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McHenry Plaindealer (McHenry, IL), 18 Aug 1927, p. 5

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THE HcBXmtT PLAINSKALXK, THURSDAY, ATTGTJST18,1927 ••.vy**w.y ItHENSTB HOMI OF AMUSEMBNT «WE CANT PLAY THEM ALL SO WE PLAY THE BE ST" SHOWS 7:30-9 :d© THURSDAY - FRIDAY August 18-19 'DOWM THE STBSTOH' Marian Nixon . Robert Aj?new-Otis Harts* And Universal Comedy SATURDAY August^ 20 Back Jones ia "CHAINED LIGHTNING" Jnd the* Fox Comedy "THE BATTLING "KANGAROO" with BIG TIME VAUDEVILLE SUNDAY ---- Matinee 2:30 Prices 10-25 Adolphe Menjou • in • » "THE AOS OF OASS" with Alice Joyce with - VAUDEVILLE and the comedy - "A SPANISH OMELETTETUESDAY - WEDNESDAY * August 23-14 "TAXI-TAXI" with Everett Horton And a Star Cast And the Confedy "SLEEPY TIME PAL" TUESDAY SILK PILLOW NIGHT A Great Show and Rent PHiei for the Lucky One* THURSDAY - FRIDAY August 25-26 "PASSIONATE QUEST' Adventure, Romance and Uproarious Fun Bald Knob Hotel and Summer Resort "Nature's Paradise" R» K. Johnson, Pre*. PiaUkee Lake P. O. McHenry, HI. (Copyright 1927 by R. E. Johnson) Modern History ly after the visit of Qwfcui Marie and her hasty departure on account of the illness of her husband. King Ferdinand, a teacher In one of the Indianapolis city schools had for her history lesson the story of Columbus and his discovery of the New world. In the course of the class discussion the teacher mentioned the appeals made by Columbus to Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand of Spain for financial assistance. One member of the class, appearing much concerned, asked: "Is that the same King Ferdinand that is Queen Majtrii'a husband r Plea for Tolerance You can't get along with other people if you carry old grudges. Bright people must learn to be tolerant and patient with slower people, and you must learn to compare yourself frankly, honestly and fairly wltt other people.--Albert E. Wlggam. Soundproofing The bureau of standards says that hair felt forms a very effldept sound absorber. It should be placed on the room side of the wall, covering ft The Toot Was Just in Time " By AD SCHU8TER '•pOM ALTJNG rested his rifle on his knee. "Just watfeh me plug that llcard." His drowsy companion Jumped up, struck the barrel and the bullet went wild. The lizard scurried under a rock. "Donl get excited. TOOK Just listen." There were four of us once who went hunting and fishing way back in the woods. We had horses with us and an automobile and were equipped to spend a month by ourselves. It was the wildest and most lonesome place I ever saw and one with the largest mixture of scenery. The hills rose up on both sides ,ot a valley filled with white and smooth rocks so that, except for the few cypresses which seemed to break right through the stone, it looked like a river had petrified. Well, never mind the scenery, except that when night came there were queer shadows and weird cries and the moon lighted up the white rocks in a ghastly sort ol^ way. The auto belonged to a feller m call Bill, and Bill was the best hunter of the lot. He was always taking long excursions on his horse and we never thought It strange when be turned in late. We Just Irotit a big Are to show him the way, pulled up our blankets and went to sleep. In the morning . Bill was there. One night when there wasn't any wind and the cries of a mountain lion were sending creepy echoes up the valley we stayed awake a little longer than usual, hoping Bill would show up. I guess we all felt uneasy, but not a one would admit It I know I felt like a small boy sleeping outdoors for the first time, but I shut my eyes, told myself not to be a fool, and went to sleep. So did the rest Long about midnight there was a loud howl close by and we all sat up. Then somebody laughed, stopped suddenly, and the moon shone on three scared faces. The howl was Bill's automobile a few yards away. Its horn was tooting and there was nobody there to press the button I Bill's cot was empty. The shrill sound of the horn rose and fell and tt seemed somehow like It was a cigr of distress. Bomebody, I don't remember which, ran over, punched on the button and fooled with the thing, but it kept on screaming. We went back by the fire, pulled on our clothes and nobody said a word. "Bill 1 You don't suppose something has happened to him? He ought to be back by now." That is what we all thought It may seem queer now, but back there In that mountain moonlight with the white rocks staring it was as if that automobile of Bill's had awakened us for some reason. We were all getting ready to go out and look for him