/* V* * r • v - • < H' 7 »' .r*p - r<~ '.*• **-»««:** * ,:*^¥Vw /«Mfv?**£^ "v*^« ;?VW HI •#-• **wrr* 1**' **ir#-/ „ V-*' * -*• ' >\t- "• * * ^ w "« •' ^ . . v - ' • - - - - - • •*• •• i-'i^ett*-. - v- .•**... ". ._l.-. ..^ : -*;.i ---SA-. 4 :_< '"^* *-" •* -ft i'iffrnr itirrTr-n-frVrf" • wir 1 -TTf * iV- ' r tff*4tf)-'--fT-urr " -"' < ' " ^"r" . ^ . ' C j j ^ i y ^ J ^-C^» ^ * • .V-"> r a •;;•"*•; »V * w• -";~r-4- J ••• A' :-V'-' •,;':-'4i •***u - *-**.'> ^ •*< '<*% '-«.- -<*V- " " ^ • • * , < v . " ' * • ' ' W , - J e ' . / ^ ' , «? ».f" - 5 I J - V , - > r J L * . M. \ M k 1 Iff, • ?*» . •*» v • r- •< >A %> ^ ... „ f- r§ J»' ii*4 rf," -K~ «&• •^4 *'*•* •* * v •; :fprt. ;'V k VOLIJMR XLVI MoHKNRY, I ILLINOIS. THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 18. 19S0 NO. S3 m WEEKLY EXCHANGE ITERS %S TAKEN FROM THE COLUMNS OK OUR EXCHANGES ,' flfiaceHaneOua Assortment tf New* ^'•fjltems III OMtdensed Form For Busy ,^pem>i« j The Presbyterian church at WpodT- •tock has purchased a moving piclore outfit. Motorcycle robhers have made their , fcppear&nce on state highways leading (41 from Chicago. v> .'.Between $13,000 and $14,000 was the total of a farm personal .property •ale held near Harvard one day last w e e k . . . . . ^ • • r . Higgins rtfsul, which was recently ( • completed to a point near Dundee, will > be thrown open to public travel next f &iturday. • The job of 0 numbering Crystal ' ' lake's houses has been completed and. no^ the city is about ready for the advent of free mail delivery. i ^ ' Five Chicago men were arrested for footing oh Fox lake last Sunday litorning. Fox lake, it will be remembered, is a state game preserve. & The water supply at Marengo is Contaminated and some of the more public spirited citizens of the city are Asking that a new well be sunk there. 4 i Harvard's new Masonic Temple /"pas formally, opened with a "house . Warming" one evening last week, at ~ , iirhich over 400 people were gathered. Two high school students at Libertyville were suspended . and another Was expelled when they were found . - •, guilty of bringing "hootch" into tiie ^ I fetiilding. The village board. of Hebron last gave a public notice that all •> feorts of gambling must be stopped Within the corporate limits of that ' ^ municipality. BIG CARP SHIPMENT To Be Made By .Ben Stilfiag * 8M This Week HCKET SELLHW CAHTAKR TO The population of Kenosha, Wis., Airing the past ten years has increased from 21,374 to 40,474, and thus •; . the city jumps from the 264th place *•/ bh siae in»the U. S. to the 177th. :! ' Otto Olson of Crystal Lake last • ** "Week visited the circuit clerk's office r-jjit Woodstock, where he applied for passports to Sweden. He and his family plan to leave New York for ^ Jlweden on Dec. 2. , A free-for-all was recently staged . I*.- ki the store of John Harrison at / •• Greenwood one day recently and as a » result information has been filed . Kgainat William Wagner and Frank '*• £wahstedt. Two show cases were damaged during the mix-up. ; H. N. Aldrich, a former Richmond ; f. ,'^ourig man, but who during the past '»'-i-lew years has been associated with r' Ihe Lake Geneva News, has just sev- ^ V #red his connection with that paper to ;l:'- become editor and manager of the lllkhorn (Wis.) Independent. f\ \ Failure of witnesses to appear for s: the state against John Gillmore, in- " -"icted for alleged complicity in the 150,000 bank robbery at Antioch iome months ago, resulted in the dls- .* •. missal of the case in the circuit court ^ fit Waukegan on Monday afternoon. H' ' Work on the west end of the Volo- • Waukegan cement highway has once • < ^ Ignore stopped for the winter, which . : - tneans that it will be late next sum- ; Kfiier before the entire stretch will b« H * i>pened to traffic. There is still an ^uncompleted stretch of about two ' The Hunt, Helm, Ferris it Co. «•« &^i|tory 0^ Harvard is now operating with ,%»£less than one-half of the normal force ' * 3: . --* The falling off in orders <!- f1 1 Ben Stilling A Son, the local carp seiners, have made arrangements for the shipment some time this week of 25,000 pounds of carp, which, together with 5,000 pounds shipped to the Chicago market some time ago, represents this year's catch. On account of the freeze-up the carp seining gang has given up activities temporarily, but, unless this season proves different from any previously experienced, the lakes will again open up before the advent of the real freeze-up and thus the McHenry firm will be given an opportunity to make several more hauls before pulling in their nets an<^ equipment for the winter. , At the time of the freese-up last week the gang was engaged in seining the water at the mouth