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Twice Told Tales Interesting Bite of News IUm From the Cotpua PTaindealer Fifty aui v Twenty-five Years * * Ag» JULY 1903 Eighteen business men have signed the agreement to'close their places at •eight o'clock every evening except Saturday and the week before Christ .mas, beginning Monday, July 20. While unloading hay Monday "between eleven and twelve o'clock, on his father's farm north of Solon, James Overton was instantly killed by being crashed beneath a falling derrick. During the past month the attentioif of McHenry citizens has forcibly been called to the total inadequacy of the North Western depot in this village. Nearly every evening the platform is filled with people. If a storm should come up at that time everyone would be compelled to don their bathing suits and make the best of it. Thirteen eight-gallon cans of milk declared to be watered were taken from the platform of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway at Clybourn place, Chicago, Monday, and their contents dumped into the sewer. On the board- of trade, the quotation committee decided on 20 cents steady as the market price for butter. Chas. Givens moved his family here from Lake Zurich and is now occupying the newly-built cottage just east of the Lutheran church. A very handsome cushion was left at the door of Mrs. S. Reynolds on Thursday afternoon for which she wishes to return many thanks and regrets at not being able to thank the donor personally. JULY 1878 Chicago market quotes priceq on liogs, live 3.90; sheep, common to choice, 2.25; butter, fancy creamery 16 cents; eggs, fresh, 8 cents, and flour, choice winter, 5.50. The wool season is almost closed, but there is. yet quite a number of loads daily. We are informed that P. D. Smith has purchased so far this season 55,000 pounds, for which he 1has paid an average of 81 cents a pound, and that K. K.- Granger has purchased about 60,000 pounds, for which he has paid about the same average. Smith and Snyder have opened a coal yard near the depot, in the village, where they will keep a full supply of coal of all kinds, both for house, office and blacksmith use, and sell It as low as the same quality can be bought anywhere. Daring the heated term of last week we learn of a number of horses being overcome by the heat, several of which died. Nick Schaefer, just west of this village, lost one, and we learn Lewis and Fred Hatch in Burton, each lost one. The very fine horse of Dr. Anderson of this village, was badly affected, but it is hoped he may come out all right. A goodly number from here celebrated July 4 at Greenwood in a safe and sane community. No automobile accidents, no moonshine victims. Nothing only one little boy diving in o tub after oranges was overcome. This is a busy community just at present. Corn cultivating and haying both crowding. Hay is a much better crop than was thought possible a few week ago. One thing that's bothering fanners is smut on grain, mostly on oats. Some of them are very bad. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Hildebrandt have been looking for a hand to help haying time. One came last Saturday, July 7, to stay indefinitely. He may answer to the name of Herbert H. Hildebrandt. Several men are at work on the road south of Ostend Corner and made quite an improvement. For several days it was almost impassable. Arthur Hoppe took their truck and helped fiv«^ different ones through. Roy Hobart helped two rigs through. It is now in shape so any kind of a rig can get through. Not so -smooth as it will be, but passable. \ Mrs. Hope and family visited with friends at Wheeling July 4. 'Someone is repairing buildings , on the farm known as the Sam E. Clark farm. The buildings are in bad shape and need much repairing. Many of the windows knocked out and who did it is the question. Mr. and Mrs. Clyde C. Clark entertained a number of relatives at their home over July 4th. Sunday, July 8, Earl Sherman and wife and Henry Hobart and wife autoed up to the farm Sherman recently purchased and called at Hebron and at Richmond at the Charles F. Hobart home. They found them well. THE M'HENRY PLAHTDKAUER, THURSDAY, JULY 12, 1928 OSTEHD BIRTH RATE IN ILLINOIS LAST YEAR WAS 18J The 1927 Illinois birth ratio per 1,000 population was 18.8 pet cent, a decline of 0.3 per cent from 1926, but which was offset by a 0.4 per cent decline in the state death rate, the report of the state department of health shows. Deaths in Illinois last year reached a figure of 82,841, or a percentage of 11.4 to each 1,000 population, compared to 11.8 