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Itena Clipped From The Pliiadeiler Year* Ago , />f!. • .'April 22, 1896 Tfce fient of the Pekovsky bloefc Ins received n new coat of paint, which much imp- »vc-. its appearance. Arbor day was observed by our public school by appropriate exercises in all the rooms and general exercises on 1 the grounds in the afternoon. Pine, warm rains almost every day are bringing on vegetation with remarkable rapidity in this section. The country never looked finer at this time of year. G^P. Boley, of the McHenry brewery, tame out on Saturday with a brand n- v delivery wagon. It was manufactured by Nordquist & Weber of this vil'age. A. Engt in is putting up a new building on the bank of the river north of John Niesen's shop, which is to be used for a void storage, carriage and boat house. It is 18x30 and two stories high. * The e'e tion for a president and two members of the board of education in this district on Saturday last resulted as follows: President, Jas. B. Perry; members of board, T. J. Walsh, John I. Story. The Roseriale Floral company in this village is making extensive improvements on their grounds on the east side of the river, enlarging buildings, building new ones, setting out shrubbery and otherwise making everything beautiful and attractive. The election in this village on Tuesday passed off in a most quiet and orderly manner. There was but one regular ticket in the field. Two hundred and twenty votes were polled, resulting <n the election of President John Evanson and Trustees John H. Miller, John Heimer and Peter J. Freund, the latter defeating R. Waite. The members of the board who hold over from last year are R. A. Howard, C. H. Granger and Isaac Wentworth. April 29, 1896 Oi N. Culver has been quite' sick with pneumonia. Red horse have commenced running and the boys are happy. ADAM S. JUNG PIANO TUNER Prompt and Satisfactory Service Highest References Phone No. 12 WOODSTOCK, ILL. V Jack Nicholls ..DITCHING AND TIIJNG Phone 122-M. McHenry, 111. The steamer "Elma" is now making -trips to and from the lakes. Ben Bonslett and a friend came out from Chicago on their wheels Sunday. N. J. Justen is treating the front of his store to a fresh coat of paint. Leonard Bonslett had a sudden and quite severe attack of sickness Monday. W. A. Cristy has received his commission and is now a full fledged justice of the peace. The front of the store of Owen A Chapell being handsomely painted. Cal Curtis is the artist. J. H. Miller is .finishing a fine Swedish granite monument to be erected in memory of the late Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Richardson of Volo. The entertainment for the benefit of the school library, which was held at the city hall on Friday evening, was well attended and pronounced one of the finest of the season. Married--At the German Catholic church in this village on Wednesday, April 22, 1896, by Rev. Father Kirsch, Joseph Schneider and Miss Kate C. Hauprich, both of McHenry. Married--At St. Patrick's church in this village ch Wednesday, April 22, 1896, by Rev. Father O'Neil, Daniel Curley of Carroll, Iowa, and Miss Margaret Frisby of McHenry. Some good catches of pickerel and bass are reported in the last few days. The fishing season is now at its height and McHenry and vicinity has the boss fishing grounds of the west. Died--At her home east of this village on Saturday, April 25, 1896, Mrs. John Glossen, aged sixty years. Her funeral was held from the German Catholic church on Monday forenoon and her remains were laid at rest in the Catholic cemetery near this village. May 6, 1896 Jos. Bishop has just put a new patent chair in his barber shop in the Howe block. The red bridge across the creek in the center of the village has received the long needed repairs the past week. The scholars and teachers of our public school held a picnic in Sutton's woods down the river on Friday last. The Richmond Gazette has just passed its twentieth year, a little less than a year younger than the Plaindealer. McHenry has ten saloons this year, Freund & Barbian being the proprietors of the new one just opened in the Pekovsky block. New canvas awnings have been put up this week in front of the Pekvosky block, John Heimer's, Thos. Bulk's and A. Engeln's. . • t . One of the neatest county papers that comes to our exchange table is the Marengo Republican, which has just completed its twenty-eighth year. At a special meeting of the board of education last Friday evening the following teachers were engaged: Miss Jessie Baldwin, Miss Fannie Osborne and Miss Mary Richardson. Mrs. John Claxton had the misfortune to break her arm on Thursday. She