of the river, altho the largest portion of the equipment was stationed at Fox Lake, where some seining had previously been done. It is the intention of the local firm to move the equipment into Pistakee just as soon as the weather will allow the resumption of work and, judging from the luck that has thus far followed the fishermen this season, the men are looking forward to making several good hauls before Closing up the season's work. Thus far this season the fishermen have met with very gratifying success, one haul alone netting them between 1,500 and 1,600 head of carp, while hauls of three, four, five and six hundred were common. The average weight of the fish is about twelve pounds. Like any other business carp seining has its ups and downs and in comparing the success of the several seasons during which the local firm has followed this line of work they point to that of last as one of the worst ever experienced." The fruit of their season's endeavor netted but about 8,000 pounds, while luck seemed against them from beginning to end. Bad snags together with bad luck in locating the fish were responsible for the showing. * According to the junior member of the local carp seining firm, most of the fish got into the smaller lakes early last season and to this fact he attributes the poor showing made. However, this year they got to the favorable seining places before the fish had left and as a natural consequence he points to the splendid success attained. Referring to the freeze-up Mr. Stilling informs us that they experience just such a delay every fall, but, as stated previously in this article, a thaw is sure to come and the seiners then expect to resume operations for at least another week or ten «' List year the seiners did not pull in their equipment until the last day of November. The fish, which will be sent to the Chicago market this week, will be hauled to McHenry in wagons and from this place will b*. shipped aver the C. A N. W. railway. BE PARTICIPATED : W SCHOOL CHILDREN BY | ?7A4 f>f the plant. ' .«luring the past several months has * -caused the laying off of many employes. The officers of the company ijare living in the hope that full operations may be resumed shortly after the beginning of the new year. Several Chicagoans, who own Cams near Harrington, have just organized what is to be known as the Barring- 'T^jjsfiton Hills Country club, the grounds of ^" tt'which are to be located near that village. A new cement road, now com- ^ pleted to within six miles of that village, has attracted a number of Chicagoans to that locality, who are now ijflt out to do something for their recrety ation. The drive from Chicago to *"J V Harrington can now be made easily in ft-'"jf an hour and twenty minutes. * ? V According to Indians from the Court O'Reilles Indian reservation, near Birchwood, Wis., the approaching £f'/ winter will be exceptionally mild and •' > of short duration. The Indians base their claims upon the fact that at this i time other years cold weather had been experienced; that the wild ani- „ mals are not providing for the winter * as they did other years; fur on the animals is very light and that homes of the animals are not thick and substantial so as to ward off cold weather. Hebron Tribune: During the past few weeks there have been numerous reports circulated in this locality and other places in the county that certain firms were brought before the department of justice on a charge of profiteering. The matter has been taken up with District Attorney Kilne alid has given out a statement that there is «o truth in the report, that none of the merchants or business firms of McHenry county have been finfed for profiteering. He also stated that there have been but a few cases in *k» state and that In only large cities. Falls Down Stairway Her many friends in and around McHenry will be pained indeed to> learn of the serious accident which befell Mrs. Patrick J. Cleary at her home on Waukegan street on Wednesday morning of last week, when she fell down the basement stairway from a chair upon which she was standing, and has been confined to fcer bed ever since. Dr. ft. J. Nye was called attendance and upon examination found that Mrs. Cleary had suffered bruises as well i and the wonder re w w •fte'S severe body sprained wrist , mains how she escaped without being killed. Late reports from the unfor tunate woman's bedside are to the effect that she is showing a slight im provement and her many friends sm cerely hope for a speedy and pettna nent recovery. j Water Extension Resting ••Resting" is the way it was put to us when we called up Atty. A Pouse yesterday to inquire as to any new developments in the waterworks