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W „„ ?m;: "%r<v • "?$& • ~z#** -*.. p mmtm * ;'j" ft * • ,*.« " •* 'V.V'. " ij V • uv- •c^y V-f""' •ia ffS. if? 1Y PERSONALS AS SEEN BY PLAINDEALRR REPORTERS AND-HANDED IN BT OUR FRIENDS Mrs. Mary Green passed Sunday at Elgin. M. L. Worts was a Chicago visiter last Saturday. i Mrs. Laura Kent and son, Roy, were .Elgin visitors Sunday. $ Ray McGee spent Sunday with his sisters at Woodstock. Mrs. Mary McCabe spent Monday in the metropolitan city. Miss Florence Conway spent Mon day in the metropolitan city. W. L. Howell was a business visitor in the metropolitan city Monday. Mesdames C. W. Stenger and A. E. Nye were Chicago visitors last Friday. Lawrence Huck was a business visitor in the metropolitan city Monday Gordon Campbell of Chicago spent the week end as the guest of McHenry friends. Miss Lola Manshak of Chicago passed the week end as the guest of McHenry friends. Miss Mayme Donaftkie of Chicago was a recent guest of Miss Elizabeth K. Miller here. Mrs. Edward Malone of Elgin spent a few days last week as the guest of relatives here. Mr. and Mrs. C. Unti and children passed Sunday as the guests of relatives at Antioch. Mr. and Mrs. Ray F. Conway and daughter, Betty Jane, were Elgin vis itors last Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Meyer and son. Donald, were the guests of relatives at Wauconda Sunday. Miss Floribel and Lisle Bassett -spent the week end with relatives and friends in Woodstock. John B. Kelter of Chicago spent the week end as a guest in the home of Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Kelter. Miss NeUie G. Miller passed Sat urday and Sunday as the guest of friends in the metropolitan city. Misses Mabel and Georgiana Don ahue of Huntley spent the week end . as the guests of McHenry friends. iur ISwVisr of F'mhurst week end as a guest in trat Mr. and Mrs. Simon Stoffel. Miss Doris Bacon of Elgin spent the week end as a guest in the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Bacon. Mrs. John Walsh and daughters, Genevieve and Irene, of Ingleside were Sunday guests of McHenry relatives. Mrs. J. McKay and children of Crystal Lake were Sunday guests in the home #f Mr. and Mrs. Louis A. Erickscm. Walter Fay of Elgin spent Sunday , I and Monday as a guesMn the home of E> ' COMERS AND GOERS OF A WEEK his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John W SE IN OUR BUST UITY " M„. MlUT CoBter * Elgln spmt the latter part of last week as a guest in the home of her sister, Mrs. Martha Page. Mrs. Ellen Ensign of Richmond sp€nt a few days last and this week in the home of her son, F. M. Ensign and family. Ed. F. Kelter went to Chicago Sunday evening, where he will spend a couple weeks attending to business matters. Miss Irene Conway of Elgin spent the week end as a guest in the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Conway. Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Baron and and Mrs. John Miller were guests of Mr. and Mrs. George Simes at Hebron Monday. Miss Jennie Mae Cooley of Chicago passed the week end as a guest in the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Cooley. Joseph Wrede of Chicago spent several days last week as a guest in the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Wrede. Leo Winkle of Chicago spent several days last, week as a guest in the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Theo. Winkle. Miss Gladys Rietesel of Chicago passed last week as a guest in the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Rietesel. Miss Inez Bacon spent the first of the week in Elgin where she has enrolled as an employee in the National Watch Company factory. Mr. and Mrs. George Garrity of Chicago passed the week end as guests in the home of the latter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Peter J. Schoewer. Mr. and Mrs. Frank W. Sayler and Michael Freund last Saturday were: Board, conditioned for the faithful pel- Mr, and Mrs. John Freund, Mr. and formance and execution of the work. Mrs. Frank Spieker and daughter, The Board of Local Improvements Kathleen; Ben Siehoff, Mr. and Mrs. of the City of