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Newspaper
Dekalb Daily Chronicle
Location
Dekalb, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1920
Page
2
Mrs Alfred Cederoth received a telegram Saturday night saying her mother Mrs Emma Boquist died in Nyland Sweden. She hurriedly left for Christo to discuss funeral arrangements, but neither Cederoth nor her brother will travel to Sweden due to the distance and time before the funeral.
A collection of short items lists visits and movements of residents and guests. Mrs Sexauer is home from city hospital, with several neighbors and relatives traveling between Downers Grove Lombard Rochelle and other towns. Various travelers to Chicago, Dixon, and London noted, along with brief remarks on local business and historical curiosities.
A string of short notes from Malta and DeKalb detail hospital visits, family gatherings, and social calls. Mrs. William Waltera and Miss Beulah Warrington are mentioned with relatives in DeKalb, while Miss Katherine Van Artsdale of DeKalb visited family. Ed Rastinson and family note their daughter’s recovery, and Mrs. Susie Quincer hosted a Friday six o’clock dinner for local women. Helen Deane’s Chicago trip is noted, along with several other visits and small-town introductions.
A garbled miscellany lists sweeping claims from science to history, mentioning Mars proximity, palm stones with dates, Arctic flower varieties, volcanic activity, and Parliament allowances. It hints at a memory project for members of Parliament who died in war but lacks coherent structure or clear sourcing.
An advertisement claims nine of ten women are diseased from constipation and touts Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea as a mild, pleasant laxative that cleanses the system, improves complexion, and boosts well being. It urges trial and recommending it to friends, with a note about packaging.
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