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AND GOERS OF A W£EK IN OUR BUSY VILLAGE •< S ;,V '.Si LV ••y % <*•' ^'. .. \ •':'S "n & m Sfe 1 W fe .!•.!' >;• .?l :# &>. ' V* ^ p,j Alters. J. w; itor Monday. \ Carl Robb was a Marengo visitor last Thursday. Math. Freund boarded the Chicago train Monday morning. Gilbert Howard was a Chicago pas­ senger Monday morning. Will Powers boarded the Chicago train last Friday morning. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Holly were Chi­ cago visitors last week Friday. Albert and Miss Theresa Barbian were Elgin visitors last Saturday. Rev. Edw. Berthold boarded the train for Chicago Monday morning. Leo Thelen spent Saturday and Sunday as the guest of relatives at Elgin. P. J. Dorr a pent the latter part of last week as the guest of friends at Gary, Ind. Milo»Howe of Aurora was the guest of relatives in town on Thanks­ giving day. Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Landwer were Thanksgiving day guests of Barring- ton relatives. , Jay Comiskey 'tof Woodstock spent Thanksgiving day as the guest of Mc­ Henry friends. Mr. and Mrs, John Aylward spent Thanksgiving day as the guests of Elgin relatives. Mr. and Mrs. E. V. McAllister spent Thanksgiving day as guests of rela­ tives in Chicago. C. J. Reihansperger spent Thanks­ giving day as the guest of home folks at West Chicago. Miss Cristine Belle Miller went to Chicago last Wednesday evening for an indefinite stay. Walter Warner of Woodstock was the guest of McHenry friends Thanks­ giving day and Sunday. , Ray Opfergelt of Woodstock spent Thanksgiving day and Sunday as the guest of friends in town. tars. Simon S toff el and daughter, Clara, were among the Chicago pas­ sengers Friday morning last. Harry Ailing of Chicago was a guest in the home of Mr. and Mrs. P. L. McOmber Thanksgiving day. Miss Maude Granger of Chicago passed the latter part of last week as the guest of her sisters here. Mr. and Mrs. Peter M. Justen spent Thanksgiving day as guests of Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Sutton in Chicago. Chas. G. Buss of Chicago was a Thanksgiving day guest in the home of his mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Buss. Miss Frances Welch spent Thanks- mvinrv /lair oo fVia rviiaaf nf Vai* CiefAl* ",v o Mrs. Glenn Robison, at Crystal Lake. Gilbert McOmber of Chicago ate Thanksgiving dinner in the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Mc­ Omber. Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Lockwood and son of Woodstock ate Thanksgiving dinner with Mr. and Mrs. James T. Perkins. Miss Jane Owen of Urbana, III., spent her Thanksgiving vacation as a guest in the home of her father, O. N. Owen. Isadore, Joe and Irenus Feffer spent the latter part of last week as the guest of their sister, Miss "Loretta, at Watseka, 111. Mr. and' Mrs. Henry Block of Cary were Thursday guests in the home of the former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Block. Frank Schumacher of Chicago was entertained in the home of his par­ ents, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. J. Schu­ macher, Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Cowlea of West Chicago spent Thanksgiving day as guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Bohlander. Mrs. E. K. Westfall and daughter, "Mary, of Chicago were guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Simon Stoffel on Thanksgiving day. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Bohlander of Hampshire ate Thanksgiving dinner with the former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Bohlander. Richard B. Walsh of Chicago spent - the latter part of last week as a guest in the home of. his parents, Postmas­ ter and Mrs. T. J. Walsh. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Chesnut and son of Crystal Lake spent Thanksgiving day as guests in the home of her par­ ents, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Meyers. * Mr. and Mrs. Curtis C. Westfall of Chicago were guests in the home of the latter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Simon Stoffel, Thanksgiving day. Miss Edythe and Germer Petesch of Urbana, 111., spent their Thanks­ giving vacation in the home of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. N* H. Petesch. Mr. and Mrs. Otto Singer and daughter, Mary, of Woodstock spent -Thanksgiving day as guests in the heme of Mr. and Mrs. James. T. Per- MIML. ' Mr and Mrs. Lewis Miller fend daughter of Woodstock spent Thurs­ day of last week as the guests of the former's parents, Mr. and Mr*. A»» drew MiHer. * and members of the Mc­ Henry Poultry, Pet Stock & Grain as­ sociation are now hard at work on the preliminaries for the coming show, the first poultry show for McHenry, which is to take place at Stoffel's hall from Dec. 28 "to Jan. 2. They hope to make' the inituil show the best ever held in McHenry county and with this as their goal the labors of the hustlihg officers go on unceas­ ingly. They have already styled it "The Quality Show of Illinois" and all fanciers are urged to boost and come with a large string of birds. Ex­ hibitors will find that they will be ac­ corded the very best treatment at Mc­ Henry that they have ever received at a poultry show anywhere. All correspondence pertaining to the show should be addressed to the secretary, E. S. Brink, West McHen­ ry. The association will have 125 Empire coops to rent at 23 cents each and exhibitors wishing them should make their wants known to the secre­ tary at an early date.'AH remittances for entries should be made to the sec­ retary, while it is absolutely necessary that all grain exhibitors are members of the association. In entering birds don't fail to give breed, Sex and band number on entry sheet and also prepay all express charges. All birds and animals should be shipped to the secretary. The as- 3ociation also wants to have it known that there will be no strings attached to the premiums offered at the show. Winners of cash specials • and cups may take them home with them. The premiums are all in the possession of the association and all cash premiums as well as cups will be awarded the winners before the end of the show: There isn't another show in the West which is offering such large gold cashj specials and such fine cups and every poultry raiser in McKcnry county should have an exhibit at the McHen­ ry show. Every exhibitor has an equal chance of winning several cups and cash specials. The show will "be open from 8 a. m. to 10 p. m. each day and the prices of admission will be as follows: Single admission, adults, 15 cents; children, under 12 years, 10 cents; season tick­ ets for all week, 50 cents. Exhib­ itors' season tickets will be issued free to those whose entry fees amount to $2.00 or over. Rule No. 1. The premiums of this association are open to the competi­ tion of the world. Entries must be made on blanks furnished by the sec­ retary, and all entry fees paid in full at the time entry is made. No atten­ tion will be paid to entries unaccom­ panied by fees. Remittances to be made payable to E. S. Brink, Secre­ tary, West McHenry, 111. Rule No. 2. Stock showing symp­ toms of disease when received or dur­ ing the exhibition will be immediately returned to the owner. Rule No. 3. The association will use every precaution in the manage­ ment of all departments, but will not be responsible for loss or accident. Competent superintendents will have charge of all exhibits, whose duty it will be to personally attend to the cooping, feeding and care of all stock entered for competition, and to see to it that each specimen is returned- to its proper owner at the close of the exhibition. No one except the owner thereof will be allowed to handle- stock except by permission of the superintendent. Rule No. 4. Entries in all depart­ ments will positively close Saturday, December 25, at midni^it, but should be made as much earlier as possible. The building will be opened for the reception of all entries at 6 a. m. De­ cember 28, and all stock must be in the coops by 10 a. m. December 29. Stock unavoidably detained on the road, when it is shown clearly that they Nvere entered and shipped on time, may be admitted at the discre­ tion of the board of directors. En­ tries may be made by letter or in per­ son, but in all cases the number of specimens,' name of exhibitor, band number and express company must be plainly stated on entry blank. Addi­ tional entry blanks will be furnished by the secretary upon request. Any misrepresentation made by exhibitors in regard to their stock will forfeit their right and privileges. Tags must be attached to the coops in which the birds are shipped. Rule No. 5^ Stock must be sent by express (charges being,prepaid by the exhibitor, and the association