McHenry, Illinois, re- Lawrence Siehoff of Burlington, serves the right to reject any and all Wis.; Mr. and Mr?. B?P. R»ii»r nnrii hirin n« nnt.hori7.ed hv law. son, Miss Rose Freund, Andrew Batzner of Waukegan; Mr. and Mrs. Henry Wagner* and Clarence Amann of Area. Dated at McHenry, Illinois, this 26th day of February, A. D. 1925 daughters of Woodstock passed Sunday in the home of the former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. A. Sayler. Alfred Bonslett of Chicago and Anthony Bonslett of Waukegan were week end guests in the home of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. John W. Bonslett. Mr. and Mrs. Leo Schuenemann and daughters of Chicago were week end guests in the home of the former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Schuene- ~'m*. Mr. and' w.o, 77. B. V,Tav.*"'orth and Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Frazer and little son, Billie, spent Sunday at Elgin as guests of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. E. Lamphere where Mr. Wentworth and Mrs. Lamphere celebrated their birthdays. Those front * distance Who were here to attend the funeral of the late NOTICE OF PROPOSAL FQR BIDS Alford Pouse, Attorney Sealed bids for the construction of a loeal improvement, consisting of the paving of Paving District No. 3, as provided in an Ordinance entitled "An Ordinance for Paving a Portion of Main Street and Other Streets in the City of McHenry,. McHenry County, Illinois," will be received by the Board of Local Improvements of the city of McHenry, Illinois, until the 13th day of March, A. D. 1925, at the hour of 2:00 o'clock P. M. (Central Standard Time) in the Council Chambers in the City ijall in the City of McHenry, Illinois, at which time and place said -bids will be publicly opened in open session of said Board and publicly declared. The plans, profiles and specifications for said improvement are on file at the office of the City Clerk in the said City of McHenry, and at the office of the Engineers, Wells Engineering Company, Geneva, Illinois. All proposals or bids must be made on blanks furnished by the said Board of the City of McHenry, Illinois, and must comply with the instructions to bidders attached. 9hid blanks may be obtained at the office of the City Clerk or at the office of the Engineers. All proposals and bids must be ac companied by check payable to the or der of D. G. Wells, President of the Board of Local Improvements of the City of McHenry, Illinois, in his official capacity, certified by a responsible bank for an amount which shall be not less than ten (10) per centum of the aggregate of the proposal. The contractor will be paid in vouchers and bonds which will bear interest at the rate of six (6) per centum per annum, payable annually. No proposal will be accepted unless the party offering them shall furnish sat isfactory evidence to the Board that he has the necessary facilities, ability, equipment and finances to fulfill the conditions of the work proposed to be done, should the contract be awarded to and all bidders will examine the Ordinance, maps, plans, profiles and specifications and also the locality in wfricK saA work is to be done and % G. WellC'^ R. T. Overtoil,-- Robert J. Frisby. Board of Local Improvements of the City of McHenry, Illinois. ' 88-2t NOTICE OF PROPOSAL FOR BIDS Alford Pouse, Attorney Sealed bids for the construction of a local improvement, consisting of the paving of Paving District No. 2, as provided in an Ordinance entitled "An Ordinance for Paving a Portion of Riverside Drive and Other Streets in the City of McHenry, McHenry County, Illinois," will be received by the Board of Local Improvements of the City of McHenry, Illinois, until the 13th day of March, A. D. 1925, at the hour of 2:00 o'clock P. M. (Central Standard Time) in the Council Chambers in the City Hall in the City of McHenry, Illinois, at which time and place said bids will be publicly opened in open session of said Board and publicly declared The plans, profiles and specifications for said improvement are on file at the office of the City Clerk in the said City of McHenry, and at the office of the