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BUY RED GROSS SEALS- UA »r.lWW <*•; ALLY USEFUL AN1> SKRVICEABlM Gifts at Petesch's The kind your Friends will appreciate at Christinas •fir. jr items below will help you in your selections Eastman Folding Cameras .$10.00 and $2§.M Eastman Box Cameras----, -...,.$4.00 and $5.M Popular Gifts in Silver Cake and Pie Knives, Cold Meat Forks, Sugar Shells, Berr> Spoons, Cream Ladles at prices to suit / - ' V . a - . ' " ' ' V Perfumes atid Toilet Waters A large assortment of' the finest Box Paper ever shown at prices from.. - file to $$ M Fountain Pens, Tourist's Tablets, French Ivory Sets and extra pieces to fill out. n riijfri riiiuiii^ijri, ti _ riiif. • , .mum JI it '.".'I1,1.!',1 ^ Brushes, Mirrors Manicure Sels Shaving Sets and Safety Razors, Military Brushes and Brush and Comb Sets. CQME EiKLY STOKE CLOSES AT 9:3* t. K -BUY RED GROSS SEALS- •HONE»-W N. H. PETESCH DKUGCIST Buy Your Groceries the Northern Way GROCERS IF IT'S MADE WE SELL IT WEST McHENRY, ILLINOIS PHONE. McHENRY. %-R " 8 i A post card will bringonr salesman to yowr 9 We submit this list of quotations as proof that the volume of our business and selling for cash makes it possible for us to supply standard merchandise at lower average prices than such merchandise is usually sold. WALNUTS AHa | CaHtoraia. s°fi4| 11* j •hell, per lb. JT J V | " 1 RAISINS Fancy seeded, / 1 lb? package ^ ;* ; ; ' • JELLO IS) ^ ] All flavors, 1/^1^ l per package X j Pure open ket ^ / I tie rondered,^/^ V per pound - _ - - CANNED GOODS P«ui Early June, No. 2 can, 6 for..... ..fte Pork and Beans, tomato sauce, No. 2 can 15c Beets, fancy red, No. 3 can. 29c Milk, tall cans ...... •.» .••••• • • • *5c Maple Syrup, 2 ox. can *.... .T.. .4Sc CEREALS PanyCake Flour, 4 pound bag Kellogg's Krumbles, per package Quaker Oats, per package ...... 46c lie . . . i . . . lfc Brazil Nuts, 1919 crop, per pound.>..••• • • Filberts, Sicily selected, per poun£. Almonds, soft shell, per pound...... Fancy Christmas Cookies, per pound Christmas Candies, per pound Ziegler's Bitter Sweets, 1 pound boxes...... Oleo Margarine, Good Luck, per pound.» .37c .S5c .47c .38c .40c 65c .41c DRIED FRUITS Prunes, extra pitted, per pound Apricots, fancy Moorpark, per pound ....»*.< Currants, washed and screened, per package ...., Dates, Royal Excelsior, per package ..... Figs, California, per package Mince Meat, New England, per package.... Phpt Padding, -per am .. .3#c .25c 25c .15c 40c It will pay you to send us your order, as we have the very best at the lowest prices FMCT ORANGES, APPLES, BANANAS & GRAPEFRUIT KLFORi) H. POUSE A«WT¥JY'1-« H ,u W«t MdhHT. DL T»l«ph-- Hm. 1SS-R SIMON STOFFEL Jawurauce agent for all classes of property in thi bast companies WB8T McHBNBY. - ILLINOIS RtDGBFIELD Mr. Alibee drpve to Woodstock Monday. W. Cobb was a Woodstock caller Saturday. - '.Tames Bennett was a Crystal Lake taller Saturday. Geo. Wheeler was a Crystal Lake passenger Friday. J. B. Lynch was a Chicago passenger Sunday evening. Mrs. D. R. Draper was visiting at Woodstock Saturday. Geo. Baker of Crystal Lake was a caller here Monday. 1 Mrs. Abbott is entertaining her mother from Chicago. Miss Cora Morris is a patient at the Woodstock hospital. Mrs. E. Bylgtna and son were shopping at Elgin Friday. Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Abbott were at Woodstock Monday afternoon. * Mrs. A. H. Skinner and Mrs. Jacobs were out of town shoppers Tuesday. Mr. Fitzsimmons was a Harvard business' caller last week Monday. F. W. Hartman and Mrs. Quinn were callers in Woodstock recently. Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Abbott were shopping at Crystal Lake Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Colby entertained relatives from South Dakota this week. Mrs. W. Reed and Miss Elsie Wille were shopping at Woodstock Saturday. J. H. Slater and E. E Knilans were business callers at Woodstock Thursday. . • R. M. Lynch was a business caller at Crystal Lake the latter part of the week. ^ Mrs. Herman Wille was seeing the movies at Woodstock Saturday afternoon. Mesdames C. Jacobs and A. H. Skinner were Crystal Lake shoppers Friday. - Items are scarce this week on account of the cold weather and change in train service. Wm. Eichkoff and sister, Miss Emma Eichkoff, were Chicago passengers Sunday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Gaucar of Woodstock pent the week end in the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Coates. Mr. and-Mrs. Tackman of Chicago were recent visitors in the home of the latter's uncle, A. Jacobs. Mr. and Mrs. Tate and children of Chicago were visiting recently in the home of the former's parents here. RING WOOD Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Walker were Elgin shopper Tuesday. Rev. Rose of Greenwood was tailing in town last Thursday. Miss Martha Dailey spent Sunday in the Cole home at Richmond. Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Peet were callers in Woodstock one day last week. Mrs. Geo. Shepard visited home folks at McHenry one day last week. Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Bacon of Crystal Lake visited relatives in town Sunday. Mrs.' HenryVogel has been quite ill for the past few days with the measles. Will Hohenstein started for,Houston, Texi|8, on Tuesday morning of this week. Grandma Hawley of Barrington is visiting in the home of her son, E. C. Hawley. Mrs. F. A. Hitchens visited her cousin, Miss Otto, of Woodstock one day last week. Mrs. Chas. Peet and Miss Grace Harrison were Elgin shoppers one day last week. Mrs. iohn McLaughlin, who has been quite ill, is now able to be up and around the house. A large number from this vicinity attended the fat stock show in Chica-. go last week. All report a very good show. Rev. and Mrs. S. J. Harrison are entertaining a bright baby boy. His name is Samuel David Harrison and he arrived Sunday, Dec. 7. Henry Hetterman of Johnsburg has opened a blacksmith shop in the Welter block. We have long felt the need of such a shop and we wish this enterprising young man success. Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Stephenson were pleasant callers in the home of H. O. Small at Lake Geneva one day last week. Miss B. Mae Small is home from California for the holiday season. TERRA COTTA ' Miss Agnes Frisby was an Elgin visitor Saturday. * Miss Florence Knox Mfts a Chicago visitor Saturday. Frank Peck of Chicago visited relatives here last week. Mrs. Stella Peck was a business visitor in Elgin Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Nelson and son spent Tuesday at A. Gaebe's. Mrs. J. M. Phalin was a business visitor in Woodstock Saturday. Mrs. Lee Taylor and brother visited relatives in Chicago over Sunday. Miss Eleanor Phalin spent Sunday as the guest of relatives at Woodstock. Fred Bergman of Chicago spent several days last week at S. B. Leisner's. Mrs. Mary Grant spent Saturday evening with Mrs. Chas. LaPlant at Crystal Lake. Miss Mary Gannon of Woodstock was a guest of Miss Frances Knox Friday evening. Misses Eva and Neva McMillan and Marion Shales visited McHenry high school Monday. Henry McMillan was a Chicago visitor Wednesday and Thursday and attended the fat stock show. The pupils who attend Crystal Lake high school enjoyed a holiday Monday, it being visiting day for the high school teachers. I The Standard gasoline, the real | winter gas, is sold and distributed by jH. H. Fay. Phone 110-R. SOLON MILLS Cbas. Vogel spent last Wednesday at Twin Lakes. / Miss Mabel Anderson spent Sanday at Richmond. * Vivian Esh of Spring Grove #as a Saturday caller in town. Mr. and Mrs. Reuben Turner spent Saturday afternoon at Woodstock. Everett Hunter of McHenry called on his friend, Chas. Weatlake, last Friday. Miss Floy Haldeman spent last Thursday with Mrs. Jack Gibbs south of town. Mrs. Mary Aubert and daughter, Rose, spent one day recently with Richmond friends. Dr. A. I. Froehlich of McHenry made a professional call at the Wellman home Saturday. Mrs. Henry Kreple of Volo spent several days the past week here with her sister, Mrs. Russell Turner. E. M. Aylward of Hebron was a Thursday evening caller at the home of his father, Richard Aylward. Several of the young people from here attended the Flora DeVoss show at