posi­ tively will not accept them on any other condition). Same will be placed on exhibition, in charge of the super­ intendent of their respective depart­ ments, who will see that they are properly cared for during the exhibi­ tion and at the close of the show re­ turned to the owner, or otherwise dis­ posed of, as pear instructions of the owner. Rule No. 6. The term "specimen" applies to anything for which a pre­ mium is offered. The term "fowl" ap- (Continued on last pagg) AS TAKEN FROM THE COLUMNS " 6F OUREXCHANGE& iscellaneous Assortment of News Items In Condensed Form For Bosy Frank H. Baack, one of Harvard's leading clothiers, has decided to quit business. A1 Ringling's $100,<100 theatre at Baraboo, Wis., was formally opened one evening last week./! The business taien of Huntley close their stores on Monday, Wednesday and Friday evenings and all day Sun­ day. The Farrelt-McCby Directory com­ pany of Rockford is now at work on a new directory for the city of Wood­ stock, which will be out soon. Geo. Dean and W. D. Cornwell were arrested at Harvard last week on a charge of selling immature veal. They were found guilty and each paid a fine of $25 and costs. The $10,000 damage suit started by Mrs. Mauer against four Wauconda F. Ibsch at her late home on West Waukegan street on Monday morning following a long and painful illness. The deceased was born at Wusta- bart, Germany, on March 7, 1871, and came to this country with her par­ ents when only a smaR child. On Sept. 9, 1892, she was united in marriage to Adolph F. Ibsch at West McHenry. She was the mother of five children, all of whom, with a heartbroken husband, are left to mourn the loss of a devoted mother and loving wife. The children are Mrs. Earl Brown, Mayme, Emma, Ella and Leonard, all of whom reside in this village. She also leaves her parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Feltz of this village; three sisters, Mrs. Albert Rossman of Woodstock, Mrs. John Sumwalt of Chicago and Mrs. Herman Kamholz- of Cary, 'and one brother, F. C. Feltz, of this village. Mrr.. ibsch has spent practically her saloonkeepers was settled out of court.' wkole life in McHenry, where she has The defendants in this case agreed to always been held in the very highest settle for $250 and pay all costs. [esteem by everyone tfho knew her. The six-year-old son of Paul Reag- ! Shs v;as a member of the Zion Luth­ er, a farmer residing near Cary, was eran church of 11118 village. kicked by a horse on Wednesday even-' The funeral services took place from ing of last week and away in'the home at one °'cIock Wednesday a Chicago hospital at two o'clock the afternoon and thence from the Zion following morning. , Lutheran church, interment being Chas. F. Hayes of Harvard has Jnftde in Woodland cemetery. formally announced his candidacy for' The b<ireaved family has the heart- Democratic representative from the felt sympathy of the people of the eighth senatorial district Mr. Hayes ' *ntir* community. was out for the same fore and he twice be- oiit this comini Card of V9Z. take this means of extending to the many kind neighbors and Albert Lagersohulte, a seventeen- ?riends' who in any W assisted us daring the last illness and after the death of our beloved one, our heart­ felt thanks. Also do we wish to year-old Barrington boy, drew his sav­ ings from the bank last Monday night and departed without biddinsr his mother goodbye. The reason for his thank ^ donors of flowers. departure is that he objected to going A. F. Ibsch and to school. His mother believes that Baseball Dance Success he has gone to Michigan, where the The annual Thanksgiving dance, boy has an uncle. His father is con- given for the benefit of the McHenry fined in the state hospital at Elgin.. baseball club at Stotiel's hall last Richmond Gazette: Homer E. Thorn- Thursday evening, proved a big sue- as passed away at the Woodstock hos- ' cess in spite of the fact that the pital at 11 p. m. Tuesday, following J weather conditions were most unfa- an illness of only a day's duration, vorable and that a FREE DANCE Death was due to a weak heart and | was also held on the same evening. Manager R. B. Walsh of the club in- was! forms us that over ninety couples were present and the net proceeds amount to $68. The hall was appro­ priately decorated for the occasion, reaction caused by an accident he re­ ceived Monday afternoon. He