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Miller is spend- . fag a lew days in Chicago and Ken- Miss J alia Oertei 5s spending & Couple of weeks with relatives in <3hi- Cigo. Miss Margaret Aylward of Chicago passed the week and with relatives in this village. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Hall are spending the week with relatives in the metropolitan city. tMiss Rose Frettnd of Waukegan attlfided the Kennebeck-Freund wedding Mre Wednesday. Miss Bertha Wolff is spending a few days as the guest »f relatives in the metropolitan city. Mrs, Chas. Newman and children of Bockford spent the first of the week :.0I L. F. Newman's. Mr, and Mrs. W. J. Walsh passed several days last week with relatives in Elgin and Chicago. k Mrs. Sarah Reece of West Chicago is a guest in the home of her daughter, Mrs. W. J. Donavin. Charles Meyers of Woodstock spent Saturday and Sunday In the home of and Mrs. Louis Oertei. Mrs. Lewis McDonald and children ifent Friday with Eugene Matthews and family at Crystal Lake. Mrs. George Harrison of Ringwood «As a guest in the home of Mrs. Sarah Sherburne one day this week. Miss Catherine McLaughlin left Wednesday evening for an indefinite stay with Geneva and Chicago relatives. Mrs. Mary Caray of Elgin passed Isveral days this week as a guest in He home of her daughter, Mrs. R. I. Overton. Mr. and Mrs. Bert Colby and Miss Emma Colby of Crystal Lake were recant callers in the home of Mrs. Sarah Sherburne. Misses Belva Jenner, Mabel Eisen- Vienger and Mollie HorVitz of Crystal Lake were guests of friends hare one last week. ' Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Wells, Mrs. Millie Wells and Mr. Eddy of Elgin •(sited Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Newman - lite day last week. Mr. and Mrs. Jos. Nell and Frank ' Nell of Woodstock spent the week end With the former's mother, Mrs. Christine Nell, at Columbia Park. 'Messrs. and Mesdames P. M. Jus ten, «eo. H. Johnson, Chas. J. Reihansper- S. S. Rogers and W. J. Donavin Were Camp Grant visitors Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Flood of Wau Kegan and Mr. and Mrs. Jos. Vogt of jftound Lake spent Sunday as guests Jp the home of Math. Glossen west of |»wn. Misses Maude' Granger and Mabel Durland of Chicago spent the week grid as guests in the home of the for aer's grandmother, Mrs. Alpena Smith. - Mr. and Mrs. C. W, Stenger, daugh ters, Margaret and Lucile, and sons Richard and George, and Jos. Stenger lotored to Chicago Sunday and spent Miss Helen M. Freund and Henry J. Kennebeck were united in marriage at St. Mary's Catholic church at 9:00 o'clock on Wednesday morning of this week. Rev. Edw. Berthold was the officiating clergyman. Attending the pair were Miss Julia Freund, sister of the bride, and Frank Speaker of Burlington, Wis., a friend of the groom. Both the bride and her sister were attired in suits of navy blue with hats to match and worecorsage bouquets of yellow and white chrysanthemums. The ceremony was followed by a reception at the home of the bride's parents. The bride of this happy union is the fourth youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Freund, respected citizens of this village. Altho born on the homstead farm, situated east of the village, she has made this village her home for several years past and where, thru her pleasing personality and lady-like manners, she has won the respect-and high esteem of a large circle of friends. The groom is the second son of Mr. and Mrs. John H. Kennebeck of this village. He is a young man of clean habits and whoso chief traits of character are honesty and industry. He is employed at the local plant of the Borden Milk company, where he is considered one of the most valued employes. 1 The couple left last evening on a short wedding trip and on their return to McHenry will take up their abode in the Mrs. Ehglehart house on Water street, now occupied by Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Boley. < Their many friends, J»oth in tha village and the surrounding community, extend congratulations. STAR COMEDY COMPANY At'the Empire Theatre on Wednesday and Thursday Next, Oct. 17-28 jpot jftie day with friends. •W u I Mrs. Ed. Malone of Elgin passed the letter part of last week as the guest of relatives here and attended the regular meeting of St. Patricia's court, C. O. F., on Saturday. Mrs. Nellie Moore and son, Harold, vUiss Mame O'Connor and P. H Hughes of Chicago and Miss