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:r'^v **••".%•'; '•?• ' i ;' ' " * S4 * . - r\ «„ ' ti > . .V. v6lume xlv ENROLL WITH RED CROSS Drive. Starts Fir* The Red Cross, membership dri# starts Nov. 2 and ends Nov. 11. ft you are already a member of this organization the time has arrived for - a renewal. If you do not belong, the opportunity will be presented to enroll. This grand work must be continued in peace times the same as it was during the war. The Red Cross is a relief organization, coming to the ak| of the needy and suffering during days of distress. Its record is one that any member can justly be proud of and it costs but$l per jmt'to 1*, on the roll. "• B. B. Bell of Harvard has accepted the county chairmanship and is perfecting his organization thruout Mc- Henry county. Will you be one of them? Go to your chapter headquarters and volunteer. There is no demobilization in sightr for the American Red Cross. Amer-. leans are fairly familiar in outline with its war record. Every American" ought to be protld of it. Money alone, no matter in what prodigal quantity, could not have produced the war services of the Red Cross. Money alone was the smaller factor, A great quantity of individual humatt intelligence and enthusiasm was necessary. The armistice put no period to some of the work which the world had come to expect from this concern and for which it was the best available agency. It had the organization and experience to do many things that still needed doing and that nobody else could do so well. Of course there will always be an American Red Cross. Its moral* ought always to be a wartime morale. Whoever is looking for a moral equivalent for war--that is, for an opportunity for unselfish, wholehearted devotion to a high cause-- need not be discouraged because the slaughter is over. He can enlist in the Red Cross' bloodless fight to alleviate human suffering. There may be a considerable number of demobilized and unsettled young men who are more or less definitely look' ing for an opportunity which the Red. Cross can now offer them, for the organisation's chief need just now is men. As one of its national officers puis it: "The prime difficulty which we face is the one which the country and the world faces: It is to find men of the right experience and character to do the work." Six Red Cross nurses, sent abroa& from the central division, have bee* cited for heroism in a report on hos# pital work sent out by national head* quarters of the American Red Cross in Washington. Special commendation also is made of the work done by Dr. Earl B. Downer of Lansing, Michi Five of the nurses commended; passed thru experiences in the typhus infected city of Gevgheli} Serbia, from which they probably never will fully recover. Two of their companions in service died from the plague they contracted while caring for natives who had stricken. While the typhus epidemic was at its height two small units of thf American Red Croos, consisting of six men and twelve women, established an emergency hospital in an old tobacco warehouse where they found 1,300 wounded and typhus stricken Serbians. Conditions in this pest hole wexe so terrible thai nine of the twelve nurses and three of the six surgeons were taken ill. In the little group of nurses that, waged so relentless a battle against the plague there are nurses Mathilda Krueger, Wilhelmina L. Weyhing, Teresa I. Curley, Maude Ellis and Mary Siehrs, all of Detroit, Mich. Two relief expeditions started to carry aid to the band at <3avgheli» one from Pau, France, and the other from America, the latter led by Dr. Downer. Both expeditions arrived safely and gave valuable assistance to the original group. The Red Cross saved hundreds of lives, yet more than 10,000 men, women children died from typhus in Serbia last year. The other central division mentioned in the report is Ntmi Eva Jean Parmelee of Springfield* 111. She was stationed in one of the Red Cross hospitals near the front lines in France and worked under almost constant bombardment. Al- Iho wounded, she remained at her post in a forward hospital all night and her heroism brought this commendation from Gen. Pershing: "Such bravery on the part of on of our compatriots calls forth our deepest gratitude and is a source of admiration to us all." There are 198 gold stars in the huge service flag displayed by the department of nursing of the American Red Cross in Washington. Ser vice stars indicate that 19,877 Red Cross nurses served during the war "There are haggard, old faces on " youthful bodies as a result of the ordeals in war hospitals," the report on nursing work states. "All the MofiKNRY. ILLINOIS. THURSDAY. OCTOBER 30.1919 NO. 90 rovement In Riding I of Pneumatic Tires '.J TjBRit i® •'"brand new type of vii-ear. It solves the problem tiich has baffled automotive ei.