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,4: AND GQflRS OP A IN OUR BUBT VILLAGE ;A*8Nft by Plaindealer Beptrtoi and Kaa^M Info Osr OBee by Oar lent* €li|»i*cd From Hie Plaindealer toW1, January 23, 1896 pound boy arrived at the Tony Barbian on Saturday *rm '9&*cago V1S- Z*. George An*. Tuesday. "p- W. Ster. transi-ctad business at .Cary Monday. 1 ". £eo. Eruur passed Wednesday faf the windy city. John Barbian passed Wednesday in the metropolitan city.. Theo. Schiessle passed Tuesday in the metropolitan city. • C. L. Page transacted business ip Chicago last Thursday. John Carey boarded the Chicago train Tuesday morning. J. W. Smith was a business visitor in Chicapo Monday. Wm. Cowca attended the auto , show in Chicago Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. M., A. Thelen wei% Chicago visitors Wednesday. John R. Knox attended the automobile show in Chicago Tuesday. Fred Weinschenker was a Chicago passenger Wednesday morning:. < "^tffrr,. J. E. Hauswirlh boarded the Chicago train Wednesday morning. Henry* Weber was among those to board the Chicago train Wednesday. Frank Jus ten was a "business visitor in Chicago the first of the week. Peter Freund was among t^e Chi- j cago passengers,last Thursday morning.' C. F,Norager and son, Leslie, were Chicago % passengers Monday morning. *• F. A. Bohlander was among the Chicago passengers • Monday morning. Mrs^F. E. Covalt was among the Chicago passengers Wednesday morning. Mrs. Harry Alexander of Hebron was the guest of relatievs here Tuesday. Mrs. Clara Starritt passed Wednesday as thfe guest of friends in Chicago, Chas. Hall of Chicago passd the latter part of the week at his home A ten home of last. H. Dolbeer informs us that he saw a meadow lark on his farm one day last week. ' }f. E. Wightman has sold his residence in this village to Nick Schneid- '!*,• hu.4^ jit Clinton Junction er. Consideration, $1,200. J A, Linsk, . Kirk, impersonator and Preparations are being made £w jl.juioi ist, v Ul, give un« of las entera grand masquerade to be held at the Riverside hall in this village on Feb. 25. Miss Grace Stevens has accepted a position as teacher in the primary department of __the Woodstock public school. Mrs. On>ha C. Knight, sister of Mrs. E. Lawlus, died in Chicago on Jan. 20, 1895. She was laid beside will Wfrlt up in this village early in tho .'iwrirMr, rations for which are bvin"^ made now. Among them li'inmcnt < f «:*. the benefit of the Mc- are John J. Miller, who will build on iitnry school library at the his lot east of what is known as the city hail W ednesday evening. " Widov. Beck with " house on the West The monthly temperance meeting!Side; Simon Stoffel will build a at the city hail on Sunday evening last dreijr out a house and the extrci^ i were of the most interesting character. Remarks were made by Dr. H. T. Brown and H. C. Mead. Quite a number of new residences small house on the lot north of his residence, facing Waukegan street, and the new German society will build a parsonage on their lot south of the church. On Wednesday evening." of last week, Jan., 15, ojccuired the installs tion of officers of McHenry chapter, J Julia A No. 222, Order of the Eastern Star, at which time the following officers were installed: Worthy matron, Mrs. Liiwbara Vart Slyke; worthy patron, W. A. Cristy; associate matron, Mrs. Lota Eldmlgp; secretary, F. L. Mc- Omber;' treasurer, Mrs. Nina E. Cristy; conductress, Miss Kate Howe; associate conductress, Miss Ella Parker; points of the star-- Adah, Mrs. Effie McOmber; Ruth, [Miss Mary Wentworth; Esther, Wise , A. Story; Martha, Miss gattie Wentworth; Electa, Mrs. JoBi g, Story; waMer, J. Van Slyke; MtfflMl, George Hrnly. After installation fn partook of a sumptuous banquet. DOING FTNF, IN ~KAST Mr. ami Mrs. Paal Wooster MeeOig Wttfti Snreeas In New T«k Miss Pauline Kroeger was a recent guest in the home of her mother at Elgin. * N. H. Petesch attended the funeral of Sherman S. Chapel! in Chicago Monday. A. M. Brown of Woodstock spent Sunday as the guest of McHenry friends. Carl Nelson of Elgin spent Sunday evening as the -guest of. McHenry friends. Miss Rosemary Nye was among the Chicago passengers last Friday morning. G. E. Schoel of Chicago spent Sunday as the guest of his ;wife and family here. Jos. Hoffman of Chicago was a week end guest in the home of Mrs. Helena Heimer. Louis A. Erickaon