Evelyn JPeffer of Watseka, 111., were guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Emil Feffer • ' ftoutheast of town this week. W. A. Cristy of Joplin, Mo., was .walling on friends in town Tuesday. v|fr. Cristy was on his way home from Waupaca, Wis., whence he had been lalled thru the death of his sister-in- >w, Mrs. Joe Cristy, formerly of Itingwood. While in McHenry Mr. •Cristy paid Hie Plaindealer a very pleasant call. It has been eighteen jfears since the family J eft McHenry and Mr. Cristy could see a vast improvement in the village as wall as ihe territory adjacent. > Universalis Church Tha Sunday school is growing and , Will be glad to welcome all Who desire to attend. It meets promptly at 10:00 O'clock every Sunday morning. At y 11:00 o'clock next Sunday Mr. Grimes Will begin a series of sermons on •The Place .of Jesus in Religion." . . The first will be a discussion of "The Mission of Jesus." It is hoped that these sermons may'clear .up several ' questions which so many people have found puzzling. 'jjl It -Cent Special For Saturday Throe quart granite milk pan, regular price, 45c; one quart tea pot, reg- | • ' |ilar price, 60c; covered stew pan, reg- |- war price, 35c; No. 30 wssh dish, reg- ^ filar price, 35c. Any one of the above items at 19c at Vycital's hardware stars aast Saturday, Oct. SC. ^ „ Prof. James Watts and his company leave this month on their ninth annual concert tour, covering forty-two weeks and traversing the "states of Iowa, Illinois, Missouri, Kansas and Okla.- homa. Prof. Watts' company this season will consist of eight people, most of whom are well known here and whose unusual musical talents are fully appreciated by our peopla. The Star Comedy company is one of the few negro musical organizations which'are left, but this company has for nine years been singing the old plantation son^s, and the primitive church music of the south with such faithfulness and musical effect that they are constantly in demand. The folk -songs of the south will soon be a music of the past and but a few genuine negro companies are singing the melodies of the southland with that fervor and enthusiasm as only the negro can sing them. The old plantation dances, the cake walk and other high jinks characteristic of the light hearted colored people is given and the whole program is one of real interest and amusement. The members of the company are all four square men and women, well known to our people, and there is no reason why their concert should not be among tha entertainments of any town or community. The Star Comedy company will appear at the Empire theatre on Wednesday and Thursday evenings of next week, Oct. 27 and 28. Celebrated 85th Birthday Jos. Neumann observed his eightyfifth birthday anniversary at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Anton Schnaidar, on Water street last Sunday. Besides the members of the Schneider family there were present to make the occasion pleasant for the old gentleman Mrs. J. B. Worts and sons and Joseph and Anthony Neumann of Chicago. Mr. Neumann served his country during the Civil war as a member of the 42nd Illinois infantry, enlisting in 1864 and serving four years. He received hip honorable discharge under Generals Grant and Rosekraft. Mr. Neumann is enjoying good health and hopes to enjoy several more birthdays. SaJxTSucker at Work A sand sucker is now at work on the J. C. Holly property on the east shore of Fox river south of the bridge. When the sand sucker has completed its work there will have been formed one of the prettiest artificial lakes to be found anywhere. The work of marking out the winding roads thru the strip is also under way this week and next in ord^r will come the laying out of the property into lots. While those interested hope to have things in condition so as to enable them to place the lots on sale by spring, there is considerable work ahead and from present appearances it looks as if it will take well into next summer before tha entira job is completed. * Basket Social A basket social will be held at the Ostend school on Saturday evening, October 23. Mrs. Mary Dalbey, our home advisor for JfcHenry county, will give a short tklk on the "Hpt School Lunch." Program hagtnt at 8:00 o'clock. MiaaeUaaeMa Assarts^at af News Itsan la Caadsaaed Form Far Easy Peapla The public library at lfarango now has nearly 2,000 volumes. Some mysterious ailment is said to be killing many hogs over in Lake county