DeKalb Society Notes Bride to Be and Local Weddings
In DeKalb and nearby towns social events unfold with weddings, showers, and visits. Miss Vida Lang and Herman Johnson wed at home with family, while Miss Gannon of Elburn hosts a large miscellaneous shower for her June 30 marriage to Mat Hannon. Local figures travel for visits, and G A R delegates meet in Peoria with receptions and a $500 presentation to the veterans group.
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North Seventh Street
Johnson
DeKalb
Vassar Swiss
American Steel Mills
Earbeer
Earle Cupp
Katherine Rusnock
Katherine Marshall
Mabie Kurysten
Leo Morrison
Chicago
Joseph Gersbaueh
San Francisco
Cal
George and
Tertha Lang
Forreston
Fivarena Gannon
Elburn
Mat Hannon
Henry Hickey
Carl Pooley
C. S. Rowe
Francis Tarney
Rowe
Maple Park
Aurora
Gannon
Vida
John Lang
Garden Street
Herman E. Johnson
Henry Johnson
Clara Johnson
Farrell Lang
Livirte
W. R. Yard
Baptist Church
M. Stenberg
Anna Hanson
Elsie Gandy
Church Socials and Picnics Highlight Week
Hostess Mrs Carl Swanson led a First Lutheran Foreign Missionary Society meeting with lunch and a July 19 picnic planned at Annies Woods. Circle 12 at the Methodist church held a country home picnic with readings music and victrolas on the lawn of Mr and Mrs Marvin Zellar. The Congregational Ladies Aid hosted a social at E A Boardman home with games and refreshments, while Christian Endeavor reports a lively picnic at Annies Woods with a ball game and supper at 6 30.
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Elva W. C. T. U
May Ober
Ben Anderson
Carl Swan
Foreign Missionary Society
First Lutheran Church
Swanson
Annies Woods
Circle ‘Number 12
Methodist Church
Marvin ‘Zellar
Helen
Harriet Larson
William Hiland
Clyde Morse
E. A. Boardman
Ladies’ Aid Society
Congregational Church
White Shrine ceremonial service held at Masonic Hall
Formal and impressive ceremonial of the White Shrine last evening in the Masonic hall. Guests attended from Aurora Elgin Evanston and Rockford.
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Masonic Hall
Aurora
Elgin
Evanston
Rockford
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Ad Claims Long Use
Catarrhal deafness described from inflamed Eustachian tube with potential permanent hearing loss. Hall's Catarrh Medicine is advertised to aid catarrh and related illnesses, claiming forty years of use and availability through druggists.
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Hall
FP. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Farewell Party in Lee Honors Local Doctor at Church Lawn
The farewell event for Dr Thalburg gathered all Lee churches on the Methodist lawn and drew DeKalb attendees including Tom Doyle and Lou Callan. Dr Nesbitt of Syc amore was to join in the new office, while Father Quilisk gave the farewell address to the Severing Amen.
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Lee
Hedbure
Methodist Episcopal Church
Thalburg
Nesbitt
Sycamore
DeKalb
Quilisk
Tom Doyle
Lou Callan
Wheel rolls off corn wagon on Sycamore road
A wagon carrying a ton of corn rolled a wheel off near Sycamore road three miles from town. The bag of corn jolted the horses, scattering the driver for a moment, and the wagon was left for over an hour before repairs. William McCartney and Mr and Mrs Herman Clausen thank neighbors for help.
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Sycamore Road
William McCartney
Herman Clausen
Letter From Sydney Carton To John Prescott
A fragmented correspondence reveals thoughts on love and gender, with Sydney Carton lamenting moral rigidity and reflecting on Paula Perrier, Leslie, and expectations of happiness. He questions old beliefs about women, notes Paula’s restraint, and hints at personal remorse over past actions toward Paula.
Fragmentary letter hints at social ties and travel
A jumbled note mentions a preference to avoid past actions, a willingness to visit, and a complex view of Leslie Prescott, with references to Sydney Carton, Jack, Leglic, and Lefore T. The text also notes an invitation and an ARD PARTY by Royal Neighbors on Tuesday in Sternooy, 1. O. O. FL Hall, 171.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. V. Franklin
Caroline Franklin
Earl Franklin
Chicago
Dubuque
Mississippi
de Kalb
Leglic
Jack
Leslie
Goodby
Syd
Sternooy
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Oliver Everett
Ashton
Vna
C. W. Whitten
West
Yellowstone Park
Daisy Davis
Jean Haines Perry
Sarah Pooler
James Daniel
Darnell Hall
L. B. Struthers
State Department
G. A R
Peoria
Veterans
Veterans Auxiliary
A. R
Madison Theatre
W. C
Champaign
Emera
The
First National Bank
First Trust & Savings Bank
DE Kalb, Illinois
Ake Gonterman
John Alden Prescott
Sydney Carton
New York
Prescott
Paul
Paula Perrier
Lue Perier
Paula
Leslie Prescott
Anderson
DeKalb, Illinois
J. A. Widen & Co
Seventh and Oak
Streets
America
Willys-Overland
Saturday Evening Post
Russell G. Smith
Kennedy’s Garage
eKalb, Illinois
Vam
Buick
Sedan
Seden
DE Kalb Buick Company
Lincoln Highway
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