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' '/ M-" "V . ,. a ' */ .* c* «** % , # * + ' - r^ r~^frip fir *:•?%? ;1|i-V ?#S m y* *V s, v /: ^xm xfc* vr * .;/'vX. '%•" P"' sH Mn;va' • V ' V - V : b * * : - " S &s. . , » can depend on the QUALITY of our GOODS and the SER siSfB "<k* w -: -r̂ brftsk &•* &#•. i£ & ?j- & V; 2;.v$; • • ' In ^ y • J* r^.£> ' . y ;- • V,*-. i-v* • / > : • ;'4S^ <$P '"" '%L& >£:M i:0 , UV"; ^ N 't^ Y?V N! H? PETESCH DRUGGIST McHENRY O^r Judgment of Good Lumber . reflects credit on us and Out* Cus­ tomers thruout the entire county for we doubt if there is another county in the whole state that shows its prosperity more than do the ̂ permanent improvements --of our farmers. While most of . the credit belongs to our pro­ gressive customers, 'still we maintain with modesty that our good lumber and right prices deserve a share of the praise, if you believe in boosting home enterprise you'll find us jolly, agreeable fellows. Why not try us on your next order? :: :: WILBUR LUMBER CO. WEST MUEMtY :: FHONE S EVEN BONES BUILT OF RUBBER <k>ulff fifcarctely^be more elastic or adaptable to the requirements of increasing families than is wood. Frame houses can be enlarged without injury (o their appear­ ance for after a'room or two is added on, a new door or window cut here and there, the^ whole house can be painted and it's as good as new. And paint is not only a wonderful preserver, but it's the best beautifier known. In a day or two you cab change he whole appearance of your frame house, whereas the fellow who builds with other materials has to keep the same front for­ ever. That's an advantage, isn't it? Build of wood and you've all the advantage. Come in and we'll show you lumber that looks most good enough to eat. Thefe's No Place Like Home WILBUR LUMBER CO. West McHenry - 'Phone 5 Let Us Show You a* how' to reduce theshigh cost of living. You can ' do this by buying your Groceries and Fruits of • us. -We believe in quick Sales and small profits. * 11 you not give its the opportunity to prove this Assertion? "'•••.*&£*&•t ~ •' r • v -i. ^ Math. Laures Phone 8 West McHenry ' v'\« •>?( Masquelet's PT.ATimPA NEIGHBORING NEIVS AS CHRONICLED BY ABLE CORPS OF CORRESPONDENTS East Side First-class Drags' Reasonable Prices, Prompt Service FREE BffRTHCRIA ANTITON FIIRMSI- CD YOUR PHYSICIAN, ALL HOURS DAY OR NKBJ McHENRY, ILL. J. C. DEBRECHT QUALITY SERVICE . Phone 625-M-2 :: RIGHT PRICES Johnsburgh, 111. cs: ",rV^- . -v"'."-". v P ' f * 4 ? $ We hereby wish to ex­ tend our heartfelt thanks to all who have patron­ ized us in the pa& and hope to merit you# ̂ friendship also in ther;" future.^y|| ' ; :: xp |0| P H I L I P J A E G E R vQ^NERAL COriMtSSION MERCHANT SPIEOIAIi ATTJJKTIO® OJVKM TO THE SALK OFv OTM--D Bm9, riHttMp, Hogs, Veal. POMttrj, Hides, Etc., Butter and Eggs TU» «• ©West house on the street Tags sad ptto lfegt feinjahfld on inmllnatleg 'fr'&y?: f?:-v COLD storaqb PREB ¥m ] y v. Stall i * |, Pal& tt WbetaMto Itertot. CHICAQO, itxfNOIS. & RINOWUOD Dorcas Foss visited friends In Rich­ mond one day"last week. Miss Emma Coates is visiting Mrs. Irving Herbert of Keystone. The* W. C'. T.-Ui will meet Saturday of this week with Mrs. Edson Hodge. John Green of Chicago visited his brother, James, and family last week. WANTED--Girl for general house­ work, Apply at the McHenry House. James, and Lewis Bell of Spring Grove were callers at Ed. Bell's Mon­ day. Mrs. Ellen Wilson, who fell down stairs last Friday, is getting along nicely. Lester Bell is<|uite sick at the home of his brother, ftuane, near Spring Grove. Mrs. Ella Harrison had the misfor­ tune to fall Sunday, injuring one limb quite badly. Mrs. Gertie Whiting is quite sick at the home 61 her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ole Woikos., Mrs. Emma Merchant of Woodstock is speeding a few days with her son, Ray, and family, Paul Stephenson spdnt part of last week with Mr. and Mrs. Delbert Bacon at West Chicago. E. C. Hawley and'Mrs. Miner were vinarried on Ne^ Year's day at Elgin All extend congratulations. 