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'L•*" * • . . i. . . ........ . j . ^ . TJ. A$ Insurance Policy * V3r* -1%-i...* • * * w _ie mounting number of automobile and other traffic accidents year after year and the startling revelation made by investigators that scarcely two per cent of those killed and injured have made amy preparation at all in case of accident for their dependents has prompted the McHenry Plaindealer to provide Travel Accident protection to its ^readers and their families. This is now to be done--and with the only cost to the reader of a registration fee of one dollar. , Tfhig Insurance is for Readers Every- ' where! " f ". jlo matter where you live if you are Plaindealer reader you are entitled to this protection- Either come to the Kainedaler office Or send the APPLICATION below. No Red Tape--- - ->elay Tliere is no medical examination and no occupational discrimination. Banker, farmer, mechanic, .merchant, salesman or housewife--you are all to receive it on the &acoe basis. The insurance is for Plaindealer readers, new and old, in the hope that it will* in this way provide for dependents of those accidentally killed or provide income when accidents disable the heads of families, thus performing a vast public service, of far reaching effect. Every Baan and woman, from-l^io^^p^^ii.' inclusive, is eligible. "V/? C j * > . These Policies Arfc' North American Accident Insurance Co. I^Rie Oldest and Strongest Exclusive Accident Insurance Comany in North America The Plaindealer has arranged for 1,500 of these policies for its readers. ; ^ Policies are issued by a representative of the company at the Plaindealer office» so that you will receive your policy within a day or two. Claims of Policy Holders will be paid by a representative of the Company. Thousands of Dollars may be thus paid to persons or Dependents who are not now expecting they will ever be victims of an acciednt! Will you be one? Both Hands, both feet, sight of both Eyes, one Hand and One Foot* one Hand or one Foot and sight of one Eye, by the wrecking or dia* ablement of a railroad passenger car or street, elevated or underground* railway car, passenger steamship or steamboat, in or on ^which the In- , sured is traveling as a fare-paying passenger. PAYS $2,500 FOR LOSS OF LIFE Both Hands, both Feet, sight of both Eyes, one, Hand and one Foot, one Hand or one Foot and sight of one eye by the wrecking or disablement of a taxicab, public omnibus or automobile stage, which is bein^. driven or operated at the time of such wrecking or disablement by ft ' licensed driver plying for public hire and in which the Insured is traveling as a fare-paying passenger; or by the wrecking or disablement of a passenger elevator provided for passenger service only-in which the Insured is being conveyed as a passenger. ^ PAYS $20 A WEEK For injuries sustained, but which shall not prove fatal or cause specific loss, when insured is wholly disabled, or by any of above causes, not exceeding fifteen consecutive weeks. PAYS $10 A WEEK ~ For injuries sustained, but which shall not prove fatal or cause specific loss, when insured is wholly disabled by any of the above causes, not exceeding fifteen consecutive weeks. Many other valuable features contained in this policy, inoluding one half of amount of death premium in case of loss of either Hand or Foot or sight of either Eye. ' PAYS $1,000 FOR LOSS OF LIFE. Both Hands, both Feet, sight of both Eyes, one Hand and one Foot, one Hand or one Foot and sight of one Eye. (a) By the wrecking or disablement of a private automobile or private horse-drawn vehicle of the exclusive pleasure type, provided that the insured is not operating such automobile or vehicle while carrying passengers for hire or transporting merchandise for a business purpose * and that such automobile or vehicle is not being used for a criminal purpose