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'•»-**}»* Home rendered lard, per lfe^t. Good luck oliomargerine, per lb. ... Grandma's pancake flour, per pkg. Fine drinking coffee, per lb. ..^.v Corn flakes, crisp and fresh, per pkg.... Fancy canned blackberries, per can.-^... Bacon by the sides, per lb Hamburg spiced herring, per paU_„^*^^-;i« Santa Clara prunes, per lb A fine assortment of fresh vegetables and fruits. Come and see them. 'Orders delivered promptly ..25c ..Me ,.J8e He ..12c ..lie ..Be tit $1.4# . 2Sc Central irkel! Grocery PHONE M-M WM. FRIES, Prop. McHENRY, ILL. Here is where you will find the lowest prices on Men who are looking for work shoes that will fit and wear well should not miss an inspection of our line. We have priced them at "sale" prices and we can't keep that up very long for they cannot be feplaced at our present selling priced JOHN STOFFEt at Mrs. Belle Dufteld is Tinting in Elgin. D. W. Fitzgerald ia a victim of quinsy. Mr*. K. Reed spent Sunday evening in Woodstock. , Mrs. Jessie Wille spent part 4# last week in Elgin. r* . Jas. Tait loaded leasehold goods Monday. R. M. Lynch was a Crystal Lake caller Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. - A. Carlson spent Sunday at Woodstock F. W. Wille transacted the county seat Monday. E. C. Abbott of Chicago busines§ caller here Friday. F. J. Wilkins was a Crystal Lake caller the first of the week. Mr. and Mrs. A. Murphy were down from Woodstock Wednesday. Mrs. L. I. Bennett was a Woodstock shopper on Wednesday. Mrs. W. Abbott and Dorothy were Crystal Lake callers Thursday. J. W. Gilbert of Crystal Lake was a business caller here Wednesday. Mrs. Howard Jacobs of Woodstock visited relatives here last Thursday. Geo. Wheeler was a business caller at Woodstock Wednesday afternoon. S. E. Olmstead of Woodstock was a business caller here, one day last week. . W. Cobb of Woodstock was a business caller . here Wednesday evening. Mrs. D. W. Fitzgerald and son/ Gordon, were Crystal Lake callers last Thursday. Mrs. Ralph Lippold of Crystal Lake spent Wednesday at the F. W. Hartman home. Mrs. Ed. Senne of Woodstock visited here Sunday in the home of her father, F. Wille. Mrs. Allbee, son, Hal, and daughter, Marjorie, spent the week end with relatives at Marengo. Earl Colby and iamily have "moved from the J. J. Hartman house to their own home at Crystal Lake. The Ladies' Aid society met in the church parlors Thursday afternoon last for election of officers. Mr. and Mrs. Lars Jensen and children of Woodstock visited Sunday in the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. Peterson. " ^ Master Harvey Merchant of Wheaton is spending a few weeks in the home of his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Lynch. Mrs. Lola Bennett was called to Wheaton last Thursday on account of the serious illness of her sister. Mrs. E. W. Merchant. Mrs. Merchant was taken to Wesleyan hospital in Chicago on Saturday. Miss Cora Morris passed away on Friday, March 12, at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. Morris. Funeral services were held at the Presbyterian church Monday after noon, Rev. Albert Parker officiating Interment in Crystal Lake cemetery SOLON MILLS Walter Cropley spent Saturday at Ringwood. Geo. Vogel transacted business in C h i c a g o M o n d a y . ^ E. E. Brighanvia numbered with the sick this weelf? * Arthur Aubert was out from. €%i cago to spend Sunday. Mrs. Ed. Cropley is nursing in th Walker home at Ringwood. Mr. and Mrs. James Jackson spent Thursday last at Richmond. Wm. Geisser of Chicago was the guest of relatives here Sunday. Miss Mae Aylward entertained friends from out of town Sunday Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Merrell spent Sunday at Berne Bell's on English Prairie. Miss Thelma Gibbs spent Sunday in the Smith home south of Richmond. H. J. Christian of Richmond was a Sunday caller at. the Aylward home. Wade Sanborn ef ' Spring Grove was a business visitor here Monday morning. Wm. Monear of Richmond was a Sunday visitor here at the home of Ed. Monear. Dr. Wm. Hepburn of Ringwood was a professional caller at Richard Aylward's Saturday. August Aubert of Chicago spent a few days the past week here with his mother, Mrs. A. Aubert. Willis Gardner