Engineers, Wells Engineering Com. pany, Geneva, Illinois. All proposals«jor bids mtyst be made on blanks furnished by the said Board of the City of McHenry, Illinois, and must comply with the instructions to bidders attached. Said blanks may be obtained at the office of the city Clerk or at the office of the Engineers. All proposals and bids must be accompanied by check payable to the order of D. G. Wells, President of the Board of Local Improvements of the City of McHenry, Illinois, in his offi cial capacity, certified by a responsible bank for an amount which shall be not less than ten (10) per centum of the aggregate of the proposal. The contractor will be paid in vouchers and bonds which will bear interest at the rate of six (6) per centum per annum, payable annually. No proposal will be accepted unless the party offering them shall furnish satisfactory evidence to the Board that he has the necessary facilities, ability, equipment and finances to fulfill the conditions of the work proposed to be done, should the contract be awarded quired to enter into a bood in a equal to one-third the amount of stteh bid with securities to be approved by the Board, conditioned for the faithful performance and execution of the work. The Board of Local Improvements t>f the City of McHenry, Illinois, reserves the right to reject any and all bids as authorized by la\£ Dated at McHenry, Illinois, this 25th day of February, A. D. 1925. ' J D. G. Well! V K. T. Overton, " " Robert J. Frisky. Board of Local Improvements of the City of McHenry, Illinois. Mlflt 6F A CENTURY ITEMS CLIPPED FROM PLAINPEALERS OF t§ YEARS AGO : Borb to Mr. and* Mrs. J. ft. Bennett on Tuesday, Feb. 27, a son. A girl baby was born to Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Blake Saturday. Roy Colby and Ray Lamphere are working on the ice «t Lake Zurich. A number of our young people attended church at Ostend Sunday evening. -- Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Cristy left on _ .. ... S8-2t 1W»y morning for the south when *"" » ?»»»• tory to geMii^he order this Mrs. John Craine had Wednesday at her home Grove, her death occurring at o'clock. For several veara past ifnL'i Craine has suffered terribly from 1 trouble. She leaves her husband, son, Kirk, and a host of relatives friends to mourn their loss. The card party and social given, the Foresters at the homf Phalin, on Tuesday eveningj cess, social'y and financ were about one hundred ADDITIONAL EXCHANGE Ithey wiU spend a few weeks Mrs. Elvira Mallory, widow of the founder of the Crystal Lake Herald, passed away at her late home in Los Angeles, Calif., on Feb. 22. Adam Jung, piano tuner of Woodstock, lies quite seriously ill at his home at the county seat. He suffered a stroke of paralysis recently. A Michigan concern, manufacturing four wheel drive tractors, has purchas Mrs. Ltfcy Thomas and family moved to McHenry Tuesday. The neigh-' borhood is sorry to part with them. j Hon. E. D. Shurtleff, mayor of Marengo and our next representative,1 was in town Monday calling on his friends. j Mr. and Mrs. John Carey of Ringwood entertained their friends at a card party on Tuesday evening about pleasantly fit playing pt euchre, dainty refreshments served. The gentleman's first was won by John Relehan while the ladies it was a tie between Kate Howe and Margaret Sutton,] latter obtaining the prize by cut^j The conso'ation prizes were give Anna' Cleary and David Power Pursuant to notice published iij issue the Republican 6(1 &o nniinnVc- nocorrca trsct &t lrsiionrrttnt, VvOhilXCAnt^ron ninety-six were present. . . , j »wa lB beld winl the city hall, on Sat and expects to erect th, ereon a .b i„ g f_a c- . A nnuunmiho(*eTr fifrAomin iniperrpe alttttMenUdiiene) wie jLxIQ W8S C&41QQ1I tory building this spring. oyster supper at Chas. Durkee's Mon-! der by chairman of the to' nmnUna tiia day evening, The proceeds were for mittee, J. Van Slyke, and on Hercules°Powder Co located at Pleas- the benefit of the Cherry Valley Sun- duly seconded Simon Stoffel wi " r ^ : w i s . ! S c h o o K plosion which occurred In the plant one' . A ^number of the youngpeople en- f ^ ^ d recentlv IJoyed a very pleasant party in Stof-1 chosen were instructed to vote On ver produc.t.io n o.f cer.ta .i n .l.in es of» fel s h' all, Saturday e«v*«e«n«in««g•. Dancing nse all honorable means to 0 T .