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If For Men and Boys* iMf£ J "Of sAit t*« elegant line Collars, Ties, Shifts, Hats, Caps, Under­ wear, Shoes, Over­ coats, Suits, .Rubbers ^ A „< '• ,*.» i% tvr* (-t ^ v.' * * v. -. -i. '"**«. Overshoes, any of which will make sensible as well as appreciative r Christ- fcSk'v..Y?- FREUND .*.% ?Vf WEST McHENRY, ILL. IS# if •> ^5* t&v The Christmas Store Tikis year we have placed on sale one of the largest and most varied Christmas stocks ever carried which makes selection a comparatively easy task. Our lines comprise evoythinfifin furniture as well as a big assortment of toys lor tike kiddies. A few of die many tilings to be found tereindude , . , ̂ , - t Cv. . jf Ftarmture of all kinds' $?' £ f, A ** *"*• "V-r 7' • Cedar Chests £ " f\*s<' - '• *'" • ; \4" V~ IT,1, • *' / V Carpets • - <•* -"T n % V * * , J • , * * * * " i * , t , , J , .<•* "* ^ ,»•. *'i. ** Pictures -•"K' f>r- Sewing Machiaes Curtains Electric Carpet Si i • -r« '• < / it- • * Fancy Electric Parlor ;; V Kimball Pianos and Players V J" •FR-'F ^VICTROLAS Sleds,WsgoQ8 and Metal Toys < McHENRY, ILLINOIS m •w< brd li:'- ' <! Bf PSW..' 1 r, Your Ford car will give satisfactory money-saving service for years if you iust # i 8*ve »t decent care. Let our shop look * v ; after it, making replacements and repairs >. when necessary, let * lis keep it tuned up & running smoothly and you'll sure have all the service and comfort you could 'get from a brand new car. It's all in . Our workmen are :enuine Ford parts--we „ rord prices as establish­ ed by the factory. Bring your Ford car in and let us look it over--a stitch in time saves nine." STAR GARAGE| rhtme^:J, mm*-*nox.r**. ' . We Give Money- Saving Service vr if %y . •»• % . m Our stock of Xmas Gifts comprises everything in the line of useful articles for the older folks. We feel safe in say- iag that you will find it comparatively easy to make a selection for any member of the family. We have placed i& stock such articles as our customers will demand for Christmas giving and in order to appreciate what we have gathered for your selection a vint to our store is es­ sentia!. ' Toys, Cafe and Nuts Slttta Claus has left at our store toys of all kinds for the Uttte folks and we are sure that they will enjoy seeing win. We have also stocked up with a fine line of Xstiat CMMtogt Abpchria^tn**. . : rnran Mrs. Wat. J. Welcfc spent Saturday last in Elgin. Henry Kennebeek ^jpts a county seat visitor today. - ; Albert' Justen was, a Chicago vis itor last Friday., Miss Heleh Justen jtassed last Fri­ day in Chicago. Miss Mary Burke was an Elgin visitor last Saturday#. Miss Blanche Pryoi: was a Chicago visitor .last Saturday. Miss Lena S toff el vfasa windy city visitor last Saturday. C. Unti attended to basiness mattrars in Chicago Tuesday. Miss Eleanor Phalin was ail Elgin visitor last Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Bickler were Chicago visitors Monday. Miss Elizabeth K. Miller was a Chi­ cago visitor last Saturday. Miss Kathryn Burks passed Satur­ day in the metropolitan city. Edward Brefeld boarded the Chica­ go train Monday morning. F. A. Beller attended to business matters in Chicago last Friday. Miss Kathryn King boarded the Chi­ cago train last Friday morning. tt. E. Buch transacted business in the metropolitan city last Friday. Mrs. Chas. Givens was a business visitor at Woodstock last Friday. Frarik Schnabel was a business* vis Earl WppiMf is now stationed «t Camp Gordon. Atlanta, Ga Pvt. Paul Doherty has been released from armfy training at Lewis Institute, Chicago. He arri^ ,|^<nAe Tiieadby of last week. Pvt. John Kennebeck, son Henry Kennebeck of tlds village, released from services at Camp Grant and arrived at his home her© last Tweek. Sergt. Allen Noonan <rf Garden City, Long Island, N. Y., received his honor- able discharge and arrived at his home near Ringwood last evening. Pvt. Jay Comiskey, who has been in service at Camp Johnston, Fla., ar­ rived here Saturday evening. He has" been granted a ten day leave of ab­ sence. Pvt. John J, Schaid, who had been in training at Camp Grant, received his honorable discharge last Wednes­ day and is again at his home east of this village. > x A postal ca*d from Pvt. George Nicholls, who is somewhere in France, to his sister, Mrs. John Engeln, of this village, reports him well again. He was severely wounded some time ago. E . Pvt. Anton Schneider, son of Mrs. Catherine Schneider, Court St., has been sent from Camp Fremont, Calif., to Camp Grant and expects to be mustered out of service in a short time. ' . Corp. Chas. J. Reihansperger re­ ceived an hoitorable discharge from service at Camp Grant last week and itor in the metropolitan city Saturday.^ **as resigned his duties with his part- - J. MILLER McHENRY, ILLINOIS i 1 Uf m '.'i? R. S. Howard was a business vis­ itor in the metropolitan city Tuesday. Miss Trace Barbian passed the first of the week in the metropolitan city. >, • ':V Mra. N. E. Barbian spent Saturday and Sunday as the guest of friends at Elgin. Prof. A. E. Nye attended to business matters at the county seat last Sat­ urday. Robert Ayiward of Elgin spent the week end as the guest of McHenry friends. Dr. C. H. Fegers transacted busi­ ness matters in the metropolitan dty Monday. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Holly were vis­ itors at the county seat last Friday evening. jr. and Mrs. Wm. Bonslett board­ ed the Chicago train last Friday ev doing. Wm. C. Fay was among those to board.the Chicago train last Friday morning. L. I. Edinger passed a day last week as the guest of relatives at the county seat. Newell F. Colby and daughter, Florence, spent Saturday in the- met­ ropolitan city. Mrs. B. T. Wray was among those to board the Chicago train last Sat­ urday morning. Misses Mary and Blanche Meyers attended the theatre in Chicago last Sunday evening. James B. Perry attended to (nat­ ters of a business nature at the coun­ ty seat Tuesday. \ Misses Mayme and Vera Buss were among the Chicago passengers last Saturday morning. W. J. Donavin and C. J. Reihan­ sperger were business visitors in the windy city Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Jos. Wegener and daughter, Marion, were Chicago vis­ itors last Saturday. ^ Mrs. A. J. Kamholz and Miss El- frieda Block were metropolitan city visitors last Saturday. Miss Ruby Claxton of Woodstock spent Sunday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Claxton. Miss Elsie Wolff was the guest of her sister, Mrs. Chas. McArthur, at Elgin over the week end. Robert O'Kane of Woodstock was in town Tuesday looking after the in­ terests of the gas company. Mrs. F. O. Gans passed several days last week as the guest of rela­ tives in the metropolitan city. Chas. G. Buss of Chicago spent Sunday as a guest in the home of his mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Buss. Mrs. John Pint passed the latter part of last and the first of this week as the guest of Chicago relatives. Richard B. Walsh attended to busi­ ness matters in Chicago last Satur­ day and again the first erf this week. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Schaefer of Chicago spent Saturday and Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Math. J. Schaefer. Miss Mary Meyers passed Saturday night and Sunday as the guest of her brother, George, and family at Elgin Miss Eva Meyers of Chicago is spending the week as the guest of Mrs. Frank Grosser west of this vil lage. 4 Mrs. Wm. A. Sayler went to Elgin Tuesday morning for a few days' visit with her sister, Mrs. Geo. A Hanly. WM. Dryer of Arlington Heights was a week end guest in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Block on John street. Corp. Robt. Knox of Camp Grant spent the week end as a guest in the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs, Edmund Knox. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Hoelscher of Wheaton were Sunday guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs- M. A. Sutton at Emerald Park. Miss Esther Rose and Mr. Walsh of Crystal Lake passed an evening last week in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Conway. Mrs. D. G. Wells and son, Glenn, will leave the first of the week for Ft Oglesthorpe, Ga., where they will be the guests of Lieut. D. G. Well* over m-mrn-. '4: & ner, W. J. Donavin, in the West Side hardware establishment. Pvt. John Bolger has been released from the U. S. army service and ar­ rived at the home of his mother, Mrs. Ellen Bolger, in this village on Sun­ day evening. He has been in training at Camp Zachary Taylor, Ky. Pvt. Geo. Cgnway, who was mus­ tered out of service recently, was re­ called and left McHenry on Sunday evening last. He will be sent to France as an ambulance driver. He received training in a Red Cross unit in Chicago. Pvt. Richard Cronin, who is sta­ tioned in some camp near Philadel­ phia, P§l, spent one day of a four day furlough with Mr. and l^frs. Wm. Ooss- man and family at their rural home west of this village. He returned Wednesday evenings A letter from Joe Wrede, who is now stationed in far-away Siberia, states that there is plenty of wild game in that country, but apparently it isn't attracting him, as-he expresses the wish of being back home for a day's rabbit shooting. Pvt. Geo. Heimer was operated on at the base hospital at Camp Grant Sunday; Later reports are that he is doing nicely. His mother, Mrs. Helena Heimer, and sons, Leo and William, and Mrs. A, Bickler, visited him at the hospital Wednesday. An interesting letter to Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Pries from their nephew, Pvt. W. A. Platzke, who is with squadron A, Gerstner field, Lake Charles, Ala., was received this week. He has been flying in a Curtis tandem scout plane. He expects to be baek in some camp in Illinois soon. * A letter from Pvt. Alfred Richard­ son, who is confined to a hospital in France, to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. Richardson, says that he it At•i.-titox,. f. C " k - R. able to walk around his room with the aid of crutches. Anxious parents await his return home soon now that he is able to be out of bed. He has been overseas for more thap a year. Pvt. Robert Costello, son of Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Costello of 659 North State streets, Elgin, who died in a base hospital in Fraftce of spinal meningitis some time ago, was buried with full military honors aad in the base hospital cemetery No. 6. The word was contained in a letter from Charles Leonard of Elgin, leader of the 15th cavalry band, stationed near Bordeaux, France. In his letter to an Elginite he states he played in the band at the funeral of the Elgin boy. They have played at a number of military funerals and have also given concerts in the hospital where Costello died. Leopard writes he has passed the grave several times and that he never fails to see fresh flowers on the grave. The French peasants often decorate the graves of the fallen yanks as an oppreciative token. 3- ^Vv • % T - / •' "i' •!y i V , k i the bankrupts didn't know 'what their output cost them; *t preserved the proper distance between cost and price. ' HE individual cadis it the high cost of living; the retailer calls it tfae high cost of doing business; the manufacturer calls it the high cost of production-hut it means tile same to all of them. It cuts down what's left after expenses are paid. War conditions have sent costs soaring for the individual, for the retailer aad for the manufacturer. that even before the start of the war, the expenses of running a had more than doubled in the preceding 25-year period. Cost standards of even a few years ago no longer apply t ness. The most stable commercial enterprises are constantly undergoing readjustments to offset rising costs. Only by use of u p-to-the-minute cost figures can any business now be kept on a safe and sound basis. This ap­ plies to fte small business as