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J^OLUME XLIII APRIL 11, 1918 NUMBER 4* p:\*: WEEKLY PERSONAL ITEMS VOMERS AND GOERS OFA WEEK Vr • IN OUR BUSY VILLAGE rc' •*j- I . - . r • % i Seen By Plaindealer Reporters and Handed Into Our Office By Our rV.* - ! ' f r i ends . : -j -Miss Maty Meyers was a Chicago ^ ' visiter Saturday. > . Jacob Justen transacted businesain Chicago last Friday. •: ^ohn McGee of Woodsto^ *4 , Alitor in town last Friday. , s |§f?&r..:.'^imon Sfcoffel was a businessvfs- ' it»r at Waukegan last Friday. > „" iZ-Adam Schiller was a Chicago pas- .Senger last Thursday morning. ' Charles Frett, Jr., epent a day last • >' week in the metropolitan city. IvTvV- - ohn P. Schreiner spent Sunday as \ V • guest of friends at Elgin. ~ r" ^ <\ t)r. D. G. Wells was among the Chi- "T&lgo passengers Sunday evening. Chas. Pich of Chicago spent Sunday pt$:. the guest of McIIenYy friends. & • SWilliam Bickier of Evanston spent S?Y J ^»nday as the guest of home folks. • jA. J. Pouliot of Chicago was an " "OVjer Sunday guest of his wife here; - - *j "-Miss Elizabeth Miller of Cary was k-V 'l* Veek end guest of Mrs. Fred Miller. Dr. D. G. Wells is entertaining his er, S. W. Wells, of Montreal, Can. ^ ^Mrs. E. E. Bassett spent Sunday M the guest of relatives at the county seat. '71 Mrs. Mary Ferguson has returned from a visit with relatives at Burling­ ton, la. * :' .Fred Miller of Belle Plaine, la., spent the week end with his wife and here. Mrs. John Miller passed several days last week as the guest of Chi- y&ffeo relatives. v ~ -- • • ' Mrs. W. A. Martin is spending a, icjvs weeks as the guest of Wood­ stock relatives. Miss Ada Olson of Chicago was a week end guest in the home of Mrs*. Helena Heimefc - ? •'•-Mr. and Mrs. Earl Brown of Wood- flock were gttests of MeHenry rela- _ ttve3 last Sunday. ^ jVIiss Margaret Moffett of Montreal, Can., i3 a guest in the home of Dr. and I^s. D. G. Wells. *• , . - Miss Lenore Freund was among those to board the Chicago train last Saturday morning. F. II. Wattles attended to matters of a business nature at the county Mat last Thursday. V A . L a n d w e r , J a s . T . P e r k i n s a n d JJonald and Vern Harrison motored to "Camp Grant Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. E, J. Mansfield of -ii; _ Woodstock called on MeHenry rela- -fives Sunday afternoon. * * ^ ~ " jBd. L. Martin and daughter, Clari- yy? - bet, of Woodstock were guests of relatives here Monday. * " Fred Beller attended to business p matters in the metropolitan city Fri- j, day and Saturday last. ̂~~ firs. Edward Teuow of Elgin passed • day last week as the guest of her g»ter, Mrs. R. I. Overton. Nick Franzen of Camp Grant spent Sunday as a guest in the home of his brother, John Franzen, here. "Wm. Burke of Chicago passed the .latter part of last and the fore part of this week at Lake Defiance. George Heimer of Camp Grant was entertained in the home of his mother, Mrs. Helena Heimer, last Sunday. Itfrs. Ross Wheeler of Chicago was It guest in the home of her parents, V . Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Meyers, last week. John Freund of Camp Grant spent Sunday as a guest in the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Mike Freund. Mr. and Mrs. Peter J. Freund and son, Waited, of Woodstock spent Sun­ day as the guests of MeHenry rela­ tives. Mrs. M&yme Overton and Miss Belle Carey of Elgin were week end guests in the home of their sister, Mrs. R. I. Overton. \ A Miss Myrtle Gans of Chicago spent the week end as the guest of her par­ ents, Mr. and Mrs. F. O. Gans, at the Riverside hotel. 'i Ferdinand Frett of Chicago spent Sunday as the guest of MeHenry rel­ atives and' incidentally looked after his interests here. Mrs. Wm. Marshall and children of Morton Grove passed last week as guests in the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Meyers. John Boyle made a trip to Jackson­ ville, Fla., last week, where he bade his son, James, good-bye on the eve of his departure "over there." "Bud" Carey of Crystal Lake, who has seen service '-over there," was in town last Saturday evening and ref- ereed the basket ball game at the gym. Emil Peterson was called to s Camp Grant last veek thru the illness of his son, Victor E., who recently joined Uncle Sam's training fortes at that p lace . . . ' . .V Miss