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jjjf SLOOUM'S LAKE Erickson's Dept. Store carries a full liM of dry goods, groceries, ihoes, etc. Visit this store before %uying. George Eatinger of near Wauconda ipent Sunday at the home of Mr. »nd Mrs. Ray Dowell. Mrs. G. J. Burnett visited at the borne of her daughter at Round Lake from Saturday until Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Geary were business callers at Crystal Lake Saturday. Miss Myrtle Darreil spent the week end at the home of her sister at Crystal Lake. Claire Smith and Arthur Wackerow spent Sunday at the Joe Dowell home. _ Mrs. John R. Knox of McHenry spent Thursday afternoon at the home of her parents here. At the Slocum Lake school election held Saturday evening, Mrs. H. L. Brooks and Andrew Amann were elected as directors for the ensuing year, filling the vacancies of William Darreil and Ray Dowell. Mr. and Mrs. George Windle, A1 Staples and Albert Bates of Evans- "ton motored to the G. J. Burnett •home Saturday and returned home -Sunday. ' * Miss Helen Bernier, of Chicago, spent the week end with her Agister, Mrs. Jack Geary. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Shaffer and eon, Stanley,-of McHenry, were Sunday afternoon and evening guests at the Henry Geary home. Mix* Pearl Laurence spent the wiM'k end at the home of her sister, Mr*. Charles Christensen at Milwaukee, Win. Mn». Harry Matthews accompanied {Mm. William Fink and her daughter, Kllaabelh, to McHenry Saturday after Dunn. Wlllard Darreil and Frank Bacon • >f Ronoville were re-elected directors jif the Wauronda township high school lust Saturday. Emmet Geary and son, Forrest, and Mr. McCabe of Volo spent Sunday at the Henry Geary home. Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Brooks were business callers at Waukegan on last Wednesday. William Hansen and son of Barreville spent Sunday at the R. M. Gill home. Mr. and Mrs. William Davis and daughter,£ Frances, spent Sunday at the honW of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Converse. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Winkler, Jr., and son of Waukegan spent the week end at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ollie Grantham. Frank Mulholland and brother of Chicago spent Sunday at the former's farm here, occupied by R. McGill. Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Brooks and son and Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Brooks, attended the opening of the Waukegan State Bank at Waukegan on Saturday.. Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Bacon and her daughter of Crystal Lake spent lafct Thursday at the home of Mr. and Mrs Earl Converse. Ollie Grantham and his guest, Henry Winkler, Jr., were Sunday monk, ing callers at Cary. Mildred Hoffman was a business caller at Crystal Lake Monday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Lusk of near Round Lake were Sunday dinner guests at the Blomgren home. R. McGill spent Saturday in Chicago and was a luncheon guest of her brother, J. W. McGee, of Tulsa, Okla. at the Morrison Hotel. Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Brooks and daughter, Lillian, and Mrs. WilHam Toynton and daughter, Neva, of Wau conda were Sunday callers at Waukegan also at McHenry where they saw the ruins of the fire of Saturday night. John Blomgren, Mrs. E. Anderson and Mrs. Sigrid Blomgren spent the day Monday at the Raymond Lusk home near Round Lake, William Brooks of Chicago and Harold Brooks of Waukegan spent the week end with their parents here. Birt and Joe Dowell returned home from St. Paul, Minn., last Thursday with 46 T. B. tested cows. Mr. and Mrs. M. H. Detrick of Chicago were Sunday dinner guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Brooks. Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Brooks and and son and Mr and Mrs. H. L. Brooks were business callers at McHenry last Saturday morning. Mildred Hoffman transacted business in Chicago Tuesday. Chesney Brooks spent last Wednesday night at the home of his aunt, Mrs. William Toynton, at Wauconda. Willard Darreil and Mrs. Harry Matthews spent Sunday afternoon at Crystal Lake at the home of Mr. and Mrs. LaDoyt Matthews, Myrtle Darreil returned with them. Erickson's Dept. Store carries full line of dry goods, groceries, shoes, etc. Visit this store before buying. Jack Thies of McHenry was a Ringwood caller on Thursday. Little Shirley Hawley entertained at her fourth birthday party on Thursday, April 8. A delicious luncheon was served by the child's mother. Those in attendance were Mrs. Delbert Bacon and Mrs. Bertha Walter of Elgin, Mrs. E. C. Hawley and Mrs. Frank Hitchens, and her mother, Mrs. Butler. RINGWOOD SPECIMEN BALLOT FIRST WARD Oity of McHenry, in the County of McHenry and State of Illinois, Election, Tuesday, April 20, 1926 ~ Ray P. Conway, City Clerk Dick Fleming of McHenry was a Ringwood caller on Monday. School opened on Monday but a • slumber of children were sent home. ^Raymond Hall is confined to his bed at t% writing. 4 n Joseph Wandrack of Woodstock was a Monday aftenoon caller in Ringwodd. W. R. Tiddings spent the week-end with Hebron relatives. Mrs. Lowe of Richmond was a Ringwood caller on Tuesday morning. Dr. Klontz of McHenry called in Ringwood on Monday. William Beth, Jr., of Chicago spent Tuesday with his father, W. J. Beth. Mr Jand Mrs. Ray Merchant and family spent Sunday in the Emma Merchant home. John Thompson of Chicago spent Tuesday with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Thompson. Leonard Brown spent Wednesday evening with his grandmother of McHenry. Mrs. Fannie Holder, who has been visiting in Morristown, Ind., has returned home. Percy Barnes of Woodstock spent Wednesday morning in Ringwood. Erickson's Dept. Store carries a full line of dry goods, groceries, shoes, etc. Visit this store before buying. O (By Petition) FOR ALDERMAN (Vote for One) Progressive (By Petition) FOR ALDERMAN (Vote for One) • • M R. I. OVERTON FOR POLICE MAGISTRATE FOR POLICE MAGISTRATE PI PETER J. HEIMER I I SPECIMEN BALLOT THIRD WARD Oity of McHenry, in the Cotinty of McHenry and State of Illinois, Election, Tuesday, April 20, 1926 Ray P. Conway, City Clerk O Peoples (By Petition) FOR ALDERMAN ___„.^Vote for One) Q FEED FERWERDA • FOR POLICE MAGISTRATE n PETER J. HEIMER (By Petition) FOR ALDERMAN (Vote for One) [~1 JOHN A. THENNES • -- FOB POUCE MAGISTRATE • SPECIMEN BALLOT City of McHenry, in the County of McHenry and State of Illinois, Election, Tuesday, April 20, 1926 Ray P. Conway, City Clerk Fftf Boxing, sparring or wrestling r||r ' matches and exhibitions ®"* within the municipality. AAlifllt Boxing, sparring or wrestling AVOlllM matches and exhibitions 9 within the municipality. Buick Controllable Beam Headlights make night driving a pleasure* Bright light all the time, with steering wheel control. Come in some eve* ning and take a ride. BUICK MOTOR COMPANY, fiiNrtBW 'SfMiat Motmn Cmrpmflan PUNT, MICHIGAN y for the eggs. Joe Wiser and family spent the week-end at Dixon. Joe Wiser will go to St. Paul to buy cows for Townside Farm this week. Lew Lusk shipped in another carload of cows from Wisconsin this week. Frank Wilson is ill with measles. Mrs. Rose Dunnill returned to her home here vafter spending three weeks with her daughter, Mrs. Will Hironimus, at Round Lake. Coal in Illinois Sixty-seven per cent of Illinois is underlain with coal which runs, in many places, as much as 20,000 tons to the acre, remarks the Illinois Chamber of Commerce in a recent bulletin. It points out that the New Orient mine, at West Frankfort, made a world's record "when it recently brought up 12,825 ton? of coal in an eight-hour day. Coal in Illinois cannot possibly be mined .out several hundred years, the bulletin adds. . nmg, April 18. Sacremej Lord's Supper will be a< Everyone welcome. Frank Ehredt and Frai ,Jr., are in Wisconsin buyinf j t of the inistered. Henkel, coWs. OSTEND Erickson's Dept. Store carries a full line of dry goods, groceries, shoes, etc. Visit this store before buying. Frank Kaiser has been kept in for several days with a severe cold and cough. The family were somewhat concerned lest it turn into pneumonia. A