- Jeeers--how to combine riding, iJhnf&rt with liiht weight and 'coaorny. Our new Three-Point Cartrtlemr >Prings make this possible. These are the first springs of kind and they are made of hrome vanadium steel. They are tclusive with Overland. • Because of these springs, Overland 4 combines the riding qualities of lar^e heaVy, expensive, long Vheelbase cars, together with the tdvantages and economy of small igtit cars. With HHMnch wheelbase, Overland 4 has the luxurious riding of 130-inch Springbase. The exclusive, Three-Point Cantilever Springs cushion the car so that it rides well on all roads: they reduce choppy rebounds and side ( swaying, protect the car from road shocks and prolong its life, minimize twisting or racking of frame and body, enable the car to hold the road better. The car and passengers ride smdothly as though floating, free from road shocks that the springs ward cjf. But this new riding comfort, possible only with these Three-Point Cantilever Springs, is but one of the advantages of Overland 4. Its light weight makes possible great economy of gasoline and tires. High quality materials insure durability. All vital parts of the front axle and steering gear and all highly stressed gears and shafts for driving the car are made of aUoy steel. The equipment l'^t of Overland 4 is high grade, including Auto-Lite Starter and Lighting Syr.tem -- Electric Horn--Marshall Divan Upholstery Springs -- Demountable Rims--Three Speed Transmission --Slanting Rain Vision Windshield --Tillotson Carburetor--U. S. L. Batteries and many other high quality conveniences. In every respect Overland 4 a quality car. The body is all.steel, all enamel, the brightest, hardest, most lasting finish. Overland 4 hrs been tested for two years and more than 250,094 miles over the Rocky M< prairies, through deep mud and scorching dcsjrts--through quick sharp climatic changes. As a result of these tests we were able to Judge the car's performance under every condition and to perfect k before offering it to the public. There is no previous car of any size or price to adequately compare with the character of service Overland 4 introduces. The farther you ride In H the more you wl*' appreciate It. Come In, see the car add ask for booklet. The demand Will be gfeate the supply for a long time. Overland 4 Touring, $8451 ster, |845; Coupe, |lM8t $1375. Prices f. o. b. Toledo. •Ji \ •rf- A 4- - i vs.; i % Overton & Cowen AGENTS • " service stripes are not worn on the sleeves, there are deep seamed features which may always be so marked. There are mental and physical wrecks of women who may never be themselves again. Eightyone nurses died during the influenza epidemic in American cantonments." Call M. M. Niesen and have delivered to your very door some of those choice Minnesota potatoes. They are fine. Third Red Cross roll call, Nov. 2. PLAINDEALER IN RUSSIA McHenry Paper Still Finds Its Way to Far Away Country The following letter from Christ F. Norager, who for some time past has been over in Russia, will be read with much interest by his many friends here: • Helsingfors, Sept. 18,.. 1919. McHenry Plaindealer, McHenry, Illinois, U. S. America. My Dear Mr. Schreiner--I am indeed glad to acknowledge receipt of my little home paper, '"The Plaindealer." It is the only news I receive regularly from my home across and believe me it always brings cheer. I am constantly on the travel between Riga, Reval and Helsingfors and have also made short trips right up to the Bolshevik ^Front, to a town called Narva. We have here our own Mr. Henry M. Little studying conditions at close quarters. I have prepared a long article for your little paper, giving you a true picture of the real conditions in Russia, and especially in Petrog^ad as they are today, and you can be sure there are things in there that will make the hairs stand up straight on the heads of some of our good Mc- Henryites. • •'v I should send it thru by mail, bat due to the absence of any stenos in this country (my notes are air made that way), I will have to wait until I again reach Copenhagen. With my kindest personal regards, I am, Truly yours, Christ F. Norager. FAIR AND PIG SALE To Be Conducted by Boys' and Girts' Clubs at Woodstock McHenry county girls' and boys' fair and pig sale will be held at the fair ground at Woodstock on Friday-, October 31, and Saturday, November 1. Your, special attention is called to the Pig club sale, which will be on Saturday morning, starting at ten o'clock. These pigs will all have to jbe sold by one o'clock, as Mr. Ch&s. Leonard, auctioneer, and Mr. John Hoy, clerk, will have the Chris Crasser farm sale at Saturday afternoon. There will be offered by and boys, ISO sows of the t» Three breeds will be Duroc Jerseys, Poland Whites Chester Whites. Remember this it a aonhf of