and as we left, each following a trail, that horn quit Then it was deathly silent and we shoved along. The first who found Bill was to fire a gun. I found him. He had taken the short cut up the slope to camp and his horse had slipped on the rocks. There he was pinned under the animal and his face was twisted at the moon. I pulled him out and fired the gun. We carried him back to the camp and after a while he got over it A few more hours, though. If It hadn't been for that horn, and he would have been dead. "But the lisard T Where does he come In?" "Next morning we examined the automobile and found a lizard tangled op in the wiring of the horn. In his struggles to get out he had short-circuited the thing. Call It whatever you wish but, if you are a friend of mine, use a tin can or something that ain't alive for a target." (Cppyrtibt) First Iron Steamer* Had to Win Approval Experiments with Iron steamship* were made before 1843, but not until that year was a vessel of considerable size constructed of Iron. The first Iron steamer built was the Aaron Manby, but this was not a large craft. The Alburkah, 70 feet long, with a 16- horsepower engine, was built In 1831. She drew three feet six Inches, and her successful navigation disproved the Idea that a light draft was dangerous, according to W. Clark Russell In "The Ship: Her Story.** The first Iron steamers ever to engage In warfare were the Nemesis and the Phlegethon. They took part in the China war of 1842. The Great Britain, launched July 19. 1843, was the first lnrpe Iron steamer to enter the New York-Liverpool run. She was 322 feet long. 48 feet broad, 31 % feet deep, and had a burden of 3,270 tons. She was equipped with four diagonal cylinders, each 80 Inches In diameter, with a 72- inch stroke. Her horsepower was 1.500. Noise Counts for LittU The man who makes a lot of noise seldom makes anything else. In some ways he Is like an empty vessel pounded with an Iron spoon. It's well to remember that "deep waters run Silently yet powerfully" and to act accordingly.-- Grit SUCCESS ON SCREEN MEANS MUCH WORK The movie-going public, unfamiliar with the making of a moving picture, has no Idea Of the "time and labor required to produce a film that runs an hour or two In a theater, according to Lillian Gish, famous American screen star, who says, in an article In Liberty, "You buy a ticket at the box office, find a seat, and watch a picture for a while. Then you get your hat and walk out In two hours you have witnessed something whlcb may have taken us eight months and a million dollars to make. "You have seen a woman walk across the screen," continues the actress, "pause at a window, and turn to stare at a man coming through a door. It takes 40 seconds to show you that scene--and it may have taken us 40 hours to get it right We may have done that one bit of acting a hundred times in rehearsal, and a dozen times before the camera; and that is only one of a thousand episodes in. the play.** • - v WEEKLY EXCHANGE ITEMS OflNTEREST TAKEN FROM COLUMNS ©T OUR EXCHANGE? HOT EXACTLY WHAT ^ LOVER LOOKED FOR District Attorney Wallace, discussing the punishment recently meted out to immoral plays, said at a luncheon In New York: "These people expected praise and pelf. They got Instead--well, what they got Instead must have made them feel worse than the young bond salesman. "The young bond\ salesman said nervously to a pretty ^irl at a dance: " 'I'm all shot to pieces over Helen. Can't sleep or nothln'. I'd give the world if I could find out whether ahe cares for me or not' "'Helen often speaks of you,' said the pretty girl. 'She calls you her 'good resolution.* ** "'By gosh, but that makes me happy,' said the bond salesman; and then be added, 1 wonder what ahe means by that?' " 'She tells me,' laughed the pretty girl, 'that she means you're always broke.'" ' . of a Bank Teller Banking, as understood by some women, Is a mysterious process, according to one bank teller. The other day a woman handed In her bank book filled with scratched pages and illegible scrawls. "How did this happen?" he asked. "Why," she explained sweetly, "the lapt time my account was balanced it mdn't come out right, so I Just changed It In the little red book." Another announced indignantly: "I'm going to take my money out of this bank at once. They are so disagreeable, they have Just told me my account is overdrawn." Assortment of Newsy Itema te a Condensed Form For Busy People John Freeland, 16, son of Mr. and Mrs. M. N. Freeland,. former owners of a farm near Crystal Lake, was drowned last Sunday afternoon while swimming in a river six miles