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G. SCHREINER i la llwni BuHdlwt Telephoo* W-W January 23, 'isiSv ADDITIONAL PERSONALS ®lirs. J. C. Rickler passed Wednes- in Chicago. Jf. H. Miller is spending the week ^ Itontello, Wis. jRTm. Smith transacted business ife icago Wednesday. Mrs. J. H. Miller and daughter, Clara, passed Tuesday in Elgin. Mrs. Geo. Stilling was amoiig the Chicago passengers Wednesday morn- Mlrs. Fred J us tenspent a recent day as the gaest of friends at the county ' seat ' •' C. Unti attended to matters of a business nature in the windy city Wednesday. Mrs. Fred Kamholz attended the funeral of a relative at Crystal Lake last Thursday. Miss Trace Barbiaft passed a few days this week as the guest of Chi­ cago relatives. I Mrs. Mike Worts ^ Chicago at­ tended the funeral of Miss Anna Weber here Monday. Mrs. Chas. Gaulke of Woodstock passed one day last week as ^le guest of McHenry relatives. • Mrs. Frank Zuelsdorf spent "Sun­ day and' Monday as the guest of relatives at Palatine. John Oehmke of Crystal Lake was a Sunday guest in the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Franzen. Mrs. Earl Brown and daughter 6f Woodstock passed a few days this week with relatives here. Mrs. August Pufahl of Hebron was a recent guest in the home of her tod, Supt. J. E. Pufahl, and family. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. £herman spent a day recently as the guests of Mr. j^ttd Mrs Wm. Monear at Richmond. Mrs": John Carey passed the latter part of last week as the guest of El­ gin relatives. Miss Christina Adams passed a few days this week as a guest in the home of her br4ther, Frank, near Spring Grove. Mrs. John Reihansperger of West Chicago passed Monday as a guest in the home; of son, Chas. $4 and family. ^^ Mrs. Inez Caine of Maretigo W&s a guest in the home of Mr. and Mrs. George Meyers last Saturday and Sunday. s / Mrs. G.» C. Boley and son, Ken­ neth, went to Woodstock Wednesday morning for a few days' visit with relatives in that city. Mrs. Sam Rogers and son, Sam, Jr., passed a few days recently as the guests of Crystal Lake friends. Mr. Rogers is at the Madison, Wis., uni­ versity, where he is taking a short tractor course. Mrs. Frfed Deutschinann, who has been spending the winter with her daughter in Chicago, passed a few days this week as the gaest of Mc­ Henry friends. Mrs. Deutschmann will again take up her home near this village with the opening of spring. Mrs. John Oehmke and two slaugh­ ters of Crystal Lake were recent day guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Franzen. They were accom­ panied home by little Gordon Fran zen, who remained their guest for a week, returning home last Saturday night. Emil Arnold of Woodstock was a visitor in town last Friday. While here he made this office * pleasant call and also imparted to us that he may decide to become a candidate for the office of circuit clerk for McHenry county. Mr. Arnold fias many friends thruout the county and should he de­ cide to cast his hat into the political arena we predict for him a splendid endorsement by yoters from this section of the county. Those from a distance who attended the funeral of Miss Anna Weber here on Monday morning of this week were as follows: Mrs. John A. Worts, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Block, Mrs. Theo. Bickl&^and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Peter Engeln, Mr. and Mrs. Michael Wagner, two sons, Joseph and Wm., and daughter, Martha; Anton Immu- kus and daughters, Christina and Clara; Mrs. Nicholas Schaefer, Mrs. Irving Hart, Anton Tennes, all of Chi­ cago; Mr. and Mrs. Martin Wagner of Ottawa. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Christen- seri of Spring Grove passed Wednes­ day as the guests of relatives hare. Miss Laura Krause visited her sister, Mrs. F. G. Spurling, at St. Anthony's hospital in Chicago Wed­ nesday. Mrs. 'John Conway has returned to her home at Fond du Lac, Wis., after a three weeks' visit in the home of P. H. Conway. Chas. L. Newman and wife, Her­ bert Carlson and Miss Viola Eidnier of Woodstock spent Sunday, evening with Mrs. Linus Newman. Locals Lost Both Games The McHenry high school basket ball teams disappointed a big crowd of rooters at the local gym last Fri­ day evening when they dropped both games of a double header to the classy little teams from Wauconda. The second team \^>st the game by a score of 15 to 7, while McHenry's firsts suffered an even more crush­ ing defeat, the visitors registering. a 34 to 2 victory. McHenry's second put up a respectable looking fight, but the heavies failed to make any sort of a showing against the speedy Wauconda lads. It was a case of be­ ing outclassed and McHenry never had a chance to win. Wauconda has developed a classy team and is en­ titled to all the credit that accom­ panies victory. 