to escape the consequences of an illegal or criminal use or arrest by vested authority; or (b) By being knocked down or run over while walking or standing on a public highway by a moving vehicle propelled by steam, cable, eleotricitv, naptha, gasoline, compressed air or liquid power (excluding injuries sustained while on a railroad right of way, except an established crossing, or sustained while working on a public highway or railroad right of way); or (c) By the collapse of the outer walls of a building while the Insured is therein (exoept a building in process of construction, repair or demolition) ; or - ' (d) By the burning of a church, theatre, library, school or municipal administration building, in which the Insured shall be at the beginning of the fire; or & (e) By being struck by lightning, cyclone or tornado, as defined by the United States Weather Bureau; or (f) By drowning while at a bathing beach where a life guard is regularly stationed and while such life guard is on duty; suffer any of the Specific Losses set forth above the Company will pay the sum set above. • V (fts *4» £ You can get your insurance by simply mailing us the application at the right, together with the newspaper r egj:< istration fee of $1. Call or write for ^ further in forma* Ss. turn. ~ , iW-' APPLICATION FOR $7,500 TRAVEL AconpiT iNSBMJsce The McHenry Plaindealtfr, 1 Insurance Department, • w McHenry, Illinois. • ' I hereby apply for the $7,600 Travel Accident Insurance Policy which you are supplying to your readers. I hereby enclose One Dollar ($1.00) covering my newspaper registration fee. It is understood that there will be no further cost to me. I am a subscriber to the McHenry Plaindealer. I understand that the issuance of this policy is a special service which the newspaper is rendering me and if I discontinue my sub?- scription during the life of my policy. Mid polky is subject to cancellation. Signed pijEAOTHpRiNnr" Age. Occupation ............... Street And Number -- ....... City State ™....... Subscribers to the McHenry Plaindealer have the privilege of applying for additional policies for members of their Own families or households, subject to the approval of this newspaper. All policies are issued direct by this newspaper and are V written in the North American Accident Insurance Company of w Chicago, one of the largest reliable companies writing accident insurance. Age limit from 15 to 70 years inclusive. ^ Cut out this application and ami! to MfTliiiu Piak. dealer, together %ith your dollar. :xy- SUCCINCT SAYIN6S Love la the hone; of life. Audacity often conceals flM*. SUen<* can be great as Indifference is not good nature. Ins the fool Is wise after the flfreut.--Homer.-' k; Diligence Is the mother M ^food hdc.--Franklin. . * Oh, give us the man lis work.--Cartyle. Better a live beggtr La Fontaln^, - ^ A laugh is worth <a hundred groans lb any market.--Lamb. He that can work to a boaPB king of something.--Carlyle.. Mercy but murders, pardoning those that kill.--Shakespeare. ; Sloth maketh all things difficult; jtadustry, easy.--Franklin. A bad man is worse when he pre- Jands to be a saint.--Bacon. They are only wise who know that know nothing.--Carlyle. - There are times when it to safer to tool with a bee than to be with a fool. Set aside three minutes each day to worry. Let that lulfice for the iv. • • in a womsirt lMma «M:'vfttttliiii' ingredients are love, money and matrimony. Many a man is abused because of his wealth--hut he doesnt seem to mind it. When trouble is brewing it takes more than hot air to kill the gehn of suspicion. Write prose--in short Jerky sentences-- like vers Ubre--and you get the same effect Fools rush In where angels afterward have to' go to (at them out of the mess they're in. Ananias was about as famous for one lie as Baron Munchausen was tor a bookful. Such is art. "-'j1 Our January Clearance