Postal rate changes take effect April 15 citywide
Postmaster Olsen unveils multiple changes including a two cent postage for all post cards and revised class boundaries. New third class combines items up to eight ounces while fourth class covers over eight ounces with zone-based rates. Rural route parcels incur a two cent service charge and money order fees rise slightly with a five cent minimum and twenty two cent maximum. Olsen plans a series of explanations in forthcoming articles.
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Thomas F. Olsen
Olsen
Train strikes horse and wagon kills Illinois man at crossing
William Killham was killed when a Michigan Central train struck his horse and wagon at a grade crossing in Siskiyou Illinois. The incident disrupted traffic with cars washing day and night. North Side Garage, North Second Street, phone 571.
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Ain
United Press
Siskeny
William Killham
Michigan Central
North Side Garage
North Second Street
City Residents to Hear Hobart and Matteson Sunday
Two familiar locals, Prof C H Hobart and Harvey Matteson, will present a program for the Methodist church Sunday evening. Hobart will read and give a short address, while Matteson, a state college student and noted singer, has appeared at the state college and in this city.
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Methodist Church
The
State College
Prof
Hobart
De Marco Harp Ensemble Set for State College Concert
State teachers college hosts a major musical event of the season with the De Marco Harp Ensemble. Tickets on sale since yesterday and again this evening before the concert. The program features three harps cello violin and piano with solo duet trio and quartet selections by skilled artists.
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State Teachers’ College
de Marco Harp
State College
DeKalb
Extra Day for Returns Upon Income Taxes
Washington D C March 12 1 You have until March 16 this year to file your income tax return The legal date comes on Sunday 40 the day of grace is added in law treasury experts have decided i Thy internal revenue bureau h in an official statement pointed out however that if placed in the mail the document should be placed in the post office In order to reach the office on or before the time to return should be filed If the return is placed in the mail on the date by which it should be received on the return date there will be no penalty.
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United Press
Washington, D. C
Law Treasury
Thy internal revenue burea@h
Actress Barrymore Ill in Western City
Actress Ethel Barrymore, in Kansas City, is critically ill with mythitis, forcing cancellation of a week long engagement and possible future bookings. Her doctor says she will be confined to bed for at least a week and is in considerable pain. she refuses hospitalization though the condition is critical but not alarming.
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Unite Pness
Kansas City
Ethel Barrymore
Lent Meeting to Feature Song Service at Welfare Building
Immanuel Lutheran church conducts Thursday evening Lenten services at the Welfare building. Rev. Erdmann Frenk will lecture on Peters Denial of His Savior. Soprano Wilhelmina Frenk of the Chicago Poly hymn ia Society will sing Open the Gates of the Temple and Hear Ye Oh Israel. Service starts at 7:45 p.m. All are urged to attend.
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Immanuel Lutheran Church
Erdmann Frenk
Peters
S Wilhelmina Frenk
Chicago Polyhymnia Society
Williams
Temple
Rys-Herberts
Israel
Coroner's Office to Stay Open All Night
Chicago Cook county coroner's office will operate 24 hours a day due to rising violent deaths in the city. Lamp sale at Beghtol Bros in the East End offers 100 lamps for five dollars down and one dollar weekly. The Avalon Ballroom in DeKath hosts a Saturday night dance with Paddock's Orchestra and new management drawing crowds.
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Coroner's
Ey United Press
Chicago
Cook County
Avalon
DeKath
Paddock
Oil Witness FOR TEAPOT DOME HEARING at Cheyenne
E. G. Finney, assistant secretary of the interior, is expected to be the first witness for the government in the Cheyenne Wyoming hearing to cancel Teapot Dome leases.
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E. G. Finney
Interior
Cheyenne
Wyo
Teapot Dome
Robert W. Stewart
Standard OD Company of
Indiana
T. Blake Kennerly
Federal Court of Wyoming
Weapeme
Harry F. Sinclair
Townsend of Aurora Will Be Buried Here
Funeral services for C. P. Townsend of Aurora will be held Friday at 1:50 PM from his home 345 Rosewood Avenue. Burial in local cemetery. He died yesterday after a lingering illness at 79, born March 4, 1855. Survived by wife, three daughters Mrs Leland Mrs Kenney Mrs Hilsworth Strong and seven grandchildren. He retired two years ago from Burlington railway shops after 33 years as a machinist.
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Townsend
Aurora
Rosewood Avenue
Auro
Buckington
Thomas Leland
John Kenney
Hilsworth Strong
Swarts Victims In Sunday Creston Auto Crash
Relatives of Mr and Mrs Harley L Swarts of Oak Park learned they were the injured couple in a Sunday night crash near Creston. A three car collision followed a trailer swing as Lock Melrose Park passed Woodyatt. Woodyatt suffered a bad forehead cut. others unharmed.
