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(fefflpfflSra®?-'. I'sraiSPww? ; % •||Wljp!l?Pl?!Wi!f;«:1 •*"• •**'& fvfig^cppiip^i jii i ii i •i" • COMBRS AND GOERS OF A W3 IN OUR BUST VILLAGB '0 At Beea by Pliiatekr Reporters aad Handed bt» 0» OSes Ifr Ov Carl Nelson of Elgin was the guest of MeHenry friends Sunday. John May passed the first of the week i*. the metropolitan city. Mrs. Ed. Malone of Elgin was a MeHenry visitor last Saturday. George Donavin was the guest of relatives at West Chicago Monday. Ht08. Phalin attended to business matters at Batavia, 111., last Friday. Mr. and Mrs. John Aylward of Elgin were guests of relatives here Sunday. Floyd Cooley and Miss' Lenora Faeund were Chicago visitors Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. F. 0. Gains spent several days last week at Madison, Wis. Miss Lena Hartman spent the week ead as the guest of home folks at Marengo. Mrs. John M. Phalin and son, George, were Chicago visitors last Friday. John Givens passed the latter part of last week as the guest of relatives in Elgin. Ed. P. Walsh of Chicago is spending the week as the guest of MeHenry relatives. Harry Wightman of Highland Park was a business visitor in town last Saturday. Mrs. Ed. Hendee and daughter of Round Lake were MeHenry visitors Saturday. Mrs. El|a Hanly of Elgin spent Monday and Tuesday as the guest of MeHenry friends. Miss Mayme Barbian passed the first of the week with relatives in the metropolitan city. Edward Bonslett passed the latter part of last week as the guest of friends in Chicago. Miss Mary Burke of Marengo spent the week end in the home of her aunt, Miss Ellen Doherty, here. Miss Marion McOmber of Chicago passed the week end at the McOmber cottage on Fox river here. Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Landwer and son, Keith, of Woodstock were Sunday guests of MeHenry friends. Mrs. E. Schlosser of Chicago was entertained in the home of Mrs. A. Wolff several days last week. Glenn W. Wells left Sunday , for Galesburg, 111., where he has resumed his studies at Lombard college. Miss Esther S toff el of Chicago was a week end guest in the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Simon Stoffel. Mr. and Mr^. F. A. Bohlander spent the first of the week as guests in the home of their son, Roy, at Sycamore. Ammie Noonan went to Chicago Sunday evening, where he has reentered the police department of that city. Miss Martha Schlosser of Chicago spent several days this week as a guest in the home of her aunt, Mrs. A. Wolff. Miss Julia Young of Chicago was a guest ia the home ef her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John B. Young, over the week end. Mr. and Mrs. Walter J. Donavin and daughter, Kathryn, were guests of West Chicago relatives a few days Itiis week. Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Faser of Chicago passed the week end with the latter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Wentworth. Henry Maiman and son, Henry, Jr., of Wauconda passed Sunday and Monday as guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Meyers. Mr. and Mrs. Ross Wheeler and Miss Blanche Meyers of Chicago were week aid guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Geo.. Meyers. Chas. Unti was a Chicago visitor Monday. Miss Leona Justen is speeding a few days in the heme of her sister* Mrs. R. E. Sutton. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Walsh, Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Walsh and Ed. Walsh were guests of friends at Richmond Sonday. > Miss Kathryn Weber passed several days this and last week as a guest in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Adolph' Fischer at Elgin. , E. S. Young ?*nd daughter, Mrs. Daisy Peterson, of Chicagq spent the week end as guests in the home Of Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Cobb. Ed. McGuiggan of Winnebago, Minn., and Dr. J. E. McGuiggan of Chicago were Sunday guests in the home of Dr. and Mrs. A. I. Froehlich. Mr. and Mrs.