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Page Four ^ Cy-1? M % V- - r. - w>*" • '<* ' ^ & " fBX McHENRY PLAINDEALER ' * . Sffc; *7 r-,' u-v ,> -lr • - '» ',: J THE mm PtAMDEALERI spw^ALiuDis »TU, ^ J FI- , .• M'I MOST EFFECTIVE IN Published every Thursday at Mchenry, 111., by Charles F. Renich. Entered as second-class matter at the postofTice at McHenry, 111., under the act of May 8, 1879. One Year ... Six Months ...-...$2.00 $1.00 A. H. MOSiHER Editor and Manager CASES OF LEPROSY Bible Character** Treatment Generally Relied on by Modern Doctor*. ;'rV;, n i The Reunion at Gettysburg ' ' By ' yy'-y LEONARD A. BARRETT O/V" . ^ • r - - Now that funds, both federal and state, have been spent and the "tumult and shputing" are over, we may inquire in calm retrospection, whether or not the recent reunion on the battlefield at Gettysburg was really Worth while. Be- ^yfchd all question, it was a glorious sight! The immense crowd, the white monuments on the battlefield, and especially the 18 hundred men who clasped hands 75 years after they had fought as enemies in a civil war. They came from all parts of the country, each accompanied by a personal guard in constant attendance. The average age of these veterans in both the Union and Confederate 'armies, was ninety-three years. The writer in his travels met one of these veterans whose presence and conversation will not soon be forgotten. Several times he remarked, "It was a glorious reunion and very much worth while. It will do a great deal of good." In our attempt to appraise the reunion we are persuaded that this veteran, returning to Los Angeles, was right--"It wasa glorious reunion." It will be remembered that the battle of Gettysburg was one of the decisive conflicts of the war. It was fought 75 years ago (Jijly 1-3, 1863) with General Meade commanding the Federal troops and General Lee the Confederates. The combined loss in life was a little over 54,000 men, each side numbering about 75,000 soldiers engaged in conflict. These figures represent small armies compared with the forces engaged in modern warfare, but the struggle was just as intense and the spirit of sacrifice and loyalty in behalf of a cause just as real and commanding. The reunion was glorious in that the hearts of these 18 hundred men were filled with a sense of brotherhood instead of the hatred felt three-quarters of a century ago. There was happiness due not so much to personal escape from casualty of war as to national liberty in a nation under one great flag. The reunion was glorious in its symbolism. The memorial to peace dedicated by the President will ever express a national passion for peace, even though it fails to indicate a moral equivalent of war. The unveiling of that memorial to peace was one of the most intense and dramatic moments in the entire celebration. Does it not seem strange that even in warfare history must repeat itself? During the days of this national reunion dedicated to peace, our country was increasing her war machinery and Europe was on the verge of disastrous conflicts. How little we seem to have learned of the secret to the way of peace. Perhaps the reunion on the historic field at Gettysburg still has some message that is not contained in reminiscence. If the 18 hundred veterans had spoken, they might have said, "We have had time to think. Experience has taught us that abiding strength is the result of unity of purpose and action, and not of diversified forces. Learn from experience, that most valuable teacher, that time and patience must be added to the desire to see a problem from the point of view of an opponent. Only as we are fortified within, are we able to control circumstances without. Time teaches us to be afraid of our own uncontrolled selves rather than of an external enemy." From such musings •we realize that the decision of every vital issue*must be transferred from the noise and strife of an immediate environment to the calm retreat of an inner judgment seat where reason and patience are enthroned. This is but one of the messages of the "glorious reunion" at Gettysburg. ft Western Newspaper Union. *ried to Abolish Tobacco King James I tried to abolish tobacco. Seventeenth century London thought it worse than the plague, despite "Professors of Smoking" who hung out shingles and taught novices to inhale and blow rings! Odd uses were legion. A Welsh judge recommended it, mixed with beer, as a cure for asthma. And Queen Caroline, wife at George III, chewed a wad every to clean her teeth. First Iron Beams Used Cooper Union in New Yoik city the fir^t structure in which iron neams were used throughout in the floor construction. Chicago.