extension improvement. That there is more opposition than many of us realized is naturally deducted from the slow progress that is being made However, the waterworks exten sion must and will come and so wi sewerage and it looks to us a of those improvements will be ours before the opening of another winter. Entertains Social Wheel Mrs. Harvey Baron entertained the members of the Social Wheel at her home on Main street on Thursday afternoon of last week. Bunco formed the afternoon's diversion and refreshments were served at the usual hour. The next meeting of the society will be with Mrs. J. E. Wheeler #a Thursday afternoon, Dec. 9» V Baaket Social Everyone is cordially invited - to attend the basket social at the Terra Cotta school on Saturday evening Nov. 20. Ladies please bring baskets >/Tln fjWMB begins at eight o'clock, r Florence Knox, Teacher. ARMISTICE DAY CELEBRATION Alt jUra-iearf Legion Hall Proved One Grand Success Novel Means Will Be Brovght Into Play to Stimulate latent la Grain* Entertainment In order to stimulate interest in the series of entertainments that are being sponsored by a number McHenry'? progressive business men a competitive ticket selling campaign has been planned and will be inaugurated the latter part of this week. Under the plan as thought out by the business men, the campaign or contest^is to be staged between the pupils of the two schools in McHenry, a prize being hung up for the scholar selling the highest number of tickets as well as to the school selling the largest number, the latter prize being^ awarded on the per capita basis. In this manner, the business men hope, a new interest will be awakened in the excellent entertainments which they are sponsoring for the village and which have been arranged solely for the purpose of giving the people of this community an opportunity of enjoying the better things in the way of educational entertainment and at the same time lend aid to the establishment of a community spirit, which seems lacking at this time. The net proceeds of the series of entertainments, the first of which, "Fine Feathers," has already been given, will be turned over to the schools of the village. Thus it will be seen that the soul purpose of the entertainments is three-fold: First, giving this community the better things in the way of entertainment, the awakqting of new life in the community spirit and last but not least a financial benefit to the schools. If our good people will bear these things in mind we are sure that the contemplated ticket selling campaign will prove a success, our people will .take a greater interest in McHenry ?.nd tile community spirit an<fi neat sun^ be turned over to the schools. " , The second number of the four to be staged will take place at the Empire theatre on Friday evening of next week, Nov. 26, at which time President .James A. Burns will appear in Burns of the Mountain." It is a rare privilege you will have in hearing President James A. Burns o^ Oneida Institute, Oneida, Ky.t Burns of the Mountains," erstwhile feudist, lover of men. Born in the Kentucky mountains, educated in the mountain schools of West Virginia, to which state his father had taken his family to escape the terror of the feuds, with no resources save his own physical strength and an abiding faith in the God he followed, this sterling American planted university in the hills of Kentucky to save her sons from fratricide. His simple story of events which led up to his turning from feudism to constructive thinking about® the future, and of the results attending his experiments in fighting feudism with education, is one of the most thrilling recitals of achievement in the annals of the platform. Burns, rugged, homely, virile, sincere, reminds one instinctively of Lincoln in his personality. Simple, unaffected, a master of chaste English, his words intensify the comparison with the beloved rail-splitter. McHenry's first observance of Armistice day has been written into the annals of the McHenry post, No. 491, American Legion, as one of the biggest achievements ever attempted in the village. The members of the McHenry post chose a novel manner in lending outward expression in keeping with the day's deep significance, their observance being in the form of a big cotillion dance, which proved one of the prettiest events of the kind ever held in McHenry. The hall was most attractively decorated for the occasion in the national colors, with the American Legion stand of colors occupying a conspicuous place near the orchestra stand in the north end of the spacious hall. The decorations, which are said to have been the prettiest ever seen in the hall, was the work of a f#w ladies working under