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^ * "V* * * * * < l - ^ jSH ,x y-u / •• 1 a. *" ; "-^ r ' - ^ *% •? f-'tf^ ̂ W. ̂ .̂ C^ .̂-'-î î '•'$?-f-w^4-^ 'i.^f- ry f^v 1 - i1^ %d S^% g / • . •: > . -' . ••'•;•. • V; Java Whips at.............. .,„.. ..... . io and 15 cents Good stocked Java Whips.. ... ̂ <,•>',35 cent# Sblid Rawhide Centers from tip to butt Extra heavy Rawhidea^t .. <. ^UW-S® ccn% «. ^vl-275C and $1.00 -°'.>"-:'Vfe.,: •••:••• V- v.;v.i'-.";' •' Vulcanized Rubber at. . . •^i*. . » ± i - -> i .$1.00 % ^ Whalebone Whips at.... $1.00, $ 1 .35, $ 1 .50 GUS. CARLSON # McHenry and 'West IVIoHenry. "*:;'.':;.«i^g. &'*>•"? ...••**?:• *•'V' K. G. DEKKER West McHenry, Mi* fruits",". plants Fancy Groceries and Delicacies! V "> Oor motto: "The best quality of everything at reasonable price," as best . goods are always cheapest In the end. Specialties: Jav;<& M<x:hacoffeetnljCed, fine teas, boiled ham, canned and smoked fish, Limburger, brick, lunch cheese etc. Im­ ported ; Edam & Swiss cheese. Gray peas, pickled beans arid genuine Holland her­ ring. For slctt and delicate people our imported cocoa and toast is very highly re- •> commended everywhere. We also sell tickets to and from Europe at lowest rates. t J and exchange farms for Chicago property. Produce bought and enchanged. PS 1#;^ M:.*yv.< -•' r.î .-v > r--' KC K\"' • '...-A'--1. Best Portland Cement Delivered at McHenry at $2.50 per barrel. WM. BELL. Factory and residence, No. .500 Hill Avenue Office, room 2, McBride block, Douglas Ave ELGIN, ILLINOIS CHARLES 4 fRETT Wholesale and retail dealer in I MM ia tlM Market For BMl Veal riuttoa H«CS and PoaKry Qlva • a call F iod SI Smoked Keats, Sausage McHenry Illinois uiupd Stcam"Fittitiat and Wind mills Steel and Wood tanks and Farm machinery A full- line in every department We are prepared to dp Well Work of all Kinds Give us a call Conway & Rainey Ringwood, 111. This Bank .receives deposits, buys and sells Foreign and Do­ mestic Exchange, and does a W':'. CEKEMl BANKING BUSINESS. We endeavor to do all busi­ ness entrusted to our care * in a manner and upon terms entire­ ly satisfactory to our custom­ ers and respectfully solicit the public patronage jfloney to Loan on real estate and other first class se­ curity. Spec ial attention given to collections INSURANCE In ^Tirst Class Companies, at the Low- Yours Respectfully ^ -PERRY & OWEN, r Notary Public. Bankers. DON'T BE FOOLEDI © -Take the genuine, origfaai ROCKY MOUNTAIN TEA Made only by Madison Medi­ cine Co., Madison, Wis. It keeps you well. Our trade marie cut on each package. Price, 35 cents. Never soM la bulk. Accept no RINGWOOD School entertainment Jan. 24. Frank Hess and family are away vis- iting friends. Walter Bradley spent Wednesday of last week in Elgin on business. The Willirig Workers meet Wednes­ day with Mrs. William Harrison. Lora and Agnes Dodge visited at Park Ridge from Saturday until Monday. The Laides' Aid Society have planned to meet with Mrs. J, Cristy on Jan. 80. Clyde Harrison of Chicago is visiting relatives and renewing old acquaint­ ances here this week. Mike McGraw, who for sometime has been a resident of Hingwood has recent­ ly moved to Richmond. A number of citizens of this vicinity are attending the Farmers' Institute which is being held at Nunda this week. Miss Myrtle Stevens is enjoying an extended visit with her sister, Mrs. Edwin Johonnott' at Terra Haute. Ind. The ladies of the W. C. T. U. will give a supper and social on Friday even ing, Jan. 31, at the home of Howard Waterman All are cordially invited. The chicken pie dinner given last Fri­ day for the benefit of the cemetery fund netted something over $40. We think this pretty good and feel that our ladies need a vote of thanks. Thousands Sent Into Exile. Every year a large number of poor sufferers whose lungs are BO re and racked with coughs are urged to go to another climate. But this is costly and not always sure. Don't be an exile when Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption will cure you at home. It's the most infallible medicine for Coughs, Colds, and all Throat and Lung diseases on earth. The frst dose brings relief. Astounding cures result from persistant use. Trial bottles free at •Julia A. Story's. Price SOo and $1.00. Every bottle guaranteed. ft••••?