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"£? w** '• • ^ THE M'HENRY PLAINDEALER, THURSDAY, MAY 30, 1929 m? v?',.:. • RIKGWOOD Ed Hopper, who has been very ill past few week*, was teken to tho ahkegan Hospital Wednesday-night. Mrs. Ed Hopper and son, Floyd, and Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Hopper accompanied him. • Mr. and Mrs. Max Beth and son, $illy, of Chicago, spent Wednesday in ^the Wm. Beth home. Mrs. Viola Low and children spent Tuesday with relatives at Hebron. Mr. and Mrs. George Shepard and children spent Wednesday afternoon it McHenry. Mrs. Minnie Coates was called to Dundee Tuesday by the sudden death flf her sister. i Mr. and Mrs. Nick Young visited >lfiss Tilie Miller at the Waukegan llospital Wednesday night. ; ; Mrs. Glen Jackson of Solon Mills v amd Mrs. Viola Low were McHenry ,Visitors Wednesday morning. t. Dora Anderson is ill at her home %ith the measles. '„V -i Mrs. Frank Moska of Brodhead, Uris., and Mrs. Ada Mann of Wood- 4 Jfcock spent Tuesday, with Mrs. Edgar vpjhomas and family. Mrs. Thomas Doherty was an Elgin Visitor last Thursday. *« Mr. and Mrs. Will Ilendrickson of ichmond spent Thursday afternoon the Sam Beatty home. Mrs. Christiana Young of'McHenry qpent Thursday in the Nick Young >*- '-|iome. Nick Young and Mrs. Christiana : . Toung were callers in Spring Grove ' Thursday afternoon. * ' George Shepard and children were *t : Visitors at McHenry Thursday <afterr/:'/ 1»oon. . Mrs. Sam Beatty, Mrs. Viola Low, and Mr. and Mrs. John Boyd attended Ed Stewart's funeral at Richmond J Friday afternoon. , / Adrian Thomas and Clyde Carr re- ? turned to their home Saturday mornv #ig from a trip to Denver, Colorado. • * , Mr. and Mr.s Irving Walker and „ • J- children of Waukegan' were -visitors • -fen the Ray Merchant home Saturday. - $arlene and Rita Mae Merchant reamed with them. The Bunco club journeyed to the kome of Mrs. Joe Weber at McHenry Thursday afternoon. Prizes were •warded to Mrs. George Young first, ' Mrs. Joe Weber second, Mrs. Ed. /Thompson, third, and Mrs. Edgar Thomas the consolation. Mrs. Thomas Doherty received the prize for the i. • "-irae having made the most number ! » ilf buncos. At the close of the games "~r~\ Hefreshments were served. Mr. and Mrs. George Shepard and ' children and Alice Mae Low were callers in the Charles Shepard home in Jtichmond Friday evening. Mrs. Clay Rager and daughters, Viola and Mae, and Miss Alice Wilcox, were Woodstock visitors Saturday afternoon. Carl Fay of Chicago spent Saturday ®ftemoon with his mother, Mrs. Jen- -•jlie Spaulding. rf Loren Thomas celebrated his tenth P iirthday anniversary Saturday after- , ; ; jioon at his home by entertaining fiff*. "teen of his playmates. A bountiful Jqncheon witM; the usual birthday ii ^^ake was enjoyed after a happy afternoon of play. Among the guests were , Mrs. Julius Randal of Richmond, Mrs. „ . Homer Mann and son, Bob, of Woodlitock, Alice Mae, Walter and Robert Low, William Dodge, Lucille Peet, i- $ladys and Howard Shepard, Noreen rr:--find Freddie Krohn, Charles Thomp- - ' aon, Stanley Young, Audrey Rae Mer- • x chant, Loren and Hiley Jean Thomas, ,\ : Mrs. William McCannon, Mrs. Emma • . Merchant, Mrs. Ray Merchant, Mrs. Viola Low and Mrs. George Shepard. Miss Viola Rager of McHenry is spending a couple of weeks with her iparents, Mr. and Mrs. Clay Rager. J « Mr. and Mrs. Fred Wiedrich were ffcHenry shoppers Friday morning. Mr. and Mrs. John Miller sptoit Thursday evening in the Frank Wiedrich home. Clarence Pearson was a Waukegan - visitor Friday morning. Mr. and Mrs. John Miller were Elgin shoppers Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Neal of Chicago spent ^nday in the Roy Neal home. Ir. and Mrs. Fred Wiedrich attended E. M. Stewart's funeral at Richmond Friday afternoon. Mrs. Elmer Olsen and Florence Olsen were callers in the Lester Carr home Friday. Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Matsen and son of Chicago, spent the week-end with her parents. V Mr. and Mrs. Gtts Peauson, Antone and Eva Williams, attended the dance at McHenry Saturday night. Roy, Harold, Mae, Ethel, and Laura Wiedrich attended the show at McHenry Saturday night. Mr. and Mrs. Lester Carr spent Sunday with the latter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Wiedrich. Mr. and Mrs. I. E. Walker of Waukegan called at Lester Calx's Saturday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. I. N. Butler of Elgin spent Sunday in, the F. A. Kitchens home. Harold Osborne of Richmond spent Tuesday evening in the Fred Wiedrich home. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Williams and daughter Eva were Woodstock visitors Wednesday afternoon. Mae Wiedrich and Mrs. Lester Canwere McHenry shoppers Wednesday afternoon. Miss Dorothy Carr of Chicago w*i home over the week-end. Fred Wiedrich and son, Roy, were Hebron callers Thursday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Shandclmeier of Belvidere, and Mr. and Mrs. Harold Kelley and daughter of Crystal Lake spent Sunday in the William Kelley home. • , Mr. and Mrs. Earl Smith of Woodstock were callers in Ringwood Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Robert McClain of Woodstock spent Sunday with Mrs. Frankie Stephenson. Mr- and Mrs. Henry Henzie of Crys tal Lake spent Sunday with M^. and Mrs. George Harrison. Mr. and Mrs. Leo Karls of Richmond spent Sunday in the C. D. Bacon home. Mr. and Mrs. Russel Hopper of Elgin and Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Hopper, Elmer Carr and John Smith, €pent Sunday in the Ed Hopper home. Mrs. Gilbert of Crystal Lake, Everett Conley and friend of Chicago, Raymond Mead and wife, Mrs. Joslyn and Mrs. Ed Dalton of Elgin, were guests of Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Flanders Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Grover Allen/ and the latter's sister of Chicago, and Mr, and Mrs. I. N. Butler and child of Elgin, spent Sunday in the F. A. Hitchens home. Vernon Whitite of Chicago is spending the week jn tke F. A. Kitchens home. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Frey and children of Deerfield, spent Sunday in the Sam Beatty home. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Peet and family of Greenwood were Ringwood visitors Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. George Young and sons were guests in the home of the former's mother at# McHenry Sunday Quite a number of prominent Modern Woodmen visited E. J. Hopper at his home on Sunday to welcome him ; home again. Among them were E. A. Wales of Rock Island, 111., Ed Senger, Mr. Schroeder and W. Battern of Woodstock, Mr. hnd Mrs Miller Hansen of Huntley, 111., Charles Thompson of Greenwood and District Deputy J. P. Reynolds of Rockford, 111. A beautiful new 10-ft. woven wire fence has been erected around the Dick Lawson Farm in Ringwood. ~ Miss Noreen Krohn spent the week end with her cousins at Sunny Crest Farm. Mrs. I. E. Walker and family were dinner guests of Fred Krohn and and family, Mother's Day. * >; Judicial DutW. ~/\ 1 If Jfcdges would make theft* -de-' cislons just, they should behold neither plaintiff, defendant nor pleader, bat only Um «ause Itself.--Mvingst on. Middl. Ait Middle age Is that period In life when you begin to be unable to find yonr gin uses when you need them.-- Ohio 8tate Journal ' armers: We buy and pick up cripples, broken down i: Cows and Bolls. * These mnlmmU \v must toe alhrii $10.00 per head. ;; Horses not wanted. Telephone Harrington 35b ;; We pay all telephone calls, 52,5 pd. M ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••Ml Base Ball Decoration Day THURSDAY May SO State Line VS. Johnsburg Sunday, 2:30 O'CLOCK - St.Charleses. Johnsburg Both Games WiUjB« Played ; at Jotinsburg Ball Park . : ADULTS, 35c ADMISSION DREN. 15c Vast Wealth Amassed by Old Time Monarch* Among those In ancient times who could afford to turn over and take another nap in the morning, one of the wealthiest was Rameses III, according to a writer ia the Detroit News. This Egyptian pharaoh some 3,000 years ago was dazzling the known world with his treasures. DIodorons estimated Rameses' wealth at about 400,000 talents, equivalent to the purchasing power of $10,0Q0,- 000,000. Croesus, the best known ' of all rich men, probably was not quite as wealthy as Rameses, but he was able to give the equivalent of $200,- 000,000 to the Delphic Oracle as a bid for victory against the Persians. And, be it added, took his defeat ltke a man. Croesus had a relative, Pythlus, who handed Xerres $24,000,- 000 one day as a token of his esteem and when Xerxes hesitated, assured him that it was a mere trifle to what he had on hand. Considering that the, money would have to be multiplied by 20 realize its purchasing power today, that was one of the largest gifts ever made. Solomon's income was equal, to $20,000,000 