the supervision of Miss Blanche Pryor, principal of the Community high schobl. The ladies were assisted by a number of the members of the American Legion. The crowd gathered earlier than is usually the case and before ten o'clock the place was Utterly packed with one of the most congenial gatherings that ever* assembled there. Three hundred people paiS their way to the doings. H. T. McConnell, expert cotillion leader, was on hand with a small truck load of novelties and fa'vors and with the exception of a short pause at eleven o'clock, when taps were blown by Henry Schaefer while standing on the landing leading to the hall stairway, merriment reigned supreme. Young and old intermingled in the happy throng and if there was anyone who left the hall disappointed it surely was not the fault of the members of the McHenry post of the American Legion. Down in the club rooms, situated in the basement of the Stoffel building, lunch was served to those desiring same. That this feature of, the big doings was thoroly appreciated was evidenced by the large number who made trips to the basement during the evening. The entire arrangement, including the excellent music as furnished by McAndrews* orchestra, harmonized perfectly and it was far past the midnight hour before the festivities came to an end and thus was celebrated McHenry's first Armistice day. MEMORIAL TO UTEMSNR IS ERECTED IN THE A GROTTO FORM OF INSTALLS NEW GENERATOR BxMe Station Beat Equipped tV McHenry County ITERS OF LOCAL OmXEST JOHNSBURG CHURCH FA1S Annual ft*nt to Take Place There Next Weeli \ COUNTRYMAN IS BANKRUPT Lemes a Number of Creditors In and Around McHenry •, i. Countryman, cashier of the Union State bank at Dixon, 111., together with his partner, Edwin M. Detweiler, has filed petitions in bankruptcy. The former's liabilities are placed at $292,710 and his assets $198,863, while the letter's assets are also considerably below his liabilities. Mr. Countryman is well known thruout this section as his interests in the Townside farm, near Volo, have brought him to McHenry frequently during the past few years. It will be remembered that the Volo farm Was first conducted by Countryman A Cox, the latter having severed connections with the place some time ago. Among other transactions which are alleged to have contributed to the down-fall of the Dixon men was the purchase of half interest in a $100,000 bull, which was for a time kept at the Volo farm, but later on taken up into Wisconsin, so it is said. Almost every farmer in this locality wjll remember the animal and hundreds of dairymen admired him while on exhibition at the McHenry county fair at Woodstock last summer. According to reports, however, the animal never did come up to the expectations of its owners. Just who the creditors are in McHenry and vicinity The Plaindealer is unable to say at this time, as we have not see the schedule, but if any credence is to be placed in rumors that have been afloat since the news of the bankruptcy proceedings, there are a number of them here whose total claims will run into several thousand dollars. * The church fair, which has become an annual Thanksgiving week event with St John's Catholic church at Johnsburg, will take place next week and from all indications this year's event gives promise of terminating into one of the biggest of the kind ever undertaken by the pastor and his faithful followers. The grand opening will take place at the parish hall at one o'clock next Sunday afternoon and the fun will continue thruout the afternoon and evening. On Monday there will be nothing doing, but the activities will again be resumed at seven o'clock on Tuesday evening,, while Wednesday afternoon, as has always been the custom, will be set aside for the little folks, when the spacious hall with all of its attractions will be turned over to the coming generation, while the older folks will be given an opportunity to rest up and get in readiness for the closing day, Thanksgiving, which is always considered the big day of the fair. As in previous years, one of the big features of '^turkey" day will be a chicken dinner, which will be served, commencing at eleven o'clock. In planning for this big feed the high cost of living has been thrown into the discard and some sumptuous repast will be dished up at 50 cents the per son and you all know how those Johnsburg women can cook. In the evening, beginning at 4:00 o'clock, a supper will he ierved at 36 cents the person. Chance book raffles will take place each day and evening, while the various booths will also be loaded down with things that are sure to attract The hall will be at- Occapies Site Near the Grave of the Late Rev. H. M. Mehring In