Death Ends Suffering of Leonard Pierson in Sycamore
Leonard Pierson, a popular Sycamore youth born in 1905, died Saturday in Sycamore hospital after injuries from a Thursday car fire. He was driving a Dodge coupe when an electrical short sparked flames, burning clothing and causing severe injuries. The funeral will be Tuesday at the Merson home and Salem Lathoral church, with Pr. Williams presiding.
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Leonard Pierson
Sycamore Hospital
Piergon
Latham Castle
Pierform
Sandwich
Sycamore
Hone
Frank C. Dean
Columbus
Ohio
Stanley Gullberg
Dean
Sycamore Tribune
Leonard
Sycamora
Bai Crld Telephone Company
August Pierson
Beaile
Stanley
Chiago
Arthur Eddie
Sates
Arthur
Leslie Alose
Merson
Salem Lathoral Church
Pr. PE. Williams
Carl Hoffman
P H. Hall
Gus Miller
Lows Falls
Iowa
Chronicle Delivery Policy for Sycamore Readers
The DeKalb Daily Chronicle guarantees carrier delivery in Sycamore and offers special delivery by phone through Otto Fellinger at 420. Complaints will be investigated and remedies provided. Carriers should be paid promptly each week to cover their weekly bills and profits.
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DeKalb Daily Chronicle
Sycamore
Essat
Otto Fellinger
420
Chronicle of Events at St Marys and St Albans June Dates
June 9 St Marys Play and Commencement. June 14 St Albans Commencement Dance. June 16 St Albans Commencement. Rev Harold R Bowen presiding at St Peters Church Chicago.
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St. Mary's
St. Alban’s
Harold R. Bowen
St Peter's Church
Chicago
Baseball Has Come Into Its Own This Week
Local teams, including Sycamore, won close games yesterday in a busy baseball day. Clinots National Guard nine edged Kingston Junior Outfit ten to nine at Kinneston under manager Morris Williams. Read pitched a complete game as the Guards pushed for more schedules. Anaconda nine beat Burlington Roosters nine to three in Burlington with Rodgers on the mound and Herzig catching. Coal Heavers, representing Sycamore, defeated Clare town six to four in the other matchup.
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Anaconda
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Herzig
Anacondas
Burlington
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Aurora Man Arrested in Sandwich for Forgery
Joseph Newkirk of Aurora was arrested Saturday in Sandwich on forgery charges. He pleaded guilty before Police Magistrate 4 B Mitchell, paid a small fine, and was ordered to restitution of the $10 check he cashed illegally and released.
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Joseph Newkirk
Aurora
Sandwich
Pruilty
B. Mitchell
Juvenile exchange shows Toto teasing Mr. Smith
A short cartoon style dialogue depicts Toto asking Mr. Smith if he is dumb, with Mr. Smith denying the claim. Toto quips about his sister’s winter expectations, reflecting lighthearted schoolyard humor.
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Toto
Mr. Smith
John Ovitz to Join Beacon Institute Tour East
John Ovitz son of Dr and Mrs J W Ovitz of Somonauk street leaves Sycamore tomorrow to join a six week eastern states tour. Beacon Institute runs the trip in four Army Observation cars with about fifteen passengers each. Travelers will live outdoors, sleeping and eating in the open. The route covers major Atlantic coastal towns including New York Philadelphia Washington and Boston.
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John Ovitz
East
J. W. Ovitz
Somonauk Street
Sycamore
Beacon Institute
John
Atlantic Seaboard
New York
Philadelphia
Washington
Boston
Anaconda Workers Are Guests of Bosses Dance Night
The Anaconda Wire Co employees were guests of their employers at a Saturday evening dance in the Community House auditorium. Music was supplied by Weine Erickson's orchestra from DeKalb.
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Anaconda Wire Co
Weine Erickson
DeKalb
SONS TAKE HARD GAME SONS TAKE HARD GAME
The Sycamore Sons shaded Rockford Marquette six to five at Community Park for their second win of the season. Snellgrove struck out twelve, but a late rally by Rockford produced four runs in the final inning. Erickson pitched all nine for Rockford with six strikeouts.
