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All persons indebted ' to said Estate are requested to make ^ i-'^l immediate paTHttnt/. to the under? ^ : r ^ v 0 l e i g m e d . . : \ y . - • ( Dated this 19& daiy of' AugUBt, * : UAJRY F. KNOX, ** 1 ^ »# Executrix- <A kr McClura I*ew8p&per"£]ra4iaat«i> (WNU*ervtce.> ALTHOUGH loved each !U»s «€ Interest Taken tfce Files of the Plaindealer ~5 of Tears Ago '.IS-8^ How to «®d sfdT "tell ift ;i^liMyy^yvywwwM^i<4%VV>i' ; • ^ ' • { ;-»<• Florence Ray, D. C.'1 • Chiropractor and Massenrist OTice Hours--2 to i aad 7 to 8 *. at , Sunday by Appoinfcipertt Ppfapathometer and X-Ray Service Office in Rich Bldg., corner Riverside "Drive and Pearl St. MeHei*y,.nfc:; :ir... FIFTY YEARS AGO Died at., Honey Falls, New York, Sept. 3,. David Holmes, aged 73, only brother of H. N. Hoknes of this village-" We understand that Michael Roos has bought the old Johnsburg Brewery building in that village and will refit it and open it as a saloon* George Oweh sold his pacing mare to a Chicago party last week for the handsome sum of $400. G. H. Clarpon has his dryer in operation again at this place, swetft corW: being the crop now dried. . ! .James McNeill of the town: of Grant had seven' sheep killed by 4,dips on Sept. 10. " , The bop.rd of supervisoraaie'to sessioh tfyis week. . • --.V"- DR. C. KELLER Optometrist ] and Opticfrm WALSH'S DRUG STORE Riverside Drive every Saturday afternoon, 2 7 p. u. Eyes examined and glasses made to _ order only Also all repairs <• fUephOM No. 10S-R * "Stoffel & Reihuuperger Insurance qgenta for all classes property in the best companies. ; FORTY YEARS AGO; UTtn. Stoffel has opened *ti iTuhii"- ance office in Elgin and is agent for .some of the best companies in the country. George Frett, son* of-, Wm. Frett, formerly of Johnsburg, died at his home in Chicago on Sunday. „ He was 20 years of age. _ One hundred and two tickets were spld at this station for the Chicago excursion on Tuesday.::, When the train left here it *as composed of twenty-one loaded coaches. The boarding house of Miss Curly, Piirker had a narrow escape, from fire on Thursday last. News has just been received here of the death of Edwin Griswold ' at his home in Jackson, Tenn., which occurred August 24. The reunion of the 95th' Regiment, Illinois Volunteer -Infantry, held at Marengo on Friday last, was well attended by the old veterans and proved to be an enjoyable day. WEST McHENRY ILLINOIS CONNEL M. McDERMOTT r- ATTORNEY-AT-LAW * Hpprs---Every evening,. 7 t6 . . All day Saturdays Fries Bldg. Cor. Green and Elm Sts. TeL McHenry 258 McHenry, 111. Phone Richmond 16 , nr. JOHN DUCEY VETERINARIAN ") TB and Mood Testing N TWENTV-PIVE TEAKS AGO The hunting season opened last Saturday arid several of our sportsmen succeeded in bagging" a number of the feathered tribe. During an electrical storm one right recently a team of horses, own* ed by G. Doolittle of Grayslake, valued at $400 was struck by lightning and kitted; On account of the rain the ceremonies connected with the opening-of the dam were somewhat shortened, but nevertheless, a large and en thusiastic crowd was in attendance. The news of "the marriage of Miss Bernice Kimball to Mr. W. P. Sherman of Richmond came to our citizens last week as a general surprise, the event having taken place at the county seat on Saturday, August 25. Monday being Labor Day, the aftLLINOlli ^ession of school was ..omitted. Tuesday showed an enrollment in the ^rhole public school as 215. itf'- j ilcHENRY GRAVEL A -V;-V' EXCAVATING CO. A. P. Freund, Prop. Road Building and Excavating i Bstimates Furnished on Bequest Qigh-grade Gravel Delivered at any time--large or small orders given prompt attention. Fhone 204-M McHenry HENRY V. BOMFEL General Teaming Sand, Gravel and Goal lor Sale Grading, Graveling and Road Work Done By Contract of Every Description or By