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^iimniiiin wnnimmmimnimw---------- FALL AND WINTER CLOTHING ¥ HATS, CAPS, GLOVES, ETC* X. <?ObD Afe THE BEST;CHAAf» AS THE CHAPEST OSnUN BROS. HARDWARE AND DRY QOODS STORE > Closing Out Sale on Summer Stoves, Ice Boxes, Screen Doons^ Etc., to make room for Winter Goods. Opposite Reynold'-Flour & Feed Mill. . . . . (TcHENRY, ILL. imioimwiMiiiifiin--------••••mwimiMMi McHENRY COUNTY ABSTRACT COMPANY. OFFICE with McHenry County State Bank Wood-took, Illi Abstracts of title and con- • vcyiincinc. Money to loan on real estate in fcuius of §.">00 to $10,000, time and payment to .suit uorrower. DON'T BE FOOLEDI Take the genuine, original ROCKY MOUNTAIN TEA Made only by Aladison Medi­ cine Co., Madison, Wis. Et keeps you well. Our trade nark cut on each package. Price, 35 cents. Never sold in bulk. Acccpt nu aubstl- wsoNPcxoTto ien tut®. Ask your druggist. 1902 Crop 50 (ents d Busliei, (dsii with Every Load Pickles > Be sure and contract your pickles with Stafford & Gold­ smith Co., as they were the first parties that paid 50c a bushel. Contract at(once as we will take only a limited number of acres. Make your contracts with, and get your seeds from John Buss, or at the following places: Bank of McHenry, McHenry, 111., Simon Stof- fel. West McHenry. III.. M. J. Walsh. West McHenry, III., John 1\ Lay, Johnsfourclt, 111., West McHenry. 111., John J. W. O. Evanson Miller. West McHenry. 111., J wood, 111.. C i?. Uristy, King M. Adains, Johnsburgh, 111. STAFFORD & GOLDSMITH West McHenry, 111. CO. CHARLES G. ERETT Wholesale and retail dealer In 1 am In the Market For Beef Veal liutton Hogs and Poultry dive me a call and Smoked Meats, Sausage McHenry - Illinois AMERICA'S BEST Editorially Fearless. Consistently Republican. News from all of ttie world--Well written, original stories--Answers to queries--Articles on Health, the Home, New Books, and on Work About the Farm and Garden. The Weekly Inter Ocean Is a member of the Associated Press the only Western Newspaper re­ ceiving the entire telegraphic news service of the New York Pun and syecial cable of the New York World--daily reports from over 2.000 special correspondents throughout the country. Y E A R O N E D O L L A R Subscribe for The Plaindealer and T I. Weekly Inter Ocean one year, both pa pers for $1.75- is 6 | dilMil Bros-1 | fiiKy Grocers & $ #: NEIGHBORING NEWS AS CHRONICLED B Y OUR ABLE CORPS OF CORRESPONDENTS { • _ • ~ i $ If: % I & i f : s* 8 & $: k 1 ( # f i Special in | Washing 1 Powder! i P Grandma's | Washing " $ Powder in four | pound Packages | 2 Packages for I 125 cents ii g We guarantee | this to be the finest Soap 1 Powder on the I ilarket. I | Mason I Fruit 1 Jars! 1 $ Quarts, Caps $j and Rubbers | complete, per ^ I? dozen - - 50c | Best granulated I Sugar, per hun- | dred pounds 1 $4.98 V: t: 6 if: # 8 •fc " i \k f •ft ft% Best Portland Cement Delivered at McHenry at $2.50 per barrel. WM. BELL. Factory and residence, No. 508 Hill Avenue Office, rootn 2, Me Bride block, Douglas Ave ELGIN, ILLINOIS JOHM8BCBGH. / Johnie, son of Martin Lay, is on the sick list. Miss Emma Bugner was visiting Mc­ Henry friends Sunday. ' John J. Schaefer was a Pistakee Lake visitor Tuesday afternoon. Miss* M. M. Adams transacted bosi* ness in the city Thursday. Mrs. C. M. Adams called on Mrs. John May Monday afternoon. Mrs. C. May called, on her mother, Mrs. Hnemann, at McHenry Monday, Mrs. Wm. Althoff and daughter, Miss Gertie, visited the latter's sister, Lizzie, Monday. Miss Gertie Freund of Chicago was the guest of her parents here several days last week. Miss Annie ITreund of C hicago is vis­ iting her cousins, Misses Maggie and Lena Adams this week. Henry Duginer and family were ont from Chicago last Thursday to attend the funeral of Lena Lay. Sunday afternoon the Misses Lena Vichels, fiose Lay and Maggie and Lena Adams ventured out for a ride as far as McHenry. Miss Mamie Linden of Chicago, who had been visiting with Barbara Steffes the past week, is now calling on