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Newspaper
Dekalb Daily Chronicle
Location
Dekalb, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1925
Page
1
Campaign pushes heat up as four days remain to sign subscriptions for a grand prize plan. Readers are urged to bring the grand piano into homes, with subscriptions counting toward years and votes toward a Nash sedan. The week emphasizes second payments and special club offers as the deadline nears.
The first Baby Beef club show in the county will be held next Monday November 23 at DeKalb. Thirty eight youths have fed forty two calves since April, with breeds including Angus Hereford and Shorthorn. Grand Champion wins 25 dollars with prizes funded by local breeders and businesses.
Voters are reminded of candidate nomination blanks for DeKalb districts One and Two. The notice lists multiple names with vote values and locations including Malta Waterman Hinckley Shabbona Cortland DeKalb and Creston with various figures. The deadline is November 16th and a coupon is required to collect all items.
District 5 residents north of the Lincoln Highway outside DeKalb city limits include Waterbury Sycamore Cronland DeKalb with properties valued at 62 900 and 1700. Names listed include Alvera Johnson Clare and Mrs Richard Cook Sycamore with several others in Maple Park Kirkland and DeKalb. Figures show various assessments around 100 000 to 196 600.
Harvard Herald notes snow ice and record cold halted highway building in McHenry County delaying Route 25 from Marengo to Harvard. Concrete has begun near the Zimmerman farm but Kishwaukee bridges remain incomplete causing detours and hardship for local farmers dependent on the roads.
The Buckaloo-Rilppi-Burroughs clothing store announces a corn show to run all of next week and judged Friday November 27. Farmers from surrounding territory urged to enter. professional seed men and judges are excluded. Mr. Webb will judge. $250 in prizes donated by the store.
A young slayer of Raymond Pierce is found guilty of first degree murder. The death penalty looms as the trial ends and a formal sentence is expected near Monday after a stay request to higher courts.
Senator H G Wright will speak Friday evening before the Men's Club of the Congregational church on Europe from his summer tour. He has addressed local groups and his Europe resume is expected to be engaging. The event is part of the church club's monthly program and follows his work with the Illinois Terminal Commission.
Gerald Fanning 16 and Phillip Fanning 14 died after their Ford coupe was struck by a fast Burlington passenger train at the MI street crossing in Sandwich. Both suffered severe skull fractures and died within minutes of the wreck at H N Woodward Memorial hospital. An inquest is planned for Friday morning as residents push for gate replacement and improved signals.
The DeKalb Winans Club chorus at DeKalb theatre drew high praise last night for a pleasing program. Under Mrs Warner’s leadership the group has grown stronger and the concert, tied to the photoplay The Untidy Thee featuring Lon Chaney, was a public success.
Chicago police probe the death of six week old John Raymond Allen Jr found smothered in a crib at the Belmont hotel nursery. Mr and Mrs John R Allen report the room ransacked and a nurse questioned as officers review evidence of chloroform and facial burns.
Laurence "Tut" Westerberg of the DeKalb fire department underwent a minor operation at Glidden hospital. Friends reported his condition as satisfactory and improving yesterday.
Milk Consumers' Association announces higher prices effective Wednesday November 18. Milk increases will be one cent per pint and one cent per quart at 1132 Pleasant Street.
Mrs. Margaret Lansdowne testified in the Shenandoah murder inquiry as Major Henry Leonard clashed with the court over her counsel and statements. Davies was ejected after interruptions while Lansdowne defended her refusal to testify and described alleged pressure to twist facts and misquotations in a newspaper interview.
Wisconsin Supreme Court upholds lower court ruling granting Mrs. William Mitchell $6,800 annual alimony for the couple's children, instead of $4,800. Col. Willie Mitchell of the Air Service had challenged the amount, arguing the lesser sum sufficed.
The Odd Fellows in this city conducted a productive evening with time devoted to degree work led by the degree team. M. Lewis was named representative to work with other societies on a proposed roll chest to reduce fall drives. A special encampment session followed with an invitation to a Rockford reception and banquet, expected to draw about 20 local attendees.
Noblesville Indiana November 17 Stephenson the former power behind the throne of Indiana is to be moved to Michigan City Prison within five days. He faces second degree murder in the death of Miss Madge Oberholtzer and awaits a possible new trial while his former henchmen Klenek and Gentry are held on conspiracy and arson charges.
Chronicle report states Shine Parlor is owned by American citizens and operated by natives, not Greeks. A window was broken during a street fight last Saturday evening, leading to the arrest of Dy Parkins.
Christ Katapodis faced Judge Dowd in Sycamore court for bootlegging violations resulting in a $100 fine and costs, plus $3 for an alleged assault on his wife. He failed to pay and was to be sent to DeKalb to destroy illicit cider, amid a dramatic raid and crowd.
The regular monthly meeting of the Congregational church is postponed indefinitely instead of being held Thursday night. The notice also states that after November 14 the purchaser Wilbur Harrison Garage and F Claude Lutz no longer bear responsibility for any debts.
Wednesday specials advertise Wagner apples at 1.50 per bushel and Jonathan apples at 2.15 per bushel at the California Fruit and Vegetable Market. The notice mentions Baldwir and Illinois weather forecasts with cloudiness and rising temperatures.
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