Maude Granger of this vil­ lage, in company with her cousin, Miss Amy Smith of Elgin, left last Satur­ day for a month's visit with relatives at Cushing, Okla. Miss Alice Waite spent Saturday at Lake Geneva, Wis. She v.as accom panied home in the evening by her mother, who had spent the winter with her son in that city. QUARTER OF A CENTURt Items Clipped From The Plaindealer of Twenty-five Years Ago ? Village election on Tuesday next, April 18. .:rv?. • Geo. Rothermel is nursing a lame hand this week. County Treasurer Perry of Wood­ stock was on our streets Monday. Nearly every vacant house in thia village has been rented the past week. There will be a township Sunday school convention in MeHenry April 23. Miss Agnes Monroe of Chicago rpent Sunday with friends in this vil­ lage. _ Miss Kate Bickier went to Elgin Monday, where she will work this summer. E. H. Thompson was elected town­ ship school trustee at an election held on Saturday last. Nick Schaefer successfully raised the frame for his new barn on the Colby farm Monday. John Heimer is building an addition to his building, 16x36, two stories, in order to make jtnore room for his family. Prof. Huntington, principal of our public school, has gone to Indiana this week, his health being such that he was unable to teach. Chicks Comedy company, one of the finest traveling troupes in the west, will commence an engagement at the Riverside hall in this village Monday evening and continue each evening during the week. We were shown a few days since a tumor removed from the person of »r 1" . ^ .. • CLASSIFIED DEPARTMENT FOR RENT--On Main street a house with barn. Apply to N. Justen, W. MeHenry, 111. 43-lt* FOR SALE--About 10 bushels of Early Ohio potatoes. Wm. Bacon, West MeHenry, 111. FARMLAND WANTED--For farm in North Dakota. Inquire of or write Ben Stilling, MeHenry, 111. 40 FOR SALE--About 15 tons of Alfalfa hay. Inquire of Wm. Fink, Round Lake, 111. Phone 31-W-3. Wauconda. FOR SALE--Six tons of choice tim­ othy hay. Inquire of C. W. Gibbs, West MeHenry, 111.. Phone 620-W-2 FOR SALE--My Water street ice cream parlor, completely furnished. Apply to or write C. Unti, MeHenry, 111. * 43-lt PRIVATE SALE--Five mules, four- year-old pony, broke single and double; pony mare, harness and bug­ gy, one big horse, 10 double sets of harness, one single harness. Will be sold at Riverside barn. Apply to B. Katz, MeHenry, 111. 43 FOR SALE--A quantity of Marquis wheat, Oderbrucker barley and Khear- son 60-day oats for seed. The Khear- son oats are especially recommended by the MeHenry Co. Soil Improvement Assn. for low lying land. Inquire of Wm. E. Whiting, West MeHenry, 111. Phone 620-R-l. 39-tf FOR SALE--A five room house, to­ gether with 4V6 acres of land, barn, garage, workshop and chicken house. Set out with all sorts of fruit trees and fruits, which will bear this season. Located about 100* yards from Fox river. Would make a most desirable summer residence or could be utilized a truck farm. A bargain awaits Plaindealer, 42 as someone. Address The MeHenry, 111. Miss Mary Rosing of Volo, which weighed -about forty pounds. It was successfully removed about two weeks ago. Miss Rosing was a patient of Dr. Fegers of this village. At the last meeting of the city etfuncil at Harvard the mayor recom­ mended that the vacant lots about the city be given over to the use of gardening. A few families of the city have asked permission to put this land to such use and it looks as if their requests will be granted them. ^ : - , "'v*- I ** ' ' ; r : •*: V- ; FOR SALE--Cheap, if taken at once, a vapor gasoline stove, 3 burners and oven. James N. Sayler, MeHenry, 111. 'Phone 78-W. 43-2t .V FOR TALE--A quantity of timothy seed, free from foul s$«d. Price, $3.50 per bushel. C. & Sherman, West MeHenry, 111. 5; 40-tf WE are new contracting for pickles at $2.00 per 100 lbs. See John L. May; also at BohlandeF*s store. C. F. Claussen & Sons. 39-12t FOR SALE--Registered Holstein bull calf, seven months old; thrifty young­ ster with splendid breeding. J. L. Nicholson & Son, Birchmont farm, Ingleside, ill. Phone Pistakee 632* J-l. 4l-4t FOR SALE--One Model 35, four cyl­ inder, seven passenger Studebaker automobile. In good condition. Equipment includes electric lights, starter, etc. A bargain at $350.00. Stilling's Garage, MeHenry, 111. 40 AS : j *> . -