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+% OR _A man was seen to deposit several in the waste paper box in front tf the post office one day last week. letters would have been a long f } in reaching their destination, if 7 er. had not recovered them, and deposited them in the proper box. * ADDITIONAL LOCAL NEWS * _ John Numsen is all swelled up and ewhesty as a democrat since he returo-- #d from a fishing trip at Sturgeon Bay sand Fish Creek, Wis. Besides 1 r lot of little fellows, he claims to have caught several bass of heroic #ite and thiee muskelionge, which welgl.ed 12%, 10% and 6%4 pounds JFohn didnt brl:x the fish to this office, but we have always found him to be re'iazble. He says most of the crops In Wisconsin are ruiu~l by the water, and big fish is about all the farmers up there have left _ ~ As usual, we have all the books used in the grade schools of Libertyville and Lake County. Also a full line of tablets, pencils, pens, ink and other supplies needed for the opening of school. _ > S MAIN GARAGE On Friday, Saturday, § Sunday AUGUST 22.--.--2 3.----.24 County Independent -- Waukegan Weekly Sun rertyville Independent SEND THE CHILDREN to our store. They wij receive the same careful attention as if accompa-- nied by thier parents. A ONE--HALF GALLON TOURISTS SUPPLY CAN of RED TOP 'OIL for FORDS Lubricates We want all Ford owners in Libertyville and Vicinity to Know RED--TOP--the Special Non--Chatter Motor Oil for Fords. This oil is used and recommended by every Authorized Ford Dealer in Milwukee County and the Largest Ford dealers in the state. _ . .. i * Wewfllfiveudcflmswfiohuhwwfli!nmfl'wonl- lons of RED--TOP, the Special NonChatter Motor Oil for Ford Cars _: Per 345 North Milwankes Ave. READY© SCHOC The q:;:'cwld by the American Le fiion to tically every business ouse on Milwaukee avenue, were put up this (Thursday) morning. : A small hole is drilled at the edge of the side walk, and a twelvefoot pole in placed therein, on which Old Glory is djs-- played. This plan will enable the flag to be used in the proper manner, and make a uniform display along the street. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Bradford made an automobile trip to Flint Lake, Ind, Sunday. Dofothy, who has been visit-- ing her grandmother in Wheatfield, Ind., fora week or so, returned home with them. The farmers' picnic held at Diamond Lake Wednesday, was attended by a big crowd, in spite of the threatening weather. The sky was overcast all day. All the stores in Libertyville and Area closed at noon. A full list of the prize winners in the various events will be printed in our next issue. _ To All * --FORD Owners-- -- LIBERTYVILLE, -- PHONE 55 -- ILLINOIS DECKER & NEVILLE THE SCHOOL BOOKS HEADQUARTERS mAE inad * 'Elfg';h';'. ( ;;_}%r'@! * Get them Phone 456 n# Cl i ayhale Cult Cl PR N C ies ons tno hell Aaa've A dkses At ap t it :!%@@ *¥ y Aoga o ag 1M @"h pave d P en B s Sururdon ies ic «h mny n eevet CORROpen t FREE! 47% | awakened A farewell party: was held last Sat-- urday evening at the home of Miss Helen Carrolk on South Milwaukee avenue, at which the guests of honor were Mr. and Mre. Forrest H. Smith, who will leave 'next Monday for New York City. y A badly 'battered Ford touring car was--brought t-- oMain Garage Sunday afternoon by the wrecking crew. Four young men from Chicago were the oc-- cupants, and they came to grief south of Libertyville, when they ran off the cement pavement, One of the passen-- gers was sleeping peacefully, and did not know a wreck had occurred when _KEd Appley, John Ballard, Heimance Wheeler and other old sold'ers of L1b ¢rtyville were in Waukezgan today to Atlterd the reunion of the Lak» county soldiers and sailors. Last--Sunday,; at the William Schley home, a sort of family reunion was held, there being about thirty--five present from Libertyville, Long Grove, Chicago, Highland Park and Rock-- ford. Mrs. John Giles, of Chicago, and Mrs. Mike Umbdenstock, of Rockford, were visiting at the Schley home, and the party was given in their honor. -- ---- And Safe The -- Chatter Always A Sure .. THURSDAY, AUCGUST 21, 1924 % 19304 William Hafemann and family re turned home Thursday, after an auto-- | mobile trip to Effingham, II1., where they spent four days with relatives. The large dredge of the gravel com-- pany, which has been in use for two or three years at the north gravel pit, will be moved Sunday to the south pit and will be used to. make the fill at Forrest Smith expects to'leave next Monday for New York, where he will continue in the employment of the | American Telephone and Telegraph Co. His transfer to New 'York is in the nature of a promotion. family of Milwaukee day visiting friends. Miss Bernice Laycock and James Laycock, Jr., are in Eigin, for a visit at the A. L Stafford home. The , Vernon Cemetery Bociety held4 a meeting this afternoon at the home of Mrs. F. A. Bock, on Park Place. