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wl «,iw»v» «»-••«* "T^1" •«*> WW *' >«• *«.«•» i* .'.^^»r-;-^^.^»f PT r^r^cv ts^:| 1 tjte *8 ijp^*ijiy8|c«!»r^ Sv; A.,is»3¥i^:4^+ ^ • > * r - ••- :i .y-f.il •SJ'ifS?-** <£v./>t?;,t-- 4 'f» *- >•*< >£«&:.».- « ^ /^Vr., a «!H<-^ «h- . • i «/ y .' '**'-»•« - - *«• •"^-*~. -4-fW •"**«* I "> •'•- *•' ^»*'^.' *^- VOLUME ISO MoHENRY, ILLINOIS. THURSDAY. AUGUST 14. 1924 NO. lo WEEKLYJXCHANGES AS TAKEN FROM THE COLUMNS OF OUR EXCHANGES ASSORTMENT OF NEWS ITEMS IN CONDENSED FORM FOR BUSY PEOPLE SUMMER RESORTERS LEAVE UNUSUAL HIGH STAGE OF WATER 18 THE CAUilft All Woodstock stores are now closed - on Thursday afternoons. This new arrangement will continue thruout the ' balance of the month. A horse, owned by Brace Weeks of • Sharon, Wis., went mad one day recently and after tearing thru several • barbed wire fences finally landed on top of a woodpile. Charles Hermanee of Richmond was ; given a hearing before Judge C. P. Barnes at Woodstock last week and - adjudged insane. Since then he has been taken to the Northern Illinois hospital at Elgin for treatment. The Nestles Food Company, which for a number of years operated a factory at Grayslake and still maintains a plant at Burlington, Wis., has closed its factory at Pecatonica, 111. The step was taken, so officials state, because of the falling off of foreign business. The mayor of Waukegan has been given assurance by officials of the company that bids for the new passenger station to be erected in that city by the C. ,& N. W. rtulroad will be asked for in a short time. The proposed structure will be erected at a cost of $50,000. The third annual midsummer festival, as sponsored by the American Legion posts of Richmond and Genoa City, will open at the State Line baseball park this (Thursday) evening and continue for three nights. A big fireworks display will be featured tomorrow (Friday) night. On account of the wreck neap Terra Cotta on Monday of last week, alFof the Lake Geneva trains were routed via Harvard and Hebron and in commenting upon the experience last week's Hebron Tribune went on to say that for one day Hebron enjoyed honest-to-gosh passenger trains and service. On account of the wet condition of the grounds, the annual Barrington community picnic, which was to have been held at Round Lake last Thursday, had to be postponed. The same conditions caused the postponement of the Lake county doctors' picnic, which was to have been held at Bangs lake, Wauconda, on Wednesday of last week. W. H. O'Brien of Richmond, who lays claim to the ownership of Mc- Henry county's largest drug store, last week purchased the J. A. Meissner building in that village which his store has occupied during the past six years. It will be remembered that Mr. Meissner, one of the village's most successful * merchants, retired from business in 1918. Edward Konopasek, a twelve-yearold Chicago lad, was picked up on the road north of Woodstock by a traveling salesman last Thursday and taken to the office of Sheriff Edinger at the county seat. He told a story of having been employed on a farm, but left because the wife of the farmer scolded him. Since then he has been taken back to his home. The Hebron State bank has received the sua of $77,000, which is to be used in the construction of a new community high school building in that city. Bids for the proposed structure are to be received shortly and it is the hope of the board of education to have the work on the new building started within the course of the next few weeks. * The Kruse Hardware company of Richmond has been given the plumbing and electric wiring contracts at the new Pell Lake, Wis., depot. Pell Lake is a new summer resort only recently opened by the Chicago Evening Post, which has succeeded in selling hundreds of lots there in connection with a subscription getting scheme it started a few weeks ago. The village board of Barrington, at its last regular meeting, ratified the action of mayor and marshal, who three weeks ago engaged the services of M. J. Kirst as special police officer, whose duties have and will be to see that the automobile laws are enforced. The board has also ordered twelve 'raincoats and caps for the members of the volunteer fire department. John Whitworth, for many years superintendent of the Oliver typewriter factory at Woodstock, and his brother-in-law, B. C. Young, also a former Oliver official, have purchased an auto painting and enameling establishment at the county seat and expert to give the public the best service in this