The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

% .'for Friends of Irish Freedom Patrick's day this year was eelrated religiously with high mass at Patrick's church, at which a •Novena of prayer in honor of the patrorv saint of Erin came to a close. The secular celebration was held at the Empire theatre, where an excellent program was given under the auspices of the local branch of the r. o. i. p. The following interesting item from the pen of Thos. S. Lonergan gives a Iplendid impression of the president •f Ireland: ' "Eamon De Valera, whose career reads stranger than fiction, was born In New York City thirty-eight years ago. His mother was Irish and his father was Spanish, so that the blood •of the two great Celtic races flows in liis veins. His father died when he was three years of age, after which lime his mother took him to Ireland, Where he received an excellent education. At the age of fifteen he possessed a good knowledge of the Irish language and before he was twenty his mind was thoroly saturated with the Gaelic spirit. He was a prolessor of science at the age of thirty. is now acknowledged as one of the three greatest mathematicians in JOurope. Five years ago he was practically unknown to the Irish public; today he is recognized the world over ft- • * : • Thor Electric Vacuum Cleaners No Sweeping No Dusty Air No Ruined Rugs Get the latest improved Vacuum with the Thread Pick «r. Cash or easy payments. Watch for the Thor Man as the elected representative of the Irish people. In the Irish rebellion of 1916, De Valera played a prominent part and exhibited military talents of a high order, which won the confidence and admiration of every man under his command. Padraic Pearse's order to surrender was brought to him by his heroic wife on the seventh day of the uprising. De Valera gave up his sword in proper military fashion, saying to the British officer?: 'You m$y shoot me, but my men must be unmolested when surrendered,' * "A few days later he was on trial for his life. Since that memorable Sunday afternoon De Valera has spent most of his time in English prisons. While in jail he was triumphantly elected member for Clare and when the Dail Eireann assembled on January 21, 1919, he was unanimously elected president of the Republic of Ireland on the motion of Arthur Griffith, who referred to him as a 'soldier and a statesman.' " The pen picture then tells of his coming to America and closes thus: "The motto of the Irish in America who sympathize with Ireland now should be 'Harmony and Co-operation' instead of carping criticism. President De Valera is the man of the hour. He has all the essential elements of leadership. He possesses the Spartan patriotism of Wolfe Tone, the Celtic versatility of Thomas Davis and the principles and ideals of John Mitchell. Such a man ought to command the sympathy and support of every liherty- loving American regardless of race, creed or political affiliation." -Munne tor Redties* Soreness, Gramla- £?V rp f*tS C '.tthing and £UT?I!2 f the Eyes or Eyell<*®' :» C<Jvr V !r . Mov.es Motoring or Golf ac< Your Druggist till win yo^ui; ^co^n v.v.t« • NoNe d- cC«r.e(.G hlcttro Physician and Surgeon McHENRY, ILLINOIS Office over Petesch's Drug Store JOHNSBURG, ""ILLINOIS PHONES: McHenry, 44 Johnsburg, 625-R-2 HOURS--McHENRY 10:30 a. m. to 12 noonA . 7:30 p. m. to 8:30 p. . HOURS--JOHNSBURG' ^ 8:00 a. m. to 9:00 a. m. 12:00 to 1.30 p. m. 5:00 p. m. to 7:00 p. m. * i I t " " y,-,-:'>••• & BATTERY all of die roads will again be open to automobile travel and youH surely wan't that little old bus in shape for the season. We do charging and repairing - of batteries and vulcanizing of all kinds and handle Utility storage batteries. Our equipment is of the very latest and our ever in* creasing business since locating in McHenry a year ago is proof that our work is of the satisfactory kind. Don't let your tire or battery troubles worry you any longer. Jutt bring them to us and we'll do the rest" The most efficient service always. MILLER & HAWLEY PHONE 1M-J McHENRY, ILLINOIS Rothschild's Longley Hats Better made hats in the latest styles await you here for your Spring selection. The Rothschild Mark identifies hats •rom by good dreuer* for (ixty years. McGEE & CONWAY , McHENRY. IUU M : Fotiwfcr McHenry Farmers Ait Of* fered