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$ • - ' H : ; ' %K < m<> • V t"* A liberal discount on •4^ Overcoats and Suits 1 DURING JANUARY '•mfg # - I,#- JOS. W. PREUND, West McHenry, III. A young man who had just taken a wife, Felt the need of a good carving knife. Pk0 e So he came to and as he went oiit the door, Said, "Now I can carve meat for your life." REWLY WEDS AND OTHERS Who preside at the head of the table should <;arve their w*y to carving fame with our carving sets, while, the fair partner who presides at the other end of the fes­ tive board will be greatly interested in our splendid •tack of Silverware, sold under our guarantee of best •alues and entire satisfaction. :: John J. Yycital ft" ....USE.... Sucrene Dairy I Feed To lighten your grain ration. Nothing like it to keep the dairy in condition. « « Wilbur Lumber Co. #EST McHENRY :: Phones Let Us PRINT YOUR LETTER HEADS, EN­ VELOPES, ROTE READS, STATE NENTS,. BILL READS, POSTERS, HERALDS, WEDDING INVITATIONS, ANNOUNCEMENTS AND BUSINESS CARDS. OUR WORK WILL PLEASE. The Plaindealer m fNSSSftJiK ftHTEIfTjyWfmrf r&m MAtuwmr. , In spite of the faot that Tut Wilson of Chicago^ who waa to go on with "Red" O'Brien of Woodstock, failed to put in an appearance, the' wrestling exhibition at the Riverside House last Saturday evening proved one big treat fo( th& big crowd of. enthusiastic fans that turned out to take in the event. Why the Chicago light weight failed to oome out;last Saturday night we are unable to say, but we believe that we are voicing public sentiment when we say that Wilson did not gain anything thru his non-appearanoe. . Manager Gans felt just as badUnot worse than did the fans over the dls appointment and it looks as if Wilson will have to come across with a very satisfactory explanation before he will ever be booked here again. Just to show the fans that his heart was in the tight place, "Red" went on with Walter Geske, a McHenry product now employed in the Oliver typewriter factory at Woodstock. Wal­ ter has learned a few things about the wrestling game and while no match for the speedy O'Brien, he gave his opponent: a good, fast workout. He stayed with "Red" for 8 minutes and 30 seoonds before the flpst fall was ob­ tained, while the second fall came after only 7 minutes of work. The fans were given a little surprise st Saturday night when a prelimi­ nary, whieh had not been advertised, was pot on. This bout was between two local boys, wbo have become am bitious to enter the wrestling game, the participants in this battle being Lawrence Huck and A Ivan Peterson As the game is new to the boys and they having had no one to teach them the pointy tricks, etc., of the game, they did not appear very much like professionals, but we believe that both, under a good instructor and with a little experience, will make fairly good wrestlers. Both have plenty of nerve and seem to take a liking to the sport. The first big bout ofthe evening was between Humid Kala Pasha, the Americanised Turk, and Jack Dribbs, known thruout Chicago as the Flying Dutchman. Gomaz was billed aa the opponent to the oomedian Turk, but he was forced to cancel his engage­ ment, owing to an injury received dur­ ing a bout the previous night. The < match was a most interesting one and the manner in which the ?ark had the crowd going was great. One of Kala Pasha's stocks in trade.besides his wrestling abilities* is his comedy and^the manner in which he works in this "stuff" during all of his bouts is right v On this occasion he sure did have that crowd of fans going rights While a few in the audience were wise to his stuff," the majority took his comedy most seriously. In fact, so seriously did a few look upon the comedy stunts that the ^Furk made himself a bit un­ popular with 'en. Dribbs is a game wrestler and the manner in which he mixed things with his Turk opponent made 'em all sit up and take notice. Dribbs won the first fall ip thirteen minutes. The second fall went to Kala Pasha in 6 minutes and 30 seconds and-the Turk also took the third fall in exactly ten minutes. The real- big hit of the evening was* the match between "Mysterious" Waf­ fles and the -"Mysterious" Conductor. These two men. are on • anything but friendly terms and during the fifty-five minutes that they were on the mat, ti|ere was something doing all the time. The Conductor gained the de­ cision in two straight falls, the-first coming after thirty-one minutes of the hardest kind of work, while the second took up twenty-four minutes. The. winner won both falls with'the toe­ hold. The Conductor is one of the most scientific wrest lei* in the game and he made many friends here last Satur­ day night. At the close of the enter­ tainment he demonstrated some of the holds and tricks of the game to these assembled. All tol<ythe entertainment, waa an excellent "one and not one of those present went aw^y disappointed. IMIEHStf IS DEFEATS* - The McHenry town basket ball team journeyed to Grayslake last Saturday evening where they received a severe trouncing at the hands of the sturdy team representing that village. The MeHenry team was in very bad shape for the game, the*' team being eom- posed mostly of substitutes. Robison, the crack center, who •: two weeks ago received a bad sprain of lite ankle here, was out of the game and from all ap­ pearances will be unable to play again this season'. With Robison out of the game the machine work of the locals was badly deranged and as a result the Grayslake team got away with the game by the one-sided score oi 34 to 8. The home boys will journey to Dundee next Saturday evening, where they will meet the down river boys in a re­ turn game. The two teams battled lor honors in the local hall a few weeks ago, McHenry , winning the contest by a comparatively small margin. The next game promises to be a dcae and exciting one. MAY LICENSE niHEIiiai. Several important cktmgm i% the present fish laws are expected at the next session of the state legislature and it is possible that a law will be passed compelling fishermen to buy licenses. Hunters are required to hate a license and the fislilng in the state is far better than the hunting. A move­ ment has been started to make all fishermen buy licenses and a clause to this effect will likely be included ia the new* laws along whh other pre­ posed changes. WW PROSPECTIVE COUNTY At WOCM99CK. Hfce 4nt of a seriee of meetings tar high school seniors and others who expect rto teach in McHenry county this next school year «u held last Sat­ urday In the circuit court room under the direction of County Superintendent A. M. Shelton. These meetings will continue thruout the year on the third Saturday of each month. The purpose of these meetings is to familiarize be­ ginning teachers with the course of study, uniform texts, plan of examina­ tion and other facts incidental to the organisation of a good school. Prob­ lems relating tp the grading of the school, the matter of discipline and school room routine will be discussed before them by the school men of the county. Teachers of experience, with successful records to their credit, will from time to time conduct classes be­ fore them. Later a critique will be held for the benefit of these who as­ pire to the work of teaching in our rural schools. This plan of having prospective teachers meet once a month before they begin to teach sod again when they start to teach in September was tried out for the first time in this coun ­ ty last year. Sufficient good was ob­ tained that a continuation of the same plan will be made again this year. The following is a list of the proa* pective teachers who enrolled at this first meeting: Harvard--Ruth Forbisb, CeliaRoaeh, Edith Olbrich, Caroline Koltz, Mabel Koch, Amelia Krevel, Lucie Mulvenna Gertrude Kennedy, Lucy Wheelwright, Marjorie L. Downs, Carolyn May, Flor­ ence Olsen, Delia Conn, Olga Kres- kouski, Wanda L. Koltz. Woodstock--Charlotte Mori!