of late. The latest census returns give Barrington a population of 1,744, a gain of 300 in the last ten years. Marengo citizens are being solicitH for funds with which to supply the school in that city with hot and coM shower baths. One hundred and twenty-five quarts of strawberries were picked o6 the C. L. Teckler tract near Crystal Lake week ago last Saturday. "The Hebron High 'School Record" is the name of a new monthly publication which is now being issued by the students of ,the Hebron high school. , The Beardsley Candy company at Harvard is experiencing • a healthy growth and only recently added four men to their selling force. Th? company is also rapidly outgrowing it. present quarters. Reported discovery of oil on several farms in the vicinity of St. Charles has sent a number of operators in the prospective fields and everyone in the city as well as for miles around arc anxiously awaiting the results. After two years of faithful service Miss Emma Donnelly has resigned her position as superintendent of the Woodstock hospital. She is succeeded by Miss Ethel Hunt, who saw service with the British army medical corps in Belgium. John Herts, the yellow cab man of Chicago, who last spring purchased the Smith farm near Cary, last week bought up thirty acres more there, paying $300 per acre. His latest acquisition in McHenry county will be sub-divided into lots. Two Chicago youths, giving their ages as sixteen and eighteen, were apprehended near Crystal Lake one morning recently, to which place they had driven in a Ford sedan which they had stolen from a neighbor in Chicago. The boys were taken to Chicago. As the result of a raid two stills, about 100 gallons of moonshine whiskey, five barrels of mash, 200 pounds of sugar and three cases at raisins are reposing aj evidence at the county seat at Walworth county, Wis. The raid was made on an old building about three miles north of Bowers. W. D. Marshall, a Crystal Lake carpenter, last Friday filed a petition of bankruptcy in the northern Illinois United States district court. The petition places his liabilities at |6,458.75 and his assets at $3,944. Among the creditors named were sevenal masons and other laborers who were employed by the petitioner on contract work. (^jbee Bros, of Hebron have the eontract for hauling logs for the Express Body corporation. The logs are being hauled from a woods near Cary to the Crystal Lake plant. The" first load was hauled on Monday of last week and consisted of four wagons carrying about twenty-three tona. The wagons were pulled with a steam tractor. Senator Rodney B. Swift of Libertyville won a signal victory in the Lake county circuit court Saturday when Judge R. K. Welsh dismissed the recount petition filed by Attorney E. M. Runyard of Waukegan and ordered the name of Mr. Swift placed on the election ballot. The summary action of the court in thus disposing of the case was the only thing which made it possible for the name of either candidate to be certified on the ballot by the secretary of state. Judge Welsh dismissed the first petition for recount filed by Mr. Runyard on the grounds that it waa filed prematurely --that it should not have been filed until the state election board had canvassed the result of the primary and submitted a report.' The second petition was dismissed Saturday on the "grounds that it was filed too late-- that it should have been filed soon enough so that a decision could have been reached and a recount had, if necessary, before th# secretary of state certified the names of the successful candidates. Judge Welsh held with Attorney Orvis and Joslyn for Senator Swift that no matter what the decision might be in a case of recount it could not benefit Mr. Runyard for his name could not go on the ballot, and on the other hand the delay would work a real hardship on Senator Swift because it would have a tendency to keep his name off the ballot also. Immediately after the decision by Judge Welsh a telegram was sent to Springfield by the circuit clerk, showing the disposition made of the case and asking that Senator Swift's name be certified on the ballot. It in expected that this course will he taken. KM* • Teadwr.