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Newspaper
Dekalb Daily Chronicle
Location
Dekalb, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1925
Page
2
Sycamore subscribers are asked to note that The Chronicle’s circulation will be handled by a representative from the office until proper service can be established and a responsible representative secured. Subscribers are asked to drop a card to The Chronicle in DeKalb if the paper is not received.
H B Fargo of Geneva visited Sycamore amid plans for a new theatre. Workers move the former Wetzes house onto blocks, with trees removed. The building is to be transported to the Ryan lot within days and construction should start within 30 days, with a September 10 completion target.
Mayor James D. Beckler notes the first five to six year carnival in Sycamore draws large crowds and small spending. Officials reluctantly allow the traveling outfit to stay a week with riding devices shows and concessions in use on the north side of town.
A Sycamore man reported his car damaged when another vehicle backed from a non parking space near Sononauk street while three young women were turning left. Despite loud noise, both drivers inspected the damage and left.
Court activity buzzed before county court convened with spectators and officials filling the lobby. Once the hearing before County Judge W. L. Pond began, attention focused mainly on the attorneys as the room settled.
Judge William J. Fulton presided this forenoon as several motions and court orders were entered. Irene K. Maurice of DeKalb was granted a divorce from Ed Maurice before adjournment. The court will likely reconvene after the judge returns from Exeter New Hampshire where he attends Phillips Exeter Academy commencement.
Rockford Hurons visit Sycamore for what is billed as the season’s best game. The three o clock start at the park invites advance ticket sales by the manager and supporters, hoping for a large crowd if the weather cooperates.
Edmund Becker of South Maple Street was summoned to Chicago today due to his granddaughter’s serious illness. The condition is reported not dangerous, but serious.
The Wesleyan Service Guild of the MBE church reports 14 new members this year, bringing total to 83, with 667.08 in receipts. Home headquarters received 248.05 in supplies and 249.70 went to foreign missions. Officers elected include Florence Buzzell president and Vesta Wylde as president. the group will be renamed Young Woman's Missionary Society next year.
The Universalist church quartet Mrs. T. Martin Johnson Mrs. Lulu Clutter Vernon Wetzel and A D Gates will perform at DeKalb Sunday during Elks Flag Day events with an indoor preference but ready to project their singing for the crowd. The program begins at 2 pm with ceremonies at 3 pm and Elks and families invite the public to attend.
Milton Corson petitions the DeKalb county circuit court for divorce from Laura Corson. He says they married in DeKalb in April 1923 and that repeated cruelty including fist blows and threats with a butcher knife forced him to leave in May 1924. He asks for a complete dissolution of marriage.
Lillian Boyd, per sheriff records, will serve 30 days as a regular boarder at the county jail. She had spent a month there awaiting federal trial when another incident occurred.
NEA writer Charles P. Stewart tours the Mayflower Hotel in Washington led by manager H. J. Merry. The article notes grand ambition and high rates, with bond holders taking over after promoter collapse. Prices cited include $4,800 a year for small suites and $25,000 for larger units, raising doubts about filling the monster hotel.
A defendant was arraigned and sentenced by Judge A C Cliffe to a 30 day term in DeKalb County hastile jail after the court proceeding.
Secretary C. C. Simpson of the Chamber of Commerce travels to Chicago for important matters and to gather business related to the new theater project.
Bond holders hire hotel doctor Merry in New York to revamp the Mayflower. He tears out the kitchen and rebuilds the hotel, insisting the project is a construction job not daily management. Early mornings confirm a drastic, costly but promising transformation.
In Cintra Portugal residents rely on a sunrise cannon fired by the first sun ray. The morning blast travels through the town signaling dawn on cloudy days.
Rochelle grade schools held the annual eighth grade graduation in the Central building with 41 graduates 20 girls and 22 boys. The ceremony listed every graduate by name and noted it was one of the largest classes in school history.
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