was cleaning house and while standing on a bench it tipped and she fell, breaking both bones in her right arm between the wrist and elbow. Died--At the residence of her parents in this village on Friday, May 1, 1896, Miss Mary Miller, daughter of John Miller, aged thirty-eight years. Her funeral was held from the German Catholic church on Sunday morning. Miss Bessie Wright of Woodstock, with a party of friends, was over to Pistalgee Bay fishing on Saturday and on her.way back stopped and left with her grandmother, Mrs. O. W. Owen, a fine pickerel, weighing twenty pounds, which she had personally caught. Under the direction of Father Kirsch, the grounds in front of the German Catholic parsonage in this village have been laid out in a novel and handsome manner. The work shows extreme good taste and the grounds are now an ornament to that part of the village. ' , START" BALL ROLLING For 1921 McHenry County Fair to U: Be Held at Woodstock " ;ii«gt' Friday evening the ball'.was! started rolling for the 1921 McHenry county fair at a directors' meeting held at the Commercial club rooms in Woodstock. Hoyt E. Morris was elected secretary for the coming year. Plans were put under way to make important improvements on the fair grounds, especially to put the race track into better shape. Committees to secure attractions and look after other matters were also appointed and from the spirit shown at the meeting there is every reason to believe that this year's, fair wjll be a hummer. ... N . Altho it ^'still early Ift 'say much about the fair and this year's* plans, it will be wise for everybody to get ready for a big event. Especially would it be well for the people to plan for exhibits of all kinds. Let's make 1921 the biggest fair in the history of the county in exhibits as well as attendance. • MRS. SILLINAirS ADDRESS $ COUNTY BOARD Wr Mi- ": ' PERVISORS ' ** Executor's Notice Alford H. Pouse, Atty. ^ Estate of Delbert A. Whiting;, deceased. The undersigned having been appointed Executrix of the last Will and Testament of Delbert A. Whiting, deceased, late of the County of McHenry and State of Illinois, hereby gives notice that she will appear before the County Court of McHenry County, at the Court House in Woodstock, at the July Term, on the first Monday in July next, at which time atf 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 undersigned. Dated this 6th day of May, A. D. 1921. 47-8t Ellen Whiting, Executrix. GOODRICH 20 PER CENT Effective Monday, May 2nd The B. F. Goodrich Rubber Company makes this readjustment of tire prices to meet new conditions and to benefit all tire users. This reduction includes: Goodrich Silvertown Cords Goodrich Fabrics Goodrich Inner Tubes You are given the full benefit of these new prices right at the time when you are ready to replace your old tires with new ones. Now is the time to buy them. Your Goodrich dealer will supply your needs and* give you the advantage of these new prices on your purchases. F.B. Goodrich Rubber Co. Akron, Ohio • Home Bureau Sums Up Year's Work Which Brings To Light Many Interesting Facts The following is a speech given by Mrs. Frank Silliman to the board of supervisors, asking them to renew the impropriation for $1666,07 to the Home Bureau, which will he of interest to our many readers: To the Honorable Board of Supervisors: Gentlemen---Because we believe you to be interested in the welfare of all people or societies for the well being of our .county, fherefore are we ladies <-f the Home Bureau glad to come belore you to present our claims to your consideration . and a share in the assistance you are .able to appropriate to deserving agencies. y\ ou have been very kind to our Home Bureau in the past two years-- ve wish gratefully to acknowledge it. That you have thus far this year Tailed to grant .us the aid. rendered *as heretofore we believe is the result of a lack of a good understanding of <>ui purposes and aims. - Miss Bane, the"present head of the Home Bureau . wutk ijpL the state, has defined these so fully, we quote her: "To develop 'every home into an nstitute w hich is'economically sound, mechanically convenient, physically healthful, morally wholesome, men- "•al'y stimulating, spiritually inspirjiik, socially responsible, a center of '.in.