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May I put your name oa the succor list?--Christian Register. Convenient andFractkal If you own a car. The only convenient way--the only practical way--to house it is in your own garage. I . ^ Build the garage as part of your new house; add it to the house you already have; or make an entirely separate building of it. But by all means, for the sake of your comfort and your pocketbook, build it. You might consider putting up a two-car garage, renting out part of it and getting profit' as well as pleasure from your car. We shall be glad to discuss plans and prices with you at your earliest convenience. TVfr tfENRY LUMBER JL JL Quality and Service First • West McHenry Twle# Told Tales Interesting Bits of News Takes From the Coliuaas of the Plaindealer Fifty aad Twenty-five Tears Ago May, 18ft • Thk new firm of Colby Bros., in Riverside block, are fast getting their store in shape and when completely .arranged will have the handsomest •tore in McHenry county. The Red Ribbon club of McHenry, having perfected their organization, will meet at the Universalist church on Thursday evening of this week, the 8th inst., at half past seven o'clock. Leonard Bantus, who, it will be re- Biembered was so severely injured last winter by falling into a well, is now able to get around on crutches, and in order to get a living for himself and family, has started a peddling wagon. We noticed the scow, "North Star," Captain Powers, Thomas Knox, first mate, ferrying teams across the river Monday morning. It makes an easy, safe and quick transit for those who are obliged to cross during the hours tihat the bridge is impassable. The commissioners have commenced work on the' bridge across the Fox River in this village, and are pushing it forward as rapidly as possible. They will put iij new stringers, replank it and otherwise put it in good repair. They expect to have it completed this week. -- Over 250 fish were caught at the mill dam one morning last week before 8 o'clock, with hook and line. We saw one fellow with a string of eighty-five. They were principally sun fish, weighing from a pound to two and a half pounds each. How many more remain in that hole we are unable to say, but the boys are carrying away large strings "almost hourly. May, 1903 Mrs. Jamefe Cleary and daughters left Tuesday for Sioux Falls, S. D., where they will reside. The boys went to Dakota about four weeks ago With the household goods. ^ The Bowman Dairy company is now receiving at its factory in Nunda, 30,- 000 pounds of milk daily. The Chicago demand for cream is so great that the factory is daily skimming a small quantity of milk and selling the cream in Chicago while the skim milk is sold to wr farmers at 8 cents a can. Loren Lanck, son of Rev. S. W. Lauck, met with an accident last Sunday morning that nearly cost him his life, and it was only a one-inch board that stood between him and death. While he was ringing the bell Sunday morning the clapper fell from the bell and before Loren realized what had happened it fell the distance of about twenty feet to the hatchway, breaking the boards and landing on the floor beneath where the=-boy stood. Something struck Loren on the side of the head and knocked him senseless, but whether it was the clapper or one of the broken boards, he does not know. The quotation committee of the Elgin board of trade decided on 20 cents firm as the market price for butter. This vicinity was visited by a heavy frost last Friday night and if the cherry crop does not suffer in consequence it will be miraculous. Most of the trees were in full bloom. A large number of pleasure seekers were out over Sunday and spent the day at Pistakee. About 100 persons boarded the Chicago train bars Sunday evening. ' „ MRS. CHARLES B. HUBBARD Mrs. Charles B. Hubbard, who was formerly a resident of this community, died at her home in San Francisco, Calif., on Saturday, April 21, at 5:30 p. m., of heart trouble. Funeral services were held Wednesday, April 25. Effie Tilton was born in McHenry county, Oct. 12, 1863, daughter of WSlliam and Susan Estabrooks Tilton, early settlers of McHenry. She was a cousin of the Henry Colby family of McHenry and was brought up in that family after her mother passed away. Deceased was educated in McHenry and taught school several terms in the county. Her husband, C. B. Hubbard, is sales manager for the California Land Security company, Inc., of San Francisco. Fsmooi as Boianittt Among the ancients Aristotle, tha Greek philosopher; Theophrastus, the Roman naturalist; Phinj the elder, and the Ureek physician, Dloscorlde#, left botanical records of historical Interest, but botany as a modern science has developed in the last four centuries, dating from the Reformation. In 1583 Cesulplno. an Italian physician, published the first formal and comprehensive classification of plauts. Uaod to Thickwn Oil Oil-pulp is a mixture of solutions of alum and soap, whose precipitate consists of aluminum salts of fatty adds, dissolved In oil to form an. oil-thickener. Flight of Birda Birds commonly fly nxainst >M a wind current, and are upset if they fly with a strong wind. down Qie BalanceMoiUhly "Little lylAttie'toaf "J Important / features Strong motor--for greoSsc •action. Extra large nonds rtisni saoca of rag per atroke. Efficient adjustment of reat wheel noxxle height. Bine Bag--add* beauty. Slip-on bag clamp--easy to empty. All steel handle -- strength widk little weight. Oversize robber Phone for free demonstration Electric Vacuum Cleaner This popular Fedelco does everything that a woman wants any cleaner at any price to do -- easy, quick and excel; lent work. See one today. Try it in your home. No obligation! i -myour home Over 4,000 Fedelco Cleanert in use by our customers PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OP NORTHERN ILLINOIS 401 Williams St., Crystal Lake Telephone 280 ]. A. Schabeck. District Manager '• i'-A : 31 Benefit of M'HENRYTROOP No. 1 BOY SCOUTS a* BAND CONCERT Tuesday Evening, May 8 th Featuring Elmer Koerner and His High School Band BIG PARADE of the WOODEN SOLDIERS Band Accompaniment IRISH MELODY i "y 1 jj YOUTHFUL GERMAN ARTIST | I on a | SWEDISH ACCORDION ORIOI&**STEB6 in CI^8VE2R HARMONY } 8INGING Accompanied by Band .$-.4 v-- i* * -« V <• ' f ' • «> \ 7^ SURPRISE SPECIALTY NUMBER & THE TWO WHITE WINGS FROM MICH. BOUL. ill NONSENSE Picked Up From the Streets and Allevs 5-4 SOLO CLOG DANCE by a HOPEFUL FRESHMAN I Chorus Numbers by the Girls' Glee Club Direction of MB8S DOROTHY MISNER McHenry Community High School Band of 36 Pieces • High School Auditorium, McHenry '8:15 o'clock ADMISSION: Adults, 50 cents--Children, 35 cents. Seat Reservations May Be Made at Bolger's and Wattles' Drag ' Stores, Monday Morning, May 7, after 7 a. m. MANY OTHER ATTRACTIONS That Will FUN AND Boy Scouts in ffH 1111 ilfflH Camp Fire Scene Tiuiuk in Action *