in 1926. The principal tribute to bettered health conditions in the state, however, was the department's figures revealing that the infant mortality under 1 year was 5 per cent lower in 1927 than in 1926, based on a ratio of 1,000 population. The 1927 Tate was 64.4 per cent against 69.4 per cent the previous year. General figures of the department in surveys of 33 states reported that 1,763,035 births were recorded in 1927, against 98,725 deaths. The national birth rate declined 0.2 per cent in the comparative period of 1927 and 1926 while the death rate dropped 0.7 per cent and infant mortality oa the pame scale, declined 9 per cent. Poor teeth today, are due to apartment house kithenettes, says a dentist. That's what we say. It's always bet' ter to open a can of salmon with a hatchet.--Windsor Border Cities Star. Mrs. Cod: "That Norwegian herring doesn't need to be so stuck up. His father still runs around in a Fjord."--Progressive Grocer. , Moon Bro& Circus ; f «^ <COMBINm> WITH -- Honest Bills Trained Wild Animal Show WILL EXHIBIT AT Monday ON• DAT ONLY Afternoon performance 2:30 Nite Show 8 P. M. Big Street Parade 1 P.M. Florists from over the entire state and several states will vie for honors in competitive displays of flower beds installed this season at the Illinois state fair grounds. This is an added feature of the floral department of the state fair and is so arranged that all who will attend the exposition, August 18 to 25, will have equal opportunities to view it Officials of the state fair have taken advantage of the added space which the grounds improvement program offers and have arranged lb flower gardens, each 20 feet square, along the broad promenade that leads from the intersection of the main entrance boulevard and Judy avenue to the new grandstand. They occupy a space near the location of the old grandstand. Convinced that this new feature Is one well worthy of encouragement, officials who conduct the fair anticipate that It will become a permanent division of the floral department of the fair. Waters county and city officials an effecting the enforcement of rabies control measures, the epldemjc that has become widespread In Illinois is well under control, S. J. Stanard, director of agriculture, stated recently. There have been outbreaks in 60 of the 102 counties in Illinois, and the specimens pronounced rabid including the 574 In Cook county, by far most seriously affected, total 763 to June 15. LAUNDRY Just phone McHenry 67-W and we'll do the rest. Our modern laundry equipment give yon quality service. Standard Wet Wash of Elgin. Martin Smith, Dist. Mgr. ]0=S3t=IQl=H3ae0t VISIT THE Agatha Shop i for GIFTS, CARD PSIZEB AND EMBROIDERY WORK Green Street McHenry R. B. Miller, chief forester of the conservation department of the state, "While making preliminary examination of the Horseshoe lake fish and game preserve in Alexander county, found a species of buckeye which had not yet been reported as being in Illinois. It Is of the pure-flowered variety but not Aesculus octandra, the sweet buckeye, which botanists have been looking for, and which previously had been reported fromGolconda, by E. J. Palmer. The new shrub, or email tree, occurs in great profusion around the rim of the island at Horseshoe lake and is very highly decorative, being in May a blaze of purple or dark red color, with flowers in loose panicles and having compound leaves like other buckeyes and the horse chestnut City time-limit parking ordinances on state hard-road thoroughfares are void, according to an opinion an nounced recently by Attorney General Oscar E. Carlstrom. The opinion cites the statute relating to state highways, which says that traffic regulations by cities of streets designated as state bond issue routes are illegal unless sanctioned by the division of highways. School directors are custodians of school grounds and are responsible for the upkeep, the attorney general said recently In an opinion given to the state department of agriculture, which sought the destruction of Canada thistle in a school yard. The attorney general pays that the school directors Should designate/a person to see that the work of destroying the weed was undertaken. Have cemeteries the legal right to prohibit the placing of marine markers over the graves of soldiers, sailors and marines by the federal government? This question will be submitted to the state Supreme court in October for a final ruling. The case originated in Chicago, where the KoselrH$ Cemetery corporation was fined $100 and costs by Municipal Judge Howard M. Hayes for refusing to permit