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* * \ Straw Hats Light Hosiery Summer Suits Summer Underwear ...AT PRIC6S TO DEFY COMPETITION... JOS. W. FREUNO WEST McHENRY, ILLINOIS. FOR THAT Hungry Feeling! Per Can Tomato Soup 10c Mock Trrtle S> up. lOc Pea Soup 10c Chili Con Carne . 10c Corned Beef..l5c, 25c Dried Beef, jarl5, 25C Veal Loaf 12 lAo Ham Loaf 10c Beef Loaf 10c Sweet Potatoes. . . . 13c Sweet Corn, 10c; 3 for 25c Wax Beans 10c Per Can Baked Beans. 10c, 15c Lima Beans, fancy. 13c Succotash, fancy... 13c Apricots 20c Cal. Peaches. 22c, 25c Plums 15c Raspberries 15c Pineapple ISc Red Cherries 18c Strawberries in sv- rup 20C COFFEE: Blend of select Santos and Cultivated African .Ja,va, per pound . ..20c John Stoffel West Side Cash Grocer UP-TO-DATE is the proper word to apply when s*peaking about onr Hardware Store. Being thoroly familiar with every detail connected with our line of business and keeping ever in touch with the new things that spring up almost daily enables us to give a satisfactory account of ourselves whenever a business proposition in our line confronts. Not only does this state­ ment apply to our large and complete stock of Hardware but to our Repair Department, which is in the hands of competent help, as well. A visit to this store will verify this. J. J. VYCITAL'S Centerville Hardware. V McHenry, 111. i? SO ARE WE..... with a full line of New Tiger, Cultivators; McCormick Mow­ ers in 5, 6 and 7 foot; McCor­ mick Grain Binder; McCormick Hay Rakes in 26, 28 and 32 teeth; McCormick Binder Twine in Standard and Sisal; Ignition Batteries; Hay Loaders, Hay Carriers and Track; Truck Wag­ ons and Milk Wagons. Janes- ville Buggies in steel and rubber tires. Engine, MSwer and Bin­ der repairing a specialty. We- know how. Make your wants known to us. :: :; : • \ • $ WM. STOFFEL, * McHENRY es* Items of Interest M Famished by Coanty Superintendent. The annual report to the Btate depart­ ment shows some interesting differences from that of a year ago. The total en­ rollment in all schools of McHenry connty for the past year was 6533, an increase of 343 over the preceding year. Of this gain of 243 pnplls, 158. may be attributed to the country schools. The increase in the grand total days of at­ tendance in all schools of the county was 58,000, of this gain only 12,000 days can be credited to the country schools. This indicated a decided fall in regular­ ity of attendance in the country schools, while the attendance in the graded or village schools shows a strong improve­ ment. The average . salaries of the women teachers for the past year was $39.15, while last year it was $40.98, this is a fall of #1.85 on an average. Since the number of women teachers constitutes about ninty-five per cent of the teaching force of the county, these figures give a fairly good idea of the salary conditions as a whole. The total cost of the schools for the past year was $140,000, a decrease of $2000 as compared with the previous year. District 71 in the town of Greenwood has made a marked improvement by putting up a neat fence. This should be done about every country school building. The property of the district and the interests of the child are pro­ tected in this way. Neglect by parents in giving due regard to the belongings and material interests of the children has a demoralizing effect on the child and also has a tendency to make the boy or girl suspicious of the sincerity that should mark all relations between parents and children. It is certainly not encouraging to the pupils and the teacher to have the fruits of their earn­ est efforts in the improving of the school premises thru the planting of trees and flowers come to naught thru the depre­ dations of wandering herds of cattle that are allowed to saunter where they may over the school yard. The example of the directors in district seventy-one should be followed by others. The di­ rectors are A. O. Heider, M. J. Wright and Wm. Banford. There will be a meeting of all the teachers of the county at Woodstock on Saturday, Sept. 4. This is the annual meeting preparatory to the beginning of the work of the school year. Plans will be outlined for teachers' meetings for the year and the regular supplies will also bfe distributed. A program will also be presented in which some of the most important educational movements will be discussed. Every teacher who expects to teach in the county is expect­ ed to attend ̂ this meeting. Teachers and superintendents are urged to,,begin making preparations for the annual exhibit of school work at the McHenry county fair. The fair will open on Tuesday, Sept. 7. School work should be placed