rela­ tives at McHenry. The choir of St. John'sBabtist church will crive a concert at St. Joseph's hall on Sunday evening, August 17. The singing will be grand. John Simons returned to his home in Chicago yesterday after spending a few days vacation with his grand mother, Mrs. Michels, and relatives. Miss Annie Lay returned home Mon­ day evening after a few days visiting in Chicago. She va? accompanied by her cousin, Miss Laura Duginer. Thursday evening, August 14, Geo. and Del Bacon of Ringwood yill give a party at Pint & Hagen's hall. Quite a number from here will attend. Liittle Susie Freund entertained some of her friends Tuesday. Those present were: Misses Dena Michels, Emma Bug- Emma Freund and Dena Meyers. They enjoyed a fine time at the lakes. Miss Lena Lay, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John P. Lay was born in Johns- burgh, August 10, 1881 and died of quick consumption, August 5, 1902, so her age was 20 years, 11 months and 25 days. Many of her friends gaye large and rare bouquets of floral offerings as a sign of dear love which were placed on the cas­ ket. The funeral was held at St. John's church Thursday morning at nine o'clock Rev. Father Mehring officiating. It Needs a Tonic. There are tinies when your liver needs tonic. Don't give purgatives that gripe and weaken. DeWitt's Little Early Risers expel all poison from the system and act as tonic to the liver. W. Scott, 581 Highland ave., Milton, Pa., says: "I have carried DeWitt's Little Early Risers with me for several years and would not be without them." Small and easy to take. Purely vege­ table. They never gripe or distress. Julia A- Story, McHenry;G. W. Besley, West McHenry. BAKRBVIIAE. ^ * J. D. Fleming was in Elgin Sunday. Clark Jacobs of Nnnda was a caller her Friday. Paul Burton of Nonda was a caller here Saturday. Floyd Thompson and friend of Slo- cum's Lake spent Sunday here. Wm. Van Natta of Slocum's Lake called on relatives here recently. Mrs. Wm. Grantham of Chicago spent Sunday at Wm. Van Natta'b Sr. Miss Mollie Campbell of Nunda spent a few days last week with relatives here. Fred Wilmington is assisting A. P. Peck of Ridgefield with his threshing outfit. Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Shugrua and daughter of Nunda called on friends here Thursday evening. Mr. and Mrs. E. O. Van Natta re­ turned to tneir home in Chicago after week's visit with relatives here. A. S. Coral and W. P. St Clair of Nunda were making business calls in this vicinity Thursday afternoon. C. W. Starritt and MiBs Clara Thomp­ son spent Sunday at Lake Geneva with a party of Chicago friends who are spending the summer there. Agent for the Celebrated International Stock Food Preventative of Hog Cholera Jos. H. Huemann ^ Johnsburgh, Illinois. sells Corn Shellere and Tread Powers, Duplex Grinding Mills, Rock Island Plows, Wagons, Carriages, Buggies, Wind Mills, Well Supplies, Harness Oil, Paint Oil and ' Machine Oil a Specialty. GeBeril BUcksaiitfcta* ' Nv Prices ilwiys ReuiuMe |MMMM •••••••• ••••• tMM •••••••••••••••••• HILIP JAEGER General Commission merchant Stall 1 & 3, Fulton St. Wholesale Market Chicago, Illinois Special attention given to the sale of Dressed Beef, rtutton Hogs, Veal, Poultry Hides, Etc. Butter and Eggs' This is the oldest house on the street Tags and price lists furnished on application COLD STORAGE FREE I 'EE | OA Bean the Signature •f . T O H X A . r The Kind Vim Have Always Threshing is in full swing at present on all sides. E. Wallace had his barn raising on Wednesday. Frank Martial boose is ready for the plasterers. Mrs. B. Harrison returned from her trip to Berlin last Thursday. Mrs. Kate Goodsell and sister were visitors at Ringwood Monday. J. McDonald's daughter of Chicago returned home Monday after a very pleasant visit. Mrs. P. S. Martin and daughter, Mrs. E. E. Bassett were Greenwood visitors the first of the week. Mr. Warren and Amy Francisco vis­ ited in Harvard last Friday with their sister Mrs. Sam Lincoln. The cemetery society hope to