returned home from Chicago Saturday evening, where he sold some registered cattle at tile Holstein sale there. Geo. Vogel will hold a sale at his barns here Saturday, March 20. Sale commences at one o'clock with Chas. Sullivan of Marengo as auctioneer. YOLO t~ Gilbert of Waucond* wua iMire Friday. The Volo milk factory dosed en March 16. Phil Peterson of Wauconda was a recent caller here. Dr. R. McCormick of Wauconda was in town Saturday. Mr. Huleberry and family will move this week to Minnesota. Carl Mead and family moved to McHenry the first of the week. s Miss Ella Moore spent Wednesday and Thursday last in W&uconda. Geo. Case and Mrs. M. Smith were McHenry shoppers Thursday last. Mrs. S. Russell and , daughters spent Sunday with C. Wright and family. The Ladies' Aid society will meet with Mrs. Jas. Kirwan on Thursday, April 1. Miss Mabel Hironimus and brothers of Stoffel's Lake spent Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. F. Hironimus. Thor vacuum cleaners, Thor wash- »• mnA TV/If irAnorg JOOWBURG Ray Horick of Woodstock was a Sunday call«r here. Hat Brite--the beet of all hat dyes. 26c per package at Petesch's. Lenten services at St. John's church are being very well attended. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Smith moved to the Al. Pepping farm this week. D. Segal of McHenry was a business caller here Tuesday of this week. John Jarick bought the Brite house and land and will move there soon. The Lady Foresters enjoyed a quilting party at their hall last Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Jos. Schaefer were guests of John P. Schaefer Sunday.- Spring opening Saturday, March 20, 1920. Blake Sisters' Millinery. Alfred Debrecht of Chicago was a pleasant caller at his home here Sunday. Mrs. Arnold Mueller was a Monday caller at the home of Mrs. Frank Mathieu. Henry Nell has returned to Woodstock after spending a week at his home here. Peter Williams attended the funeral of his brother, John, in Chicago last week Thursday. Jos. E. Freund and wife were guests of the latter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Miller, Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. John Lay Of Spring Grove were visiting Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Smith one day last week. Mr. and Mrs. John P. Schaefer were calling on Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Schumacher in their new home on Monday evening. Mrs. John Mertes and daughter. Helen, passed one day last week with the former's sister, Mrs. Henry H>>i mer, in McHenry. The roads thruout this entire vicinity are once more in very fair condition, much to the satisfaction of our people who travel them daily. Mrs. Martin B. Schmitt and daughter, Wanda, of McHenry were guests of the former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Peter Williams, a few days last week. Mrs. Jos. Mertes is spending a few days this week in Chicago. She will be accompanied home by her dau>rh ter, Elsie, who has been employed with the telephone company. Henry W. Hettermann, one of the owners of the Central garage and machine shop here, reports a verynice blacksmithing business at Ringwood. Even during this, the dull season, he reports all the work that he and his assistant can do. Nick Nett and family have vacated the house they occupied here during the past several months and have moved to Spring Grove, where Mr. Nett has opened a garage. His numerous friends here wish him success in his new field of endeavor. It will not be long ere the dust nuisance will again be here.. We haven't forgotten our experience in past seasons, so why should it not be a good idea for us to get together and see what can be done towards the oiling of the roads thru thitplace? What say you? An Easter Monday dance will be held at Smith's hall here on Monday evening, April 5. Miss Smith's orchestra, which has supplied the music at recent dances held here, will again be on hand and the usual prices of admission will prevail. Everyone is cordially invited to attend. Rev. Geo. Nell ot Effingham, 111., passed the first of the week as a guest in. the home of his mother here. Rev. Nell has been stationed at Effingham for some time past and. according to reports from that city, he well liked among everyone