on exhibit by Monday of that week. It would be well if those who desire space for the work to make some reservations for the same in ad­ vance by writing to this office. Many farming communities are awak­ ing to the need ef forming farmers' clubs for the discussion of improved methods in farming and also for the purpose of promoting their financial in­ terests. The organization of farmers is one of the serious problems of the agri­ cultural interests. Attempts of this kind should, however, be encouraged and the experience derived from these trials may lead to a solution of the prob­ lem. The farmers' wives should not be overlooked in this matter. Domestic science is now far from the stage of "faddism" and has become recognized as a prime necessity. Domestic science and the household arts are the basis of a liberal education and the opportunities offered by these courses in our institu­ tions of learning are attracting large numbers of young ladies. The farming communities should organize if for no other reason than that of utilizing to the greatest advantage the abundant and helpful material offered by our state university. c„ • •••••••• »I»MM PROBATE NEWS MMHII .... W..H.I uruislinfl by Mcllenry County Abstract, puny, Woodstock. Illinois. Office in Ar no Id Mock. <»!ist side public Ab­ stracts of t it le itud conv(>y:incln^. Money to Jo;iu on re;il est ;ite in sums of five hundred to ten thousand dollars. Time :md payments to suit Ijorrower. l 'hoties KM, IHKi and HI 1.] REAL ESTATR TRANSFERS. Mathiiis Carls &. ft to Michael Schaefer. w 7 a of pc in ne ' 4 sw!4 sec lil. Mcllen­ ry. r n 1700.00 PROBATE PROCEEDINGS. Estate of Villa Sherman, minor. Petition for appointment of guardian filed and ap proved. Nina N. Sherman appointed guardian. Bond, $5,000. Joseph H. Justen. Widow's relin­ quishment of her award filed and ap proved. Final report approved and ex eeutrix discharged. Jos. A. Miller. Inventory filed and approved. Appraisement bill and peti tion for private sale of personal property filed. Barbara Schreiner. Death proven, Petition for admission of will to probate filed and approved. Petition for letters testamentary filed. Hearing set for Sept. 6, 1909. Isaac Harsh. Widow's relinquish ment and selection filed and approved MARRIAGE LICENSES. Lyman Tinney, 52 Big Foot Phoebe Converse, 58... .Walworth, Wis Items Clipped from Tfee Pletndeeter oft A am st'81,1UI. A. Engeln is feuiiding an addition on the rear of hie building. Charles Kjjftrls of Johnsburgh is doing the work. Cucumbers are being received at both factories in large quantities, and the prospects are that there will be a big crop this season. M. Engeln, having purchased the store building of E. W. Howe, next to his own, is cutting an arch between the two, making a double store, and otherwise improving the premises generally. We understand that a party from Chicago has purchased the Wiedemann property near the depot and will im­ mediately open the same as a saloon and boarding honse. The price 'paid was $11,000| A rattlesnake was killed in front of O. W. Owen's store in this village on Sunday afternoon. He was about two feet long and had four rattles. He was coming from under the sidewalk when discovered. This is the first one seen in this section for many'years. E. M. Owen had a piece of winter wheat on the land just west of his honse that it would be hard to beat. There was a little less than four acres, from which be threshed one hundred and thirty-six bushels of as fine, plump wheat as one could wish to see. Who can beat that for village farming? The investment in summer resorts at Pistakee Bay by citizens of McHenry and others has assumed a regular boom. Property has been bonght there by the following parties: Owen Bros., F. A. Hebard, John I. Story, Dr. H. T. Brown, O. W. Owen, H. E. Wightman and Jacob Story of McHenry; John Wight- man, Mr. Fales and Mr. Pike of Chenoa, 111.; Mr. Williams of Springfield, 111., and Mr. Milne of Fox Lake. Some twenty buildings will be put up on these grounds this fall and early next spring, all neat and tidy cottages. The situa­ tion on the west shore of Pistakee Bay the handsomest to be found on either lake, is accessable to the steamboats and is the best fishing ground in the Northwest. The grounds4are now be­ ing cleaned and put in shape and build­ ing will be commenced at once. The memorial services at the Uni­ versalis church on Sunday afternoon last, being the fiftieth year of Elder Joel Wheeler's ordination to the Chris­ tian ministry, and the forty seventh of his arrival at this place, and the hold­ ing of the first public service in Mc­ Henry county, was attended by