Day "PJhone McHenry 649-R-1 ; -%'t McHenry, Dl. rr 1^. O. Address, Romte S ENTY YBARS AGO e marine {>{ .Peter Wirfs to Mrs. Julia Matsim, both of this village, took place irN^^fjcago last evening. Mrs- Matson TUifc-- made Mc- Henry her home fojr years. r The Ctelby property on Wjater street, consisting of the three-story brick structure and land running to the Fox river, has been purchased by Joseph Engeln, the hustling young machinist. A girl was born to Mr. and Mrs. John Blake on Saturday, Sept. 2. Rev- William Voeltz was united i?i marriage to Miss Frieda Schadje of St. Louis, Mo., at 8 o'clock last Wednesday eveniiig, Aug. 30. i Henry Kamholz has purchased a lot | in the Gage estate property on Ceh $er street, on the West Side and will f rect a home thereon. A wedding or more than ordina: importance to McHenry people was jolemnized at St. Joseph's Cathoiic Church,J Waukegan, Tuesday when Miss^/Lucy Zens iand George1 Dowe were united in marriage. • - Jerny and Marcki ot^r, Marcia's was something she would not .give up ffir Jiff/ ui liujuue cist?. Jriij didn't mind this. He knew that with a genius art Is first, love Is second. Their wedding day had sealed bis happiness, the oply cloud In his blue ueaveu being tiifeir pover(Hy. Tofiiorrow would be her birthday. He longed to give her a baby-grand. That would mean be had sealed Marcia's blue hea\tn, too.' But he bud only one worn $2 bHI with which <to buy the loveliest woman in the a gift. He passed a department store. Hundreds of lovely compacts had been arranged by the window dresser. Aod only 97 cents 1 JerrjF went in, and, blushing furiously, aaaJe his purchase, "Waht It wrapped?" wriked the saleir girl, as be hastily pocksted It Jerry was jiot used to buying compacts- Having $1.03 left, he wewt Into another store. There on the cosmetic cotmter was a tray piled bich with compacts such as that which rested ,in his pocket, o&i? these were marked $1,251 "1 got a bargain P* Jerry rejoiced, comparing his own purchase witb these more highly priced ones. Just as be dropped his own back into his pocket, s light but firm hand fell on his arm. He looked into a pair of cold gray eyes. "Perhaps you'd better put that,, back," said the man, lightly opening his coat A badge pinned on his vest read, "House Detective." Jerry was nonplussed. "What are you talking about?" 'Tm talking about what 1 saw yon take. Put It back and' there'll be no trouble. But if you're going to be stubborn and play the old Innocence gag 111 have to take, you up to the head of the store." A crowd of Interested spectators had gathered. "Put it back, or take, the consequences^ the house detective said, leaning back on his heels. "That compact you just lifted," snapped the detective, '•had better be returned or there'll be trouble." Jerry flushed. "I just purchased this compact at Swanson's for my wife. You can go over there witb me and see." •Tm not allowed to leave the store on goose chases," the detective answered gruffly. "And you can tell that to . the authorities." He hauled Jerry, through the delighted crowd. Upstairs tn the spacious offices Jerry was questioned, "Yon say Jrou purchased this compact at Swanson's?" asked Mr. Simp kins, "One of the owners of the store. "How much did you pay for it?" a "Ninety-seven cents," answered Jerry In a rage. t r ; > "Have you your slip?" "No. I just put it into my pocket If you will. ..." •• . --T-V + "Did you give exactly ninety-seven cents, or a bill?" "I gave a $2 bill," answered Jerry, "of which I have one- dollar and three cents change." He pulled out that amount from his pocket. "And how, let's go over to SwansonV" 'Blond Lady of Antwerp** ^ Prisoner in - Asylum. 4 Berlin.