-Chas. J. Reihansperger and daughter, Ruth, passed several days this week in the home of the former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Reihansperger, at West Chicago. Germer Petesch of Birmingham, Ala., is spending the week as a guest in the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. N. H. Petesch. Qermer is enjoying a two weeks' vacation, the first of which #as passed out in Colorado* Mrs. B. Frisby, Mrs. Mollie Givens and Mrs. Nellie Bacon, in company with Mrs. John Walsh and son, Ray, of Fox Lake, attended a family reunion at the home of Mr. and Mrs. James Welch near Woodstock Sunday. Mrs. Welch is a sister to Mrs. Frisby. All report a most delightful time. Mrs. Granger Smith and little son, George Gage, of Joliet, HI.; Mrs. S. S. Chapell and daughters, Harriet and Marion; George Wells, Wm. Severns, Arthur Colby, Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Smith, Mrs. Falls, Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Becker and daughter, Edith, of Chicago were Sunda^ guests in the home of Mrs. Alsena Smith. QUARTER OF A CBNTUBY Heme CBpped From The Plaiadealer , ef Treaty-ive Ysara A** * 3 September 11, 1895 ^ $ Thos. Burke will assume control oi his market on Water street on October 1. Eddie Cobb left Tuesday morning for Milwaukee, where he is attending school. ^ The public school 'in this village opened on Monday with a large attendance. James Perry, Jr., left this Wednesday morning for Chicago, where he will attend law school. Forty-seven tickets were sold at this station for the Joliet excursion on Tuesday morning. Supervisor W. A. Cristy is attending the September meeting of the board of supervisors at Woodstock. There is considerable interest among our people in the fair at Liberytville, to be held Sept. 17, 18, 19 and 20. Mrs. Harris, grand lodge lecturer of the Independent Order Good Templars, delivered two lectures at the city hali in this village on Sunday and Monday evenings. Dr. J. L. Abt had> an unusually broad smile on his countenance on Monday morning. Cause, a young lady, weighing seven pounds, arrived at his residence Sunday night. Peter Thelen had the misfortune to be kicked by a horse on Sunday last, breaking his right arm between the wrist and elbow. Dr. Fegers set the broken members and he is now getting along nicely. Those from this village and vicinity who attended Jhe national encampment at Louisville this week were the following:* H. C. Mead, C. T. Eldredge, Richard Thompson, David Parker, Chet Howard, Wm. Harrison, Eli Chase, W. H. Chapman and wife. The board of education has done a 5 ' ' ©IMS Look at the twenty on a \ MJL: cording jtuom th min wmi . ihmy hmrm to trmvmt: In sandy or hilly country, wherever the coing is apt to be heavy--The U. S. Nobby. For ordinaiy couaUj „roada--The U. & Chain or Uaco. For front wheels The U. & Plain. •vFryomr hb»esrtm r--rtn\Jlt.i s f, Royal Cords. THERE Isn't any 'country* any more. The automobile has brought the most remote settlement almost as #lose to the center of things as the next county was in the old days. a To hear some tire dealers talk you might think that nobody knew anything about tires except the fellow from Broadway, That's not the basis we §o on. j We give every man credit lor knowing what he im spending his money on, whether he drives up here in his small car/ from ten miles out in the /country or Is passing through from the Capital in his limousine. m That's one thingj we like tbouty. $. Tires. | ^ * V \ They make no distinction f>etween the small car Owner and the owner of the biggest car in the country. It's all the same to them. So long as a man owns an automobile -- large or small --he's entitled to the very beat tire they can give him. Quality has always been the outstanding feature of U. S. Tires. There's no. limit on the U. S. guarantee. All U. S. Tires are guaranteed for the life of the tire. ° IV We have given * lot of thought to this tire proposition, There is some advantage in being the representatives of the oldest and largest rubber concern in the world. Drop in the next time you're down this way and let us tell you some interesting facts about tires. United States GARAGE J. W. SCHAFFER, PROP. wise thing in retaining the services of John R. Brents as janitor of the public school building for the coming year. No better choice could have been made as the neat and tasty appearance of each room in the building will fully testify. Mrs. Lizzie Nichols, formerly of MeHenry, was married to G. L. Congdon at her home, 350 Chicago street, Elgin on \fonday evening at 6:30. The ceremony was performed by Rev. Alcott of Elgin in the presence of a few intimate friends of the contracting parties. They were attended by Miss Grace McDonald and Atty. John L. Healy. September 18, 1895 Prof. T. H. Hand of Chicago has organized an orchestra at Woodstock. Q. W. Besley has been treating the inside of his drug store to a coat of paint. Miss Jennie Chapel