Big Profits The following letter received by the editor from Jacob R. Justen, former resident of Pistakee Bay, but now of Cando, N. D., will, no doubt, be of interest to his many friend* ^ Mr. Frank Schreiner, - . • v McHenry, Illinois. i Dear Friend Frank--You must think that I have forgotten all,about you, not answering your letter before this; Not being well I wrote very little during the past several months. However, I am old Jake again, having added about forty pounds since my illness last spring. We had a good year only for our sickness in the family. Enjoyed a beautiful fall and fine winter. Horses and cows, excepting milkers, running out day and night. Am about the only farmer in these parts making butter, making , as high as forty pounds a week and selling same at 70 cents per pound. Some price for butter. Few of the farmers have their own- butter and meat, That is the way they farm it out here. The manure is hauled out on piles and when dry they burn it. Large piles of manure, hundreds, yes, thousands of loads. They even burn the straw after threshing. If this country was farmed as they farm it back in Illinois it couldn't be beat. I talked of sowing alfalfa and was advised by one man not to waste my money on the seed. However, I put in seven acres and harvested seventeen good loads from two cuttings. Farmers came to see it and asked all about putting it in and some even went so far as to tell me that it was the finest piece of alfalfa that they had ever seen in the state. But, Frank, don't think that the manure was lying out on a pile when I sowed the alfalfa. It was hauled out where it belonged and that is what made the crop. The land has gone up about fifty per cent since we bought here. We just got in before the boom started and today brother, Steve, and I can taake from $35 to $40 profit an acre and no-' bother selling it. N. L. Freund, who is here now, was offered ten dollars per acre profit before he moved onto the farm of 480 acres. This would mean a net profit of $4,800, but the way things look now he will be able to get $20 profit before long. North Dakota h8S been put on the black list in the eastern states. The people out there are told all sorts of stories and unless they have seen the land and country they will believe the things they are told. The truth of the matter is that this state, according to its population, is one of the richest in the union. It seems more like home since Steve and N. L. Freund and their families are here and it makes it a lot nicer, as we can work together. I will farm over 500 acres this year and can do it with one man. This shows how easy this land is worked. I want you to come up next fall and help me harvest the crop. Don't forfor Lent • irfc a. We have just put in a complete line of lenten eatables and want you to call and inspect what we have placed in stock for you. The stock comprises all kinds of fish and the numerous other lenten eatables which go to make up a most palatable oteal. M. M. Niesen McHenry Phone 86-W Manufacturing good spring t is the main business of this mill. We cater to the public demand, for a light, white loaf of bread; and employ the latest ideas, and the most up to date machinery in the manufacture of larly Riser Flour McHENRY Flour Mills We* McHenry, m. get this and bring J. C. Holly am, we'll gel a little of tli..t fat off of him. With best wishes and regards to Sincerely yours, . • J. R. Justen. RING WOOD Market your eggs at Ertekson's Mrs. Ben Justen was ft Chicago Ihopper on Tuesday. Miss Mary Smith and Ralph Smith were Chicago shoppers Saturday. Louis Engstrom and wife from McHenry were guests of friends town Sunday. v y^' C. H. Carr and daughter, Dorothy, spent Saturday with relatives in Woodstock. Mrs. W. E. Bradley and Mrs. G. A. Stevens were Chicago shoppers last Monday. A bright baby girl came to gladden the home of Mr. and Mrs. Irving Walker on March 8. Mrs. W. A. Dodge went to Antioch Monday morning for a few days' visit with her daughters. Miss Dorcas Foss spent the wfeek end with her friend, Miss Jennie Mae Cooley, at McHenry. Mr. and Mrs. £. C. Hawley spent Sunday with their daughter, Mrs* D. C. Bacon, at Crystal Lake. Miss Ida Adams of Elgin spent the week end in the home of her brother, George Adams, and family. Several from this cbmmunity