--Formerly one of the cleverest and most beautiful spies the world has ever seen, a haggard, wildeyed .woman, whose name is given as "Bertha Heinrich, lies in the great asylum ifor the insane at Wittenau, near •here, awaiting her rapidly approaching end. N - An entry in 'the books of the Institution indicates that she was a, 'hopeless drug addict, when, more than two years ago, she was first admitted. But behind that simple enjtry lies the story of one of the most amazing personalities of the war years. Known as the •"Blond Lady of Antwerp," she was one of Germany's -most successful spies, and betrayed (Countless allied secret service men. Caused Marty Deaths. Her victims, however,, were by no tmeans confined to that field, for One <of her duties was the. appointment of "hundreds of German agents, and these, without being in the "least a war® of the fact:, were ia turn apied on : by members of a special corps whldj she had Arganiked. * \ r It ha« been averred that in tljl« way she was; responsible for the shootihg of « number of spies In the pay of Cfermany wh© were suspected of playing their paymasters false. At the height of her power she was a TW4, slim, graceful creature, possessing ah Irresistible allure. In a pale oval face of delicate mold were set two big blue eyes, luminous and appealing. Few there were* who could say "No" to her, and yet, behind all fascination there worked a brain masterly In its perception and Intuition. Little more than a girl when she first entered Germany's spy service, she soon revealed such brilliant qualities that It was hot long before she was left with a free hand. She made Antwerp her headquarters, and it was there that she brought off some of her greatest coups. Us«d "It" eh Captives. When a Belgian or French secret service agent was taken by the Germans, he was, in nine cases out of "ten, left to the mercies of the "Blond Lady.". Her "interrogation" followed none of the orthodox lines; all. the witchery and fascination nature had given her were employed to the full. And in almost every instance where the stern cross-examination of a military court would have been resisted, the skill of this modern Delilah was successful, for men stammered out to her their secrets againgt the promptings of their training and their judg-* ment. t c Her daring, too, was as great afl her personal fascination. Time and again she penetrated to points: behind the Frgpch line. It wfls affer the war that Nemeste overtook this "woman with the smile of a 'Gloconda and a, heart of the hardest rock," as she has been called. Haunted by the ghosts of. .dead men---, -men betrayed by her hand and brain--^ she sought temporary forgetfulness in drugs. But the phantoms remained, and before long the '"Blond Lady," ijow a hopeless drug addict, had lost evertyhing, beauty, charm, reason Itself--everything in fact except tnV insatiable craving for cocaine, t : " **- A»d WWt EIm? "Prosecuting a divorce salt yesterday In Middlesex Probate court, Saul Lafesteln, Framingham and Marlboro merchant, claimed that bis wife, Esther, tore his straw hat into 55 pieces, liis tie into 40 pieces, and his shl|t Into 25 pieces, and that she hit him with a broom, locked him out, hurleda kettle of hot water at him, threatened to kill him, slashed upholstery In his automobile, and interfered witb his business."--Boston Herald. OU Gncka Pkru* "The mills of the gods grind tfowly, but they grind exceedingly small," is an old Greek aphorism which was put In Its present form by Friedrich von Logau, a German ef)igr&mm9'tifft, whose works were translated by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Oar National Bird -r - The bald eagle, the natSbn's symbol- Is about 3% feet long with a wing spread exceeding seven feet, 'iafr head, neck and tail of adult bird? arepure white. From ancient times the- 'eagle has been universally regarded a symbol of might and courage. WM, M. CARROLL Ofliee with West McHenry State Bank Every Friday Afternoon Phone 4 JMlcHenry, Illinois ii* i Nail Swallowed by jvtan 28 Yeafs Ago Removed 1 Elmer, N. J.