Sale YOUR OPPORTUNITY We are extending to the wise and careful buyer a real opportunity to obtain seasonable merchandise at exl tremely low prices. Check up on your needs and supply your wants at the store of opportunity. American Flowers to Bloom at Stockholm i Flowers from Yellowstone park will .Soon blossom In the royal gardens of •the Swedish capital, according to word received in Washington by the United t States national park service from J'wof. H. S. Conrad of Grlnnell college, director of the lecture and nature guide service In the park. During the recent tour of Grown Prince Qustavus Adolphus and his consort through Yellowstone National park, •professor Conrad was detailed to accompany the royal party and to give the prince, whom he found to be an enthusiastic and well-informed botliDlst. the benefit of his Intimate •knowledge of the mountain flora, professor Conrad has shipped to (Stockholm a collection of the rarer ppecies of Yellowstone plants, not as 'jet represented In the royal herbarium, and he has also sent seeds of s dumber of the choicer flowers which, It Is fidped, will become permanent I American representatives at the Swedish court. V Agm of Lmxmrim Hal to he entirely outdone bf report* of purchases of solid gold dinner plates at very high prices, a special order has just been placed In Few York by a certain woman for teaspoons of the solid metal at $600 a dosen. In another case an order has been sent in to s well-known concern in New York celling for six fancy goblets wrought In solid gold. Just what they ,will cost the purchaser Was not known, as the price had not 1>een calculated for the style of goblet wanted. That this Is s minor factor In the transaction, however, is Indicated by the fact that the order was "signed, sealed and delivered" J>y the purchaser on the assurance of the selling house thst It could be executed as desired. Chlorine Bomb for Homo • A chlorine gas bomb has just been iperfected by a couple of chemists Of San Frsnclsco by which the same 'results may be obtained in a treatment at home as that provided by more elaborate apparatus. All that Is necessary is for the patient suffering from a cold to sit in s closed room for an hour after breaking off the ends of the gas bomb, which is a glass globe filled with pure, filtered chlorine gas. The escaping gas mingles with the air of the room and,, it is claimed, will cure a stubborn cold. Peru Favor a American The government of Peru has set aside one of Us strictest regulations in favor of an American scientist, Dr. Alfred L. Kroeber of the University of California, who will be permitted to bring to this country reUcs of the ancient Inca civilization uncovered by an exploring expedition In which he will have the co-operation of Peruvian scientists. A special decree was necessary to suspend the usual provision that archeological objects shall not be [exported from the country. "Pathfinder*** Trip In 1850 it took John C. Fremont, the "Pathfinder," 75 days to make the trip from California to New York with his wife and daughter. They set out from San Francisco on New Year's day.. ' v j f l i f Vanishing Gamp A scientist has Invented f process lor restoring old mackintoshes. We Wish some one would devise a means •C restoring new unhrellsa. RTJBBER GOODS AND WARM FOOTWEAR The coldest and most disagreeable part of the winter is here now. Never is there a greater need for proper footwear than right now. See if our low prices do not interest you. Men's Black. Duck Rubber Overs for felt boots, $3.25 value, now, per pair $2.44 Men's Felt Boots, combination, $5.25 value per pair $3.94 Men's 4-buckle All Rubber Overs, > * $4.65 value, pair $3.49 MenV 4-buckle All Rubber Overs, * $5.50 value, pair $4.12 4-buckle Arctics $3.90 value, Pa»r $2.92 Youth's 4-buckle Arctics, $3.50 value, Pair $2.62 Child's 4-buckle Arctics, £2.85 value, Pair $2.14 Boys' Ail-Piibl^P