attended the funeral of Warren Cole at Spring Grove on Monday. J. V. Buckland is entertaining his cousin and husband, Mr. and Mrs. Hildreth, from Green Lake, Wis. Floyd Merchant and lady friend of Woodstock spent the week end with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Irwin Merchant. Mrs. Oliver Southwick and daughter, Arlene, of Williams Bay -spent Sunday in the W. E. Smith and J. C. Ladd homes. Mr. and Mrs. John Gould and daughters, Edith and Jennie, of Harvard spent the week end in the C. D. Bacon home. Mrs. Arthur Peet of Greenwood spent several days the first of the week with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Hopper. . Miss Martha Dailey acted as orgaif ist in the Congregational church at Richmond last Sunday in place of Miss Bird Hodge. Mrs. Karl M. Bradley spent several days last week with her parents in McHenry. While there she received treatment for an abscess in her head. Her many friends will be glad to know that she is improving. TERRA COTTA Boys' and children's boots at Erickson's. Frank McMillan wlk W Visitor in Chicago Tuesday. " Wm. Simes of McHenry was a caller here Tuesday. Mrs. Fred Trudell was a recent caller in Crystal Lake. Mrs. Geo. Nelson, who has b&n very ill, is slowly improving. Leonard Beal of Woodstock Wfta fc caller in this vicinity Monday. Mrs. J. M. Phalin spent Friday and Saturday with friends in Chicago. Frank Gans of McHenry visited friends in this vicinity Saturday. Miss Ethel Gaebe of Holcombville spent last Thursday at Geo. Nelson's. Mr. and Mrs. Lee Taylor entertained out of town guests over Sunday. Miss Clara Frisby of Dundee spent Saturday and Sunday at her home here. Miss Marion Shales spent Friday in Chicago with Miss Eleanor McMillan. Mr. a fid Mrs. "Wm. Hollst and grandson, Harold, spent Sunday in Chicago. Mrs. Stella Peck visited from Friday until Sunday with her daughters in Elgin. „ Mr. and Mrs. Robert Knoft were visitors in Chicago Friday and Saturday of last week. Dr. D. G. Wells of McHenry was a professional visitor here several days the past week. Miss Lillian Riley of Chicago was a Sunday guest of her parents, - Mr. and Mrs. John J. Riley. Misses Eva and Neva McMillan were guests of Miss Eleanor McMillan in Chicago Friday. Many friends and former neighbors attended the funeral of Royal W. Gracy, which took place at Crystal .Lake Saturday afternoon., Mr. and Mrs. Merton Gracy and family of Honey Creek, Wis., were here to attend the funeral of the former's brother, Royal, and spent the week end at the J. H. Gracy home. TERRA COTTA . Ask the Thor man about his goods. [Last Week's Delayed Letter] John Grant spent Thursday last in Elgin. Geo. P. 'Bay was a visitor ifi Chicago last Wednesday. Miss Florence Knox visited .relatives in McHenry Sunday. Miss Elizabeth Liddle Was a caller in Crystal Lake Saturday evening. Mrs. Geo. B. Frisby was the guest of relatives in Elgin Saturday and Sunday. Harold Knox spent Thursday in Elgin and attended the basket ball tournament. Howard Phalin was a visitor in Elgin Friday and attended the tournament. Francis Frisby spent the week end in Elgin and attended the basket ball tournament. Mrs. Mary Grant 6 pent Friday evening and Saturday with Mrs. Chas. LaPlant at Crystal Lake. Frank McMillan spent Saturday V*htm wii# *md *)«>ffhter at the -v " - , . Side hospital in Chicago. Mrs. Frank McMillan and <||||^iter, Eleanor, wvftt t* Chicago lastUffdaesday and Thursday Eleanor ulwMrwent an operation for appendicitis at the West Side hospital. At present she is recovering nicely. The sad news reached here Saturday evening of the death of Royal Gracy, who was killed in a mine explosion in Nevada. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Gracy, who reside here, his wife and daughter of Crystal Lake and one brother, Merton, of Honey Creek, Wis., survive him. Funeral arrangements have not yet been completed. • . ~~OSTEND Get your shoes and hosiery at Erickson's. , Elbert Thomas went to ..Chicago on Tuesday for a threj» days' stay to attend a Masonic meeting. Mrs. Hazel Belcher and little .son of Woodstock are spending a part of this week at Father Thomas'. \ R. H. Richardson has commenced moving his household goods to Rid ire field, where he expects to spend the summer. Henry Hobart was a business caller at Ringwood Monday. Re reports the