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Harley L. Swarts
Oak Park
Creston
Swarts
Janet Keast
Cora Busby
Mr. Lock
Melrose Park
Lock
H. Woodyatt
Woodyatt
Augustana Quartet Member Leads Several Melodic Groups
DeKalb singer Friend of Martin Johnston, former Rock Island resident and Augustana College student, now resides in Hines Minnesota with parents. Johnston manages and performs in the Augustana quartet, will concert at Elgin Bethlehem Lutheran church Friday evening. He also leads the Augustana band and directs St. Pauls Choir Davenport Iowa, Zion Church Rock Island choir, and Olive Male Chorus Moline.
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Augustana
Martin Johnston
Augustana College
Rock Island
Johnson
Hines,Minn
Augustana Quartet
Elgin Bethlehem Lutheran Church
St. Paul's Choir
Davenport
Iowa
Zion Church
Olive Male
Moline
Sister Passes Away Suddenly On Wednesday
Mr and Mrs M De Claiger left for Compton after the sudden death yesterday of Mrs Ernest Druce a well known Compton resident. The 68 year old widow of Mr Clapper is survived by her husband three sons and one daughter. Funeral services will be held tomorrow afternoon with the Clappers planning to attend.
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M. de Claiger
Compton
Clapper
Ernest Druce
Lindstrom Thanks Supporters After Primary Nomination Win
J B Lindstrom expresses gratitude to friends for loyal campaign support that led to nomination in the primary election Tuesday. He notes the unusually large vote cast and appreciation for the honor bestowed.
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J. B. Lindstrom
State College seeks new men’s gym building
A report from Dr J Stanley Brown and BE B Still indicates the state college is likely to receive a men’s building funded by appropriations. A campaign to secure a new gym and modern classrooms was outlined after a Springfield meeting with legislators and district representatives. The cramped facilities affect class attendance and scheduling as men and women share the gym, with visitors noting the poor conditions.
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J. Stanley Brown
State Teachers College
B. Still
Normal School Board
Fay Wble
State College
Appropriations Committee
Brown
Still
Springfield
St. Nicolas
Allen, Tournlott
Funeral Held Today for Hinckley Resident Edward Bloom
Funeral services were held in Hinckley for Edward Bloom who died Monday morning in a Chicago hospital after a nose operation for infection. The death was sudden and he was a well known resident with many friends attending the services.
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Hinckley
Edward Bloom
Chicago
Bloom
Five Dollar Lamp Sale Opens at Beghtro Bros East End
Over 100 lamps to choose from with every lamp on sale. Five dollars down and a dollar per week. Sale begins Saturday morning at Beghtro Bros in the East End.
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Beghto Bros
East End
Legionnaires to Convene in DeKalb Sunday Meet
Northern district Legionnaires from multiple cities will gather in DeKalb Sunday for a large convention. Over 100 delegates expected to attend with Sycamore and DeKalb posts well represented. The agenda includes a membership drive, district quota review, and state officer led business session followed by a noon banquet.
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DeKalb
State Commandler
Comng
Legion
Sycamore
American Legion
Arm Crushed in Cement Mixer Accident
Owen Johnson of Skoglund and Wedberg was injured while filling a cement mixer. His glove sleeve caught in the gears causing severe flesh damage from hand to shoulder. He was rushed to Glidden hospital. no bones were broken and he rests more comfortably.
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Owen Johnson
Skoglund and Wedberg
Glidden Hospital
Johnson
Mr. Johnson
Illinois lawmakers wrap brisk session with bills advancing
Springfield briefs note a brief Illinois Senate session approving a convention hall measure for cities of 75 000 population and advanced fish and game legislation. Committees pushed multiple measures, including health department funding and a university appropriation. A Wilkins Smith election contest was deferred to next week.
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United Press
Springfield
Illinois
Senate
B. D. McCindage
McCastein
Rock Island
Lee O'Neill Browne
Ottawa
Appropriations Committee
Bloomington
Soldiers Orphans
University
Joliet
Assembly
House Appropriations Committee
Attorney General's Office
Chicago
379Th Infantry
Department of Health
University of Illinois
William Weiss
Waukegan
Cook County
Elections Committee
A. O. Arnold
Judiciary Committee
Committee On Roads and Bridges
Hess
Barr
Bruce
Denvir
Hughes
House
Wilkins Smith
Lent Meeting Draws Large Attendance in City Welfare Hall
Six protestant churches in the city report growing interest in the weekly lent program held at the Welfare building. Rev. E W Magnusson of First Lutheran delivered the sermon as Rev. Winstedt led the meeting. The Methodist men’s class ran the musical portion, drawing a large audience. Union services will continue each Wednesday with a principal sermon from a different pastor.