line to be had anywhere. Only expert workmen will be employed. Milburn Brothers, Rockford contractors, who are now building route 10 thru Woodstock, have been awarded the contracts for three paving jobs at the county seat. The streets to be paved are South, Washington and Lincoln. Their bid for the three jobs totaled $44,852.75 or $457.98 below the estimates made by Engineer C. L. Tryon. Under the terms of the contract the work on these streets must be completed by Nov. 1 of this year. •^•1 • 1 Scores of summer resorters along Fox river and around the lakes have closed their homes and returned to Chicago and other points where they make their homes. This condition, never before experienced in the history of this community as a summer resort, was brought •tout on account of the recent heavy rains, which caused an unusual high stage of water and made the life of resorters anything but pleasant. In a number of places along the Fox the water has crept up around the summer homes, making it impossible for summer guests to fet to and from their places without the aidv of row boats. As a matter of fact, this has been the prevailing mode pf travel among resorters in the vicinity of the Johnsburg bridge and other points further north. Cottage owners at Bald Knob on Pistakee lake and Palm Beach, on the southeast shore of Pistakee lake, are practically shut off from the main traveled roads, at least so far as automobile travel, is concerned. In both cases the only means of traveling over the low points in these sections is by means of row boats and launches. These most unusual conditions have brought about a sudden falling off of business in general. Here in Mc- Henry most of the business houses have keenly felt the loss of business, which, under normal conditions, is at its height at this season of the year. Real estate dealers are doing but very little, carpenters also have their complaints to register. The , passenger boat owners also declare a very dull saason, altho they had been hoping for receding of the water so as to bring out the lotus flowers which lie buried beneath the high water. While the high stage of water is due to the recent heavy rains, reports have become current during the past week or two that the Wilmot and Mc- Henry dams have gone out, but these reports, so far as we are able to learn, are utterly without foundation. Boone creek in this city has overflown both sides of its banks, the flats extending from the road to the river bank presenting the scene of a lake at this time, while basements along Waukegan street are flooded. According to our information the river has shown a raise of almost two feet in the last two weeks and there is no telling how much higher it will go unless the rain ceases for a week or two. Last week it was discovered that the water had started to undermine the east approach of the Fox river bridge. The state highway department, which now has jurisdiction over this highway, was notified of the condition and men were sent here last Saturday to repair the damage and avoid a possible washout. Several hundred bai filled with a mixture of gravel and cemerit, were piled along the north side of the approach as a temporary assurance against further damage. What the state will do latter on remains to be seen. Many of the piers along the river have been swept away, while others have been anchored with ropes to prevent them from being carried down stream. Up around the Johnsburg bridge a number of cottages are also said to be in danger of meeting the same fate, as nearly all of these homes are erected on piers and it would not take much of a current to sweep them away. It is a most unpleasant experience for the resorters and one which we hope will never again be witnessed. DR. ffiBB CALLED WAS ONE OF COUNTY'S LEADING PHYSICIANS FOR YEARS PASSED AWAY AT HIS HOME. HERE LAST THURSDAY MORN* ING SEATED IN CHAIR Dr. Charles H. Fegers, for many years one of McHenry county's leading physicians, passed away very suddenly at his late home on Elm street in this city last Thursday morning, his death being due to apoplexy. The doctor, altho he had not been in the best of health for a month prior to his sudden departure, arose the same as usual last Thursday morning and it was while seated In a chair in the living room and conversing with his nephew, Dr. C. ,H. F.egers of Keokuk, Iowa, that he bowed his head and closed his eyes in his last, long sleep. The deceased, the son of John and Gertrude' Fegers, was born at Reihdahlen, Germany, on Feb. 2, 1846, and therefore was in