roads in bad condition yet and ice in some places. Mr. and Mrs. George Johnson and two children of West McHenry were Sunday visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Durkee. Ed. Wallis sold his farm and on March i7 sold at auction all farm tools and stock. He moved to Woodstock early in the winter. Mr. and Mrs. H. Hoppe received the sad news ot the death of the former's mother last Friday and left Saturday morning to be present at the funeral. James N. Sayler, rural carrier No. 1 from West McHenry, has been delivering mail with a team for over two months. Too much snow for an automobile on most roads. All are open now. 1 FOR SALE--Good draft colt, three years old. Broke. Sam Rogers, West McHenry, 111. Phone 606-W-l. &8-tf FOR RENT--Two five room flats. Electr« light, gas and sink. Inquire at this office or call phone 83- J. 40-2t* FOR SALE--The Math. Niesen house, corner Water and Washington streets. Inquire at West McHenry State bank, West McHenry, 111. ~~~ ~ 40-2t FOR 8ALE--Driving mare. A very handsome black. Is clever in harness And a square, open trotter. Math. CLASSIFIED DEPARTMENT FOR SALE--Heavy work team harness, nearly new. Geo. Meyers, McHenry, 111. 40-3t* FOR SALE--Seven-year-old mare, wt. 1100 pounds. John Boyle, West McHenry, 111. 38-4t FOR SALE--Four work horses in good condition. Brand Ice Co., West McHenry, 111. 40-lt FOR SALE--Fifty bushels of Marquis seed wheat. William Dettmer, West McHenry, 111. ^ 40-2t WANTED--Young lady for bookkeeping and general office work. Call at The Plaindealer office. FOR SALE--Lots in Edgewater subdivision to McHenry. J. C. Holly, Hoy bank, McHenry, 111. --40-tf FOR RENT--East Side market and flat. Inquire of Mrs. P. P. Rothermel, PLUMBING AND HEATING -BYExperienced Workmen DONAVIN & REIHANSPERGER We're My to serve you with a first class line of fancy and staple Groceries, Meats, Canned Goods, Bakery, etc. If you have not already called we invite you to come and see what an up-to-date completely sanitary trading cen ter we have placed at youi disposal. A perfect delivery system. "V _ t^onett ; ^ WATER STREET MARKET & GROCERY P. J. Heimer, Prop. |,wish to announce that 1 will open a vulcaniz ing shop at Joh&sburg on April 5. I will in stall a steam vulcanizer qf the very latest model and will guarantee satisfactory service. Will do all kinds, of repairing on> casings and tubes, u OTTO ADAMS Johnsburg, IU. FOR RENT--The store room now occupied as a soft drink parlor in West McHenry. Mrs. Peter B. Freund, West McHenry, 111. 40-tf FOR SALE--1918 Ford touring bod# in first class condition. Address Eipr; enmenger Sanitary Market, Crystal Lake, 111. Phone No. 9. 40 FOR SALE--House and lot in West. McHenry. Eleven large rooms, ga|^ electric lights, fine well and cisterg; |2,500. Inquire at this office. 39-2# FOR SALE--Beautiful McHempr lome. -Large brick house, fine condl- • ion, nice sightly ' location, largy grounds, fruft and shade. Also eij* el lent business building in McHenry, deal location for auto accessories, tit» -epairs, bakery, restaurant or 'moil - iny general line. Will accept liberty onds or exchange for Dakota or Noraska land. Address F. J. Schnorr, 18 Broadway, Council Bluffs, la. 35 McHENRY, ILLINOIS THE BIGGEST PICTURE IN M YEARS THE.PICTURE THAT WILL LIVE FOREVER DORarMV PHILLIPS IN "THE UCART OF HUMANITY" A tremendous theme--a romance of the great war--and a A* story of love that passeth all understanding v F: V;i. 'nj : ---- -- Direct from its Sensational Rim in New York City "A tremendous picture.**. --Town Topics ^Panoramas unsurpassed on the screen."--New York Evening Sun "One of the most stirring films ever presented ifc New York."--New York Evening World "Of the utmost interest.** • --New York World "Our advice is, go see *The Heart of Humanr ity.' "--New York Tribune / "A distinct achievement in motion picture creation."-- New York Times fits intense story will 'hold you to the end."-- "New York Evening Telegram '"Spectators thrilled to it with enthusiasm.**--New York Herald TUESDAY & WEDNESDAY, MAR. 23-24 PIANOS - PLAYER-PIANOS GRAND PIANOS AND THE KIMBALL -j "NATURAL TONE" PHONOGRAPH 1 'ALSO ASK ABOUT THE -AT- $85 $110 $145 $195 ^ - and Other Values at Slightly Higher PricciH EASY TERMS ^ PAY AS YgjJ PLAY • Store of «he Better Furniture McHenry, 111. Phone It3-R ^