(****ae«e*» NEIGHBORING NEWS AS CHRONICLED BY OUR ABLE CORPS OF CORRESPONDENTS SPRING GROVE. Earl Westlake ia now able to be out Jessie Winjjate of Chicagp spent Sun­ day here. The German hotel listed sixteen boarders last week. Mrs. Wilson spent several days at Richmond last week. Court Hastings has sold his place to John Kauttner for $825 Misp Alice Hastings is not as well as her many friends would like to see her, but all hope for a Bpeedy recovery. A lairgo vuii^rcgatiou was present last Sunday evening at the M. E. church. Rev? Gee will be able to be here but every other Sunday evening., Mrs. Jas. Neish has been at Richmond the past week caring for her mother, Mrs. Wm. Peacock, who has been dan­ gerously sick, having received a stroke. A dramatic wave has struck our town. The elders will soon present a M. W. and R. N. play to the public, and the younger element will also have a school drama. Watch for dates. Mrs. Silas Pierce returned from the city last week where she was called by the fatal illness of her niece, Mabel Springate, aged seven. The little one was injured at play at school and died alter terrible suffering of hrain fever. The meadows by Nippersink Lake were set afire last Monday night in some unknown manner and considerable hay burned. Only prompt work on the part of the neighbors saved all in the neigh­ borhood. The land in the vicinity of Heaneys' Lake was also burned the same day and bay belonging to John Gerbracht destroyed. Several new members have been added to the Woodman camp here. Among the late additions are Dr. Foster, Lewis Nulk, Mr. Karls, An tone Scheaffer and B. Rudolph. The new officers ha\ e been installed and are J. B. Ricbardsun, ^. C.; Jas. Pierce, W. A.; John West- lake, clerk; Dick Oxtoby, hanker; Dr. Fostec, physician. Wm. Seaver and Wm. Watts consti­ tute the new firm that will deal in lum­ ber, coal and feed. Mr. Seayer has had charge of the Barker Lumber Co. 's yard ^when it was here, and at the same time^ was overseer at Richmond. He has severed his relations with the Barker Lumber Co. and Mr. Watts has part of the necessary buildings ready so that they will soon be able to do business. A Profitable Iiivextiiieut. "I was troubled for about seven years with my stomach and in bed half my time, " says E. Demick, Somerville, Ind. "I spent about $1,000 and never could get anything to help me until I tried Kodol Dyspepsia Cure. I have taken a few bottles and am entirely well." You don't live by what you Wajt, bat by what you digest anA assimulate. If your stomach doesn't digest your food y<A axe really starving. Kodol Dysj^psia Cure does the stomach's work by digesting the food. You don't have to diet. Eat all you want. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure cures all stomach troubles. Julia A. Story, McHenry; G. W. B«sley, Wert McHeaij. OSTBND. Geo. Thomas was at McHenry Tues­ day. Thos. McDonald was at McHenry Sat- urd ly. Ed. Pieroe was a Woodstock visitor Friday. Robert Richardson was at Woodstock Tuesday. Mrs. Dell Sherman wm a McHenry visitor Tuesday. < > Wilbur Bassett and wife were at Mc­ Henry Tuesday. Mr. Botts will soon move to a farm •» near Greenwood. , Chas. Abbott and family visited at John Pierce'8 Sunday^ Rev. Lauck will preach at Ostend this week, ^fe^sh him success. Eber ^assett hauled butter to Wood­ stock fr<^n_^b^- Ostend creamery Tues­ day. Eugene A. Thompson of Chicago vis­ ited at H. N. Thompson's Wednesday and Thursday. The increase in milk has made it nec­ essary for Chas. Davis to hire an assist­ ant in the creamery. Drs. M. W. Thompson and J. M. Wright both of Chicago were Sunday visitors at H. N. Thompson's. Mr. Conn of Richmond and Rev. Lauck of McHenry attended and par­ ticipated in the Honor Day exercises at the Osteud school house Sunday even­ ing- A Deep Mystery. It is a mystery why women endure Backache, Headache, Nervousness, Sleeplessness, Melancholy, Fainting and DizzySpells when thousands have proved that Electric Bitters will quickly cure such troubles. ' 'I suffered for years with kidney trouble," writes Mrs. Phebe Cherley, of Peterson, Ia., ' 'and a lame back pained me so I could not dress my self, but Fiectric Bitters wholly cured me, and, though 78 years old, I now am able to do all my housework." It overcomes Constipation, improyes Ap petite, gives perfect health. Only 60c at Julia A. Story's drug store. to BABBETULB. Clyde Wingate is hauling wood Nunda. Robert Howell is working for J. W. Wingate. Thos. Kane of Ringwood was a recent caller here. Fred Wilmington was in Chicago Wednesday. x Mort. Ritt of Nunda was a caller here Sunday. T. C. Goodwin of Nuncta was a caller here Saturday. J. J. Hunter was in Chicago a few days last week, ,-.y T. V. Slocum of Arkansas was a call­ er here Saturday. C. W. Starritt ot Evanston was a caller here Sunday. Miss Eiiza Howell of Nunda spent Wednesday at home. • J. W. Wingate is on the jury at Woodstock this week. A few from here attended the poultry show at Nunda Thursday. | E. F. Matthews and Jas. McDonald were in Chicago Thursday. Ed. Behan was the guest of Chas. Gibbs the last of the week. Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Thompson were in Nunda Saturday evening. 1L F. Matthews was in Woodstock on business the last of the week. Frisby Bros, of North Nunda were business callers here Monday. Mr. and Mrs. John Forbes of' Union were callers here Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Sutton of McHenry called at J. Fleming's Sunday. Wm. Walsh of Griswold Lake was a caller here Saturday afternoon. John Hunter and sister, Edna, spent Monday evening at Thos Thompson's. Mrs. Ruth Turner spent Thursday at Wm. YanNatta's Jr. at Slocum's Lake. Miss Ella Krouse entertained a num ber of her young friends Sunday even­ ing. Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Wheeler of Mc­ Henry were callers here Friday after­ noon. Mrs. J. H. Gracy and son, Martin, of Terra Cotta were callers here Monday evening. Mr and Mrs. Harry Grantham and son of Wauconda called at Wm. Van Natta's Sr. Sunday. Fred and Elmer Wilmington spent Friday evening with Mr. and Mra. Harry Wooley at Nunda. John Hunter and sister. Edna, and Henry Simon spent Sunday at Wm. YanNatta's at Slocum's Lake. Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Turner are the parents of a baby boy, who arrived at their home Saturday afternoon. Misses Clara Thompson and Margaret Aylward visited Miss Mayme Knox's school at Emerald Park Friday after­ noon. There was a social dance given in the hall here Wednesday evening Lj the boys. There was a large crowd present and a fine time was had. JOHN8BUBOH. Martin Lay is on the sick list. John M. Miller is nursing a lame hand. Math. Jung died at his home here Mon- night. Charles Michels was a Wilmot caller Monday. Mr. Grot of McHenry was a caller here Friday. t Miss Maggie Adams was a caller in Chicago Monday. John Kattner of Spring Grove was a caller hero Sunday. Miss Lena Blake of Richmond called on relatives here