Commencement Week At State College Sets Graduation
State Teachers College announces a multi day commencement starting Sunday with a Baccalaureate address by V. E. Magnusson and a Thursday morning commencement by Mark E. Penney of James Millikin University. Alumni events, May Fete, Treble Clef Concert, and Senior Prom accompany the ceremonies.
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State Teachers College
V. E. W. Magnusson
First Tan Church
Mark E. Penney
James Millikin University
Decatur
The
State College
de Kalb
Alumni, Association
Concordia College
E. W. Magnusson
First Lutheran Church
College
Soph
Mark E. Penny
Penney
S.j. Stanley Brown
Tulips fall planting bookings at Custer's Gardens
Fall planting orders now open at Custer's Gardens inviting calls to select bulbs while in broom. Henry Sims, ex Fisk Motor Co, now washing cars at Folles' Garage near the Dodge service station offering reasonable prices and special dealer rates.
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Custer’s Gardens
Henry Sims
Fisk Motor Co
Folles
Dodge
Out of town News in The Chronicle Dispatches Local News
A corps of trained correspondents covers county happenings from Saturday night to Saturday night. A DeKalb staffer travels twice weekly to Malta and weekly to Shabbana. Daily, a reporter covers Sycamore for up-to-date court house and county seat news. All the news, all the time.
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Chronicle
DeKalb
Malta
Shabbana
Sycamore
Court House
Cast Announced for Senior High Play Admiral Crichton
The senior class at DeKalb High previews Admiral Crichton directed by Miss Minnie Jones. Cast includes Ernest Woolley Paul Ryan Crichton Melvin Lindberg Lady Catherine Lasenby Ethel Pennington Lady Agatha Lasenby Ruth Hill and many others. show set for June 2 at the high school auditorium with a large DeKalb audience expected.
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Admiral Crichton
Minnie Jones
Ernest Woolley
Paul Ryan
Crichton
Melvin Lindberg
Catherine Lasenby
Ethel Pennington
Agatha Lasenby
Ruth Hill
Mary Lasenby
Zella Fisher
Treherne
Stanley Ohlson
Earl of Loam
van Wilder Joslin
Lord Brocklehurst
Reed Brooks
Perkins
Aure Huhta
M. Fleury
Toivo Luhtala
Rolleston
Paul Tenniges
Tompsett
William Keenan
Miss Fisher
Barth City Quartet to Broadcast on WGN Memorial Day
The Barth City Quartet will sing on station WGN Memorial Day night from 9 30 to 1 30 Central Standard Time. They recently received a letter inviting participation and will also perform at Burlington high school commencement next Friday and Creston on Memorial Day afternoon before traveling to Chicago. The four members are H M Payne Elvin Carlson H H Sorensen and Vere Goodyear.
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WGN
Barth City
Chicago
Wek
Burlington High School
Creston
H. M Payne
Elvin Carlson
H. H. Sorensen
Vere Goodyear
Barb City
Two High School Teams Compete In Big Seven Literary
At Aurora this evening two DeKalb high school teams vie in the Big Seven literary contest. Aurilla Taylor Leo Wilson Willard Wirtz and June Carlstrom participate in extemporaneous speaking and reading contests, after being chosen at last Friday’s elimination contest at the high school.
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Aurora
Aurilla Taylor
Leo Wilson
Willard Wirtz
June Carlstrom
Leo Olson
DeKalb High School
Dokeys Plan On Big Time DeKalb Soon
Members of the D O K K Knights of Pythias plan a large event in DeKalb within a month or six weeks. Some will travel to Geneva for a meeting to arrange details for the big occasion. A D O K K temple may be instituted here in the summer with many out of town visitors expected. Tonight’s lodge session will discuss important business matters. Graduating Gifts that please Shetter's, 141.
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DeKalb
Knights of Pythias
Geneva
Despondent Louis Lemarble Drinks Carbolic Acid to Die
Despondent over ill health and blindness, Louis Lemarble drank three ounces of carbolic acid at eight this morning and died shortly after. A coroner’s inquest found death by his own action due to despondency. Lemarble, born in 1849 in Galt Ontario, lived in DeKalb after a long factory career and recent stroke. He leaves a widow, one son, two daughters, and a sister, with funeral services Sunday at 2:50 pm from the Swanson home.
