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Newspaper
Dekalb Daily Chronicle
Location
Dekalb, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1925
Page
1
A bold promotional piece proclaims new entries today for a prize scheme. It promises that all non prize winners receive a liberal commission and urges participation to win big money.
A partisan call urges women in three districts to campaign for subscribers to The Chronicle with prizes including Nash sedans and cash. Readers are told no one can lose, as non-winner rewards are paid, and stronger candidates attract votes from friends, with renewed activity and shifts in standings noted.
Highland farmer Stricker, condemned to die for murder, awaits fate in Mad County Jail after a delay in execution due to an appeal reaching the Supreme Court. He maintains innocence while hoping for eventual freedom as the case drags into next spring.
Stanley Wells, five, has returned to his parents Mr. and Mrs. Tilney of this city after six weeks at Presbyterian hospital in Chicago. Though healthy, he must go to Chicago twice weekly for dressing on an operation. Knights of Columbus hold a special meeting Friday with a Supreme Council speaker. Also notices list shoe sale at Malone's and a two office room suite for rent in the Lessie Building.
DeKalb residents will hear Prof. Stanley Sedar, organ instructor from Chicago, in a concert at the Baptist church tomorrow evening. Organist M Raddatz assisted, after securing the engagement, with a program to push the new instrument to full use. Admission is nominal and the 7:20 start is expected to draw a full house.
Two Dixon women were slightly hurt in an eight oclock accident four and a half miles east of the city on the Lincoln Highway. Miss Mildred Page suffered a cut under her left eye while her companion had minor facial cuts. Page blamed the junk truck Abe Gordon returning to DeKalb for not having a visible rear light. The Dixon auto was wrecked and towed to DeKalb. Leslie's Saturday Sale offers hats priced at 2.95 and 1.95.
The forecast calls for humidly cloudy skies tonight with rain beginning late evening. Temperatures will drop modestly, remaining not very cool overnight.
The Near East Relief drive urges $60 to save a starving child. Donations come from DeKalb Wagon Co S E di Bradt C H Wilkins Elwood and local students. The annual drive is set for Wednesday October 28 with workers canvassing every district to raise the city total and print donor names.
Charles Schwab predicted U S steel production would rise from 60 000 000 000 annually to 100 000 000 000 as he spoke in Chicago. The Bethlehem Steel head said the barometer of business looked favorable with a large audience including vice president Dawes and other prominent leaders.
Four young Americans bound for San Francisco in a new airplane were forced down near Aurora by strong head winds. They landed at an air mall emergency north of the Central States fairgrounds and resumed their flight the next morning after delays. Authorities broadcast appeals for sightings of the missing flyers between Urbana and Des Moines.
G Real deputy state fire marshal Mendota ordered the De Luxe Cleaning plant run by James Katopodus and another plant run by Manos Folena closed as fire traps. Fire Marshal M H McEvoy accompanied the inspection, and the sites must be fireproofed and approved by the state before reopening.
Chicago report says ten bandits robbed federal reserve mail, two pouches, and an American Express parcel. Governor James E. MacDougall notes loot was mostly ordinary mail and canceled checks. Police found no trace as suspects wore tan slippers.
Mrs. R. E. Brown of Cortland shows improvement as Leslie's Saturday Sale advertises 19¢ tennis flannel and 10¢ to 26 inch imported willow baskets. Sale begins at 2 o'clock or while quantities last with limit five yards per customer.
Election notice directs candidates to gather nomination blanks and submit them to the campaign manager. It counts all ballots in the ballot box up to 9 00 a m October 22nd.
A long district 1 voter roster for De Kalb lists dozens of residents with addresses along Lincoln Highway, North Street, East Locust and other streets. Names include Miss Alla Koski, Miss Maude Pahaly, Mrs. Adelbert Stonesiter, Miss Esther Johnson, Miss Amy Aspengren, Mrs. Roy Tilton, Miss Louise Murray, Miss Faye Byrd, Miss Evelyn Schultz, and many others along DeKalb, Shabbona, Maple Park, Hinckley, and Sycamore areas. The document appears to be a compiled roll with vote tallies or related markers next to each name.
Italy's debt funding mission led by Count Volpi boards a Naples steamer bound for the United States. The group aims to secure a funding agreement with American debt funding commissioners over Italy's roughly $2,000,000,000 debt.
Teachers from Rockford and surrounding areas will attend the Northwestern division meeting of the Illinois State Teachers Association in Rockford tomorrow. The Shrine temple venue, three session formats, and a high caliber program led by Clyde Lyon and Chicago Opera staff highlight the event while city schools close for the day.
Officials and Mayor Lindstrom announced Fourth street will be Route 23 a through street with stop signs on all intersecting streets within city limits. Signs will be installed within ten to fourteen days after review of the change.
Par ent-Teachers Association of the high school invites the public to a November 10 meeting at the high school. State Superintendent of Public Instruction F G Blair of Springfield will be the speaker. Attendees include city Parent-Teacher groups, grade school teachers, and college faculty members.
In New Orleans on an October date, the Protestant Episcopal Church’s House of Bishops voted 66 to 27 to remove the word obey from the marriage ceremony and strike the groom’s promise to endow with worldly goods. The action advances women’s status but stops short of allowing women in the lower house as deputies.
William Bagg reports a spare tire stolen from his truck parked on North Second Street near the Leslie Building between 7 and 10:30 PM. Police note multiple recent auto accessory thefts with youths possibly involved and some items recovered. other brief mentions include discounted ladies footwear and a wedding in London.
Tonight DeKalb lodge No 144 A F and A M hosts a Masters night with dinner at 6 30 followed by the conferring of the Master Mason degree by past masters. The roster includes Eber Lake Charles Garner Earl Hunt and many others with 1920 1921 1922 era names. The event is expected to attract a large attendance and be among the lodge’s most notable meetings in recent years.
A distinct tremor was felt in Los Angeles at 1 32 a m lasting about eight seconds with no damage. Pasadena also reported an earthquake at 1 32 a m today awakening residents in the early morning hours.
Greek forces advanced from Petritsi and occupied Coula in Bulgaria as fighting rages near the Macedonian border. Reports from Sofia say a Greek division crossed into Bulgaria with artillery on a 40 mile front. casualties are reported on both sides and allied ministers seek diplomacy to curb the war mood.
Oscar E. Carlstrom will personally conduct Illinois against Chicago and North Western Railway in a fight over a temporary restraining order to stop fare increases for suburban passenger traffic. The hearing before Federal Judge Adam C. Cliffe is set for tomorrow as the railroad continues higher rates after the Interstate Commerce Commission granted a 20 percent increase and a dispute with the state commission intensified.
Julia Archer known as Cat Eye Annie slips from Buffalo county jail unseen. She had been captured in Milwaukee and pleaded guilty to stealing 75000 worth of jewels from Lewis Surdam’s home. Sentenced to 10 years in Auburn prison, she removed window screens with a dagger in the sheriff’s office.
The Kntighta of Pythias announces a meeting this evening to appoint three or four candidates for the rank and to hold a mulligan. It is expected visitors will attend and the working team plans their best for the occasion. An unusually large attendance is anticipated due to the final Pythian steps and mulligan attraction.
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