have another social before long to finish raising the money for the arch for the cemetery gate. The Ostend Cemetery society will hold an Ice Cream social at the home of Clif­ ford Sherman at the Sam Sherman homestead on Saturday evening, August 16. Come all and help the ladies to raise funds for cemetery work. VOI4K S. B. Rnssel of Chicago is' visiting at Will HusonV. Mrs. Sadie Mend of Grayglake was a caller here Monday. The farmers in this vicinity are busy threshing their grain. Miss Anna Stilling of Pistakee Bay visited friends here Sunday. Miss Sarah Nicholls is spending this week with relatives in Chicago. Messrs. Charles and Edgar Parker were Grayslake callers Saturday even­ ing. - Mrs/ John Walton returned home Tuesday after a week's visit at Grays­ lake. Mrs. Langhill of Evanston spent the past week with her sister, Mrs. Charles Parker. Mrs. A. J. Raymond and daughter, Helen, Sundayed at Fremont with Mrs. L. V. Lusk. Miss Hattie Bain of Drnces Lake has been the guest of Miss Mary Ranght the past week. Nettie and Lloyd Russell spent Sat­ urday and Sunday at Fort Hill with J. Converse and family. Rev. Lapham and Rev. Pierce and daughter of Wauconda were callers at C. G. Hnson's Monday. Mrs. John Frost and Mrs. Kate Effiger and son, John, spent Thursday at Wau­ conda with the former's daughter, Mrs. Do we. Mesdames Sarah and Laura Huson returned to their homes Monday after spending several days with relatives at Grayslake. There will be no services in the M. E. church Sunday afternoon on account of the Sunday school convention to be held at Fox Lake, WOODSTOCK. Mrs. Myrta Cowlin spent Monday in Chicago. F. R. Rayner was in Chicago on busi­ ness on Friday. Louis Moeller was in Chicago on busi­ ness last Saturday. E. G. Seward was in Chicago on busi­ ness last Saturday. Prof. C. W. Hart was in Chicago on business last Friday. F. H. Opfergelt was in Chicago on business on Monday. Alan Dufield is spending a week in Chicago with relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Pierson were Chi­ cago visitors on Friday. John Reynolds spent the first of the week with friends in Chicago, The annual teachers' institute opened in this city on Monday morning. Dr. W. H. Doolittle was in Chicago on professional business Sunday. Elmer Cunningham of Elgin spent Sunday with friends in this city. Jacob Warner and mother spent Sun­ day with relatives and friends in Chica­ go. Mr. and Mrs. John Coghler and daughter were Chicago visitors .Satur­ day. Mrs. M. Cussick was called to Chica­ go on Saturday by the death of a rela­ tive. Mrs. C. E. Enlow and children are guests of relatives at Fiefield, Wis., this week. A large delegation of our German Lutherans attended the picnic at Algon­ quin last Sunday. Mrs. Ernest Fues and children re­ turned on Sunday from a pleasant visit with friends at Algonquin. Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Schneider and children spent the first of the week with relatives at Milwaukee, Wis. Mr. and Mrs. N. Anderson and child ren of Chicago were guests of relatives and friends here over Sunday. Thos. Johnson, with his family, left Monday morning for Sweden, where they will make their future home. Mrs. Hanson Pierson went to Elgin last Saturday to consult Dr. George J. Schneider about an eye and ear diffi culty. Tracy Duffeld who has been visiting with relatives in this city the past five weeks, returned to his home in Chicago on Monday. Patrick Hanley. who resides just west of the brewery, last week lost three cows and a horse from hydraphobia, the ef fects of a bite from a mad dog. Hanson Pierson, who has been night watch at the factory the past year, re signed his position on Friday night, on account of ill health. He is succeeded by Fred Griffin. Mr. and Mrs. John H. Higgins are guests of his parents in this city this week. John is enjoying his annual va­ cation and will spend it among his many friends here who are very much pleased to meet him. Dr. C. G. Jenning while working on one of Patrick Hanley's cows last week