-- Revere pains in his chest recently startled Edward Snyder, Pennsylvania railroad track, foreman living here. Mr. Snyder recalled that twenty-eight ago, when making tomato crates, he had swallowed a nail and so told his doctor. The nail, now quite rusty, was located by surgeons and removed in a delicate operation at the Episcopal hospital, Philadelphia. They said It must have penetrated the Intestinal wall at some point and gradually worked Is way upward through Snyder's body until It lodged between his lungs and ribs. Snyder la recuperating aft fets home here. jEaglaad'a Old eat Clock O »' The very oldest clock in Englaml fi believed to be that of Peterborough catnearai, wnich was erected 611 years ago. This has no dial. It has to be wound up daily by means of a great wooden wheel, which raises a threehundredweight leaden weight 300 feet. The "gong" on which it strikes the hours is the thirty-two hundredweight tenor bell of the cathedral, Which is smitten every hour, by an 80-pound hammer. ,i' „ , »\ i- -I t¥' Silence cud Succmm •,.>rN;at£i . - Success may be attributed to three things--one Is silence the second Is more slien.ee and the third iS BtiJI 409^,. •ih«ce^Wair-'Kiretiger, ^ •_• > v. Natiou'a Gum Bill : : The average American faoUly;, •tjibes more' than two packages' of chewing gum weekly.--Collier's Weekly. • o/>e McHenry Laundry Flione McHenry . ^ and our driver tvyj call :. < The Modern Laundry #ry Cleaning, Pressing and f 4. * '* Phalin's Garage Oil Greasrog Pearl Street, McHenry i|"t'f"!1 ^ -|. •)" ,l"t' 'H't't't' 'H't' 12S- W Reasonable Kate* ; A. H. SCHACFEK ; , . ; . D r a y ^ : : ; MCHENXT - - - - • ILLINOIS »•> tonre-b Sure -Insurance WITHWra. G. Schreiner Auctioneering ^ WFICE AT RESIDENCE r 98-R McHenry, lllinoia TEN YEARS AGO the second time within a period of six weeks the' people of this community last Sunday afternoon paid their final tribute to a former young man who gave his all during the late world war, the occasion being the military funeral of the late Corp- Robert Martin, who was instantly killed by a machine gun bullet during the battle of the Arg-onne. During the severe electrical storm of Sunday evening the large barn and its contents on th^ George J. Wagner farm were destroyed by flue. The loss is estimated.at about $5,00^). A gang of laborers with graders are now at work on the Volo-Fox Lake road. The Terra Cotta factory this summer has had a very splendid sale of its teco ware among the resorters along our river and Pistakee bay. waited him and Mr. Simpklns Summoned her. She came witb slow, arrogant steps chewing lazily. "Did you wait on this gentleman this morning?" asked Mr. Simpklns. "Yeah, he bought a compact; and 1 meant to tell him not to carry $2 bills. They're bad luck." "The gentleman didn't take his slip," Mr. Simpkins Informed her. "Is it possible you still have It?" "If he didn't take it, it's probably around., somewheres." She rummaged on the floor behind-the counter. "Here it Is, big as life," smoothing out the crpmpled sales check and handing It to the two men. " 'One compact 97c out of $2.' " \ "We're terribly storry," Mr/ Simpklns told Jerry when back at the otb er Btore. "But mistakes will happen. However, consider anything In our store at your disposal. If there Is, anything you would like» . ..." Jerry hesitated. After all. mistakes did happen; but remembering the jeering crowd who would always think him a common sneak thief, he asked to be shown to" the music department One beautiful piano after another stretched out before him, He finally selected one while Mr. Simpkins conversed In low, heated tones with O'Malley. "And have him sue us?" Mr." Simpklns was demanding. The salesman made out the slip, "One baby grand piano, $2.00Q. Com pllments of Simpklns' Emporium." And Mr. Simpkins signed It. "Do you mind giving me a slip?" Jerry asked. > O'Malley