the erection of the markers. The law passed at the last regular session of the general assembly provides that it shall be unlawful for any cemetery association to prohibit the erection of the markers over the grajfes of sol dlers. sailors or marines who served In the army of the United States or of the state of Illinois. - > Superior Judge Hugo Pam, Chicago, refused the plea of John B. Fergus? a few days ago for permission to institute quo warranto proceedings designed to oust members of the Illinois general assembly from their seats because of their failure to reapportion the state's legislative district* as the constitution demands. The legislature was severely scored by the court for Its failure to obey the constitution, but Judge Pam was skeptical of the efficacy of the quo warranto method of seeking relief. The petition, he held, contained fatal de fects. It would not bring the desired results and It might deprive Illinoif of Its legislature without providing It Itgal body to take Its place. Governor Small honored a requisition recently from the governor of New York for the return of Jack Kaufman, who is under arrest In Chicago. He is alleged to have held up a restaurant keeper In New- York a few weeks ago and fled to Chicago where he was taken into custody. VfoA on the six dairy cattle barns and the dairy cattle exposition pavilllon at the Illinois state fair grounds Is advancing on schedule despite the large amount of rain that fell during the first two weeks of construction. Officials of the J. L. Simmons company of Bloomington, general contractors, have announced that the buildings will positively be completed and in readiness for the opening of the state fair on August 18. The Illinois department of agriculture, with officials of the department of purchases and construction, in formulating ideas for the arrangement and equipment of these buildings, called leading dairy cattle men In consultation. An exhaustive study of exhibition barn and live stock pavilion construction, made by officials of the two departments of state government with suggestions from experimental exhibitor?, gave the architectural talent of the state a basis for plans. From this, details were perfected, specifications were drafted, and the Job was let tif contract to (be successful bidder. - Governor Small has approved the six bids passed at the third special session of the Illinois general assembly which adjourned recently. The --measures have been filed in the office of Secretary of State Emmerson and became effective July 1. The state tax commission now has the power to order a reassessment of property at any time, and also bas authority to direct boards of review In the downstate to reassemble and make corrections in assessments. In addition, assessments in Chicago must be printed by lots and house numbers and not by legal description, under the provisions of another bill. After approving the revenue measures, In the presence of William H. Malone, chairman of the state tax commission, the governor signed three measures appropriating $24,000 for the expenses of the special session which lasted five days. Only part of this amount will be spent, leaders said. iadii TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN Notice is hereby given that the dumping of any kind of rubbish on the Township Highways in the Town of McHenry, Illinois, is strictly forbidden. Anyone found guilty of doing this will be dealt with to the full extent of the law. JOHN BOYLE, 6-2 Highway Commissioner. W ESTF.RN UNITE CORPORATION D The regular quarterly dividend of 1-5/8% on 6%% cumulative preferred stock of the company has been declared, payable on August 1, 1928 to stockholders of record at the close of business July lb, 1928. R. N. DREIMAN, Treasurer. DEPENDABLE VARNISHES The* state diagnostic laboratory in Illinois makes more tests In a year than any other state laboratory in the Union except Alabama, Michigan and New York. It has a larger number of branch laboratories than any other state except Iowa and the maintenance cost per capita is less than in all but six states. These facts were revealed in a report from the national conference of state and provincial health authorities received recently by Dr. Thomas G. Hull, head of the Illinois laboratories. It shows that the Illinois laboratory compares favorably with any other In the country from the standpoint of work done, cost of operation and efficiency. The minois laboratories made 238,- 209 tests last year, an average of 780 a day. All of these related to coins ifiunlcable disease of one kind or another or to