that was suffering with hydraphobia, cut his hand and that member became infected. He went to a hospital in Chi­ cago on Saturday morning to have the wound cauterized. Col. Geo. W. Hall's circus exhibited in the Dacy lot in this city last Satur- of proper protection from insects cannot be set down in figures, but the price of the net protection is here given. Every style and kind of Fly Nets manufactured are in this stort. The best we could find werfe pur­ chased and we think these are the beet values ever offered: Heavy Cotton Team Net $1.25 Heavy Leather Team Net $1.50 to $3.00 Hard Twisted Cotton Nets $1.7$ Fine White Shell Cotton Ear Tips SOC Shoe Lace Buggy Net $1.1$ t !6u$. Carlson. •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••tip* C. F. Hall Co. Sell. Read our prices and see our goods. Compare in any way yon please. Cash buying and selling gives us values which others do not have. Regular 30c summer corsets at 15c. Some fast black heavy ribbed hose, called "bad boy hose," equaling any 85c stocking, now 20c. Lot of 15c to 85c child's hose to go now at 10c pr. Rem. in good ticking at 6c yd. Wool 80 in. to 44 in. dress goods, from a bankrupt stock worth 35c to 50c now 19. 15 and 12c per yd. Mill seconds in ladies' hose at 5c pr. Silk front shirts for men 25c. Lot of boys' ,and men 8 50c caps now 19c. Men's 25c leather suspenders at 15c. Wisdom soap powder 3c, Pearline 4c, Gold Dust 14c. 1500 yds. of fine silks including $1.50 Foulards, the poorest sold tor 50c yd., now choice for 85c per yd. Buy furs now, you get better goods at a less price. Special collaretts- at $1.69, $1.9$ and $2.49. 3 skirt values for this week. Duck skirts at 25c, faney heavy silk skirt, beautifully tucked and trimmed at $7.49, and all wool unlined skirts at $1.29 and $1.98. C. F. HALL CO., Dundee, 111. Coming as it does, in the busiest sea­ son, when a man can least afford to lose time, a sure and quick cure for diar­ rhoea is very desirable. Anyone who has given it a trial will tell you that the quickest, surest and most pleasant remedy in use for this disease is Cham* berlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. There is no IOSB of time when it is used, as one or two doses of it will cure any ordinary attack. It never fails, not even in dangerous cases, gists. the most severe and For sale by all drug bi;'. SPRING GROVE. Mike Rauen is gaining slowly. Mrs. Frank Hatch visited the city Tuesday. Mrs. Cora Richardson visited at bron Saturday, Jake Rauen and family of Kenoslia. Wis , are visiting herev H. A. Beard of Rochelle is attending to business here at present. Gussie Kinnander of Chicago is vis­ iting his uncle, Otto Hesse. A 10-pou,%d boy arrived at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Aoss* August 7. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas'Turner and son of Chicago visited at Jessie Richardson's recently. « > James Bell had the.jnisfortune to have his band badly cut while thresh­ ing Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Teft and Mrs. Ada White and children visited at Milton, Wis., last week. The little son of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. J oh ti son of Capron had the misfortune to break his leg. The new bank pafe has been placed in position and a new set of post office Ijoxes also installed. Marie Walsh of Chicago is spending several dayB with her uncle, Lawyer Walsh, at the Westlake hotel. Mrs. Lizzie Pierce is able to be up though very weak. She contemplates selling out her millinery business. Makes the fires of life burn with a steady glow. Renews the golden, hap­ py days of youth. That's what Rocky Mountain Tea does. 35 cents. G. W. Besley. • From Prairie Schooner Limited. to Overland O Bean the Signature a T O R I A . rThe Kind You Have Aiwa day, and a bigger fake was never seen. The street parade was a fake; the animal show was a fake; the balloon ascension was a fake; the performance was a fake; everything but the price of admission was the rankest kind of a deception. AH Were