his seventy-ninth year at the time of his death. His father, a physician of extensive practice in his "native country, came to America with his family in 1850 and after a short stay at St. Louis, Mo., he located at West Point, la. There the father of the subject of this sketch pursued his profession until 1876, when he returned to Germany on a visit, and while there died suddenly of apoplexy. His widow died at West Point, la., on May 3, 1891. Dr. Charles H. Fegers was but four years of age when his parents came to this country. He grew up at West Point, la., where he attended the public schools and then embarked in the drug business, first at Keokuk, la., and thence at Burlington, la. He then began the study of medicine under Doctor Andrews of Chicago, completing his medical studies at the Chicago Medical college, from which he graduated in 1879. The young physician, who later in life became one of the most prominent PUBLIC MASS MEETING A public mass meeting will take place at the K. of C. hall next Tuesday evening, AUg. 19, at which time the committee will have a report to make concerning their investigation of a factory which is desirous of locating in McHenry. The committee, consisting of F. E. Coyalt, Carl W. Stenger, Simon Stoffel, George H. Johnson and Peter M. J us ten, was in Chicago yesterday, where they met officials of the company who desire to come to this city. The committee returned home on Wednesday very much enthused with what they had learned and the whole proposition is to be laid before the citizens of the community at the mass meeting to be held „ next Tuesday evening. The committee believes that McHenry has an opportunity of securing a plant which in time is certain to develop into something big. Let everyone who has the interest of the city and community at heart be present at this meeting. You'll be surprised to learn what is in store for McHenry if our people will only take advantage of the opportunity. The men are asking nothing in the way of a bonus. Everyone is invited to attend, this includes the rural residents of this community. PAINT CONTRACTOR STARTS WORK HERE LAST WEEK Carl Zange of Algonquin, success ful bidder on the painting contract at the new community high school building, started work there last week and, with his assistants, is making very satisfactory progress. The stops for the door frames have not as yet arrived and this may cause the painter some delay, altho he and his men are being kept busy on the carpenter men of his profession in this section of i work that has alreay been completed the state, first located at Johnsburg, | The electrical workers are now enwhere he remained for four years be- [ gaged in running their wires thru the fore coming to McHenry, where he! building, the plasterers are busy in the ccontinued his profession until April spacious auditorium, the plumbers are 1, 1910, when he disposed of his home and practice to Dr. N. J. Nye. rapidly completing their end of the contract, while the steam fitters have Dr. Fegers was united in marriage t returned and are now setting the radi- POWER BOAT RACES AT PISTAKEE SUNDAY to Miss Alice McGee, daughter of Sylvester McGee of Woodstock, at Lake Geneva, Wis., on June 9, 1880/ His wife died in this city on Oct. 12, 1903. No children survive the union. He was the last survivor of his family. One sister, Helena Fegers, passed away in this city on Nov. 15, 1885. Another sister, Sister Immaculate, visitation nun, died at Evanston, 111., ort August 9, 1905. His brother, Dr. William C. Fegers, who made his home here for a short time, dropped away suddenly at his brother's summer home at Palm Beach, Pistakee Bay, on Aug. 8, 1906. Another brother, Dr. R. H. Fegers, died at Keokuk, la., on Jan. 27, 1910, while Rev. H. M. Fegers, also a brother, passed on at Los. Angeles, Calif., on Nov. 4, 1921. The nearest surviving relatives are Dr. C. H. Fegers and Dr. R. H. Fegers, Mrs. J. R. Bauer and Rose Alice Fegers of Keokuk, la., and Dr. G; W. Fegers of Nebraska City, Neb. These are his nephews and nieces. There are also three of his wife's nieces, Miss Eleanor McGee, who has made her home with the doctor for many yeak-s, Mrs. Vincent Martin of Wauconda and Mrs. Edward Sutton of this city. In the Medical Profession Within the circles of the medical profession he ranked'high and during the many years of his faithful and unfaltering service in this community he had come to be recognized as one of the best physicians in McHenry county. For many years he served as local physician for the C. & N. W. The