1 81 u fa** T H E I M V t ' i i S A I C r Let Men Who Know Do It you u&e bogus or counterfeit parts for f;'*; replacements and repairs to your'Ford ear* ; you can't expect satisfactory nor durable ftervice from your car. It's not fair to the car to repair with poor quality partial Stick to the genuine Ford materials and have your Ford car cared for by men who ' know Ford mechanism and how to best sjkeep the car in working order. Bring your Ford car to our shop where you ace jBure of the square deal; sure of Ford mj** -te^ials ahd sure of Ford low prices^ Keep your Ford ear running full standard. STAR GARAGE 'Phone £• John R. Knox, Prop. McHenry ft-#.- / A:i- TN THE GRANT SIX all-weather convertible sedan, •^distinguished appearance and practical utility are com- t^ned tor the first time. It is a car of dignity, yet a most logical, commonsense. comfortable car for every purpose. _ The body is of the famous Springfield type. It can •lie changed from a fully enclosed winter car to a fully ^pen summer car (with permanent top) in two minutes. The windows lower into the body and the posts are re- amoved and placed out of the way under the rear seat. The interior is trimmed in fine gray whipcord, and is fully illuminated by a dome light. The front seats are di­ vided and adjustable. There is a single door on eachside. ARTHUR ADAMS *hbae 625-W-l DEALER Johnsburg, 111. LETTERS FROM SOLWEB GLAD TIDINGS RECEIVED FROM RAYMOND MARTIN Sergt. Edward W. K repel and Pvt. Wm. J. Hiller Write to Friends Back Home 5 From Sergt. Edward W. Krepel The following letter was written to Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Hitter by Sergt. Edward Krepel from "over there:" Romorantin, France, Dec. 24, 1918. Dear Mr. and Mrs. Ritter--This be­ ing Christinas eve I must first wish you all a merry-Christmas, even if it rwill be a month late, better late than never. Next I wish to thank you for the papers, which arrived this morn­ ing, and let me assure you they were, very much appreciated. The Plain- dealer in particular was interesting as it kind of reminded me of old friends and home. Have enjoyed reading the letters published in this issue from the boys over here and am glad to say that with the exception of two. they are all modest home letters with nothing of the braggart or bravado in them. The other two may be meant all right, but they sound a whole lot as tho they were written to impress the public at large with the impor­ tance of the writer and the large part he has played in winning this war. As far as the letter Mr. Feffer wrote I do not know what kind of a state­ ment he made or how raw, but why call his hand at this time. Why not wait and see how many medals and citations Mr. Feffer has won for his conspicuous bravery and then let pub­ lic opinion be the *judge. Of course realize that most everyone has done some little bit toward winning this war, but I also know that very few have done more than they absolutely had to "and none of us that are still living and unhurt have at all times performed pur duty without now and then shirking or dodging some detail or only half doing the job if it was impossible to handshake around it. Another thing to remember is that regardless of what one man does or how good he does it, among the mil­ lions of men there was always some­ one to take his place and do it just little better, rind that very, very dear friend of mine surely is laying it on thick. J suppose he intends to run for office again as soon as he gets back. Some people can't be truthful even to themselves. Well enough of this or you will think that I, too, am trying to start spreading it. The weather is still the same as usual, raining and cold, but* unless the Frenchman lied to us, it will be nice after New Year's day. You see they have what they call the rainy season and as this is the twelfth month of the year we are bound to have nice weather after this. Well, folks, this company is going to celebrate Christmas in grand style to­ morrow if everything goes per sched­ ule,; Plenty of turkey, cigars, candy, cigarettes, wine, champagne and say, listen, I am already laying on a full quart of shots all for my lonely. After the feed we are going to put on a little show in our mess shack and then have a smoker. How's that for Christ­ mas in France ? But then we've got some captain and lieutenants in this company and I feel sorry for the boys that aren't that lucky. Must say goodbye now and see what's on for tonight at the Y. M. C. A. Sergt. Ed. Krepel. 