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ST^ jm >- Oix&kmtm keals am any other pap* published hi Xc> Htnry county. Miss Florence Carey left Monday fdr Miami, Fbu, wfcere sh» will spend the winter. Miss Genevieve Carey is home from the University if Illinois for the holidays. front r*r»> vjive •fv'. •„ J • nT.r . •V'A v'-v- ; • '"""' ?\',J 'JfcJ v^/~: "tf' , .sX/* >J, ^ ^r'*; * ' > 1 '•.*. y ^ Next Christmas n . ^ - •- y, ,' Vl,-.' , " » rv^j*N *;/.*. 1 ^ /" ' ' ,; -j-t. .'V C" •'> '}^<"- **?' i > *#% ^ 4" •1 ** "•**• ^ " "5" , 'fp > rl^> \V« ? • •• OUR 1925 Christmas Clufi, now forming, makes it possible for you to remembef everybody handsomelyttext QirisUiia* Out missing the money. ' Since the inauguration of Christmas Clubs,; Christmas is much happier for millions of people--for both those who give and those who receive. The quarters and half dollars we so carelessly throw away without getting much return from them will, if put into a Christmas Club, provide you with an ample supply of Ready Cash the last week in November. Call at our bank today and let us enroll you. You will experience great delight in creating this Gift Fund. Join To-Day »R. D. G. WELLS, PRES, !v k MAY THIS, THE YULETIDE SEASON, MEAN A REAL . MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL OF YQU IS OUR WISH JACOB- JUSTEN McHENRY, ILL A Merry Christmas to jiur friends and patroniF is our most sincere wish McHENRY ICE CREAM COMPANY WHOLESALE PHONE.79-M $Ks^4-- ' -W,'* ' - v In the comparatively short tin^e Mrs. Bosshard lived in £hf- eQinmiv nity she had become Jcfred by aft who knew her. Groups of friends gathered in front of the home, horror stricken at the death of their neighbor. Grim faced, men, business *nH friftnrti of Mr. Bosshard had hurrie^ to the scene in an effort to learn the cause of the tragedy. Plans are being made for the community to torn out as a whole at the funeral of the murdered woman. A fund is being risised to purchase a beautiful floral offering as a final tribute to her. Hoover*8 mother became hysterical when she was told that he had been detained by the police following the murder. The news was broken to her by Maurice Cavanaugh, whose wife is a sister of Hoover's wife* Mother Sobs at News Mrs. Hoover flung herself onto a chair when she heard of the crime and the detention of her son and for hours continued to weep and to exclaim that he was not responsible for any of his actions because of his mental condition. "Only this morning I said to the doctor: 'He's completely off, isn't he?' and he replied, 'No, I think he's getting better,' he said. 'Oh, why did I leave him alone? Why didn't some body watch him? If he hadn't been left alone this wouldn't have happened. "Oh, my poor boy! I don't mind it for myself as much as for his three children. Don't tell the doctor, he [Milwaukee Journal, Dec. 18] Mrs. Vera T. Bosshard, thirty, was assaulted and murdered in her home, 958 Oakland ave., Wednesday afternoon. • Wendell W. Hoover, twenty-two, son of Dr. C. G. Hoover, 298 Kensington Blvd., Shorewood, is held by the police. He denies he has any knowledge as to how the woman met her death. He was found in the home twenty minutes after a scream and a dull thud had warned Mrs. P.. J. Regan, who lives in the flat below, that there was trouble above. Youth Locked In Cell The youth was questioned for hours at the detective bureau and shortly after midnight was locked up in a cell for the night. He faces further prilling Thursday morning. "I may have done it, but if I did I don't remember it," was all police could get him to admit. Mrs. Bosshard is the wife of Royal Bosshard, department manager of the Travelers' Insurance company. At the time of the murder he was in Oshkosh, where he had gone Tuesday. The victim was a member of the choir at the Grand aventae Congregational church. Strangled, Then Stabbed Mrs. Bosshard was strangled, then stabbed thru the heart with a long, keen butcher knife and later her throat was slashed. Police believe