^ti | Te Wham It May Cawen Notice is hereby given that all accounts due F. A. Cooley and Jos. Michels are payable at this bank. 3fc:^W««t- McHenry State Bank. Martin F. Schmitt, a highly esteemed resident of McHenry township, passed away at his late home just north of Johnsburg at 6:30 o'clock last Sunday avatuqg, following an illness covering, period of twenty-one months. • The deceased was born on a farm on Fox river, which now constitutes Howell's Villas, on April 30, 1868. When still in his tender years his parents moved from there to what is now known as the old homestead on German prairie, north of Johnsburg. Here the deceased grew to manhood. On Oct. 9, 1884, he was united in marriage to Mary Schumacher, the ceremony having been performed by Rev. H. M. Fegers at St. Patrick's church in this village. After his marriage he and his wife took up their abode on the Schumacher farm at Barnard's Mill, four miles west of Ringwood, where they resided for seven years. The family then moved to the Michael Justen farm near Pistakee Bay, where they continued to make their home until 1901, when Mr. Schmitt purchased the farm north of Johnsburg, where he has resided since and up to the time of his death. He was the father of seven children, five of whom are living, while two passed away during infancy. The living children are Martin B. Schmitt and Mrs. Simon Michels of this village; Mrs. Nick Freund, who resides north of Johnsburg; John and Irwin, at home. He also leaves, besides the children and a grief-stricken widow, seven brothers and two sisters. These are: Jacob F., Stephen F., Joseph F., all of Johnsburg; Fred F. of Okarche, Okla.; Rev. John F. Schmitt of Aurora; Peter F. of Winona, Minn.; Nicholas* F. of St. Charles, Minn.; Mrs. Nicholas Heinz of Aurora and Mrs. Simon Brown of Oklahoma City, Okla. Mr. Schmitt was a member of the McHenry council, Knights of Colum bus, and during his entire life always took an active interest in church affairs. He was an industrious, lawabiding, citisen, a good neighbor and friend and his passing on berefts the township of s most desirable and useful citizen. y The funeral took place from St. John's Catholic church at Johnaburfe at 10:00 this (Thursday) morning. The deceased's brother. Rev. John F. Schmitt, read the solemn requiem high mass. Interment took place in the family lot in the cemetery adjoining the church. The members of the Knights of Columbus attended in abody. . CM af Tfcaakf We desire in this public manner to express our sincere and heartfelt thanks to the members of the Knights of Columbus, the kind neighbors and friends for many favors shown us during the last illness and after the death of our beloved one and also do we wish to extend thanks to the contributors of flowefs. • Mrs. Mary Schmitt and Family. Not to Be Outdone last week's issue of The Plaindealer it haa been brought to our notice that we have another resident along the shores of our river who isn't afraid of the cool and refreshing waters of our beautiful stream, even this late in the season. We refer to Mrs. Eldredge of Chicago, who has been spending the past several months in the summer home of her son-in-law at Emerald Park. Mrs. Eldredge, altho past seventy-five years of age, has yet to miss an afternoon's dip in the Fox since the opening of the swimming season early last summer. She intends keeping it up for another week if not longer. Entertaia Variety Club The Variety club members were very pleasantly entertained at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. J. Reihansperger on Main street last Thursday evening. Five hundred was played and prizes awarded as follows: Firsts, Mrs. George A. Stilling and W. J. Donavin; consolations, Mrs. S. S. Rogers and Geo. H. Johnson. A delicious luncheon was served. Next Meeting of Home Bureau The next meeting of the Home Bureau will take place at the West McHenry State bank building at 2:30 o'clock on Wednesday afternoon of next week, Oct. 27. Mrs. Mary Dalbey of Woodstock will again be present at the meeting and will speak on Food." A 'good attendance is 4?" sired. 'Notice '?• """:" The regular monthly meeting of the Boys' and Girls' Agricultural and Domestic club will be held at the home of Miss Berteel Spencer on next Wednesday evening, Oct. 27. As this will be our last meeting before our fair all members are requested to be pres- ^ Howard Phalin, Prak . flasket Social Miss Julia Feffer and pupils of the Griswold Lake school will hold a basket social at that place on next Saturday evening, Oct. 23. A cordial invitation is extended to all and a" good time is assunq!