of Algonquin was the guest of Miss. Allie Smith the first of the week. J. F. Claxton will start on Tuesday next for a trip thru Dakota. He expects to be gone about two weeks. The veterans from this vicinity all returned from Louisville on Saturday and report an exceptionally good time. The Fort Sheridan Military band and several companies of regulars are in attendance at the Libertyville fair this week. John Heimer's trotting horse "Centerville" was taken sick at Waukesha last week and as a consequence he was unable to take him to Libertyville. John R. Brents left at this office a few days ago a sweet potato, raised at Smith's corners northwest of this village, that weighed ever three pounds. A change of time took place on the Northwestern road on Sunday last. The 2:52 train going north and the 6:17 going south have been discontinued. Robert Thompson, father of Richard uid Thomas Thompson, died at the residence of the latter on Monday norning. His funeral took place from the Ringwood M. E. church oh Tuesday afternoon Died--At his residence in this village on Saturday morning, Sept. 14, 1895, Robert Wright. The funeral was held from his late residence on Monday forenoon, Rev. J. Straub, pastor of the Universalist church, officiating. H. Magoon, who lives on a farm near Terra Cotta has been exhibiting some very fine potatoes. He had five potatoes that weighed nine pounds and two ounces; twenty-five that weighed forty pounds and forty that weighed sixty pounds. September 25, 1895 The Walworth county fair at Elkhorn is in progress this week A large number from this place attended the Libertyville fair last week. Circuit court is in session at Woodstock this week, Judge Kellum presiding. Miss Agnes Perry returned to Madison Tuesjiay,' where she is attending school. Mrs. Westerman wa^quite severely bitten in the arm by a dog one day last week. Geo. G. Smith is at Elkhorn this week with "Ranger H," "Ben H."1nd "Smithsonian." The Rock river conference of the Methodist Episcopal churches will convene in Elgin today. Fall feed is simply elegant, the frequent rains and hot weather bringing out the grass as tho it was early summer. The street committee is making a fine improvement in paving on Green street. A party from Woodstock is doing the work. The first frost of the season on Monday night An agreeable change from the broiling hot weather of the past two weeks. Married--At Pleasant Prairie, Wis., Sept. 10, 1895, A. H. Bradley of Berryville, Wis., and Mrs. Minerva J. Slafter of MeHenry. The game season opened September 15, but contrary to general expectation game of all kinds was very scarce. Large numbers of hunters went out, but very few met with any success. Married--At the residence of the bride's mother, Mrs. Mary Dodge, in Ringwood on Sept. 21, 1895, by Rev. Joseph Caldwell, Clyde W. Randall of Aurora and Miss Lucy Dodge of Ringwood. Married--At the residence of the bride's parents in MeHenry on September 18, 1895, by Rev. Joseph Caldwell, pastor of the Methodist Episco pal church, Harry T. Fuller and Miss Hetty Wentworth, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Wentworth. Mrs. James Welsh, who lived on the Osmun Hale farm southeast of this village, on the river rond, met with what proved to be a fatal accident on Saturday. While working around a horse power she in some way got her dress caught around the tumbling rod and her foot was badly mangled. Blood poisoning set in and she died on he following Tuesday. She leaves a husband and eight children, the youngest six months old. Executor's Notice f Alford H. Pouse, Atty. Estate of Nelson Q. Ensign, Da. ceased. The undersigned having been appointed Executrix of the last Will and Testament of Nelson Q. Ensign, deceased, late of the County of MeHenry and State of Illinois, hereby gives notice that he will appear before the County Court of MeHenry County, at the Court House ia Woodstock, at the November Term, on the first Monday in November next, at which time all persons having claims against said Estate are notified and requested to attend for the purpose of having the same adjusted. All persons indebted to said Estate are requested to make immediate payment to the under- ,: signed. Dated this 7th day «f Sept. tember, A. D. 1920. 14-3t Ellen A. Ensign, EzieaMx. •<* The Plaindealer for news. I ADAM S. JUNG PIANO TUNER; Prompt and Satisfactory Semite Highest References PhoM Ne. 12 WOODSTOCK, HX. 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