*, Vera Thompson, Doris Householder, Kath- ryn Hayes, Edna Nester, Irma Schaaf. Crystal Lake--Dorothy Booth, Ger­ trude Klein, Anna Rydquist, Margaret Clow. Marengo--Mary Sheahan, Ellen Mi­ ner, Marjorie Wilcox, Metta Uleson, Alice Fleming, Leona Allen, Mildred Bourke. Hebron--Grace Mathison, Ruth Rich ardson, Tressie,Perry. McHenry--Agnes Taach, Inez Bacon, Frances Welch, Kathryn Bach, Elsie Smith, Genevieve Knox, Leora Smith, Mary Burke. Huntley--Mabel V. Fenwick, Georg- lana C. Donahue, Lola A. Maushak, Marie Kelley. Union--Ada Mailett. Alden--Beraiee Hammond. . Richmond--Belle Cavina, Mwy Adams. Total--51. wtxm or A CENTURY. nuuHBfeAust or TWENTY-FIVE YEABS AGO. The "Home Guards" ii the name of a new club that has just been organ­ ized. The next meeting of the club will take place at the home of Miss Agnes Matthews on Saturday, Feb. 8. Any girls, oyer the age of nine, who wish to become members of the club should hand their applications to any one of the following girls: Margaret Miller, Agnes Matthews and Irene Payne. The officers of the club are: Mildred Gaylord, president; Mrs. Say- ler, Supt.; Agnes Matthews, vice pres­ ident; Helen Fay, secretary; Ellen Spencer, treasurer; Ruth Bacon, chap­ lain; Varina Wept worth, organist. It is desired that all officers and members of committees be present at the next mpmmg. * - RESOLUTIONS* RSSolntjStms adopted by St. Clara Court, Nq. 650: Whereas, It ha*' pleased the Al­ mighty God in His wisdom to summon to eternal rest the beloved husband of our sister, Katharine Molidor, be it , Resolved, That deeply deploring the toss sustained and sorrow caused our sister and family, .we extend our heart- fell sympathy. Chrisi*** NISISS ~R; B. AmiYisEa ' Letters remaining unclaimed id the McHenry postofRce for the week ended JUI. 18, '13: Mrs. Frank Bailer. This letter will be sent to the dead letter office Jan. 27, '13, if not delivered be­ fore. In calling for the above say "advertised," giving date of list. Joseph C. Holly, Postmaster. Chicken feed at M. M. Niesea's. Frank* Smith has leased his place at Johnsburgand rented the Howe farm east of this village. Bert Stebbins, son of Mrs. R. Steb- bins of this village, is now in the em ploy of C. B. Watrous f Son, Waulpe gan., The wicked and the good allkehave been made to stand on many of the slippery walks on our streets for the past few days. Chas. Harrington of Greenwood held the lucky number that drew the gold watch at the Riverside skating rink on Friday evening. George and Henry Smith left on Tuesday morning for St. Paul, Minn., to witness the opening of the ice pal­ ace in that city today. We wish to say to those of our sub­ scribers who have promised us wood if we are to have it at all we want it now. Bear this in mind and act at once. John $. Blake has sold out his furni ture business to E. W. Howe, who has taken possession of the sstae. Mr. Howe buys the furniture, store build ittg and the entire property onj'the corner owned by Mr. Blake. Mr. Howe is an energetic, go-a-head busi­ ness man and we bespeak for him a liberal share <ot the public patronage in this line. McHenry is to have a first-class lec­ ture course, the first of which will be given en Monday evening next, Jan. 30, at G. A. R. hall, by Rev. George Schorb, the blind man. Subject, "The Fun of Being Blind." Season tickets are now being sold for the full course of six lectures, for the small sum of f>0 cents. The proceeds, after paying ex penses, will be for the benefit of the two churches in this village, Metho­ dist and Universalist. Stoffel & Blake is the name of the new firm who have purchased the bal­ ance bf Henry Colby's stock, ih River­ side block, and will continue a gen­ eral mercantile business at that place. The 'members of the firm are Wm, Stoffel and John B. Blake. Mr. Stof­ fel has been with Mr. Colby for the past year or more, is a young man of more than ordinary business tact, and with that push and vim that is bound to succeed. Mr. Blake has been in the furniture business here for the past twelve or thirteen years and has an extensive acquaintance thruout the county. We wish the new firm suc- " Movies" at the Central Wednesday and Saturday of this week. Adv AMHTIONAL PERSONALS. J. W. Smith was a business visitor in Chicago today. G. A. 