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LIVE STOCK TO BE FEATURE LAKE COUNip^MK THIS TEAR V* ill,; Plans arc being worked out for one of the greatest exhibitions of live stock and products of the farm to be displayed at the Lake county fair this year that has ever been brought together in this section of the country. In former years this particular matter of interest to the farmer has been well taken care of, but this year promises to be a record breaker. For tiie past several years Lake caonty farmers have been devoting more time and money to the raising of pure bred hogs and cattle, and at the fair, to be held Sept. 1 to 4, the best of the fine herds will be brought together for comparison. The prize herd of Holsteins belonging to Frank T. Fowler of Lake Villa will be represented. This herd has been leading for several months in the State Testing association. Mr. Fowler's herd is under federal supervision and dairymen in a position to know proclaim it one of the finest lot at cattle to be found in the country. The Hawthorn farm herd of champion brown Swiss cattle, owned by 'Samuel Insuil, will be represented by the best of this well known breed. W. A. Brewerton will have his pure bred Jerseys and the many other line herds of this and surrounding counties will be here. In the hog pens will be fotuid the aristocrats of the swine industry. The Arcady farm noted for its fine Berkshires has made arrangements for a £arg^ number of entries. John Wirtz of Fremont township will have his prize winning Chester Whites, the same herd being displayed at the big Aurora fair this week. Mr. Wirtx promises the best display cf Chester Whites ever shown here. TT»e famous Duroc Jersey herd of Chesney farms, Lake Villa, owned by Otto Lehmann, And in charge of Wm. Marks, will be represented by the best of this popular breed of hogs. Taken all in all, the lover of pure bred stock will have a veritable feast of good things to be seen at the fair. All entries of whatever nature must QUARTER OF A CENTURY 1TBMS CLIPPED FROM PLAINDEALERS OF 25 TEARS AGO Miss Laura Murphy now handsome new wheel. The steamer McHenry took a pleasant party to the ldftus beds on Sunday. The sidewalk on the west side of the bridge over Boom creek has been repaired. Quite a number from here attended the German Lutheran picnic at Crys* tal Lake on Sunday last. John Molidor, who lives east of this village, had two horses killed by lightning during the storm Monday night. Died--At her home near Volo on Aug. 9, 1898, Mrs. James Dowell, aged, 62 years, 4 months and 22 days. Eldredge and Jay Going attended a picnic of a Chicago Sunday school at Crystal Lake last Thursday. Richard Thompson had a stack of oats struck by lightning and burned during the thunder storm on Monday morning. The steam merry-go-round, which has been located in this villaeg for the past three weeks, went to Woodstock on Saturday last. The school house near Lake Villa was struck by lightning and burned to the ground during the thunder storm Monday night. Mrs. George Meyers has been at Lena, 111., caring for her mother, Mrs. Philip Giesler, who has been quite ill at the home of her son there. •, The dam at Bishop's mill is about completed and it is hoped that the water will get high enough so that the mill will be started again next Simon Stoffel has just received another car of, the celebrated "Pillsbury's Best" flour. The last car was sold out in tSe short time at three weeks. BEEMEN WILL VISIT MARENGO WIU* PAT HOMAGE TO LATE DR. C. d MILLER SATURDAT A cavalcade o^ motor ears, fifty staong, will descend upon Marengo next Saturday. The country's beemen will come to pay homage to the late Dr C. C. Miller, rightly termed "the nation's most beloved beekeeper." The outstanding feature of the beekeepers' chautauqua which is in session at Madison. Wis., this week, will be the dedication of the Dr. C. C. Miller Memorial Agricultural library. Dr. Miller's valuable observations on bee behavior and his application of these principles to practice have placed him as one of the greatest bee men of all time. He particularly endeared himself to the beekeeping world thru his interesting books and the "columns" which he conducted in a number of the leading bee journals. Meeting Attracts Many Buzzing in from all parts of the United States and Canada the beekeepers are making for the shores of Lake Mendota at Madison this week. It is expected that over three hundred will be present when noses are finally counted. The "bee'cause" in all of its varying aspect^ will be considered during the week. Diseases of the busy little bee, marketing honey products and many talks on habits and peculiarities of the little hpney producer will be delivered. MARRIED IN CHICAGO SATURDAY PINT AND PATi fclARTY UtflTEI* MOMiss Helen Pint, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Pint of this city, and Mr Patrick Moriarty of Chicago were united in marriage at St. Phalesites' church, Chicago, at 10:00 o'clock last Saturday morning, Aug. 11, by the . Rev. Fr. John Morris. Miss Emma Pint, a sister of the bride, acted as bridesmaid, while Howard Moriarty, a cousin of the groom, was best man. The bride wore a gown of White georgette crepe with hat to match and