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J^or 100 per c«nt Insurance in •fell branches', call on or phone I'lr S ' WM. G. SCHREINER S "? 4 • * fhOM 93-R. Auctioneering ieHENRY ILLINOIS East Side Service and Transfer Station I"}., - ; Herman Schaefer & Co., Props. ;.V- I' •{• " General Garage Moving / Phone 49 ti McHENRY, ILL. ALFORD H. POUSE r; * "• _ " • _2 Phone 28 :: West McHenry, HI. Telephone No. 108-R. SIMON Insurance agent for all classes of property in the best companies. WEST McHENRY, :: ILLINOIS 162 The Beat Service Always "Phone 126-W. BERNHARD POPP Expert Shoemaker West McHenry, Illinois Reasonable Rater fe: and Rag Rue* made to order MIS, B POPP PHONE IU \ WEST McHENRY JL H. SCHAEFER Draying J , McHENRY, ILLINOIS N'HENRY TOWNSHIP MUTUAL PIKE INSURANCE €0. Insurance for » Far* and Residence . - t:, , ' Property 1 '..Good Protection at Lew Csit • . A g e n t s ' ' ' ' ' • McHftnfy, Michael Freurwf, pkmrf 148- J; Johnsburg, Ringwood. M. N. Schmitt, phone 6^3-R-l; Spring Grove and Richmond, Fred Meyers. ' Dollar Day Specials Tea Set, consisting of 36 inch cloth, and four •Napkins with enough Nun's Boil-proof Hiph Luster Jo embroider, a set. $1.00 Pair of Hemstitched Linen Quest Towels, per pair ^ v .^..$1,00 Silver Cases, per pair $1.00 Pillow Cases, per pair__ $1,00 Hemstitched Buffet Sets or Scarfs and Embroidery Cotton ----$1.00 Many Gifts especially priced at $1.00 AGATHA SHOP MONDAY and TUESDAY, OCT. 13& 14,1924 Hard Time Dance! AT LOUIS' PAVILION, FOX RIVER GROVE, ILL SA£,UGRHDTAY OCTOBER 11 Come one, come all, to the hard time ball. A riot of fun for everyone. --GOOD MUSICBEAUTIFUL PRIZES FOR THE MOST COMICAL COSTUMES Admission: Gents 75c; Ladies, 25c, War tax included A > j* %900.000 Buicks in daily service prove i Buick performance. ®tick leads in performance] r-u-»A ) OVERTON & COWEN MCHENRY, ILL. HARVARD, ILL. Whn nutomobfles are built, Buick will build llif--I f VOLO Joe Wiser spent Saturday in Chicago. ^ Lee Huson qat Monday In Chicago. ( Vinnie Bacon Is driving a new Nash sedan. Orin Marble spent Monday in Waukegan. Get the famous "Black Cat" hosiery from Erickson's store. Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Dillon were Sunday visitors at Hebron. High time to have a furnace installed. Let Vycital do it. ' Bernard Vogt and Bill Seqnest were Sunday visitors in Chicago. Service that is real and good quality merchandise. Smith Bros. George Case has installed a Deleo electric light plant on his farm. . Mrs. Fred Converse is spending the week with relatives in Chicago. Mike Krapf and Frank Hironimus were McHenry visitors Saturday. Miss Hilda Efling of Waukegan spent Sunday in the John Efling home. Jay Vasey and family spent Sunday with the Bert Dowell family at Wauconda. The L. V. Lusk family spent Sonday at the Arthur Powers home in Wauconda. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Howard of McHenry spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Lusk. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Kruger of Wauconda spent Sunday with John Walton at Volo. Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Jepson and childien of Ringwood spent Sunday at the Lee Huson home. Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Bacon and Miss Emma Bacon spent Sunday at the T. Bacon home at Wauconda. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Sykes and family start Wednesday for a two weeks' auto trip to Cheteck, Wis. Miss Orpha Russell and Miss Bernice Johnson attended the teachers' meeting at Libertyville Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Dell Townsend entertained the latters mother and nephew from Grayslake over the week end. The T. Bacon family has been entertaining their niece, Mrs. Jennie Richards, of New Lisbon, Wis., the past week. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Townsend enter JOHNSBURG John Jonas was spending a few days this week in Chicago. The very best quality groceries at *©ck bottom prices at Erickson's. Mr. and Mrs. Jacob P. Miller are the proud parents of a baby girl. Rollins hose for the whole family. Silk, wool or cotton. Smith Bros. Joseph B. Hettermann attended to business matters in Chicago lpst Friday. John H. Klein of McHenry was visiting relatives and friends here this week. Henry and Joseph Hettermann called on relatives in Kenosha one day last week. Florence and Lucile Steffes of McHenry were guests of relatives here Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Barney Keller of Burlington, Wis., were visiting relatives here last Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Adams and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Schmitt were Aurora visitors last Sunday. The forty hour devoton will start on Oct. 31 at St. John's Catholic church at Johnsburg. Mr. and Mrs. Will Sattem and daughter of Woodstock called on home folks one night last week. Mr. and Mrs. Jos. Freund of Wau-i kegan were Sunday guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Tonyan. & Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Miller are the happy parents of a bright baby boy'. They named him Elmer Edward. Mrs. Peter Williams visited >with her daughter, Mrs. Martin Schmitt in McHenry last week Wednesday. Misses Mary and Katherine Althoff motored up from Elgin with their uncle, Henry Althoff, last Sunday. Miss Rose Miller and her friend, Mr. Lang, of Chicago visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Math. Miller, Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Peter M. Wagner and family of Volo were guests of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Althoff, Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Peter Schaefer and family of McHenry were guests of his parents,"Mr. find Mrs. Peter Schaefer, one day last week. The Daniels Medicine Show company, which came here last Thursday, is drawing a nice crowd each night SLOCUM LAKE W. E. Brooks was a business caller at Cary last Friday. Robt. Kirk was a business caller at Aurora last Thursday. Willard Darrell was a Round Lake caller Sunday morning. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Geary were callers at Wauconda Saturday evening. Mr. and Mrs. G. J. Burnett were business callers at Crystal Lake Tuesday. < Sam Dickson is unable to be around on account of being ill with rheumatism. You fean buy such good shoes here that you need not go farther. Smith Bros. Matilda Sandman of near Lake Zurick was a guest of Mrs. Earl Johnston Saturday. Mrs. Jack Geary spent Thursday afternoon and evening at the G. J. Burnett home. Mrs. Ray Dowell accompanied Mr, and Mrs. Wm. Davis to Waukegan last Tuesday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. John Nish of Burton's Bridge called at the Darrell-Matthews home Saturday evening. , " Mrs. Emmet Geary <rf Fremont township called on Mr. and Mrs. Henry Geary Thursday. Mrs. Mort Baseley and son, Dean, of Wauconda were Tuesday afternoon visitors of Mrs. Joe Dowell. Mr. and Mrs. G. J. Burnett called on Mrs. Lyle Litwiler at her home at Round Lake Wednesday afternoon. Mildred Hoffman was a business caller in Chicago last Thursday and also called on friends at Maywood. Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Parks and Mrs. Ella Parks of Park Ridge were guests at the W. E. Brooks home Sunday. Mrs. Robt. Kirk and daughter, Darlene, and Joe Kirk were business visitors at McHenry Saturday afternoon. Mrs. Joe Dowell and two children called on her mother, Mrs. Alice Baseley, at Wauconda Saturday afternoon. tained the latter's parents, Mr. and j and all seem to enjoy it. Mrs. Hanson, of Madison, Wis., thej Mrs. Swan Johnson and little son, past week. Mrs. Jack Nichols, Mrs. Fred Karls, Mrs. John Karls and daughter, Evelyn spent Friday at the Frank Hiron- j imus home. When you have that next auction sale, either farm or household furniture, call or write Wm. G. Schreiner. Phone 93-R. Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Haines and daughsustained recently. Miss Myrtle Darrell attended the surprise birthday party given in honor of Warren Powers at his home south of Wauconda last Friday evening. The party was arranged and successfully planned by the junior class of the W. T. H. S., of which he is a member. Mr. and MTS. Harry Matthews received an announcement of the birth of a daughter, Shirley Arlaine, to Mr. and Mrs. Earl Prouty of Cicero, 111. Mrs. Prouty was formerly Miss Elva Wheelock of this community, having lived here most of her life before her marriage. Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Brooks and son, William, arrived home Friday afternoon via auto after spending four weeks visiting their daughter, Mrs. Jack Pesheck, in North Dakota and Mr., and Mrs. J. W. Cook and family at Judith Gap, Mont., and other friends at Harlowton and Highwood, Montana. • SOLON MIU£ Don't forget the date of,Solon Mills bazaar, Oct. 16. ' Bird Hodge is visiting Relatives at Deerfield this week. Mrs. Roy Smith of Pistakee Bay was a Sunday caller in town. ' f; Edwin Livesey of Kenosha was calling on friends here Sunday. ; , Chas. Westlake was a business visitor at Fox Lake last Sunday. Stanley Aim of Chicago spent the week end with his mother here. Miss Leona Cropley spent the week end visiting friends in Chicago. Forty-five and 100 piece dinner sets now on display at J. J. Vycital's. The very best quality groceries at rock bottom prices at Erickson's. Harry Turner and son of Woodstock spent Sunday with the former's father. Mr. Randall of Chicago was a busi n.'ss caller at the Geo. Vogel home Sunday. Mrs. Nell Evans of Woodstock spent MrandMnTj. D~ Williams and Von | Monday with her sister, Mrs. A. C. Merrell. Mr. and Mrs. Wright of Elgin were entertained .in the A. C. Merrell home- Sunday. *; Mis. Ennily Wellman'is. still very sick at the home of her brother, E. E. Cropley. Mrs. Chet Osborn and daughter, HERMAN HOPPE DEAD Herman Hoppe passed away at hfs late home west of this city last Memday evening following a long illness. The funeral took place at 10:00 o'clock this (Thursday) morning with interment in a Chicago cemetery. Hours, 2:30 to 8:00 p. m. - ^ S. J. Fowler, D. C. Palmer Graduate CHIROPRACTOR W. McHenry, Mon., Wed., FrL Phone 158 Woodstock, Tues., Thurs., Sat;. Phone 449 % of Crystal Lake were Sunday guests of the latter's mother, Mrs. Clara Smith. Mr. and Mrs. Louis Rhoman of Barring ton were Friday evening callers at the home of Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Brooks. 1 We are now selling a splendid new Cecil, of Palatine spent Sunday and! line of wool and wool mixed dress !^ora» were business callers in Wood- Monday in the home of her parents, Mr. ahd Mrs. John Mertes. Quite a few members of the men's C. O. F. from here attended the installation of officers at St. Mary's hall this week Tuesday evening. „ Mr. and Mrs. Walter Grube and goods in a variety of patterns. L. A.1 stoc^ Monday Erickson. * Mr. and Mrs. Louis Thayer of Wood- Nick Kennebeck and daughter,!stock vere callinK on Wends here Clara, of Griswold Lake were Tuesday j Sunday evening, evening caltert at the Darrell-Mat thews home. ^ When you have that next auction little son, Walter, of Chicago spent! sale, either^ farm or household fu'rni Saturday and Sunday in the home of ture, call or write Wm, G. Schreiner. ter, Ruth, sent the week end at the, her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Mer Phone 93-R. home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. | tes. Rossdeutscher. j Mrs. Mary Krift, Mr. and Mrs. Cards receiyed by friends of Mr. j Frank Schermann and son, Albertus,! where all the employes of the and Mrs. Joe Lenzen state they werej0f Wheatland, Wis., visited with Mr. Deetrick Co. met. touring in South Dakota and expect loj and Mrs. Wm. Althoff one day this Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Brooks attended the barbacue at Tower Lake Saturday, M. H. be home this week. Ben Wagner, who has been very sick at a Waukegan hospital, is somewhat improved. His Volo friends wish him a speedy recovery. The dairy herds of James Carrau, Philip Wagner and Ralph Davis were week. Mr. and Mrs. John Hiller entertained a jolly crowd of young people | and Mrs. Wm. Davis. last week Thursday to help celebrate. Miss Orpha Morlock spent the week the twenty-first birthday of their son, George Hiller. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Schroeder and T. B. tested the past week under the j family of Chicago were visiting her Mr. and Mrs. L. Martin and Mrs. F. Mart n of McHenry called at the E. E, Cropley home Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Art Aubert of Chicago spent the week end with the latter's mother, Mrs. G. S. Gibbs. Edwin Vogel has returned home from Peoria, He is now thru with the racing business for the year. Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Reading autoed with Stanley Bert to DesPlaines Sunday to visit the latter's sister. Mr. and Mrs. Will Cowen of Harvard were week end guests at the home of the latter's -mother here, end with her home folks at RosecransJ Mra- MacCline and daughter of She also attended the teachers' meet-! Minneapolis and Mrs. D. Overton of ing at Libertyville. j Antioch are visiting in the Clay Herman Kalling and son, Ralph, of Hardy home Mr. and Mrs. Earl Converse and daughter, Frances, were Sunday dinner guests of the latter's parents, Mr. supervision of Dr. Grinnell. j parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Pitzen, j Chicago spent Sunday with the for-J When you have that next auction The Jane Neville farm, occupied by | Sunday. Mrs. Pitzen accompanied tier's sister and brother-in-law, Mr. I sale» cither