Zippers, $4.00 value pair $3.00 Child's Zippers, $3.00 value pair $2.25 Misses' Zippers, $4.25 value, pair $3.19 Ladies' Zippers, $5.00 value, pair $3.T5 Women*# I-buckle Arctics, $2.25 value, pair $1.69 .Men's 4-buckle Arctics, $4.35 value, pair $3.26 Men's 4-buckle Arctics, $4.00 value, pair $3.00 Men's 1-buckle Arctics, $2.75 value, pair $2.06 All other items in Rubber Footwear at 25 c/o discount UNDERWEAR » Many wise buyers will take advantage of our clearance sale prices to get a season's supply, ol lu*avy underwear. : g07* DISCOUNT on Winter Tlnderwear for all the family. BOY8' AND MEN'S WINTER CAPS $2.00 Caps --$1.50 $1.50 Caps -- ; ----$1.19 $1.00 Caps .. , , •' • - 75<^ 'aps , -.-.u- ^49<^ 50c Caps -- -- 35^ Here is an opportunity Yor you to get a nice warm winter cap at a very low price. HOSIERY Lack's' Silk and Wool Hosiery, black only, $2.00 values. Per pair 98c^ Regular $1.35 values now, pair--179c Regular 85c values, how pair 49# Ladies' Pure Thread Silk Hose, $1.00 and $1.25 values, nciw, per pair 89t Bovs' Black Woolen Hose. Our 75c and 90c values, per pair .. ....-- -- 39c Many other items of hosiery priced at very attractive prices for quick sale. Stock up with stockings mm. WOOLEN GLOVES Ladies' Wool Knit Gloves, $1.50 value, " pair $1.00 Children's Woolen Mittens, 35c value, ~ . - • pair 23^ Infants' White Knit Mittens, 40c value, pair 251 36-in. Heavy Blue Denim, per yd. 19# 32-in. 8-oz. Feather Ticking, yard --22# Colored Indian Head Suiting, 50c value, per yard . v .... )«>>•. 39# WOOLEN DRESS GOODS "With real winter weather now here, the immediate need and use of these warm dress fabrics a necessity, our low prices offer an unusual opportunity for saving. 54-in. all wool Flannel, reg. value $4.00 / fer yard $2.75 §44*. All W^,f|inifti,'reg. $3.00 value, per yard $2.19 50-in. Poriet/lVill, reg. value $5.50, per yard $2.35 Heavy Black Wool Suiting or Coat Material, now per yard $1.90 Black or Red Al|-wool Serge, yard 69#" 36-in. Eiderdown, $1.50 value, yard 49* We have a number of pieces of Ratine and! Heavy Plaid Dress Material, values up to- $1.50, now -- -69 and 35# ,, WHITE GOODS ^ J The home dressmaker and housekeeper ' who wish to utilize theiT rather quiet mid- ^ > i w inter spare time in sewing will be pleaa- ^ 3 ed to note the low psioes we are namingifc ^ this departments- Saxon Sheeting, fine firm cloth, eztlll ;i. ' ^ standard grade. " 9-4 Bleached Sheeting, per yard 36# 9-4 Unbleached Sheeting, per yard 35# 36-in. Heavy Shaker Flannel, yard 22# 36-in. Indian Head, white, Per yiL 25# Unbleached Muslins, 2 very good grades, per yard 1*1# and 14# Steven's Unbleached Pure Linen Crash Toweling, 18-in. 2 grades, per yard 18 and 20# Steven's Bleached Pure Linen Crash Toweling, 18-in. per yafrd , 20 a^ 22# REAL VALUES IN SWEATERS. LUMBERJACK* SHEEP LINED COATS Our line of Sweaters and Jackets is some* what broken in sizes. We are therefore giving a discount on the entire lot of X 25% i GROCERIES TL'orn, fine quality, 2 cans Sifted Peas, extra 'standard, 2 cans 25 f 2 15c cans K. C. Baking Powder 25# 1 lb. can Calumet Baking Powder 28# Tomatoes, large size can -- 15# Great Northern Navy Beans, large white beau, fine quality, 3 lbs. 25# Wrisley's Old Country Soap Flakes, 2 25c packages -- 31# A. F. Soap Flakes, 25c pkg. 17c; 3for 50# Old Dutch Cleanser, 2 eens for----15# Sunbrite Cleanser, 4 cans ^-- 15# Jap Rose Toilet Soap, 2 cakes for^lS#" Kirk's Hard Water Castile Toilet Soap, 4 bars for .-- ^--25# 5 bars P. & G. Laundry Soap for--^17# Kerber's Lard, especially priced, lb. 154 r Ml, " * I'M CHINA AMD OLASSWAU '*1 We have a number of useful and practical articles in Fancy Glassware and Hand Painted China. Owing to the fact that in many instances^ we have only one or two items of a number, we are offering a straight discount of 33 1-3% • Store Phone 154 V - niitf-iiihritfi, "i"'" iiTi T^ fif : -.r .