Great Talk At De Kalb County Rural School Exercises
A large turnout packed the Community Center for De Kalb county’s first rural school graduation exercises. Over 375 graduates received certificates, with more than 1,200 seats filled and attendees arriving from across the county. Speaker Lowell B. Smith urged continued education, praising the nation’s school system and encouraging the youth to build on their foundation through high school and university.
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de Kalb
Menty
DeKalb County
Lowell B. Smith
Syca More
Attorney Smith
Aged Woman Buried After Widow's Long Life in City
Funeral services were held in Sycamore today for Mrs. David McCarty age 89 of Chicago but longtime resident of the area. Born May 25, 1841 in County Clare Ireland she came to the United States as a child. Surviving are four children William Belvidere George Deming Myra Carmody and Mary Duggan. Burial followed at Mt Carmel Cemetery in Sycamore.
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Sycamore
David McCarty
Chicago
Myra Carmody
Maryuggan
McCarthy
County Claire
Ireland
Patrick Quinn
South Grove Township
William
Belvidere
George
Deming
N. M
Mary Duggan
David
LeGrarde
Ore
Modernizing Campaign Yields Notable Home Upgrades in Sycamore
Builders and dealers in Sycamore have pursued a modernization campaign for weeks. Homes are being rebuilt with redesigned porches windows and doorways to refresh appearance followed by fresh paint. Painters report busier days and more work ahead as results prove satisfactory.
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Sycamore
Camp Inspectors to Visit Rotary MacQueen Camp Site
The Shan bona Area camp committee led by Earl Wetzel Don Underwood and Otto Hammer Schmidt of Sycamore will visit Camp Rotary MacQueen on Saturday to assess conditions and determine repairs for summer readiness. Also joining are H. E. Secor George Curr and J. J. Bud Kingsley of De Kalb along with others.
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Shanbona
Earl Wetzel
Don Underwood
Otto Hammerschmidt
Sycamore
Rotary
Fine Class To Leave School For 1929 Commencement
Students prepare for commencement exercises at the Center tomorrow evening. Rev Frederick Shannon of Chicago will deliver the principal address and is expected to attract a capacity crowd. The Junior class will supervise seating and assist with chores as in prior years.
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Frederick Shannon
Chicago
Chronicle Delivery Guaranteed in Sycamore
The DeKalb Daily Chronicle promises full responsibility for carrier delivery in Sycamore. Subscribers missing issues can call Mr Otto Fellinger at 420 for special delivery. Complaints will be investigated and remedied. carriers are to be paid weekly to cover costs and profit.
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DeKalb Daily Chronicle
Sycamore
Otto Fellinger
420
De Fre June and Billy Ganzner Visit Sycamore
De Fre June and Billy Ganzner arrived in Sycamore for a vacation with Billy attending Onarga academy. Local events include Children’s Day exercises at Sycamore park hosted by the M. E. church and various social visits among residents such as Dr. R. Burr from Rockford and Gordon Wetzel from Marengo.
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June
Billy Ganzner
Sycamore
Billy
Onarga Academy
Anaconda Workers To Enjoy Dance Saturday
The Anaconda Wire company plans another dance at the Community Center next Saturday evening for employees following a well attended first event. Nearly 300 attendees were present previously and a similar crowd is expected. The item also notes the 1910 federal census count of Indians in the United States at 265,683.
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The
Anaconda Wire Company
United States
Ball Teams To Enjoy Park By a Compromise
The Community Park Board settled a baseball dispute between the Anaconda Wire players and the Sycamore Sons. The Sons had used the park Sunday afternoons in prior years, but Anaconda secured the time this year. The board allotted the park to the Sons for the next two Sundays and arranged alternating use on subsequent Sundays.
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Community Park Board
Anaconda Wire
Sycamore Sons
Anaconda
Polish Plant May Locate In Our City Soon
Negotiations continue between the Chamber of Commerce and the Pera Pine company of Rockford makers of furniture polish. They seek to locate in Sycamore with two representatives visiting for the past three days. The original DeKalb avenue building is unavailable, leased to I. E. Fothergill for his furnace business. A loan of a few thousand dollars is being discussed, but no definite decision yet.
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Chamber of Commerce
Pera-Pine Company
Rockford
Sycamore
Pera-Pine
DeKalb Avenue
I. E. Fothergill
Alley Seeing Good Sport In City Contest
The second game of the elimination bowling tournament under the Community Center ended with First National Bank entry No. 2 eliminated. Anaconda pin team No. 1 beat bankers 2171 to 20. Anacondas set to face business men team led by Joe Halsted in next match. Tonight Tur ner Brass five meets J. V. Patten company. Four of ten teams have played. finals due next week.
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Community Center
First National Bank
Anaconda
Bankers
Anacondas
Joe Halsted
Halsted
Turner Brass
J. V. Patten Company
Orchestra To Entertain At High School Dance
Carrots Darling and his band of jazz players will perform at Pierce hall this evening at 8 00 for the student body dance in honor of the departing senior class. The band has covering expenses and a large crowd is expected for a merry evening.