Saved. "For years I suffered such untold misery from Bronchitis, writes J. H. Johnston, of Broughton, Ga., "that of­ ten I was unable to work. Then, when everything else failed, I was wholly cured by Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption. My wife suffered in­ tensely from Asthma, till it cured her, and all our experience goes to show it is the best Croup medicine in the world." A trial will convince you it's unrivaled for Throat and Lung diseases. Guar­ anteed bottles 50c and $1.00. Trial bottles free at Julia A. Story'*. Under this title the July Review of Reviews contains a well illustrated article that deals with the history and development of the Chicago & North Western Ry., one of the largest and best managed railway properties in the country. The article is especially time ly by reason of the recent opening of the North-Western's new double track across the plains from Chicago to the Missouri River at Council Bluffs. It should be read by all who are inter­ ested in the recent rapid growth of the Northwest. Copies of the article bound in Review of Reviews covers, can bn secured by sending stamp to W, B. Kniskern, G. P.& T. A., Chicago, Ills. C A d V O X l Z A . Bean tha ^ou Hate Always Bought Signatue of Kxcursion Kates to< Race Meet at Belolt, Wis., Via the North-Western Line. Excur- cnrsioti tickets will be sold at reduced rates August 18 to 22, inclusive, limited to return until August 23, inclusive. Apply to agents Chicago St North- Western R'y. r Teething I f Then the baby is most like- | | ly nervous, and fretful, and ! | doesn't gain in weight, 1 | Scott's Emulsion | * is the best food and medicine | for teething babies. They 0 gain from the start. | Send for a free sample. § SCOTT & BOWNE, Chemists, 5 400-415 Pearl Street, New Vork. 5 J .> p nn* nH | Summer Qoods! There is no need going further than Johnsburgh to secure the necessities i Summer Wear. We have a good line of Summer Dress Goods which are going at lowest prices. Shoes Tor Jill Everything in Shoes, includ­ ing fine Shoes, for Men, Women and Children and heavy Working Shoes. Good Line of Groceries! C. H. ADAMS, Johnsburgh, 111. HARPER! WHISKY; If; - v v-'4^ v • it i ! ii-l- $*5 •»? Scientifically Distilled, Naturally Aged, Absolutely Pure, I lest and Safest for all uses. For sale by All' Leading Dealers w HEATS I Fresh Salt and Smoked. with CHICAGO MILWAUKEE MINNEAPOLIS ST. PAUL OMAHA NEW YORK BOSTON PHILADELPHIA And 25.000 other points besides perfect local service. Bates Sc per Bay CHICAGO TELEPHONE COMPANY Vegetables and Fruit in Seasoit •6'It s # |Jrl "' hi : ,V: <> Having purchased tbfc West Side- Market of F. Wat­ tles, it is my intention to give all customers the best service possible. 1 pay spot cash for hides, poultry and stock of all kinds, thus paying the low­ est prices, and will sell on the same basis. •'-i .'v - .•? % ^ '4.W3 H ' , '.4 V 4 A. C. nATTHEWS,spflW) McHenry. West McHenry. AVtgetable Preparation lor As similaling llicFootl andRe^ da­ ting the Stomachs and Bowels of INFANTS /CHILD'KKN Promotes Digeslion.Cheerfuh ness andRest.Cofttains neither Opium.Morphine nor Mineral. >OT NAl^C OTIC. tod/* oraujotSAMSLmaaR Pumpkui Sent' Mx.Smna * HixhtlU Smltr-jtnioe .fivrf f -Bi CtirboHttfr Sottf * ftirr» $e*J -Cfrvifuid Sugnr hmlrfyrmn navw. Aperfecl Remedy forConstipa Hon, Sour Stomach,Diarrhoea Worms .Convulsions .Feverish- ness and Loss OF SLEEP. Facsimile Signature of NEW" VORK. EXACT COPY OF WRAPPER CUSTOM# * t;> $ \U : For Infants and Children The Kind You Have Always Bought AM - For Thirty Years C1ST0RU THE CCNTAUH COMNNy NCW TORS C*TT. Do You Paint? If you do, bear in mind that we carry the beet brand of ready- mixed paints in the county. All colors and shades--ready for the brush. The beauty of theee paints is that anyone that knows enough to ply the brush oan use tbeui, W* mujf» full line of Oils, Varnishes, Etc. which are sold at the lowest possible prioes. If you want a Spring Tonic call on iiSh*J J. 5. BROWN & SON. ! * • s s I 3 s Ringwood, 111.