--Science no longer Is skeptical about Bible stories of lepers miraculously cleansed. Instead, .what religion calls spiritual power, is among the healing methods employed by medical science in all organized feper colonies. This fact is universally recognized, says Emory Ross of New York, executive secretary of the American Mission to iLepers, who has been in Chicago' on business preliminary to ^/wofld tour of lfeper colonies. But there still is a great deal of the disease in the world, according to j Mr. Ross, andj, among the chief obstacles to arrest of its spread are popular misconceptions about its infectiousness and nature. Medicine Not So Good. "Leading scientists now agree that in only 25 per cent of the cases where leprosy has been arrested and the patients discharged has direct medication of the disease been given the credit," observes Mr. Ross. "Of course, scientists are still working with chaulmoogra oil, seeking new derivatives which do not cause serious reactions, but the broad claims for it when the oil was discovered about fifteen years ago are now greatly discounted." Mr. Ross said that specialists also agree that from 25 to 35 per cent of patients may attribute their improvement to the cure of some other disease, such as malaria or yaws. When such conditions are cleaned up, he asserted, the leprosy often disappears. Mr. Ross said all reputable doctors refuse to use the word "cured" in connection with leprosy. "Between 40 and 50 per cent of all arrested cases are due to moral and spiritual ministrations," said Mr. Ross. "Restoring the patient's sense of individuality and overcoming the sense of being cursed is by far the most important part of the treatment. The word 'leprosy' is not used in leper colonies. It is 'the disease* or, more lately, Hanr, sen's disease. Dr. Hansen, a Swedish scientist, isolated the leprosy bacillus recently. . False Tarns a Difficulty. Countries like Japan which tried to treat leprosy without religion didn't get the results. These countries are now turning to English and American missions for Christian workers in their governmental leper colonies. "Christianity was the first religion to take up the ancient problem of leprosy. Previously lepers had been driven into jungle or wilderness and shorn of all human' fellowship. Social outcasts through ages, a horror of its victims still persists, and gossip about its causes, false as fishwives' tales, has created a social situation which greatly holds back effective treatment of many of the victims of the diseased' Mr. Ross says scientists now agree that leprosy has, no relation to sex irregularities; that leprous mothers can bear children who are free from the disease, and even can nurse their babies without infecting them. :• The American Mission to Lepers represents the co-operation of thirty- three major denominations. The churchesJtirnish religious workers for leper colonies and thl*Tfussi6n pays their expenses. Club Porter Earning $20 a Weefc Lofes $67,000 Cash Newark, N. J.--Hinry Klidzia, forty-six, a $20 a week porter in the Newark Athletic club, told police here that,-he had lost $67,000 in cash from a pocket in his sweater while loading garbage on a truck at the rear of the clubhouse. He also said- that he had' had more than fieldU$300,000 when he came to this counvitar] try 32 years ago, most of which he had lost in the stock market and by holding poor poker hands. He said the balance was in a New York bank, the name of which he didn't know, although he asserted he knew how to get to the bank. Detectives and internal revenue men, who questioned him about nonpayment of income tax, are going to New York with him tomorrow to try to help him locate this bank. The porter said he tfas a distant relative of Czar Nicholas II. Convict, Aged 87, Hoards Pennies'to Buy a Ranch Salem, Ore.