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Newspaper
Macomb Daily By Stander
Location
Macomb, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1921
Page
2
A jumble of notes and overheard quips from local columns, advertisements, and school updates. Includes stray lines about Edison, relati on physics, and political references, plus ongoing farming reports and Bethel church notes.
The silk shirt craze that swept the nation has largely ended as men turn to durable neat looking percales or madras for shirts. Once a status symbol, silk shirts were common for many incomes, creating vivid color crowds that dazzled even kings. Now stiffer collars are becoming more common, say local outfitters and laundrymen.
Members of the Beta Theta fraternity held open house at their new fraternity house on Cedar and South streets. Alumni and townspeople toured the commodious home completed this fall. Out of town alumni included Howard Knott Springfield George Kerman Macomb R Ratcliffe Minneapolis Gregg Olson Ralph Lucas Chicago Gendall Hinman Bicknell Canton Albert Bailey Macomb Bob Clark Peoria G Rogers Canton.
A brief quip notes that a touch of mischief can arise among both women and men now and then, reflecting light social commentary with a neutral tone.
The Manual High School football squad returned home from Monmouth after a rough battle with Maple City, with fights erupting during the game and plans for an overnight stay thwarted by travel delays. Coach Coleman arranged a bus to Gall sburg and a late train to Chillicothe, finally reaching Peoria late.
Tennessee society column details travelers and visits including Mrs Wm Badger Mrs Roy Beck on a Wednesday trip to Macomb Frank Brickle of Plymouth visiting in town Elmer Nichols in Springfield Jesse George of Colchester at the Belshian sale and Mrs Willard Hodges driving to Colchester for a Wednesday dentist visit.
Mrs Russel Wyckoff spent Thursday with her daughter in Lamoine. The Tri-State lodge held its regular meeting with a large crowd and entertainment by four men plus cafeteria style refreshments. Visitors included James Pearson and family from near Macomb and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Bruner. Several attended the Ed Vaughn sale. Local residents and visitors from Blandinsville Hills Grove Colmar and Casper Wyoming were noted in calls visits and social rounds.
Burlington and LaHarpe met in a football game at Burlington on October 25 with LaHarpe winning 19 to 7. The Independents were penalized 165 yards while LaHarpe came up with only five yards in penalties. Referee Kilgore officiated.
In Clinton Iowa area a Sterling Illinois man Theo dore Utley swerved to avoid hitting a buggy carrying a woman and two children. He plunged twenty feet down a paved Lincoln highway embankment and remains in hospital with a fractured thigh. A. A. Johnson of Sterling was injured.
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