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the first of the f $ £ - f&Qt. f ^T-i£«J' f&i i - - ^ -&•>• •*• *1 *% , "v; ^ &* A - This is a remedy that cures by re­ moving' the cause., It is a soothing, healing, expectorant remedy. It stimulates the secretions; it loosens the cough. It does not drug a cough into silence as narcotic rem­ edies do; it stops the cough only when the cause of the cough ia re­ moved. It is a remedy easy to take and is equally good for children and adults. It is economical to use, be­ cause you get a liberal quantity for the price, and because it cures. It positively guaranteed. , •i :V. Price, 25 Cent* ..-fes?? iB: * V 1 none w-w N. H. PETESCH DRUGGIST • t $ e of the famous International Tailoring Co. The snappiest line on the market today. Collected from the oest manufacturers. Our prices are very low compared with this season's tailoring. Call early and secure first choice. Also many good patterns from last season's line to choose from at extremely low prices. FALL DRESS GOODS in silks and wool and silk and wool poplins, ginghams, percales, beach cloth and khakis. SWEATERS AND UNDERWEAR in luge var­ iety. It's a wise thing to buy earlv as there will surely be a shortage of good merchandise this sea­ son due to war conditions. OUR, LINE OF SHOES is now complete for early fall trade in black, gray and dark brown priced ̂ GROCERIES of the best graces always in stock. Tea, try our 60c, none better. Coffeev try our 30c. Sugar just as sweet as ever. We have supplied all our customers up to date and lived up to U» S. Food Administration rules. Come or phone your order. r\ Goods delivered. WEST McHENRY M . J . W A L S H H50.0G 56.00 * |̂ D. C. Unit Furnace. I Nubian National Cook Stovel. : 4i* jU -afw *»<**»• to*-- 8-Gal. Milk Cans^ ̂ Gravel Shovels. . Bfcrn Shovels ̂̂ Coal Pails '--# --% r , * r -- - - - • Coal Pails Stove Pipe, per length. '£t: Stove Pipe Elbows. Wash Boilers.-. -r- Nails, per pound.. Galvanized 1-bu. Silage Baskets Baskets .i&Jr * "" Pi' TOP } 5.5 2.75RI 1.50l Sanitary Milk -StoolS|L.'^^;-. Bull Staff-- Claw Hammers These are only a few of our many bargains. We have many more articles such as harness repairs, too numerous mention at a reduction of 25 per cent. - I JOS. J. MILLER McHENRY. ILLINOIS if WE MAKE FLOUR apt have the foU^wing Substitute# * i - " j„ Yellow Cora Meal White Corn Flo# Buckwheat Flouii Rye Flour and £ Oat H' v. McHENRY Mill DO Y00 OMVAK M ALSO QUALITY ,«• ;# j » •*.. •* . £! •' t, • '"•& Si" X x £ . , . Smith Bw*. will get a good share of y^ur trade if you compare the |wa We have tried to keep up quality in all lines if possible and can truly say we have few com­ plaints from our justomer^ w SMITH BROS. mm--JUST ARRIVED OUR . f < K % be Aylward ^CagO. v- Geo. Vogel spent week in Chicago. Will Cornish of Kenosha was home to spend Sunday. Chas. Stutz ha« gone to Kenosha to 8e«& employment. Miss Emily Pester was a fox Lake visitor part of last week. Alfred Parker of Chicago spent Sunday at E. T. Monear's. * Miss Bird Hodge of Ringwood was seen on our streets last Friday. H. H. Fay of McHenry was a busi­ ness caller here one day recently. Henry Greeley of Richmond was a recent caller at the Vogel home. Mrs. Ed. Cropley is entertaining her niece from Colorado this week. Caesar Santucci transacted busi­ ness in Chicago one day recently. Frank Petrosky was here from Ra- «in£to spend Sunday with his family. Lee Turner is painting the buildings on the Earl Monear farm this week. Russell Turner was home from Av- alon, Wis., to spend Saturday and Sun­ day. Miss Alta Wentworth spent Satur­ day and Sunday at her home in Mc­ Henry. s Mrs. Alice M. Keenan of Chicago was a brief caller at Ricbard Ayl- ward's Friday. Mrs. Sylvia Cornish and Miss Mae Aylward were Saturday evening vis­ itors at Hebron. Mesdames Ed. Cropley, Gus Well- man and Geo. Westlake spent Thurs­ day last at Hebron. Miss Pearl Fillweber of Antioch re­ turned to her home after spending the week in the Vogel home. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Kittle of Lake Forest spent Saturday and Sunday in the Jack Pester 'home here. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Turner are spend­ ing several days as the guests of rela­ tives and friends in Chicago and Aurora". ' _ Miss Carrie Auburgh, who has been caring for Mrs. Will Brennari the past' few weeks, returned to the hospital in Chicago, last week. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Aylward of Chicago, Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Aylward of Hebron andjkfr. Richard Aylward and daughter, Mae, and son, Lee, of this place were guests in the homes of P. J. Cleary and J. J. McCarthy in McHenry last Thursday. SPRING GROVE Mi$s Hilda Karls spent Tuesday in Chicago. , • <r Math. Lay was a Chicago passenger last Thursday. ^ - Geo. Wieland Chicago pas­ senger Tuesday. - Mr. and Mrs. Jo*. Lay speitt Sun­ day at J<?hnsburg. Bruce Porter was a Chicago pas­ senger Saturday morning. Gilbert Howard returned to his home in Kenosha Monday. Mrs. Frances Hasting was a busi ness caller at Woodstock Monday. Leo Huff of Kenosha spent Sunday with his brother, Fred Huff, and fam­ ily. Mr. and Mrs. Vivian Esh and daugh­ ters spent Sunday in the Ed. Bett home at Ringwood. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Justen and daughter, Kathleen, spent Sunday in the Mike Rauen home. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Tonyan and children of Waukegan speftt, Sunday with the latter's mother, Mrs. May Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Rauen and daughter, Madeline, spent Sunday with the latter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Nick Blake. Miss Frances Freund of Johnsburg and Misses May me Frett, Messrs. Geo. May and Fojd Jackson spent Friday evening last in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Christensen. ^ -- 1 RINGWOOD 1 Miss Agnes Bigelow was numbered with the sick last week. Bert McCannon and wife attended William Beck's sale Tuesday. Misses Agnes and Sarah Dodge were home from Chicago ever Sunday. Mrs. Eva Wagner and daughter, Marion, of McHenry were guests of her parents Sunday. Fruf. Priest enierlailted his nephew from the Great Lakes Naval Training station over Sunday. Evan Bryant. and wife of Wood­ stock were week end guests of their aunt, Mrs. Libbie Allen. Mrs. Mattie Walters and cousin of Woodstock were callers at Gallie Rainey's Monday afternoon. , On account of illness' not all of our members were able to be present at the W. C. T. U. dinner last Saturday, but all who were there had a pleasant time. At the special school election held last Saturday evening Warren Foss was elected director to fill the place made vacant by the death of Henry Wharton. AH hearts were saddened to hear of the death of Roy Kittle, son of W. J. Battle of Crystal Lake. He was born and lived in oul- village until quite a child. , '• OSTEND Henry Hobart sold and delivered his wheat last y eek to ¥\ A. Cooley. As far as can be learned all influ­ enza patients in this neighborhood have fully recovered. „ ^ Frank Kaiser sold his impat and Mr. Cooley hatiled it this w^ek. Bfr. Kaiser has no help on the farm. Mrs. Mary Kaiser and Mrs. Helen Harrer are having dental work done by Dr. R. G. Chamberlin at West Mc­ Henry. Mr. Born and sister, Mrs. Young, who have lived on the farm known as the Brott farm since last spring, have moved back to Chicago. little daughter, Alice, has ftilly gfCOT- ered from her recent severe illness. R. H. Richardson managed to get one more day husking corn en Satur­ day last, but rain fell again Sator* day night and Sunday and it will be some time before corn will be fit to husk again. r : y ; - v V O L O ^ Mrs. Peter Stadtfeld spent the past week at Madison, Wis. Miss Ella Moore spent Friday ^(1 Saturday in Wauconda. Dr. L. E. Hughes of Wauconda was in town Friday of last week. Misses Ruth and Ruby Peterson ware Wauconda shoppers Saturday last Mr. and Mr?. Lee Huson and daugh­ ter, Ruth Ma^, spent Sunday in Lib- ertyville. Ves Wagner and family, Mrs. Geo. Vasey and son and Celia Worts spent Saturday in Elgin. ' Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Eddy and son of West McHenry spent Sunday at Mr. and Mrs. Phil