--Georgii W. "Granddaddy" Webber, eighty-seven, oldest inmate of the Oregon State penitentiary and serving a life sentence, is saving his pennies to buy a chicken ranch; When he is released. Officials havf. told him he will be freed whea> h& reaches the age of one hundred, and Webber believes the time will come when he owns that chicken ranch. of 10,0* Ages' , China, is a bridge about one-quarts of a mile long, built 46 the year J.323, and known as Ages." Cat Trapped 18 Months in Shaft Rescued Alive London.--A cat was rescued from a 45-foot quarry shaft on Idle Moore, Bradford, where it had been trapped for 18 months. The cat had been kept alive by people who threw down scraps of food. It had also caught mice from the disused workings. Baboons Sacred to Egyptians Baboons were sacred to the ancient Egyptians, and the animals frequently were embalmed at death. Thousand Islands Park The Thousand Islands National park is composed of 13 of the Thousand Islands group lit the St. Lawrence river, together with a «wfi)) mainland reservation. SNTERPRIStE "Almosr every man can find worK if he uses his brains," asserted the man who had traveled a good deal. "That is, if he has the ability to adapt himself like the piano-tuner I once met in the Far West. "We were in a wild, unsettled country, and I said to him, 'Surely piano-tuning can't be very lucrative here. I should not imagine that pianos were very plentiful in this region.' . I " 'No, they're not,' said the pianotuner, 'but I make a pretty fair income by tightening up barbed-wire fences.' "--The Kablegram j FOR SALE FOR SALE--Grapes. John Phannenstill, McHenry, 111., Route 2. Pfcone 667-R-l. ' 16 HOUSE FOR SALE OR RENT--On Elm Street, McHenry, 111. Inquire ot W. M. Heimer. Phone 114-M. 16-tf Thursday, ins DR. JAMES W. BARTON « Bell Syndicate.--WKU Scrviea. Presence of Mind Railroad Detective -- Now then, brother, what are you doing with all these towels in your grip? Passenger--Why, officer, if you'll call the Pullman conductor, I. was about to give them«to him. They are some I used the last time I was on this train. I had them washed and brought them badfc ~ WANTED TO BUY-^--One more crippled or down cow or horse. Must be alive. You'll get morg cash by calling Wheeling 102. We buy old pet horses. Shot on the premises if desired. ..DEAD ANIMALS--We pay more cash for dead animals if called at once. Try us for prompt and sanitary service. .Sheding 102--Reverse Charges. Sundays and Holidays included. 43-26 DRESSMAKING and ALTERING When in need of this kind of work, come in and .talk it over. Expert workmanship at reasonable prices. Rosa's Style Shop, Wiest McHenry, Phone 162. 14-3 Strangling Trade Prisoner--Yes, sir, competition brought me here. The government came into my field and ruined me. Visitor--Poor man! How was that? Prisoner--I was a manufacturer of half-dollars. ON A BUDGET FLOOR SANDING -- Beautify your home by resurfacing your floors with latest dustless equipment. Old floors made new. Estimates furnished. Work guaranteed. Hvnning Newman, 932 Marvel Ave., Woodstock, Phone 451-M, 41-26 Mr. B.--Here's a story about Circe, the woman who changed a lot of men into hogs. Wonder why she did that. Mrs. B.--I reckon pork was bringing a good price and she couldn't afford to have a lot of good-fornothing men hanging around. Clean Hands Teacher--Now, I want you to notice how clean James' hands always are. James, tell the class how it is that you keep your hands so nice. James--Ma makes me wash the dishes every morning!" " His Last Word The conversation had turnip to the ways of wives: . • Man--When my wife and I have an argument I always have the last word. Friend--You do? Man--Yes, I apologize. Dizsy Dialogues 'What's that, waiter? Steak all gone? Bring me some chops." "Sorry, sir. Chops all gone, too/* "Then I'll have stew." "Stew.'s all gone, too, sir." "What a restaurant! Gimme my hat!" "Heh, heh. That's gone, tool" Asking Too Much Salesman--Here's a radio guaranteed to bring in anything any time of the night. Mrs. Niteout--I'll take it if it will bring in my husband before midnighi,-- Stray Stories Magazine. Wistful "Your temperature seems to have taken a drop," remarked the doctor, visiting his patient. "Can't you fix it so I can do the same, doctor?" pleaded the patient. Nero May Be Vindicated "An experimenter extinguished a candle flame by playing a high note ipn the violion." . "Hum! Then it may develop that Hero has been unjustly censured!" Voice of Experience First Actor--There is as much strength in an egg as a pound of meat, laddie. - Second Actor--Struck me that way, too.