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Louis Lemarble
Lemarble
C. H. Wilkinson
Harry Swanson
Mr. Lemarble
Lemarbie
Nelson
West Lincoln Highway
DeKalb
Galt
Ontario
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Terre Haute
Ind
M. D. Wells
Adrian
DeKalb County
Ernest Lemarble
Ont
Fred Johnson
LaGrange
Charles Fleck
Danville
Swanson
West
Lincoln Highway
E. W. Magnusson
First Lutheran Church
Fairview Cemetery
Fire Destroys Coyne Barn In Northeast Part
Fire believed incendiary destroyed Jack Coyne’s barn near Market Street on eleventh. Alarm at 11 50, interior ruined despite two water streams. Coyne suspects deliberate setting by someone prejudiced, insured only modestly. Fire marshal and police to investigate thoroughly.
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Jack Coyne
Market Street
Eleventh
Interior
Jury Tampering Allegations Cloud Shepherd Case In Chicago
Charges of jury tampering surface amid efforts to convict William D Shepherd of murder in Billy McClintock case. Witness Barry reports a man named Cal offered to pay for jury entry. Crowe dispatches officers. Attorneys deny ties to tampering as veniremen are drawn. search for missing witness Robert White intensifies.
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United Ress
Chicago
William D. Shepherd
Billy McClintock
Phillip Barry
Robert Crowe
Barry
Crowe
Cal
William Scott Stewart
W. W. O'Brien
Shepherd
Stewart
Think Hotel Decision Expected Monday in DeKalb
Chicago official Mr Shaw reported the DeKalb hotel proposal remains unsettled and moving to a finish. He预计 a decision by Monday, noting subscriptions are slower than desired. Local business leaders fear no new hotel for years if the plan fails, citing past near misses and hopeful backers.
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Shaw
Chicago
DeKalb
Sunday Memorial Sunday Observance in DeKalb
DeKalb ministers were urged by local American Legion members to observe Memorial Sunday in sermons. Grand Army of the Republic veterans are expected at First Baptist Church, while Legion members will attend services at their own center, following a traditional remembrance program.
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American Legion Post
DeKalb
Grand Army of the Republic
First Baptist Church
American Legion
Hole In Cellar Station Is Repaired At City Hall
City hall improvements include repairing a hole in the western wall of the police station. Chief F. W. Bull Steis found the breach caused by a prisoner attempting an escape weeks ago. Prisoners arrested by State Patrol Officer Oscar Larson and Kenneth Church were linked to the auto theft case.
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F. W. Bull
Steis
Oscar Larson
Kenneth Church
Have Service for Mother of DeKalb Woman
Funeral services were held yesterday afternoon for Mrs. Anna Wilson mother of Mrs. John Swanberg of this city. The services were from the Wilson home west of Sycamore with Mr. and Mrs. Swanberg, two children of this city, attending. Mrs. Wilson, age 73, died Monday noon at her home after a lingering illness. She is survived by four sons and two daughters, two sisters and a brother, and several other relatives. Mr. Wilson died about three years ago.
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DeKalb
Anna Wilson
John Swanberg
Wilson
Sycamore
Swanberg
Earl Kennedy Fined for Night Driving on Lincoln Highway
Earl Kennedy paid a small fine and costs in Judge John Blair's police court after being charged with violating the state vehicle law. State Patrol Officer Oscar Johnson arrested him for driving a truck at night without lights near the Lincoln Highway east of the city, with his vehicle narrowly missing a collision with Fred Gardner's auto from Rochelle.
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Earl Kennedy
John Blair
Kennedy
Oscar Johnson
Fred Gardner
Rochelle
Maid
Lincoln Highway
How to Make Fine Cakes Cooking School in DeKalb
DeKalb Chronicle announces a free four day cooking school led by Miss Valma Shumard from two to four PM in Innovation's grill room. Lectures cover cakes breads salads and balanced meals with practical demonstrations and Q and A sessions. Open to all women in DeKalb with no charge and start time at 2:00.
