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t I mm ercoats and StB FOR CHRISTMAS , : • - - . V * Overcoats, Waist fine style and belted styles, a fine assortment, at.$90.00 ,l • • • A .• Suite; Waist line style, belted style and regular styles $20.00 to $35.00 ijiut i 'jtihpiN <di*t u. Gent's Furnishing® :w. WfcST McHEJNR*, ILL. Give Furniture There isn't a gift more acceptable or more appreciated than something for the home and, again at this time of the season, we wish to impress upon our patrons and friends that our stock of Yuletide offerings is just as varied and complete as ever before and we therefore mention just a few items that we term our best Christmas sellers. While we mention but a few, you may rest assured that other things are here in great abundance and therefore sdectkms can be made with ease. Pianos Victrolas y* Floor Lani|pe>-*- . Pictures Parlor Sets Carpets Rugs Carpet Sweepers Rocking Chairs Bed Room Sets Dining Room Furniture Kitchen Cabinets Book Cases Sewing Machines Sleds ',%•>" Go-carts l__ l Writing Desks Wagons Velocipedes Rocking Horses Come in and look over o*r big sfock, get our prices and satisfy yourself that this is a real Christmas store. JACOB JUSTEN STOCK UP. FOR COLD WEATHER We have a complete line . of medium., and heavy weight underwear to fit all sixes in uniofi suits and shirts anift ' t • drawers. Ladies* { anion suits in sleeve, % sleeve and no sleeve, low neck or " high neck, each $125, $1.75, $L85 and $2^5 Mot's union suits from |2J>0 to $4.» Men's and boys' mackinaws, a good range of prices, pretty patterns. Flannel shirts, special value at $2.50 and $>.00 Our dress goods department is very complete ' in silks, satins, worsteds and cotton mis» tares, per yd.$1.00 to |M0 All wool blankets up to $12.60 Blankets, full size, heavy wool finish cotton from.$2^0 to $6.00 Our stock of shoes is very complete in all kinds. We can positively save you money, as they were bought before the prices advanced. Bring in the whole family and we will save you many dollars. 11J-R Goods ftelivered Our groceries axe always tile purest and best we can buy. A full line of canned goods of extra and standard brands. Special for a few days, No. 2 Monarch baked beans in tomato sauce at per dozen $1.75 Extra quality sifted peas at iter dozen.. .$2J6 Full quart can of jam, assorted fruits, at per quart 60c M. J. WALSH 'Si Buy Christmas Trees now, each to $1.30 Buy GhriitxiliS Candies now, per pound. ________36c, 38c, 40e Buy Nuts for Christmas now. We bought the best we could get. They sell at per lt*r^38c, 48c, 500 We have more small Animal Cakes this year than ever before, at per pound. SMITH BROS. McHENRY, ILLINOIS m AS PICKED UP REPORTERS DUfclNG What People Are Doing In fids VII lage and the Immediate Other iftiort Paragraphs mm* , Dee. 23 b y-' wzyzxi > % vSOMEPAY Tobacco and cigars, the kind of a Christmas gift he will appreciate. C. Unti. Your Christmas will be incomplete without some choice fruit from our store. C. Unti. Miss Verena Brefeld has secured a position wifh a reliable firm in Chicago, where she has been employed since resigning from a school at Alden. Save money and your wife's back by getting* Cole's high oven range. It makes work easy and coal bills 1 ight. Qfpavin ft Reihansperger, dealers. :• Owners of horftes sl\6uld not forget to blanket them When in town these days. While most of the owners are thoughtful enough in this'respect, a case of negligence is noticed every diice in a while. St. Mary's church bazaar, which opened up under most favorable conditions last Sunday afternoon, is drawing large crowds and from all appearances a neat sum will be realized The big event comes to a close this (Thursday) evening and from all reports St. Mary's hall will; be packed to capacity tonight. John Bonslett, who for some time past has beeh employed as the delivery boy at the Central meat market and grocery, has quit his job and gone to .Chicago, where he has accepted a position more to his liking. He has been succeeded by Harry Hardy, who during the summer months was employed by Joe Engeln. Business men of McHenry are to be congratulated on their behavior during the coal crisis and now that the ban has been lifted business in this village has again returned to its normal condition. While some losses are reported and must be expected in times like those thru which we have just passed, no serious results have followed the closing. Altho they cost a bit more than in former years, there will be no scarcity of Christmas trees in McHenry this year. Last year, as will be remembered, the late