a year. . Sardanapolus, Nero, Lucal!u8, the queen of Sheba and Cleopatra, if alive today, would be respected by some of our richest nabobs. Then there was William de la Pole, who, in the Fourteenth century, loaned his king $5,300,000--to tide over a royal embarrassment-- and never got It back. Had Not Reidly Done Much to Relieve Him "Have you given him anything or done anything to relieve him?" a&ked the younc I'm-tor." who hn<! fared far into the backwoods to see a patient in the dead of a stormy night. "Well, no, doc--that Is to say, nothin' to speak of," said the wife of the patient. "I had him soak his feet in almost b'ilin' water with a lot of mnstard in it. an' I clapped a redhot plaster on his hack, an' another one on his chlst, an* I've put a couple of blisters I had In the house under his arms, an' a hug o' cracked ice on the back of his neck, an' had him drink a pint n' ginger tea Jes' as hot as he could swnller it. an' I follered that with some yarb bitters one of the neighbors s*»nt over, ah' I had him take five or si* pills out of a box I got one «1»y from a man that come alonK with medicine to sell, an' he's had p thn-e or four spoons o* Quakem's pain killer an' one o' these sidelits powders, but I didn't feel like as If I ort to give him much o' anything, or try to do much for him. until you come an' see what you think ailed him."--Credit Lost. ClMariftry Popular More persons are engaged in the pursuit of chemistry than in any other science. There are approximately 22,000 chemists and assistants in the United States. The teaching of chemistry in colleges and universities. In medical and other professional schools, requires a large number of the most highly trained specialists In the field: in many university departments important research Is enrried on. Industries for the manufacture of chemical products, foodstuffs, gases, leather, metals, paints, petroleum, photographic materials, rubber, soap, textiles and other products maintain laboratories for the control of production, for development and for research, in which chemists are employed as analysts, research workers, department 4^6&d»,|ttid chemical engineers. - , £ * • • • Nearby and Yonder.... by T. T. MAX BY Mint Farming ACCORDING to-,one of UndeSam's publications soifle 17,500 acres of peppermint. Including about 2,000 acres of spearmint, -«re farmed in the United States. Two-thirds of this acrehge is in northern Indiana, about onefourth in southern Michigan--the combined area comprising the largestknown peppermint-producing section In the world, the remainder in Washington. Oregon and New York. ^ Certain muck and peat soils seem best adapted to this culture. Planted in rows, harrowed when young and later weeded by hand, it is harvested with mowing machines. Harvest time ranges from late July to early September, according to weather and crop conditions. Two to three tons of herb per acre is an average yield. The h^y is distilled in vats--about 325 pounds of hay producing a pound of oil. One traveling through a mint-farming" section during harvesting time will note that the country^ round about it is permeated by a noticeably sweetish odor. The oil brings the money. It Is sold by the pound. The yield may range from next to nothip» to 100 pound# per acre--the average being from 25 to 75 pounds. The price may fluctuate from $1 per pound iff over-supply seatons to $25 per pound in short-crop seasons-- the general average being about $2.50 per pound. Formerly, certain quantities of Juicy mint leaves were used In making a very celebrated concoction rather widely and fondly known as mint Julep. Today, the oil is chiefly used In flavoring extracts, medicines and cosmetics. Such of the crop as IS exported normally goes to England, Gar-. maAy and France. (©. 1»2S. Western Newspaper Union.) Profit System Ensures Consumer Fair Chance If your goods are acceptable, or yonr services useful, you will receive a profit. If. on the other hand, your fellow creatures decide (wisely or unwisely, it makes no matter) that they do not want your gt^ods, or that they will get on better without your services, then j'ou will make a loss. The profit-making, system is the only one under which the consumer can be perfectly sure-of obtaining the article he wants--Any other scheme can 'onlymean that he will have forced upoci him the article which somebody els% things be ought to want. Working for a profit on an individualistic system also ensures that the people who receive the goods are the same as those who pay for them--* very important point. Based upon the interests of «the consumer. It Is the only system under which the consumer can ever stand a change. We can make no money, we can do not good, unless we can persuade others to accept our services at the valu» that we and they jointly place upo* them.