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JFALL DRESS GOODS in silks and wool and silk and wool poplins, ginghams, percales, beach cloth And khakis. SWEATERS AND UNDERWEAR in large var­ iety. It's a wise thing to buy early as there will surely be a shortage of good merchandise this sea- ton due to war conditions. OUR LINE OF SHOES is now complete for early . fall trade in black, gray and dark brown priced ujK to -- $7.WK GROCERIES of the best grades always in stock. Tea, try our 60c, none better. Coffee, try our 30c. Sugar just as sweet as ever. We have supplied all our customers up to date and lived up to U. S. Food Administral^ iryj^ Come or phone your order. Goods delivered. V , WEST McHENRY J: WALSH THE attentrori of Telephone sub­scribers is invited to the following order of the Postmaster General: "Order No. 1931: August 28, 1918. ' "Owing to the necessity for conserving labor and mterial and to eliminate a cost which is now borne by the permanent user of the telephone, a readiness to serve or installation charge will be made on and . after September 1,1918, lor all new installations, abo a charge for all changes in location of telephones. ' ' Installation charges to be as follows: Where the rate is $2 a month or less 9 S Where the rate is more than $2, but not exceeding $4 a month lO Where the rate is more than $4 a month.... 15 The moving charge to the subscriber will be the actual cost of labor and material nee- eaaary for making the change. "In accordance with Bulletin No. 2, issued by'me August 1, 1918, stating that 'until further notice the telegraph and telephone companies shall continue operation in the ordinary course of business through regular channels/ in all cases where rate adjustments tre pending or immediately necessary, they should be taken up by the company involved through the usual channels and action obtained wherever possible. In all cases, however, where rates are changed such • Changes should be submitted to me for approval fcpfore being placed in effect." y y A. S. BURLESON, -< Postmaster General. CHICAGO TELEPHONE CO. j AWE YOU READY FOR THE FQUBTH LIBERTY 'LOAN? | Business School Scores of positions now open at enormous sal­ aries for boys and girls. We have a call today for young man at $1800.00 a year. Two girls from this school take positions during past 10 ^ysneariy.JJlipi^^pM'. Students enter any day* THE ELLIS ELGIN. ILLINOIS MEW BUILDING NORTH OF POST OFFICS Electrical Service Company ROT A. SCHROEDER, JHG*, ' (Successor to G. L. Forest) *.', •=> Crystal Lake, IlL :-v Phone 62-J We are equipped to handle all kinda Electrical Work, and will appreci­ ate your patronage. Estimates cheerfelly work ffoaraateed. >vm SKILBECK ELECTRIC CO. We are equipped to handle any and all kinds ef electrical work. _ For an estimate on house wiring or fixtures, , a postal card or phone call will bring us. No charge for esti­ mates. We make a specialty on motor repairing. '•" PHONEM'V&T, RJDGEFIELQ A. Kremer drove to Elgin Monday morning. - > Earl Abbott spent Sunday with his parents at Cary. „ W. Cobb was a Chicago passenger Sunday morning. Miss Rosie Peterson is visiting rel­ atives in Minnesota. Miss Etta Levey was a Woodstock passenger Saturday. Miss Elsie Wille spent Honday night at Woodstock. Miss Haze! E. Baker was home from Berwyn over Sunday. Miss Ethel Johnson spent Sonday at her home in Elgin. Mrs. F. Bockhus drove to Wood­ stock Friday afternoon. Mrs. Albee is entertaining her sister from Marengo this week. Mrs. A. Martini of Cary was an afternoon caller here Friday^ Mrs. Abbott and daughter, Dorothy, spent Sunday afternoon in Woodstock. Mrs. Alice Simpson of McHenry is visiting in the home of her daughter, Mrs. P. Pederson. Mr. ,and Mrs. Walter Simmons and daughters of Crystal Lake visited at Fred Reed's Sunday. Mrs. Ed. Senne and daughter, Norma, of Woodstock were callers here Monday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs* S. Reed and daughters of Woodstock spent Saturday and Sunday with Mrs. R. Goddard. Mr. and Mrs. Herman Wille and son, Irvin, were seeing the war ex­ position in Chicago Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Johnson and son of Rockford visited Friday and Saturday in the home of W. S. Rushton. Miss Hallie Rooney of Chicago was the guest of Mrs. L. Benentt from Thursday until Sunday evening. J. B. Lynch ate Sunday dinner with his daughter in Chicago and saw the war exposition in the afternoon and* evening. The next meeting of the Red Cross and Ladies' Aid societies will be held in the home of Mrs. P. Benson Thurs­ day Sept. 19. Mrs. Minnie Hutson and son, Mer­ lin, of Woodstock visited her sister. Mrs. E. M. Stephenson, from Thurs­ day until Sunday. Reuben Kremer of the Great Lakes Training station and Miss Doris Ter- willager of Woodstock spent the week end with the former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. Kremer. F. E. Howe has shipped a number of cars of wheat during the past week. On Friday the farmers loaded three cars. Thg like of which hasn'v been seen here for more then twenty- five years. The barn, slaughter house, coal sheds and other smaii buildings where Herman Wille lives were destroyed Uy^fire early Tuesday morning. The nearby dwelling houses were saved Dy the promptness of the neighbors, who turned out in great numbers. SOLON MILLS