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Newspaper
Dekalb Daily Chronicle
Location
Dekalb, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1925
Page
2
Claude Bennett sues for 12000 after a McAllister store elevator accident. Bennett, a drayman, says a shaft fall injured him when the elevator door was opened to move a large box and the elevator returned to a different floor. Defense offers were rejected. trial continues under Judge Fulton.
The DeKalb county Board of Review nearly finished its work for the year when a ten percent reduction in farm lands necessitated rechecking every acreage assessment and recalculating taxes. Mae Russell has completed most book work at the courthouse and will see the process through as the board plans to tentatively close the books. The extra work will delay adjournment by four to five weeks or more.
At the Izaak Walton League chapter meeting last evening routine business was discussed. A committee was formed to confer with the city council about sewerage disposal, noting action is needed. Bills were paid and the annual picnic moved to October. President Will H. Dilg will visit in January to make the Syc amore chapter meeting a large event.
In Sycamore a DeKalb driver failed to stop at a through street sign, colliding with Ed Button who halted earlier. Button’s car rear end sustained minor damage. a settlement was reported on the spot without trouble.
Eric Wacht announced today he bought the fixtures and leased the building last occupied by Carlson & Benson. He plans to open the store in the latter part of the month selling men's clothing and haberdashery. George Bart will remain with Mr. Wacht.
Jereek Harry Armington and Harry Jr. made a business trip to Chicago today. Mrs. E W Hicks of Glen Ellyn has been engaged as musical director of the local Methodist church for the new conference year. She will organize a large youth chorus for Sunday services starting Friday. C F Koehn and son Richard, visiting Guttenberg, Ia., are due back later this week. Dustin Chapter O E S met at the Masonic hall with routine business. Ladies Aid of Universalist church held a meeting today. Woman's Union Missionary society of the Methodist church will hold its first meeting in the gym on Thursday September TV at 2 30 p m with refreshments.
United Press reports Tokyo elites argue Modern Japan cannot afford war. Industrialists push electrification and Hokkaido development, with Tsuneta Yano advocating major armament abolition and shifting funds to peaceful industrial growth. He outlines four reasons to cut defense and notes potential benefits in easing tensions with Britain and the United States.
Sol Rubin of Chicago, jailed today by Sheriff Crawford, admitted on a counterfeit section of the criminal code. Other prisoners include three young Chicago mail service delivery boys returned for trial, and two recovering dope addicts named R. G. Overall and Dr. E N. Landon.
A Hydrox ice cream truck from Aurora veered off Cortland road early Monday, struck a cement abutment, and lay in a ditch with one wheel buried to the axle. The heavy truck could topple. a wrecking crew is likely to recover it and send it to a repair shop within a day or two.
Members of the Ku Klux Klan Sycamore unit and adjacent units joined a robed parade through the city led by a band. The procession arrived at the town hall where an out of town speaker addressed the crowd for over an hour, prompting notable citywide excitement.
A MunichFliegende Blaetter note reflects on leaving homeland for Brazil next week. The writer laments breaking off a serialized story in the daily paper, signaling travel as the cause of the interruption and tone of regret.
A Dartford Chronicle quip recalls a beggar offered water by a lady. He declines, explaining his iron constitution would rust from water. The humorous exchange underlines resilience and humor in hardship.
South End of Somonauk street is badly torn up with graders at work. Recent rains left sections nearly impassable. Drivers can detour via Cortland road to Sycamore, then west to Park Avenue for a couple of blocks. Paving planned for a long stretch, improving year round drive once county maintenance begins.
Sycamore high school meets Harvard from the visiting team in the season opener at the new city park Saturday afternoon. The game, slated for 2 30, is described as a practice match but worth watching as the squad has trained since school began.
A vintage laundry advertisement promotes choosing a direct washday route to Rough Dry, a semi finished family service. It promises washing, ironing, and thorough drying for a convenient, economical bundle return for finishing at leisure.
Evanston report reveals the 1728 epitaph Franklin wrote while ill in Philadelphia is in William Mason’s collection. Mason, a longtime historical donor, denies Philadelphia library bids for the epitaph and notes his vast American history holdings. He funded Northwestern history study with a $100,000 endowment.
A fragmented note reflects a garbled广告 style asking readers to use Chronicle Want Ads for employment or notices. It references DePauw and a casual, enigmatic line about youth, money, and footwear, lacking clear facts or events.
Rochelle opens football season Saturday September 26 at Batavia led by Coaches Dawson and Hiltpold. Thirty-six players remain, with two strong teams and ample substitutes. Schedule lists four home games and several away dates including Rock Falls Byron Mount Morris Dixon Mendota Savanna and Thanksgiving open. Rivalry with Savanna looms as local players face Coach Till McCarthy’s eleven.
New York gossip notes Gloria Gould plans a theater opening while Jack Yellen tours the city with new schemes. Pat Rooney and Marion Bent prep a legitimate play, Fred Stone returns from a Connecticut farm, Heywood Broun shifts review duties, Dick Rodgers and Lorenz Hart push a long run, Edna Purviance travels to Paris, and Alice Boulden is seen amid the chatter.
The text notes the fading of figures tied to Broadway and journalism, mentioning Lackaye now a principal in a musical revue, Merle a Kansas City singer, a former newspaperwoman writer, Monty Fell a prominent scribe, and Joe Susskind who died by electrocution in his Palm Beach hotel. It also includes a Rutgers Chanticleer joke about a hazy room and a cloud.
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