fourth of the summer series of power boat races, as conducted under the auspices of the Fox River Valley Power Boat club, are scheduled to be 1 Raiiway company and also served as run over the Pistakee Bay course next! deputy county coroner for a number Sunday afternoon. Officials of the club have been given, the assurance of a large list of entries and lovers of the sport anticipate one of the best programs of the season. A number of boat owners along Fox river have entered their craft, which means that this section of the resort region should be well represented in the big gallery which is certain to turn out to watch the races. ORDER FIVE CARLOADS OF COAL FOR SCHOOLS Five carloads of coal have been ordered for the grade and high school buildings in this city. Two of these will go to the grade building, while the balance are for the new community high school. Peter H. Weber will serve as janitor at the grade building, while L. F Newman will act in a like capacity at the new school building. BUILD FIRE ESCAPE An outside stairway, which is to serve as a fire escape, has been constructed from the second floor of St. Mary's parochial school building on Maple avenue. The stairway is on the north side of the building and will mean added protection to the pupils. pynrjgfj»E-ss*-=-a' )>.i. ),i. -- ators. In another two weeks most of these workmen _ will have completed their labors. TTie seats and fixtures will be next in order and then the opening of the fall term. While the community high school board is still hopeful of having at least a portion of the building ready for occupancy by the opening for the fall term on Sept. 8, to us it looks at this time as if this cannot be done. However, we are pulling for the best and sincerely hope that our guess is wrong. COL. HOWARD R. PERRY VISITING FATHER HERE GET BEERJNNERS FOUR TRUCKS AND SEVEN MEN TAKEN AT PAYNE S HILL SIXTY-FOUR BARRELS OF BEIpR TAKEN OVER TO COUNTY JAIL --S OF MEN RELEASED Another big haul of beer was made at the foot of Payne's hill, on the Mc- Henry-Crystal Lake road, about a mile riorth of Crystal Lake, last Thursday evening when Sheriff Lester Edinger and his deputies arrested seven men ar\d took them to the county jail at Woodstock. Four big trucks, two of which were of the Diamond T type, and the other two Reo speedwagons, and one Cadillac coupe, together with sixtyfour barrels of beer were also taken over to the county seat. It was near the midnight hour before all of the confiscated property had arrived at Woodstock. One of the big trucks had become stuck on the hill and the men were engaged in an attempt to extricate the machine when the officers arrived on the scene. Seeing the McHenry county officials approaching the beer runners started to "beat" it, but were soon stopped and placed under arres|. The men gave their names as Jerry Stefek, Jerry Nemep, J. Durk, L. Durk, C. Nettleton, E. Cortney and A, Grom. The last named appeared to be the man in charge of the caravan and the owner of the coupe. This machine carried a license plate which had been issued to A. Grom, Norwood Park, for a Reo car. PISTAKEE FAIR AUGUST 30 UNDER AUSPICES OF PISTAKEE YACHT AND GOLF CLUttt The date for the holding of Pistakee Bay's annual fair has been set for Saturday afternoon and evening, Aug. 30. This year's ev$nt will be conducted jointly by the Pistakee Yacht club and the Pistakee Golf club. Committees, appointed for the purpose, are already at work in arranging for the fair and, according to those who are authorities to make such statements, this year's event will be one of the most attractive entertainments ever held at this beautiful resort. Pistakee has, in the past, produced carnivals, bazaars, etc., of an exceptionally high-class nature and no one ever went home without feeling that they had enjoyed themselves to the full extent " of the word. The committee on prizes has set out to secure the best obtainable in this line and no expense will be spared in its effort to please everyone, even the most critical. Everyone can come prepared to spend the afternoon and evening as 4 wholesome meal, at-a very reasonable price, will be served at the club house. All of the things that go to make up a fair of this nature will be on hand, while dancing in the club house, in the evening to the strains of a fir^-class orchestra should attract those who find enjoyment in this sort of amuse- 1 ment. This year's fair, under the auspices of the two clubs mentioned above, is j to be held for the purpose of providing funds for the completion of