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mwm -dur v "4»?« - ,1-.^ tW ALFORD H. POUS* Attoiaej-it-Law " .. ***•£ 2« :r \lst McSfefttjr,' l£ 1«2 The Best Service Aiwaya BERNHARD PO Expert Vest McHenry, Illinois T«I«ph6ne No. 108-R. SIMON STOFFEL Insurance agent for all classes of property in the best companies. WEST McHENRY, :: ILLINOIS East Side Service and Transfer Station Herman Schaefer A Co., Props. General Garage Moving Phone 49 McHENRY, ILL. The Outodoor Tent Made in VaiTons Sizes antf Styles MRS. A. G. BARBIAN r HSONE 134-R AGENT McHENRY, ILL. EARLY RISER FLOUR i Good Dealers Recommend EARLY RISER flour is the flour. Any good dealer can tell you why, because every responsible dealer knows the importance of handling only the best. EARLY RISER flour d©«wrt travel around the country--either in the form of wheat or flour. It is milled at home, by home folks, for home folks. It is a local product, and is guaranteed to give satisfaction* Try a sack and you'll come back for more. McHenry Flour Mills WEST McHENRY, ILL. Since the introduction of it's 1924 models. Buich has broken all production records including itfs own, for the manufacture oijtm motor cars OVERTON & COWteN McHENRY, ILL. HARVARD, ILL. When better automobiles are built, Buick will build SLOCUM LAKE i Curtain materials at Erickson's. Buy Armour Plate hose and be satisfied. Smith Bros. H. M. Hoelscher of Chieago spent Monday at his farm here. Mildred Hoffman was a business caller at Crystal Lake Monday. Al. Staples was a business caller at Crystal Lake Friday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Brooks were business callers at McHenry Monday. Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Brooks were business callers at Round Lake last Thurday. Mr. and Mr. Leon Smith of Algonquin visited with the former's parents Sunday. Mrs. Ray Do well accompanied her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Davis, to Waukegan Friday. . Mrs. John Geary went to Chicago Sunday to spend" the week visiting her mother and sisters. Mr. and Mrs. George Windle of Evanston are spending a few days at the G. Burnett home. \ Mrs. Louis Rhoman of Barrington spent Mother's day with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Brooks.- Mr. and Mrs. George Kirk and family of Chicago were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Robt. Kirk. Mr. and Mrs. Robt. Kirk and children motored to Geneva Monday, and spent the day with relatives. Full O'Pep growing mash and Full O'Pep baby chick feed. Farmers' Cooperative association. Phone 29. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Davis and daughter, Frances, were dinner and supper guests of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Dowell. Mrs. LaDoyt Matthews of Crystal Lake spent Saturday evening and Sunday at the Darrell-Matthews home. Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Williams of Crystal Lake were Sunday guests of the latter's mother, Mrs. Clara Smith. George Selvester and men of Cary commenced dredging on the Dave William shore of Slocum's Lake Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Bacon and children of Crystal Lake were week end guests of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Converse. a Mrs. Clara Smith and grandaugnter spent Thursday afternoon last at the C. K. Werden home south of Wauconda. Mr. and Mrs. Willard Darrell, Myrtle Darrell and Mrs. Harry Matthews were in Waukegan Saturday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Peter Anderson and family of Algonquin were Sunday aft ernoon guests of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Blomgren. Sunday callers at. the W. E. Brooks home were Ben Walkington and son and Lou Lusk of Fort Hill and Vernon Johnston of Waukegan. Mr. and Mrs. Sam Dickson and daughter, Mary Alice, were dinner and supper guests of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Dickson at Wauconda Sunday. Ruth Frances Smith returned to her home at Edison Park Sunday after spending two weeks visiting at the home of her grandmother, Mrs. Clara Smith. Mrs. George Darrell and Mildred Hoffman were Sunday dinner and supper guests of Mrs. Ida Darrell and Mrs. Albert Stubbings and children at Wauconda. Willard Darrell, as a delegate ftom the Lake County Farm Bureau, accompanied George A. Hunt of Woodstock to Madison, Wis., Tuesday and attended a Farm Bureau meeting. Mr. and Mrs. G. J. Burnett, Al. Staples and Mr. and Mrs. George Windle of Evanston were Saturday afternoon callers at the subdivision owned by John Davis near Burton s Bridge. Dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. John Pfannenstill were Mr. and Mrs. Ed Ward Pfannenstill of Area and after noon guests were Mrs. Anna Bloom field and daughter, Marjorie, and Mr. Kay of Elgin. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Potts, who have been visiting relatives at Elgin and Wauconda, spent one day recently with the latter's aunt, Mrs. Clara Smith, and left Monday via auto for Ashland, New Hampshire. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Johnston and the former's mother and Mr. and Mrs. Earl Johnston of near Wauconda and LaDoyt Matthews of Crystal Lake were Sunday afternoon visitors at the Darrell-Matthews home. Sunday guests at the home of Mr and Mrs. Henry Geary were Mr. and Mrs. Harry Geary of Grayslake, Mr. and Mrs. Emmet Geary and son. For rest, of Fremont, Mr. and Mrs. John R. Knox and Mr. and Mrs. Henry Schaffer and son, Stanley, of Mc- Henry. Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. G. Burnett were Mrs. Louis Rhoman of Barrington, Mrs. H. L. Brooks and Mr. and Mrs. George Windle of Evanston, while afternoon and evening guests were Mr. atid Mrs. Edward Pfannenstill of Area and Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Litwiler of Round Lake. SELLS FOUR POLO HORSES Carl Thorworth, manager of the Grasmere farm, located near Barrington, last week disposed of four polo horses for $2,600. Two of the animals went to Robert Raeder at Lake Forest at $1,000, while the other two were purchased by P. L. Coonley, also of Lake Forest, who paid $1,500 for the pair J0HN8BURG Frank Pitxen called on friends in Volo Sunday. Wedding bells will soon be heard for some of our young folks. Miss Alvina Miller spent the week end with friends at Berwyn, 111. * New silk "krepe de leen" dress material, $1.50 per yard, at Erickson's. Rose Pitzen of Volo spent last Friday at the home of Ben Schaefer. Miss Marie Niesen and friend of McHenry were callers here Monday afternoon. Two cars of gypsies made their first appearance* of the season here Monday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Martin Weber and family were visiting with friends and relatives here Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. George King are the happy parents of a baby girl, born to them last Wednesday. Ray Horrick of Woodstock called at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Stephen H. Smith Sunday. Mrs. Louis Oertel and children of McHenry spent Sunday with her daughter, Mrs. George Michels. Mrs. Nick Freund and children of McHenry were guests in the home of her mother here Tuesday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Barney Keller of Burlington, Wis., were Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Jos. B. Hettermann. Wm. Althoff has just received a new line of suede airdale sandals, kid sandals and patent - leathers for ladies atod girls. Mr. and Mrs. Nick Miller and family from near Richmond were guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph King Sunday. Miss Barbara Althoff and Bernard Althoff motored to Volo Sunday evening to visit at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Peter M. Wagner. Mr. and Mrs. Jos. E. Freund and sons, Ralph and Eugene, of Volo spent Sunday with Mrs. Freund's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob A. Miller. Mr. and Mrs. John Oeffling and children and Mrs. John E. Freund and son, Vernon, of McHenry called at the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Adams Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Althoff, Bernard and Mary Althoff and Henry Althoff motored to Wheatland, Wis., Sunday afternoon to visit in the home of Wm. Krift. Mr. and Mrs. John Meyer and John Schreiner of McHenry and Mr, and Mrs. Peter Miller of Volo were guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Miller Sunday. Johnsburg people were greatly pleased on Wednesday evening of this week when their beloved pastor, Rev. Wm. Weber, returned 'home from a Chicago hospital, where he has been ?d Jor sev , sti to read mass and his friends and parishioners sincerely hope that he will soon completely recover from the effects of the injury sustained here some weeks agp. ' ,t OSTEND Market your eggs at Erickson's. New dress goods at Smith Bros.' This is the last week of Ostend school. It will close the last of this week with a picnic. Roy Hobart spent Saturday night and Sunday with home folks. He is working at Crystal Lake. Little Bud Sherman is at Grandpa Hobart's recovering from chicken pox and trying to escape mumps. The Ostend teacher and several^ of her pupils attended a. spelling match at McHenry Monday afternoon. Full O'Pep growing mash and Full O'Pep baby chick feed. Farmers' Cooperative association. Phone 29. Mr. Hoppe's condition is not much changed. He is not able to get out around the farm to look after work.; Reports say there is a family living in the house on the Sam E. Clark farm, which has been vacant several months Rural carrier No. 1 fom West McT Henry must either be sick or taking a vacation as there has been a sub for several days. Bull Valley certainly has its share of contageous diseases. The school is nearly broken up with cases of chicken pox and some of the older ones have mumps. Farmers are very busy preparing ground for corn, but the greatest problem is seed. Very few were able to gather seed from their own crop last year as the hard storm in August nearly ruined the crop. DONT LIKE TIME