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• #* ' *f •*«. & -,*&<> ^•; ;5cr~ •*£*> ^ ' -v -f- %p - * #y - - ' ' • * , * .v " 4 *' -* v- v ;v * - • Thursday, September, 19, 1985 • « * : - -iit. msiM «ti * *'; . j-;V. , **$! ' • -•••"'• ^i"'--t' ' , * «-,jE Pl(t Dahlias Shipped in Ice Cakes . > * &i?w "' Their loveliness permanently captured Inside three solid cakes of transparent; Ice, 16 choice dahlias grown in San Francisco and Alameda, Calif., sailed on the liner Monterey for exhibition in Australia. As the entries of the California Dahlia society, the huge blooms will be shown at the annual spring flower {festival in Newcastle, New South Wales. Alec Low, president of the society, right, and Charles Wallace, who devised the freezing process, are here seso vlth the dahlias In ice. • r^v.;..'iw. Tommy Takes Time Out for Tea Car With Eight Wheels Makes Debut % Berr Qotthardt Rimmek, Berlin automobile engineer, U shown nere with pew eight-wheeled passenger $ar which be has designed. Be claims that car offers greater security and Is better equipped to take bumps. Be ex- | plains this by the fact that the wheels of the car do not go through the de- [preasions, but pass over them. Furthermore, a breaking of the axles or • [blew-out of a tire will have no serious effect since the car will continue on •even wheels. Selling Literature like Groceries William Targ, a Chicago book dealer, started something recently when he began Belling boolfs by the pound, like groceries. Everything went, fiction, travels, history, essays and religious discourses, at 12 cents a pound. The customer caught by the cameraman was buying 10 pounds of choice literature. Imdlant Boundary Designation of the point north at Gosport, Ind., which formerly was the n<frth boundary of Indiana. Is made by a marker. The point was specified in .a treaty of 180P signed with the Indians at Forth Wayne, and the line, wBlch crosses the highway, is popularly known as the ten o'clock line because it is supposed to represent the line a shadow thrown at ten o'clock t>y' the sun would make. The survey, •ays the Indianapolis News, which included the point, started not far from Lawrenceburg on the Ohio river and crossed the Wabash river in the vicinity of Terre Haute. Health of SmIcm ia Za--• The health of snakes in zoos is subject to an unending series of ups and dotfns. The "downs" occur when the reptile Is about to shed its skin. When this "sloughing," as the keepers call it, is about to begin, the snake loses its normal color, and its eyes go very dull. Then the skin begins to come away, and the snake is Ja Jarratfcor-§l»ad time ' .. • YOLO Officers of the Durham light Infantry shown as they suspended militar> maneuvers at Aidershot, England, recently,, for that inevitable cup of tea without which no true Englishman can face the rigors of .the late afternoo . and pre- Sinner evening. ; : The Painted Desert The Painted Desert . received Its name as early as 1858 because of the great variety of colors, red, pink, chocolate, purple, lavender, pale green and gray, presented by the sandstone, shale and clay and emphasized to some extent by the brilliant sunshine. Mrs. Ford McDonald of Arlington Heights visited her parents Thursday and Friday. - The Volo cemetery society met at the home of Mrs. Jay Vasey Thursday afternoon. Five tables of five hundred and four tables of bunco were played. Prizes were won by Mrs. Ray Seymour, Mrs. Alvin Case, Mrs. Roy Passfield, Mrs. Richard Donley, Mrs. Milton Dowell and Mrs. Anna Case. Mrs. Lloyd Eddy of Grayslake1* spent Thursday here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Passfield. Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Whiicoa^o of Sari Francisco are spending a few weeks here with the latter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Qeffling. , Mr. and Mrs. Ed Hicks and family of Wauconda called on Mr. and Mrs. JLloyd Fisher Wednesday evening;.; ;:. • ^ Mrs. Aghes Montgoraery of Chicago is visiting ait the hdme of Mr. and Mrsi M. Wagner. * . \ Mrs. j., 1 Wagner returned toher home here Staur<Jay evening, aft-? er spending the past three Weeks at the home of her son, William. E. Wagner in Chicago. ^ */ Mrs: |2. Bacon was removed to St. Anthony's hospital in Chicago .Sunday. She is >n a very serious condition at this writing. The^V'olo Home Bureau unit met at the home of Mrs. Russell Magnussen Friday afternoon. The Volo sch<fc| will have a card party at the school October 4. Mrs. Lloyd Fisher and family; Mrs. Sarah Fisher visited Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Davis at Slocum's Lake Tuesday evening. Mrs. G. Townsend and family of Richmond visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jay Vasey Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. "William Waldmann are visiting relatives in Michigan. Community night will be held at, the Volo school Friday evening, Sept. 20. Mr. and Mrs. Frank St. George were Waukegan callers Wednesday. Mrs. Roy Passfield and son called at the home of her sister, Mrs. Chas. Dalvin, in Wauconda Thursday. Mnand Mrs. John Rossduestcher anc^|BV Jack, of Chicago spent Tuesday here with Mr. and Mrs. Paul 0'- Leary. ' Mr. and Mrs. Alex , Martini and family visited Mr. and Mrs. J. Pausch in Chicago Wednesday. Miss Margie Knigge of Wauconda visited her sister, Mrs. Clarence Hironimus, Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Paul O'Leary and Laurie Joe Rossduestcher spent Monday at the home of Mr., Matt Rossduestcher at Round Lake. Mr. and Mrs. Nick Molidor of Ingleside visited the latter's parents, Mr, and Mrs. Sen Rosing Wednesday evening. Joseph Wagner attended a c<jfcrty Thursday aternoon at the hofljpjpcrf Mrs. Ernie Freund in Mc- Mrs. Corl Walmeseley of Sound Lake called on Mrs. Charles Rossduestcher Thursday. Irwin Wagner visited his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Wagner in Chicago Wednesday evening. Mrs. Earl Hironimus and sons returned to her home here Sunday after spending the past two weeks in Chicago with Mrs. Joseph Schreider. Mr. and Mrs. Rjchard Donley and family-are visiting Mr. and Mrs. Jay Vasey for a few weeks. Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Waldmann and family of Chicago are spending a few weeks here at the home of Mr. and Mrs. William Waldmann. Mr. and Mrs. Paul O'Leary called on Mr. Matt Rossduestcher near Round Lake Thursday evening. Mrs. George Dowell, Mrs. Roy Passfield, Mrs. Joseph Passfield and sons visited Mrs. E. Bacon Friday afternoon. Mrs. Joseph Lenzen, Mrs. Paul O'- Leary and Herman Rossduestcher f called on Mr. and Mrs. John Ross- ; duestcher in Chicago Wednesday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Kaiser spent Tuesday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Gould in Libertyville. Mrs. Clinton Ravin and family of Slocum's Lake spent Tuesday here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs; Richard Dowell. Mrs. Lloyd Fisher and family called on her mother, Mrs. Albert Hafer in Fremont Thursday. Mrs. E. Bacon and daughter, Vinnie, called on relatives in McHenry Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Bacon and family of Roi&d Lake visited Mrs. E. Bacon Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Edward O'Leary of Elmhurst and Mr. O'Brein of Harvard spent Friday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Paul O'Leary. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Wagner of Chicago visited the former's brother, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Wagner, Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Henkel spent Sunday evening at the home of Mr.' and Mrs. J. Titus at Fremont. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Freund of Solon Mills spent Monday evening with Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Wagner. Grant Lush of Libertyville called at the home of Mrs. Anna Lusk, Wednesday. W»b»b, Men Get Same Wagea The only countries in the world where women receive the same wages as men for the same kind of work, writes Mrs. Robert Gray, Darlington. Wis., in.Ccliier's Weekly, are Czechoslovakia, the Netherlands, Sweden, Denmark and- Norway. v Mercory Mining HuarJam Miners of mercury are exposed to extreme hazards. Close contact with the metal soon poisons them and they waste away rapidly, many of them aging prematurely, writes Mrs. A. J. Spears, Baldwin, Wis., In Collier's Weekly. Those who are able to work only two years in the fajnous mines in