neces- ITEMS OMNIERESl AS PICKED UP BY PU1NDEAL9 REPORTERS DURING WEEK , .'its 3 Since .th.e. a.rr ival of. th-e . .n ew„ Con-, sary improvements. A..t .t.h e go.lf. c,l u,b stgnment the basement of the county, _ * . . , , . . - Col. Howard R. Perry arrived in McHenry from the Pacific coast on Monday of this week and is now a guest in the home of his father, James B. Perry. The colonel and his wife only recently returned to the states from the Hawaiian Islands, where the former has been stationed for nearly three years. He has been given a three months' furlough. Mrs. Perry stopped off at Fort Huachuca, Ariz., where she is visiting their daughter, Mrs. I. P. Swift, whose husband is an officer in the cavalry. Col. Perry will next be stationed with the organized reserves in Chicago and takes up his new post of duty about Nor. 1, LOT SALE AT OAKHURST IS POSTPONED of terms. He was affiliated with the State and County Medical societies and also a member of the American Medical association. Independent In Politics Altho he never mingled in politics, he always voted independently, choosing to cast his vote for the man or men whom he believed to be best qual ified for the offices they sought, rather than to consider their party affiliations. Served As Health Officer For a number of terms he served as a member of the local board of health and also served as a member of the McHenry 'gk-ade school board, having been a member of that body at the time of the erection of the present grade school building in 1894. Examiner For Insurance Companies During the many years in which he practiced medicine here lie acted as examining physician for most of the old line life insurance companies as well as fraternal organizations. His Lodge Affiliations He was a member of the Ringwood camp, M. W. A., St. Mary's court, C. O. F., and McHenry council. (Continued from page four) On account of the recent heavy rains and high stage of water, the sale of lots in the Oakhurst subdivision, on Fox river south of this city, which was to have started this week, has been indefinitely postponed. Kent & Green, local real estate men, who have been accorded the selling rights of these choice lots, have deemed it advisable to call off this sale, for the time being and will, in all probability, make no attempt to hold this sale until next year, when it is hoped conditions will be more favorable.for such a venture. • ' GRADE SCHOOL BUILDING IS PRACTICALLY READY building at Woodstock is so full of beer, moonshine, wine and slot machines that the court house attaches are beginning to wonder what they are going to do in case of future raids. It looks as if they will be obliged to stage another beer burning or rent additional storage quarters. Three of the men arrested, Stefek, Nemec and Grom, were able to furnish bonds for $1,000 each on Friday afternoon and were released from the jail. Truck Drivers Pay Fines Carl Anderson, Lloyd Wilfret and Ray Bowen, drivers of beer running trucks, who were arrested at Payne's hill a few weeks ago, were in the McHenry county circuit court on Monday afternoon of this week, when they pleaded guilty to the charges of violating- the prohibition law. Wilfret was fined $1,000 and costs, while the other two received fines of $500 and costs each. The fines and costs were paid and the defendants discharged. Avoiding Lake County On account of the strict warfare which has been waged against them by State's Attprney A. V. Smith of Waukegan, beer runners have been avoiding Lake county to a very marked degree of late and it is undoubtedly due to the activity of the Lake county authorities that these runners have been using the McHenry county highways with such marked regularity of late aivd > consequently the frequent arrests here. These runners will probably avoid Payne's hill in the future. MARY BONSLETT UNDERGOES ANOTHER OPERATION a shelter is needed for the comfort and convenience of those who enjoy the benefits of this pleasing environment and also for the erection, of an attractive entrance becoming to the surroundings. It is also contemplated by the Yacht club to repair the road' Call phone No. 7. leading to the club house, which is a The members of the much needed improvement. This fair, as in years gone by, will WHAT PEOPLE ARE DOING Hi ' 5 THIS CITY AND IMMEDIATE VICINITY Latest records, rolls and sheet muafe'. . at Nye's. - r,C Wonderful vatues on our 10c tables* • Erickson's. * r A large assortment of dinner sets, just received at Vycital's. . v We 3ell quality merchandise eyw* when costs go up. Smith