carried a shower bouquet of white roses. The bridesmaid was attired in a dress of gray georgette crepe with hat to match and carried red rosea. ' The bride of this happy union is well and favorably known to scores of young people of this community, a$ up to three years ago she made her home here. During the past three years she has been engaged by the Illinois Bell Telephone company as an operator at Rogers Park. The groom is the youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Moriarty of Chicago. He has always resided in that city, where he holds a responsible position with Marshall Fi^ld & Co. A reception followed the ceremony and was held at the home of the groom's parents, where a three course Three, hundred samples of honey dinner was served at noon. SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR VETS AT WOODSTOCK Spanish-American war veterans of the old Third Illinois regiment met in reunion at Woodstock on Monday of this week, there being about 125 in attendance. Many of the members , were also accompanied by their wives positively be made by the evening of j an(j famjjjes an<jf according to estij;. August 31. This will enable the big mates> nearjy 300 out-of-town people open on Saturday with every > were present to enjoy the occasion, v thing in place and disposed of, thus | 'pjie jay's program was opened with a avoiding the confusion attendant upon parade of yets headed by ^ com entries being made while the fair is in progress. / Hie Tri-State show* of Detrofit, Mich., will have charge of all /unusement features this year. This concern is one of the largest of its kind in the country and has something out of the ordinary for county fairs. The usual merry-go-round, ferris wheel, differ- Walter Anderson and Olg* Petereat slides and roller coasters, etc., will;son were taken in a raid made upon be provided. Everything will be clean; the "Red Top" inn at Fox Lake on and all the objectionable features will Wednesday evening of last week. The T munity high school band of Woodstock. Dinner was served in Hanaford's grove, while the afternoon was passed at general visiting. FOX LAKE RESORT RAIDED LAST WEEK >; be dispensed with. The fifty piece band of Zion will furnish musk. This famous musical organization is one of the best ever assembled and the concerts are eagerly listened to from the powerful radio broadcasting station at Zion. Overseer Voliva has agreed to furnish the band to the fair without charge. A new departure this year will be the fact that the fair will be held on Sunday. This has been named as Elks' day and the "Hello Bills" will be here in force. Waukegan lodge will send their splendid band with their snappy purple and white uniforms and the day will be given over to them. Highland Park and the Chicago lodge will furnish big delegations. He automobile show this year will be in charge of A. C. Ree of the Ree Motor company and an extra large vent has been secured for the display of the many fine cars entered. This automobile show is recognized as second only to the big Chicago show. There will be two hot games of baseball each afternoon and the best of the Lake county ball teams will compete for the honors and purses. The racing card for this year, under the supervision of L. C. Tewes of Waukegan, is to be one of the best ever seen at the fair. About $2500 in purses will be given and some of the best talent have made entries. An innovation this year will be a four passenger aeroplane, in which passengers will be given an opportunity to view Lake county from the air at a nominal price per trip. The big premium list is now being circulated and copies of this book may be secure^ at the Lake County Farm Bureau office or by addressing the secretary at Libertyville. Watch this paper for further announcements of the fair. SEALED PROPOSAL NOTICE . This is to certify that sealed proposals will be received by the Board of Education of Community High School District No. 156, McHenry, 111., up to 8:00 p. m. Tuesday, August 28, 1928, for the furnishing and installing of wire, including a program ' clock and alarm system, for high school being erected at McHenry, 111. Proposals to be delivered or mailed to JOB. W. Freund, Sec'y., and will be opened at the meeting. Each proposal shall be accompanied by a certified check of 10 per cent of the H: «0MMmt of same. iw Jos. W. Freund, Sec'y. ^ ' CARD OF THANKS .. We take this pubUc manner of exftfessing our sincereuihanks to the many kind neighbors and friends, to the members of the McHenry Masonic lodge and all others who so kindly extended their assistance during the last illness and after the death of our beloved one. Also do we wish to thank the donors of flowers. •<>• Mrs. Caroline Schiessle & Family. raid was made by a dry squad under the direction of State's Attorney Smith of Waukegan and since the two were unable to pay a fine of $300 and costs, each on a charge of having violated the prohibitary laws, they were given cells in the Lake county jail, where they are now awaiting their hearing. AWARDED McHENRT COUNTY ROAD CONTRACTS Milburn Bros, of Rockford were the successful bidders for the contract for route No. 19 from a point southeast of Woodstock to Harvard and route No. 23 from