Experts On The Job Inspecting Lincoln Highway Work
City officials face criticism from curb stone experts while Cousor Engineering Company of Chicago conducts daily inspections of materials and methods. Engineers Brunkhorst Sandell and Pierson supervise on site with tests on bricks and cement, ensuring proper mixtures and levels before paving proceeds.
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Cousocr Engineering Company
Chicago
George W. Brunkhorst
Elmer Sandell
Ellwood
W Pierson
North Western
Erycks
Heck
Clifford Older
Consoer Ening Company
Band Concert Season Opens This Evening
The first open air band concert of the season is announced for this evening at Huntley park. The program repeats a recent St Marys hall concert and includes marches, overtures, descriptive pieces, solos, a campus memories number, and the Star Spangled Banner conducted by C F Toenniges with soloist Herbert Clark.
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St. Mary's Hall
Huntley Park
C. F. Toenniges
Raymond
A Thomas
Atlan
Tis
Eleanor
Corent
Herbert
Clark
Teenniges
Kreisser
Ted
Snyder
Brocion
Judge Stransky hears quo warranto case over districts
Judge Franklin J. Stransky of Carroll county presided at a circuit court session Saturday and heard arguments in the quo warranto case brought by Sandwich high school district against the Somonaul district. Pleadings were settled and a merits hearing was set for late June before Judge Stransky.
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Franklin J. Stransky
Carrol County
Circuit Court
Sandwich High
Somonaul
Will Beeld
Stransky
Youngest Chief of Illinois High Court
Floyd E. Thompson of Rock Island was elected Chief Justice of the Illinois Supreme Court at age thirty four, the youngest chief justice in the United States at the time. He sits on the bench with a record of 239 opinions and notable campaigns with broad endorsements.
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Springfield
Floyd
E. Thompson
Rock Island
Younges
Illinois Supreme Court
Thompson
Supreme Court
United States
Ilinois
Wil
Supreme
Stephen A. Douglas
Finois Supreme Court
Illinois
Floyd E. Thompson
Rock Island County
Harding
Illinois Tribunal
State Wins Law Point In Small Trial
Officials of Curtis and Small banks in Kankakee and Grant Park must testify in Governor Len Small’s trial after Judge Claire Edwards rules they are court witnesses. Prosecution argued the witnesses were hostile and that bank records had gaps from a janitor burn.
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United Press
Waukegan
Curtis and Small
Kankakee
Grant Park
Len Small
Claire Edwards
D. Taylor
Thrust & Savings Bank of
Taylor
Wilkerson
He Bank
Beautiful Woman Dead
Pittsburgh, June 6. Lillian Russell, renowned stage beauty, died at 2 a.m. after ten days of illness following a fall on a ship returning from Europe where she studied immigration. Her fourth husband Alexander Moore and close relatives were at her side. Funeral set for 2:30 p.m. Wednesday at Trinity Episcopal church with interment in Allegheny cemetery. Born Helen Louise Leonard in 1861, she entertained generations and earned the nickname the woman who forgot to grow old.
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United Press
Pittsburgh
Lillian Russel
Europe
Harding
Alexander Moore
Pittsburg
Dorothy Russell Cavnet
Mildred A. Martin
Trinity Episcopal Church
Allegheny Cemetery
Lillian Russell
Helen Louise Leonard
Clinton
I Ilawa
Charles E. Leonard
Sacred Heart Convent
Chicago
Russell
Harry Barham
England
Edward Solomon
vancCeville
Sycamore Band Plans Summer Rehearsals and Concerts
The Sycamore band under the Chamber of Commerce will start weekly rehearsals on Monday night for a July start. J. W. Havener of Chicago is expected to move to Sycamore to direct a 25 piece ensemble, with Floyd E. Brower seeking a home for the director during concert periods.
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Sycamore
J. W. Havener
Chicago
Floyd E. Brower
Chamber of Commercce
Coal Price to Soar Rumor Sparks congressional action call
Washington June 6 officials believe coal prices could rise nationwide from 150 to 200 per ton unless Congress acts promptly. The planned moral agreement between Secretary Hoover and coal producers had cut 15 percent, but retailers criticized the scheme and warned of inevitable higher prices.
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Washington, D. C
Hoover
Gasoline Price Increases Under Justice Department Probe
Washington officials say the department of justice is investigating recent gasoline price hikes. The announcement was made on June 6 in Washington D C. No charges announced at this time.