Peterson's. Mrs. Bessie Benwell of Chicago and Miss Laura Benwell of Grant were Sunday visitors at Mrs. Rose Dunnill's. Frank Hanson, a former Volo boy, has enlisted and is in camp down in Virginia. This is the fourth son of Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Hanson in ser­ vice, Wm., Alvin and Garritt beiner across. Lee Huson and. family received word last week of the death of Victor Johnson at dhmp Grant. Vic had made his home in the Huson family for about three years and has many friends hece who were sorry to hear of his death. JOHNSBUSG Mrs. John Pitzen was a McHenry visitor last Thursday afternoon. Theo. Meyers passed last week visiting his children at Racine, Wis. Members of the Red Cross will meet with Mrs. Jos. Michels on Fri­ day afternoon. Plenty of workt Ev­ erybody come out. Mrs. Frank Mathieu attended the funeral of her cousin, Miss Kate Farley, which took place at Joliet, 111., one day last week. The quilt made by the Red Cross was raffled and won by Angelina Miller. Those holding numbers not settled for will please Jura them* in at the next meeting. The Lady Foresters raffled a quilt donated by Mrs. Jos. P. Miller at their meeting on Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. N. E. Barbian of McHenry held the lucky number. The proceeds were given to the local Red Cross. The society appreciates the donation. Frank Mathieu, the juggler, left Monday for Chicago, where he'started on an extensive theatrical engage­ ment under the direction of the Ben­ son Amusement company. Mr. Mat­ hieu is considered one of the best in his line of work and his contract with the above concern calls for a neat salary. While spending his enforced vaca­ tion at his home here, Frank Mathieu has developed into a first-class marks­ man. Equipped with a hunting license and u double-barrel shot gun, the popular theatrical star passed much of his time in hunting game. Altho this was his first experience as a hunter, he feels that a little more practice will improve his marksman­ ship to a still greater degref ^ ac­ curacy*., • TERRA COTTA Mrs. Wm= Coieman spent last week with relatives in and near Chicago. Mrs. Ray McMillan and daughter are guests of relatives out of town. Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Malone of Crys­ tal Lake spent Tuesday at M. Knox's. Mrs. Clarence Colby of Barreville visited at Leonard Beal's last Thurs- rfay. Misses Clara and Agnes Frisby spent Thursday evening with friends in McHenry. Mrs. Stella Peck of Elgin visited at the McMillan homes here Saturday and Sunday. Miss Florence Knox was the guest of relatives in McHenry from Friday until Sunday. ' Mrs. Mary Grant spent Saturday and Sunday with Mrs. Merton Gracy at Honey Creek, Wis. Mrs. Lee Lockwood of Barreville spent Thursday last with her daugh­ ter, Mrs. Leonard Beal. Miss Eleanor Phalin was the guest of her brother, Thomas, ,at Urbana Saturday and Sunday. Mrs, Geo. P. Bay and daughter vis­ ited relatives and friends at Oak Park, Maywood and Chicago last week. The pupils and teacher of the Terra Cotta school enjoyed a Hal­ lowe'en party last Thursday after­ noon. r> i." fr 'S* \ £41"' - 2̂ // *3' m- I * • c « "if * > • : V 1' \ i * Our Savings Department is intended es pecially for the money which is not foolishly spent. We pay 3 per cent com pound interest. Start an account today. Your savings Jj;; ., '•, < • •* Pa? WW \$>& • '-P*; Z-Ag& : BANKING McHENRY, ILLINOIS CLASSIFIED DEPARTMENT WANTED TO RENT--A farm from 80 to 100 acres. Call this office. 14 LONG distance hauling and moving by truck. Driver Frank Blunk, Heb­ ron, 111. 19 FOR SALE--At a bargain, a house and corner lot. Inquire of Ben Still­ ing, McHenry, 111. 13-tf FOR SALE--Angora rabbits, cheap. Apply to J. A. Neyer, Broad and Green streets, McHenry, 111. 21-2t* FOR SALE--About 1,000 bu. of bar­ ley, No. 1. Price, $40.00 per ton. F. E. Martin, West McHenry, 111. 21-2t* FOR SALE--My young herd of ten Holstein cows and bull. A. M. Schill­ er, West Mchenry, 111. Phone 4508-J- 2. 