feeding a corn husker on his farm near Solon at the time of the accident and in some manner his hand became caught in the roller of the machine. He was hurried to the hospital at Woodstock and it was found necessary while everyone enjoyed the event tQi the fullest extent. The music was furnished by Messrs. George Heimer, to amputate all the fingers on one' Edward Freund and Ray McAndrews hand. Altho Mr. Thomas had never j and their efforts were highly appre- experienced serious trouble from his : ciated by all. These three young men heart, the action was weak and the ] voluntarily offered their services for this occasion, absolutely free of charge and needless to say that the baseball club, the players and the fans in gen­ eral appreciate their generosity and the spirit thus displayed. All in all the Thanksgiving dance of 1915 will go down in history as one of the best held Jn McHenry in recent years. Dr. Froehlich Moves Dr. A. I. Froehlich, the West Side physician and surgeon, has moved from the Schnorr flaf on Main street to the fiat over the John Stoffel gro­ cery store. He has also made ar­ rangements whereby he and Dr. R. G. Chamberlin will use the same recep­ tion room over E.^ Y- McAllister's drug store. Thus the entrance to Dr. ments in a dazed sort of a way, one Froehlich's new quarters will be made of them leaned over to the other and thru the reception room of Dr. Cham- said, "Thunder! That isn't Sherman berlin's office. A door has been cut speaking," after which they ^ made | thru from the Freund to the Stoffel their escape. We have not learned: building, which makes it very con- whether they finally heard Senator j venient for Dr. Froehlich*s patients Sherman, but hope they did, even tho, to reach him. Since locating in Mc- severe shock of the accident and oper­ ation proved too much of an ordeal for his constitution and he died a few hours following the operation. Harvard Independent: On the Sun­ day evening that U. S. Senator L. Y. Sherman spoke here in the Methodist church, under the auspices of the Fel­ lowship club of $he church, two strange men entered St. Joseph's church in this city, where vesper ser­ vices were being held. When they entered the church they seemed some­ what surprised at their surroundings, but followed the usher to a pew. Rev. Father Keenan was on the altar at the time and after listening to him and sizing up things for a few mo- PLACED Visits This Village His Findings to nd Re- Mayor Dr. David G. Wells, McHenry, 111. ^ * Dear Sir--As per your revest I have taken the map of McHenry which you loaned me and very carefully in the office have gone over the entire situation in the'light of the informa­ tion I was able to gather from my visit to McHenry last Friday. The estimate which I have made as to the cost of the sewer system is based on the following; On the east side, sewers in the street marked on the map simply as "Highway" and in Back street, Green street, Court street, Front street and Water street, together with a cross main in Elm street and either Broad or Washington streets as the levels might later develop, with an outlet below the foot of Water street on the edge of Boone creek, the exact loca­ tion not being determinable until for­ mal survey is made. On the west side the sewer would take in Waukegan road, Main street and John street and one cross main, probably on Front street, all east of the railway, with an outlet somewhere near the junction of Boone creek with the Fox river, the exact location of this not being determinable until the survey is made. * Thus you will see practically the en­ tire east and west sides are included in the estimate, tho it is quite possible that when the matter is gone into for­ mally you migh wish to eliminate some of the extreme outlying mains. The estimate is as follows: 20,000 lineal feet of 8-inch; * vitrified tile pipe sewer at 70c per lineal foot .