^v,i was the feature of the evening's enter- j nomination of V. S. Luml tainment. I office of states attorney. Misses Mabel and Myrtle Stevens of duly seconded the chairman Ringwood entertained a number of powered to appoint a com their friends at a progressive crokin- three to report to the ole party, on Friday evening Feb. 28, names of 17 delegates to in honor of their cousin, K. D. Parks, this town in the county con' of Ohio. | be held at Woodstock, Man Gilbert Bros, have completed im- Cora Hazel Webster, littl| provements in the interior of their t of Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton store which adds greatly to the ap-1 of 322 St. Charles St., Elgj pearance. This enterprising firm un- der unusually sad circum derstands the way to public approval' ly before 6 o'clock last promVnent'resVdJnt and is doin* » prosperous business in „oon. The child was efgl consequence. j of age and while she ha*1 Mrs. Thomas flalpin died at her ably healthy had alwa: home in this village Wednesday morn- particu'arly shy and sens ing^at the age of 63 years. Mrs. Hal- ament. The little one w pin was born in London, England, in a bed room Friday afternoi 1837 and came to this country in 1878 sought to pull a bundl settling in Elgin. She was united in from a bed. Her uncle,1 their instruments caused the management of the Frank Hoi ton A Co. plant at Elkhorn, Wis., to lay off thirty men last week. It is believed that the layoff will be of short duration. Two federal prisoners were added to the list of prisoners at the McHenry county jail at Woodstock last Friday evening. One of the newcomers is a lad of fourteen years who is awaiting hearing in the federal court on a charge of violation of the postal laws. George W. Conn of Amiden, N. D., for many years a of McHenry county and at one time county superintendent of schools here, made the Washington address before the senate in the state capitol at Bismark, N. D., on Monday of last week. to him, and all bidders will examine judge for themselves the surroundlrfgithe Ordinance, maps, plans, profiles circumstances and conditions affecting the cost and nature of the work. The successful bidder will be required to enter into a bond in a sum equal to one-third the amount of such bid with securities to be approved by the and specificaticffs and ate& the locality in which said work is to be done and judge for themselves the surrounding circumstances and conditions affecting the cost and nature of the work. The successful bidder will be re- CARD OF THANKS We wish in his manner to express marriage with Thomas Halpin in 1898. happened to pass the dc our sincere thanks to Rev. Ceus, the Mr Amog gmith and Mis8 Florence suddenly to the child, McHenry council, K. of C., D. of A., Brown ^ of Ringwood were mar-; stop. At the same time the relatives, neighbors and friends ri(jd at Woodstock on Tuesday, Feb. hands together. m*-- for kindness and sympathy extended 20, 1900. The ceremony was perform-' during the last illness and after the ed by N A Sunderlin of that city.! Both are well known here and the best wishes of a host of friends is extended to them. % The new railroad has unloaded ^,ere ^^e_*>a*'ien^ bricks at Milburne, (Grayslake) andj The Woodstock American" g*jV®inations for teachers' certift- Long Lake for the new depots to be post has rented the second floor of I cates wiB*-beJ?eld in Central School, built at those points. The construe- Wein building in that city which tl Woodstock, March 13 and 14, 192&y~ tiQH are wor'c 0,1 the swing will soon occupy as their quarters. Tkl Wann footwear at Ericlcaon's. bridge at Nippersink PbtS4^]?rePara' °'d rooms ^ave prOTen 'n*dequate' death of our beloved father. Also do we wish to express our thanks to those who donated flowers. Family of Michael Freund. . TEACHERS' EXAMINATION Theden command frightened turned pale, seemed to and than fainted. 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