^ MORE HELP NEEDED Fhumdal Assistance Is Save Dam Needed to By McHenry OBnva Sunday Morning After Spending Night In Cottage on Fox River Two youthful Chicago bandits invaded McHenry last Saturday night and until Officer Jack Walsh and Deputy Sheriff John R. Knox got busy it looked as if they had succeeded in making their get-away with a Ford roadster owned by Edmund Knox. The two young men were placed under arrest by Officer Walsh here last Sunday morning when they appeared on our streets after having spent the night at a cottage on Fox river north of Johnsburg. They gave their names as Henry Tibbits and Clarence Redwant, lads about eighteen years of age. As near as The Plaindealer is able to ascertain the boys came to McHenry that day and, no doubt, planned their unlawful deed after their arrival in town. They stole the car, which was parked at the time in Green street near the Empire theatre, between the hours of nine and ten o'clock, after picking up a couple of young girls at the theatre. However, these facts did not became known until long after the theft o( the car had been reported to the McHenry officials. A lad, who was in the vicinity of the opera house at the time the car was stolen, and, in fact, was given a quarter by*one of the young rascals to go into the theatre to tell the girls to come out, later saw the four drive away in the car. The lad hadn't the least suspicion that the car they were taking was not their own, so thought nothing of the incident until aroused from his night's slumbers between 12:00 and 1:00 Sunday morning, when officers questioned him as to who the girls were and what direction they had taken in leaving the building. When once in possession of the girls' names, the rest was easy and it was only a matter of time before the youngters would be safely within the arms of the law. The girls in question were found at Howell's Villas, where they were employed, and owing to the fact that their parents are classed among the vicinity's most highly respected citizens we will refrain from mentioning their names. When first approached the girls vigorously denied having rode home in the stolen car,'but upon being threatened to be loaded into awaiting automobiles and placed under arrest they soon "wilted" and told everything with the exception that they could not say where the boys were headed for after leaving that point. Taking up the trail from th$re the officers followed the tracks of the machine towards Johnsburg, but on account of the heavy fog all trace was lost. Having the names of the young men in their possession and firmly believing (hat they would put in an ap Since existing conditions have Wen made public thru the columns of The Plaindealer officers.of the Fox River Improvement association report the receipt of a few donations from public spirited citizens of McHenry and resorters along the river and at Pistakee Bay. This is indeed encouraging to the officers, who have labored so diligently and well during all these years, and if the spirit thus shown by a few will only become general our dam is saved. We are told that the matter has once more been brought up among the resorters at Pistakee Bay and along the river and if McHenry business men and other public spirited citizens will give these people their undivided Cooperation we are sure that enough money can and will be collected to assure the repairing of the dam and also pay up the present indebtedness. McHenry business men, for the sake of a $5.00 bill, cannot afford to see our dam neglected until there is no dam at all for without this dam our attractive river would soon lose its beauty and charm and as a natural consequence this section of the Fox river valley would soon pass into oblivion. Contributions are now being received by J. C. Holly at the Fax River Valley State bank and if you have not already sent in your "bit" we are »»jre that the officers will be pleased to hear from you. It should be remembered that Fox river is McHenry's most valued asset and it is up to the business men and wide-awake citizens of the village to encourage, both in spirit as well as in a financial way, any project that adds to the value of this asset. THINK IT OVER AND THEN ACT. ITEMS OF LtCAL AS PICKED UP BY PLA1NDRALSK REPORTERS DURING WEEK What People Are Doing In Tfcfc VB» lage and the Immediate Other Short Paragraphs "" Quality--economy--satisfaction 0 Erickson's. ! M. A. INVENTS ENDLESS BELT Thekn Now Making Fan Belt New M. A. Thelen, the West Side harness maker, has invented and already obtained patent rights on an automobile