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« * ^ mmmmmmmim W" •:*v, Closing Out broken lots in Fall Clothing in i ' • Overcoats and Suits If you are in need of an Ovetttfj&t or a Suit, we can save you On a garment' $3.00 to $5.00 We have some broken lots of good new Overcoats and Suits, which we are closing out regardless Qf co&. Come and inspe<ft the line. It will be to your advan­ tage when buy ipg clothing. JOS. W. FREUND WEST McHENRY, ILL. SHO What Size? How Much? That is all we need to ask you--the size, and the price you want to pay. We can give you ANY sire. You can pay ANY KIND of a price you want to, and what­ ever the price you pay, it will be the BEST value for the money to be found anywhere in this section. That is the in­ ducement we offer you and no other house can touch it. F. A. WEST McHENRY. ILL. Mi .gL_. • V, • WINTER NECESSITIES! Sweater* coats, a large variety of up-to-date col­ ors and styles at all prices opto $7jM Mackinaws in all sizes and good color, each -- t o 1 M0 • - * 9 Duck andCorduroy coats from........$2.50 to$5.M Caps, Mittens, Gloves Overshoes and warm Foot wear for the wholeffam­ ily. Bed Blankets and Com­ forters, from $1.00 up Groceries, canned goods, Flour, Graham, Corn -Meal. Tty our Tea and Coffee. None better. T M. J. Walsh, 'Phone 63-R Goods Delivered H :• il i#1 i: ASK THE WIFE She knows £ * JY "• Mr. Husband Do you realize that the time is near at hand when friend wife will be taking up the an­ nual spring inventory in your home? And do you also realize that she will find a num­ ber of things that will be needed to keep the home cheerful. Well, these are facts, and by co-operating with her in planning and se­ lecting the things ,that are needed you will be intrumental in fciaking housecleaning time a pleasure for her. It's easy to make a seled- ion from our large stock of Furniture, Rugs, Carpets, Curtains and Lineoleums. JACOB JL'STEN McHENRY, ILLINOIS ITEP1S OF LOCAL nrrao 48 PICKED UP BY PLAINDBALEF REPORTERS DURING OPERA HOUSE McHENRY Butter on the Elgin board of trade sold at 42 cents per pound last Sat­ urday* at Washington's The Today is Did you ban J. M. Freund is a new employe the Oliver factory at Woodstock. Fresh salted almonds and peanuts. Vogt's drug store--the Rexall store. Excetal sage sulphur hair tonic dandruff50 cents per bottle at Petesch's. * Leave your laundry for Elgin steam laundry at Vogt's drug store-- the Rexall store. Insure your car against fire and theft. Four years for f 15.00. Hayes & Justen, West McHenry, 111. Automobile owners, see Hayes & Justen before insuring your cara. Four years' insurance for $15.00. Give us your next order for en­ graved calling cards and see what a at job we can put out for you. As an effective method of national preparedness we suggest the prompt planting of spuds--more of them. Henry Meyers, who now resides on Green street, will move into the Nord- quist cottage on Court street Mar. 1. Phone us your order for Giibbs' brick ice cream for next Sunday. Vogt's drug store--the Rexall store. Bankers don't like the new coins because they say they are hard to stack. But The] Plaindealer is not running a bank. The rules and regulations govern­ ing the lenten season were read from the pulpits of the Catholic churches here last Sunday. Harvey Gardinier has returned <ifrom Aurora, where he recently un­ derwent a minor operation. He is getting along nicely. M. M. Niesen, the enterprising CenterviHe grocer, has invested in a Ford car, which he is sure to find a very helpful acquisition to his grow­ ing business. It looks as if the horse racing on the Fox river speedway is over for the present season. The ice is fast thawing and is already .unsafe for sports of this nature. Considerable moving is already go­ ing on among the farmers in this lo­ cality. It is expected that most of the changes will have been made by the end of another week. Yesterday was Ash Wednesday, which marked the beginning of Lent, and from now until after Easter so­ cial activities in McHenry will be practically at a standstill. On account of Washington's birth­ day the rural letter carriers are en joying a day off today* The post­ masters and their assistants are also taking time off between mails. John Degen, who until recently was employed at the Borden bottling plant here, will start -work at the Bowman Dairy company factory at Ringwood the first of March. There are still a number in Mc­ Henry who believe it real smart to disturb an audience with their