Coolidge Addresses Dedication at Wicker Memorial Park
President Coolidge spoke at the Wicker War Memorial dedication near Hammond Indiana praising America’s educational growth and crime suppression efforts. He urged universal citizenship duties, lauded pioneers, veterans, and playgrounds as essential to public health and national unity in a midwestern industrial setting.
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Wicker Memorial Park
Hammond
Ind
U.P
America
Coolidge
Wicker War Memorial
United States P
Ters
Raiders seize Chuck's Inn as Oregon pageant probes roadhouses
Oregon today reports the Ogle county board of supervisors meeting to probe road houses near Oregon and Byron including Chuck's Inn run by Charles Lewis. Seven men arrested Saturday night on prohibited liquor charges as private detectives, with several inmates held as witnesses, and raids recovered 12 slot machines moonshine home brew beer and brewery gear. Most detainees released on bond and bound over to grand jury. Zouvas and Jack McKay not released. Zouvas admitted manufacturing home brew but claimed no sale and liability for others’ actions.
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Oregon
Ogle County Board of Supervisors
Byron
Chuck's Inn
Charles Lewis
Orney Martin V. Peterman
Board of Supervisors
Rockford
Sam Zouvas
William Ryan
Charles Goodspeed
Grand Detour
DeKalb
Jack McKay
Ss. C. Shepherd
Zouvas
Mass Executions Reported Across Russia and Near East
War era dispatches say mass executions occurred in Russia with 20 shot at Vladivostok Tehelabinsk and Tula and 16 in Tiflis and Erivan. A Daily Express note on Po lands assassin creates tension. In Odessa ten Romanian spies are sentenced to death two to ten years imprisonment with many acquittals.
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Russia
London
Warsaw
Daily Express Today
Vladivostok
Tehelabinsk
Tula
Tiflis
Erivan
Daily Express
Poland
Pierre Volkoff
Moscow
Bessarabia
Odessa
DeKalb County Tuberculosis Sanitarium to Seek More Funds
The DeKalb County Tuberculosis Sanitarium may receive an added appropriation after the county board of supervisors accepted T. E. Bradt’s resignation from the tuberculosis board and appointed George Hyde. A favorable finance committee report is anticipated to allow hiring more staff and improved management while Mrs. Estrid Miller and Miss Dorothy Miller plan moves to New York and France respectively.
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Sycamore
T. E. Bradt
DeKalb
Board of Supervisors
DeKalb County
George Bartlett
Malta
Sanitarium Board
C. E. Bradt
S. M. Henderson
G. 8. Culver
Sandwich
Miller
Estrid Miller
New
Finance Committee
Sanitarium Fund
Gas tax up to senate gains approval in Illinois
The Illinois House passed a two cent gasoline tax 82 to 57 after hours of debate. It moves to the Senate where sponsors say votes are sufficient to pass and send to the governor. Counties would receive 50 percent of tax proceeds based on auto license fees.
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Springfield
U,pa
House
Senate
Springer
U.R
Illinois General Assembly
Agricultural Association
Soavernor
Cook County
Baer Pe
Act
Augusta
President Coolidge Heads West Aboard Special Train From Ohio
President Coolidge travels via a nine car White House train with pets and luxury amenities en route to the Black Hills of South Dakota for a summer retreat. Short stop at Hammond Indiana includes dedication of Wicker Memorial Park with massive crowds anticipated. Rapid City welcomes the president with a Western themed reception as guards and officials prepare for arrival. Auction notice for J F Quinn household goods to be sold next Saturday at Beghtol Bros warehouse.
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President Coolidge
Youngstown
Ohio
White House
Black Hills
South Dakota
Mr. Coolidge
Rebecca
Blackie
Feline
Rob Roy
Prudence Prime
Hammond
Indiana
Coolidge
Wicker Memorial Park
Calumet
Rapid City
Ind
U.P
Wicker Park
S. D
Whoill
State Lodge
National
State Game Lodge
J. F. Quinn
Peghtol Bros
North Ninth St
Lincoln
Hewy
Beghtol Bros
Weather Report for Chicago and Vicinity
Fair to night and Wednesday with little temperature change. Winds moderate northeasterly. Mostly cloudy skies tonight with rain possible. Memorial service at I. C. O and bargain festival events at 1 and Wednesday. Partly sunny elsewhere with a warmer west portion on Wednesday.