mopped a red tHMWR. "1 sure am sorry, sir." •• ^ • " "Not at all," Jerry' assured him Then he hastened home ti^tell Marcia about her birthday present. A $2,000 baby .grand marked down to 97c. Sa£-< S. H. Freund & Son CONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS Aiie 127-R McHenry Our experience is at Your 6e£yice in building Your Wants ^ Eagliah Exprcaaioa The expression "So long" is an English provincialism which was Introduced intalhe United States. J. Redding Ware in his "Passing of the English of the Victorian Era" speaks of the custom in England of adopting the words of foreigners resident there and Anglicizing them, and mentiohs as an instance the expression "So long," which he believes originated In the uWhitechapel district of London, being a corruption of the Jewish "selah," a phrase whieU spread all over England. = Nation'* Highest Lake The highest lake in the Onlted States having an area greater than 0.1 square mile is Tulainyo, one and a half miles northeast of Mount Whitney, Calif. The elevation Is 12,865 feet and the area abotff 02 SQoare mile. ' . \ ' /Garage Doora and Needlca* Cy«« * The man who doubles up with mirth ' when a woman has diffioultyjn driving through a 10-foot garage door, usually sobers up when he tcies to thread a needle. •, Succeaa Secret ' A man's own ingenuity actor In his success.--Cou is thA^n intry^Hoi ain ome, / Definttd Now one of our lexicographers coflMfe forth with the definition of "promoter" as a man who cheers loudly and then tries to find out why.-- Fastest "Sub" Launched by French; Named "Hope" Paris.--What is believed to be the fastest submarine in the world was launched at the French naval yards at Cherbourg. Instead of receiving^ a number. It got a name, L'Espoir (Hope). It Is of the same pattern as the Itedoubt- £ble and Venegeur with a dtfifilacement of 1,500 tons and Is 3o6 feet long. It will be armed with eleven torpedo tubes and one gun. It Is expected It will be able to speed at twenty knots and will have a long cruising range. --- I™ "" • *' - - - " ••'•-7.-V-- QC)OOOCXXXXX>OOCOOOOOOOOOOOp; Is Only a Citizen . ' When He Quits Car Att>any.--A trolley conductor ceases to be a conductor when he leaves the trolley, the Cpurt of Appeals has ruled. . The case was that of John Mack, who had sued the Brooklyn City Railroad company because one of the concern's conductors had hit him. The company maintained that the conductor had left the car when -he smote John and that, ergo, he was no longer thelf agent-- but a private citlMn. And the company won. Crying Baby Cour^jjtabject Charging that a tenant had become a nuisance by allowing a baby to* cry for five hours, a lancH^jal In Shoreditch, England,' went to court to have the tenant and baby ejectM?" Judge Cluer decided for baby and parent, saying: "I cannot take evidence that It Is cruelty for a baby to be left to cry. It is the best way to teach them to sing alone. Germans regularly leave their babies alone for three nights to cry and the» they are all Tight.'1' are O.K." --that's what wtt want you to v say about us „ If you come in to see us and don't buy a tire--if we test your battery or your brakes and you don't spend a dime--We want you to know that we are almoslas pleased as if you shot the works. We do not say "just as pleased" because you know that would be a lot of boloney. It's human nature to want to make a sale. But sale or no sale, you will find here a friendly interest in you and your problems. Just try us and see^ , ^ LOOK OVER THESE PRICES ; and Repairing Tire and Tube Vulcanizing Phone 294 Work Guaranteed West McHenry H. D. Std. 4.40-20 4.50-20 4.50-21 4.75 -19 4.75 - 20 JL00.19 5.00-20 5.00-21 5.25-18 5.25-19 5.25-20 5.25 - 21 5.50 -18, 5.50-19 5.50-20 6.00 -18 6.00 -19 6.00-20 6.00-21 6.00-22 30x3 «/2 CI. Re?. 30x3 Vi CI. O. 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