2nd Co., 4th Mechanics, Rgt. Air Service, Amer. E. F. From Pvt. Wm. J. Hilter The following letter, which was written to Rev. Wm. Weber by Pvt. Wm. J. Hiller, who is in France, will be of interest to our readers: Dec. 14, 1918. Dear Friend Father Weber--I re­ ceived your letter some few weeks ago, but did not find time to answer it. Will try and write a few lines to­ night and let you know that I am still in good health and hope .you are the same. You cannot imagine how glad we all are that thtf war is over and I ex­ pect all the people are at-home, too Now we have to pray that they may send us back to our dear homes again in the good United States, which I think will be before many months. You wrote quite a little French in your last letter. I did not learn enough of it that I can read it, only certain words. I think it is a very hard language to le&rn, that is I imag­ ine it is. I am leaving for another trip -with horses tomorrow morning. Just came back Wednesday night from one. It takes us five days. We take them overland on a long rope. Last time had one hundred horses anl six men. Tomorrow we „ take 126 mules and twelve men. We take them from here, Besamon, to Lux. It is a dis­ tance of about sixty or sixty-five miles. We have about nine hundred horses to take care of and it surely keeps us busy.. , . • I heard some sad news the other day. The folks wrote me and said that "Ed. Tonyan. had been killed in action on Oct. 5 and that my cousin, Henry Freund, was missing in«action. I don't think that is true, because I had a letter from him dated Nov. 17, in which he said that his company was in a rest camp. I have not been to church very much since I have been in France, as we have to work on Sundays. I went in the afternoon whenever I could get off, but I haven't forgotten ray re­ ligion. I do the best I can. We have had lots of rainy weather here during the past few weeks and it is not so very cold. I heard that you had another fair on Thanksgiving and I hope it was a success. Well, Father, I will hjave to close for this time. Hope you had a merry Christmas tfnd a happy New Year. ~.'«sFrom your friend,• Y Pvt. Wm. J. Hiller, . 7' „ 808 Field Remount Sk|d., 4. V, A. E. F., France. ̂ • fe&'lRram Raymond Martin ' A letter from Raymond Martin, who is somewhere in Germany, to J. P. Weber of this village, will be of interest to his many friends here. Mr. Martin is a brother to Mrs. J. P. Weber and the letter is as follows: Somewhere in Germany, Dec. 11. Dear John--Just a few lines to let you know I am still alive. I would "have written to you before, but I hiked from the front in France to Germany and I'have not had time to write as we were on the go all the time and are still on the go. I don't know where we are going, but Will write again and let you know as soon as I find out. Well, John, I think I got my share of the war as I was in it ever since July the fourteenth, the time the Ger­ mans tried to ci'oss the Marne ' river at Chateau Thierry, up until the time the war ended, so I think I got my share or more than my share. There surely was some fighting, what I mean. You missed something, John. My regiment supported Bob's regi­ ment over the top at the St. Mihiel drive, but I never got a chance to see him. He was looking for me up there, but could not find me. He met some of the boys in my battalion and asked them if they knew me. The boys said he was a runner in the eighteenth infantry and carried mes­ sages from the front- line trenches. He surely was lucky if he did not get hit in this last drive at the Ver­ dun front. Well, John, I will have to close for this time, wishing you all a merry Christmas and a happy New Year. Ray Martin. Notice V You and each of you are hereby notified that on and after this date I will no longer be responsible for the bills made by my wife, Christina Miller, and my children, Regina Miller, Albert jj&iller, Elmer Miller, and Arthur MUfer, for furnishings or other materia/; and whosoever sells same or anything to them on«credit does it-at their own risk of loss. Signed this 5th day of December, 1918. 