McHenry last Thursday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Yonke of Spring Grove spent Sunday with the former's sister, Mrs. Chas. Vogel. Mrs. Hannah Yonke and daughter, Lillian, and son, George, of Williams Bay spent Sunday at Chas. Vogel's. Mrs. Adelaide Coates has gone to Woodstock to spend the remainder of the winter in the Hyde home there. Mrs. Wm. Cornish is nursing in the Henry Vogel home at Keystone. Some of the children are down with the measles. Harrys Turner of Woodstock and sister, Mrs. Geo. Noble of Ringwood, spent one day recently here with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Turner. » VOLO ~ Arthur Dillon spent Wednesday in Gurnee. Wm. Rossdeutscher spent Wednesday in Wauconda. Miss Ella Moore spent part of last week in Wauconda. Harold Stroker spent Sunday , at his home in Wauconda. Mr. and Mrs. C. Jepson and children spent Sunday at Lee Huson's. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Paddock and sons were over t6 Wauconda Saturday. Mrs. S^il Peterson of Wauconda spent Friday afternoon and evening here. Miss Lois Broughton of Wauconda was a visitor at Frank Hironimus' Saturday. The bazaar and basket social, at the M. E. church la&t Friday, Dec. 5, was a success. $12.45 was taken in. A chicken pie dinner will be given by the Ladies' Aid society on Thursday, Jan. 1, at the home of Frank Hironimus. »Don't forget the date. OSTEND Mrs. Sam Rogers recently returned from a visit with Chicago relatives. Little Everett Thomas is well and strong and has been in school the past week. Mr. Jennie Sherman is slowly but surely recovering Under the careful treatment of Dr. Nye. , Everett McBroom was over from Woodstock last Friday and called on> his son, John, and family. Math. Jung moved the last of his household goods from the Thompson farm to one recently purchased north of Ringwood. Elbert Thomas has so far recovered to be able to walk from one room to another and to his father's home, just a few steps from his. His wife walks with him to make him safe. Some cards from the Martin family state all are well and enjoying the fine warm southern weather, about like July weather here. Clint and Loren enjoyed a deer hunt Thanksgiving and captured one. Alford H. Poifte, Soticitor. State of Illinois) McHenry County )ss. In the Circuit Court of McHenry County, State of Illinois, January Term, A. D. 1919. Peter J. Heimer and Kate Heimer, Complainants. vs. Unknown heirs or devisees of Samuel S. Greenleaf, deceased; unknown heirs or devisees of John L. Potter, deceased; unknown heirs or devisees of Stilman Colby, deceased; unknown heirs or devisees of Lerdy M. Boyce, deceased; unknown heirs or devisees of George Day, deceased; unknown heirs or devisees of Lodema Long, deceased; unknown heirs or devisees of Horace Long, deceased; unknown heirs or devisees of Alexander H. Nixon, deceased; unknown heirs or devisees of Alfred L. Reese, deceased; unknown heirs or devisees of John Baur, deceased; unknown heirs or devisees of Samuel H. Walker, deceased; unknown heirs or devisees of George Wooster, deceased; unknown heirs or devisees of Elizabeth Dimmel, deceased; unknown heirs or devisees of Jacob Barbian, dece'ased; Clara B. Owen, Olive Owen Wright, Raymond H. Owen, Mary Cornelia Waite, Donald Brown, Clarence Brown, Dorothy Brown, John Barbian, Nicholas Barbian, Anna Mullen, Anton Barbian, Mary Barbian and Walter C. Evanson, Defendants. Bill to Correct Title. General Number 19785.- Notice is hereby given that the above is the title of the Court and the names of parties to a suit which is now pending in said Court and that process for said defendants has been issued to the Sheriff of said County returnable to the said Court at its Court Room in the City of Woodstock, County of McHenry and State of Illinois, on Monday, the 12th day of January, A. D. 1920. •'yyyp*1" J Cv- ' \ • v JOIN OUR- 'We"*. AND-- A little a week--1 cent, 5 cents, or more--for a merry Xmas. Regularly and systematically and you will be sure to have money |o£ ents and other expenses. v ; T Yourself and let all the members of the family save. Make it a merry Xmas for all •"v^ ^ The