--Philadelphia Bulletin. * AN OIL BURNER "Tom thinks he's a particularly bright social light." "Not any longer--he's been turned down." Farthest From Sea Sinkiang, or Chinese Turkestan* lies farther from the sea than any other country in the world. Its exports are confined to gold,, jade, ingredients for Chinese medicines, bear's paws, antelope and elk horns, fine horse and sheep and camelwooL Wefght of the Brtta The Drain is 2.16 per cent of the body weight in men, and 2.24 per in women. WANTED TO RENT--Small apartment or house, at McHenry or Pistakee Bay, year round. Address; Mrs. H. Miller, 654 N. Pine Ave., Chicago. '•15-2 TN X ti WANTED--Girl 'to Kelp with housework and care of one child in McHenry. Steady. Call McHenry 338. 16 GOITER Of the type the family physician advises removal of the thyroid gland by surgery. There is, of course, the operation and the anesthetic to be considered, and despite the fact that the removal of the thyroid gland is now done in every hospital and considered as "safe" as other operations, there are many patients still afraid of operations. There are other eases also where the physician believes that operation would be unwise, even dangerous. Prolonged rest and the use of iodine (Lugol's solution) will help some cases but there are many severe cases where more than this treatment is absolutely necessary to save life. Thus the X-ray has been used for many years when INTERESTING / NEARBY NEWS TAKEN FROM COLUMNS OT OUR EXCHANGES LOST L06T--At or near Pistakee Bay Country Club. Wedding and engagement rings in handkerchief. Liberal reward. Phone Wilmette 1146. Reverse charges. o *15-2 MISCELLANEOUS GARBAGE COLLECTING--Let us dispose of your garbage each week, or oftener if desired. Reasonable rates. Regular year round route, formerly George Mfeyers'. Ben J. Smith. Phone 157. or 631-M-l. 2-tf TREE SPECIALIST--Spraying, pruning, feeding; cavity treatment Twelve years' exp«>i ionce. LEO P. THORNHILL, McHenry, Phone 120-J. Call anytime. 8-tf DOITDLK DUTY GOWN Dinner transformation is achieved when this lovely short bolero is worn over a formal black velvet gown. It is Schiaparelli's idea and is decorated with turquoise bine beads and embroidery. POTPOURRI Skulls for Illumination The first torches were probably those of the early cave man who utilized skulls of animals as reservoirs for melted fat. Learning that a bullrush or hollow reed would stay ignited longer when fed from fat oils, he utilized the skull to promote this end. The first real lamps of course were hollowed-out stones. C Wectcrn Newspaper UnkMk. BEAUTY AT THE NETS Kay Stammers, who is in this country to participate in women's tennis tournaments, Is considered one of the prettiest of the tennis girls. Miss Stammers is the ranklag British tends staiw . J. Hw FREUND 90 YEARS OLD U, St. Louis, September 6, 1988. ' \ McHenry Plaindealer: Dor Mr. Mosher:- My delay in renewing my subscription to The Plaindealer is due .to having been delayed on account of a trip per auto to Portland, Ore., and Seattle, S Wash., beginnig August 5th and end- ^ j ing Sept. 5--A very interesting tour covering nine states and a visit td Yellowstone Park. The object of it was to be present at Portland, Oregon, to help celebrate the 90th birthday of my brother, J. H. Freund on August I found him in perfect health and it appears as though he wil see a number more returns of the day. No doubt this will interest many of his old friends in your vicinity. • liters truly, N. M. FREUND.'