fan belt, which is destined to bring him good returns. Altho the patent rights have bean in the" hands of the inventor for some time past, Mr. Thelen has not, up to this time, manufactured the belts on a large Icale, altho he expects to do so in time. The belt is endless and made of one piece and a number of local car own-^ ers have given them a thoro tryout, with the result that they have discovered the belt to be of the most lasting and serviceable on the market today. The belt is made for the larger cars only, altho it is not unlikely that they will be manufactured in the various sizes when once the inventor gets set to turn th* m out in large numbers. When interviewed by a Plaindealer pearance the following morning the | scribe on Wednesday afternoon Mr. officers awaited results, until their Thelen informed us that he has al- 7\ efforts to land the lads proved successful as described above. The car was found in the mud and water near the small creek bridge just west of Johnsburg, where they run same after leaving Howell's Villas. According to their own story, the boys did not mean to leave the car at that point, but on account of the heavy fog the machine turned off the road, with the result that it was ditched. The machine was quite badly damaged. Immediately after their arrest Sunday morning the boys were taken over to Woodstock, where they were lodged in the county jail to await their hearing, which took place before County Judge Charles P. Barnes on Wednesday afternoon of this week. The boys plesded guilty to the charges and were assessed a fine of $50 and costs each. The father of the Tibbits boy appeared at the hearing, paid the fine and took the boys home with him. The good woHc effected by Officers Walsh and Knox is to be commended anH the only regret here is that the boys were not dealt with more severely at the county court. We are told that this is not the first time that young Tibbits has been in trouble and, according to the young fellows about town who know him, he is jtnything but the "Sunday school" variety of a chap. The Woodstock Milling*Company The Woodstock Milling company of Woodstock was incorporated with a capital stock of $50,000 at Springfield last Friday. The incoi pcrators and their holdings are Atty. D. T. Smiley of Harvard, $4,500; William Bonslett of McHenry, $25,000, and Francis Bonslett, also of McHenry, $2,500. The company, iff will be remembered, purchased the old pickle factory building at Woodstock early last spring and since that time the place has been remodeled into "an up-to-date feed grinding plant and flour mill. Wedding Dance J* .,/ A wedding dance will take ftil* at "Stubby's" hall, Johnsburg, on Wednesday evening of next week, Oct. 27. Music by McAndrews' orchestra. Usual prices of admission. Everyready disposed of quite a large number of these belts locally and he has yet to hear the first complaint against them. He is also and has, for some time past, supplied a Detroit firm with the belts and, while he has not pushed his invention, thus far he has received many letters of inquiry and hopes sooir to be in a position to turn them out jpn a much larger scale. Mr. Thelen is ready at any time to show and explain the merits of the belt to anyone interested. MARRIED AT SPRING GROVE. Richmond Farmer Takes Spring Grove Girl as Bride Jos. E. Miller, who conducts a farm near Richmond, and a former resident of Johnsburg, was united in marriage to Miss Amelia Kattner of Spring Grove at St. Peter's church in the latter village 'at nine o'clock on Wednesday morning of this week, Rev. Hildebrand officiating. The couple was attended by Miss Olive Kattner, a sister of the bride, and William Stilling, a friend of the groom. The bride wore a gown of white charmeuse and a veil and carried white roses, while the bridesmaid was attired in a blue dress and carried pink roses. The groom's little daughter, Bertha, acted as ring bearer. The wedding ceremony was followed by a reception tendered the pair at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jos. Kattner, who reside south of Spring Grove. Mr. and Mrs. Miller left this (Thursday) morning on a two weeks' honeymoon trip to New York and on their return will take up their abode on the farm now conducted by the gr&om. Witt Report at Meeting Mrs. Jack Walsh of this village, who last week attended a state Red Cross conference at Springfield as a repre- _ sentative of the McHenry, Ringwood gin, in order to get to their homea m and Johnsburg unit*, will make her the evenng. must leave McHenry at Up-to-date banking methods at FoQt River Valley State bank. Make your business home with tfct Fox River Valley State bank. , Don't forget the New England Sop* per at M. W. A. hall tonight. 