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Judging by the way business is picking up, a good many are satisfied with ,us, or our way of doing busi­ ness. With thanks for all pa& favors we are at your \ service. SMITH BROS. McSTy •v, Special Sale For this Week 10-quart Tin Dish Pan l®c 10-quart Granite Dis&Pan. 10c 14-quart Granite Dish Pan --25c 17-quart Granite Dish Pan * 25c 12-quart Dairy Pail 25c Scrub Brushes T- 9c Flower Pots : 5c and 10c 6 Light House Cleanser 25c 6 Gold Dust-..----- 25c Boys' Overalls.---^----- 25c Stockings, per pair-- !l0c to 50c /50c Butcher Knives-- 39c 6 Tea Spoons 10c 3 Table Spoons - ---- 10c Durft Pans-.-...-- 5c and 10c Vycital's Novelty Store Centerville« - - McHenry Vfcs 2 '#3^ tr 'r'*5 DROP WTO OUR STORE and lot Hsahcwyouaontt of the many^pod thii^we an? offering. AmonAthem isJgM&pKRUMBLES the veiy newest and bastcrf pure whole wheat foods |Q«apedu£p New Pack Sifted Early June Peas Sweet and tender •' Special for FViday 8c Saturday 3 cans_-A-i---^-^.^--25® Dozen cans 92c 6 cans --$.^4-48c- <2 doz. cans! $1.90 Fancy Hawaiian Pineapple, lunch but, c*n -- Special BJend Coffee, elegant cup quality, lip..... High grade Japan Tea, lb...... Bon Ami Powder:..... None Such Peanut Butter, Jar Morton's Free Running Salt.. None Such Coffee, steel cut, lb. tfr 15c 28c .50c ....10c ....15c id-10c ..._35c JOHN Phone 59-J Mi NEIGHBORING NEWS AS CHRONICLED BY OUR ABLk CORPS OF CORRESPONDENTS RIDGEFIELI) Mrs. W. Reed was a Crystal Lake shopper Monday. J. H. Slater was. a Crystal Lake passenger Monday. Robt. Knilans spent Sunday after­ noon at Woodstock. Mrs. D. L. Gibson was shopping at Crystal Lake Thursday of last week. Mrs. Martin Nelson and children visited relatives at McHenry Friday last / Mrs. A. Stephenson and daughter, Edna, were over Sunday visitors at McHenry. Mr. Ladd of Harvard was a caller' at the home of J. C. Buttoh Friday of fast week. Mesdames Rushton, Erickson and Martini were Woodstock visitors Sat­ urday last. Mrs. L. M. Goddard of Woodstock spent Monday, at the home of her parents here. Mr. and Mrs. Heinz and son of Chi­ cago were recent visitors in the home of J. J. Delaney. Mrs. A. Steffenson of Woodstock visited in the home ol[ her sister, Mrs. C. Gustafson, Monday. Mrs. J. Merchant visited at the home of Mrs. L. Reed at Woodstock from Thursday until Saturday. Mrs. J. B. *Lynch left Wednesday for ah extended visit with her daugh­ ter, Mrs. S. W. Merchant, at Bloomer, Wis. . ReV. and Mrs. J. W. MacGowan will leave Friday to "Spend the winter with the sisters at Johnstown Center, Wis. Miss Anna MacGowan of Johns­ town Center is visiting this week in the home of her brother, Rev. J. W. MacGowan. Mrs. Alexander Briggs and daugh­ ters, Helen and Margaret, of Idaho are visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Dike. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Chase and son and also Mr. Baldwin, who have been visiting at the home of Wm. E. Dike, have returned to their homes in Chi­ cago and Toledo, O. Mr. and Mrs. Teckler and two daughters and Mrs. Herman Dike of Crystal Lake, accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Dike and their guests, motored to Elkhorn, Wis., by way of Lake Geneva and attended the fair. The same party motored to McHenry and Woodstock on Friday. Church Notes D. V. Blayney will preach next Sup- day. Services at the udjjial hour, 11 o'clock. The Ladies' Aid society will meet Thursday afternoon, Oct. 7, at the home of Mr#, Fred French. Try and remember that next Sun­ day, Oct. 3, is rally day for the Sun­ day school and • good attendance is desired. ^ The nexi business meeting of the Y. P. S. C. E. is to be held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Reed Tuesday evening, October 5. A short program will be given with refresh­ ments at the close. The Helpers pleasantly surprised their teacher, Mrs. J. W. MacGowan, Saturday evening. The young people will certainly miss, her on Sunday as well as at all their little gatherings. Mrsy MacGowan has worked hard and faithfully in the year and a half she has been amongst us and all unite in wishing her greater success in the new field. RINGWOOD John McLaughlin was a Chicago ^•itor Monday. Mrs. Frank Fay is improving, able to leave the hospital. Miss Agnes Bigelow spent the past week at Williams Bay. Mrs. Jessie Smith went to JJebron Saturday, retiming Sunday even­ ing. C. H. Stephenson and wife were at the Elkhorn fair three" days , last week. . ' ^ The Misses Agnes and Sarah Dodge were •Harvard visitors Satusday aft­ ernoon. Raymond Spencer and wife are spending a few days with his parents in Greenwood. Mrs. Alma Thomas and daughter, Ella, of West McHenry were at Cal- lie Rainey's Friday last. Mrs. Emma Brown visited her brother in Harvard last week and at­ tended the Elkhorn fair Thursday. James Green is moving from his farm to McHenry and James Bell