* • , A small cottage, still in the process of completion, was destroyed by fire Tuesday, evening of last week on route 63, a mile north of Lake Zurich. J. Rizzo, owner of the place, and his family were absent when the blaze started. The origin was not determined. The extent Of loss was'placed at $1,500, the entire building being burned. Eugene Graham, son of Otto Graham, band leader at Waukegan township high school, is now a member of the United States Marine band, one of the most noted musical organizations in the United States. Eugene, who is 18 years of age, is'an oboe player and since graduating from the Waukegan high school, two years ago, has been studying music at the Northeastern 'her.tonsils performed Thursday oflast State Teachers' college at Kirksville,1 week. . t . . . t ' ( Carl Weber has ben i l l at his home &h,ft of Winnebago county out of .on Main street the past week, the seventeenth circuit court district, Michael Knox, who has been ill for which also includes Lake, McHenry'some time, is very much improved. ?ri<\B°°"e' wa? seen last Wednesday .The nurse has been dismissed and he in tentative plans of the legislative is now up and around. Mi 11IIt Among the Sick Miss Lois Fredericks is recovering from an operation for the removal of Dr. BUton given proper encouragement. Not only do no deaths occur from the X-ray treatment, but there are many severe cases that are un- . ~~ "T """ suitable for surgical or medical - ln rin^ on treatment, that are completely cured by the X-ray method. council committee at Springfield. Prospects for the revival of New Lebanon as a Frontier Town are not as bright as they were several weeks . . „ . a2°- The principal promoter of the surgery is madvis- dude ranch and Frontier Town, Col. able.« ,?r t|ie Pat»ent A. D. Young, and his bride of three !T^on g° m°nths' the former Mra- Mae Peter! ^>r P Hess °f Lombard» are now lodged in in the county jail at Wheaton, charged e , Strahlentherapie, with embezzling $5,000 of school funds Berlin, reports the results of X-ray ft.nm a , , , iun«s treatment in 140 cases of the si 8chool and also for rious form of goiter. He shows P! wpg* confidence game. that where good results were not ob- ]l f , . 122,000 has been tained by X-ray treatment, there ®"otfd the Village of Union for the had not been enough of the treat- . 3 and gutters of Proment given) or the patient was not 0. ',a.s announced by Mayor C. M. Siems this week. The work which started early in the spring, is under Roy Acker, WPA head in Union. A clump of marijuana weed was in a search made last week to determine if the drugproducing plant grew wild in the neighborhood. The search was promptfed by a nation-wide campaign inaugurated recently to destroy marijuana because of its deadly drug qualities. Joseph Gahlbeek, 26 years old, of Palatine, was held under $10,000 bond last Wednesday on a charge of manslaughter filed against him as an outgrowth of an automobile accident early Sunday morning, in which he was charged with fleeing after striking three perons with his car on Milwaukee avenue near Wheeling. The I. D. Lain Company of Springfield and the Central West Construction company, successful bidders for reconstruction work on U. S. Route 12 (Rand road) between Lake Zurich and the Cook-Lake county line road, started moving in machinery last week to begin construction. Lewellyn Levy, 32 years old, of Chicago, lost his life' while swimming in Fox river at Root subdivision near Cary early Saturday evening. Levy, who had been a guest at the Judge Erickson cottage for ten days, was drowned in seven feet of water. Grayslake's tax burden, based on, the Illinois per capita load of $118.80, is $133,056.00 according to a survey made public by the National Consumers Tax Commission. WHO ARE THEY? [ Last week's "Who Are They" picture (in the balloon) were Mrs. Wm. Spencer and two daughters, Mrs. Lester Page and Mrs. Thomas Phalin. , Chronic Appendicitis. MoM physicians agree that in caSes of acute appendicitis--increased temperature and pulse rate, increase in white corpuscles of blood, tightening of the abdomen-- operation should be performed, and the earlier the better. In cases of chronic appendicitis, however, there is not the same agreement as to operation, because, unfortunately • many physicians have had cases where no improvement followed operation and some cases appeared definitely worse. What may be the explanation of many cases of this so-called chronic appendicitis--constant pain in appendix region--is givn by Dr. W. A. Bigelow, Brandon, Manitoba, in