from the present home of the Freelands in Cummings, N. D. Word of the accident was received in Crystal Lake last Tuesday. Mrs. Ruth Schoenenberger of Long Lake, who shot and killed one of her daughters and wounded the other, and then attempted suicide, has been adjudged insane, and was taken to Elgin Saturday of last week by deputy sheriffs. Mrs. Schoenenberger has practically recovered from a wound in her head, which it was thought would prove fatal. , Freddie Wille, six-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Herman Wille of Ridgefield, was knocked down and trampled on by a cow in a pasture near there home one night of last week. The cow stepped on his face and a deep cut was made in one cheek, it requiring three stitches to close. While talking to a neighbor, Chas. J. Reid of Long Lake, collapsed and $ied within a few minutes one night recently. Reid was a widower and had bought some groceries and had called at a home to deliver them when he was stricken. Eight persons, passengers on the bus of the Royal Rapid Transit Co., of Chicago, were severely injured in an accident, which occurred one and one-half miles west of Garden Prairie at 7:35 o'clock last Wednesday morning. The bus, with Fred J. Matthews driving, was traveling east to Chicago when a farmer, Norman Bailey, driv ing an empty hay wagon, ignored the repeated sounding of the horn and as the bus started to pass, without warning, turned his team into a driveway to his left. Most of the passengers were reported as having expressed the opinion that the driver was not at fault, and that he had exercised great care in the handling of his machine. Theodore Morre has disposed of the equipment of the Marengo Specialty company, located in Marengo, to two Chicago men, Frank McHale and Leo Platke. This firm will go under the same name and will open in the near future, making raincoats. They will add employes gradually as their business increases. The new laundry at the Children's Industrial home in Woodstock is just about completed, in fact it is being used now. The old lumber was salvaged from the recent fire and a new building on an adjacent site was erected by Mr. Maxwell and the boys, v ith very little outside help, or very aivch additional lumber. Three persons were killed, and five seriously injured, when their auto mobile crashed into a gravel train of the North Western railroad, on the state highway No. 19 crossing, near Crystal Lake recently. Richard David, aged 4, of 2640 Milwaukee avenue, Chicago, was badly cut about the head when the car in which he was riding recently figured in a head-on collision at August Hanson's corner near Long Lake. The lad was thrown through the windshield and sustained cuts that required nearly 25 stitches to clqse. He was taken to the office of a physician, and his injuries were dressed. Two stores at Druce Lake were en^ tered by burglars some time early Friday morning of last week and the money boxes stolen from two vending machines. The Lake View store, operated by Leo Carvis, and the Smith & Kelly store were the places entered. At the Lake View store about $5.00 in nickels was taken, according to a report. At the Smith 4: Kelly store about $16.00 was secured, the vending machine was smashed by the thieves, who also took several cartons of cigarettes. Charles J. Fisher, freight agent of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul railroad at Libertyville. left for the Pasteur Institute in Chicago this Week to be inocultaed with antirabies serum, following the discovery that the dog that bit him on the right arm last Friday night was suffering of hydrophobia. Miss Adeline White, 39 years old, a resident of Chicago, died suddenly last Saturday night while she was riding in an automobile with friends, on her way to a physician at Antioch. Death was due to a cerebral hemorrhage, according to the autopsy performed by a physician at the inquest held, Sunday morning at the undertaking rooms in Antioch. Mrs. George Clougher, of Oak Park; was instantly killed late Saturday afternoon when an automobile driven by her husband was struck by another car, on Belvidere road about ten miles west of Waukegan at the intersection with state route No. 21. This is just east of the Soo line tracks. The Virginia cafe at Libertyville was nearly wrecked last Sunday night at 11:30 o'clock when a free-for-all fight occurred. A crowd of Chicago motorists stopped at the cafe and some of them got into an argument with some of the Libertyville men who were in the place. The result was that of a battle royal occurred. Tables and chairs were broken. Miss Elizabeth