Almaden, Spain, * are rewarded .with exemption from military service. REGISTRATION SEPT. 20 Common and skilled laborers, form setters, cement finishers and truck drivers in the county will have a chance to register for the n.ew WPA projects in the county at the local ire-employment office in the postoffice ; building on September 20. RELIEF CANNING L F. Newman is now busy five diysr a week at Woodstock, where he operates the sealer in the relief canning, which is now in full swing at the relief headquarters at the Armory in Woodstock. From 500 to 700 cans oioregetables and fruit are put up in a aaj£*-~inck Miller of Johnsburg is in charge of the relief gardens in the county. Mr. Newman is In charge of the gardens in McHenry, Sea Rescuer Heir to Tahiti Estate San Francisco.--A San Francisco yachting captain recently told of a rescue at sea that may make him heir to $45,0(K) and a SKMXKJacre Tahiti copra plantation. He is James El wood, thirtysix, of 480 Eddy street. Elwood said that attorneys for the estate of George Williams, Tahiti planter and trader, notified him of the. bequest. Williams,, a passenger on a liner two years ngo, fell overboard off the Panama coast and was in danger of being cut to pieces by the propellers Of the' ship. Elwood dived from a nearby 'yacht and drew him to safety. SLOCUM'S LAKE HICCOUGH SIEGE IS ENDED BY SURGERY Womain Cured by Operation on D i a p h r a g m . ;; •V "Angeles.--Hundreds of alis". wef-e given to pretfy Mrs. Lucille TruesdfMl, twenty-two, who for over a period, of ten months has suffered six acute attacks of hiccoughs., ^. The most serious rtttacjt covered T7 days and nights-at the rate*of. 60 hiccoughs per minute. This siege so weakened the victim, doctors feared for her life and m a final resort performed a major operation and relieved a pressure on the patient's diaphragm. Prior to the operation doctors had used the following treatments:- . ,. Placed the patient in both an oxygen and carbon dioxide tanks; had her inhale both an anesthetic gas and ether, as well as taking the latter internally by mixing with water, and injecting it in the blood Stream: had the victim placed on a bed with several sacks of sand on her stomach while her head was lowered to the floor and her feet poised in the sir to nearly a vertical position. • Various diets and more treatments failed until the operation was resorted to. "Most of the letters I received," Mrs. Truesdell said, "were from well meaning people. All -wished me sftcess and each kbew their treatment would be the successfulisone." Other suggested treatments mailed from all over the country ipcluded: "Stick the points of red-hot needles ,;in the lobe of each ear while drinking a glass of water and while in a sitting position." '"•"Place lengthwise in your mouth a long handled tablespoon, and while drinking a glass of wnter, have an assistant cause the spoon to vibrate by snapping the handle and bbwl of-the spoon." "Drink a glass of water slowly while a second person slowly massages behind the ears." Although she tried some oV the less severe suggestions, Mrs. Truesdell Is happy she had the operation performed. "I have only had three flight 'hies' since," she said. > -«. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Matthews were business callers at Grayslake last Wednesday. ' - Earl Converse was a business caller at McHenry Friday. ' ^ Willard Darrell was a business caller at Waukegan last Friday . * Mr. and Mrs. John Blomgren were business callers at Barrington Saturday. , ' , . • Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Esping and Robert and Lyle Matthews were callers at. Barrington Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Converse and aaugnter, iranc*, were business* calles at Elgin'Friday. Mrs. Clara Smith and Mrs." Page Smith were among the guests entertained at a birthday dinner at the, home of Mr. and Mrs. Jos. S_ Haas at Wauconda, Thursday in honor o£. the latter's birthday. . H; C. Wilkerson of Grayslake wa* a business caller at the home of Mr.; and Mi's. .Harry Matthews Saturday.. Mrs. Earl Converse spent a few days Iqst week at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Davis. Mr. Davis has been quite jll. ; •>M?. arid Mrs.. Emil Lundisl of ©hi-; cago spent Saturdaiy at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Blomgren. „,»• Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Williams at>d son, Janies HowartJ, of Crystal Lak& were Sunday guests at "the home of Mrs. Clara Smith. •'«•'.