pennies, nickels, dimes that usll^ ally dip through your fingers for nonessentials. You will never the money. Get A Check for every cent you have saved--plus interest--just at the time H will come in handy. , IT'S A GOOD THING FOR EVERYBODY DON'T MISS IT. ENROLL RIGHT AWAY 1IE FIRST DCT0SIT MAKES YOU A NENBtR. ASK US All MOOT IT. rHNE. WHTE OtCAU HOY BANKING COMPANY McHENRY, ILLINOIS ^ £ Give Shires of Preferred Stock in the Public Service Company At a recent meeting of the board of directors of the Public Service Company of Northern Illinois it was decided to offer a' block of 6% Cumulative Preferred Stock to all employes and customers of the Company on a plan of small monthly payments. THE THRIFT GIFT HERE Is your opportunity to give your wife or other members of your family a really worth-while gift. Picture the delight with which they will receive the gift of one or more shares of this dividend-paying stock from you this Christmas. Think what it would mean to your family to be profit-sharing stockholders ill this big, growing public service company. Only $5.00 Down and $5.00 Per Month Per Share ia alt fm need t* pay. Not nose than f nve rth&rea alloted to any one subscriber under this plan. Surely you can easily lay aside f|| ftO or $15 per month for this stock. ./ / The Public Service Company has beflt • organized since 1911 and has shown a substantial growth each year. At the present time it supplies nearly 200 cities and towns in Northern Illinois with electricity and eras service and has assets of more, than $60,000,000. ' Not only will this Stock ssahe a gift, but it also offers an unusual opportunity to you to save and make money while saving. It enables you to acquire a profitable interest in your own local utility company. Full 6 per cqpt dividends have been paid quarterly on this Preferred Stock since the organization of the company. Dividends at the rate of $6,00 per year per .share will be paid on this stock from data of purchase. Purchase a few ahaces - of this gilt-edged stock now as a Christmas gift for some' member of your family or for yourself. Start NOW on the Road to Financial Independence this Easy, Saving Way. Send the coupon or make your subscription through the local office of the company or at your bank. Price $100 per share as fixed by the State PuUic Utilities Cow mission. , ^ • Inquiry Coupon Date '. ...j. Public Service Co. of Northern Illinois I would like to receive further information about the Public Service Company and the stock you offer on easy payments. Name ........... Address* .... 1 City Public Service Company of Northern Illinois In testimony wheretf I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of said Court, at my office in Woodstock, this 5th day of December, A. D. 1919. Theo. Hamer, Clerk. (Circuit Court Seal) 26-4t County Medical Fee Bill Effective on and after Nov. 1, 1919. Office calls, minimum, $1.50; office night calls, minimum, $2.00; day calls, in city limits, $2.50; night calls, in city limits, $4.00; calls, outside of city limits, 50 cents per mile plus city charge; consultation, $10.00 plus mileage "if out of the city; anesthetics, minimum, $10.00; life insurance examinations, minimum, $2.00; vaccinations, $1.50; certificates, accident, insurance, etc., $1.00; ordinary labor cases, including two after calls, $25.00; complicated labor cases, extra charge, $5 and up; labor cases outside oftcity limits, city charge plus mileage for case and two jifter . calls; full charge for more than two after calls; detention in labor cases, extra charge after four hours; small pox, scarlet fever, diphtheria, epidemic meningitis and infantile paralysis cases, 50 cents extra per call; cases between 9 p. m. and 6 a. m are night calls. An extra charge is made for medicine famished. The Harvard Herald completed it thirty-third year of usefulness. The paper h&s always been published under the management and is considered of the best, if not the best, weeklies in the the state of Illinois. Ffcoat a standpoint of ' news it has Ud the county for years, while its ical make-up is perfect. Subscribe for The PlaiadMtar keep posted on local