Navahos Lose Narrowly to Rockford Wolverines
Navahos football team travels to Rockford to face the Wolverines, the town’s top club. Despite a strong effort, Rockford pulls ahead in the final five minutes to win 7 to 0. Postgame notes mention travel woes, lineup changes, and plans to face Marseilles Tigers next week plus a forthcoming Spotlight dance at the Prosperity club on October 20 with the Illinois Ramblers.
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Navahos
Prosperity Club
Illinois Ramblers
St Bede Defeats La Salle Peru In 12-0 Victory
St Bede's College shaded La Salle-Peru High School with a potent offense and stout defense. The College eleven, aided by Freehills in the lineup, dominated the Twin Cities matchup for a decisive 12 to 0 win last Saturday.
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ST. Bede
LA Salle
Peru
St. Bede's College
la Salle-Peru High School
Twin Cities
Peanut Candy Causes Death of Princeton Child
Donald Wilson, 18 months old of Princeton, died at University Hospital in Ann Arbor after a peanut candy piece lodged in his throat during a visit with his mother and brothers. Autopsy cited throat gland enlargement aggravated by the candy as the cause.
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Princeton
Little Donald
W. W. Wilson
University Hospital
Ann Arbor
Michigan
Bequests to St Bede College In Priest Will
The will of the late Rev. Monsignor Henry A. O Kelly lists four bequests to St Bede college including a 3000 endowment and 100 for unpaid masses plus 100 for the college fund for the poor. All of the testator’s books go to the college.
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ST. Bede College
Henry A. O'Kelly
Streator
St. Bede's
Keewanee Station Robbed Again in Nighttime Break-In
The CVB Q passenger station at Keewanee was robbed Monday night while night agent Ray Benedict was away. A window entry yielded $50 from the money drawer as burglars escaped. Benedict had previously been bound and gagged in a separate robbery weeks earlier, with a larger cash haul reported.
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CVB. & Q
Kewanee
Ray Benedict
Benedict
Grape Swindle Suspect Flees to Europe From Chicago
Alfred Modern, head of Consolidated California Grape Company, eludes arrest after allegedly orchestrating a $225,000 embezzlement scheme by selling California grapes directly to buyers, skipping middlemen. Victims across Illinois Michigan and Wisconsin report funds advanced through banks. Modern fled aboard the Homeric to Cherbourg and then Paris with his wife and two children, as a new complaint cites embezzlement and a conference of victims and officials is planned.
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Chicago
Alfred Modern
Consolidated Grape Company, Inc
Europe
Modern
California
Joe Bolatto
Marseilles
Spring Valley
Today
Consolidated California Grape Company, Inc
N. Wells Street
Homeric
Cherbourg
Paris
Illinois
Michigan
Wisconsin
William Weitz
White Star Line
Harry R. Chapman
N. Dearbon Street
Carmen Avenue
Modern Actally
Joseph Renelli
Kenosha
La Salle Sheriff Injured In Auto Accident
Sheriff Welter suffered cuts to his right hand and remained at work after a collision near Marseilles as a car driven by Merritt McFadden skidded on wet pavement and hit Welter's sedan. Special Deputy Frank McGrath was unconscious with a deep wrist wound, and Martin Roch of La Salle was also injured.
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Sheriff Welter
Frank McGrath
Martin Roch
la Salle
Merritt S. McFadden
Homewood
Welter
Marseilles
McGrath
Rodi
Ottawa
Sheriff’s Office
McFadden
Otto Gebhardt
Mr. McGrath
Mr. Rodi
Property Seizure If Taxes Remain Unpaid
County treasurer C. A. Simington warns that personal property seizures will follow unpaid taxes after a September 25 deadline. Three prior notices issued. writs will be given to the sheriff to seize enough property to satisfy tax claims. Delinquents include new taxpayers who believed themselves exempt, with many taxes levied on automobiles and similar luxuries.
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C. A. Simington
Simington
Administrator's Notice Estate of Green Givens Deceased
Granville Lewis announces as administrator his appearance before Bureau County Court at Princeton Court House for December Term on the first Monday in December to adjust claims. He also requests all debtors to make immediate payments to the estate. Dated September 24, 1923.
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Green Givens
Bureau County
Court House
Princeton
A. D
Granville Lewis
Conservator To Seek Sale Of Ward's Real Estate
Jno H Weissenburger as conservator for Nicholas Dorn applies to Bureau County Court at Princeton for an order to sell Lot 9, Block 36, Village of Ladd Illinois, coal and fireclay rights included, to support the ward and reinvest proceeds. Hearing set for first Monday in November 1923.
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Jno
Ward
Bureau
State of Illinois
Ladd
Illinois
Morris A C Football Beats Trunk Team In Close 7–0 Game
The Morris Athletic team defeated the Hoffman Trunk Team 7 to 0 in a hard fought match decided in the final minutes. Pel ligri ni of the Trunk squad was injured and hopes to return by the 14th. Manager Craven challenges the Navahos to a rematch with a $200 side bet, amid tensions and claims of rivalry between the teams.
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Navahos
Rockford
Wolverines
Hercer
Mendota
L. E
Dan McDonald
L. T
Mutts
L. G
Lunn
Kid Caponi
R. G
Sabin
R. T
Peter Turchi
Leindecker
Fambrini
Caproni
Morris Athletic
Hoffman Trunk
Morris
Pelligrini
Craven
Navaho
Gazette
Ray Hercer
Mgr. Craven
Spring Valley
Jamies Craven
Navaha
Pig in Road Overturns Auto Near Cambridge
A pig in the center of the road near Cambridge ran into Miss Merle Douglas’s coupe, overturning the car and throwing her against the side. She was knocked unconscious but later found not seriously hurt after a farmer who stopped nearby helped her to the hotel.
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Cambridge
Merle Douglas
Miss Douglas
Peoria May Get Navy Sub Chaser
Peoria Naval Reserves seek an Eagle Boat to chase German submarines. Edward Barker explains to Secretary Denby that Peoria’s strong Naval Reserve unit needs craft to gain practical seamanship and navigation experience on the Illinois river.
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Peoria
Illinois River
Denby
Edward Barker
William E. Hull
Barker
Death of John MeCabe former La Salle resident
Announcement of the death of John MeCabe aged 54 at his Ontario California home. Born in Peru on September 5 1869 he moved to La Salle at age 18 and ran a blacksmith shop for years before relocating to California three years ago where he remained until his death.
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John MeCabe
la Salle
Ontario
California
Mr. MeCabe
Peru
Christopher Columbus
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Marseilles Tigers
Chinks Place
Dakota Street
Hicks Park
Hartford Fire Insurance Company
I. J. Jagodzinski Insurance
Linois
Kewanee Station
Emmett Glynn
H. Weissenburger
NAVY
Walter Zukowski
West St. Paul Street
America
Columbus
Ilinois
Spring Valley City Bank
Princeton, Ill
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