loud talking and laughing at a public gath< ering. Could they but see themselves as others see them. Monday proved one of the most disagreeable days that we have ex­ perienced this winter. The rain and sleet which fell during the day made it mighty unpleasant for those whose daily routine took them out of doors. Jos. Rothermel, employed at the Hunter boat factory, is disposing of tickets on his seven-passenger auto­ mobile, which wiU be raffled off just as soon as all tickets are disposed 6f. The tickets are selling quite rapidly at 50 cents each. Homer Fletcher, who during the past few weeks has been the moving picture operator at the Central opera house and as a side line did job print­ ing and sign painting, departed for parts unknown last Saturday. Un­ doubtedly McHenry had proven too small a town for a man with so many trades. An order has been sent out by the superintendent of the Wisconsin di­ vision of C. & N. W. R. R. that the American flag be unfurled from every station. In case where the agents are not in nossession of America's emblem the*fcompany will provide them. Fans at Dundee are hoping for a trolley baseball league this year. McHenry is mentioned as among the teams to pick from for the pro­ posed league. Can you imagine Mc­ Henry and Dundee, a team that failed to finish a game with McHenry in their own lair, hooking up in the same league ? E. M. Geier, proprietor of the Cen- terville billiard and pool room, is stiii confined to his home, where he has been during the past few weeks. Mr. Geier has surely endured more than his share of sickness during the past few years and the sympathy of many friends is ̂ extended him and his family. Dr. Chas. R. Treat of Sharon, Wis., will attend clinics in Chicago from February 24 to April 1 and his of­ fice will be closed during that time. Broken lenses sent to' him at Sharon, to F. A. Hardy & Co., box 804, Chicago, will receive prompt atten­ tion. After April 1 will be in Shar­ on, Wis., Wednesday and Friday, 8 a. a. to 5 p. m. Sunday and Mon­ day by appointment oiily. Wood stock, 111., Tuesday, Thursday and Thursday, feb. 22 John Barrymore IN •The Red Widow" PWpjpWJ® ;v *>;. • I" ' ..'.'.In --.v : SATURDAY,,FEB. 24 Marguerite Clark IN- "Gretna Green" SUNDAY, FEB. 25' IN lesrt ol THE RED WIDOW John Barrymore Superb In Famous Players' Clever Adaptation 'The Red Widow," a photo-adapta­ tion of the celebrated comedy by Channing Pollock and Rennold Wolf, in which John Barrymore is starred as Cicero Hannibal Butts, is the Fam­ ous Players Film company's current Paramount picture which will be shown at the Central this (Thursday) evening. The comic predicaments in which the distinguished corset salesman finds himself, involving the Russian secret police and innumerable Nihil­ ists, with a marked penchant for bomb throwing, give John Barry­ more the best opportunity he has had since becoming a photoplay star of demonstrating beyond all doubt his right to be called the foremost com­ edian of the screen today. Chased aloft into the crow's nest of a steam­ er by visions of Siberia and elected to kill the Czar by a company of Nihilists, to whom he is introduced as the greatest living king killer, Butts dies about three imaginary deaths a minute in hi» agony of ap prehension. Eluding the ferocious band of which he has so unwillingly become a member, Butts chances upon one of the number just as he is hurling a bomb at two of the nobility. After an instant of frightful uncertainty, Butts rushes forward, catches the bomb in mid air and then nearly per­ ishes with fear before he can get the thing out of his possession. John Barrymore is at his best when portraying the role of a man who has been beset by every known form of mental agony while still striving valiantly to keep up appear­ ances and look cheerful in the face of the enemy. The humorous part of this story is the fact that the police and the anarchists whom he has feared most form the least of his real troubles. He eludes both of these with apparent ease, only to fait into the hands of his indignant wife, who after seething in jail as the result of his duplicity, boils over when she gets him into her clutches and wreaks vengeance upon his guilty head. In addition to the star, there are three notable figures in the cast in Flora Zabelle, co-star of the original comedy production, George E. Mack and John Hendricks, who also appear in the film in the roles which they made famous on the stage. The adaptation of the comedy is an elaborate