Schmidt, aged' 12 years, daughter of Mr and Mrs. B. Schmidt, Elgin, has been moved from the camp at the Y. W\ C. A. near Crystal Lake, reported ill with infantile paralysis. The girl was stricken last Thursday, her case since having fcren dinernn?ed as infantile paralysis, according to the city physician. Ray Buter, of Chicago, was drowned late last Saturday evening when the rowboat in which he was fishing with his friend F. Riccert also of Chicago was upset in Channel Lake by the waves from a passing speed boat. The Oakland Hotel and dance hall at Powers Lake was destroyed by fire one day this week. The hotel was recently constructed and was one of the most prominent and popular summer resorts on the Lake. A few years ago a similar fire destroyed the old Oakland Hotel. The cause of the fire has not been learned although it is believed that an overheated stove in the kitchen was the cause. Miss Irene Jenkins, daughter of Mr; and Mrs. William Jenkins of Waukegan proved to be the heroine of the day at Diamond Lake last Sunday afternoon when she leaped from a burning motor boat with a five year old girl in hrer arms and saved the child from'serious injury. iv Surgical Triumph * "•A Marvel of surgery has been formed In South Africa. Nine year* ago a Rand man developed a pain In the leg, vhlch was diagnosed as duo to gangrene. Since then he suffered agony, being unable to walk, as he refused to 'iave the limb amputated, which, doctors declared, was the only cure. Recently he was Informed that gangrene had been cured twice In history without amputation. As local surgeons were unaware of the method involved, the patient cabled to a Russian doctor In Leningrad. Information received from the doctor by cable enabled a Johannesburg surgeon to perform the necessary operation. The patient , now has the use of all tola limbs. The Five-Day Week "I don't think this here flve-day week Idea Is ever goln' to make the grade," declared Cash Miller, cigar store philosopher. "Most people seem to feel It'd mean too much woife»***» Thrift Magazine. Ancient Proverb "Whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad," Is an'ancient proverb. Sophocles quotes it: "Whom Jupiter would destroy, he first drives (pr makes) mad." It Is found In many ancient writers. Boxer* Train in TreadmUt Road work is considered Important In the pugilist's training, as It d ops the lungs and leg muscles cultivates endurance. Outdoor tlce is not always possible, because dt the weather, so a substitute has baa* found in a form of stationary numlaf on a canvas belt on rollers, says Vnvp ' ular Mechanics Magazine. The agi* paratus is llbe a treadmill, the tns9 partly supporting himself by handle* at the side. Trainers declare »*»f{ practically the same results can ba obtained from the apparatus as fvoX •••nlar road exercise. 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Locating Streets by Nam« In Mexico City It is usually possible to tell the general location of a street by the character of Its name. Thus In one section of the city all streets bear the names of trees or flowers. In snot her section the n»NM fit MUBIV heroes, and tooa ' Outrunning the Train A sensible modernist Is merely aa engine that ha« outrun i*« »«.»• ItMllfl • .i Portraits Given to Poet Portraits of two Ellsabethtown men who were killed In action In France have been presented to Elizabeth Post No. 130 of the American Legion by their mothers. The two men, Joseph P. Barnes and Joseph A. Ryan, were burled by the post In a double military funeral when their bodies were returned from France, Small Graduating Clan* M. L. Combs, supervisor of the research division of the Virginia state board of education, traveled 176 mile# to address a graduating class of one person. The exercises were held at MiUboro, Va., where Miss Ruth Hickman, the lone graduate, received her diploma All Depend» An uplift worker, visiting a prison, was much impressed by the melancholy attitude of one man she found. "My poor fellow," she sympathized, "how long are you In for?*' "Depends on politics, lady," replied the melancholy one. Tm the warden.** --American Legion Monthly. - Cabbage Traveled Far When Buddy Honca of Santa Uosa, Texas, slipped a note in a Texas valley cabbage, asking that the consumer write him, he hardly expected to receive his reply from as distant a place as Newfoundland. Honca received a letter from a young man who bought the vegetable there. Sarcasm It was during the family battle. "You seem to think a bad cold in the head means nothing to a woman," com plained Mrs. Blackstone. 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