is moving onto the Green farm this week. Mesdames Libbie Ladd, Libbie Al­ len and Florence Smith went to Wau- kegan Wednesday to attend the W. C. T. U. state convention. Let all be present next Sunday at the Sunday schawl. Last Sunday was stormy and our attendance smalk We need to get ready for a good rally day. Come! The W. C. T. U. had a very pleas­ ant meeting at Mrs. Nellie Dodges'. The young people were very good to help on the program. The next meetr ing will be with Miss Nellie Baldwin {at Greenwood. Wright-Howe Floyd E. Howe, lit one time engaged in the feed business at Ringwood, was united in marriage to Miss Edith Wright of Chicago At Woodstock on Saturday, Sept. 18. The groom of this happy union is quite well known thruout this vicinity and his friends hereabout extend the couple their heartiest congratulations. Mr. and Mr3. Howe will make their home at Ridgefield, where the former will con­ duct a feed store. L sr. f V' imported ^uze olive oil at C» Unti's. SECOND MONTHLY MEETING Of Rural Teachers to Be, Held at Woodstock, Saturday, Oct. S •Announcements have been sent out calling attention to the second month­ ly meeting of the rural teachers of McHenry county, which will be held at the high school building at Wood­ stock on Saturday, October 2. The purpose of this meeting will be to give additional suggestions concern­ ing the Beacon Phonetic method, which has been introduced in the rural schools of McHenry county this year. Miss Marie Byrnes of Freeport, who was the instructor at the annual in­ stitute last year, will, in addition to conducting a critique, jgive sugges­ tions for language and number work Sn the lower grades. Miss Myrtle Kaufmann of DeKalb Normal will also be present and will give special attrition to upper grade work in her talks to the teachers. This is a very important meeting and all teachers are expected to at­ tend. Their expenses are to be paid out of the basket social fund derived from local programs given in the var­ ious districts thruout the county. These meetings are in a measure nor­ mal training work, presided over by competent instructors, who will ad- dress the teachers and instruct them in better method of school room man­ agement. The meeting will be called promptly at ten o'clock a. m., and will close at two o'clock p. m. This gives ample opportunity for everyone to be on time at the meeting and reach jiome within a reasonable time after the close of the meeting. The high school inspector, John Calvin Hanna, of the state depart­ ment at Springfield will make a tour of inspections of McHenry county October 4 to 9, inclusive. All persons desiring information pertaining to any of the recent school legislations may obtain the same by writing to the of­ fice of the county superintendent of schools that the matter may be'taken up with Mr. Hanna during his visit here. On Saturday morning, October 9, (he will be in the office of the county superintendent of schools and will be very glad indeed to meet any person wishing to speak with him along these lines. At this time he will ad­ dress the city superintendent and prin­ cipals of Menemy county. OSTEND R. H. Richardson's new barn is all under cover and the painter has com­ menced to change the color of the ex­ terior. F. E. Martin, wife and ton, Clin­ ton, were among the many who at­ tended the Elkhorn fair last week Thursday. Silo filling is now the order of the day. There are lots of silos to fill and all have plenty of corn in good condition to fill them. We are to have a new carrier on route 8 from Woodstock the first of October. Mr. Heaton has been the carrier the past three years and he now goes to route 2. The Bull Valley school has just op­ ened. Extensive improvements hav* been made on the schoolhouse and a barn built for the teacher's horse. Miss Goldie Howe is the teacher. The school commenced its fall term last Monday morning. Warren Francisco and sister, Miss Ammie, Myron Francisco and wife and Charles, Earl and Clifford J. Sher­ man and their wives and children and their mother, Mrs. Jennie Sherman, were all attendants'at the Walworth county fair last week Thursday. Frank Kaiser, wife and oldest son, Frank, and Mrs. Kaiser's brother, Joe Harrer, wife and children drove to Woodstock last Friday night to view the war scenes at the movies. Mr. and Mrs. Kaiser were also visitors at the Elkhorn fair Thursday of last week. ; VOLO Ray, Paddock was in Waukegan on Friday of last week. C. G. Huson of Elgin spent the past few days at Lee Huson's. A number of auto parties attend­ ed the ^Elkhorn fair last week. Miss Bessie Meade of Grayslake spent last week at Ray Paddock's. Mr. and Mrs. Peter Stadtfeld vis­ ited H. Hanson ahd family over Sun­ day. ' Mrs. Chat. Thompson and sons and Miss Jennie Watts were Volo callers Tuesday. Martin Stoffel has moved his goods into the Richardson store, recently purchased by Henry Stoffel, where he will keep a full line of groceries. May Clean Up Property „ If present plans materialize the Northwestern railroad property lying between the Northwestern hotel and the tracks will be cleaned up and transformed from its present un sightly state into a pretty railroad park. We understand that this is one bf the improvements that the railway company contemplates making. Need less to say that our people as well as the traveling public will deeply ap­ preciate such a move on the part of the Northwestern company. ( n Notice A regula?