• Mr. and Mrs. Harry Matthews and sons were callers at Lake Villa Saturday evening. Mr. and Mrs. John Blomgren, and Mrs. George Lundgren of Wauconda spent Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Lusk at Maple Park. Mrs. Wm. Foss and sons were business callers at McHenry Friday evening. \ Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Berg entertained the former's sister and family Monday. H. L. Brook and son, Harold, and Mr. and Mrs. Wr. O. Brooks of Libertyville called on Mrs. H. L.^ Brooks at the home of Mr. and Mi's. Alfred Eau on Chicago last. Thursday night. Ed Ratelle of La**e Forest visited at the home of Mr. and Mrs.'Ray Dowell last Tuesday evening. Mr. and Mrs. 'Ray Dowell 'and daughter, Dolores, were callers at Woodstock last Saturday evening. Willard Darrell and Harry Matthews attended a special meeting of the Lake County Farm Bureau at Farmers Hall, Grayslake, Monday evening. Ray Dowtll was a business caller at Lake Zurich Monday. _~- Mrs. Ray Dowell' visited her father last Friday. Mr. Davis was quite ill at that time and under the care of a nurse. Mrs. Tohmas Stanek and daughter, Dona Jean, Mrs. Allen Hayford, and Mrs. Anna Matthews of Crystal Lake and Earle Matthews, Sr., of Waucoida were dinner guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Matthews last Friday. They also caled on Mrs. Willard Darrell. TOKENS INVADE SACRED HAUNTS "Down by the old mill (and a half) stream," as a sales-tax-tokeninspired theme song ' is sounding more and mote like the blues in Waukegan and Lake county, as the bright little slugs are finding, their way into circulation. A Chicago lawyer has fired suit for an injunction against the use of tho^e state sales tax tokens, and indications are today - that the churches,'- slot machine operators, telephone companies and all others operating on the use ot small coins will join the suit, the sales tkx token has even gone to church! No one minister in Waukegan will permit the use of his name, but nearly all of them agree that a few of those little sqfiare coins, worth exactly one and one-half mills in payment of the Illinois 3 per cent sales tax, have made their appearances in collection plates., ' " Nat Much To Brag About One token, which amounts to 3 per cent of a 5 cent piece, is considerably less . than the Value of a copper cent and i,t is natural to expect that the _ token will take the place of the cop- vF per in church collections. The tokens were originally advU^ / f tised as being put into circulation to save the consumer from paying more than 3 per cent on his purchases, but instead have made it possible for the " - buyer, to be taxed on purchases of 5 cents rather than the 'minimum 19 --1 cent purchases prevailing before fto tokens appeared. --y *>•••• FAMILY OF KNIGHTS McHenry Council, No. 1288, Knights of Columbus, takes pride ifl its family of Knights which is Jacob H. Adams and his eight sorts A very fine picture of the family appear^in the "Columbia" magazine for Septeat- i tx*. • 0 ' ^Members of the family are Jacob H. Adams and sons, Otto, Joseph Alex, Nicholas, Vincent, Alphonse^ i Mathias and Clemens, A'A*-" ROYAL BLUE STORE CLOSED. : Mr. Julian, who conducted the Royal Blue store on Riverside Drive, has sold his stock and the store is closed*, Dr. C. Keller OPTOMETRIST Sundays and {Mondays at my Summer Home, Riverside Drive* McHenry, I1L All Kinds of Repairs, TVL 211*R Horseman Routs Autos, but He Lands in Court Peabody, Mass.--A rugged Individualist went down to defeat here when John Martin of CUftondale was sdjudged a highway menace aod arraigned for drunken riding. Martin, as he afterward explained to police, Is a conservative who doesn't believe in new fang led contraptions like gasoline buggies cluttering up the highways. He determined to stage a one man protest. Mounting his steed, Martin set off at a gallop down Route U. 8. 