Johnsburg Catholic Cemetery It was with a source of great satisfaction and pleasure that Rev. Wm. Weber and the members of St. John's parish of Johnsburg saw the completion a short time since of a grotto erected in the cemetery thgt-e to the memory of the late Rev. H. M. Mehring, who for so many years served as pastor of that congregation. Ever since the death of the former beloved pastor it has been the ex pressed wish of his faithful followers at Johnsburg to erect a grotto in his memory, but unavoidable circumstances have delayed the fulfillment of these good people's wishes until this year, when arrangements for the beautiful work were made. \ The present pastor of the church, Rev. Wm. Weber, has labored most zealously ever since coming to Johnsburg that the dream of the members of the congregation might be realized and to him as well as the congregation in general and those who contributed towards the fund for the erection of this beautiful memorial great credit is due. The grotto, which is an exact reproduction of the original and historical grotto at Lourdes, Frances, is btiilt of petrified stone, which was shipped here from Erie county, Ohio. Edward J. Koenig, who makes a specialty of this class of work, was the architect and it was under his personal supervision that the grotto was built. John Daudell, also of Chicago, an expert, did the work. A passage-way, the markers of which are also constructed from the imported stone, leads from the grave of the late pastor to the grotto. A fountain, which is to supply the water for the basin at the foot of the grotto, is all that is now needed to make the work complete. This will be installed next spring, after which there will be weekly blessings of the water which flows therefrom. It is also the plan of the pastor to have the monument dedicated some time next May, at which time Rt. Rev. P. J. Muldoon, bishop of Rockford, will be present to perform the solemn ceremonies. It is also the plan of the pastor to be able, at some future time, to obtain some of the water from the ^original grotto in France and have same placed in the basin here. Since the completion of the beautiful piece of work, a number of those who have seen and admired it'have expressed themselves as anxious to give something toward its construction and, while quite a number have already contributed to such a fund, more is needed and will be heartily appreciated, and therefore The Plaindealer this week, on behalf of Rev. Weber and his congregation, is asking those who wish'to contribute, notnatter how small the amount may be, may do so at any time between now and dedication day. All contributions will be thankfully received by the pastor. / In further commemoration of the late pastor, a beautiful tablet, suitably inscribed and finished in Vermont granite, is now being erected by the McHenry monument dealers, J. H. Miller & Son. For the benefit of those who are unfamiliar with the original history of the grotto at Lourdes, France, we herewith reproduce its history as written by George Bertrin and taken from tye Catholic encyclopedia: Lourder, Notre Dame De, in the department of Hautes, Pyrenees, France, is far famed for the pilgrimages of which it is a center and for the extraordinary events that have occurred and still occur there. The pilgrimage of Lourdes is founded on the apparition of the Blessed Virgin to a poor, fourteen-year-old girl, Bernadette Soubiroux. The first apparition occurred February 11, 1858. There were eighteen in all; the last took place July 16 of the same year. Bernadette often fell into an ecstasy. The mysterious vision she saw in the hollow of the rock Massabielle was that of a young and beautiful lady. "Lovelier than I have ever seen," said the child. But the girl was the only one who saw the vision, altho somestood there with her. Now and then the apparition spoke to the seer who also was the only one who had heard the voice. Thus, she one day told her to drink of a mysterious fountain, in the grotto itBelf, the existence of which was unknown and of which there wasNio sign, but which immediately gushed forth. On another occasion the apparition bade With the installation of a new Hobart generator at the Exide battery station, conducted by W. L. Howell on Pearl street, McHenry, can now boast of the best equipped station of the kind in McHenry county. _ The new equipment was last Saturday and is workmg in perfect order. With it the proprietor is now able to charge from 50 to 70 batteries at one and the same time and can guarantee the work to be as good as any turned out anywhere in the county. The business at the local exide station, ever since its location in McHenry a trifle over a year