the usual assemblage of our citizens. His text was Mat. 9.36. "\yhen he Baw the multitudes He was moved with com­ passion on them, for they fainted and were scattered, as sheep having no shepherd." An unspeakable mass of incidents, of equal importance to all, for the space of fifty years, all being en­ grossed in a compass of time for an ordinary discourse, subjected him to very limited reminiscences, and to the slightest sketches imaginable. His dis­ course thruout was listened to with the closest attention by all and to many brought back vividly the days of trials, hardships and deprivations of pioneer life. Elder Wheeler is now well ad­ vanced in years and has practically re­ tired from the ministry, yet he is al­ ways ready to promptly attend calls made upon him, whether it be at the sick bed, to attend the last sad rights over departed dear one or the more heerfnl gatherings of old and young settlers. No man in McHenry county is more honored and respected than Elder Joel Wheeler. In his behalf we would return thanks to the society for the use of their church, to the citizens for their attendance and attention and to the choir for their excellent devotion­ al music on the occasion. That Elder Wheeler may be long Bpared to mingle among us is our sincere wish. The Crime of Idleness. J Idleness means trouble for any one It's the same with a lazy liver. It caus­ es constipation, headache, jaundice, sal­ low complexion, pimples and blotches, loss of appetite, nausea, but Dr. King's New Life Pills soon banish liver trou bles and build up your health. 25c. at N. H. Petesch's, F. Masquelet's and others. This paper and The Weekly Inter Ocean--$1.75 for one year's subscription to both. Seared With A Hot Iron, or scalded by overturned kettle- cut with a knife--bruised by flammed door -- injured by gun or in any other way the thingjaeeded at once is Bucklen Arnica Smve to subdue inflammation an<l kill the pain. It's earth's supreme healer, infallible for Boils, Ulcers, Fever Sores, Eczema and Piles. 25c. at N. H Petesch's, F. Masquelet's f*nd others. Get the habit, go to Petoach's, Do You Get Up With a Lame Back? Kidney Trouble Makes Ton Miserable. Almost everyone knows of Dr. Kilmer's SWamp-Root, the great kidtiey, liver and H .. . bladder remedy, be- « i !i c b u s c of its jt iiiark- || able health restoring [I properties. Swamp- Root fulfills almost every wish in over­ coming rheumatism, pain in the back, kid- neys, liver, bladder and every part of the urinary passage. It corrects inability to hold water and scaldingpain in passingit, or bad effects following use of liquor, wine or beer, and overcomes that unpleasant necessity of being compelled to go often through the day, and to get up many times during the night. Swamp-Root is not recommended for everything but if you have kidney, liver or bladder trouble, it will be found just the remedy you need. It has been thor­ oughly tested in private practice, and has proved so successful that a special Ar­ rangement has been made by which all readers of this paper, who have not al­ ready tried it, may have a sample bottle sent free by mail, also a book telling more about Swamp-Root, and how to find out if you have kid- ^ ney or bladder trouble. When writing mention reading this generous offer in this paper and send your address to Dr. Kilmer & Co., Home olhwmmp-Hoot. Bingliamton, N. Y. The regular fifty-cent and one-dollar size bottles are sold by all druggists. Don't make any mistake but remember the name, Swamp-Root, Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, and the ad­ dress, Binghamton,N. Y.,on every bottle. EXECUTOR'S NOTICE. Estate of Joseph A. Miller, Deceased. The undersigned having been appointed Executor of the last Will and Testament of Joseph A. Miller, deceased, late of the Coun­ ty of McHenry and State of Illinois, hereby (jives notice that lie will appear before the County Court of McHenry County, at the Court House in Woodstock, at the October Term, on the first Monday in October next, at which, time all persons having claims igalnst said Estate are notified and requested to attend for the purpose of having fjiesaine Adjusted. Ail persons indebted to said Estate are requested to make immediate payment to the undersigned. Dated this 2Mth day of July, A. D. 1H0U. -4t Joskph W. Fkeund, Executor. ASSIGNEE'S NOTICE. Lamborn & Guernsey, Attorneys* 184 LaHalle Street, Chicago. Estate of the McHenry Electric Service Company, a oorporatiou, debtor County CouH of McHenry County, Wood­ stock, 111. The undersigned hereby givesijuofclce that The McHenry Electric Service company, a •orporation of the Village of McHenry, State