5 Highest degree of safety fpr yrar funds at Fox River Valley State barik.J Liberal interest paid on time de~, posits. Fox River Valley State Wm. Butler of Chicago is a new employe at the battery shop conducted by W. L. Howell i Co. on Pearl street. Mueller^ pipeleas furnaces. Big stock on hand and ready for immediate installation. H. E. *Bock, iff- Henry, 111. ~ • The band stand in our park is in !t; ; most dilapidated condition and should be repaired or removed. As it now stands it presents an eye-sore. Several from this locality took in the plowing match and horse show at * Lake Villa on Tuesday of this week. The event was attended by several thousand people. A cabbage head, weighing exactly twenty-seven pounds, has been the source of much attention at the Pries meat market and grocery here during the past week or more. Mrs. G. F. Lindsay will entertain the members of the Social Wheel at her home on the corner of Elgin Rd. and John street on Thursday afternoon of next week, Oct 28. It is estimated there are 160,000 mud hens in Fox lake, which body of"* water has been made a game preserve. Never before have so many hens assembled on this body of water. The McHenry County Fanners' Cooperative association has just received three carloads of apples, wlyph are being distributed in this village, Crystal Lake, Harvard and Woodstock. The first traffic passed over the new railroad bridge at Fox Lake last week. However, the bridge has not been opened to public traffic at yet, but it is > hoped thst it will be in tha near futura. The members of the McHenry coon-# cil, Knights of Columbus, will receive holy communion in a body at the eight o'clock mass at St. Patrick's Catholic , church in this village next Sunday morning. C. M. Buel of Elgin entertained"a party of eleven at his cottage on Fox river north of this village last Saturday aftfcrnoon and evening. In the company were two retired watch factory foremen. For the first time in mora than three years McHenry actually haa idle men who are open for work. Wo are informed that some of these have made applications for work at various - places, but without success. A f ocial dance will be given by McHenry post, No. 491« American Legion, at Stoffel's hall on Saturday evening, of this week. Music by McAndrowi* orchestra. Tickets, $1.00; war tax, 10c; total, $1.10. Ladies free, war tax, 10c Everybody welcome. George A. Stilling, genial proprietor of the Water street garage, is bearing ! up. bravely under added responsibilities thrust upon his last Monday, when he became the father of a nine pound baby girl. The new arrival was born at St. Elizabeth's hospital, Chicago, from whence word eomes that mother and daughter are well and happy. The members of the McHenry post, of the American Legion are extensive preparations for the vance of Armistice day, Nov. 11. We are informed that a number of the county posts have already declared their willingness to assist McHenry in making this one of the biggest indoor events ever undertaken in this village. More particulars will appear in latyu: issues of The Plaindealer. Watch taf. them. # One more day for registration, Tuesday, Oct. 26. Unless your name is already listed on the registration book of your voting precinct, better attend to it next Tuesday, lest you may not get in on the November election. If you are not absolutely sure that your name is registered call at your voting precinct on that day, which will positively be the last day of registration before the November election. ^ Several changes in the C. A N. W. railway time table have occurred ing the past two weeks and more art to follow. The Saturday afternoon and the early Monday morn inj: summer specials "have been discontinued, while one of the late Sunday evening trains has also hsen taken off. Sundsy visitors frcm Woodstock and Elif] report at a meeting of the three units which, it is expected, will be called for some time in the near future. No doubt Mrs. Walsh will have a most interesting report to make. 5:00 o'clock, the old winter schedule, while Chicago passengers can nwaain until 6:57 p. m. The latter named ^ train will alao hi discontinue* after* Nov. 1. :iP-'t L'J-V