passed Wednes- , day as the guest of his father at Bockford. Mrs. Chas. Owen of Chicago passed Friday last as the guest of Mrs. E. M. Owen. Miss Maude Granger of Chicago passed the week end as the guest of home folks. Miss Fanny Granger attended fhe funeral of Sherman S. Chapell in Chi eago Monday. . Mr. and Mrs. Fred Jencks were among the Chicago passengers Mon day morning. * • Wm. Smith attended to matters of a business nature in the metropolitan city Tuesday. Miss Nellie Clemens attended the figieral of Sherman S. Chapell in Chicago Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Arnold left Sunday morning for their new home - Bartlett, ,111. ' H. E. Buch attended to matters of a business nature in the metropolitan «Ry last Friday. i - P. M. Jus ten attended to business matters in Ahe metropolitan city the first of the week. S. J. Frazer of Chicago was a week end guest in the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Wentworth. ., * Supervisor S. H. Freund transacted business matters at the county Mat last Thursday. v Miss Verena Brefeld of Chicago Ipent Sunday as a guest* in the home el her mother, Mrs. C. Brefeld. ,s. Francis Bonslett left Wednesday far Caspers, Wyo., where he will be tie guest of relatives for some time. ' Mr. and Mrs. Walter J. Simon of Lake Geneva, Wis.,- attended the funeral of the fonner's father here last T Sunday. Miss Edythe Petesch ft Chicago / Jfent the week end as a guest ih the tieme of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. N 9L Petesch. i . Misses Pearl and Lelah Claxton passed Sunday as guests in the home ef their sister, Mrs. Geo. E. Shepard aft Ringwood. Mr. and Mrs. Peter W. Frett and children left Monday evening for Butte, Montana, where she they will , sfend several weeks. • Mr. and Mrs. John Reihansperger at West Chicago passed Monday as a . guest in the home of their son, C. J Keihansperger, and family. • Mrs. L. A. Erickson and daughter, Chariptte, returned .home last Saturday evening from a several days /^rCait with the former's parents, at Caledonia, 111. • ' . .... ^ <4: IA. I.E4TM*S WIIMHM Si:. Kl.«a>, II.L. JANESTILLE, WIS. REL01T, WIS. idF* v*ctea», iMHii,«b : C. A. Kerber of Elgin was- deeted president of the Stevens Vacuum Husker company at Barrington at the annual meeting of the officials held in the watch city Monday morning.. Geo Stevens was named vice president. ^Illustration shows Leatb's Eleven Stores, Factory and Warehouses Leath's--Nearly a "Million Dollar Sale" Of High Grade Furniture, Ru^s, Stoves, Bedding-- Save per cent & m- Nearly a million dollars worth of beautiful/ high grade home furnishings have been placed on sale in our eleven large stores. % ' , iffhere's our greatest attempt to give excep* tional values--by marking down all the high class furniture for which Leath's is famous--the best and most stylish it is possible to obtain. " I ^ *rif you'need anything inllte line of furniture, - rugs, bidding and stoves, by all means come to this Million DoUar Sale--you'll save more than you would belief. -*The great purchasing power of our eleven - , large stores enables us to sell at lowest prices--and when we reduce our prices from 8 to 33 per cent, you can feel assured that jrou can the greatest values {tat are ppssi- • ble> -»come earty, while assortments are large. Get ^ the best choice. Complete home outfits can be bought now at a saving of one-quarter to one-third, because you'll get extra discounts on large purchases. - Free "Delivery By Auto. •mm Goni^ To O^ilF Nearest Store. Sigin, 70-74 Grove Ave. * Rockford, Opposite Court House Dubuque, 576-584 Maifr St. Aurora, 31-33 Island Ave. \ Free port, 1®3-I§5 Galena St. Waterloo, 321-314 E. 4th St. F^- >* V a /If ! • • • . . . j , . . . - . - j . . % . . . . . . . , ^ v - . . • „ . . *Z«Str»8r;AVi. )L. fjk. ~ 'i* a /*\^i >' V. v- - to* J < ' Beloif, 617-62! 4th St Joliet, 215-217 Jefferson St. Janesville, 202-204 Milwaukee S^'; ftau Claire, Masonic Tempi® Oshkosh, 1I-13 Main St. r <0L Their friends, of whom there axe many in *nd around McHenry, will be plea$ed to learn of the success that has been attained by ifr. --^ Mrs. Paul Wooster, former McHenry residents, since going east and takinp up their home in New York City. Mr. Wooster is engaged in the brokerage business and from recent reports is meeting with well deserved success. Three of his brother-inlaws, William, Housttyi and Harry Gallaher, are with him and ar4 engaged as traveling salesmen of stoek and bonds. The Brooklyn Daily Times,, in its issue of Jan. 11, 1920, gives the brokerage am, of which Mr. Wooster is a member, the following publicity: "There is no parallel in the brokerage business to the phenomena! growth of Wooster, Thomas & Co.