>meeting of the Univer­ salis! society of McHenry will be held in the church parlors on Saturday evening, Oct 2, at 8:00 o'clock. Mem­ bers and all interested in the society are earnestly requested to be present. F. L. McOmber, Clerk. \ /?' h • ^ OF THIS BANK .y' • are assured that their every reasonable need for accommodation will be prompt­ ly met. It will pay you to become a customer of this bank. •# • • •• •• Hoy Banking Co. Fremont Hoy •• •• Clarence F. Hoy Notic«TK* 1 Sbvti in P. Th® Outsit* Radittiiij Body. The In*ule<lurabie. t ' Cast-iron Heater Two Stoves for the Price of One> We offer you only reliable goods itiade by reliable manufacturers. Honest prices and honest values is our motto. If there is one place where quality counts it is here. Cole'S Original Hot Blast is a double stove--a heavy durable heating stove slipped inside of the powerful radiating body which radiates all the heat. This re­ markable cor. truction makes an absolutely air-tight stay-tight heater which holds fire from Saturday rigM until Monday morning. This guaranteed stay-tight construction in connection with our Hot Blast fuel saving draft make.; our guaranteed great fuel economy possible. The Many Feet of Leaking Joints made temporarily tight with stove putty explains why imitation hot blast heaters and stoves with other fuel saving devices are not guaranteed to remain air-tight always, as is Cole's Hot Blast. Col**a Hot Blast burns any foal- soft coal, hard coal, or wood. It is a powerful radiator of heat. It gives a sizzling hot base. It gives a guaranteed fuel economy. You can't afford to be without this remarkable heater. Come in and see it today, , " Cole's Hot Blast makes your coal pile la»L To avoid imitation* look for Cmim't. J. J. Vycital McHENRY, ILLINOIS L' School Notes The seniors have ordered their class rings. Thirty pupils are now taking type­ writing. The English IV class is-now "chaw­ ing Chaucer." Lawrence Pierpont is a new pupil in fourth grade. Football game Saturday. McHen­ ry vs. Crystal Lake. Don't forget Saturday, Oct. 2. Mc­ Henry vs. Crystal Lake. Robert Green and Martha May are new pupils in eighth grade. Mrs. Lawrence Pierpont visited in room two one day last week. A tennis court is "how adding to the enjoyment of the high school pupils. Have members of commercial geog­ raphy ever taken geography before? The old or^an that has been occu­ pying considerable space in room three has finally been removed. The fifth and sixth grades have been studying and painting various kinds of grasses this week. The modern history class is now "watching their step" while study­ ing about the "holy roily" empire. Teacher in algebra: "What do you get when you multiply?" Bright pupil: "Sums." Teacher in algebra: "What is 7 plus 3?" Sophomore: "Arithmetic." Current events were discussed this week by Alta Wentworth, Floyd Cool- ey, Dorothy Knox and Vinton Thomp­ son. Busse (describing agriculture in ancient times): "They plowed with a pointed stick and cultivated the wheat with the hoofs of the horses." Visitors at M. H. S. during the past week were: Mesdames R. T. Wray, Everett Sherman, Raymond Conway, E. Knox and Miss Edith Hodge. Topics in commercial geography were discussed by Edward Buss, Frank J us ten, Agnes Frisby, Sarah Dodge, Lester Bacon and Alfred Rich­ ardson. For stiff joints and soreness in the chest try McAllister1* mustaid ett mk camphor. "J M '%:i A Happy Surprise Last Thursday afternoon the mem­ bers of the Ladies' Afternoon dob "sprung" a neat little surprise on Mrs. Josephine Heimer and Mrs. J. H. Miller and daughters, who passed the ; week at a cottage at Orchard Beach, by calling on the ladies without let­ ting them know that they were com­ ing. The jolly crowd of invaders made things hum during their stay. Just what sort of amusements they went thru our informant did not care to relate, but suffice to say they* went thru some "stunts." Two of the ladies were attired a la Charlie Chap­ lin and it's a safe guess that thoee two did their part in keeping the ladies in good humor. At any rate,-a most enjoyable t ime is J$f. . those preeent. Meney ̂ I furnish money for good farm loans, reasonable rates of interest* with partial payment privilege. Ad­ dress F. B. Bennett, Woodstock, HL • % - * * H * * w 'M C ?! m flrlnnl supplies at McAllister^. •'s, ?, kM