1. Horses, he believed, fchould have the right of way, and he took It, forcing several automobiles off the road and successfully blocking all traffic on the artery. Unsympathetic police arrested Mar-, tin and he was arraigned. i t- Mr. and Mrs. George Johnson and family visited in Oak Park Sunday. Miss Marguerite Johnson remained for a visit of a few days. Oh Boy--Adventure, Sports and Fun! NO wonder BOYS' LIFE is the popular favorite magazine of over a quarter of a million boys) Think of it--in twelve big copies of BOYS' LIFE yais get Arctic exploration stories, tales of the Cana<iian Mounted Police, Indian and pioneer stories, , war, detective and mystery stories, big game hun|- ing, animal, college and pirate stories; tales of tBi prehistoric people and stories and articles on baseball, football, basketball, hockey, tennis, golf and all other sports. Famous coaches and star athletes of the day write special article for yoa. And if you are a Scout you will , find the Scouting features highly interesting. Hundreds of thousands of boys get many hours of thrilling adventure, sports fun and entertainment from the monthly copies of this popular boy's favorite magazine. You too, will anxiously await BOYS' LIFE every month once you begin reading it. A Magazine For All Bays I tear $1.00 S Years $2.00 Searf jrotfr sabscrlpllaa TODAYf« THE M'HENRY PLAINDEALER Eskimo Dog Beneficiary u of Entire $25,000 Estate Chicago.--Pet, a white Eskimo dog, will be the sole beneficiary of the $25,- estate of Miss Margaret M<*Der mott, seventy years old, according to terms of her will probated recently. Miss McDermott, who died June 4, Instructed executors to place Pet "in the care of some woman who loves dogs and In a first-class home without children." After Pet'a "death, the /estate will revert to the Chicago Anti-Cruelty so-. <*ietjr;. LIGHT UP! Electric Service Extensions For Northern Illinois Farms Under a new and much more liberal plan 5 Sets of Twins Attend the Same Church Service Chicago.--Five sets of twins are in the congregation of Rev. M. B. Nagle at the Addison Heights Bible church. Among them are his twin sons, Walter and Eugene, twenty-five years old. The other twins, two pairs of boys and two of girls, are nineteen, seventeen, ten and five years oM respectively. • D*t P*l* With Pi* West Newberry. Mass.--Nicky, a small dog, would rather pal around with a neighboring pig than associate with other dogs. When the dog eats, the pig eats, and if the dog runs, so does the pig. fltog K««p« Grave VifB Tiffin, Ohio.--A dog which followed a family to the cemetery here for memorial services remained behind and "kept a five-day vigil at the grave of his former master. _ Prtd* Isn't Everything "Pride," said Uncle Eben,, "am ST good t'lng In its place. But er country or er citizen is in hahd luck when he ain't got nnffin' much 'ceppin .'Is pride ter be proud of." Waterfalb la Braafl There are 878 important waterfalls in Brazil, only 1M of which have been roughly measured, and hare a potential force ot at least 60,000,000 horsepower. 4Mk-7 • Goftd news for farmers! Now it is possible foF many more farms to enjoy the convenience and utility of electricity for lighting, water pumping, water heating, and every domestic and farm need. A new electric service extension plan is offered oil a broader aod more liberal basis than ever before. The amount of electric service you agree to use monthly has been reduced to 60% of what it was Before. The new reduced minimum guarantee requires only a comparatively small use of electricity. Your rates will be the same as those charged to city customers. In addition, yoii ddJnot have to Wire the complete farm at once. Wire only one room if you want--the kitchen, perhaps --and wire the rest of the farpi house and farm buildings later on. \ " This plan is too good to overlook. Get ift touch with your nearest Public Service office today, by * phone, and ask for complete mformatioa, oc mail the coupon below ; • ... PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OP NORTHERN ILLINOIS Public Senrice Compeoy cf Nordiefn Ulisew 72 W. Adimj Strew. Ciuxo. IUjiku* Gtruiemcn Without okll**boa plnte futakh mm vith conwfeM iafMOMtxM Iltcnic Strrict wimiirmpim fat llimta* Mm* farm*- - timm.-- ' . 1 .'i.n' . ; f, ft Addmt , ' i ii 'ii ' i ' 'iy"i •' Kf D.- •" - .->•»