Harvard to Big Foot. It is expected that work on the former route will be started very shortly in the hope to have the grading all completed this fall. POSTMASTER UNDER ARREST Benjamin Wolberg, until recently postmaster at Pingree Grove, was placed under arrest last Thursday on a charge of taking for his own use funds under the cqntrol of the postal department of the United States. He was taken before United States Commissioner James R. Glass in Chicago, where he was released after giving bonds for $2,500. The case was continued until this (Thursday) morning. TO ERECT ROAD SIGNS Hie Belvidere Chamber of Commerce has completed plans for the erection of 500 road markers to be placed at every cross road and corner for a distance of twenty miles out of thlk$ city. Two large welcome signs are also to be erected on the east and west entrances to Belvidere. will be on display at the camp meeting. From this vast assortment an attempt will be made to establish a set of national honey grades. At present there is much difference of opinion as to just what constitutes certain shades of color in honey and efforts will be made to iron out these differences. The "honey capitol" of the world will be located in Madison for a day during the meeting. Harold J. Clay of Washington, D. C., who has charge of the market news service on honey for the United States department of agriculture, is having the market reports from all over 'the country diverted directly to the meeting and a special wire is being run to take care of this news. When Clay addresses the gathering on the work of his department he will distribute the latest reports on the honey situation in the country with the ink still wet on them. From far-away Austria comes Alois' Alphonsus, a European' leader, who will tell of the beekeeping practices followed by our foreign neighbors. F. Eric Millen is coming to give the assemblage a bird's eye view of how they "do it" up in Canada. Close "Meeting With Dedication The final day of the meeting will be devoted to reminiscences and names long forgotten will be brought to the attention of the. visitors when historical sketches of pioneer beemen will be given. As a fitting elope to the chautauqua the Miller Memorial library will be dedicated with impressive ceremonies and the following day will finc^ tlie assembled beekeepers enroute to Dr. Miller's old home at Marengo. Services will be held at the church which he attended for many years and a tablet will be dedicated to his, memo r * . - • > FIRST RACES ARE HEIB NEW CLUB HOLDS INITIAL EVENT AT FOX LAKB They left during the afternoon for a honeymoon trip to Saugatuck, Mich., and on their return will make their temporary home with the groom's parents at 1527 East 85th Place, Chicago. McHenry friends of ttw couple extend congratulations. EMPLOY ONE HUNDRED WOMIA About 100 women and girls are reemployed in the Lake Geneva bra" U factory of the Bradley Knitting c< >r. pany. The company occupies a thi < story building with sufficient gro* space to double the present quart/ The c o m p a n y w i l l e x p a n d i t s L >k< Geneva activities just as soon as m help is obtainable. Plaindealer ads bring results. * , Telephone No. 108-R. SIMON STOFFEL Insurance agent for all classes of property in the best companies ^m^UBRIDGE AT ALGONQUIN 3 WfohtiTdro' Bennett, fifteen-year-old (Sienoa (111.) boy, was rushed to St. Joseph's hospital at Elgin last Sunday evening shortly after a car in which he wafi riding went off the bridge and into the creek just south of Algonquin. The car, a Ford coupe, was being driven by Ray Schmidt, eighteen, of Whitewater, Wis.,, who had been visiting the Bennett lad. The accident occurred about 9:30 o'clock while the two young men were on their way to Genoa after having visited Algonquin. The driver's unfamiliarity with the road undoubtedly was the cause for the accident. The machine first truck the railing of the bridge and then rolled over into the creek. The Bennett lad was throNvn thru a glass window and struck onto a stone in the creek. The driver of the car was also taken to the Elgin hospital, but he wag only slightly injured. REGAIN LAKE COUNTY FARM After a court battle of about a year Mrs. Nellie Harmer and Mrs. Casadina McGuire of Hickbry Corners, Lake county, regained possession of a farm traded to Harvey S. Dixon at Spring Grove for a store. The value of the farm was placed at $10,000, while it was said that the store property was worth less than $3,000. ALFORD H. POUSE A*orney-at-Law v Phone 26 Wot McHenry, DL WEST McHENRT, ILLINOIS ilKeiler MADE TO ORDERJ&NLY I AFTER BOOZE AND SPEED^pS Lake county officials are out to stop two things, that of the illegal selling of liquor and speeding. Under the direction of State's Attorney Smith of Waukegan liquor selling arrests are being made almost daily, while the speeders are. also keeping the courts quite busy. FORMER JUlKiE RETURNS Judge O. H. Gillmore, who served as circuit judge in McHenry bounty for several terms, but who during the past seventeen years has made his home In the west, has decided to return to Illinois and expects to make his future home in Chicago. I; WHY ALL THE GRAPES?. One hundred acres of land have been set out in grapes at