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1925 – 100 Years Ago
Tomorrow is the fifth anniversary of prohibition and local leaders in the dry cause have asked The Chronicle to print the article from the American Issue that was a sort of celebration of the occasion. It is also suggested that it would be a fitting form of celebration to hang out the flag.
Everything was quiet at the city hall during the forenoon yesterday when a hard looking personage came limping into the building. He walked into the clerk’s office and the young lady in charge there, after the man had stuttered out a few remarks, being backward about asking for something to eat, was ready to step on the police buzzer. The man stated his business and was directed to the police department. He told his troubles there and within a few moments, the coffee was boiling and the hungry fellow was eating bread and drinking coffee. That the man was hungry cannot be doubted as he consumed 21 slices of bread before he said he had enough.
Workmen today started to remodel the first floor of the Knipp building, formerly occupied by Emil Johnson, following the announcement that J. Stoler will move his Farmer’s Bargain store into the new building the first of the month. Mr. Stoler has been located in the building next to the Elks’ club. Mr. Stoler will take possession of the building the first of the month, when it is expected that the building will be ready for occupancy. The new location will give the store large space for the display of the general merchandise.
The latest news about the electric lights in Cortland is that they will be ready about the first of February. They are working on a few here this week.
The Homer Glass family of Genoa is quarantined for scarlet fever. Two of the children are ill with the disease.
In answering an alarm sent in from College Avenue and John streets last night, Spark Plug with King Tut at the wheel and Lieut. L. L. Smith on the seat, had a narrow escape at First and Locust streets. A Ford sedan driving south on First street, failed to hear the trucks approaching that street and if Spark Plug had been equipped with a bumper, the accident could not have been avoided. As it was King Tut had a large pile of snow in the Elk’s yard in sight as a landing place.
1950– 75 Years Ago
New street signs for the City of DeKalb have arrived and will be erected as soon as weather permits, it was announced by Commissioner of Public Works E. L. Foiles. The new street signs will be placed throughout the city, there being 262 signs to be erected. Ten-foot poles set in cement two and one-half feet in the ground will be used for the new signs and when the project is completed a needed improvement will have been accomplished.
Deputy Harry Overton had to make a pair of calls to a spot just south of Maple Park where a large tree had blown across the County Line Road. An automobile had driven into the branches when Overton was first called at 1:05 o’clock but was undamaged. On the way back, he got as far as Hale’s Corners when another call sent him back to the spot where another car also was entangled in the branches.
Mrs. Chester Freeman and children of Northwest Malta, Mrs. Cleo Weaver visited Mrs. Bud McMillian in DeKalb Monday.
Switching operations in DeKalb will be speeded with the completion of the erection of a new signal control unit on the Chicago and North Western main line between Second and Third Streets. The south switch track has to be shifted about five feet to the south to make way for one of the steel supports, and the steel standards were put into place yesterday with a special crew, aided by a steam crane. The new signal will make it possible for switching operations to be carried on even if a train is operating withing the block covered by the signals, located several miles west of town and at Tenth Street to the west. The new system has been in operation for several months and is controlled from a central office in Chicago. Its installation makes it possible for trains to operate in either direction on both tracks.
A coming attraction of great interest to people in DeKalb County will be the Vienna Choir Boys who will appear as the third and last number of the Headliners Series, sponsored by nine civic and professional organizations. The choir, established more than 450 years ago by imperial decree, was introduced to this country in 1932.
1975 – 50 Years Ago
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Penner of Sarasota, Fla., have been awarded the contract to construct DeKalb’s new postal facility at Lincoln Highway and Sixth Street. The building is to have 14,400 square feet of interior space. Under terms of the contract, the U. S. Postal Service will lease the building for 20 years and hold six renewal options of five years each. Rent for the building will be $147,000 a year.
No decision was rendered during last night’s Genoa City Council meeting concerning the proposed railroad gates that the Chicago Milwaukee St. Paul Railroad is seeking to install at two Genoa crossings. The two crossings, on North Monroe and North Sycamore streets, would do away with the crossing guards and install sidewalk and street gates that would lower when a train approached the crossing.
Kishwaukee College will offer classes this spring for people who want to learn how to speak, write and read the English language. The English as a Second Language (ESL) classes will be held on campus and in DeKalb. These classes are for the non-English speaking adults who wish to learn the basics of English.
DeKalb County residents awoke this morning to find garbage cans blown over and tree limbs downed in high winds which some say approached 50 miles per hour in the early morning hours.
2000 - 25 Years Ago
Oprah Winfrey has named her new magazine – “O”. The choice of “O”, The Oprah Magazine” was finalized after several focus groups were conducted, Hearst Magazines and Oprah’s entertainment group said Wednesday.
The cost for services and procedures at Kishwaukee Community Hospital are generally higher than the Northwest Illinois average, according to recent comparison. Included in the survey is a price comparison of diagnostic, inpatient and outpatient services for KCH and other area hospitals.
Aaron Tyler of Waterman, a Daily Chronicle carrier, helped a customer in distress. As he was putting the newspaper in Irene Kleinmaier’s front door, he notices through the window an arm with a hand clutching and waving a tissue. It was her call to distress to Aaron. She had fallen and broken her hip. She was on the floor for several hours, but she knew her carrier would be there that evening. Aaron rushed home and got his mother, who summoned help.
Relief may be in sight for DeKalb County residents who are tired of loud train whistles. The Federal Railroad Administration has announced a proposal that sets guidelines communities can follow to quality for a “quite zone.” Where train whistles need not be blown unless there is a clear danger.
Compiled by Sue Breese