Sunday. Geo. Nell and Joa F. Schmitt were Richmond callers Friday. I ' . Peter Miller of Stacyville, Iowa, is visiting relatives and friends here. Henry Meyers is working for Mr. Ericsson at Mineral Springs hotel. Mrs. Anna Bngner and daughter, Emma, visited with Aug. Huff Thurs­ day. Peter Adams, of Johnsburgh, Minn., is visiting with relatives and friends here. Mr. Schmitt of Chicago, representing Chas. A. Zahn's wholesale business, was a caller here Monday. John S. Freund and wife returned Thursday, after visiting relatives and friends in Chicago several days. Peter Weber has rented the Martin Adams farm about 8 miles north of here. He will move there in the spring. Peter Weber finished a well for Jacob F. Schmitt last Friday. He drilled 180 feet, furnishing him w i h plenty of water Hubert Klapperich and John A. Bng­ ner returned home Friday after visiting relatives and friends in Chicago several weeks and reported a good time. On Friday afternoon Math. B. Adams' barn was destroyed by fire with two horses and two cows. While trying to save the animals Mr. Adams was badly burned about the face and hands. The loss is partially covered by insurance. On Tuesday evening the Foresters had a festival in St. Joseph's hall. Refresh­ ments were served and the evening was spent in all kinds ef amusements and games. Many of the McHenry and Yolo Foresters were in attendance. AH present wish to have a good many mOre of these reunions. Don't Live Together. Constipation and health never go to­ gether. DeWitt's Little Early Risers promote easy action of the bowels with­ out distress. "I have been troubled with costiveness nine years," says J. O. Greene, Depauw, Ind. "I have tried many remedies but Little Early Risers give the best results." Julia A. Story, McHenry; (jh W. Besley, West McHenry. VOLO. O. Howard of Waukegan was a Yolo caller Thursday. Mrs. John Ahart and daughter,. Ella, visited relatives here Thursday. Ed. Roth of Wisconsin has started a barber shop in John Richardson's store. Robert Granger Sr. and friend of Chicago Sundayed at his home at Fish Lake. The "Jolly Rebels" meet with Mrs. George Huson of Fort Hill Saturday afternoon. Mrs. John Rosiiig visited her daugh­ ter, Mrs. Mike Hertel. at Fremont the past week. Mr. and M*. Albert Raught spent the past week with friends and relatives in Waukegan. Lulu and Jesse Simpson of Waucon­ da Sundayed with their grandmother, Mrs. Gardinier. Mrs. William Delans of Sandwich spent part of the week with her sister, Mrs. Mary Parker. Mrs. Hogan and daughter, Millie, of Waukegan were visiting friends in this vicinity the past week. Mr. and Mrs. Sylvester Wagener and laughter of Wauconda spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Chris Sable. Chauncey Jepson attended the instala- tion of officers of Mizpah lodge M. W. W. at Wauconda Wednesday evening. Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Decker of Grays Latce spent Saturday and Sunday with the former s sister, Mrs. Charles Parker. Elmer Francisco of Ringwood and Mildred ana Lucy Stevens of McHenry spent Sunday afternoon with Miss Rose Huson. Mesdames A. J. Raymond, L. V. Lusk and Grace Kirwin attended the chicken pie dinner given at McHenry Thursday. Mr. and Mrs Will Cornish and daugh­ ter, Maud, and Mrs. Vogel of Solon at­ tended the funeral of George Vasey here Wednesday. The quarterly conference will meet at Raught Bros'. Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock. All interested are invited to be present. Sunday afternoon Rev. Earngy, the presiding elder, will preach at the M. E. church. Mr. George Vasey, an old and respect ed citizen of Volo, died at his hpjne Monday mornipg, Jan. 18. Funeral services were held in the Volo Method ist church Wednesday afternoon. He leaves a widow and nine children to mourn their loss. Their many friends sympathize with them in their bereave­ ment. Blown To Atoms. The old idea that the body some times needs a powerful, drastic, purga­ tive pill has been exploded; for Dr. King's New Life Pills, which are per­ fectly harmless, gently stimulate liver and bowels to expell poisonous matter, cleanse the system and absolutely cure Constipation and Sick Headache. Only •5c at Julia A. Story 's drag stotgb; • S v - : WACCONDA. Fuller & Wentworth are taking their annual invoice. Albert Reynolds and a party of friends from Chicago drove to our village Sun­ day afternoon. Geo. Harris went to Richmond Thurs­ day to make arrangemedts for learning the bakery trade. Geo. C. Roberts, who is conducting a pharmacy at Barrington, spent Sun­ day with his parents of this place. Skating on the lake is fairly good and many of the skaters were enjoying it last week. Ice boating is quite popular. Harry Fuller went to Chicago Tues­ day. Mrs. Fuller who has been severely ill with malaria fever for some time ac­ companied him home. Mrs. Harrison went to Chicago Mon­ day accompanied by her daughter, Lora. They will start Wednesday on a trip to visit relatives in Pennsylvania. The fire company was called out Thursday morning in res ponce to an alarm of fire in Clark's restaurant. It was a small blaze and easily extin­ guished. A Dancing school is held every Tuesday evening at the Oakland hall. Quite a large class are attending and Miss Raffen is pronounced a very capable instructor in the art. Horse races were held on the lake Saturday. "tJrey Eagle" driven and owned by A. Kirwin won the trotting and Harry Geary's "Jesse" won the running race. The revival meetings at 4he M. E church closed Friday, after two weeks' duration Rev. and Mrs, Lapham de­ serve a great deal of credit for their ef­ forts in the meeting. L. C. Price & Son have just purchased a new safe. It is a mammoth affair, weighing about 7 tops and was delivered Monday morning. It contains 85 apart­ ments which will be rented for 1 year at $5 a piece. . An acrobat gave an exhibition Qn the street Saturday afternoon. He was a good contortionist and the money he took from the crowd was well earned, especially, as he was in the open air for more than an hour, clad only in tights. A "guess where" party was held Wed­ nesday evening at the following places: Miss Marion Freeman's, Miss Dora Monroe and Will Harris'. Games were played and all did ample justice to a progressive supper. Those present wene: Dora Monroe, Marion Freeman, Olie Jenks and Eva Harris, George Harris, Ed. Mills, Leo. Maimann and Norman Ladd. • The first sign of a cough should re­ mind you that it is best to take some­ thing at the beginning. Take White It Girdles The Globe. The fame of Bucklen's Arnica Salve, as the best in the world, extends round the earth. It's the one perfect healer of Cuts, Corns, Burns, Bruises, Sores, Scalds, Boils, Ulcers, Felons, Aches, Pains and all Skin Eruptions. Only infallible Pile cure. 25c a box at Julia A. Story's, WOODSTOCK. Horse sale, Wednesday, Feb. 12. There will be services in the German Lutheran church on Sunday evening at 7 o'clock. John Pervose died at his home in this city on Thursday, Jan. 16, 1902, after a few day's illness of paralysis. Mrs. Fred Fehrman IST Seneca town­ ship was tried before a jury in Judge Gilhnore's court on Saturday moruing and adjudged insane, being committed to the asylum at Elgin, where she was taken in the afternoon. T>ie infant child of Mr. and .Mrs. Marcellns L. Joslyn, has been seriously tU the past week but under the skillful treatment of Dr. »F. C. Page, and ex­ cellent care given it by a Chicago nurse, it is rapidly recovering. The second week of the January term ot the pircuit court