farm or household furni- George Dowell, has been improved in them back to Chicago to spend tW'and Mrs. Henry Winkler. ! fcure> cal1 or write Wm- G- Schreiner. looks by the addition of a new chicken: week there. house and all buildings painted. | Joseph B. Hettermann sold his resi- Mr. and Mrs. Lfee Huson and family j (fence to John Schoen of Chicago last attended a surprise party at the j Week Wednesday and bought a piece Croker home in Libertyville Thursday j 0f iand Qf Anthony Schmitt, where evening last in honor of Mrs. Croker's they have already started work on a birthday. Sunday Visitors at the Joseph Vogt home were Mr. and Mrs. Martin Chinburg of Chicago, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Smith and children of DesPlaines and Delbert Converse of West Fremont. Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Thompson attended the funeral of Mrs. Rhoda Sutherland at Waukegan Saturday afternoon. Mrs. Sutherland, a former Volo girl and a sister of Mrs. Thompson, died at the Victory Memorial hosital Thursday night after a short illness caused by uremic poisoning. Mrs. L. V. Lusk, accompanied by Mrs. D. V. Waite, Esther Lusk, Helen Vasey, Florence Bauman and Blanche Converse of the "Jolly Bunch club," went to Libertyville Friday evening to attend the achievement program given by Mrs. Doerschuk's girls' club, after which they saw the picture, "When a Man's a Man" at the Auditorium theatre. The Volo Ladies' Aid society met at the home of Mrs. L. V. Lusk Thursday, Oct. 2. About twenty ladies were present and a very enjoyable afternoon was spent in piecing quilts. A committee, consisting of Mrs. L. V. Lusk, Mrs. W. Dillon and Mrs. H. Converse, was appointed to make plans for the annual bazaar which is to be held at the church on Nov. 14. Council Room, Oct. 6, 1924. The city aldermen met in regular session with P. J. Doherty acting as mayor protem. Aldermen present: Doherty, Frisby, Goodell, Justen, Overton and Perkins. Motion by Goodell, seconded by Josten, that the city show its sympathy for our mayor, Dr. Wells, in his bereavement by sending suitable flowers and that the clerk be authorized to write a note of sympathy. Motion carried. Motion by Frisby, seconded by Overton, that the McHenry business men be requested to close their places of business on Wednesday, Oct. 8, from 10:00 a. m. till 11:00 a. m., during the funeral services of Mrs. Wells. Motion carried. Motion by Overton, seconded by Perkins, to adjourn until Monday evening, Oct. 13. Motion carried. P. J. Doherty, Mayor protem. R F. Conway, Clerk. new home for Mr. Hettermann. The sale wqjS put over by A. H. Watson of McHenry. Mrs. Emil Simon Mrs. Emil Simon, who passed away in Chicago on Sept. 26, and was buried in St. John's cemetery the following Sunday, was the daughter of Theodore Meyers of this place. She was born in Johnsburg on Oct. 28, 1885, where she attended the parochial school and grew to womanhood. The deceased was united in marriage to Emil Simon in Chicago on May 28, 1911. Four children blessed this union, two of whom died in. infancy, Mrs. Geo. Vogel, Mrs. Wm. Brennan, Mrs. Victor Aim were Friday callers at the home of Mrs. Roy Smith at Mrs. Fannie Carr, who has spent the Phone 93-R. past month with Mrs. Wm. Fink north of Wauconda, is spending this week at the Darrell-Matthews home. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Winkler, Jr., of ! P's^kee ®ay- Waukegan were Saturday afternoon' Mrs. E. E. Cropley was called to and supper guests of the former's par- j Dodgeville, Wis., Friday an account of ents at the Hoelscher farm. Mrs. J. N. Zimmer and Mrs. J. R. Knox of McHenry spent Monday afternoon at the home of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Geary. Mr. and ~Mrs. LaDoyt Matthews and Mrs. E. F. Matthews of Crystal Lake spent Friday afternoon and evening at the Darrell-Matthews home. Mr. and Mrs. Robt. Kirk entertained Mr. and Mrs. La Verne Schuyler and Mr. and Mrs. George Williams and daughter, Pauline, of Geneva over Sunday. Mrs/Wm. Johnsfoh left last Saturday for Wauwautosa, Wis., where she while the other two, Emily and Junior,: wju visit with her son and daughter together with the grief stricken hus band and father, are left, to survive. Mrs. Simon also leaves four sisters and .two brothers, as follows: Mrs. Margaret Thomas, Mrs. Joseph Skifano, Mrs. Ed. Senft of Chicago, Mrs. Frank Mathieu of Johnsburg, D. H. Meyers of Racine, Wis., and Wm. J. Meyers of Johnsburg. Her father is also living and resides at Johnsburg. in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Lee