$14,000.00 2,700 lineal feet of 10-inch ' vitrified tile pipe sewer at 80c per lineal foot 1,000 lineal feet of vitrified tile pipe $1.00 per lineal foot 60 manholes at $30.00 2 sedimentation $2500.00 each Surveys, plans, and inspection complete.. Cost of making and collect- be saved. I might further say that in making the estimate I have been fairly liberal. That the probable cost will be two or three thousand dollars less than esti­ mated, provided proceedings are start­ ed promptly and further provided that no excessive price must be paid for the land upon which the sedimentation tanks will have to be located. I would strongly recommend there­ fore that you take immediate steps to start this proceeding in order that no time may be lost and in order, to se­ cure the very best market prices for the work. r Very respectfully yours, iy p- E. Green. , SCHOOL NOTES Pertaining to Our 1300.00 tanks at VV 1,300.00 1,740.00 ..vj. Is it "escaped" or "esca] ped," Alta? The juniors have ordere< their class rings. Brigham Feltz -1| -i«oa< sii for the freshman squad. i • • Is it or "ain't it" ora«gi t black or green and white? For once fortune has fi ivored the freshies. No current e1 rents this to start his of pliers he Vinton says he is hope box with a^pair found. Floyd Cooley took a of Ostend from the top of the pipe Tuesday. Mr. Nye: "Was it you to be tardy V* Pupil: "My, yes, we just finished our Thanksgiving dinner." Basket ball is .on again. Watch n trim up Richmond! Boys' and girls' teams have been organized. Al­ fred Richardson was elected captain of the boys' team, while Lillian Stilling and Alt* Wentworth are captain and of the girls' their compass had put them on the wrong track. This is the first time we have heard of anyone mistaking St Joseph's cjrareh for the Methodist church, Richmond Gazette: Herman Sied- schlag met his accidental death at his home on English Prairie Monday even­ ing, when he received the full charge of a shot gun in his abdomen, death resulting almost instantly. L. C. Tiesesk, Chicago young man and a friend of the Siedschlag family, who had been staying at their home for several days and hunting in the vicin­ ity, had been out hunting for rabbits in the evening and upon returning to the house started to remove the shells from the gun. He was attempt­ ing to open the gun when Mr. Sied­ schlag, who was in the next room reading, made some remark about his poor luck. The young man turned around suddenly and in some manner the weapon was discharged and tjhe contents of the shell struck Mr. Sied­ schlag,, entering the body just above the liver. When he realized what had happened, Mr. Tiesesk became nearly frantic and several times during the night attempted to end his own life. An inquest was conducted by Coroner Peck of Harvard Tuesday morning and a verdict of accidental death was returned, no blame being attached to Mr. Tiesesk. Don't forget that The Plaindealer will print your legal notices just as cheaply +* mf county; V"'.*' 'v • Henry Dr. Froehlich has worked a very satisfactory practice. . The Royal Entertainers The Royal Entertainers met at the home of Mrs. Geo. Bohr last^ evening for a couple of hours' enjoyment at progresive cinch. Mrs. N. E. Bar­ bian won the evening's first honors, Mrs. Nick Bohr, the second, while Mrs. M. M. Niesen was awarded the consolation prize. The usual refresh­ ments were served at the close of the gaaM. - . - ̂ Saloonkeeper Fined A West Side saloonkeeper paid a $25 fine on Thursday of last week on a charge of selling liquor to an habitual drunkard, who has been on the black list for some time past We are told that the saloonkeeper in question had been warned against selling liquor to this individual on several different oc­ casions, but evidently the warning was not heeded. Universalist Church Sunday school, 10:00 a. m.; morning worship, 11:00 a. m. Topic of ser­ mon, "Hie Rationality of God's Gov­ ernment." 1. "Limited Knowledge." This is the first of a series of sermons on to^c. A cordial welcome to John M. Ratcliff, Minister, i Automobile Storage Wis have just installed a steam heating plant, which makes this gar­ age an ideal place to store your car for t^e winter. Prices reasonable. Geo. A. Stilling, McHenry, HI. • / • • .... ' ! .V..., Total cost...,..!;$27,000.00 This sum to be entirely paid by spe­ cial assessment, and by adding up the lots as shown on the plat I find there are 36,000 lineal feet of property frontage on the system, which would make the cost per front foot of prop­ erty 75c, or in other words the assess­ ment on a 66-foot lot would be $49.50, payable in ten annual installments with interest at the rate of five per cent per annum on the deferred pay­ ments. This sum would be reduced if the city pays for the cost of intersectibns, which I do not recommend. There will be about 2500 lineal feet of these intersections, which would