1 Bert McCannon and family ate New ,"Year's dinner at Greenwood, which was served by the ladies of the church. William McCannon andH. M. Steph enson and wives spent Sunday at Thomas Thompson's near Barreville. Mrs. Hiley Thomas of Ostend and daughter, Mrs. Hazel Belcher, of Woodstock visited CalUe Rainey last Saturday. Mrs. Mary .Bell entertained the Ladies' club last Wednesday. Mrs. Bertha Esh and mother of Spring Grove were visitors. Delbert Bacon and wife of West Chi­ cago were guests of their parents Sun­ day. Andrew Hawley and. Robert Green returned with them. Warren Foss and family went to Chi cago Saturday and attended a matinee in the afternoon and theatre in the evening, returning home Sunday morn­ ing- I MV. and M rs. Chaneey Harrieon, fUl la Foss, Mr. and Mrs. 11. M. Stephen­ son, Katie Krohn r.nd Ethyl Harrison attended the Eastern Star McHenry Monday cvonitig. « tkrka core*. Mark Hoffman was a rso- at gUMt of Jiis daughters here. > Mips Mary Walsh visited at the M Knox home last week. George Phalin spent the holiday va­ cation at John Relihan's. Miss Lillian Riley waa a guest of Chicago relatives last week. Miss Eleanor Phalin was a recent guest of Woodstock relatives. R. J. Wing-ate of Cr} stal Lake was calling in this vicinity Tuesday last. George Phalin is "quite sick at this writing and under the doctor's care. Miss Frare.es Knosr wjmj a recent guest of Miss Marion Weaver at Cary. Miss Ferol Abbott of Cary was a re- oenL guest of Miss Mildred Steinbach. WANTED--Girl for general house­ work. Apply at the McHenry House. Raymond Riley of Champaign spent his Christmas vacation at his home here. Harold Knox was a McHenry vis- Itor Wednesday and Thursday'of last week. Miss Emma Conway has returned to Elgin after a pleasant visit with home folks. Miss Florence Knox returned to her school duties in the Lincoln district Monday. 1 * Severs! of' the farmers from here attended the farmers' institute at Crystal Lake Tuesday. G. W. Phalin of Tuscaloosa, Ala., was a recent guest at the home of his brother, J. M. Phalin. Donald Bolger has returned to his home in Woodstock after a pleasant visit with relatives here. Miss Florence Knox was a guest of relatives at Holcombville aod McHen­ ry several days last week. Mrs. Mary Hoffman and daughter, Mamie, and Miss Beathea Henderson of Crystal Lake spent Christmas with Mr. aad Mrs. Phil Hoffman and daugh­ ter. KKSKALIi PARK. Jas. Haxton of Chicago spent Sunday at the Park. » James Hughes is spending a few days in Chicago. Miss Rose Jus ten called on Mrs. Eld. Sutton Thui-sday. Miss Rose Justen was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Eld. Sutton Sunday. Geo. Thurlwell of Grayslake spent Sunday at the home of J. Iv Smith. WANTED--Girl for general house­ work. Apply at the McHenry House. W. K. Sutton of Chicago was the Suest of Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Sutton unday. Miss Pearl Love of Chicago Is spend­ ing a few week* with Mr, and Mrs. T«1\m QmUK • •i' " • ^ Will Need Money Ne l ins i f i ias is'A HERE IS AN IT. A SURE EASY WAX TO GET WAY TO HAVE IT. w.