Zion City this ear. H. A. Crabtree of that city is one of the biggest growers, having 3600 grape vines in a six acre tract he owns. Last year his vineyard brought him 11,830. * GRAVEL WASHERS BUSY Six gravel pits located in the vicinity of Algonquin and Carpentersville produce 4,500 car loads of sand and gravel per month. At the present time about 130 carloads of gravel leave tii&e pita every twenty-four hours. The newly Organized Fox River Valley Power Boat club held its initial racing event over the Fox lake course last Sunday afternoon. As this was the first series of races to be staged on this body of water this season, a great many of the boats were not in shape-to participate and as a result only two events were run, as follows: Third class: Won by the Marvis, Maxine Roset second, and Gfiice, third. Free for all: Won by Spark Plug, Rosadel, second, and Janice II, third. The club has scheduled three more events for the present season. Next Sunday,) August 19, there will be a series of races for high powered motor boats and hydroplanes on Fox lake. Start and finish of these race will take place at the Yacht Clui> Bohemia, which club will donate th< prizes for all of the events. Th Oriental band of Medinah Templt, Chicago, together with officers, will be the guests of honor of the Fox Lake Yacht club. On Sunday, August 26, there will be a series of races held on Fox river at McHenry and on Labor day, Sept. 3, there will be another series of speed boat and hydroplane races at Fox Lake. The Fox Lake district has grown rapidly in the motor boat racing game, now having a large number of very fast boats. As a natural constquenqe enthusiasm in this line of sport is als6 on the increase and racing fans all along this district are looking forward to some very interesting events. FALL FROM Optom o/risf <inj 0*/} fie inn 3407 N. PAULINA ST. COP.^OSCOE AND LINCOLN AVE. SPECIAL As a special favor to my old friends of McHenry and surrounding territory, I will make, for the next four weeks, a special double thick cable temple frame, with a pair of periscopic lense for $5.00. These glasses will be only for reading and sewing. I have 5,000 of these frames on hand and offer them at one-half of the original price, tfo one heeds to have trouble v iih their eyes when I guarantee a fit i am at my McHenry office on Mondays only, from 1:00 to 3:00 p. m. Dr. C. Keller, McHenry, HI. THlS^ Butter makcs we breaortUNGRY NOTH\NOr BUT puae f 000s f oft Mine rwm \S BUTTER- • 1 I • Seventieth Annual Mdlcnry County MOVING TRAIN PROVES FATAL THe Plaindealer for news* Harry McDowell, aged nineteen, who fell from the baggage car of a moving C. & N. W. railroad train at a crossing near Richmond on Monday afternoon, July 30, and who was rushed to the Cottage hospital at Harvard following the accident, passed away at that institution two days later. He was a member of a theatrical troupe which was enroute to Lake Geneva, Wis. The body of the young man was shipped to Shelburn, Ind. THE quality of butter sold by us is in point of real taste-and butter fats of a superior nature. It matches the other food stuffs sold by us. Our polite treatment of customers has won the appreciation of them all. Watch for Mr. Happy Party 'FRETTS' & and Races WOODSTOCK August 28th to Sept. 1 FIVE BIG DAYS AND . THREE BIG NIGHTS Bigger and Bettter Than Ever Before HARNESS RACES Wednesday, Thursday, Friday Three Races Each Day Running Races and Automobile Races On Saturday BASEBALL GAMES FOUR DAYS' PROGRAM FREE ACTS SMITH'S ANIMALS The Best Animal Act before the American Public Today GEDDES TRIO Comedy, Bar and Cradle Artists in thrilling aerial stunts Free Hand Brothers Extraordinary Head to Head and Hand to Hand Balancing, with remarkable feats of equili- , brium and strength Blue Ribbon Babies Thirty liberal prises will be awarded in the first BETTER BABIES SHOW ever held in McHenry county. Bring the babies and let them be weighed and judged by competent advisors. Biggest Cattle 01splay Arrangements are being completed to make the finest display of Holstein cattle ever shown on the Fair Grounds. More than sixty head of McHenry County's Finest Holstein Cattle have already been selected and are being groomed foY this show. HORSE SHOE TOURNAMENT For County Championship , Liberal Cash Prizes will be contested for on Saturday, Sept. 1. Contest begins at 10 a. m. All adults are eligible for entry. _____ NIGHT SHOWS Wednesday, Thursday, Friday Stupendous display of Fire W orks Each N ight Star Shells, Radio Bombs, Oriental Umbrellas, Aerial Waterfalls, Fairy Circles and beautiful set pieces, including Battle of Jutland in fireworks. Band Concerts, Vaudeville, Free Acts, Merry-Go-Round, Ferris Wheel and Everything i hat goes to entertain and amuse. Something doing all the time. Day and Night. Come and have a ^ood time. Season tickets, one admission every day and night.. . .$2.00 Single admission, day, 75c; night, 25c. opens fflnnm M A good position is assured you after completing • course in our school. Expert teachers and reasonable rates. Individual instruction. Day and Evening Classes in Bookkeeping ^ ^ Shorthand Accounting - Typewriting Higher Accounting. <w\. 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