that the murderer remained in the home gloating over his crime. At a few minutes before three p; m. Mrs. Regan called police. She is the mother-in-law of the youth who is held, but had no idea that he was in the neighborhood. Mrs. Hoover and her three small children were with Mrs. Regan and had not gone upstairs to investigate. She did not learn that Hoover had been in the Bosshard flat for some time. Detectives Harry Schmidt and John Reilly sped to the home. Reilly went to the rear door and Schmidt remained at the front door. The rear door was locked. Some one was heard to run thru the rooms and dash down the stairs, running at great speed. Captured When He Trips Reilly rushed to the front of the house, calling to Hoover to stop. The youth fell on the icy pavement in front of the home and the detectives collared him, took him back to view the body, then sent him to the central police station in the ambulance which had come to remove the body. The kitchen showed signs of a struggle and the clothes of the woman gave mute testimony of the cause of the fight and the subsequent mtfrder. Hoover was questioned by Lieut. Harry Ridenour, the detectives and Chief of Police Jacob J. Laubenheimer. The questioning at &ie first session lasted for three hours. Hoover sobbed continually, but cried out time and time again, MI did not kill her. I did not kill her. It is the God's truth." Hoover Denies Guilt The story Hoover tells is that he had started to go to the home where his wife is living in the downstairs flat of the building, but decided to go upstairs first and sell Mrs. Bosshard a radio set. He said that he went to the back door and knocked. He said that he heard a woman's voice cry, "Come in," and that he opened the door and was met with the sight of the woman lying in a?peculiar position on the kitchen floor. "I was frightened, startled," he said. "My mind went blank for a minute. I did not know what to do and when I heard a knock on the door I ran for the front door because I did not want to be found here." Loaded Revolver In Pocket Hoover was- carrying a loaded revolver when arrested. The revolver he explained by saying that he had meant to sell it that afternoon to a saloon keeper. A box to hold the revolver was in one pocket. "I meant to mail it to my brotlier in case I did not sell the revolver," he said. Blood stains on his shirt and underand picked * lOMlS boil fcack of his neck t|(* night pi and caused the spillhig* orthe bli "Hoover is cool and repeated that we could question him all night and he could tell us nothing of tile der," the chief said. Had Trouble Willi Wife Hoover had been living with his parents recently. Previously he had lived with his wife and two > small children ai Vv uuvvniosa. There tittu been misunderstandings and his wife went to live with her parents. "We quarreled over religion,* Hoover said. "My wife is a Catholic and I am not. The children were being reared as Catholics and I objected at times to this. But I went to call on her Tuesday night and we talked of getting qp apartment or a flat oyt in Shorewood soon. Our third baby was born eighteen days ago. "Why would I do a crime like this?" The youth had been arrested three Rimes' before, according to Chief fjaubenheimer. In May, 1922, he was lurrested on a charge of adultery . Testimony was that he had been intimate with a woman other than his wife &nd on this charge he was fined $200 in district court, but was given a stay of execution. Escaped Burglary Charge Two years before that he was arrested on a charge of burglary. Mrs, M. S. Nelson of the Blackstone apartments was the complainant. Chief Iiaubenhiemer and Lieut. Ridenour, then traveling together as detectives, nlade the arrest and the investigation a^d insisted on pressing the charge, bttt later the complainant refused to prosecute. Hoover then lived in the Blackstone apartments. On May 16, 1920, he was fined $25 on a charge of speeding. couldn't stand it. I want' to ' go to my boy. I know that they won't