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Chicago
F. Hall
Grudge Fight Ends in Death of One Victim
Chicago police say a long standing grudge led to the murder of 38 year old William O Hearn. A confession was obtained from brothers John and Daniel Mangen. O Hearn's body was found in an alley after being beaten. The report also covers a Finnish Lutheran synod meeting at Fairport Ohio and subsequent plans for the 1929 synod in DeKalb as Astoria Oregon to host the 1928 gathering.
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Chicago
William O'Hearn
John
Daniel Mangen
O'Hearn
Luther
Fairport
DeKalb
Astoria
Oregon
Finnish Lutheran Church
Ohio
William Hakala
Matt Lahti
Hev. A. Rautalahti
Waukegan
Waul
Rautalahti
Hancock
Mich
Ore
Lindbergh Spends Morning at Curtiss Field
Colonel Charles Lindbergh quietly left his New York apartment at 6 50 am with Captain Richard Blythe for Curtiss field. He toured the air base, had breakfast, and returned by 10 am guarded by four police. Lindbergh posed for ten photographers at the entrance with Blythe and Casey Jones present.
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New York
Charles Lindbergh
Richard Blythe
Curtiss Field
Lindbergh
Blythe
Casey” Jones
Bricks Bulge On Fourth Street Near Highway
Bricks bulge along Fourth Street after recent relaying. Workers plan repairs soon to prevent tire damage. Driving over the uneven surface could cause accidents during paving.
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Fourth Street
West Lincoln Highway
Vehicle Tax Plate Found On Fence Near Kingston
A DeKalb plate hung on a fence near Kingston was noted by Walter "Chub" Martin while returning from the county area. He could not retrieve it and continued home, leaving the plate missing for the city’s vehicle tax records.
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Kingston
Kirkland
Walter
Chub
Martin
Pinedo Dines With Spanish King Amid Miami Sailor Visit
Italian aviator Francisco De Pinedo arrives from Barcelona for dinner with King Alfonso in Madrid. A separate notice reports Chief Tall Feather breaking a non stop marathon record arriving from Milwaukee at 8:47 a.m. The text also mentions vehicle tax plates and sale prices for dress items by Horace Youngs and others.
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Pinedo
Madrid
Francisco de Pinedo
Barcelona
Alphonse
Milwaukee
Chicago
U.P
Chief Tall Feather
Wisconsin
Horace Youngs
Two Programs Tonight At Huntley Park With Band Concert
Two events will unfold at Huntley park this evening starting at 7:00 with a parade led by the city band and American Legion drum corps. Rev E W Magnusson will speak at the Flag Day program at 7 30 followed by community singing. The eight o clock band concert conducted by J W Jeffers features Supreme Triumph Jewell Poet and Peasant Suppe Wedding of the Winds Hall The Glow Worm Lincke Songe of the Old Folks Lake High Jinks Friml A Hunting Scene Bucolossi Exxcelsis Losey Star Spangled Banner and encore selections from popular hits.
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Mt Huntley Park
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Huntley Park
Park
American Legion
E. W. Magnusson
First’ Lutheran ‘Church
J. W. Jeffers
Jewell
Suppe
Lincke
Lake
Bucolossi
Losey
Legion Parade Decorated Auto Contest Opens
Strong interest is shown as inquiries flood the American Legion convention committees for the district parade on June 25. Residents are urged to enter decorated cars for prizes to be awarded to the three best. Open to all auto owners, not just dealers, it promises to be a highlight of a very large parade.
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Legion
American Legion Convention
DeKalb Sets July 7 Special Election On Park District
Voters in DeKalb township will decide July 7 if the city should form a park district and elect five park commissioners. The City Hall and Finnish Hall will serve as polling places, with boundaries extending along Seventh Street to a southwest area near Galt's Addition and Efland School. The measure was authorized after a petition filed with Judge William L. Pond.
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DeKalb
William L. Pond
Seventh Street
Chamber of Commerce
Malta Road
Galt
Efland
All Egypt Aroused Over Funeral Of Mrs Price
Marion Illinois June 14 angry crowd gathers as funeral planned for Mrs Ethel Price victim of Little Egypt gang war whose body found in a mine shaft. Police block street as relatives view body while authorities verify Newman confession linking Charlie Birger faction to slaying and burial in the shaft with cans and machine gun bullets nearby.
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Marion
Ethel Price
Little Egypt
Baptist Church
Art Newman
Charlie Birger
Southern Illinois Feudista
Birger
Price
Newman
Mra. Prieta
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