-elfish love." Now to accomplish all this may <ccm a difficult task, but with your aid •ind that of. our husbands we believe mui h can be done. .We observe in the reports made by vour honorable body that our state's attorney is allowed a generous sum for the'apprehension and prosecution of criminals. This i« as it should be, but we ask • why are these people criminals; have they been a source of trouble to the community? Is it not that some homes have failed in their purpose--have failed in the rearing of children in thene homes?. Those homes have not been "morally wholesome." Our cutinty has what we call the poor farm "--the best substitute for a teal home we can-provide for the poor unfortunates who have no other home. But why have they no other home, why are they the objects of our county's bounty ? Many are there because of improvidence--they Were not trained to habits of thrift ami economy, and wasted all the earnings that should have provided for them a real home. Some homes failed to l»e economic ally sound. Our Home Bureau is emphasizing the importance of economy and saving for the rainy day. Others are in our county home be- •ause of. lost health--health that might have been theirs had they but known and heeded the rules of health 'hat parents should "know and practice in the rearing of their children. Our Home Bureau has exerted great pressure on this point and has awakened more than one mother to her responsibility concerning the health of her child. In so many homes this training in moral life, in economical life, in a good physical life has been found wanting. You say but outside influences have had their impression. True, but outside influences h»ve come from other homes--in the last analysis all reverts to the home influence and training. Men spend their time, their energies massing money-- for what, but that back of the money is the home. We believe every man in your honorable holly desires his home to stand for all that is good and thrifty and healthful. Our Home Bureau is striving to plant in our county an influence for more true economy in our homes, better health in the growing generation, more wholesome morals, more mental stimulus, a sense of more personal responsibility for the well being of others within and without our homes. Gentlemen, you are convened here today because of the reflex action of county affairs upon your homes, which are the center of your lives, the object of your utmost effort. Your homes are where your hearts are and because the Home Bureau is laboring for all that can help and uplift our homes, at we asking for a share in the appropriations of funds for which we with our husbands have toiled. Mrs. Frank Silliman. Summsiy «f Work of Home Bureau The purpose of the Home Bureau is to establish home economics practices that are approved by the University of Illinois and the U. S. department of afjriculture with the aim in view that every home shall become ! economically sound, mechanically con- Ivenient, physically healthful and so- .cially responsible." The following are | some of the things that have been done I during the last year by the McHenry County Home Bureau. | When the census returns brought out the fact that many farms in Mcj Henry county had no vegetable gar- [dens we started a campaign last spring to show how necessary for good health it was thaj, there be an abundance of fresh vegetables. Eightynine women kept strict accounts of the money value of the garden produce used and found that the average amount each would have paid for the same food had they bought it was $97.12. Some accounts were "as high as $300 and as low as $40. A great deal of interest was aroused in our poultry culling demonstration. In most flocks over half the flock was culled out. and the reports that have come in tell us they are getting a§ many from hens left as they had from the whole flock last year. ! The Home Bureau taught women how to can vegetables and meat. Many new things that have not yet been printed in bulletins are brought out in meetings and thru the weekly . news letter. Women have been shown how they double their money spent for meat by buying it, in the quarter and canning it. During the last year we have had 152 enrolled in food classes, teaching them how to select food just as a man selects the feed for his dairy cows, j The Home Bureau, thru the teachers' institute and the work of its members, has .helped to establish hot lunch in sixteen schools in the county by showing how necessary it is for children to have the right kind of food some 195 days in the year that they are gone from home all day. Mothers come to the office for help in feeding children of all ages from one year thru high school. In the Home Bureau office we have set up scales which weigh and measure the children who come into the office. Over 150 have been coming regularly and each one is helped individually in choosing his food and taught the value of\<»rly 'hours? And hygenic living. " We have co-operated with Women's* clubs, the Red Cross, school districts, farmers' institutes