CHANGED After the village council at Barrington had passed a resolution by which that municipality would adopt the day-light saving time, twentybusiness men agreed to operate their respective places on central standard time. Looks as if this day-light saving doesn't -set well with these gentlemen. TEAR GAS An electrician accidentally tripped the release on a triple gas bomb while making repairs on the burglar alarm at the Farmers' National bank at Lake Geneva, Wis., one day recently, thus forcing the employes to flee from the building. Electric fans were used in clearing the atmosphere of its tear gas and smoke. confined jlor several weeks past. The pastor, altho still a trifle weak, is able SOLON MILLS Socks for the children of all rises. Smith Bros. Mothers' day was duly observed here Sunday. Ladies' silk hosiery, popular shades, at Erickson's. Nick Jung was a Solon visitor Monday evening. Victor Aim of Chicago sprat Bonday with his family here. Henry Christian of Richmond was calling on friends here Saturday. Harold Osborn and Geo. Austin were West Chicago visitors Sunday Mrs. Alfred Parker entertained a sister from Chicago. over the week end. C. L. Osborn, wife and daught Flora, were Racine, Wis., visit*! last Thursday. Mrs. Westlake and son, Charles, and Mrs. Aim were McHenry shoppers one evening this week. The Robt. L. Turner property is being vastly improved by way of cement porch and walks. Mr. and Mrs. Sid Meeker of Libertyville spent Sunday at the home of Mr, and Mrs. Jack Pester. Mr. and Mrs. Clay Hardy and son passed Mothers' day With .their daughter, Emily, at DeKalb. Mr. and Mrs. Reuben Turner Visited the latter's • aunt, Mrs. M. S. Walker, at Lake Geneva last Sunday. $lrs. E. E. Cropley is seriously ill at this writing. They had a consultation of doctors Tuesday evening. Mrs. Lewis Schroeder of Ringwood visited her sister, Mrs. A. C. Merrell, Thursday and Friday of last week. Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Cropley and daughter, Leona visited . Mrs. Cropley's mother and hrpther in McHenry Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Jackson drove to McHenry Sunday and spent the day with their daughter, Mrs. Earl Monear. Mrs. Wm. Coates, Mrs. Rilla Foss and sons, Wayne and Floyd, of Ringwood were callers here Saturday evening. Harry Turner and family and Mr. Sherman and family of Woodstock visited the former's father here Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Cowen of Harvard, Mr. and Mrs. Dean Thompson and Mrs. Nellie Hodge of Lake Geneva, Mr. and Mrs. Chancey Harrison and family of Ringwood and Mr. and Mrs. Peter Schaefer of McHenry were callers in the E. E. Cropley home Sunday. TERRA COTTA Children's 34 socks at Erickson's. Get good groceries at Smith. Bros. High grade bulk coffee at Erickson's. Howard F. Karper is quite ill at his home here. Clarence . Conway spent Sunday with his father, P. H. Conway. Clarence Bolger of Woodstock was calling on relatives here Saturday evening. Miss Florence Knox'was the guest of relatives in Woodstock * one even*, ing last week. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Wilcox and family 'of Woodstock spent Sunday with relatives here. Quentin Walsh, and Richard Overton of McHenry were calling in this vicinity Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. James P. Green and children of Woodstock visited relatives here Sunday. Full O'Pep growing mash and Full O'Pep baby chick feed. Farmers' Cooperative association. Phone 29. Mrs. Geo. B. Frisby was called to Chicago the first of the week by the death of her sister, Mrs. Margaret Portman. George W. Phalin of Tuscaloosa, Ala., spent the first of the week at the home of his brother, J. M. Phalin, and with other relatives in this vicinity. DETACH SECTIONS FROM HEBRON SCHOOL DISTRICT Land in five sections of the Hebron community high school district has been detached from the district by order of Judge Edward D. Shurtleff of the McHenry county circuit court, following hearing of petitions. The school board of the district did not oppose the petitions. The land was detached because it was from eight to ten miles from the proposed school location, while Alden and Woodstock were more readily accessible. WOODSTOCK MASONS ERBCT HUGE ELECTRIC SIGN An electric sign ten feet high is being erected just outside of the Masonic hall at Woodstock. The sign will contain eight inch globes, one for the Blue lodge of Masonry, one for the chapter, one for the commandry and one for the Eastern Star. The lights are so arranged that each will burn..on the night on which that lodge meets. FIRE DESTROYS COTTAGES V DELAVAN LAKE, WIS. Five • cottages at Delavan Lake, Wis., were destroyed by fire one day recently. A stiff wind, which arose shortly after *a match had been touched to a large pile of dry leaves, carried the burning leaves to a nearby cottage and before a bucket brigade was able to check the flames the above damage had been affected. 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