*** JlfHNSR Wm. Althoff attended matters in Chicago today. WANTED--Girl for general house­ work. Apply at the McHenry House. Rev. Edw. Berthold is recovering from a slight attack of the grippe. Wm. Stoffel of McHenry made a number of repairs at our mill one day recently. A number of their relatives from this vicinity attended the Blake-Freund wedding at McHenry Wednesday. Suiitli and children of Zenda, Wis., were guests of relatives here a couple of days last week. The oldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Jos. J. Michels of Uiis place is now assist­ ing Smith Bros. In their store at Mc­ Henry. \ The Blalke-Freund wedding dance held at Smith's hall last night was very well attended. Everyone present had a good time. Rabbit shooting is taking up all our local ftirarods' spare time these days. A number of our ©rack -shots have re­ ported some good "baggings." Watch for the picture show in par­ ish hall. Something good coming. Next show may come off Sunday after­ noon after vespers. Windows will be curtained. The stork brought a healthy baby girl to the happy home of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob F. Justen on New Year's day. Rev. Edw. Berthold performed the baptismal rites on Jan. 4. I^red Meyers of Spring Grove and Mrs. Katherine Justen of this place acted as sponsors. . Sister Joachin, who has been ill for some time, recovered sufficientby to be taken to a hospital in Chicago Tues­ day morning. Dr. N. J. Nye of Mc­ Henry and Sister Caroline accompan­ ied her. N. J. Justen of McHenry do­ nated the stretcher. Frank, the chauf­ fer who bears the reputation of never having missed a train, was at the wheel of the car that carried the in­ valid to the station at McHenry. OSTEND. Mrs. Myra Thomas was exercising a saddle horse Sunday afternoon. F. R. Eppel and wife were New Year's day visitors at the home of Mr. Eppel'8 brother near Woodstock. R. H. Richardson is slowly recover­ ing from an attack of bronchitis. Dr. Hepburn has been prescribing for him. * Emil Thomas returned to htfe home in Woodstock Saturday after spending his school vacation with relatives here. Thursday of this week is the regular meeting of our society. The ladies will meet with Mrs. F. R. Eppel for dinner. , M rs. Clara Harrison of Woodstock is here keeping house for her son, Guy, while his wife is in Chicago for med­ ical treatment. • A little more snow aod we will hear the bells jingle. The children make use of what we have, rolling up huge balls, which serve to frighten horses when 'left by the road side Vernon Jecks was called to his home in Tennessee on account of the illness of his father, W. A. Jecks. He has been here at the home of his uncle, C. E. Jecks, for the past few months. In a rent issue of The Plaindealer it was stated that farmers were not obliged to post notices forbidding hunt­ ing on their premises, but that hunt­ ers must ask permission. It seems there are quite a number that have not read this notice or else they do not care. Some of them will shoot the poultry and the house cats or anything that meets their eye or comes in range of thier guns. Hunters, beware. Some of you are known and known to have trespassed on forbidden territory. LEONAKO'8 SALES Chas. Knvitson Jan. 7^ Alden O. Pierson & Bros. .Jan. 8, Crystal Lake Pat. & Jas. Nolan ...Jan. 15, Hartlacd Fred & Wm. S. Lepke Jan. 20, Hartland A. Ham Jan. 21, Dorr M. E. Driscoll Jan. 22, Huntley Martin Anderson Jan. 27, Dorr Chas. Stedding...Jan. 28, Coin Station FJackey McGuire ..:.Jan. 29, Hartland Henry Brunson Feb. 3, Huntley Hoffman Bros Feb. 4, Hampshire John Stanger l?eb. 5, Greenwood Frank Piske Feb. 10, Dorr Wm. Iceler Feb. 11, Huntley Mike Woods Feb. 12, Seneca Mr. Hesselgrave Feb. 26, Ridgefield HOLES BACON DEAD Miles Bacon, youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Bacon, passed away at the family home on Main street on the West Side this morning, following an illness covering a period of a few weeks' duration. The sad news of his death oame as a severe shock to his many little friends and schoolmates with whom he was always a favorite The family has the sympathy of the community in this, their sad bereave­ ment. Christinas Savings Glub which starts January 19, 1914 In €»aaa 