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, * ""a . •• -7* .. * - «*- -> i-jv-i-tryi:'. PUBLISHED CVEXY THURSDAY BY F. G. SCHREINER Office In Bank Building TclephoM H-W Thursday, March 20, 1919 - ADDITIONAL PERSONAL George and Albert J us ten passed Tuesday in Chicago. Henry Kennebeck was a county seat visitor Monday. Wm. Smith transacted business in the windy city^Tuesday. Jacob Justen was a business visitor at Ridgefield last Friday: Mrs. Wm. Bonslett passed a day last week at Wheaton, 111. Everett Hunter, Sr., was a business visitor in Chicago Tuesday. j Mrs. Theo. Schiessle passed last Thursday in the windy city. .M. A. Conway was the guest of relatives at Elgin last Thursday. Mrs. G. E. Schoel and son, Frank, wfere Chicago visitor last Friday. Chas. Pich of Chicago was a guest of McHcnry friends Sunday. Mrs. Nick Bohr was among the Chicago passengers last Friday morning. Dr. D. G. Wells was a professional Visitor in the metropolitan city Monday. 1' C. M. Bickler was a business visitor in the metropolitan city last Saturday. •' C. Unti attended to matters of a business nature in the windy city Monday. Misses Dorothy Knox and Mary Burke were visitors at Richmond last Thursday. Supervisor S. H. Freund was* a,' business visitor at 'the county, seat last Friday. Miss Marjorie Gurnett passed the week end as the guest of her parents in Chicago. A. B. Crook of Chicago passed Sunday at his summer home on North Water1 street here. Jos. W. Rothermel was a business visitor at Genoa Junction and Lake Geneva, Wis., last Thursday. Miss Trace Barbian spent several days last week as the guest of relatives in the metropolitan city. Mrs. F. V. Cobb and children of Hebron passed last Saturday as the »,eruests of McHenry relatives. Supt. J. E. Pufahl of the Borden factory attended to matters of a business nature in Chicago Monday. Miss Marion Conway of Elgin was a week end guest in the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Conway. Miss Clara Stoffel spent Thursday and Friday of last week as the guest of her sister, Mrs. C. C. Westfall, in Chicago. Wm. Dryer of Arlington Heights was a week end guest in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Block on John street. John Reihansperger of West Chicago spent Saturday evening as a guest in the home of his son, Chas. .J., and family. ,, Mrs. Roy Hankermeyer" and son, Marshall, spent the latter part of last '•week as the guests of relatives in the metropolitan city. Dr. and Mrs. D. N. Brown of Chicago passed a recent day as quests in the home of their daughter, Mrs. J. E. Hauswirth. Loren Martin spent the latter part of last and the first of this week as the guest of relatives in Milwaukee and Chicago. Mrs. E. S. Coffee and children of -Decatur spent a few days last week as guests in the home of her sister, Mrs. J. E. Hauswirth. Mrs. Fred Lang of Chicago attended the funeral of the infant daughter of Mb and Mrs. Hick nebeck here last Friday. Robt. Knox was home from Camp Grant Sunday and passed the day as a guest in the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edmund Knox, south of town. , - Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Cole and little daughter are here from Prairie du Chien, Wis., and are .guests in the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jos. Buss. Mrs. Frank Weingart and daughter, Louise, passed a few days recently as guests in the home of her sister, Mrs. Howard Christehsen, at Richmond. " Wm. Smith, Frank Justen, C. M. Bickler, Jacob Justen, J. H. Miller and Henry Miller attended the funeral of Dr. Guy C. Gordon at Richmond last Thursday*. Walter Carey of Madison, ^Wis., passed the latter part of last and the first of this week as a guest in the home of his parents, Mr., and Mrs. John Carey. Claude Frett of the Great lakes and Miss Gertrude Frett of Chicago spent the first of the week as guests in the home of their brother, Peter W. Frett, and family. Geo. Smith and Geo. Mattox of Elgin passed Sunday as guests in the home of the* former's grandmother, Mrs. Alsena Smith. Mr. Smith is enjoying a month's furlough. He has been stationed with submarine R-16 down at Santiago and on his return to duty expects to be sent to Honolulu. QUARTER OF A CENTURY • Items Clipped From The Plaindealcr of Twenty-Bve Years Ago • March 7, 1894 Lttmley died at his home in Ringwood yesterday afternoon. We are enjoying some spring like weather in this section this week. Albert Snow, our new postmaster^ took possession of tho office March 1. Miss Kate Howe is the deputy. R. A. Howard is painting the interior of his market on the West Side and giving it a general renovating. J. D. Lodtz, merchant tailor, has erected a new and tasty sign in front of his place of business. John Neiss was the artist. The book carnival at the«city hall on Friday evening last was a success financially and otherwise. The receipts were about $42. Duck hunting was reported fine the first of the week. It is seldom so many ducks are seen flying the first few days in March as this year. The two-year-old son of B. Bishop had the misfortune to break his leg above the knee on Tuesday afternoon. Drs. Auringer and Fegers set the fracture. Married--On Wednesday, Feb. 28, at the residence ofathe bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robt. Green, Mr. George Eckert and Miss Rhoda Green, the Rev. S. C. Hay officiating. Married--At the residence of the bride's- parents in Chicago on Thursday, March 1, 1894, by the Rev. Brushingham, Geo. H. Vallow and Miss Maude E. Colby, eldest daughter of Henry^. Colby. The happy bride was formerly a resident of McHenry. " - Dr. Howe, the eminent specialist in diseases of the respiratory organs, is quite a sportsman with the rod. On Thursday he brought in two fine pickerels weighing twenty-two pounds and a fine black bass, the largest catch of the first day of the season at Grass lake. An amateur billiard tournament was field at Curtis' billiard parlors in this village, ending Monday nights We bave placed in stock a liqe of goods to supply your Lenten needs and we feel reasonably sure th^it we can please your taste when it comes to the buying of Fish. Our line of Staple and Fancy Groceries is always com plete. J ust phone^ us your order and we Will do the rest. / * - M. 'M. N^esen McHenry Phone fN»-W There were four contestants, vii., J. J. Bishop, L. H. Owen, Frank Barbian and John Bonslett. Six games were played and resulted in Bishop winning three, Owen, two, and Barbian, one. Walter Cloyd, a brakeman on the Lake Geneva freight, while switching at this station on Tuesday afternoon, had his right hand caught between the bumpers of two cars and mangled in a terrible manner. His thumb and fore finger were taken off at the last joint and a portion of every other finger on the hand. Dr. Brown $one up the hand hastily and he immediately took the train for his hoipe at Turner Junction. / /' Real Estate Transfers ' - John F. Freund & w to Ben Freund, w% seVi sec 35, Richmond, & nw% neK see 2, McHenry 800.00 Charles Wilmington A w to Jacob J. Vaupell & wf e~ frac sw% sec 18, e of Fox river, Nunda (30.68 a).... 1800.00 Frank Miller A w to Eric G. Peterson A w, 10.03 a in sel4 ne% sec 13, McHenry 10.00 •Mift, WE HANDLE THE H. KIND This is the famous Elgin brand which is giving such excellent satisfaction wherever it is sold. We receive shipments two and three times a week thus assuring our customers fresh goods at all times. If you have never given our bakery a. trial we invite you to do sa JOS. J. MILLER McHENRY. ILL. Lfcir'x..'. i