forcibly as to the large enterprise. " Hie cost of operating a bank has increased in the same way ml to the same extent that other businesses have been affected. Meeting this situation has made us familiar with cost problems in general and con­ vinced us that the whole matter of costs is one demanding the constant at­ tention of every business man. If you desire to handle the cost problem in your business by methods of known value, we will be glad to have you take up the question with us. Please feel free to consult us at any time. ' - i yti -3 -J k' •• - , A'<m " \ - ,/f- WE MAKE EARLY RISER FLOUR -and have the following y substitutes: V, . " ' - * ' *>& • '••Yellow Corn Meal ; White Corn Flour Buckwheat Flour Rye Flour and 4 Oat Flour * Y ' \ v<4, it % McHENRY Flour Mill Choice box candy at Petesch's. State of Ohio. City of Toledo, Lucas XTounty. ss. Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he is senior partner of the firm of P. J. Cheney * Co., doing business in the City of Toledo^ County and State afore­ said, apd that said firm j&ll Pay the sum of ONB HUNDRED DOLJUARS for eaeh and every case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by the use or HALL S CATARRH CUBE. PRANK J. CHBNEY Sworn to before me .and subscribed l"er™yApST.SS: "if w" SOmES:""- (Seal) Notary Public. Hall s Catarrh Cure Is taken intern­ ally and acts through the. Blood on the Mucous Surfaces of the System. Send f JT testimonials, free. P. J. CHBNEY & CO., Toledo, O. Sold by aU druRgrists. 75c. ftuall's Family Fills for constipation. V.y/. ;.«?:• - < . ? . > and Nuts M. Nieseo McHenry Phone tt-W it The new box papers are beautiful. Ask to see them. Petesch. ! WrjKAl . 1 1 SAW,..; • g A. J. MULLEN at Lwr: ' At West McHenry State Bank Brary Friday :: t: WmM BL Telephone No. 10S-R SIMON STOFFEL Inramice agent for all etososs ttt iwpill in the bosk WE BUY OLD FALSE TEETH! We pay from $2.00 to $35.00 per set (broken or not). We also pay actual value for diamonds, old gold, silver unH bridge work. Send at once by j ircel post and receive cash by return mail. Will return your goods if QUI price is unsatisfactory. ; MAZER'S TOOTH SPECIALTY Dept. Xi 2007 So. 5th St. Philadelphia, :: '• *»v "-"ftt Junk Wanted! Will pay the highest price for iron, rags and rubber. Extra prices for all telephone calls. DAVID SEGEL .Phone M-R , McBwy. IIL rumiRG MB BEATING -BY- DONAVXN * RUHANSPWGER See the pr;-'/-' The art, the skill, the discriminating taste «• i * J i ^ "'v TU , . . to produce them--objects as attractive in form as they are efficient in operation--ideal Presents which satisfy the giver and receiver. ^ A s r" ir 'f Brush brass, verde antique, silver, art iron, wicfceT with shades in art glass, silk, cretonne. < . . Vv Electric Cooking Utensils, chafî dishet, toasters, grills, disc stoves, percolators. "/ 5 Labor Savers, washing machines, ifona, vacuum deaners, utility motorf ;;; ' \ , Electrical Articles for the increase comfort and multiply convenience. K-1 ^ , ' •. ,• ; ; h ;̂Al|..i«i |̂ «it vsriety st our ̂ e*',K ' Prices the lowest '$ •' 'J. '.!& "• . S' >6,- • '5*:. Public Service Company OF NORTHERN ILLINOIS --i sin iiraa a^wlUIMiWwaia^p^ ; i nr mrpmm ipyw'jpp^a System C ^ * v " > z > » * • - - "o* Reduction m K installation Charges | The attention of the public is invited to the*- modification bv the Postmasti^ General the service connection charges embodied UV « his order No. 1931, d^ed August 28, 1918. • 1, 1918, the following charges cover all classes of telephone service, and amply to both new „ r installations 4a&.. moves front ip'Hx yto another. f- '. Where new line and tele- ^ phone must be connected :"X " Where there is a line and feekq îoi)# on the premises, which can **> be used without change case of ail new customers, service fiSH- nection charges are p«yable in adirance ol the 'service. tf /.EfJccth'c December ^sen'iee' connection one f" v-1^! iWa*- v k . ' i r t Y ' i * - J . , u m &:T. , .3. - J: array of Gnristmaa mmm i