1» pay lc the 1st week. 2b the 2d week, 8c weefcy^ \ 6c the 5th week, 6c the 6th week, and so on for 46 weeks, and two weeks beforei . Xmas we will mail you . a check or bank book with credit therein for $10.81 withV interest at 3 per cent. Or in Class 5, pay 5c the 1st week, 10c the 2d week, 15o the 3d week, and, so on, and r we will mail you a check or bank book two weeks before Christmas for $54.05, . With interest at 3 per cent. % YWJ HAY REVERSE THE ORDER OF PAYMENTS BP YOU WISB TO DO SO i I ftor instance, in Class 1, going up, the payments start with lc and end with 4fe. If you desire to do so, you may start with 46c the 1st week and pay lc less every week until the last week's payment will be lc. You may do the same in Class 5. i Payments must be made every week or may be made in advance | Can you think of an easier way to provide money for Christmas presents? Join your* self--get everybody in the family to join. Show, this to your friends, get them Ip joitt, EVERYBODY IS WELCOME TO JOIN Call and let us tell ' r ' y - - X • " * ' ? * * * ! * i i The Christmas Savings Club opens Monday, January 19, 1914. you all about our plan. „ MAKE YOUR CHRISTMAS A MERRY ONfi ' BANK OF McHENRY .SAVINGS DEPARTMENT V ""Hi 'M <ud* you that on .J3.V •M 15 •gk'y •?**.> our offer to give yoy $1.00. for a new Savings Account oi *""4^ r'V" rrfhi -> S'« * .tfc- v •&",h $5 or more will be withdrawn.. - > ,v pay 3 p« l̂cent interest '• v.- • ; • :':vg twice a year on these Savings Accouiiti BANK OF McHENRY FREMONT HOY & SON, BANKERS tiaia •ittila : -p; sdf Lawrence Iluok has returned to Chi- cag-o, having spent a few days here with relatives, R. E. Sutton of Chicago was the guest of Mr. aod Mrs. Ed. Sutton dur­ ing the holidays. Miss Mayme Smith of Lake Geneva, Wis., was the Gfuest of her parents here during the holidays. Mrs. E. DciCamp retijrned to Chicai Wednesday, having' spent a few wee at the home of J. J. Flusky. R. <E. Sutton of Chicago and John I. Sutton of Montana called on Mr. and Mrs. Neddie Knox Saturday. John Wollar, the West $tde s|toe merchant, opened a new shoe store at Lake Geneva, Wis., on Monday morn­ ing of this week. The McHenry store If now in charge of Miss Anna Bauer, **? »sro eks FROM STACYVILLE. I A. In sending us a remittance for The Plaindealer, Wm. Mueller, a former resident of this vicinity, whites us from 3tacyville, la., that the 1913 crops were very satisfactory, althooats aver­ aged ten bushels per acre less than last year. However, the quality was better. Corn, he states, was never better. He further adds that farmers in that locality lost hundreds of hogs by cholera. The dance given by the McHenry High School Athletic association at StofTel's hall on Wednesday evening of last week proved a big success, both socially and financially. We under-' stand that about $40 was cleared. h'M pbad The Ptaindeatew ' • »'*• • •W.. DR. F. J. A1CHER DENTIST Office In Schumacher Building Centerville McHenry, Illinois Telephone No. 18 Telephone No. 1M-R . 1" SIMON STOFFEL ' Insurance agent for all classes of property, in the best companies. WEST McHENRY, ILLINOIS L. Q. SENG Bant* <«|rM •! u- c«Il«ac* ia lifutn urf dean, MM* Mnric*. smm *14 lUwi, thinf uetpt the NUMBER In 100 N. 0th Am. CUCAOS. MS • ; I t6 please o«r cus- tomers when it comes to the grocery question. The reason for this is that we have the quality goods ' and are ever ready to ? supply your demands in a-*' satisfactory manner • agd pn short notice. M. M. IM >s 'HE NOIWOT' B6FFET -V u ?»*• - •>-, ** a •• M • ' - r:.. k.: '.i#- v H; - ' ?n tty ^ DTTGtNER & SPANIER ̂ 49 South Fifth Ave., Chicago Cor. Monroe. Phone traivkite 3TM CHECK YOUR PARCELS IffiRE T«l« N» (i. A. SATTEN M8TKKT NAMAGEft ' mnruAL ute msokance cag, •PMCWTMK ^ WEST ITKNRY, 1L X'W ** iiMUwwy;,^ m • ' ."S I mmi