of Illinois, did on the 20tli day of Juue, A, D. 1909. voluntarily transfer to the undersigned, as assignee, all Its property, real and per­ sonal, for the benefit, of its creditors, accord­ ing to the provisions of the statutory act con­ cerning assignments. All persons having claims against said The McHenry Electric Service company, are here­ by notified to present said claims, under oath or affirmation, to me at the electric plant of The McHenry Electric Service company, in the said Village of McHenry, County of Mc­ Henry State of Illinois, within three months from this date. McHenry, 111., July 13, A. D. fWJ C i , a r k n c k C. McLa i n, Asslunee. La m b o r n & Ou k k n s e y , Attorneys. Aug. 19 TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN. STATE OF ILLINOIS.) aa McHenry County. f To Susie "Smith, William G. Schreiner and John Blattmam, heirs at law and legatees, so far as known, of Barbara Schreiner, deceased, late of McHenry, McHenry Comity, Illinois. You are hereby notified that application has been made to the County Court of Mc­ Henry County, Illinois, for the probate of ihe will of Barbara Schreiner, deceased, and that the hearing of the proof of said will has been set by said Court for the sixth day of Septem­ ber, A. I). 1909, at the hour of 10 o'clock in the forenoon, at the Court House in Woodstock in said County, when and where you can ap­ pear, if you see tit, and show cause. If any you have, why said will should not be admit­ ted to probate. G. I'\ Ru s h t o n , County Clerk. August 11, ia09. 8-3t Washington's Plague Spots lie in the low, marshy bottoms of the Potomac, the breeding ground of ma­ laria germs. These germa.canse chills, fever and ague, biliousness, jaundice, lassitude, weakness and general debility and bring suffering or death to thou­ sands yearly. But Electric Bitters never fail to destroy them and cure malaria troubles. "They are the best all round tonic and cure for malaria I ever used," writes R. M. James, of Louellen, S. C. They cure Stomach, Liver, Kidney and Blood Troubles and will prevent Tp- phoid. Try them, 50c. Guaranteed by N. H. Peteach, F. Masquelet and others. I.ow Kates Seat tle Ex position Via the North Western Line. Variable routes, covering all points of interest, including the Yellowstone Park, Yosemite, Colorado, Utah and the Pacific Coast. Illustrated folder de­ scriptive of. the Exposition, booklets and maps, free on application to any ticket agent The North Western Liue. The Weekly Inter-Ocean and this paper delivered for one year at onr "special deal" price offl.75 for the two frow on in the following1 lines: " DRY GOODS, SKIRTS, WAISTS, ETC. F. A. BQHLANDER, WEST McHENRY, ILLINOIS. (F Usk to See Some of Our Friday Bargains! WEST McHENRY, PHONE fr We Are Always Glad to see Young people take out a Bank Book at our Savings De­ partment, because it argues well for their future! No man or woman earns so much today that they can afford to spend every dollar, and there's nothing like a Bank BOok to incite Regular Savings. Young, middle aged or old--our 3 per cent interest helps increase your savings. WEST McHENRY STATE BANK We must make room, hence the cut. Block McHENRY, & Bethke TELEPHONE 541. Big Savings in all Depart­ ments. Special Cut Price Goods Full size embroidery trimmed Ladies' Parasol, the $1.00 kind, at ......... 69c All 15c 32-iti. wide Batiste Lawn 10c All $2.50 all-over embroidery Waists $2.00 All Children's White Hose now per^pair 10c Gingham Petticoats. 50c, 75c, $1.00 . Suit Cases that are strong, well "made and within the reach of all now selling at . . . $ 1 . 3 5 , 1 . 4 9 , 2 . 0 0 , 2 . 2 5 , 2 . 9 8 , 3 . 5 0 , 3 . 9 8 , 5 . 0 0 Men's Dust Automobile Coats made in full length, elastic wrist, high button neck, at $2.25, 2.75, 4.00, 5,00 Ladies' Hose, fast black, 10c pair 3 for 25c Children's Hose, fast black, 10c pair... .3 for 25c Men's Half Hose, fast black, 10c pair... 3 for 25c BIG 10-day SHOE OFFERING We have taken our entire stock of Ladies' $2.25, 2.50 and 3.00 Oxfords and placed them in one lot, which means the largest assortment to be found in town. All good, clean, up-to-date Oxfords, such as Patent SEfelt, Gun Metal, fine Kid, Tan and Oxbloods. Get in while the sizes aire com­ plete and take yourtchoice of the lot at per pair $1.95 & J) MEN'S OXFORPS Those who have worn the celebrated Thompson shoe know what it means when we offer the best of the factory's "out­ put at such a low, price, but we must dispose of them. Our loss is your gain. Tan, Oxblood, Gun Metal, Kid; fancy oxfords, regular retail price $3.50, 4.00, 4.50, 5.00. Take your choice of the lot at per pair $2.95 ' ;•; vl-