and expensive one, which has made possible innumerable ampli­ fications of the original story with exquisite settings and backgrounds that put to shame the painted canvas of the stage. From beginning to end "The Red Widow" is a screamingly funny production, worthy to rank as one of the few really great comedy classics of the screen. COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS Village Trustees Met In Special Ses­ sion Friday Evening Council Rooms, Feb. 16, 1917. The village trustees met in special session for the purpose of • consider­ ing what should be done in regard to thawing out the service pipes that are frozen and anything that might come up before the meeting> with Pres. Wells presiding. Trustees present: Doherty, Jus­ ten, Kennebeck, S toff el and Simes. Motion by Doherty, seconded by Simes, that the Public Service com­ pany be employed to thaw out the water service pipes that are frozen. Ayes--Doherty, Kennebeck, Stoffel, and Simes. Nay--Justen. Motion carried. Motion by Kennebeck, seconded by Justen, to adjourn. Motion carried. D. G. Wells, Pres. W. G. Bchreiner, Clerk. Annual Meeting of Stockholders The annual meeting of the stock­ holders of the McHenry Creamery company will be held in West Mc­ Henry, 111., Feb. 24, 1917, for the election of officers and. the transac­ tion of such other business as may properly come before the meeting. :y>.s»w -'v 7 " % : ^ - y -i . . a..,.. .A V . » '.ys . 1 v ' 1 J . „ . ? v . • ' / « t. \ , - •' ' . -il' •*" .4- -*•>- A-„ CREDIT 1 Nine-tenths of the business of the United States is done on a credit i basis. This means that a very large proportion Of the business of the country depends on the credit given by banks in the form of loans and exchange. If you will consider the matter you will real­ ize that a large portion of the business of this community depends upon the credit of the local banks. It is a good policy" to "get iu Vight" with your banker. We want you to get in right with us. We mu& get acquainted with our customers before we can offer them * - accommodations. Let us get acquainted with you in a financial way, and we will then be better able to pass on your request for aft accommodation, if you should find yourself in need of it. Get the habit of doing :tKtsinesi -wMk -tfy to Htateefit worth while to you.. >;v. ̂ ^ \ * We^t McHenry State Bank * 4] iSi; T*£ UNIVERSAL CAR Everywhere Ford cars are building small business into "Big­ ger Business." Whatever your transportation costs may be the Ford will lessen it--with a greater measure of. usefulness. It multiplies salesmen wherever they travel, -and costs about two cents a mile to operate and maintain. With more than 1,750,000 Fords in active daily service you don't experiment with Ford value. Runabout', $345; Touring Car, $360; Coupelet, $505; Town Car, $595; Sedaq, $64|j--all f. o. b. Detroit. Order now and realize this value. JOHN R. KNOX STAR PARAGE Tel. 3# McHenry, III V > LENTEN You will find a variety of Lenten Eatables here at all } times such as Herring Bloaters Codfish Fresh Fish and Oysters Also the largest assortment «of Fruits and Vegetables to be foupd in town PHONE 26 PROMPT DELIVERY Office llouta 9:M to 12:Ma. m. IM to 4-Jt p. in. 7:M to K:N p. m. Telephone*: Office 17 Residence" M-W A. I. FROEHLICH Physician and Surgeon FRFA'ND BL.DG. Over McAIUeier » WEST\ MrHENKY Basket Social Howe school, district 35, will give a basket socflal Friday evening, Mar. 2. Program. Everyone cordially in­ vited. ..Ladies please bring baskets. Genevieve Goddard, Teacher. M sifev: , J . .-..1 mM. £5-2t . . . Take Care of Their Eyes Modern Gas Light, under which they can study their lessons, may save your children from, eye strain, headaches, glasses, and even 4nore s e r i o u s n e r v o u s t r o u b l e s ! W h y r u n t h e r i s k ? Gas light has always been considered best from the standpoint of reliability and quality of light. Now we have added attractiveness and variety to the styles of burners. Call at Our Office and 5m thm Modern Lighting Equipment Western United G as and Electric pDmpany \ Telephone No. 108-R SIMON STOFFEL Insurance agent for all classes of property in the best companies WEST McHENRY, - ILLINOIS Office In ' Sp«!ilding Bids. rtMWM Mp 9§4|t ALFORD H. POUSE Attoruey-at-Law Wejft McHenry, - 111. DR. F. J. AICHER DENTIST OOee in Telephone Exchange Btdg. Centerville McHenry, >: Illinoia Telephone *?*. 7t-W PLUMBING AND BEATING Experifcited Workmen DONAVJN ft RE1HANS ... _ '<*- ' :• v.j .N".