Bros. \ Vaudeville and pictures at the pire theatre Saturday and Sunday. f ^ Take home a carton of our deliciovfc butter toasted jolly time pop corn, »I Northwestern hotel. ! ^ Radio tubes, $4.00; 45 volt batteries^ > $3.75; 22% volt batteries, $2.00, Nye's, West McHenry. The ladies of St. Patrick's churcfc will hold a bake sale at the city hdQ on Saturday, Aug. *16. , . Tickets for Chicago, North Shore "1} Milwaukee railroad motor bus on sali at the Northwestern hotel. ^ Mr. and Mrs. Fred Kamholz, Jr., art ; thi happy parents of a baby boy, bota to them on Monday evening of tfcit week. f Mr. and Mrs. Peter J. Schaefer ait entertaining a bright baby boy at their home on Waukegan street since laBt ' Thursday. Altho hampered by the continued rain, the sewer gangs about the city have made several more connectioaa , during the past week. How about that fresh dressed spring', chicken for your Sunday dinner. Call at Steilen's poultry farm, McHenry, 111. phone 129-R. The Hunter boat line is now operating under its regular season's schedule. Large or small boats may also be rented by the hour, day or week. Ladies' Aid society of the M. E. church will hold their regular meeting at the country be open to the public and anyone who: home of Mesdames George and Rayplans on attending may rest assured i mond Colby on Thursday afternoon ef that they will be cordially received next week, Aug. 21. and that everything within the power of the reception committee will be done to make things pleasant and enjoyable for them. While the invitation to attend is extended to the public in general, a special invitation i# extended to resorters residing along Fox river and the citizens of McHenry. PAINTER BREAKS ARM AT NEW SCHOOL BUILDING The grade school building, which has been undergoing a general cleaning and repainting, is practically ready for the opening of the fall term. All of the seats have been reset, while the walls and ceilings present a very much refreshed appearance. There is still a little unfinished work, but not enough to cause undue worry to the board of education and patrons. A BABY GIRL McHenry friends on Monday of this week received announcements telling of the arrival of Jane Wentworth at Champaign, 111., last Friday. The parents are Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Marshall. The mother was formerly Miss Varina Wentworth, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.W. D. Wentworth of this city. Miss Mary C. Bonslett, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Bonslett of this city, and for a number of terms one of the teachers in the McHenry grade school, is confined in the Cottage hospital at Harvard, where she underwent quite a serious operation on Tuesday evening. Miss Bonslett left McHenry shortly after the start of the school vacation period for Cedar Rapids, la., where she engaged her services-^to a book concern, but was obliged to give up the work on June 26, when she was taken suddenly ill. She was taken to Mercy hospital in that city, where ail operation for appendicitis was performed. She returned to her home in McHenry only a short time ago and was visiting friends at Harvard ^when she was again taken ill. Her last illness overtook her on-Sunday and a trained nurse was put on the case at once. On Tuesday she was removed to the hospital. Altho very weak, the patient is doing as well as might be expected under the circumstances. Her many friends in McHenry will be sorry to learn of her second attack, but it is their hope that she will soon recover her former good health. SUNDAY SCHOOL AND CHURCH PICNIC SUNDAY Paul Zange, sixteen-year-old son of Carl Zange of Algonquin, who has the painting contract at the new community high school building in this city, surely has experience of bad luck during the school vacation period. Six weeks ago he suffered the fracture of his right arm between the wrist and elbow. This occurred while he was in the act of cranking a car. Last week he came to McHenry with his father to assist in the painting job at the new school structure. On Monday afternoon, while ascending a stairway in the building, toe stepped upon a cold chisel, with the result that he fell down and again broke the same arm in the same place that it had been fractured before, and it will now be another six weeks before he will again be given the use of the mem ber. The injury is a particularly painful one. The unfortunate young man, who is a Student in the Algonquin high school, had planned on earn ing some money" during the. summer vacation, but instead