A. F. Parker of Chicago Sundayed at E. T. Monear's. Chas. Osborne saw the war expo­ sition in Chicago Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Will Brenhan were at Ringwood one day recently. Mrs. E. E. Brigham was a Ring- Wood caller one day last week. Miss Leona Cropley was home from McHenry over Saturday and Sunday. Miss Marjorie Eldredge of Rich­ mond called on friends here Saturday. Fred Converse of Round Lake was a caller at Geo. Vogel's Wednesday. Mrs. Geo. Westlake was a business visitor at Ringwood one day recently. Nick ^ Young of Ringwood was a caller at Martin Young's Sunday even­ ing. Mr. and Mrs, Willis Gardner were Chicago passengers Wednesday morn­ ing. Chester Noertker of English Prairie was a Saturday evening caller in town. * Ford Jackson is here resting in the home of his mother after his long illness. Miss Alta Wentworth spent Satur­ day and Sunday at. her home* in Mc­ Henry. • Mrs. Will Cowen of MeHenry spent Sunday with her mother, Mrs. Fannie Overton. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Haldeman en­ tertained friends from Woodstock one day recently. Geo. Turner left for Dubuque la., Sunday to roof several new silos in that vicinity. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Cropley wfcre visitors at Will Brown's at Ringwood Sunday evening. Miss Rose Aubert and Mrs. Vietor Aim were visitors at Spring Grove Saturday night, Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Bennett and two sons of Chicago spent Sunday in the Pester home. Mr. and Mrs. P. J. Cleary of Mc­ Henry spent Friday at the home of Richard Aylward. Frank Aylward of Hebron called at the home of his father, Richard Ayl­ ward, one day last week. Miss Irma Smith of Richmond was initiated into the Mystic Workers' lodge last Friday night. Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Fay and chil­ dren of McHenry called on friends Kere Saturday afternoon. Mrs. A. C. Merrell spent part of last week at Hebron in the home of her mother, Mrs. Jessie Trow. Miss Leotta Rohles of Elgin spent part of last week as the guest of Miss Mae Aylward and Mrs. A. C. Merrell. Mrs. Emily Welhnan has been visit­ ing in the home of her sister, Mrs. C. L. Osborne, near Richmond the past week. Mrs. Fred Philips and daughter, Dolly, returned to Chicago Sunday after spending several days with her sister, Mrs. Will Cornish. Mrs. Geo. Westlake, * oompany with several Richmond Eastern Star ladies, attended the funeral Qf Mrs. Robt. Esh at Spring Grove Tuesday. Mrs. Esh was also a member of the Eastern Star. JOHNSBURG"* The mill here is again one of the busiest places in town. Fanners are seen awaiting in line almost daily. A few more of our boys answered the call to the colors last Thursday and are now comfortably quartered at Camp Grant. Mike Pitsen has again entered tfie enpploy of Geo. J. Sayer and has moved his family to one of the farms near Pistakee Bay. The wheat crop thruout this section is the largest ever harvested and the farmers are now kept busy hauling same to market. > . A Chicago doctor recently visited here and looked over the field with a view of locating. We have not learned his final decision. Alfred Debrecht and Anton Schmitt attended, the organization meeting of the fourth liberty loan committee held at Woodstock on. Monday evening of this week. Mr. and Mrs. Chris Blake and daughter, who recently moved to Chi­ cago, have returned and will again reside on one of the Geo. J. Sayer farms at Pistakee Bay. Don't forget to write our Soldier boys. If you haven't their address, same will be cheerfully furnished you by the parents or near relatives.. The boys will be glad to hear from you. "Stubby" Smith had his season's crop of potatoes dug on Monday aft­ ernoon of this week and from a)l re­ ports he has enough spuds to feed several armies. Don't know whether or not he is 'taking orders. Better try him. Our school opened here last week with a very good attendance and, the instructors and scholars have set out with an abundance of enthusiasm and energy. If you have a boy or girl who belongs in school it is your duty to send them. The parishioners of St. John's Catholic church here held a procession to the little chapel south of here on a recent day and the event .was partici­ pated in by at least two hundred people. Prayers for our boys in the trenches were offered. John Smith and family, John M. and Anton Schmitt drove, to MilwaU" kee, Wis., Tuesday, where they took* in the Wisconsin state fair and also called on the former's daughter, Eve­ lyn, at St. Joseph's convent. Evelyn Smith entered the Milwaukee convent about a month $go. Our people are to be congratulated upon the manner in which they ob­ served "gasless" Sundays during the pasf two weeks. Altho the entire community is made up of Germans, they are always willing to show their true patriotism by respecting any and all requests and government rulings. In last week's issue we failed to mention the fact that a hay "rack load of our patriotic citizens took in the jackie band concert at McHenry. Most of those who made up the party were owners of automobiles, who in compli­ ance with the request to save gas, took this means of traveling to and from McHenry and we dare say that the ride, concert and speech were thoroly enjoyed by all. The liberty loan committee of John- burg is already getting things in shape for the opening of the fourth liberty loan drive, which opens two weeks from next Saturday, Sept. 28. Better get ready so that when the so­ licitors call you will be in a position for action and thus assist them in their efforts of cleaning up the work in the, shortest possible time. The solicitors will appreciate such action and so will Uncle Sam. Frbm Sergt. Wm. H. Althoff The following letter, written by Sergt. Wm. H. Althoff, who is now in France, to his parents here, will be of much interest to his friends in Mc­ Henry and Johnsburg: August 4? 