family moved to the farm known as the Brott farm. We havenot been informed from where the family moved. \ School again Monday after two weeks' vacation on account of the illness of the teacher. Henry Hobart and son, Roy, werf business callers at the county seat on Saturday. They are neither one office seekers, consequently neither one looking fo£ voters. Joe Harrer and wife and Mrs. Kaiser were business callers in Woodstock on Saturday, April 10. The family that recently moved to the Brott farm were Monday callers at Henry Hobart's. They were looking for potatoes for both eating and planting. Mr. Hobart has several bushels of good white potatoes for sale. The fire alarm at McHenry Saturday night awakened some of the residents of this neighborhood but not one thought of a fire. Were of the impression that it was a train of cars on the Northwestern railroad. Harris Brothers shipped all of their old dairy; Fred Eppel five of his; and Greener on the T. A. Abbobtt farm, his entire dairy. Eppel and Jeeks are separating their milk and shipping the cream. V. Most of the farmers here that are shipping cream ship to the Blue Valley Cream Company and perhaps the city people are using cream from unhealthy cows instead of milk from tested cows. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Schroeder arid ) Dr. Hewitt of Evanston will speak daughter, Jessie, and Mr. and Mrs. E~ at the Volo M. E. church Sunday eve- C. Hawley were Woodstock callers on Thursday evening, attending the movies. William Bacon of McHenry was a Ringwood caller on Friday. August Walters of Woodstock spant Friday evening in Ringwood. ^ Mrs. Henry Hinze of Crystal Lake spent Thursday in the George Harrison home. ^ Mrs. Mary Ross of Spring Grove is visiting her daughter, Mrs. M. L. Welter. Wayne Foss of Greenwood spent the week-end with his mother, Mrs. Ri llah Foss. Mrs. Roy Neal and two children, Leroy and Shirley, are visiting relatives in Chicago. Abie Miller of Elgin spent Friday afternoon in Ringwood. Miss Arline Harrison spent the week-end with her mother, Mrs. Mayme Harrison. Miss Laura Weter spent the weekend with Hebron relatives. M. L. Welter has been spending a few days with friends in Chicago. Quite a number from Ringwood attended the Masonic meeting at McHenry on Monday. Wayne Foss spent Saturday in McHenry with friends. Mrs. Laura Brown and Mrs. Wilnah Schroeder enjoyed a walk to McHenry visiting friends and returning home in the evening by rail. Miss Wynne Kolley spent Saturday evening at McHenry. Andrew Hawley of Elgin spent the week-end with his father, E. C. Hawley. Miss Dorothy Peet spent the weekend with Miss Adeline Perkins of McHenry. Miss Ethel Bell of McHenry was a week-end guest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Bell. Lisle Hopper spent Saturday evening at Woodstock. W. R. Giddings spent Sunday with Hebron relatives. _ Floyd Carr of Greenwood apant Sunday morning in Ringwood. Mrs. Katie Welter and daughter, Frances, spent Sunday morning at McHenry. Miss Regina Rauen spent the weekend with Spring Grove relatives. Quite a few from Ringwood were in McHenry to view the remains of the fire which occurred on Saturday evening. Harold Bell of Waukegan »pent Sunday with his parents. M. L. Welter has returned home from a visit with relatives in Chicago. Mrs. Hannah Walker has been confined to her home for several weeks with illness. The revival meetings in the M. W. A. hall were quite well attended. Harold Whiting spent Saturday with his family here. Mr. and Mrs. Nick Young spent Saturday night at Woodstock with friends. Mrs. Martha Bradley from Elgin spent Wednesday with her son, Karl, and family. Misses Gladys and Sylvia Larsen of Woodstock spent the week-end with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Claus Larsen. Mrs. Lewis Hawley and two children spent Sunday with relatives in Elgin. Lewis Adams of Johns burg was a Ringwood caller on Monday. Mrs. Delbert Bacon of Elgin was a Monday afternoon caller in Ringwood. Miss Cora Beth and Floyd Hopper were Crystal Lake and Woodstock callers on Saturday. Bert Sutton of