by lectures on what weighing and measuring a child indicates as to his health conditions. We found that thirty-nine per cent of these children are malnourished. In January we held three home management schools under the direction of the home management specialist from the university. Training was given in the value and method of keeping household accounts so that they would show such things as whether it pays to can meat or pineapple; to hire clothes made at home or to buy ready made. In March three clothing schools were conducted by' the university clothing specialist. How to tell before you buy whether a piece of cloth will wear or not was one of the subjects. We also made a study of the arrangement of the kitchen so that steps could be saved by placing the equipment in the right order and the height of working surfaces to save backs. The choice of the right equipment for the laundry and kitchen canning and cooking has been of great value to women who have not the time to make a thoro study before expending their {•bod moi^y, Many women want homes as-attractive outside as they are in but cannot afford to buy the shrubs and need help in the principles of planting. The Home Bureau, during the last year, put on a yard beautifying program that has been written up in several farm journals. Requests for an outline of this program have come from women in Wisconsin, Kansas, Nebraska and from Washington, D. C. The Home Bureau has helped many organizations to put across programs but has not reported it as their own Work. Lectures have been given before woman's clubs enthusing them along the lines of child welfare and public nursing service. No organization or individual has ever been refused help or time when it was possible to serve them. During the year some twenty-four night meetings have been attended by the adviser because the audience could not be assembled during the day. I At the time the tuberculosis seal sale was put on last fall the Home Bureau furnished the leader in this sale for ten townships. Many are just waking upi to the possibilities in the Home Bureau as an organization to develop the standard •not only of the efficiency of the individual home, but also of the whole community in making it a mor% attractive place for our young people. * The women of the Home Bureau are beginning to realize how far behind other counties McHenry county is in organized health service. So we are planning to put on at the beginning of our new year in July an intense health program to teach mothers how. by united efforts, they can help to control the spread of communicable" disease thru the schools; also home care of the sick, invalid diets and hygenic clothing; to demonstrate what can be done with malnourished children by the right food and sleep and rest; to exterminate rats, mosquitoes and flies. These things cannot be done by one woman alone, but must come from the united efforts of many women. During the year we have had 506 telephone calls and 944 office calls from individuals who wanted help from the Home Bureau. This, is significant in view of the fact that we hold a Home Bureau meeting in each township once a month, to which any womap may come for instruction or co-operation. Mrs. Mary B. Da I bey. Financial Statement Receipts fr<Sm May 1, 1920, to April 20, 1921: Bal. on hand May 1, 1920... .$ 207.17 Received from university.... 1500.00 Received from membership.. 670.00 Received from McHenry Co... 1666.67 Sale of old car 375.00 Miscellaneous 165.67 $4584.51 Baj. on hand April 20, 1921. .$ 51.74 Expenditures Adviser .$1999.92 Stenographer 770.40 Other help „.... 6.50 Auto purchase 725.00 Upkeep of ear 459.59 Lodging 63.32 Jfcutfaad 51.48 WEEKLY PERSONAL ITERS COMERS AND GOERS OF A WBBft IN OUR BUSY VILLAGE \a Seen by I'laindealcr Rejiorteni and Handed Into Our Ollirr by Our Friends John L. May spent the week end with friends in Chicago. Misses Vera and Nellie Do&erty -pent Saturday at Elgin. Lewis Wrede of Chicago spent the »veek end at his home here. Mrs. Simon Stoffel was a Chicago visitor last week Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Fred E. Boger were Chicago visitors last Saturday. Miss Ruth Gannon of Chicago was a Sunday guest of McHenry friends. James Burke of J^hicago passed the week end with relatives and friends here. Eberhardt Dietz of Chicago Was a v^ek end guest in the home of Mrs. (\ Brefeld. Miss Barbara Wiedemann of Elgin spent Sunday as the guest of Miss Kmma Thelen. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Colby and children of Crystal Lake spent Sunday at I. F. Claxtqn's. * Mrs. John Walsh and s6n, Ray, of Ingleside spent Sunday as the guests of relatives here. Mrs. M. M. Niesen passed the week ind as the guest of relatives in the metropolitan city. Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Frisby and •hildren of Elgin spent Sunday with McHenry relatives. Miss Marion McOmber of Chicago »vas a week end guest of McHenry relatives and friends. Fred Adams of Algonquin spent Sunday in the home of his mother, Mrs. Mary K. Adams. Michael Weston and Ed.* Welsh of Woodstock passed the week end as the ',ue: ts of relatives here. Miss Marion Schumacher of Chicago spent the week end as the gueSt of Mi s Genevieve Carey. Mrs. S. S. Chapell of Chicago was a Sliest in the home of her mother, Mrs. Alsena Smith, last Friday. George Heimer of Chicago was a Sunday guest in the home of his mother, Mrs. Helena Heimer. Francis and Paul Bonslett of Woodcock passed Sunday with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Bonslett. Mrs. J. M.' McOmber of Chicago passed several days last and this week as the guest of Mrs. J. W. Smith. Miss Edythe Petesch of Chicago spent the week end in the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. N. H. Petesch. Miss Angela Germer of Chicago passed the week end as a guest in the home of her sister, Mrs. N. H. Petesch. Alfred Bonslett of the Great Lakes passed the week end in the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John W. Bonslett. Miss Josephine Worts of Chicago spent the week end as a guest in the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Worts. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Brown and daughter, Harriet, of Woodstock spent? Sunday as the guests of relatives here. Mr. and Mrs. F. V. Cobb and Mr. and Mrs. White of Hebron called on Mrs. Cobb's relatives here last Saturday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Whiting of Libcrtyville spent the week end as quests in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis McDonald. Thos. Knox and Horace Foss of Chicago passe 1 the week' end as guests in the home of the former's mother, Mrs. John Knox. Miss Genevieve Carey of Notre Dame, Ind.. spent the latter part of last week in the home of her mother, Mrs. Mary Carey. Mrs. J. B. Frisby, Mrs. Nellie Bacon and Mrs. Mollie Givens and son, Donald, were guests of. relatives near Woodstock Sunday. Mrs. Geo. Garland, Sr., and Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Garland, Jr., of Antioch spent Sunday as guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Claxton. Mrs. Chas. Pich and Miss Helen l'ich of Chicago passed several days this week as guests in the home of the former's father, Peter Thelen. Haryey Nye, who has been attendng the Rahe auto school at Kansas City, Kan., has finished his course and returned to his home .here last week. Mr. and Mrs. Julius Butzen and Mrs. Chas. Pich motored "out from Chicago last Thursday and spent the day with their father, Peter Thelen. Chas. L. Newman of Rockford spent Saturday evening and Sunday with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Newman. He was accompanied home by his sister, Ella. Mrs. Harry Kist and Mrs. Paul Meyers and children of Chicago spent several days this .and last week in the home of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Pint. Mr. and Mrs. Ora Perkins and son, Mr. and Mrs. Hillie Perkins and daughter of Yorkville were - Sunday guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs James T. Perkins. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Kennedy and son, Miss Darline Kennedy and Mrs. J. Zempleman of Woodstock were Sunday 'guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Claxton and family. Mr: and Mrs. George Mix and son and Mr. and Mrs. August Wille and son drove out from Chicago lasFTSun- 67.50 •;#9.50 .18.28 102.86 Equipment • • - • 106.04 Freight . . .10.11 M iscellaneous 92.27 day and passed the day as guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Miller. Mr. and Mrs. Russell Wolff and daughter, Virginia, of Chicago and Mrs. H. P. Kamholz of Cary were Sunday guests of Mrs. William Felt*, and also called on other relative* while in. town. Mr. and Mrs. Martin Freund sons of Round Lake and Mr. and Mrs. Nick Weber, daughter, Agnes, and son, Paul, of Spring Grove were Sunday guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jos. W. Freund. Quaker oats compound Fal*0*-Fcp egg mash makes the hens lay. Wilbur Lumber Co. Telephone Printing . Postage . Supplies TotjA expenditures ! SPftCAO TMC: TIOIWCS * m* OUR claims are justly substantiated by the people who rely upon our flour to achieve their baking results. There is no accident connected with the quality of our product. 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