treat him right; he's sick arid they don't know it." Mrs. Hoover said that her son was subject to spells and on such occasions did not remember what he had dope. ANNUAL MEETING JANUARY 8 OF THE McHENRY COUNTY FARM BUREAU AT WOODSTOCK *A big day from start to finish" is whit everyone in attendance will be saying after the meeting is over as no sto^e will be left unturned to make this the greatest annual meeting in the history of the McHenry County Farm Bureau. An elaborate program of music and speaking is being prepared, a program of sufficient variety to please all and yet of great interest in a community where the dairy industry is paramount. Jl. L. Thomas, president, will give an address on the "Past, Present and Future of the Farm Bureau." Those of U6 who know Mr. Thomas are predicting that this address will be one of the best of its kind ever delivered before a Farm Bureau meeting. George J. Kispert, banker of Jefferson, Wis., will be heard in a talk concerning the relation of the banker and the farmer. He will tell how a closer relationship has been brought about in his home community. Dr: Herman N. Bundesen, Chicago health commissioner, will talk on the Importance of the Chicago Milk Supply." Many people believe that it will not be long before the city of Chicago will pass an ordinance requiring all milk supplied for consumption in that city to be from tuberculin tested cows. It is unlikely that Dr. Bundesen will make any statements as to Chicago's intentions in this matter, but every dairyman who is producing milk for the Chicago market will be interested in hearing what DryJJunde - sen has to say., Dr. C. P. Draper, county veterinarian, will give a report on the progress of tuberculin testing in the county since July 1, 1923. Dr. J. J. Lintner and Dr. J. S. Healy, federal inspectors in charge of tuberculosis eradication, the former in Illinois and the latter in Wisconsin, will address the meeting on the progress of the work in these neighboring states. Many dairymen who have had their herds tested are expected to relate their experiences for the benefit of those who have not tested their herds. Dinner will be served in the recreation hall of the M. E. church by the Dorcas ladies at 50 cents per plate and plates will be laid to the limit of the capacity of the hall. There will be music and speaking during the dinner hour. Delightful music will be rendered by the community high school orchestra, the Woodstock male quartette, the community high school Girls' Glee club, Mrs. Gladys Kiddo, organist, and selections by other musicians. The meeting will be alive from start to finish. There will not be a dull moment and we hope to be able to close the meeting promptly at four o'clock in order that farmers in attendance may get home in time to do the evenfljg chores. Everybody cordially invited to attend this meeting, whether you are members of the Farm Bureau or not. If you are interested in rural betterment you are welcome. Come and bring your families and invite your neighbors and friends to come with you and participate in the good things provided for the meeting. Come out and learn more of what your Farm Bureau is doing. Every farmer in McHenry county has been benefitted either directly or indirectly by the Farm Bureau and the Il'.inois Agricultural association whether he realizes it or not, but there is opportunity fpr still greater benefits if you avail yourselves of the service which is yours for the asking. **£ CANT PLAY THEH ALL |A Wf PL** THE MftT" THURS. AND FRI.. DEC. 25**4 Johnny Hines --in-- Conductor 1492 A HILARIOUS FARCE COMEDY WtJ. OR AM ATIC THRILLS . --and-- A PATHE COMROY --1-- •** " SATURDAY. DEC. f ^ H 1 _ The Whispered Name Viotn the |t*|e succcm Respondeat" AND PATHE REVIEW?;' ft 8AT»A SUN.. DEC. 27 A 28 BIG TIME SPECIAL * v'.,1. ftUttDAY MATINER 2:3© .. Prices l*c-2#c ~-- - : ' SUNDAY, DECEMBER 2S The Danger Line - STARRING Sessue Hayakaw% And Brilliant Cast AND COMEDY • NAVY BLUES** v . • MATIN EE AT 2:30 ^ ^ THURSDAY, JAN. 1 ' HEW YEAR'S D4* After Mf A arigJlftr dram* of lights and Tt' *r| owi of Jhe world's pl«y»round'r . ' AND PATHE COMEDY ^ *• C? CLASSIFIED DEPARTMENT FOR SALE--A never-tip bob sleigh. Never used. It. L. Worts, McHenry, III. 29-tf FOR RENT--A 158 acre farm, situated one mile south of Solon Mill* Mrs. Mary Stilling, McHenry, 111. Phone 106-M. 24-tf 5 PER CENT MONET--To loan on good farms; first mortgages only. Write or telephone A. A. Crissey, room 203, Community Bldg., phones 23-M and 993, Marengo, 111. 