buyers were disappointed and could not get a tree at any cost. This year, so we are told, McHenry merchants have stocked up heavier than usual and the predictions are that there will be few if any disappointments in this regard. The 8:19 and 5:05 Chicago passenger trains, which Were removed from the C. & N. W. train schedule thru this village more than a week ago, were reinstated this (Thursday) morning, much to the pleasure and satisfaction of those traveling in and out of McHenry. McHenry people, in common with those all over the country, willingly put up with the inconveniences caused by the removal of these trains and thus lent their assistance in saving fuel during the coal crisis. Owing to the power and light restrictions made necessary on account of tlie coal strike and subsequent coal shortage, the McHenry candidates, who were to be given the fourth degree in the Knights of Columbus in Chicago last Sunday, were notified not to come as the work had been postponed. We are told that the work will be put on some time in the very near future. While those from here who were to take the degree were somewhat disappointed at the postponement, they are assured of better work and a better time when the event does take place. MARY PICKFORD In her second picture from her own j stadia, the successor to "Daddy Long Legs" THE HOODLUM Some people hope that something will bring them a stroke of luek and put them on easy street lor This is an unprofitable pastime! • Discerning individuals guarantee tliat tiwy will have money when they want it or need it by regularly banking a certain amount in a Savings Account in this Institution. & This is a commendable habit! Mi *• CHRISTMAS FOR YOUNG AND OLD We* have a splended line of Toys as well as other useful presents. Christmas Candies and Nuts, Xmas Trees, all sizes; Men's Silk Shirts, Bath Robes, all kinds of Men's and Ladies' Handkerchiefs, Ties, Towels, Skates, Fancy Plates and Bowls, etc. I suggest you give our Xtnas stock the once over.' JOS. J. MILLER McHENRY, ILL. • - / EMPIRE THEATRE Don't Wait TOO LONG Soldiers, Sailors and Marines Your attention is invited to the fact that in case you have allowed your insurance to lapse more than eighteen months, it will be necessary that you reinstate your insurance by the end of this month, December 31, 1919, as under the present ruling of the Bureau of War Risk Insurance you may be unable to be reinstated after that period. The method of reinstatement is very easy. The secretary of the treasury has ruled that discharged soldiers, sailors and marines who have dropped their insurance may reinstate it within eighteen months after discharge without paying the back premium. All they will Lave to do is to pay the premium of the amount of insurance desired for the month of grace in which they were covered and for the current month. 3 Thus, for example, if a man dropped $10,000 of insurance in January, 1919, and applies for reinstatement the first of September for $6,000, all he will have to pay will be the premium for January (the month of grace) on $5,000 and the premium for September on $5,000. Or, if he applies for reinstatement of the full $10,000 he will pay a total of two months' premiums on $10,000, one for January and one for September. He will not have to pay premiums in either case for the intervening months. Copy of application for instatement may be had for the asking by calling or addressing the secretary of the Mc Henry county chapter Red Cross, 224 Madison street, Woodstock, 111. Tel. 287-W. Fill out application and with two months premiums mail direct to Bureau of War Risk Insurance, In surance Division, Treasury Depart ment, Washington, D. C. Meets Former McHenryite Frank Mathieu, the juggler, who maintains his home at Johnsburg, and who has just returned from a very successful tour of the theatres thruout the eastern states, called at this office the other day to relate to us an incident which occurred at Grand Haven,] Mich., a short time ago. He was playing the leading theatre of that city when one evening there walked into his dressing room none other than John Buss of Spring Lake, Mich., a former »McHenry resident, and who will be favorably remembered by many of our readers. Mr. Buss was attracted to Grand Haven thru the theatre's advertisement, which featured Mr. Mathieu's act, and a few very pleasant minutes were passed by the two old acquaintances. The following morning Mr. Mathieu had occasion to visit Mr. Buss and his family at Spring Lake, which is beautifully situated on a lake -about two miles from Grand Haven. Mr. Mathieu