and has been doing some excellent work in the parish to which he is attached. Mrs. Geo. Nell, who owns the Columbia Park hbtel and grounds located on Fox river near the bridge here, is contemplating quite extensive improvements on the buibiing and grounds this spring. Mrs. Nell is looking forward to an unusually busy season and is planning to c at for more petrous this summer than ever' before. The Central garage and repair shop reports recent sales of automobile as follows: Buick roadster to An tori M. Schmitt, 6 cylinder Buick touring cars to Peter Blake and Jos. M Schaefer, 6 cylinder Oakland touring car to Lonnie Smith. Besides the sales already made the firm reports many prospectives and are looking forward to their best season since going into the automobile business. A new lathe has just been added to the Central garage and repair shop here, which gives the place an equipment that will compare with any to be found in the smaller com munities outside of the larger cities. Messrs. Hettermann & Bickler, the proprietors, are on the job every minute and are ever ready to make improvements that mean quicker and more efficient service for their ever growing patronage. Otto Adams has just placed an order for one of the very latest steam vulcanizing machines and will open a shop here on April 5. Mr. Adams has had more or less experience along this line and informs us that he will guarantee satisfactory service. He will do all kinds of vulcanizing of tubes as well as casings and he believes Johnsburg offers a good field for such a business. Read his display advertisement which appears elsewhere in this week's issue of this paper. The Centifcl garage and repair shop here has just been awarded the agency for the Cletrac tractor and the proprietors hope to have one of the machines on their display floor shortly. They have already been successful in the sale of one of these machines, the purchasers being John F. Claxton and son, who reside east "J*4"! • k A'. * A-.}"• ,*«,$ with the Hoy Banking ICo. shoud pay you a profit in both money and wgsfactioii. We endeavor to handle the account of each customer in a manner which will meet its particular f s q u i r e m e n i i ^ 9 : j ; COMPANY McHENRY, ILLINOIS Fordson Tractor SERVICE is the* MOST ABUSED word in the ENGLISH TONGUE tod»/ * . '74- ' Proclaimed glibly by thousands without a thought or obligation, the real meaning of Service is little known by many and the actual rendering of Service finds still fewer disciples. - With the Fordson Tractor, real Service is offered in the tractor field of the est order. As the Ford automobile has built its monument on the cornerstone of Sefv vice, so the tractor, a new product of the genius Mr. Ford, is building--not for a few days or years--but for all time. ' ' '-i# The tractor itself is made as durable, dependable, efficient and economical as best engineering skill, the finest materials and workmanship can make It That is FACTORY SERVICE. Wherever a FORDSON TRACTOR is sold, there you will find parts and msT chanical aid as quickly and as easily available as the kerosene you put into your tan|| That is the DEALER'S SERVICE. X' To own a Fordson is to own a Tractor that will serve yon every working day of the year. " **2 No other Tractor Company or DeaMr standard. Buy a Fordson and order it now for your spring work. "Ask Your Neighbor" service of tWa high -v»$ The Most Efficient high-grade light tractor ever placed on the market. Over 90,000 already in use. JOHN R. KNOX, Prop. 'Phone 30 McHENRY, ILL* >• $ week and delivery will be made within the course of the next two weeks. The local agents are also completing arrangements for a big public demonstration of this machine to take place some time in the near future. The company manufacturing the tractors will send a man here for the event and farm owners are kindly asked to watch for announcement of the date and place where the demonstration is to take place. Subscribe for The Plain if--lw and % K 4'- *' * • " V Ninety Per Cent of Motors in cars for 1920 use some type of Hot Spot to vaporize the gasoline. Why not make your car up to date with a Loeee PROTECT-O-MOTOR "Hot Spot?" See your local dealer or write J.S. LOSEE, * • »;• •* ••• HEBRON, ILL, •> •Mp .... X a M .