25-tf NOW IS THE TIME TO BUY GOOD REAL ESTATE as all prices are at their lowest po'nt. We will be glad to furnish further information and explain our time payment plan. Kent & Green, McHenry, 111. 25-tf BE® Wells, Mayor. F. Conwajr, Oi»k. Miss Pauline Kennebeck, daughter 6i Mr and Mrs. John H. Kennebeck this city is nursing a sprained right W»ist, sustained in a fall on the icy ist«M$ all «^M|y from fc* " « b e ! f # i « r o . A s a _ resMt of the sadden and jevet* thera were a number of WtfMit watep pipes and more or less stiMftag from trtd gMta»a*y- FOR SALE--Seven room house, one room suitable for small business. All modern improvements and a good, full basement. House is furnished and has furnace heat. Property has a 42 ft. frontage and extends back 133 feet. Fruit on premises. Mrs. D. C. Smifh, Elm street, McHenry, 111. 28-tf MAN WANTED--To take charge of freight office in McHenry at once, must be able to drive truck, and route men and manage drivers. This is an unusual opportunity, requires ability, honesty and real work. $1500 required. Guarantee $125 weekly. Possible to make $800 to $1^000 monthly. One year contract witly option of renewal annually. Apply at our main office at once. 3752 S Chicago, 111. ALDERMEN MET I JOURNED MEETING MONDAY Council Room, Dec. 22, 1924. The city aldermen met with Mayor Wells presiding to finish the business of the adjourned regular meeting of Dec. 1. Aldermen present: Doherty, Frisby, Goodell, Justen, Overton and Perkins. Motion by Frisby, seconded by Doherty, that an ordinance in dist. No. 1, for paving a portion of Elm street and other, streets in the city of McHenry, McHenry county, 111., be adopted as read. Upon roll call the aldermen voted as follows: Doherty, aye; Frisby, aye; Goodell, aye; Justen, aye; Overton, aye; Perkins, aye. Thereupon the said ordinance be declared dhly carried. Motion by Overton, seconded by Perkins, that an ordinance in dist. No. 2 for paving a portion of Riverside Drive and other streets in the city of Mc- McHenry, McHenry county, 111., be adopted as read. Upon roll call the aldermen voted as folloWs: Doherty, aye; Frisby, aye; Goodell, aye; Justen, aye; Overton, aye; Perkins, aye. Thereupon the said ordinance be declared du'y carried. Motion by Perkins, seconded by Goodell, that an ordinance in dist. No. 3, for paving a jportion of Main street and other streets in the city of McHenry, McHenry county, 111., be adopted as read. Upon roll call the lUlermen voted as follows: Doherty, aye; Frisby, aye; Goodell, aye; Justen, aye; Overton, aye; Perkins, aye. Thereupon the sai<T ordinance be declared duly carried. Motion b^r Overton, seconded by * kk j-*- • '?•, MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPP¥ ^ V . Hat-- . NEW YEAR TO ALL MfflRT MOW CAB I w !Wil "i . £ ^ -.,1 .... ft? r-. y * -- i •; .mt- - ri : • /i: ." -"V n?-?;' - s • - J 'KOHE H8-JN- H- PETESCHO MERRY CHRISTMA^SftM-'ii ; TO ALB . : :r, . .. •>>: .-.-M ; .li: 3^^ •"•X ... _ -'3 SMITH BROS !&• ":"^l •% CALL . TOJOIN : McHenry Stair Bank Christmas SAVINGS CLUB f -'ik "If you're not already a member, JOIN AT',-M ONCE. Full particulars can* be obtained af J the bank. Costs nothing to join. Meantmoney for Christmas or any special purpose by the simplest and easiest system of j&vi&ff • and getting: interest at the same time. Save part of your earning, save for th>fem* < ily or friends, combine with others for som#*' special fund. , ^ ^ % .!>4i WEST McHENRY, IU* f •'* & jr -i. ' • W';' • . •• * '• v'