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Newspaper
Dekalb Daily Chronicle
Location
Dekalb, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1924
Page
1
The Augustana Synodical convention opens this evening at First Lutheran church with more than 1000 attendees including 700 delegates and many visitors. Dr P A Mattson preaches opening sermon, with music by the church choir and greetings from the mayor.
A vintage ad urges readers to remove doubt in jelly making by using Certo Sure Jell. Begin with strawberries and follow the Certo program for best results, claiming positive assurance and pride in home jellies.
At the Cleveland convention Calvin Coolidge was formally nominated to lead the Republican ticket. The roll call showed Coolidge dominant with Johnson and La Follette factoring. Wisconsin delegates backed La Follette, while others backed Coolidge, and the nomination was moved to be unanimous amid cheers. Dr. M L Burton placed Coolidge in nomination extolling his character and leadership.
The forecast calls for partly cloudy skies tonight and Friday with local thunder storms. Temperatures are expected to hold steady with little change.
The broadcast notes on WGN Chicago describe why the Barb City Quartet adopted the Barbs City name. A DeKalb nickname tied to barb wire origin is cited as the historic link to the DeKalb area where barb wire was first invented. The announcement sparked discussion among the quartet on the Chicago program.
The piece notes calendar printers failed to mark Friday the 15th in red and warns that superstition may blame the date for misfortune. It describes fear of Friday as a rare superstition, urging caution about black cats, ladders, and other omen-avoidance rituals.
Doctors G H Joost J 8 Rankin BE Neff Jeti travel to Chicago for the American Medical Association session. DeKalb physicians have attended clinics during the weekend with the session proving very interesting. Dr S L Anderson Dr Neff and Dr J P Kane plan to attend meetings tomorrow. Dr Neff returns to DeKalb tonight and will head back to Chicago tomorrow morning.
Stockholders at a Tuesday meeting voted to raise the company stock from 30000 to 100000 dollars. The issue splits into 30000 dollars of 7 percent preferred stock and 70000 dollars of common stock. The increase funds expansion after acquiring Rev Bus Company interests operating east and west of the city.
Eugene V. Debs socialist leader has been treated at Elmhurst sanitarium for heart and kidney ailments for three weeks and is improving today. He is slowly recovering and able to move about the hospital but no assurance is given on when he can return to his Terre Haute home.
A special meeting is convened Friday at 2 30 PM at the School of Instruction. Myrtle Jackman is reported as a participant or person of interest. A man is listed as wanted at Lincoln Inn with a Lincoln Inn address or listing. Further details appear limited in the readable text.
At Cleveland June 12 an unexpected inside drift at the Coolidge convention points to Judge Kenyon of Iowa as a possible vice presidential nominee instead of Senator Curtis of Kansas or other mentioned candidates. Reed Smoot says Kenyon’s nomination seems virtually certain, while endorsements for Curtis from Pennsylvania and New York suggest White House backing for Curtis. A new caucus and a platform fight loom as state delegations seek to reorient support, with reports of a recess after Coolidge’s nomination to allow regrouping.
Federal authorities and police hunted Gould Chapman a convict once sentenced in Atlanta for a downtown New York mail truck holdup. A $100,000 gems theft is linked to the suspect, who used a coded plan from a 1821 incident involving $2,000,000 in securities. The fugitive escaped custody after prior sentencing.
Delegates at the Augustana Synodical convention will choose three best decorated windows by Detalb merchants in a Kiwanis organized plan. At the noon luncheon tomorrow delegates will write the names of the top three. prizes total 25 dollars with 12, 8, and 5 dollar awards. Voting closes Monday evening.
A freight train derailment near New Carlisle Indiana blocked New York Central lines today delaying the 20th Century Limited by about three hours. The train was due in New York at 9 30 but arrived around 12 45.
Radio listeners in the city heard Miss Ione Scott of Dixon, sister of Miss Winifred Scott, a teachers college student, on the noon program from WMAQ and the Daily News station. Scott has broadcasted several times, with many residents hearing her from the Chicago Dial.
You are requested to meet at the Club Rooms Saturday June 14 at 2 30 p m sharp to participate in the Flag Day Exercises Your duty as an Elk requires your presence Dr C J Cigrand president of The National Flag Association will be the speaker Be there rain or shine Wm Leutbecker Exalted Ruler
Deaths clustered with funeral plans for Rev George H Wilson and RE Crater of Tiskilwa. Wilson born Salem Massachusetts August 20 1853 ordained 1876 served Illinois churches Hinsdale Paxton DeKalb Dwight last pastorate. He died at 3 pm after long illness and funeral set for Friday at his daughter Mrs B L Davy’s home. Burial Hinsdale cemetery.
Continued on page seven. Important business before the regular meeting on Friday evening. Every member is requested to attend and participate in the agenda.
The Savanna Boys Band of 150 pieces will broadcast from station WOC Davenport tomorrow evening between eight and nine o'clock. The group, formed three years ago under a Savannah minister, features youths not over 17 and follows a smaller band that grew to its current size. Local residents are expected to listen in.
Special notice offers a Marcel for 50 ets bobbed hair shampoo 50 ets long hair 75c. Contact Mrs. Elmendorf at 403 S 9th St residence 403 S 9th. Also recommendation to Let Budrow perform a halfsoling job on shoes at Re liable Boot Shop 163.
The cantata The Seven Last Words of Christ by Theodore Du bois will be performed Friday evening at the Lutheran church during the Augustana synod convention in session at the First Lutheran church. Performers include Lutheran and Methodist choirs under Esther Pierson and Vere Goodyear with soloists Pierson, Goodyear, and Sorensen. Pianist Winifred Smith and organist Eugene Nordgren accompany, with Bach’s prelud e O Sacred Head Now Wounded. Tickets at Carlson Benson Goodyear bakery or Crno shop in the DeKalb theatre building.
Limited quantity genuine Gillette Gold plated safety razors offered at 89c with 50c packages of Gillette blades at 40c. A dollar package available for 79c. Lay in a supply at these bargain prices. cee
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