1918. Dear Folks--This is Sunday and I don't just know if I answered your letters or not so thought I would drop a line again. I was reading the let­ ters you sent to me since coming to France and in the last one mother had a few lines in her own writing, so I made up my mind to write, her immediately. I am feeling fine and dandy. Had a little taste of trench life and dur­ ing the time we were there it was none to pleasant for it rained quite a little, generally about two good showers a day, which kept the trenches in bad shape, but you know when there is a bunch of boys together such . things become a joke. Every time a shower would come we would talk about baths and' call it a trench shower bath in our uniforms. By the Way mother, tell Lizzie I want a postal picture of the baby so I can show it to the boys and tell them I was her sponsor. You ought to see us boys, we are,quite like the answer to the riddle, "Why are soldiers like old women?" The ans­ wer is "Because you can always see them chatting on the roadside after working hours," which is surely the truth, for we gather together and talk about our times we had and show each other the letters from home, andk last but not least, the dear old home pictures. I wish -you would send me a picture of mother and father and also my sis­ ters and brothers. I would also be glad to have some postals of my dear boy and girl friends* so please send me some. Well, mother and father, I suppose you are wondering how I am. Don't worry about me for I feel just as well satisfied here aa I would tap if I were ttxtifois .ft-v 'I • „ fi#*: -'-i Sr f-'i wmi t;. win the war. Save it. The faster Tnoney is saved and placed at the dis­ posal of the government, the sooner f the boys will be home. The patriotic citizen will save as much as he possibly n. \ : v I-CpI iSfl Dor Sayings Department w:. pays 3 per cent compound interest HOY BANKING ' :,W J MCHENRY, ILLINOIS - * * . 0 (Ms Leonard GENERAL AUCTIONEER Farm Sates a Specialty 16 Years Experience His many years of experience in buying. and selling cattle keeps him well informed on the current values of all kinds of farm properties. A number of sales have al­ ready been listed and if you plan to sell I will be glad to make, arrangements with you. Dates can be left at any of the four banks in Woodstock, Crystal Lake, Huntley, McHen­ ry, Harvard or Hebron. Good Honest Servic e and a Square Deal Guaranteed. Telephone at my expense or write. Charles Leonard Tel. 163-R Woodstock, ill. back there. Of cdurse it is only na­ tural we would rather be home and get to thinking very seriously of home and friends, but we will be back some day and then we will show you all the souvenirs and tell you of our great experiences. Well, Barbara says I should write her some French. I can do that, but I don't think she can comprende French. The word is pronounced compru. I can parte France Petit with a Madam Moselle if she has a little idea. You know I just mix it up and I know how to ask for eats, which is the main part, Voo com­ prende? Ah, wes ha ha. When we get mail from home we just bunch around the top cutter like school kids around there teacher for a reward of some kind. Paul Schumacher and Ed. Tony an are still in my company. We three - boys deceived communion this morn­ ing. We go every chance we get. Now folks don't worry about me as I want you all to look as young and happy as when I left and mother those words you wrote your own self were most highly .appeciated. I close with a friendly goodnight. Sargt. Wm. H. Althoff, / Co C., 130 U. S. Inf., ; . ' A. E. F., France. • No Hunting or Trespassing Notice is hereby given that hunting and trespassing is hereby strictly pro­ hibited upon our premises. 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Each one is in personal charge of a man who believes in what S\£ift & Company is doing for people and wants to help do it They are directed by men who have spent years learning how to get better meat cheaper to the places where it is needed. a Meat is shipped to the branch houses direct from the packing plants in Swift & Company's refrigerator cars, in such quantities that it can be disposed of while fresh and sweet Your meat dealer comes here to buy your meat for you--unless some­ one else can treat him better then ̂ we can. So you need the branch house order to live well; and the branch house and th* packing plant need each other,in order to be useful to yottk * • v* "N ^ Swift ^Company, % m. Irt1 1 1 ISMJ* Telephone Na 1M-R SIMON STOFFEL Insurance agent for all duses of property in the beet companies WEST McHENRY. ILLINOIS PR. F. I. A1CHER DBNTIST 1m TalepheB* Baehaage 1 • V & " McHeanf, x :•*. Ulinofc T&phaae N*. 79-W Adrntiae witii Th» FlaTndaakr •t« -M^uai = - 'it * • ' --