26-10t Peter J. Miller. Mr. and Mrs. John Barbian Chicago visitor today. Read The Plaindealer for news. QUARTER OF A CENTURY RE-OftNS FEBRUARY 1 Watch for CLASSIFIED DEPARTMENT FOR SALE--J. M. Kelfer farm. In quire of C. W. Stenger at the West McHenry State Bank- 25 Items Clipped Fran The Plaindealer of Twenty-five Years Ago Born, on Monday, Jan. 15, 1894, to Mr. and Mrs. Lewis H. Owen, a son. Weight eight pounds. - Fifty-one attended the JEpwofth league social at Isaac Wentwortlt's on Friday evening last. John Huemann of Johnsburg had a break down wbile passing thru pur village one day last week. Geo. Beckwith of ,this village is serving on the jury in the Delhanty murder trial now in progress at Wood­ stock. Miss Maggie Reams, who has been visiting among relatives and friends here, returned to her home in Chicago the first of the week. The ice house at the Riverside House was filled- on Saturday last with the best ice of the season. It was about ten inches thick and as clear as a crystal. v' The weather the past week has been more like AprH than January. At this writing there is a heavy fog and the thermometer registers forty- eight above zero. In a copy of the Mellette, S. D., Tri­ bune we find the following item: "F„ A. ^chnorr was elected chairman of the board of county commissioners at their last meeting." Sheriff Udell was subpoenaing jury­ men in this village on Wednesday evening last. Quite a number dr$w prizes, but all but one were let off by the court the next day. J. D. Lodtz of Chicago will on Feb. 1 open a merchant tailoring establish­ ment in the Pekovsky block, two doors south of the postoffice, where he will make single garments or full suits. There will be a partial eclipse of the moon on March 20 and 21, an annual eclipse of the sun April 5, a partial eclipse of the moon September 14 and a total eclipse of the sun on September 28. * - Prof. W. H. Strayeri P. S, Mayes, C. E. Lamphere, Miss Mary Went- worth, Miss r annie Osborne, Miss Flora Sherburne and Miss Alice Ben­ nett attended the teachers' meeting at Wauconda last Saturday. The election on Saturday last to change the site^for the new school- house drew out a la*%e vote. There were two tickets in the field, viz., one for selecting the Owen lot on the hill west of the city hall and one ,for using the present site occupied by the brick schoolhouse. The unanimous vote was for the Owen lot. The prospects are good for the'build- ing of a branch railroad thru the DO YOU The point is, no matter why you eat, you want, the best. We sell the Best Teas and Coffee!; Purest of Lards Highest Patent Flour Fruits in Season Best Canned Good and the best genera! line of groceries of alt kinds ter be found in. this town. We know we can satisfy you. M. M. Niesen McHenry Phone 86-W WANTED--Girl or woman; good wages, room and board. Ayer's hotel, Harvard, 111. ' 32-lt* FOR SALE--S. C. White Leghorn cockerels from the best strains. Mrs. L. V. Lusk, Grayslake, III. 31 FOR SALE--Plymouth Barred Rock cocks. Price, $3.00 each. John B. Lundgren, Oakwood farm, McHenry, 111. Phono 608-M-2. 32-3t* FOR SALE--400 bushels of barley, 300 bushls of oats, 14* tons timothy hay and 50 tons straw. Inquire of Ira J. Stuart, West-McHenry, 111. 32 FOR SALE-r-Ford 1918 touring, per­ fect condition, good as^new, for $150 less than the price of a new one. Frank Weber, Crystal Lake, 111. 32 FOR SALE--Six tons of choice up­ land hay in barn; also a quantity of Wisconsin pedigree seed barley. In­ quire of Chas. W. Gibbs, West Mc­ Henry, 111. Phone 620-W-2. 30-2t to FOR SALE--Here is your chance make milk and pork cheap. I can spare about 20 tons choice barley; al­ so 20 tons good ear corn. Your choice at $40.00 per ton. Inquire of Wm. Bonslett, We8t McHenry, 111. Phone 85-M. *?2-lt WANTED--To remodel, reline *fbur furs, special coat work, enlarging, e, nending muffs, collar and cuff • set« made to order. New goods, nice work; satisfaction guaranteed. Materials returned. Address Miss Fannie (aoff, 273 Division St, Elgin; 111. " 30 Federal Electric Washing Machines ok > k The tiiffe doing the family washing--they cut it to a fraction. The labour--they get rid of Sold on. Monthly Krf, They use about five cents worth of electricity in J hand­ ling the job lor the a v e r a g e f a m i l y . Figure that against the wages of a laundress--if you can get one. ndrthwest part of Coefe and the south­ west part, of Lake coOntiec in the near future. The projected line is to con­ nect with the Chicago & Northwestern either at Barrington or Palatine and thence Will proceed fia Lake Zurich, Wauconda, Volo, Fox Lake and Rich- mend to Lake Geneva. Enthusiastic meetings have been held at Wauconda, Lake Zurich and Volo. At Wauconda $10,000 was quickly raised. January 24, 1894 The Nunda collector, S. S. Shepard of Barreville, is sick with la grippe and fever. Miss Clara Wightman, vtfio is teach­ ing in Chicago, came home on Friday feeling quite ill. Mrs. E. G. Howe of RingWood is reported ^ery low with pneumonia and little hopes are entertained for. her recovery. The sudden, death of Mrs. Stephen Neiss.of German Prairie occurred on Friday morning last. Mrs. Neiss' maiden name was Katherine Kattner. Our local Driving Park association is making arrangements to have the coming season surpass that of 1893, which will be remembered as a hum­ mer. The