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Huber, of Aus-- tin, spent the week end in Libertyville with their son, Frank Huber, and family. Mrs. Mary Spring, of Racine, Wis., was here last Friday visiting Mrs. C. | Spring. 5 oA *'r'l! .Mr. and Mrs. Robert Helton and * family of Milwaukee, were here Mon« -- : the south end of Liberty Lake, for the new cement road, leading from Lake Bluff. -- It will be necessary for the St. Paul railroad to remove one span of the bridge to let the dredge pass un-- der. It will be floated down the river and then dig a channel to the lake. The interests of the.gravel company here are now in charge of Stanley Eaton. Gus Krumrey and family returned home Sundaf afternoon, after a vaca-- tion spent in Wisconsin. -- They vm;fil for several days in Bordeaux with Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Brewer, relatives\ of Mrs. Krumrey. They intended "going farthér north, but on account of the roads and bridges being washed out bi the swollen streams it was impos-- sible to travel. Gus says things look worse in Wisconsin than in Lake coun-- ty, as more rain has fallen there. Henry Eppker is up to Ris old tricks again. Wednesday he presented a check for $49 to a local business man in paymapt for merchandise, receiving a balance in change. The check was drawn on the First National Bank of Libertyville, and when it was presept-- ed at the bank it was returned with the famous initials "N. S. F." Young Eppker has been in numerous scrapes of this kind before, and most people are on to him, but he succeeded in working his game once more. Richard Flagg and George Hess Ea-- ton left Sunday morning on a pleasure trip they have been anticipating for some time." They took their camping outfit anlong and drove to The Dells in Wisconsin for the first day; the next day went on to La Crosse and will visit several other places of inter-- est i nWisconmsin. They expect to be gone a week or ten days. _ Last Thursday morning H. D. Wehr-- enberg was stricken wlig paralysis. At the time has was at work on the Roder home, and considerable difficulty was experienced in getting him off the A new switchboard has been install-- ed in the macaroni factory of the Foulds Milling Co. This improvement will enable telephone calls to be han-- dled in better shape,. It will be neces-- sary to call one number, and then the person wantd will be connected by the operator at the plant. § m'. after which he was removed to. home. For a few days his condi-- tion was critical, but at present he is much improved, and his family look for him to be up in a few days. --> "The Fugua Giants, a colored team from Chicago, played Holiman's Colts at the Fair Grounds last Sunday. The toiored lads put up an air tig it de f--t: > {mainst L.bortyvills usntil the Sth inning, when their pitcher got--peeved aond threw the oall into the race track and quit the game. A substitute pitch--, er was put in, but the local boys had the edge on them, and won handily by a score of 7 to 1. ko Several large receptacles for waste paper have been placd along Milwau-- kee avenue, and. one in each park. Instead of throwing paper on the street or parks, folks are requested to deposit their refuse in the boxes, and thus help to keep the village streets Cclean. This'will also lighten the work Of Dennis Limberry, who has made it a voluntary duty for sevéral years to see that all paper on the streets is re-- moved and burned. R = A large tree was blown down during ; the storm Tuesday morning on Lake street, near the Gus Lange home, car-- rying with it the electric light wires : and 'a telephone cable. A tree near . the Libertyville Lumber Co. plant was also uprooted and damaged the light and power lines. 'The greater part of the village was without electric sery-- lce for an hour or two. Lightning burned out the telephone cable leading to Area, 'and subscribers in that ¥il | lage were without service most of the ]dsy. 'The past two or three weeks have been hard ones on the Public Service Co. and Telephone Company, 'their trouble men being on the go day | and night repairing the havoc wrought by storms. A | Fuqua Giants, the wolored ball team who played here Bunday : "I want to ; commend yo ufor the fospitality shown to me and the ball club Sunday, Aug. | 47th. 1 have never been treated #0 | Lwcu in ail the places we have playod Th: pit ber, Hamilitor, was *h» caure! of 'the hittle difference that put tke , game on ice. 'That was an affair of mycontrol. © Since MW ton has been --droppéd from a Tfl of the team, -- 1 certainly ate your granting a return gamo~On. The following was received by Man« ager Holman, from the manager of the Tile oin 'Iite ine tike a 2008 ciekks #ame of base ball." ind on my retu u' a s a0% this sookg oi Wc o 0c ign i: wb cce iagine _ Mr--and Mres. Joseph Daly of Wau \kegan, won the gold watch by their ' "gfl" stepping in the prize walts. nk:u lost one of the main Aghinst the county; ut omy urowf aga Y, only had gone eighteen innings. Tha fin. Lake County Modern Woodmen of America celebrated theitr annual pic-- m0re thkG 4000 melinars a20 Irivade more than 4,000 and friends present.. It was by far the biggest and most successful picnic ever en-- Prizes, ranging from a gold watch jJoyed by the 'organization. down to shoestrings, were--given out and more than "".'S?" of the peopleé participated in awards, al score was three to two. ANNUAL PICNIC 'alunalinan ty 3i Aemap i hn t bet ie ... Annual... Better Babies' Conference Nampg of child... Date of Birth... Lake County Fair AUGUST 30, 31, SEPTEMBER 1, 1924 COUNEY . 