Johnston, until Tuesday. Mrs. Harry Matthews was the guest of Mrs. Earl Johnston at .her home near Wauconda last Thursday evening while their husbands attended the Masonic lodge at Wauconda. Mr. and Mrs. Willard Darrell and Mrs. Harry Matthews attended the reception in honor of Rev. and Mrs. Lucy Meyers, as she is known to the ^ Riley held at the community house at young people with whom she grew upi Wauconda last Friday evening, in Johnsburg, proved herself a kind! Mrs. J. N. Zimmer and Mrs. J. R. and loving wife and mother, a respect-1 KnoX 0f McHenry, accompanied by ed citizen and true friend. Altho shej their mother, Mrs. Henry Geary, spent resided near St. Louis for a few years,, Friday afternooji and evening at the she spent the past several years in | home of Mr. and Mrs. Emmet Geary Chicago. The bereaved members of the family have the heartfelt sympathy of many friends thruout this locality. EXECUTOR'S NOTICE Alford H. Pouse, Atty. Estate of John J. Justen, deceased. The undersigned, having been appointed Executor of the last Will and Testament of John J. Justen, deceased, at Freemont. Mr. and Mrs. Willard Darrell and daughters, Myrtle and Mrs. Harry Matthews, called on Mrs. P. E. S<?hlottman at Wauconda and Mr. and Mrs. LaDoyt Matthews at Crystal Lake Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Harry Matthews is attending the fiftieth annual session and golden jubilee of the grand chapter of Illinois Order of the Eastern Star, which is tre late-of the County of McHenry and . State of Illinois, hereby gives notice convening at the Aud.tonum th that he will appear before the County j m Chicago for four days this week. Court of McHenry County, at the Mr. and Mrs. Willard Darrell and Court House in Woodstock, at the | daughter, Myrtle, and Mrs. Harry December Term, on the first Monday j Matthews attended the annual meetin December 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 undersigned. Dated this 6th day of October, A. D. 1924. Nicholas P. Justen, Executor. ng and supper of the Confederated church and congregation at the community house at Wauconda last Tuesday evening. C. A. Bevans of Wauconda and Willard Darrell, representing the Mutual Casualty company of Chicago, delivered a $2,000 check to Earl Ritta of Ivanhoe last Tuesday in payment for the accidental loss of an eye he the serious illness of her mother, Mrs. W. T. Jones, of that place. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Vogel entertained Monday Mrs. C. Foley, Mrs. F. Wilson of Richmond; Mrs. J. Filweber and son of Antioch and Mrs. Seles, of Waukegan. ^The Antioch Sales & Service station *?s to be enlarged and otherwise improved by the owner, Wm. Rosing, who expects to spend about $4,000 in an endeavor to make the station one of the best of the kind to be found in any of the smaller towns in this se&-_ tion of the state. The station handles the Ford products. Now Open With « new, clean line of Fish, Vegetables, Fruits, Bread, Bakery Goods and the choicest Fiesh, Salt and Smoked Meats. Come in, get acquainted and let us demonstrate ihe kind of service that is obtaintfble here. People's Market Schmitt Black West McHenry Oatiid* THIS In§idm THIS Go Home to a Radiant Fire Heater To the man coming ill chilled by the dampnea% the Radiant Fire Heater means comfort and cheer, ---ready on the instant without work or worry. Have this gaa heater fog the treacherous between* season time. There are both flreplaoa and portable models. 8*4 them here. Western United C3as' and Electric Compaiy ©TE. Collins, Diat. Elgin. IU. Mgr. The Letter Way-- and the Better Way THE letter way was a good way when it was the only way. But the art of letter writing: has been lost in the rush of modern business life. The telephone way--a better way, a more personal way--has taken its place. More and more, Long Distance is doing the ttrial and labor than wor^ Qf the postman, the existing plant. . - r * Capital for this purpose must be obtained, on which an adequatt rvtum must b* paid. f\URING 1924 JLJ we will he required by public demand for service to add65,000 teleph ones to our system. Switchboards, cable, wires, Poles, instruments end other equipment for these telephones must be bought and put into service at higher levels for maand the social and business letters of other decades are being replaced by the social and business telephone calls of to-day. ILLINOIS BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY BELL SYSTEM <% One Policy •* One System - Universal Sendee