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Washington, D. C
Department of Justice
Campaign Vote Standings by Evening Count
The Campaign Manager tallies votes each evening and shows the change in standings in the next edition. The provided figures list district tallies with numerous names across Districts No 2 and No 3, showing voters and candidates in DeKalb area and surrounding towns. The data includes many individuals with high and low counts across multiple townships and districts.
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DeKalb City
Lincoln Highway
DeKalb Town
New Cut for Rail Wages Sparks Strike Vote
Chicago June 6 500000 Federated Rail Road Shop Crafts union orders a strike vote after the U S Railroad Labor Board announces a 60 million dollar annual wage cut effective July 1. Ballots go out now with results due June 20.
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United Press
Chicago
Federated Railroad Shop Crafts Union
United States Railroad Labor Board
Maintenance of
Teax
Wireless auto here in De Kalb and Chicago stock reports
Reporters watched two Detroit to San Francisco wireless car teams pass through De Kalb at noon. The aerial stretched from Fisk’s garage to Carlson and Benson sign as reports from the K Y W Chicago station came in. News described static and tube trouble blocking distant messages but stock quotes reached listeners in town.
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The
Chronicle
Rickenbaker
Detroit
San Francisco
DeKalb
Fisk
Garrage
Carlson and
Benson
Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Hail the Woman at Princess Playhouse Last Nights
Thos. H. ces pig masterpiece Hail the Woman is offered at the Princess Playhouse tonight with two showings at 7 30 and 9 15. The popular Princess orchestra provides the music. Tickets on sale at Gossmann's Drug Store Paulist Choir 1 50 1 00 75. June 9 159 All public health league reservations due June 10 at 1 00 p m to Mrs W A Kilmer DeKalb Il. Paulist Choristers of Old St Marys Chicago will give a concert June 9 at 8 15 p m at Teachers College auditorium.
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Thos. H. Ces
Princess Playhouse
Princess Orchestra
Gossmann
Paulist Choir
DeKalb Co. Public Health League
W. A. Kilmer
DeKalb
Old St. Mary’s Church
Chicago
Teachers College Auditorium
Where Will Jordan Land Campaign Appeals for Subscriptions
A political appeal urges supporters to boost subscriptions in the next ten days to influence a local contest. It stresses fairness, district-based prize divisions, and asks readers to send receipts and request help from the campaign manager, with office hours noted.
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Jordan
Jane
Labor Meeting Plans Across Nation at AFL Convention
Labor leaders at the American Federation of Labor convention in Cincinnati June 12 to 24 aim to present a united front after years of internal clashes. Key topics include anti labor campaigns by chambers of commerce, child labor legislation championed by Senator La Follette, and the role of injunctions and courts in labor disputes amid open textile strikes.
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Harry Hunt
Washington
D. C
American Federation of Labor
Cincinnati
Chambers of Commerce
Ciites
Ima
Robert la Follette
Wisconsin
Haa
Senate
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Curtis and Small Banks
Iowa
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Myrtle Lindgren
Ida Nordland
Florence Park
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Bertha Alms
Sally Lindford
Margaret Row
Eunice Kempson
George Peck
M. F. Roche
Alice Applebee
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Thos. Hart
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Hinck
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Ethel Hartman
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L. H. Solberg
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Alvira Benson
W. Winchell
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Fern Boyle
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Myrtle Schmidt
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Hazel Bertel
Henry Hyde
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Carl Ritter
Wat’marr
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Ella Ingham DeKalb
Erma Johnson
Rollo
Charles Haas
Earlville
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V. A. Peterson
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E. A. Rueff DeKalb
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R. Montgomery
Mitarr
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Harry Love
Evelyn Paulson
Kirklnd
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Esmond
Alice Carlson
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Sarah Shriver
Kirkland
Francis Henigan
O. Goding
Genoa - Eisie
Ray J. Eychaner
R. H. Driver
DeKalb Rl
Frank James
Kingston
Oscar Johnson
Kirkl
Wallmark
Sye
Fred Stark
Wm Masterson
Faird'l
Ella Peterson
Sycamore R
Fred Busse
Howard Hoyt
Elburn
Clyde Williams
Kirks'd
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Clare
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Maple Pic
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Corti
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Lois Brown
John Jenkins
Roe Bennett
Genoa
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Cortland
Mary Organ
Ablin
Maple Pk
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Sane Neees
Railroad Labor Board
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