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Darling
Pierce Hall
Hold Funeral Service Here At Local Home
Funeral services for Wty. Marie King, who died in Grundy Center Iowa, were held at her girlhood home in Sycamore. A short service was held in Grundy Center with Rev Winslow of the Methodist church officiating before the body was brought to Sycamore for services at her mother's home, Mrs. Tana King.
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Airs
Marie King
Grundy Center
Iowa
Syca
More
Winslow
Methodist Church
Sycamore
Tana
West School Picnic Set For Tomorrow at Park
The West School plans its annual picnic tomorrow at noon in the park adjoining the school. A luncheon and games will precede a happy afternoon for all pupils. The fifth grade will meet the sixth in a baseball contest.
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West School
Stromberg Takes Charge Of Bulk Station Near DeKalb
Vernie Stromberg in charge of the large Texaco bulk station outside DeKalb on East Lincoln Highway as Td. Coc ran recovers from a broken leg. Aaroh Coffey of DeKalb will drive the truck starting today. Export of U S airplane parts in 1928 reached 1 240 244 dollars, up nearly 118 percent from 1927.
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Vernie Stromberg
Texaco
DeKalb
East Lincoln Highway
Td. Cocran
Aaroh Coffey
United States
Governor vetoes bill on public buildings lease
Governor Louis L. Emmerson vetoed a bill by Hugh Luckey allowing state officials to lease public buildings to veteran groups for five years at a nominal fee. He warned it would hand state property to private interests with insufficient safeguards. The governor signed a separate bill by James H. Foster naming the cardinal the state bird after a student election.
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Springfield
U.P
Louis L. Emmerson
Newmbly
Hugh Luckey
Potomac
Illinois
James H. Foster
Macomb
Foster
MacQueen Named Fair Advisor in State Board
Homer J. Tice of Greenview will chair the state fair advisory board when organized. Tice has served twelve terms in the Illinois House. John MacQueen of Kirkland joins the board, owns 3,000 acres in DeKalb County and 8,000 acres in five other states, and runs the West Chicago Stock Yards Company. Influenza germs are not visible under a standard microscope.
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Springfield
Homer J. Tice
Greenview
Tower
Central Assembly
State Fair Advisory Board
Louis L. Emmerson
Tice
John MacQueen
Kirkland
General Assembly
MacQueen
DeKalb County
America
West Chicago
Merchants ballots tested for business plans on South avenue
Sandstrom pat interment in Elmwood cemetery officiated by Rev Frenk DeKalb. Chamber of Commerce issues ballot cards to merchants to gauge preferences on proposed business promotional plans discussed at prior meetings.
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Sandstrom
South Avenue
Pat
Elmwood Cemetery
Rev
Frenk
DeKalb
Chamber of Commerce
Congress Sets Debates on Immigration Act Origins Clause
Congress resumes debate on the national origins clause of the immigration act while the Interstate Commerce Commission restarts hearings on a bill to establish a communications commission. The House votes on census reapportionment and acts to address a French debt payment due August 1, with postponement considered.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Communications Commission
House
Iron Worker's Strike Delays Dekalb Theatre Work
Iron Worker's Union in Chicago has stalled steel work for the DeKalb Theatre Company delaying the auditorium structure. Structural steelers could not report. bricklayers are on stage walls while front work is done. Guldbeck Eckstrom faces postponed brick and steel placement.
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Iron Worker
Iron Worker's Union
The
Iron League
Chicago
DeKalb Theatre Company
Structural Steel
Guldbeck & Eckstrom
Car Dealer Faces Forgery Charge and Bond Request
Etherington, an auto dealer from O'Fallon, TI, sought a $5,000 bond after arrest on forgery charges totaling about $32,000. He admitted selling forged unsecured notes to finance companies. He is a former schoolteacher and newspaper correspondent. Separately, seven infants under one year died hourly across England and Wales.
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Telleville
A.re
E. Etherington
O'Fallon
Etherinston
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Chronicle Delivery
Sycamore Park
M. E. Church
Mary Lou McIntyre
Dr. R. Burr
Sycamore Business
William Lane
Gordon Wetzel
Marengo
Morris Nelson and Son
Jack
Barker
Horace Drayton
Order of the Eastern Star
Masonic Hall
J. R. Roberts
Charter Grove Ladies’ Aid Sciety
Wylda Carlson
Mrs. L. R. Richardson
Sycamore-DeKalb Dinner Bridge Club
Frank Richardson
Kishaukee Country Club
Wiliam Miller
Robert Emberson
Dustin
Marjorie Wilson
Aurora
George Dooley
Jennie Simmons
H. Settles
Josephine
Fourth Street Bank
DeKalb Trust & Savings Bank
Fair Advisor
Congress Today
England and
Wales
Janet
Art the
Megane Beiers
WOR
Columbia
Paul Whiteman
Ted Husing
Paul Whit
Nation
Accoun
Certified Public Accountants’ Statement
Ror Co
Broadway
New York City
Lorillard Co
Old Dorfchenberg
Black Forest
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