ago, has shown a steady tfnd healthy growth, until today it ranks among the leaders in this section of the state. Because of this wonderful growth it was found that the old equipment had grown 4ar too small and in order to properly care for the increased business Mr. Howell found it absolutely necessary to make the change instituted at hiB place last Saturday. The McHenry man's territory covers the southeast section of McHenry county and besides this village and the territory adjacent it takes in Richmond, Crystal Lake, Algonquin and Cary. At this time the local station is doing most of the recharging and repairing for most of the local garages, while he also takes care of work ||s sent in from garages at Ringwood, Johnsburg, Spring Grove and Volo. In order that he may take care of the ever increasing business, Mr, Howell is now in touch with an expert in this line of work and if he y sue cessful in securing this man's services he will be placed in a position to cover the balance of the territory given him in a more thoro manner than has been the case in the past and also with the services of such a man he is assured of getting business from other sec-s tions. Mr. Howell attended a convention in Chicago last Thursday and Friday, during which he was most agreeably surprised by being declared the winner of the second of the three prizes offered to the representatives making the largest business gains during a period dating from January 1 last. The convention, which was held in the crystal room of the Great Northern hotel in Chicago, was attended by about 800 distributors of exide batteries in the Chicago territory, which takes in the states of Illinois, Wisconsin, Indiana and Iowa, and Mr. Howell has every reason to feel proud of the record established among such a field of competitors. The convention came to a close with a banquet and theatre party at the Palace theatre. The wives of the representatives were also given a special invitation to the theatre party and, taking advantage of this feature, Mr. Howell was joined by his wife in Chicago on Friday. * AS PICKED UP BY PLA1NDKALBB « REPORTERS DURING WEEK < What People Are Doing In This YBlage and the Immediate Yi-rfisfly • Other Short Paragraphs INTEREST 18 GROWING In Ford Automobile Which h to Be Given Away By Local Firm your attention tired in its holiday spangles and the times many various committees, which have been named to see this year's fair to a successful conclusion, will do everything within reason to make St. John's 1920 fair the biggest and best ever undertaken by the good people of Johnsburg. A cordial invitation is extended to everyone to be. present and a special ^ invitation goes out to the people of: Bernadette go and tell the priests she McHenry, Ringwood, Solon Mills,' wished a chapel to be built on the spot Spring Grove, Volo and all other nearby towns. Basket Social and processions to be made to this grotto. At first the clergy were incredulous. It was only four years Every day seemrA be bringing added interest in the Ford automobile which is to be given away by McGee A Conway," the local clothiers, to the person holding the lucky number on Friday evening, Dec. 31. Numbers on the big prize, for which hundreds are now striving, are being given with every 25 cent purchase and, judging from the size of the ballot box, which has occupied a conspicuous place in the Centerville store ever since the opening of the contest, the local firm is expecting thousands of these little pasteboard tickets to be deposited therein by the time the eventful night arrives. The contest has already given the firm a large amount of advertising and no little prestige among the business men of McHenry county and this is just what these gentlemen had in mind when planning this, the biggest event of the kind ever under&ken by any business enterprise in the village of McHenry. Three judges, to whom the big ballot box will be turned over on the night of Dec. 81, will be made up of Messrs. C. W. Stenger and J. C. Holly of this village and C. M. Bickler of Johnsburg. The manner of counting the votes and deciding the winner will be left entirely with these three and it is expected that their plans will be fully divulged in plenty of time to give everyone interested an opportunity to be on hand when the big draw ing takes place. Electric Light Bulbs I wish to announce that I have placed in stock one of the biggest and most varied assortments of electric light bulbs ever brought to McHenry. The bulbs vary from a & to 150 waftt fe keeping wtth evr axuunl custom, The Plaindealer will be published one day earlier next . week, so as to give the "force" an opportunity to enjoy Thanksgiving along with the balano* of humanity. We therefore kindly ask our advertisers and correspondents to get their copy to us one dsy earlier, ho later than Monday evening. Will yon assist in granting as 4i«i favor? Have you Joined the Red Cross?