-- a growth that has been the talk of the street during the last year. Starts ing in a small way as W. H. Thomas & Co. in Pittsburgh, the need of a New York connection was soon felt. Mr. Wooster joined the firm and were opened on Forty-third street and a little later at 20 Broadway street, Manhattan. Expansion of business at Pittsburgh has required removal to larger quarters. With years of experience in the brokerage business, Messrs. Wooster and Thomas gathered about them the cream of service men in the business. From first to last every department of the business has been handled by specialists, and the personnel of the organization is probably the finest in the country. The keynote of the business is 'Service' to the customers and with a staff fully alive to the meaning of that much used, bat often abused word, the success of the firm is explained." Mrs. Wooster, better known as Bel Gallier Wooster, is also making rapid advancement on the concert stage and her friends predict that some day she will be heard in opera. Bel Gallier Wooster is now under the exclusive management of Julian Pollak of 47 Weft Forty-second street, New York, who introduces her as follows: * . "Given a powerful voice of rich, deep values and an interpretative versatility that is put into form by a complete technical mastery, Miss Bel Gallier Wooster unfailingly carries her hearers into the mood of her song: to such a degree that for an exalted moment their ever present corporeal selves are forgotten and transcended. The fopce of her ability to convey the essence of her music, enhanced by her striking' personality, stimulates her audience to loud and enthusiastic acclaim. "Miss Wooster's recital programs attract unusual attention because of their diversity and her evident desire to make a popular appeal, while at the same time retaining a very high standard. Like most successful musicians, she is thoroly devoted to art, and each recurring appearance before an admiring audience stimulates an insatiable ambition to reach still higher rounds on the ladder of musical excellence." t The Conncnoun of Opiafaft "Miss Wooster is artistic to her ger tips. She has no mannerisms, but sings with that apparent rbsence of self-consciousness and that absorption in the musical and poetic thought to which she gives expression which are among the highest attributes of the cantatrice. Moreover, she is endowed with a voice of lovely quality. / "She is a serious minded artist, whose wholly unaffected and charming personality and gracious manner are little less fascinating th-n the songs she sings. High notes, low notes and notes ii) the middle register are alike, smooth as velvet and marked by an emotional warmth which appeals straight to the het>rt. "Miss Wooster's voice, besides being brilliantly beautifol, is wendrously lovely, for in addition to a power of pure vocalization of quite phenomenal range, the personality of this artist is so rich in temperamental qualities that her own pure jay in just singing communicates Its spirit to all those who look and listen. "A singer, pure and simple, Miss Wooster was heard to special advantage. The roundness and brightness of her tones and a generous measure of technical skill ga e pleasure agart from the feeling that. imbaed har singing." McHenry people are always interested in former residents and especially so when success has been attained. In this case both Mr. and Mrs. Wooster have made good in their chosen lines in America's largest city and the people of this community take pleasure in congratulating* these young people. Approximately a (jnarter tit W0*. lion dollars to be spent on improvements by the Elgin National Watch company will go into a four story addition to the present plant. The new addition is to be four stories in height and 375 feet long. On account of the fact that there was but one ticket in the •' : election of a board of education for the newly organised l ommaaSty high school district for Crystal Lake brought out but focty-four votes. z-vm i#, .