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X'BEHBT FLAntDXAUIt, TBUXBDAT, DM. J3.WSQ Sheffield Plata , Articles of Sheffield plate are made of popper and coated with silver by a proems of fusion. About 1742 Thomas jBoulsover discovered accidentally that >•?•• r ma application of heat would fuse the W ^,;|wo materials so that they could be ?;*:'••• ^Jprorked as one. Joseph HancoA, a 'Relative of the Inventor, soon applied 1 ft to the making of candlesticks and . |>ther articles for domestic use. The irst factory for production on an exanslve scale was founded In IW. If ,_ador and Leader. . i", The Horn* Worker \x~?sr~, I GoA, have you ever stopped to * |thlnk what electricity does In the .•> |home? It runs the washer, heats the „Iron, turns the fans, toasts the bread, |eooks the meal, perks the coffee, curls |tbe hair, runs the radio, warms the jjbath water, sweeps the carpets, runs &he sewing machine and lights the Chouse. Truly Aladdin's lamp Is not % tnvtlL--Florida Times-Union. tiadwrgrouBd "Aqa»J«etH ,v '\<J '^The drinking water for the Venice is brought in through an aque- (floct which passes under the lagoon. Twice Told Talcs liens of Interest Taken From the Files of the Plaindealer «f Tears LIbmIm* FormliM ' j Scientists calculate that limestone is * \l>elng built at the bottom of the ocean .•"".'-VIM the rate of an inch a century. HP. C. KELLER Optometrist and Optician ^ will be at WALSH'S DEUG STORE Riverside Drive •ve^jr Saturday afternoon, I to 9 p. m. Eyes examined and glasses made to order only Also all repairs Phone Richmond 16 Dr. JOHN DUCEY ? VETERINARIAN RICHMOND, ILLINOIS McHENRY GRAVEL & EXCAVATING 00. A. P. Freund, Prop. Road Building and Excavating Estimates Furnished on Bequest High-grade Gravel Delivered (at any time--large or small orders given prompt attention. Phone 204-M McHenry HENRY V. S0MPE& General Teaming Sand, Gravel and Goal for Sale Grading, Graveling and Road Work Done By Contract of Every Description or By Day Pfione McHenry 649-R-J McHenry, HL P. 0, Address, Boute 3 WM. M. CARROLL Lawyer €Aee with West McHenry State Bank Bray Wednesday .4 McHenry, Illinois 128-W Reasonable Rates i A. H. SCHAEFKR |"/ , 0 Draying McHENRY - • * - ILLINOIS No. 108-R Stoffel & Reihamperger Issai mi i agents for all classes of property in the best companies. WEST McHENRY - ILLINOIS Insure--In Sore--Insurance WITH--- Wm. G. Schreiner Auctioneering OFFICE AT RESIDENCE SS-R - McHenry, Illinois 1:€ i WM HERMAN J. SCHAEFER Local and Long Distance Hauling and Moving Live Stock Hauled Right to the Yard Phone 175 McHenry, HL FIFTY YEARS AGO The private Ice Houses in this village are being filled with as fine ice as ever put up here- It is from fourteen to sixteen inches in thickness and as clear as a crystal. The work on the new bridge is progressing favorably. When Completed it will be one of the finest bridges in this part of the state. Our merchants are doing a lively business these days, and report the best holiday trade known for years. The Geneva Lake passenger, which passes through this station each evening at 6:53, met with quite an accident on Thursday evening of last week, near Genoa. It was thrown from the track by a broken rail and the engine and several of the cars thrown down a twelve foot embankment. Fortunately no one was killed. The addition to the Pickle Factory is fast approaching completion, workmen being busy putting on the finishing touch inside. FORTY YEARS AGO The usual quiet of our village was disturbed on Saturday morning last by the news that a burglary had been attempted the night before, and upon inquiry it was learned that an attempt had been made to get into the store of Bonslett & Stoffel, on the West Side. The entertainment at the city hall on Friday evening last, under the direction of Prof. J. H. Burger, of the West Side School, was one of the most interesting and enjoyable we have ever attended. Some lawless individuals, among whom are some not very small boys, have been mutilating and breaking fences in--front of residences in this village of late- County Clerk Avery has completed the Collectors' books for the several towns. The dog tax, alone, of the county amounts to $2,011. We are glad to be able to inform our readers in McHenry and surrounding country that C. H. Albrect, a graduate of the American Dental College, has decided to locate here for practice. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO Over nine hundred dollars was cleared at the recent fair and festival ! given by St. Mary's parishioners. The 6:40 Lake Geneva passenger •was nearly three hours late last Thursday evening owing to the wreck of the "Sterling Express" which occurred near Winfield. Herman Kamholz, while at work at the lumber yards, Tuesday, had the thumb of his right hand qujte severely' smashed. Linus Newman has just received -from the Woodman Accident Association a check for $29.94 issued him by that organization for injuries received while at work at raising a barn about a month ago. Two gentlemen from Chicago were in McHenry this week looking over the field in view of locating a canning factory here. Their proposition is to get farmers about this vicinity interested in the affair, to whom they wish to sell shares. The success of the plan depends entirely upon the interest shown by the farmers- TWENTYXEARS AGO Charles, the seventeen year old son of Mr. and Mrs. August Rossman, lies at the home of Henry Block in a very serious condition, as a result of a terrible accident that befell the young man last week when he attempted to stop a fly wheel on a buzz saw. On last Friday evening, Dec. 9, the girls and bojrs basket ball teams of the Dundee high school-journeyed to McHenry and were defeated by McHenry high school boys and girls. Jacob C. Bickler, who has conducted the affairs of the McHenry House during the past summer to a marked degree of success, is now sole owner of this popular hostelry. Local trappers inform us that the fur-bearing animals are quite plentiful this winter. Harry, the 5-year-old ^son of Mr. and Mrs. Alex Phillip, passed away at the home of his parents, on Thursday of last week. A boy arrived at the home of Mr. and Mrs. David Powers on Monday of this week. The ice harvesting season is again at hand. Worts ft Boley are having their houses filled with ten inch, No. 1 quality ice. Grandmother and Her Very Best Christmas by Myrtle Koon Cherryman UANDMOTHEIi," said young Alfred, always looking for weirdly dramatic stories, "what was the worst Christmas you ever spent?" "Oh, dear me!" laughed Grandmother. "What's the use of trying to remember? I,don't know whether It was the time your grandfather went to the city miles away and was thrown out of the sleigh*and nearly killed on his way back, or the time when all the children had scarlet fever and we feared your father would die." "Or that time we thought Martin had been kidnaped," suggested Father, unable to keep out Of the reminiscences. "Oh, we won't even talk about that!" exclaimed. Grandmother. "I'd rather hear about the best Christmas you ever had, Grandma," said gentle little Alice. "You've told me about your wedding day--that was on Christmas, wasn't It? Was it the , happiest one?" "Well, I don't know," mused Grandmother, "I remember being very well satisfied with my husband, and feeling very grand In my blue 'surah* dress and all that, but there were so many problems of living ahead of us, I hardly think that was the happiest Christmas. Let's see--" "Well, now!" exclalnted Father. "I'm surprised you should hesitate at all when you remember that my birth day Is December 15. I should think having a marvelous flrst-born son ten days old would have created the hap piest holiday for -you." "Yes, dear, I was very happy and proud," said Grandmother df*eamlly, "but you were a collicky baby, and--" "Oh, now, don't take all my glorj away!" protested Father. "No, I'll give you* the glory by saying that the December that brought your first-born was my happiest up to that time. There's something about toeing a grandmother--" "That means me, doesn' llranny?" interrupted Alfred. "Yes, dear, and the Christmas you sang the solo in the boy choir, I thought I'd burst with pride and Joy." > "Then that was the best?" "No, because Alice made me feel the same way, last night, when she acted so beautifully in the play at the church. I guess, come to think of it, the Christmas that's just been fs gen erally the best." (©. 1930, Western Newspaper Union.) DEVELOPING MANHOOD 11m question %i developing man* hood is perhaps more vital today than ever before. Every large city, town and community is faced with problems of its youth, most of which have been succesfully solved through organizations catering to the youth of the land. But there still remains thousands of unfortunate boys and girls who are in need of correct education outside of their regular school thinking minds and healthy physical bodies are as great factors in th« life of our youth as the knowledge of books. In a recent interview with Judge George W. Wood, well known boys worker and a national director f the Izaak Walton league of America, of Waterloo, Iowa, he declared: "No father has any business to be a father unle&s he is willing to devote his best time and attention to the problem that is of the most value not only to the home, but to the state-of producing the highest type of manhood. At no time in the history of this great country of ours have we needed leadership of the strength and courage that we are needing to meet the problems of today. If you will interest yourself in the boys of the country, you will be doing not only yourself, but your country the finest service that can be rendered to it. "In the complex problems of our present civilization there is too little contact between the man and the boy. In the fist place, it will awaken your memories of your