* If not, DO IT NOW. See' our line of mackinaws aai sweaters. M. J. Walsh. * Sale on hats this week Friday end • Saturday. Blake Sisters' millinery. A number of the real bad spots in our streets have been repaired with gravel during the past week. The first skating of the season was enjoyed on the mill pond this week by a number of our young people. The young people surely miss their recreation center this year. Too bad some place cannot be provided ttir indoor sports. > Ferndell coffee or tea for your Thanksgiving dinner or on any occasion that you want the best. Get it at Erickson'8. . Another dance by the McHenry post of the American Legion will take place at their hail on the West Side on Saturday evening Nov. 27. The season^ first freeze-over oc- * curred the latter part of last week, i I when both our pond and river "sport- 2 - ^1 •ed" quite a heavy coat of ice. |S Made to order suits and overcoats, about 300 samples, reduced from ^ $5.50 to $21.00 per suit. A wonderful ^ range of styles and fabrics to select from. M. J. Walsh. "jk We note by the Elgin Courier that •• Mr., and Mrs. R. A. Howard, former townspeople, left Monday for an indefinite trip to Kissimmee, Miami b 4 and other points in Florida. 0s " Wonderful pictures of China in St Mary's church basement Friday aft- - >J $ ernoon of this week at 2:30 o'clock for the benefit of St. Mary's school. Small admission fee. Better jot it down right now lest you forget, the next number of the entertainment course being sponsored ^ by a number of our public spirited business men will take place at the Empire theatre on Friday evening, Nov. 26. We buy our material carefully and have taken advantage of the reduction in prices. Don't miss the opportunity of seeing these things at the bazaar given by the Ladies' Aid society the first part of December. Miss Eleanor Conway and the pupils of the Prairie school, south of town, held a very enjoyable basket social at the schoolhouse last Saturday evening and as a result of their efforts as well as the public's response about $40 was taken in. -"Leonard Frett of Aurora, playing full back for the Aurora Kayseee against the fast St. Charles town team at St Charles last Sunday, won the game for his team by making the only touchdown of the game. Leonard developed into a real star while a member of the Aurora high school team a few years ago. L. A. Erickson and family are now occupying the upper rooms of their new home on Waukegan street, while the carpenters are putting the finishing touches on the lower floor. The entire house should be ready for occupancy within a very short time. The home is one of the mtfst modern and complete In that end of town. The initial meeting of the newly w organized Daughters of Isabella took tjf: place at the K. of C. hall last Friday ^ p evening with Miss Ann McCarthy >J§ Chicago in charge. The meeting wasf | very well attended and thoroly en-%g v joyed by those in attendance and the^ •M iibwiii. uTy < j later in 1862, that the bishop of the and are of the plain, frosted and milk A basket social will he held at the djoce^e declared the faithful "justified' shade varieties. Also have a neat tfi: 'A*, He Plaindealer for f ' . ' i v. Lincoln school, district 'No. 14, near Brefeld farm, on Saturday evening, Nov. 20. Good program. Bring your baskets. Everbody invited. m ; ^iethias F. in believing the reality of the appari tkm." A basilica was built upon the rock of Massabielle by M. Peyramale, ,;w. •' 'display of bulbua for Christmas decorating. J. E. Behlke. Reduction in hats Friday and Satmembers are looking forward to some very enjoyable times during the wintor months. . Armistice day passed elf qnietiy la- McHenry last Thursday. Old Glory f a as flown from many of the business^ houses and private residences of the';f^ village, while taps were Mown at %• eleven o'cloek by J. E. Hauswirth Mr,. Hauswirth was escorted by R. E. Mc- ^ Gee and G. C. Howard, both of whoa* were enrolled in the U. S. army dur-» ing the late war. Mrs. Ellen Ensigli Is thii week in ^ rect ipt of a letter from her son, William, a member of the U. S. ar®3| and stationed at Camp Dix, N. J. | Among other things he told of their.; armistice celebration last Thwsday«^. at which Gen. Pershing and Other > : r notables were present From tho pa* •% eral tone of his letter he does Campf Dix as well as he did Canm Taylor, from which place teaaaferira^ 0o^wee|s . "Si '•fik-'-'- ; /.' ••£ -v, . • V*J< ! . "• - . -'I*'.". . .,7^