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E. W. Magnusson
First Lutheran Church
Winstedt
Methodist Church
American Steel Welfare
Two Women Die After Car Stalled on Railroad Crossing
Woodstock, March 12. Mrs. Alvin Harmon, 65, of Woodstock and her mother, Mrs. Louis Comrad, 80, of Peoria, were killed when their car stalled on a railroad crossing and was struck by a C. N. W. wreck engine. The fatality occurred yesterday as the pair traveled toward Woodstock.
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Byresqae
Woodstock
Alvin Harmon
Louis Comrad
Peoria
Machinery for New City Well Now Installed
Work on the active drilling for the new city well will start in a few days as all machinery has been installed on the ground by Thorne & Company. The firm previously sunk a well for Illinois Power and moved equipment with little trouble. Residents have shown interest in the power project and are expected to follow the city well closely as sinking and equipment installation proceed toward completion at 8000 as possible.
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Thorne & Company
Ilinois Power Company
Power Company
Nellie Dodge Leaves Glidden Hospital for Convalescence
Friends in Malta report Miss Nellie Dodge has left Glidden hospital and is convalescing at her brother James Dodge’s home on South Second Street. She departed the hospital on Tuesday.
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Nellie
President Sun Yat Sen Dies in Canton China
Dr Sun Yat Sen former Chinese president died in Canton after weeks with stomach cancer. He signed last documents for Kuo Ming Tang and wished to be embalmed and buried in Nanking. The body was sent to Rockefeller Foundation for embalming with Dr Paul Kriec attending. He studied at Columbia University and was the only Chinese member of Delta Kappa Epsilon.
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Culted
Pekin
China
Sun Yat Sen
Canton
Sun
Kuo Ming Tang Party
Nanking
Rockefeller’ Foundation
Paul Kriec
Columbia University
New York City
Delta Kappa Epsilons College
American Legion Dinner Plan After Membership Drive
An announcement states the team losing in the recent membership drive will meet this evening at the Legion rooms at eight o'clock to finalize plans for a dinner honoring the winning team. The auxiliary team will assist in the planning, with both teams to provide the meal. The captains agreed the losing team will order the auxiliary team. Members listed include Jerrie Levens Dana Gray P T Wright Albert Shoo Emily Anderson Harrol Stewart John McNamara William Eisenhere nee Wagiey and William Gormey.
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American Legion
Legion Rooms
Stanley Sutton
Legion
Jerrie Levens
Dana Gray
P. T. Wright
Albert Shoo
Emily Anderson
Harrol Stewart
John McNamara
William Eisenhere
Nee Wagiey
William Gormey
Steve Arnold in Poor Health at Home on South Fourth
Reports from Steve Arnold’s home on South Fourth Street indicate little change in his illness. Friends are deeply concerned as the elderly man has been seriously ill for two weeks today and has been confined to his bed. An earlier two week leave from his duties at Northwestern freight office was requested about a month ago as his condition declined.
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Steve Arnold
South Fourth Street
Arnold
Northwestern Freight Office
Prayer Meeting at Emanuelson Home Hosts Baptist Church
Mr and Mrs Emanuelson of 811 State Street will host members of the Baptist church congregation this evening for the regular midweek prayer service and Bible study. Rev F W Field will lead the discussion on Official Opposition and Condemnation of Jesus.
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Emanuelson
State Street
Baptist Church
Mid‘wes
Jesus
F. W. Field
Battle Fleet Sighted Off the Western Coast
Three battleships, leaders of the combined Pacific and Atlantic fleets, were sighted on the western horizon at 9:30 a.m. by Captain Craven while flying over Coronado Island. The report comes from the North Island air station. Taxes are now due and payable at the First National Bank.
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United Press
San Diego
Calif
Craven
North Island Air
Coronado Island
First National Bank
Warren remains pledged to resubmit Warren for attorney general
Washington March 12 President Coolidge resubmits Charles B Warren of Michigan to the senate for confirmation as attorney general after a prior rejection 39 to 41 Following a White House conference with Senator Butler Warren travels to Washington and awaits senate action Warren argues for a full hearing and defense against opponents' charges while Coolidge reiterates executive responsibility for cabinet picks
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United Press
Washington, D. C
Coolidge
Senate
Charles Beecher Warren
Michigan
Warren
Butler
White House
Walsh
Montana
Judiciary Committee
Charles B. Warren
Coolridge
Massachusettes
CooFdge
Otter
Capitol Hill
Mic
Waton
House
Evanston Teachers To Probe High School Student Nightlife
A special commission of teachers, preachers and parents has been appointed in Evanston to investigate reports that Evanston high school students are visiting roadside houses of ill repute. The inquiry aims to determine the extent of such activity and identify any responsible parties.
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United Press
Evanston
Evanston High School
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