Solon was a Ringwood caller on Monday afternoon. Miss Grace Pearsen entertaiifed company over Sunday. Arthur Holtdorf of Wilmot called in Ringwood on Saturday morning Mr. and Mrs. Charles Stephensen spent Saturday afternoon in Woodstock. Miss Bernice Smith spent Friday in Chicago with friends. Quite a number from here attended the funeral of Mrs. Lynn Hall on Wednesday at Greenwood. William Thompson is not improving very well at the Oak Park hospital where he is a patient. John Kottner of Spring Grove was a Ringwood caller on Friday morning. VOLO (Ml in Illinois There were in Illinois a total of 16,900 producing oil wells on December 31, 1925, according to the Illinois Chamber of Commerce, which points out that oil production is greater in Illinois than in any of the following states^-Pennsylvania, Ohio, Kentucky, West Virginia, Montana, New York, Colorado, New. Mexic|£ Indiana or Tennessee. It adds thi| only six states have a greater nui*» , r ber of oil wells and that only seveh produce more oil than Illinois, ^ Petroleum production in Illinois l^Pf '* year was 7,862,000 barrels. Cat Flowers a Big Industry Illinois grows more commercial flowers than any state in the union and Chicago is the greatest cut flower market in the world, says the Illinois Chamber of Commerce which comments that Illinois flower producers ship to Florida and California every day in the year. The "cut" in the Chicago district alone runs from 6,000,000 to 15,000,000 flowers a day. Going, to be married? about printing invitations nouncements. The Plaindealer, See «a or aji^ To the Voters of McHfnry County Pfctynit. me through the medium of the press to congratulate and thank, my many friends in McHenry Comity for tlieir splendid and loyal support given me at the recent primary, and my only hope ig~that I may$>receive this same acknowledgment of your faith in me in the coming election, and if I am elected, I shall endeavor to so serve my constituency, that you shall not be disappointed in your confidence so expressed. L Sinqerely yours, Roy J. Stewart f M H 1»1'H •< v-i-Ofrfr'i-S-S" TERRA COTTA Overton & Cowen Harvard McHenry SPECIMEN BALLOT SECOND WARD Oity of McHenry, in the County of McHenry and State of Illinois, Election, Tuesday, April 20, 1926 Ray F. Conway, City Clerk Peoples first Q Peoples Second Q Progressive Erickson's Dept. Store carries a full line of dry goods, groceries, shoes, etc. Visit this store before buying. J. S. Lynott of Crysal Lake spent Sunday with friends here. Mr. and Mrs. James P. Green and children of Woodstock visited relatives here Sunday. Eugene Leisner of Chicago was a guest of his sister, Miss Alice Leisner Sunday. LeRoy Conway of McHenry visited at the home of M. Knox Sunday. Miss Mabel Hobbs of Woodstock visited the Terra Cotta school Tuesday. Miss Eleanor McMillan was quite ill last week and unable to return to her work in Elgin. These Will Fit Your Bedroom At the prices, we ask one and all to compare our values with what they are able to secure elsewhere. 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Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Carter are moving from the Ella Moore house to the lower part of Henry Stoffel's building The children of the locality have or ganied a poultry club. Those who joined are as follows: Blanche and Nelson Converse, Howard Hironimus, Junior Wilson, Helen Vasey, Edith Pitzen, Florence Beaumann, Roman and Philip Wagner, Esther and Ruth Lusk and Eleanor Dillon. The officers elected are Esther Lusk, president; Blanche Converse, vice-president; Nelson Converse, treasurer, and Howard Hironimus, secretary. Each member will be finished with three settings of eggs by the Chamber of Commerce of Waukegan. They agree Classified are winners THE AJAX SIX, $995 4-DOOR SEDAN f- o. b. factory Full force-feed lubrication, 7*bearing crankshaft, 6«bcaring camshaft, 4-wheel brakes, full balloon tires. 5 disc wheels, new Mallard Green finish, new Velour upholstery, automatic windshield wiper, dome light, cowl ventilator ana cowl lights. 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