water, milk and sewage. The Eagle Motor Coach Line -)f Peoria has filed an application with the Illinois Commerce commission for a certificate «f convenience and necessity to operate between Canton. Norrls and Farmlngton, Fulton county. The state division of highways ha* awarded the following contracts: Route 15, section 4-X, Washington- Clinton counties, pavement; to Stacker Gravel and Construction company. Highland, $46,899. Route 116, section 122, Iroquois county, pavement; to Wabash Construction company, Vlncennes, Ind, $68,106.19. Route 95, section 113, Hancock county, grading; to J. L. Wells and cooir pany, Rock Island, $105,275.01. Route 95, section 113-1, grading; te J. L. Wells and company, Rock Island, $60,036.67. Route 98, section . 111-A, Fulton county, grading; to S. J. Groves ft Sons company, Minneapolis, Minn* $38,626.15. Route 98, section 111-B, Fulton county, bridge; to Pittsburj;h-Des Moines Steel company, sDes Moines, Iowa, $15,723.70. The state department of purchasss and construction is not required to reject a bid when the slightest discrepancies occur and which do not affect the contract. Attorney General Cfecar E. Carlstrom stated recently In an opinion given to William J. Lindstrom, supervising architect The question arose whether the department should refuse a bid when the amount of the certified check was smaller than the amount requested. Mr. Carlstrom pointed out that the error was slight and that no one was injured by the discrepancy. The next lowest bidder might be in a position to complain if there was confusion between the successful bidder and the department, the opinion said. It may be possible in the near future to feed one afflicted with throat or mouth disease through the skin. After a year's experiment an Austrian doctor has succeeded in forcing enough nourishment through the skin of a patient to maintain strength and body heat The process used by the doctor consists of massaging the skin with a mixture of fat, proteld, sugar and necessary vltamines. Recent registrations have added #4 new namefi to the entry list for examination at the state fair better babied conference and brought the total enrollment up to 323. This early heavy registration Is significant, Dr. Isaae D. Rawlings, state health director, declared. It manifests a keen appreciation of an unusual opportunity. Thoroughgoing, physical and mental examinations by a staff of expert physicians, psychiatrists and dentists are not to be had every day lor (he asking. . Mrs. Moneybags (proudly): "My son is a writer." Her Friend: "You mean he writes for money?" Mrs. Moneybags: "Exactly--Pro- Grocer. ; . ; 1 -- Groom: "What's tlie matter?" Bride: "I can't understand why Uncle John didnt send a wedding present. He always, without fall, sant one before."--Oil Weekly. Authorities rule that the child of two Canadians born in China is Chinese. From this, it might be argued that youngster born on an ocean liner is a row boat. But the impression hitherto has been, that a baby born at sea is either a gull or a buoy.--Brantford Expositor. A new steam shovel can dig up several tons of earth in a minute. This is the sort of thing that mskes gophers sore.--Port Hope Guide. Surfaces that Stand Hard Usage The indoor months are over--now a the season for making your horns nore attractive than ever. Varnish ime is here and we are prepared to upply you with the finest varnishes or every surface whether it be for loore, furniture, woodwork or exert or trim. Brighten up every room n your home--not for looks alone, wt for protection ad tear. •gainst H. C. KAMHOUE West McHenry I get to look best with the new style dresses?" Hubby: "Hip boots."--Stone Cutters Journal. "Why did that salesman yelOTire' when you passed by?" 'Because I'm an old flame of his." --Good Hardware. No rug on the floor--happy. Hun* dred dollar rug on the floor--dissatis#" fied. Five hundred dollar rag on th{ floor--jealous of the Joneses. Thous*^ and dollar rug on the floor--five hoar •BV dred dollars in debt--Oil Weekly. „ * OUR ADVERTISERS OFFER YOtf MANY MONEY-SAVING VALUE# { n Jiiant tour Tfeattk u ith a Sleeping florck Had you ever realized that most of us &re starved for air? We think we get enough; but dull eyes, sallow skins and drooping shoulders tell a different story. It will bring great improvement to the family's health to build a sleeping porch for all-the-year-'round use. It means practical freedom from colds, immunity from many diseases, sound sleep, rosy cheeks, bright eyes and greater energy for every member of the family. 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