'Sattem boarded the Chicago train Wednesday morning. John R. Knox transacted business in Harvard Wednesday afternoon. Ben Stilling was among the Chicago passengers Wednesday morning. Peter J. Freund and son, Walter, were metropolitan city visitors today. Mrs. E. Lusk was among those to board tne Chicago train this morning. Mathias Steffes took in the cement show in Chicago on Friday of last week. Frank Block of Ridgefield spent Sun­ day as the guest of McHenry relatives and friends. W. G. Schreiner and N. J. Justen transacted business in Waukegan last week Friday. F. H. Wattles attended to business matters in the metropolitan city the first of the week. Mrs. Frank Schnabel went to Chica­ go Wednesday morning for a two days' visit with relatives. Mrs. Wm. McCuaig of Chicago was a recent guest of her grandma and aunt, Mrs. and Miss Sherburne. Henry Degen went to Chicago Wed­ nesday afternoon to attend the funeral of a cousin wbq was buried in that city this morning. Miss Emma Conway, who has been ill at her home near this village, has returned to her duties at the Elgin wateh factory. Pr. C. H. Fegers and Miss Eleanor' BfoGee left Wednesday for Keokuk, I a., *w here they will be guests of Dr. and Mrs. C. H. Fegers. They expict to go to.Florida from the Iowa city. " r i i " ii in i n iitf , JANUARY •H*" r* - In order to close out oar large line a i^wiH cut the prices one-third and one-half. Men*s Sweater CoStsthait sold at $1.00 to eloae .r.. Men's Sweater Coats that sold at $1.50 and 91.75.. Men's Sweater Coats that sold at $2.50 to close. Men's Sweater Coats that sold at $3.00 and $3.50.. •Men's Sweater Coats that sold at $4.50 and $6.00.. .Boys' Sweater Coats that sold at. $1.00 Boys' Sweater Coats that sold at $1.50 Roys' Sweater Coats that sold at $2.75 and $3.00 . Ladles'Sweater Coats that sold at $3.75 and $4.00.. $2.50 Ladies' Sweated Coats that sold at $3.00.. $2.25 ---i75i. ,' -jtt.iir" ..$1.7)1 -•3.0ft ...175c ..$1.00 ..$2.00 Also a lot of Misse$' and Children's T. E Boblander West IIKlkarv. niMels. fr- 1 we vear. M BEEN A MG YEAR 1£1j3 « e hope will be bigger and solict vnur valued patronage this Our aim in 1913(.will be to fur­ nish our customers with the latest and must up-to-date machinery obtainable. Our prompt service is always behind everything we sell. :: :: WM. STOFFEL Phones: OFFICE 88..1 RESIDENCE 90.J West McHenry State Bank UNITED STATES DEPOSITORY CAPITAL STOCK, $25,000. READY rOft SERVICE is our Bank. We are nev­ er too bdsy to give you advice, prompt attention and explain to you the benefits and advantages of banking WJth Us You'll make no mis- W take if you deposit a checking account here now. It will save you worry and teach you habits of economy and thrift. m m JAFETT DEPOSIT BOXES, $3.00 PER YEAR.... EDWIN L. WMNEi, fm. --OFFICERS:-- D>. C. H. FGOCM, Vie* Prm. CARL W. STENGER, CmMM-. "TJVZ"- sv Clearing Sale ON ALL lADIES*. MISSfcS', AND CHILDREN'S COATS You won't find better values anywhere--we doubt if you can equal them anywhere, as these jjfferntents were bought from thfc manufacturer at a big saviijg, but to save invoicing them we have used a big knife to cut the price. Don't be satisfied by just reading the price, -but come to the'store and see the garment I II • ' * . IIM • Misses' & CHildrerVs Coats Nobby styles and a good range of sizes--all exceptionally big values t_«*ciies' Coats • Consisting ai the latest styles and fabrics, to be closed out as listed. All Ladies' Goats sold at $IS, to close at f 11.00 All Ladles' Coats sold at 112, to eloae at A All Ladle*' Goals sold at W0, to eloae at1. 7*f° All Ladles4 Goats sold at 99, to eloae at.„ All Ladies' Coats sold at 90ĵ to close at.- S-o® All Ladies' Coats sold at t7, to close at 4>S<> All Ladies' Coats sold at tS, to close at -- 3*75 All Misses' Coats sold at 97, to close All Misses' Coats sold at 96, to close at All Misses' t5oats sold at 95, to close at... All Children's Coats sold at 97, to close at All Children'8 Uoats sold at 96.50, to close at All Children's Coats sold at 95, to close at.... All Children's Coats sold at 94, to close at;*-.. All Children's Coats sold at 93, to eloae at. All Children's Coats sold at 92.75, to eloae at 94*9* - 4-a* - t'78 • 4-J* - 4-9® 3,79 S.7f 2.2» I.M TImm PHcm Are FdR CASH ONLY And Will Be Continued Until Sold Out L. F. BLOCK; Phone 79-X McHENRY