151 .--+... . o+ rarwanre sirbace se oorenioveerastznmmetnimsers riacgener 3 -- / BB Population of City or Town where resident.......... Name of place where DOFM............._...______._._.__. Name of Father....... Cheebeverthyspmeins use ieccsnuestecseserrecste Nationality of Ftth.!..-..,._,.".w........*_-._..,..._; i. Age of Father.._.__._________years;: Occlipation.. MALGCOI . NBDLG Of MEOKIDGFSA».--+--+14..s. --. +. em mrosbtncceeronse t scuge Nationality of l(othcr....__.._....................'.........; V Total »umber of children.born to this mother..... Order of Birth of this Child.................._.___...c-- 3 (Month) (Day( _ > Age, in months, on date of this Cont'erenbe.,.......-monthn. Male or female Residence o6f Child....................._______._._._.._...... 00. L0 t ... e Weight of child st Wirth.................. Record uf child's iliness (Disease) : APPLICATION FOR ENTRY State of Illinois BETTER BABIES' CONFERENCE Fill Out Blank, Detach and Send to the Farm Bureau Office, Libertyville, DO THIS AT ONCE * * Please enter the following named child in the Better Babies' Conference to be held in connection with the Lake County Fair, Libertyville, III. ® (Yes or Breast fed only........... (Y¥es or Mixed teeding........... BOULIG 00 ONIY.......sco,sc secmssemccessermmmemresses.--i.sse..} . HOW MADY MONUNS.............__.__._ (Y¥es or No) -- If bottle fed, what 10008 UBOO»..........:.--s4..--smmmmsmessesmetsenseceseessipripmemmmennpanninnesmeecmmmmusensentennmens Lind of food '*at W-WW.;__W Number of feedings in 24 hours.................; Amount, in ounces, at each feeding. Does Child sleep alone .._._.__._.... If not, with whom does it sleep ... Does child sleep in OPeN Air......._._.__....._....; Day.....,...._.........; Night......... Or in ruom with windows open.........._. Vaccinated against smallpox. Has this child been scored in any other Baby Conl_omoo?. Where is birth TOCOTA@OGL................... 1 --2.. ...»ansse00m us 2s 4w00 40 uin aonsiay an un us on a astis in t s a uin on w hn a o umt m uh uce iaciae s Do you wish this child to be entered in the Competitive Class in which prizes are of-- féred, or in the NonCompetitive Class, in which there are no prizes? ~State on line below, "Competitive Class" or "NonCompetitive Class." * Mothers will be notified by mail of the day and hour when they will appear with their children for examination. _ mss ~ . B um--mnmmumaum.muwmmm;. If so, where Supply the Information Desired and Mail This Application at Once to . THE FARM BUREAU OFEICE, LIBERTYVILLE, L. towel and & smaill blanket or square to put about the shoulders, (¥es or No) No) No) The city --came back in the tugo war contest, the m.rlnlu the county team to the U the lake. The women from Waukegan wed oguuyvcucumthdrmtd over the women of the county. C BLACKWELL CASE IS CONTINUED The case of Ita Blackwell, former member of the sponge squad, held at Woodstock on charges of actepting bribes from been runners while an investigator for the states attorney of McHenry county, was continued last Saturday until next Wednesday. 'The Libertyville Athletic Club ball team broke into the win column on Sunday when they trilumphed over the Wheeling nine, by a scohe of 9 to 8. Wallie Buskie, at short for the local*s fielded 10. chances in perfect style and Mlmh{,m&m LIBERTYVILLE, ILL. (Signed). (First( Second, Third, Ete.) --.........; Strong or weak at birth.. (City or Tgvn) viversresieues 3' -- : ELC OL ~.........; Where born .; When preverstectsscccmcecress 3 " \FROW HHERY OfGH .......;. How many months rressiese}; AMOFUUEecccusese.. _: Where born..._.. How many months... How many months....... (Y¥es or No) ~ (Yes or No) ; Number children now living...._._... (Date when sick) (Yes or No) Bcore obtained..... A district meeting of the American Legion was held Thursday night a; Highland Park and representatives from exery Post in Lake County were present. It was decided to send s large delegation to the State Copven-- tion to he held at Champaign, Sept. %,. 3 and 4 and do all in their power to seoure the election of Legionaire lamoF! Chicago as state com-- mander.. 'The selection of a District Commander for Lake County will be dbcided at the convention by the county delegates but all signs to the election of our North Chicago man, THE JNDEPENDENT--$150 A YEAR James Gallagher. ..; Did it take. ...Btreet or R. F. D. #%, (Year) , 1924. years