--Ernest J. P. Benn, "The CoiP fessions of a Capitalist." Tfce Liaait Llttie Anita was in the first month of the first year of her school life. Laboriously she had learned the consecutive order of numbers ss far as seven. She couldn't imagine that anything In the counting line could exist beyond that figure. Just at that time her mother reached another ^nllestone on the road of life and the members of the family wished her many happy returns of the day. When it came to Anita's turn, she said: "Many happy returns of the day, mother. 1 hope you live--" and then after a long and thoughtful pause, "for seven years more." Will You Forget? YOUR OWN baby's smile. You think that you can never forget it. But you will forget it--as well as all the other mannerisms of babyhood-- unless you save them In Kodak pictures. Don't wait u n t i l your youngster grows up and It's too late. Get a Kodak now and get those precious pictures. We'd like to show you our Kodak line. Prices are moderate. . Kodaks SS up; < Brownies $2 up THOMAS P. BOLGKR The McHenry Druggist" Ptrane 4« McHenry. I1L EST/UUJSMCD WHERE ECONOMY FRUITS and VEGETABLES Fresh from Orchard and Garden I x Strawberries 2 qt. boxes for ® # Bananas 3 lbs. for,.:... iVALLESTk fulfillyour desire ^ECONOMY tfCONOM Y, to fee wisety prac- •*-* ticed, must embrace thrift in > lbs. for 9* Tomatoes llb.l9c its falleit meaning . . . a n d thai means to secure the finest foods at prices that offer worth-w/ult savinf! There is more than lot' prices at A 4k P. Silver brook BUTTERS WHEAT v £9- p. • •.. * ' ". £'Carnation or BordcaV MILK 3™. 27* White HoUbe Brand 3 tall cans 25c Especially G for AJkP SPAGHETTI or NOODLES ;: > /MISS Peas 2 <£.'25" Pillsbury's PANCAKE FLOUR ;3 > , uuincai z m««o wl • f\^tufz>ig_ PEACHES Sliced or Halved Carton of No. 2% Can ir MIDDLE WESTERN DIVISION ' • v ' • .I/'."- '3V '• i . y. ...,v - A :-lV ' ' • -ri- USE THE 0LA8SIFIED COLUMNS FOR QUICK RESULTS | \ .i/TV ' • 5 ^ Swedish Superstition One of the strangest superstitions is thst believed by some in Sweden that when a man dies after having been a faithful husband his shirt goes to heaven with him. If the wife dies first and the widower Is married again he most destroy his first shirt on the eve of his second wedding. Disregarding the assumption that there Is no good reason why a shirt that has given long and faithful service should not be permitted to accompany its master to eternal reward, the origin of this superstition probably is to be found In the Viking burial custom that called for the warrior's incasement in his best battle clothes, for It was assumed that be would need them--even in Tha Last Fmu* At last the vicar had found time to accept an Invitation to dinner from a wealthy parishoner. •. As a special treat the host's little son had been allowed to stay up late and was seated at the table. After holding back his ready flow of conversation and curiosity for the greater part of the evening, the little boy shattered a sudden silence with a voice like a cold chisel. "Mr. Snookes," he began, while the family waited for the bombshell they felt sure was coming--"Mr. S£ookes. did you take up the church 'cos yoa weren't any good at anything elseT*-- London Answers. < Hit Pmb4 of Flash It was Thursday and Wilklns was "broke" and hungry. Halting outside a butcher's shop, he gazed wistfully at the display of chops and sirloins In the window. Plucking up his courage, he entered. "If I leave a security equal to what I take away, will you trust me till tomorrow?" he asked. "Certainly," replied the butcher. "Well, give me a couple of those Joints and keep «*» ef tbom till I come back.** -_w 4 Difftreaf Viewpoint! Men fear old age and ptaD for ft. Women fear old age and deny it. A man thinks of the rainy days ahead. Women look to more sunshine^--American Magazine. That's Just th« Troahl* The main difficulty about people who borrow trouble Is that U>ey wuM to pay back more thao they borrow-- Grand Rapids Press. 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