own boyhood; in the second place, it will give you an acquaintance with this youngster that put you in a position whereby you may advise and help him over the hard places." Interest in the Soy Scouts and other organizations that are working to improve the youth ot today is growing rapidly. PeopleNfre commencing to realize the great importance of bringing their boy to manhood with a love of nature in his heart and a better understanding of conservation. The boy of today who appreciates the forests, waters and wildlife will grow to be the type ol man our country will demand as a leader in the future generation, <=> . Christmas Carol by Dicky, Canary JB«4 By Harold L. Cook 0. Baxter Howe, M. D. Dr. Howe Specializes in Diseases of the Blood, Skin, Nerves, Stomach, Bowels, Liver. Kidney, Bladder, Nose, Throat, and Chest, and Genito-Urinary diseases of Men and Women in 'general. Hour® 10 to 12 A. M~ 2 to 0 P. M. OFFICE 236 MAIN ST. 6S4 WOODSTOCK, ILL. IpSlsS'- TEN YEARS AGO McHenry is rapidly becoming the •gasoline center of McHenry county. This week another giant 12,000 gallon capacity storage tank is being erected by the Valvoline Oil company % which John A. Thennes is the local agent. Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Hauswirth returned home from Chicago Tuesday | where they had attended the wedding of the latter's brother, Robert N. Brown, to Miss Esther Mattson. The bride is the daughter of the late Mrs, Peter Wirfs. According to local workmen em ployed at the Terra Cotta factory, work in some departments has become mighty slack and everyone is hoping that conditions will soon be such as to insure steady employment throughout the winter. An unsuccessful attempt of robbing the McGee & Conway clothing store here, was made some time during last Sunday night. Gerald Newman suffered quite painful injury to his left eye while working with a cement mixing gang at Ringwood. :S. BRIMMER never forgot anybody or anything at Christmas. She made presents for every one of the neighbors' children and she either bought or made something new for every room in the house--a new bath mat or shower curtain for the bathroom, a new dish drainer or towels for the kitchen, new curtains or table covers for the living room, a ribbon for the cat, a collar for the dog--and this year, a new green cage for Dicky, the canary. Everything was in place the day before Christmas when the children arrived home for the holidays, and Mary Ellen, the oldest daughter, had Just finished her tour Of Inspection of Christmas presents to the house, when she stopped in front of Dicky's new cage and whistled to start him singing. But there was, no answer from the cage. % "Well, mother, you don't seem to have forgotten a single thing or a single- room," Mary Ellen said. ""But what has happened to Dicky? Is he dazed by the splendor of his new pal ace, or is he too old to sing?" "I can't make it out," replied Mrs. Brimmer. "He sang all right in the old cage, but he hasn't peeped a note since I put him In this one three days ago. He must be homesick. If he doesn't sing by tomorrow I'll put him back in the old cage, so that he may have a Merry Christmas, too." Christmas morning the Brimmers found installed, in their living room a new radio, and they began the day happily by listening In on that delight ful half hour from eight-thirty to nine o'clock which brings dally cheer to so many American homes. The sing ing of a bird came over the radio as a background of the program, and al most with the first bird notes from the radio, Dicky started hopping around in his new green palace, and finally broke into a full-throated Christmas carol which was a Joy to every one. He was saying Merry Christmas to his little brother who was singing a thousand miles away in New York. <©. 1930, Western Newspaper Union.) Sweet THE SOLUTION WONDERFUL BOXES OF CAND* FO& 6HRISTMAS There is the finest sentiment and real Christmas spirit behind a box of candy, presented as a gift for Christmas. L We carry a full line of special boxed candies alltlfe leading brands. ' Also cigars, cigarettes and tobaccos in sp^pit^ wrapped packages * > - • JOHRltARLS Come in please Go out pleased •'With a family the size of yours, I guess the exchanging of Christmas presents is pretty expensive." "No, Indeed, we solved that problem long ago." "Why,, how did you that?" "Why, w6 simply five each other flve-doljar bills." Popular Delicacy Americans spend approximatel $1,000,000 a day fo: ice cream. BE LOYAL To Your Town at well as to your Country PATRONIZE YOUR LOCAL MERCHANTS Central JQHN8BURO IHBD J. SMITH, Pt»prlett§ Chevrolet Sales. General Automotive Repair Work - 4 Give us a call when in trouble * i EXPERT WELDING AND CYLINDER REBORING "Tift^iHione 200-J Night Phone 640-jfey Attaining Reputation Vi* way to gain a good reputation Is to endeavor to be what jron desire to appear.--Socrates. 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