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Newspaper
Macomb Daily By Stander
Location
Macomb, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1921
Page
2
Poems on effort and success mix with jokes and quips about actors, headlines, and daily tasks. The piece pairs reflections on writing with humorous asides about screen stars, politics, and household life, ending with a speeding incident involving William Jennings Bryan.
A C Dehority & Co opened their big Trade Building sale yesterday to record attendance and strong selling, with thousands of dollars in new fall silk and wool dresses coats and suits at radical cut prices. The event runs ten days through Saturday September 8th and promises even larger crowds today.
Western Illinois State Teachers College prepares for an expansive year with state authority to offer college courses. Roy Habermann is named director of physical training and athletics for men. Theresa F. Wild joins as music head, assisted by Nell Orwig and Carl Crilly. D. C. Beighey becomes head of Commerce. the school expands college level programs while limiting high school work.
Here Mrs H B Lowe and her daughter Frances and son Wilbur stay two weeks with Mr L E Evans at his West Washington street home. An airplane motor exhaust is claimed to be silenced by a new Swiss made muffler.
A garbled OCR snippet mentions corn, a tiny bottle, and a product name Freesome with unclear context and dates. The readable parts reference a drink or beverage and a quick action but lack coherent details or identifiable entities.
The Salvation Army appeal will run September 5 to 10 across McDonough County with county and ward committees mobilized. Attorney I H Miler chairs the county drive, Charles L Hickman leads Macomb, and ward chairs include Giles Slusher Rudolph Godowsky Bert Sturm John Graves Arthur Campbell Matthew Black Albert Bailey J M Foster E D Grigsby Rudolph Leander Albert Maguire Will Martin George Wells. Contributions may be mailed to county treasurer Will Wells to be credited by ward.
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