opened on Monday morning with Judge C. H. Donnelly on the bench. The jurymen were dis­ charged and after transacting the busi­ ness then before the court, an adjourn­ ment was taken. P. E. Rose has filled his ice houses near the freight depot $he past week with a fine quality of 14-inch ice from Dufield's lake. Jacob Zimraer also filled his ice houses near the stock yard while a number of the butter factories in this vicinity have Leen laying in their usual supply. The local improvement committee of the city council met with some of the citizens interested, at the council room last week Friday eveuing to talk over the advisability of extending the water mains on East Calhoun street to the Fair grounds. There was n > dissent­ ing voice and the improvement will be made early in the spring. Ackley & Page exhibited 100 birds at the poultry show last week, there bei g some excellent specimens of Buff Wy- andotts and White Plymouth Rocks, and the gentlemen captured the $35 gold sweepstakes besides taking four special prizes, 5 first premiums, 8 sec­ ond and 4 third premiums, which cer­ tainly is a very good showing. A large number of neighbors and friends of Mr. and Mrs. Edward How­ ard gathered at their home in Green­ wood township on Wednesday evening, Jan. 15, -1902, and gave them a genuine surprise. There were about eighty peo­ ple in the party who were well supplied with edibles, and all report a merry time. The gnosis presented Mr. and Mrs. Howard with a handsome chair as a token of the esteem in which they are held by their neighbors and many friends. N. H. Petesch, Deutche Apotheke. Familien Recepten aorgfallig xn be- reiiflt * j Are You in Need of Good Shoes? We have new arrivals Ladies' and Gents' , , v heavy soles and also heavy teather, should you so desire, prices - * $1.50, $1.75, $2.00, $2.25,/$£.50 "These are of excellent value and /sHould command your immediate attention. ^ ' 20 PES ([NI. DIMM Oil [OP SKIRTS Blankets and some lines Underwear, Men's heavy-lined Duck Coats. Special reduction on Rubbers of the kind that gives satisfactory service, too many of them, you know the rest. • ; , IW. C. Evanson. I 1 t! - •• Ct* »»tt* t(» (K ;I 1 SPECIAL MILL END SALE \ 'Mi « ̂ Silks For Waists An elegant assortment of Fancy Silks, Mill Ends and remnants at 60 Cents worth ifi $1.00 and $1.25 A rare opportunity to to secure a Silk Waist Pattern at one-half price on- SATURDAY, MONDAY ^ and TUESDAY NEXT Special Sale on Flannelette Wrappers Our cut prices will interest you. ^ 1 Yours truly, floods Delivered Praaiptly. Av •/ Mf MM / .V fw Long distance 'phone No. 36a. "" * " • •" •• " • " i - - i m - 32 4 the Independent It is conceded on all sides that the cele­ brated and popular Beers brewed and bottled on improved and hygienic princi­ ples and known as Prima and Burg Brau are unequalled as the finest table Beers. Trima Tonic, produced by The Indepen­ dent Brewing Association, possesses a fine flavor and taste and is especially rich in nourishing constituents and invigorat­ ing qualities. The Best Beer and nothing but the best is made by*this Brewery. Try it and be convinced. Purity, strength and rich flavor are its qualifications, Delivered in barrels, hal­ ves, quarters, eights and cases. The Independent Brewing Association JOS. Manager McHenry Branch, t frfr* ****** Wf W* M* Wfl' Patent Medicines! We have as complete a line of patent medicines on hand as ' any druggist in the county, probably not in such large quan­ tities as others, but what we have on our shelves is always fresh. Medicines that stand a long time lose their strength and are worthless. Prescriptions Carefully Compounded by a Re­ gistered Pharmacist. School Supplies! | Ringwood, 111. J. BROWN & SON. •--M Subscribej don't borrow 's •' D"-"1