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Rockford Marquette
Community Park
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Snellcrove
Mariquettes
Erickson
Actress Shot In a Pitiable Love Tragedy
New York theater world reels as Margaret Lawrence dies from a bullet amid a staged lovers’ pact with fellow actor Louis Bennison. Detectives report Bennison shot Lawrence then killed himself in the Penthouse Hotel room after two notes hinting at their planned deaths. The theater celebrity’s friend Gertrude Chalair found the bodies. Bennison’s note directed contact with Mr Mussen at the Lambs club. Bennison’s wife and daughter were said to be in California.
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New York
Margaret Lawrence
Louis Bennison
Miss Lawrence
Tiana
Bennison
Mussen
Lamb's Club
Bennet Mussen
Gertrude Chalair
Burchfield
Martin
Roush
Strombom
Warren
Kendall
Bowers
California
Snellerove
Miss Chalai
Marquettes
Erdman Olson Arrest Not Confirmed in Tulsa
Tulsa police released a man arrested as Erdman Olson, a 22 year old college student accused of killing his sweetheart Clara Olson. Officials said the initial identification was wrong and the suspect was actually Hobard Foreman, a 52 year old sign painter from Sand Springs.
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U.ri
Erdman Olson
Clara Olson
Hobard Foreman
Sand Springs
Okla
Bertillon
Marrison
Sycamore High School Honor Roll Highlights Large Group
An unusually large number of Sycamore High students made the honor roll this month with over 175 named. The list groups students by grades from all A to C, noting star A rankings for top freshmen Gene Harney and John Ovitz and detailing those with two A's or no grade below B among freshmen and sophomores.
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Joseph Quinn
Charles Scott
Anna O'Brien
Sarah Jane Fulton
Kathryn Feil
Evelyn Hertzel
Lois Johnson
Vera Wylde
Amy Richardson
Betty Love
Isabel Chapman
Muriel McClanahan
Helene Emerson
John Waterman
Dorothy Smith Everett Sheel
Kathryn Gray
Marion McConaghie
Florence Marsh
Lydia Neklasson
Pearl Montgomery
Trene Marshall
Mildred Lecky
Mary James
Wilma Driscoll
Arthur Court
Dorothy Parke
Margaret Wallmark
Kathryn Kebil
Edgar Harney
Lucille Brown
Helen Cornwall
Edward Holcomb
Wilmuth Rosene
Kathryn Fredrickson
Margaret Read
Lawrence Swanson
Delia Peterson
Eleanor Scott
Marie Tyrrell
Doris Knipp
Sycamore High School
Gene Harney
John Ovitz
Lavina Petrie
Wesley Lindstrom
Clarice Swanson
Corinne Swanson
Rachel Montgomiery
Lois Perry
Lawrence Elliot
Gayla Gray
Henry Parke
Elsie Swanson
Norma Driscoll
Louise Muller
Helen Neklasson
Jifford Teach
Dora Francisco
Stanley Jorganson
Wilma Tuestad
Joe MacConaghe
Louise Waterman
Jane Wetzel
Ruth Carlson
Edythe Anderson
Grace Little
Ladimir Moudry
Evelyn Elliot
This Little Pig Had Advantage At Mealtime
Bennet Neb URI A Duroc Jersey pig born on Clifton Hunt farm near here had two noses two mouths and three eyes. The third eye was placed midway between the two noses. The pig lived for two days. Hyacinths in some rivers of the southern states grow so profusely as to impede river traffic.
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Bennet
Neb—Uri
Clifton Hunt Farm
Here
Melo water softener promises whiter clothes
An ad extols Melo as a water softener that prevents soap scum and stains in hard water. It claims Melo enhances soap action, leaving clothes as white as snow, and urges readers to buy Melo at the grocer.
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Ray
Plan Highways Boliva Road From Santa Cruz to Port Garba
Plan details Bolivia to build a modern auto traffic road from Santa Cruz to Port Garba on the Brazilian border with a contemplated loan of about 300000 dollars for construction expenses. The proposal forms part of a broader road improvement plan.
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la Paz
Bolivia
Santa Cruz
Port Garba
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