reports the former McHenry resident as operating a hotel and lunch room and from what he was able to gather Mr. Buss is enjoying a very liberal patronage and is seemingly prospering. THURSDAY, DEC. 18 Madlane Traverse ' IN A Splendid Sm and PATTY ARBUCKLE ill Patty's Bubble Trick . I and MUTT & JEFF 4s Pets and Pests SATURDAY, DEC. 20 Roy Stewart --IN . By Proxj KEYSTONE COMEDY Haunted By Himself . " #UNDAY. DEC. *1 William Farnum ....IN.... The Lone Star Ranger - --and -- DORA ROGERS in The Iceman's IBride TUESDAY. DEC. 23 ICARY PICKFORD "The Hoodlum Writes From New York The writer last week received a letter written by Charles Frett from New York City. Charles, as a member of the West Aurora high school foot ball team, was in the east, where the Illinois "champs" met the New York state champions, the Flushing highs, but were defeated. However, the Illinois boys report a wonderful trip and exceptionally fine time.' They stopped off at .Washington, D. C., where they passed a day as guests of Congressman Copley, who escorted the boys thru a number of places of interest. Charles' letter just bubbled over with the joy that he felt in his heart at the opportunity of taking such a trip. His many friends in McHenry rejoice with him and are happy to know that "Butch" is getting in on a few of the good things at Aurora. Undergoes Operation George Justen, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Justen, who only a short time R. B. Walsh of Chicago passed the first of the week as a guest in the home of his parents, Postmaster and Mrs. T. J. Walsh. Subscribe for The Plaindealer and TO THOSE WHO ARE OUR fi THE UNIVSffSAt CAR ; The Ford truck is just another arm and band to the business man, adding through i Its manifold usefulness to the possible vol- •4 lime of his business, and at the same time doubling the value Another of every hour. In fT • p m so many ways its all tlana r OF ; round utility serves Rn cinocc the urgent demands DUSIUCS5 of business-big and little--the retailer and wholesaler, the nani ufacturer and consumer, the contractor and farmer. Everywhere where business exists there is a present want for Ford trucks. Consider the price $550, without body, f. o. b. Detroit. Lets talk it over with you. STAR GARAGE John R. Knox, Prop. and to those whom we hope will soon be our customers* we extend onr best wishes for a Merry Christmas, aud a Happy New Year, McHENRY Flour WeA McHenry, III. ADDITIONAL EXCHANGE Albert L. Yierke, a farmer residing InAar Woodstock, committed suicide nilRHPMiaipaw McHENRY Shoe Repair DON'T THROW THEM AWAY--Shoes cost too much now-a-days to throw them away when they begin to wear out. At the first sign of wear bring them to our shop. Our modern electric machinery enables us to turn out the finest kind of work and we do it with promptness. Bring in that okl pair of shoes and let us demonstrate the class o# work we turn out. ~ J. E. HAUSWIRTH McHENRY, ILLINOIS ago returned from North Dakota,lone morning recently by shooting where he has been employed during himself with a shot gun. Ill health the past several months, entered the J is given as the cause of the rash act. West Side hospital in Chicago last He leaves a wife and two children. Monday morning and underwent a I Because of the estimated cost of successful operation for appendicitis I $56,196, a petition, signed by the ma the same day. George was taken I jority of the land owners of the Cane down with appendix trouble while Creek drainage district, embracing at Cando, N. D., but regained suf- 2,2g4 acres of land in Dunham and Ma ficient strength to enable him to re- rengo townships, has been presented turn to his home here and thence to Ito the McHenry county court, asking Chicago, where he is now reported I for sanction of abandonment of the as recovering nicely from the effects I project. John Olbricht, owner of 449 of the operation. He hopes to be acres of land in the district, is favor able to return home within the ling the improvement regardless of the course at the nu$ Urn days. • ifket it would eost Ub This Christmas Gift Brings WarnUk stud SunshiBe t$ die Home If a sensible, practical, thougtotful gift is detirttf, W# suggest a Gas Room Heater. The grandparents, mothtr 4* dad will find real congeniality in a Gas Room Heater It. will take the chill off odd mornings and tfe* draughts out of chilly evenings. It will provide instant heat without fuss or dirt. It will protect health and iocomfort at all times. ^ Ask to see the Hot Spot and Radiantfire Haatt# s&jfe Western United Geife and Electric Company -O' D. M. WORKMAN, Dblrfet HMMger