mean a total of $1875.00. The city would have, besides, to pay for the lot upon which the city hall and the pumping station, well, etc., stands, against which the assessment would be about $337.50. The public school would have an assessment of about $200.00 to pay. The city would have to pay, on account of the public park, about $560.00. The cemetery propetry at Court and Washington streets would have to pay about $675.00. All these amounts you understand are divisible in ten annual installments, or in other words, one-tenth is paid each year for ten years. The total to be paid by the city therefore, if it pays for the intersec­ tions, would be approximately $3400, and the total to be paid by the prop­ erty owners would be approximately $23,600.00. as a whole is favorably situated for the cheap construction of a first-class sanitary sewer system. The cuts woyld not be deep, with the exception of one or two short lengths. There is practically no rock. The digging is mostly sand, which from all informa­ tion at hand stands up quite well for several hours after excavating, and in fact there are no unsurmountable en­ gineering obstacles to be considered. On account of the quantity of water in the Fox river it is not necessary to provide for anything more than sedi­ mentation tanks to dispose of the sew­ age, and it would undoubtedly be many years before filter beds would be required.. For this reason I be­ lieve the cost per lot in McHenry would be less tbiui in almost hay other town. I might further say that the pro­ ceedings which require three or four months to bring to conclusion should be started at once in order that the best prices may be obtained. The estimate is based on the supposition McHenry Printing Draws That McHenry printing draws bet­ ter than thai of Cincinnati was beyond a shadow of doubt last The Plaindealer print shop turned out the advertising matter for the base­ ball dance held at Stoffel's hall on Thursday evening last and as a result the boys entertained a large crowd. We also printed the posters for the Johnsburg church fair, which brought out the largest crowds that ever at­ tended a like event in our neighbor­ ing hamlet. The Plaindealer is in a position to turn out the sort of print­ ing that draws and our prices are right. Yes, we were a little peeved over the loss of St Mary's bazaar printing, which went to Cincinnati, but our ruffled feelings are again soothed when we know that the public disapproved of such work. Prisoners to Joliet The three men who have been con­ victed and sentenced to Joliet by the last circuit court were taken to Joliet Tuesday by Sheriff Wandrack and his deputies. They are Sumner Hawver, the Chemung man who was convicted junder indictment of assault with in­ tent to kill, and sentenced to the pen­ itentiary for a term of 1 to 14 years, and Thomas Dillon and William Ford, two men who were caught at Hebron and charged with burglary and lar­ ceny. They plead guilty to having burglary tools in their possession and were given tJ|e same sentence as Hawver. r j Announce Engagement. The following announcement Ap­ peared in last Saturday morning's Chicago Herald and will be of inter­ est to our young people, as Mr. Phil­ lips is a former McHenry boy: "An­ nouncement is made of the engage­ ment of Miss Violet Besly, the daugh­ ter of Mrs. Charles Howard Besly of Hinsdale, to Leonard Phillips of Vir­ ginia. Miss Besly is a niece of Mrs. Lysander Hill of Chicago and of Mme. Bigot of Paris and is a granddaughter of the late G. P. A. Healy, ife# .j»or trait painter." ITEMS OF LOCAL INTEREST •UP BY PLA&DEALEFT DURING WEEK •?! ':F^J What People are Doing in TVs ViR f! if lage and the Immediate Vicinity-- \ £ Other Short Paragraphs * . *,| Butter on the Eî toard sold at 38 cents per pound last Satur- day- Dolls, all sizes and priced at Me* n Allister's. For electric Christmas tree ttons see J. F Christmas stationery, cigars at McAllister's. See Geo. A. Stilling about having your car stored for the winter. cut glass and leathe^ goods for gifts at McAllister's. The road between this village ai Volo has been fixed--fixed is right. Sunday at the Central "The Monop­ olist," a forceful drama , of faith and F. J. Herbes and family are enjoying the comforts of new home on Elgin road. The members of the Social Wheel will meet with Mrs. C. W. Goodell oa_> , J '| Thursday afternoon, Dec. 9. 