weather at this writing is ful­ filling the predictions of Malsill, the famous almanac maker. A snow storm from the northeast is raging with a fair prospect of another rim of sleighing. The lecture given, by Rev. Merrill at the city hall on Thursday evening was largely attended and enjoyed by all. The stereopticon views, forty of which were shoWn, added considerably to the lecture. Thos. Burke has been making some good improvements at his market in the east end of town. He has lately enlarged his room and put iq a fine new cooler and now has one of the best arranged markets in this section. Miss Flora Sherburne's yosttg friends made her a late call on Fri- . day evening jast and when the last / callers were ushered in she was noti- *4 fied that it was a surprise party. Games and lunch were indulged in - and all report a good time. » -' Our German friends in this village a^d vicinity who are now obliged to go to Johnsburg to attend church, have decided to bjuild a new church here and held a meeting a few days since to talk the matter over and make ar­ rangements fpr the same. At this meeting it was decided by vote to lo­ cate said church on the east side of town. • , : PROBATE-NEWS i • i TifTi"f~ ii imiiiwp'ii Real Estate Transfers E. H. Waite, M in C, to Wm. Bonslett, pt n% sw% sec 26, McHenry .$6000.00 Jacob Schaefer to Rose Muel- .. ler, It 9, Sunnyside Beach, * ' McHenry 20O.4W Dr. C. H. Fegej-s to Jennie Gordon, Its 1, 2, 3 & 4, blk , f 3, Dr. C. H. Fegers' add a,. * . McHenry : 300.00 Marriage Licensed ' • • ̂ George N. Docken, 32. Madison Belle Mallory, -82...... . . .. !Baraboo ^ Abraham Floen, 30 . .Harvard ' Laura Fitch, 18.... Harvard :r Math. B. Laures, 24.. . Vera C. Knox, 23....... MeHenry _ ;r V Fred J. Smith, 22... .".Johnsburg * Clara M. Schmtit, 22... 1 .Johnsburg £ gp Peter J. Oeffling, 24? Johnsburg Susie Michels, 23... .. ... .Johnsburp ^ Clarence Siems, 22. .i r..*... . .Union Emma Kunde, 25......,;.J; Union ^-k Elmer C. Kretchmer, 22... .Harvard . Vera Hutchinson, 22.....v.Harvard ^ Join the Red Cross. , - ? .'. - This ad will bring you news from time to time of arrange­ ment we have been able to make that will be of money-sav­ ing interest to you in your buying. In our efforts to serve you best we have joined with more than a thousand other merchants in buying our goods, so far as possible, directly from the manufacturers, thus removing several profits be­ tween you and the merchandise. It enables us to sell you Merchandise at^rices lower than can be given you in any other way. We can undersell any of the mailorder houses if you pay us cash for our merchandise and we will be right here on the] ground to make good every claim for our mer­ chandise. Below are a few items to compare with Mont- gomery Ward Co. last catalogue: ^ Cups and Saucers* per dozen.. Dinner Plates, per dozen Of . Meal Dishes, per dozen Gless Coffee Mill No. 2 Gold Blast Lantern. No. 1 Tin Lantern Set Dover Flat Iron|.^r^&^^i No. 3 Standard Gal. Water Tub.__ No. i!Standard Gal. Water Tub.. w. co. .$2.95 $2.10 $1.88 $1.15 $1.30 . .80 .$2.35 .$2.10 $1.75 No. 2 Cistern Pump - „ _ . L „. -$2.58 8-gal. Milk, 2 1-2 lb....;.^L^:>._$6.80 Ignition Batteries *40 Mica Axle Grease, per pound:,..,.-, >14 10-qt. Bread Raiser ,^.__$2.45 Flour Sifter_-_--__r .23 Bread Pans, 3 for.- .35 OUR PRICE $2.75 SIM $1.80 $1.10 $t.<M> 75c $2.10 $1.85 $1.15 $2.50 •«P* •^">7c 20c 27c besides we saye you fte frej£jit •ave money. And and save money Give us 3, J. VYCITAL. Gas For Service »f Unfailing Service asuf- 7 | ̂ The supply of gasr-for heating or tiglit, for in- justrial, commercial or domestic purposes--is as perfect in point of reliability as our utmost effort* can attain. It is the ideal source of fuel. * { To maintain this achievement requires ceaseless effort on our part--immense eqiiiuraent. expensi processes, constant vigilance. It requires great Gas Holders licient reserve, under sufficient pressure, to meet ||uiy emergency--reserve manufacturing, equipment, fubstituU machinery, special safety apparatus, fre­ quent chemical tests to maintain the quality of the ^as, and is a final precaution of absolutely unfailing Service, itj requires the /constant maintenance of a reserve <Joal supply in our yards of thousands of **• Ions. his great reserve is more than sufficient to lide |)Ver any but the most extraordinary coal 'Dotage. ^ All this expense is in addition to the actual costi rf converting coal into gas. It the result of our Hileal of service--the price we are willing to pay to Insure the reliability and the inexhaustibility of yoer of gas. . Demonstrat'on at our , Sales Rooms Public Service Co. 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