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Newspaper
Dekalb Daily Chronicle
Location
Dekalb, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1925
Page
1
School closes for hundreds of boys and girls as Ellwood Glidden Harsh and Normal finish term. Summer term set at Glidden for 12 weeks starting June 8 with 78 total students advancing to high school. Upper grades open, some students repeat work while others earn extra credit toward teaching credentials.
Funeral services for Mrs. Prla Cheney Holderness were held Thursday at 2 30 PM from the Holderness home with Rev L L Hammitt and Rev B B Evans officiating. Burial followed in Oakwood cemetery. The death occurred Wednesday afternoon at her home and shocked many in the community. Mrs Holderness was an earnest Methodist church worker and many congregation members attended.
Assessor George Bristow works hard to finish city assessments and urges those who have not filled out signed and sent or delivered their schedules to do so at once. He offers evening and Saturday help at home, stating that reading the back of the schedule shows it is a lawful duty.
City residents urged to attend Sunday services at St Marys church at three o clock followed by the annual crowning of the May Queen. A Decoration Day dance with Halstrom and his band from Aurora on Saturday night offers music admission ten cents to all.
Bodies have been removed from the gas of the Carolina Coal company mine in Sanford North Carolina and hope of saving the trapped men is abandoned. Officials say 24 remain to be rescued as federal mine rescue experts from Thomas New York direct the search. Twelve bodies were brought up overnight and officials expect more later today.
The Chronicle Cooking School at the Innovation grill room ends after three days as women learned salad making and diet value. Instructor Velma Schumard demonstrated versatile recipes including Velvet Cake and Chocolate Robins with Mazola and various icings, while local dairy changes were announced for DeKalb operations.
A DeKalb meeting at Annie's Woods drew a small crowd while nearby Sycamore and Kingston chapters supplied food and payed speakers. Despite effort from "faithful few," attendance was low and plans for an organized Walton chapter in DeKalb remain uncertain. Dr. Tull and Senator Wright spoke on conservation and legislation, with figures like W. J. Stratton and fish car promises noted for Sycamore.
Relatives in this city learned of the death yesterday of William Moore 24 son of Mr and Mrs John Moore former residents of this city The funeral will be at nine o clock Saturday at Clinton Town and the remains will be sent to big city on train 26 arriving 2 24 p m tomorrow for final services in St Marys cemetery He had suffered Brights disease for some time and died after a three week illness He was born in West Chicago and moved to this city with his parents at age three He leaves six brothers two sisters and many relatives and friends here.
Advisory board building committee and finance committee of DeKalb Trust & Savings Bank hold a special meeting Friday night at 7:30 in temporary quarters at First Baptist Church. Members are urged to attend for important business and committee notifications.
Announcement says Luther an church Boy Scouts meet at 12 noon tomorrow for last briefing before marching in the annual Memorial day parade. Congregational and Methodist troops convene at 1 pm for their formation, marking the first public appearance of the new city troops.
Oslo cabinet meets to decide relief for the Amundsen expedition after a week with no word since the Spitzbergen takeoff. Plans propose Fram and Hobby patrols, naval recon flights, and watch duties at Greenland and Spitzbergen as the expedition drifts.
The Chronicle will not publish Memorial Day to honor soldiers of all wars. Important news will be released via the usual bulletin service. Felis the latest craze promotes a bright color selection at Holmes' Hat Shop 122 E Lincoln Highway, next to DeKalb Theatre.
United Press reports plans to appeal to the U S Supreme Court after Judge Paul J McCormick ruled the Elk Hills oil lease fraudulently favored E L Doheny and Pan American Oil Co restoring title to the government The court found the $100 000 loan to Pahl improper and criticized secrecy claims as not serving military needs.
States Attorney Robert F. Crowe intensifies bribery allegations in the William D. Shepherd murder trial after a new letter from missing witness Robert White surfaces. White reports an attempt to pay $5,000 and explains his departure from Chicago while Crowe vows prosecutions against those who bribe jurors or witnesses.
Washington May 29 A single purchasing agent for the entire United States government will be created by executive order within the next few days Gen H L Lord director of the budget said after a conference with the president The post will have the title of coordinator of purchase and its functions will be contracting for the purchase of all federal supplies and equipment
Auction opens at 10 o clock at J H Reeves farm Maple Park 14 miles north 30 Jersey cows 20 Guernsey cows new milchers and springers 148 head total to be sold by private treaty notes and terms not stated in fragment
Weather bulletin notes fair skies tonight with a warm spell expected into Saturday. Unsettled conditions are likely Saturday with higher temperatures than tonight.
The receivers of the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul railroad filed a federal court report crediting competition with motor buses and the Panama Canal, the interstate commerce act long and short haul clause, rising operating costs, and agricultural depression for the railroad’s financial troubles. It states there is no ground to expect the line will earn its fixed charges in the near future.
Graduates of the township high school will attend baccalaureate services Sunday evening at the night school auditorium. Rev. RE Mexinus of First Lutheran church will deliver the commencement address. About 103 students will march, with 15 set to attend summer school and counted among the 1925 class. The program includes professional, invocation, Mozart Gloria, scripture reading, solo, sermon, and benediction. Exercises continue Thursday evening at eight o'clock.
The Aurora College male quartet will perform a sacred concert at the Advent Christian church tonight. The group, in demand across Aurora and northern Illinois, offers one last chance this year to hear this musical organization before graduates depart. Members include Alexander Goetsch of Watertown Wisconsin G H Baker of Toronto Canada Harry Van Valkenburg of Chetek Wisconsin and Donald G Lockward of Caldwell New Jersey.
City retailers announce partial hours due to Memorial Day. Most shops close all day, with some opening briefly in the morning. Drugstores stay open until noon, while groceries meat markets and bakeries operate until 10 am tomorrow to help shoppers. Car road oil ads note 25 dollars per block by Frank Fuller at 148.
Memorial Day will be observed with a large parade led by Major H B Goodison from Fourth and Lincoln Highway to Sycamore Road and the high school, a gravesite decoration by the American Legion, and a high school program featuring Ex Senator Glenn T Otis as speaker. Ex Senator Otis T Glenn will address from the high school auditorium with Mayor Lindstrom presiding and a Celtic chorus performing.
Carpenters have laid a new floor in the city hall offices used by the chief of police and Mayor J B Lindstrom. The rooms are arranged for conference use during prisoner questioning and are approved by staff. A notice announces the DeKalb Building and Loan Association stockholders annual meeting at eight o'clock on Tuesday, June 9, to elect directors and address other business.
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