the Canadian Medical Association Journal, who states that the pain, colic, dragging, and other symptoms are due to fibrous bands--present at birth--which have fastened the last part of the small intestine and first part of the large intestines together instead of allowing them to remain free from one another as in the normal individual. Dr. Bigelow reports the results of 1 removing these bands in the cure of cases of, so-called "chronic appen- ^dicitis.". "A questionnaire was sent out in January, 1937, to only those on whom the removal of the appendix had been done elsewhere, previous to our operation for the removal of these bands. None of the patients included in this report had received any relief whatever from the removal of the appendix itself. *Only one question was asked, 'Have you been completely relieved of your one-sided pain since we removed these bands?' One hundred and forty- seven answers were received from a total of 161. Of this number 136 reported cured and 11 reported not cured." Invented a Harmonica A harmonica was invented bv Benjamin Franklin in 1782. AIR-CONDITIONED MILLER Theatre Woodstock FRIDAY A Beautiful Filet Late Gift to Every Lady Attending! -- SCREEN Bob Burns -- Kenny Baker And an All Star Cast 'RADIO CITY REVELS' SATURDAY -- Merchants' Night Wjayne Morris -- Priscilla Lane in Faith Baldwin's "Men Are Such Fools" -- - -- A N D JACK HOLT in "Plight Into Nowhere" Action and Thrills Galore SUNDAY AND MONDAY Ginger Rogers Douglas Fairbanks, Jr "HAVING A WONDERFUL TIME" ---- Crime Doesn't Pay ------ "Criminal Is Born" / Color Cartoon -- News ' TUESDAY Stuart Erwin in 'PASSPOKT HUSBAND" WEDNESDAY -- THURSDAY Warner Baxter -- Marjorie Weaver And an All Star Cast "I'D GIVE A MILLION" SOON "Texans" "Little Miss Broadway" Teeth Give a Good Clue In Identifying Bodies In this country and in Europe there are thousands of unknown dead of the World war. Many of these soldier-dead, says Dr. Edward J. Ryan, writing in Scientific American, could have been returned to their families for burial if identification by the teeth had been universally practiced. Further, civilian catastrophes each year take their toll of lives; in many of them •the bodies are so badly burned or otherwise disfigured that normal methods of identification, including fingerprints, are of no avail. It is a definitely established fact that no two mouths are precisely alike. Even after extraction of all teeth, the residual bone retains certain X-ray characteristics, and the distinguishing differences and deviations from the normal may be noted on a chart. Teeth have definite individual characteristics; the relationship of the teeth to one another varies with each person. There already has been devised 'a standardized chart on which the various peculiarities of the individual mouth can be entered for future comparison and identification. If a system using such a charl could be placed in universal use it would be possible to solve many cases of mysterious disappearances, of criminal activities, and of unidentified death, Dr. Ryan believes. PINK HARRISON'S of Pistakee Bay FRIED CHICKEN PLATE LUNCH --- 50c Tasty Sandwiches •--'--•-- Delicious Drinks Dancing Every Saturday Throughout The Season Barbara Horick's Orchestra HILLTOP INN Miles North of McHenry on Route 31- FRANK KEMPHER, Prop, - SANDWICHES OF ALL KINDS--- ---- Drinks of all Kinds -- SATURDAY NIGHT ONLY!- Try out Spareribs, barbecued, with French Fries -- 15c MI PLACE RESTAURANT Phone 377 JUSTEN&rREUND, Propt. Green St. HALF SPUING FKIED OHIOKEN 60c FISH FEY EVERY rUDAT-*-- FBE8H PEROH Whales Cannot Be Mooted The whale is the only common mammal not found in natural-history museums. Owing to a peculiarity of the skin, says Collier's Weekly, it cannot be mounted successfully, like that of other animals, and models of whales have to be made for exhibition purposes. Consider Friday, Thirteenth, Lacky Japanese consider Friday the thir- N R M J M I V B > W v ' - J r W D T * linnilC COCKTAIL LOUNGE AND DINING VUbUL ROOM AT LILY LAKE, ILLINOIS Featuring just Good Drinks and Good Food : a f t P o p u l a r P r i c e s •• y- yr ; . Equipped with New Kelvinator Bar We invite you to enjoy our most unique at^osphpfc ROY V. HOBBS, Mgr.