
William Fulton
Bulletin
C. C. F. Boosters
Theodore Roberts and
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