1"- Special Thanksgiving day held at the Zion Lutheran last Thursday morning. Misses Ruby and Lelah Claxtibn wift , entertain the Dorcas society on Friday , ^ afternoon of this week, Dec. 3. Albert Freund has given up his po* ,. ^ sition at the Oliver typewriter factory - , | at and is again at his! Smoker stands, brass jardinieres, Ifwing trays, pictures and other gifts found at the gift N. J. Justen A Son. .AJ? Nick Pitzen has moved his family from the Mathias Freund house oA / ' p Pearl street to his father's farm at Pistakee Bay. ,, Members of St. Mary's Court, C» Ow F., should bear in mind that the an- > j nual election of officers takes place || Weber's hall here next Sunday even- ing. ,•>«. At the Central Thursday evening ^ 1| Daniel Frohman presents the Famous *•$ Players, headed by Bruce McRay ia V the •' • -- ' Valley camp, M. W. A., of this vil» lage will elect officers at their hall on -- v Wednesday evening of next weekw Dec. 8. All members are urged to bi 4- present s -- Fox River Valley camp, No. 3251# R. N. A., will hold election of officer# at Woodman hall on Tuesday evening1 ^ of next week, Dec. 7. All members' /* are urged to be present /jfl Mr. and Mrs. Mike LaVelle are re- - ' joicing over the arrival of a young Jp telegraph operator at their home on ^ the West Side. He came in on a stork |||j special on Tuesday morning. ,;$|1 Mrs. L. Burroughs of Crystal Lak# is in McHenry soliciting for Swans Down bran and is meeting with marked success. A number ef ft# dealers here now handle it On Saturday at the Central, mati­ nee and night, "The Dawn of Free­ dom," featuring Henry Porten, the venus of the drama, showing the mar­ velous beauty of the Tyrolean Alps. ; Matinee at 2:30. ̂ lij J. H. Miller, McHenry1* hustling monument dealer, informs us that he Vjjj recently shipped and erected a beauti- . ful monument at Waukegan to the memory of the late Henry Rogers, , -; j who at one time conducted a general * ^ store at Volo. " 'm. •ftsi Sells His Farm . Mike A. Conway, one of this local I might «^y further that McHenry, sty,g most progressive farmers, has just disposed of his farm south of this village to Geo. Frisby, the considera­ tion being $18,000. Mr. Conway will sell his stock and tools at public auction on Dec. 16. He will take a rest before going into the harness again, which he expects to do at some future date. Post Not Returned The telephone post which was stolen from in front of St. Mary's cemetery has not been returned and the person guilty of taking the post will do well to return or settle for same without further delay and thus avoid trouble. The post was the property of St Mary's church and was left with the committee by the telephone company. St Mary's Cemetery Committee. Steam Heat In Garage A new steam heating system has just been installed in the Geo. A. Stil­ ling garage building on Water street, the job having been installed by H. E. Buch. The system is one of the best in town and Mr. Stilling is now in a ,. , . position where he can store your ear that this be done, since if the contract. ̂̂ ̂ can ba let before the first of April at least ten per cent may be expected to feed at M. ML NMSI ~ We invite the public to come In and look over our files and see for them- . selves the hundreds of dollars' worth of free advertising that The Plain- . v| dealer has given St Mary's parish ., 4Ja, during the past few years. What has v - 'J|^ Cincinnati ever done for the church ^ or McHenry ? y Ground has been broken for a new cottage to be erected by H. J. Schaf- fer on his lot on Main street on the f West Side, which he hopes to have ready for occupancy by Feb 1. The t house will be equipped with electria ( A'g, lights, heat and gas and should mafrft a cozy dwelling place. ^ ^| A few from here were over at Woodstock on Thanksgiving day to Crystal Lake high school football!/ j ̂ team. The score was 48 to 6. Thusfc Woodstock won the McHenry county j.'*- high school football championships £ ,«* without playing a real team--the Mc-. Henry highs. "A Woman Who Dared" is the titla . of a four-act comedy drama which i was presented to a big audience at thai Central opera house last evening, thef show being put on under the auspices^ of St Patrick's Catholic church. The cast of characters was made up of both local and outside talent and the play nninit to giro flood satisfartiMV m ; JU W; W 'A#.: idj. iMii ".'*9 idj.