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Newspaper
Dekalb Daily Chronicle
Location
Dekalb, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1925
Page
2
A severe evening storm tore the top from a newly built silo at the R F Jones farm near Clare as wind and lightning swept through the area. In Sycamore, trees and branches were damaged and streets were cleared of debris by the street department. No other serious damage was reported, and farmers resumed fall plowing despite the weather.
The first official football game of the season featured Sycamore and Harvard high schools in a non schedule tilt at the city park this afternoon. Both teams battled hard as local fans packed the stands. Sycamore, with strong football material and good coaching, is expected to contend for top conference honors this season.
The First National Bank of Sycamore is set to consolidate with a smaller local bank. Marble fixtures are being unloaded for the new building. Officials expect completion soon but plan to wait until the fiscal year ends before opening to the public.
A girl from DeKalb was turned over to county authorities on delinquency charges and likely held briefly. Two men were received last evening: James Sexton of Lebanon Missouri charged with vagrancy and Beryle Burke, a dope addict, to remain a month for treatment.
An old advertisement describes cold symptoms as nasal catarrh and promotes Hall's Catarrh Medicine a local ointment and systemic tonic. It claims quick action through the blood to strengthen mucous surfaces and reduce colds, noting sales by druggists for over 40 years and listing F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo Ohio.
Sycamore residents attended Visiting Matrons and Patrons night as Mrs Esther Cliffe and others joined the Eastern Star. The Sycamore Woman's club celebrated five percent day with proceeds aiding local philanthropy. B C Knodle of DeKalb visited on business while Mrs E W Hicks led the first rehearsal of the Methodist church youth choir with plans for a public debut the following Sunday.
Rev E. C. Murphy who has conducted revival meetings in a tent on West Elm street will give an illustrated lecture Sunday evening at the Methodist church. The lecture and pictures cover prison life and should interest city church people. Evening services tomorrow at 7 p.m.
Rockford S. C. team meets Sycamore nine in a Sunday afternoon baseball game here. The Rockford squad has shown strong form over the past weeks and aims to draw a big crowd to cover season expenses and start the next year with a clean slate.
The DeKalb county circuit court will open Tuesday forenoon next week. The session adjourned Thursday afternoon. The sole trial set is Raymond versus George, a foreclosure matter with the appointment of a receiver.
John Faissler, William Fulton and Dayton Ward left during the week to take up university work. Faissler and Fulton left for a year's work at Tinois while Ward will take up a four years course at Urbana.
A wild west show star known as Diamond Dick vanished twenty five years ago. He reportedly lived incognito in Norfolk Nebraska as Dr Richard J Tanner. His true identity surfaced during a frontier celebration when he appeared in Diamond Dick regalia.
Chang Hsuen liang 26 son of the Mukden warlord Tso-lin adds a prize to his accolades as a military commander and air force chief. At a jazz rival he and his Chinese partner won the first prize in composition and dance.
Northwest DeKalb residents discuss visits to Chicago and Genoa relatives. Edward White of Beloit comments on corn progress and upcoming mild weather. Alfred Dresser hosts relations from Belvidere and Three Oaks while Crops elsewhere look poorer.
Community updates include hospital treatment of Mrs. Weisenway in DeKalb, visits by Mrs. Owen Stover and family, and travel by George Hoyt and others. Harry Nelson underwent appendicitis surgery at St. Mary's hospital and is recovering well. A September 24 church basement supper and a men’s banquet at the M E church are announced alongside various visits and social gatherings across nearby towns.
The Department of Agriculture estimates the average net income of all U S farmers last year at 876 dollars, about 67 dollars a month, highlighting modest earnings across farms nationwide.
A dramatic letter from Melville Sartoris to Leslie reveals personal confidences about love and loyalty while another clipping reports a theft incident in Tokyo. An elderly Japanese man Ishikawa is chased after dining and catches sight of his long-lost son at the police station.
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