he has contracted nothing but doctors bills and more or less misery. THIRTY-EIGHTH WARD DEMOCRATS WILL DINE HERE Tli* thirty-eighth ward Democratic organization of Chicago will hold its annual outing and banquet in McHenry next Wednesday, Aug. 20. The delegation, numbering between 200 and 250 men, will arrive in McHenry during the forenoon hours and will partake of a delicious chicken dinner at the Polly Prim tavern at noon. A boat ride will be enjoyed up Fox river and around the lakes during the afternoon and the delegation will once more gather at the Polly Prim for a light luncheon, after which they will return to Chicago. , McHENRY LUBRICATING CO. The McHenry Lubricating company, dealers in lubricating oils and greases, has an announcement in this week s i issue of The Plaindealer. H. H. Fay The first Universalist churcjj of this and v. D. Wadey, formerly connected city will hold this year's Sunday school | another oil Iconcern, are at the and church picnic at Lake Geneva,! jjea<j 0f the new cftnpany and are very Wis., next Sunday, Aug. 17. All men, much pieased over the prospects of women and children interested in the welfare of the church are invited to be at the church next Sunday morning at 9:15 o'clock. For those without cars transportation will be"-- provided. Please arrange to bring your basket lunch. We shall drive to Lake Geneva for the day. ' Fred A. Cooley, Chairman pi Arrangements, the First Universalist church picnic committee. establishing a very fine business in this territory. Both are congenial gentlemen, always ready to render the sort of service that brings and holds customers. Read their display advertisement in this issue. HOME BAKE SALE Under the auspices of the ladies of St. Patrick's church at the city hall next Saturday, Aug. 16. Everythi|ig in the line of bakery goods for sale. , Another big crowd of dancers wtt entertained at the Fox pavilion beta last Saturday night, when 1,000 ad-' missions were sold. The following evening, Sunday, 750 people passed thru the admission gate. Advance showing in new 1984 millinery. Clever styles of Lyorit velvet, silk,* velour and felts, in popular black as well as the new fall shades. Large, small and mediuM hats. Moderately priced, $3 to $8. Blake Sisters' millinery. The M. E. Sunday school will haw a picnic at the McHenry tourist caaap on Wednesday, Aug. 20. Please bring sandwiches for your family and on* covered dish to pass; also spoon, fork and cup. Meet at the church at 10:10 on Aug. 20. All members of the church are invited to attend. Miss Vera Buss, who has not been in the best of health for some tinM pa&t, Was taken to St. Anthony's hospital, Chicago, last week, where ©a Wednesday morning she underwent an operation, which the family physician hopes will relieve her of her trouble and soon restore her former good health. The second of the' summer series of open air band concerts is scheduled to be held at the Pearl street park this (Thursday) evening, weather permitting. It is our understanding that enough money has been collected to pay for four concerts. Ttas there will be two more after that rf tonight. v On account of the recent heavy raise the annual outing of the members ef St. Clara court, W. C. O. F.„ of this cityr which was to have been held aft Elgin last Thursday, has been indefin- ' itely postponed. The postponement caused disappointment to many of the ladies who had planned ett~a very enjoyable outing. The beautiful cup, donated to the McHenry Country club by its prerident, Richard B. Walsh, is now on display at the A. E. Nye jewelry stox*. The tournament for this cup wis started over the McHenry course a few weeks ago and the finals will be staged between Judge C. P. Barnes and Walter F. Vogt. Farmers thruout this section svnOai themselves of the fine weather on Sillfrday when many of them were seen working in the fields. On account at the over abundance of rain of lite farmers are obliged jto take advantage of the fair days, even tho they do cone on Sundays. The damage to the smaller grain is not as serious as first reports would have it. In spite of the cold and disagreeable weather, the bake sale and ice cream social, as conducted under the auspieee of the Christian Mothers' sodality ef St. Mary's church at the Pearl street park last Saturday, afternoon and evening, was quite well attended. St Philomena's church choir of Chicago to the evening's entertainment by the rendition of several highly ap» preciated song numbers. The choir I «ang the high mass at St, Mary's church on the following H