19 WANTED--Cash paid for wooden de­ coy ducks in good condition. Mallards or Blue Bills. Report at Plaindealer office. / 21-2t* WANTED--A man for at Rosed^le greenhouses. steady work Good wages. John F. 55-R. Miller, McHenry, 111. Phone 21 FOR SALE--Choice hubbard squash, onions and beets. Come and pick out what you want. Guy Clemens, West McHenry, 111. 19 FOR SALE--Choice home grown po­ tatoes at $1.50 per bushel. Will de­ liver. E. J. Thomas, West McHenry, 111. Phone 611-R-l. 21 FOR SALE--^Two Crow-Elkhart auto­ mobiles, one a touring car and the other a roadster. Both in good condi­ tion. Mrs. H. F. Wharton, Ringwood, 111. * 19 pie Original hiatal Rpdeis Fame h m proving its value aB around you, in homes that ate He, heated at a dura less m cost for fuel, and without the bo&ef of knocking holes in the walls (or pipes and in the fieors for icfUen.' It"s easily installed, and is always sold under out guarantee dl ymt or money back. Here are some of ywc nciibboa wW Mk. STOVES FOR SALE--2 hard coal base burners, 1 large heater, 1 Cole's Hot, Blast with high oven, 1 laundry Btove. These stoves may be seen at H. E. Buch's shop in the Masquelet Bldg. on Elm street or inquire of H. H. Fay, McHenry, 111. 21 FOR SALE--Several choice Duroc Jersey boars of serviceable age. Some of these are sired by the grand cham pion, Great Wonder, their dam by the three times grand champion, Grand Model. Call and see them or write to Wm. Bonslett, West McHenry, 111. 21-3 Notice «f Application to Chang* Rates To Patrons of the Chicago Telephone company: The Chicago Telephone company hereby gives notice to the public that it has filed with the state of Illinois, Public Utilities commission temporary schedules which will change the rates for local telephone exchange service in its Pistakee exchange area in Mc­ Henry County, Illinois, and that the said change of rates involves an in­ crease for all classes of local ex­ change service offered to the public and covered by its rate of schedule as now filed and in effect. All parties interested in« this pro­ ceeding may obtain information as to time and place of hearing upon this matter, by addressing the Secretary of the Public Utilities Commission at Springfield, 111. Chicago Telephone Company, v . A. E. Bone, General Commercial Superintendent. 'M, FOR EXCHANGE--The propert/ known as the Fred Schnorr homestead, one of the most sightly places, large grounds and an ideal suburban home. Also store building with six room flat above, all situated in West McHenry, 111. Will exchange the 'above for South or North Dakota land. Address F. J. Schnorr, Council Bluffs, Ia. 19 Attend Home Improvement Meetings Mesdames C. W. Gibbs, Chas. L. Page, Wm. Bonslett and A. E. Nye attended the meetings of the Home Improvement association at Wood­ stock Monday and Tuesday of this week. Miss Mabel Wilkerson of the University of Illinois at Urbana, with Miss Eva Blair, the county advisor, is giving a week's demonstration and lectures for the benefit of members and other ladies who wish to attend. Her work is that of conservation and making over of garments. The cor-- rect use of patterns was discussed on Tuesday afternoon. These meetings are proving very beneficial. The ladies bring their garments to the rooms, where they are properly in­ structed in the work from the ripping up of the used garment to the finish­ ing. McHenry members were duly notified and should have at least mm Representative there every day. IM oone and see us. Martin John J. Freund; JohnabuQR IB. John Mertes, Joknabu**.IS- Jacob F. Freund, 'Ringwo<Mf, Of. Michael M. Justen, I| Ringwoq*!, •|U», Edmund Knox,' . West McHeacy. Mgtf. S. Freund, West McHrarjr. "j£\ ' 'f *?, / 'i-i 14 » > . • • •M Green St. and Second Av«. McHENRY, UU S K U N K S I will pay highest prices for Skunk%g skinned or unskinned. Bring unskiii*! ned skunks while they are fresh. Also i / r ¥ ; v v prices ipc m furs. t, v. <** 'PHONE 99# S. HOWARD V , * v " it fi McHENRY, ILLKN^S • • ' -r" PLUNBHIG m RATING -BY- Experienced Workmen DONAVTN ft REIHANSPERGER TdaphMM Mat. 108-k SIMON STOFFEL bmiBM agent for all eliw prapatr in Hie bail "rnrrnf**, WEST McHENBT, - ILLINOIS ^ f- DR. OSes ia F. J. 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