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the Chronicle
Department of Fi Economics
Corn
Valma Shumard
Miss Shumard
DeKalb
Fourth Degree Work Friday Night Meeting at Chapter 52 R A M
Announcement states that at tomorrow evening’s meeting of Chapter No. 52 Royal Arch Masons fourth degree work will be conferred. Officers hope for a large attendance.
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Chapter No. 52
Illinois Weather Brief Partly Overcast Tonight
A fragment reports Illinois weather with partly overcast skies and a colder trend aimed at the northeast. The note mentions tonight and Friday but lacks full forecast details.
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Ilinois
Ontario With Real Beer the Taper's Mecca
Ontario marked the first sales of the 44 per cent beer amid revelry from Ottawa to Windsor as American visitors joined the celebration. Licenses lagged amid many applications and early morning drinking faced natives, while border patrols in the United States tightened to curb cross border beer flow. An estimated 50 000 visitors were expected this week as bootleggers eyed the border region.
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United Press
Ottawa
Ont
Ontario
Windsor
United State al
New York
Lively Times at Session of the Assembly
Springfield May 21 The McCluggage sanitary district bill heads for third reading while the Cuthbert anti-injunction bill awaits special order. Senate utilities committee passes Barr terminable permit bill with no recommendation. A joint committee will map a reapportionment plan, with Bancroft's resolution adopted. House later considers Rennick's tax rate bill for Chicago and down state municipalities.
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Jouse Commelttee
Bancrot
Assembly
House
Ren[nick
Free Davis of Bribe Charge After Trial
Topeka Kansas May 21 Jonathan M Davis stood exonerated today of charges that he solicited a bribe for parole of Walter Grundy convict The former dirt farmer governor was found not guilty by the jury last night of conspiring with Carl J Peterson former state bank commissioner to sell parole for 2500 The verdict came on the fourth ballot three hours ten minutes after deliberations began Today Davis and his wife return to the Bourbon county Farm.
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Topeka
Kans
Jonathan M. Davis
Walter Grundy
Carl J. Peterson
State Bank
Davis
Bourbon County
Forest Fires Blaze Across North Wisconsin Towns
May 21 Laona Wisconsin reports scores of villages under threat as wildfires flare again driven by high winds. State guardsmen and volunteers had the blazes under control yesterday but overnight winds rekindled flames across Forest Oconto Oneida and Kanabec counties endangering farms summer homes and villages.
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Laona
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Wisconsin
Oconto
Oneida
Kanemee
Breaks Arm In Pole Vault At Local Track Meet
Richard Leslie, son of R N Leslie, broke his arm during a pole vault attempt at the recent high school track and field meet. He was painful at the moment but is rapidly recovering and can attend school again. The incident occurred when he fell on his arm while clearing the bar. Clarence G LePage now handles the milk business route in DeKalb and is authorized to collect and address related matters. the Leslie office is being discontinued in the Leslie Building.
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R. N. Leslie
Ome
Richard Leslie
Clarence G. LePage
DeKalb
Leslie Bidg. Ag
Brongton
Pairy
Girl Freed At Inquest Exonerates Lucille Wunsch
Riverdale Illinois May 21 A coroners jury exonerates Lucille Wunsch 16 of killing Agnes Simnick 28 claiming she acted to protect her family and did not intend to shoot. The jury finds death accidental while questioning whether Mrs Bertha Wunsch aided the shooting amid family turmoil and rumors.
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United Press
Riverdale
Ill
Lucille Wunsch
Belle
Agnes Simnick
Wunsch
Lucille
Joseph Nikolai
Nikolai
Agnes
Bertha Wunsch
Miss Simnick
Mrs. Wunsch
Ter
Child Kidnapped From Mother In Halstead Street Incident
In Chicago on May 21 a man kidnapped Telefio Urbits, 6, from his mother as she prepared to board a street car on Halstead Street. The assailant seized the child, pushed the mother aside, and fled onto the car amid bystander crowds.
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United Press
Chicago
Telefio Urbits
Halstead Street
Dance Elva Friday Night May 22 Tickets Fifty Cents
A community notice inviting all to a Friday night dance in Elva on May 22 with admission priced at 50 cents. Local organizers promote a lively event and welcome everyone to attend.
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Elva
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