Aviation club idea gains pace in Sycamore plans
Sycamore residents discuss forming a flying club as Charles McBrien promotes a city flying school with a new plane due in July. The scheme would share costs among members and explore regional airport sites while civic leaders anticipate aviation growth.
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Sycamore
Charles McBrien
McBrien
L. D. Marshall
Kingston
Opal Byers
A. B. Byers
Chamber of Commerce
Ing
New Pool Committee Forms at Community Center
The newly formed pool committee met at the Community Center on Saturday Twoon. They discussed securing soap samples from large companies to furnish shower rooms, urged more adult use of the pool, and planned summer advertising to attract younger visitors. Men’s Night was set for Thursday. Committee members are A. H. Holcomb, Thor Johnson, J. R. Waterman, and Dr. I. S. Evans.
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Comunity Center
Sven
A. H. Holcomb
Thor Johnson
J. R. Waterman
I. S. Evans
Railroad Men Visit Farmers Company Here
SN L Howard president of Great Western Railroad S T Hin kle vice president and general manager and F P Crawford traveling passenger and freight agent visited Sycamore on Friday to discuss with Farmers Grain and Lumber officials the proposed conveyance of property used by the local firm The Chicago to Sycamore trip was by automobile Incubators capable of handling 50900 eggs at once are in use on a poultry farm at Elten Germany
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SN. L. Howard
Great Western Railroad
S. T. Hin‘kle
F. P. Crawford
Sycamore
Farmers Grain & Lumber Company
Frank Lloyd
Chicago
Elten
Germany
Deliberate Inquest Into Peter A Anderson Death Proceeds
The coroner's inquest into Peter A Anderson's death continued with two witnesses. Driver Morris Miller and Margaret Nelson testified on timing and impact as the jury pressed for clarity. Witnesses disputed whether the pavement was dry and which part of the car struck the grandfatherly victim, with the shower after the accident noted.
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Peter A. Anderson
Morris Miller
Margaret Nelson
Culver
Miller
Miss Nelson
Somonauk Street
Mr. Anderson
Somonauk
Chronicle Delivery Guarantee for DeKalb Chronicle Readers
The DeKalb Daily Chronicle assumes full responsibility for carrier delivery in Sycamore. If a subscriber misses a copy, call Otto Fellinger at Sycamore 420 for special delivery. Complaints will be investigated. Carriers are to be paid weekly. Names include William Rockford, David and John Sycamore, and several Sycamore residents plus Mrs. Steele of Los Angeles.
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DeKalb Daily Chronicle
Sycamore
Otto Fellinger
William
Rockford
David and
John
Walter Marsh
Andrew Anderson
Herman Nelson
Charles Steele
Los Angeles
Calif
Ahrenberg Awaits Favorable Weather for New York Flight
Captain Albin Ahrenberg and crew on the Sverige have finished refueling and will resume flight to New York as soon as weather improves from Ivig tut. Mechanical trouble delayed the Reykjavik stop after a two week wait following their Bergen departure. A Junkers mechanic arrived in Greenland to repair the motor before Anticosti Island and St Lawrence River passage.
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U.P
Albin Ahrenberg
Sverige
New York
Ahrenberg
Axel Floden
Robert Ljungland
Reykjavik
Iceland
Bergen
Norway
Ivigtut
Greenland
Albin Ahrenbers
Stockholm
Ahrenbert
Ivietut
Anticosti Island
St. Lawrence River
Junkers Airplane Works
Dessau
Germany
Brackley Fire Brigade Funds Own Engine Purchase
In Brackley England the honorary volunteer fire brigade, funded by charity fetes and member donations, plans to buy a new engine after their 32 year old vehicle nears collapse. Firefighters contribute about 260 each with three members underwriting the balance as the unit drills thrice weekly without pay.
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Brackley
Eng
U.P
Services For Anderson Are Still Unknown
Funeral services for Peter A. Anderson of 824 Home Street, who died after being struck by a car driven by Morris Miller yesterday morning, remain unarranged as relatives’ arrivals are not yet confirmed. Born May 15, 1857 in Ledberg Sweden he was 72. He lived in Sycamore nineteen years and worked as a carpenter until retirement. Surviving are his wife Emma Matilda Johnson and ten children including Theodore Giles Carl A with two sisters in Sweden.
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Peter A. Anderson
Home Street
Morris Miller
Ledberg
Osterjalland
Sweden
Emma Matilda Johnsson
Swedt
May Head Elks Prominently Mentioned Leader
Judge Walter P. Andrews of Atlanta is expected to be elected ruler of the Elks at the annual convention in Los Angeles from July 7 to 12. Andrews is prominently mentioned as next in line for the leadership.
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the Elks
Walter P. Andrews
Atlanta, Ga
Andrews
Los Angeles
Monkeys at St Louis Zoo Suffer From Human Antics
St Louis UPI reports a seasonal rise in nervous breakdowns among zoo monkeys as human crowds and bars drive distress. Keepers feed them in the rest house during vacations, amid episodes of mental strain and various complexes. A second item notes a Rockland, Maine pig trained to dig clams with a policeman supervising the mud flats.
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St. Louis U.P
St. Louis Zoo
The
Zoological Society
Zoo
Rockland
Fatrolman
Charley Emery
Half Century of Service Is Great Record
Miss Anna Smith Batten of Wymore Nebraska completes fifty years in Nebraska schools with thirty nine years in Wymore and no substitute taught. She began in Pawnee county during early railroad construction and once hosted a camp meeting to calm workers, recalling them singing gospel songs. She plans to teach another year.
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Wymore
Neb
U.P
Nebraska
Anna Smith Batten
Miss Batten
Pawnee County
Burlington Railroad
League President Is Friend of The Umpire
Downtrodden umpires in the Nebraska state league have one friend, at least, to turn to in time of distress. J. E.
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Lincoln, Neb
U.R
Nebraska State League
J. E
Beltzer Orders Elimination of Mobbing at Baseball Games
Beltzer the league president issues a directive to end mobbing at baseball games as part of the official program. Chronicle Want Ads Bring Results.
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Beltzer
League
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