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- - i -1.: f. ^:0}V(V.,-.^v,-:-?,"• ;.i j. 1 J-w \-'.KS..,; -ifct J :*£>• ;.>'.,'-;'C^ '"'/'. K« ;if*^ ? • ' - &H isBN> What a Woman Wants r ̂ ^•:r W;w A woman likes pretty tilings as well a# • the useful. Our ^tock contains a won-. derfuVarray ofsuitable gifts for women. Books, Stationery, Cut Glass, China, Leather Goods, Manicure Sets, Ivory Goods, Toilet Cases, Perfumes and scores of other items which will be acceptable to any woman. Make your selections early while assortments are complete." :: :: :: N. H. PETESCH DRUGGIST PHONE 56-W J) NEIGHBORING NE H'S AS, CHRONICLED B Y i OUR ABLE CORPS OF CORRESPONDENTS I A RE what all are now thinking of. As usu­ al, you can depend on'get­ ting 100 cents' worth for every dollar you spend at Smith Bros. 'Phone 79-J McHenry, III." Christmas Gifts! In our store you will find many valuable Gift Suggestions, a few of which are enumerated below, but in the store you cannot purchase a USELESS Gift. A ' beautiful display of Alum­ inum, put up in holly boxes, reasonable prices. Casseroles, Nickel Plated ware, Knives, Carving Sets, Vacuum Bottles, Skates, Rifles, Shotguns and Hunt ing Accessories. Do not for­ get THE WEST SIDE HARDWARE STORE Donavin &Reihansperger (Successors to F. 'L. - McOmber) 'Phone 65.J / ' . CM /4 - "Mere Man" Give Him Something Useful It's easy to please a man. All he wants is something useful. The selection of suitable gifts for men is apt to be a puzzling problem for the ladies. If he is a smoker, cigars are alvyays in order. Pipes, cigar cases and Other items of smokers' supplies are also ac­ ceptable. -Safety razors make excellent gifts. Hair brushes, clothes brushes, traveling seta, books, shaving sets, etc., come in the list of i practical gift goods for men, Don't worry about the men,1 Come in and see' our 4ock, It will suggest just wba| they need; :: "Shop Early" % N.H. PETESCH DRUGGIST :: <r, PHONE 56-W ^•a & ! ^ RIDGEFIELD I Mrs. L. 1. Bennett was a Chicago j shopper Monday. ! Mrs. F. E. Howe was a Woodstock S. shopper Wednesday. Mrs. D. L. Gibson was a Crystal Lake visitor Saturday. • Leroy Skinner \vas home from ! Woodstock over Sunday. j Miss Ella Mollohan was a Crystal 1 Lake caller Monday afternoon. Miss Etta Levey was a caller at (Woodstock Saturday afternoon, j J. H. Slater was a business caller at Crystal Lake Thursday last. Misses Marie Kania and Lois Levey were Crystal Lake callers Friday. Eld. Pearson is home from Colorado to spend Christmas and New Year's. Mrs. H. Wille and son were Crys­ tal Lake visitors Thursday of last week. I Miss Genevieve Goddard spent Mon­ day night with "her sister at Wood­ stock. j B. F. Peck attended the funeral of his wife's mother at Lake Geneva ; Monday. ! Mrs. W. Reed, Mrs. A. Wille and Miss Elsie Wille spent Thursday at i Woodstock. I Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Goddard of I Woodstock spent Sunday at the home of J. B. Lynch. Mesdames Rush ton, I. Ericson and A. Martini visited relatives at Wood- [ stock Saturday. Mrs. A. Peterson and Mrs. E. Smith were Crystal Lake shoppers Wednes­ day of last week. • Mesdames Frank Reed, H. Reed and Walter Reed were Woodstock visitors Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Senne and son, Marcellus, of Woodstock spent Sun­ day at Father Wille's. Mrs. E. E. Knilans visited her daughter, Mrs. Chas. Ormsby, at Crystal Lake Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Hartman enter­ tained the latter's niece and nephew from Woodstock Monday. Mrs. L. A. Walkup confined to the house With bronchitis. Little Glenn Risvold is some better. Mrs. A. Purvey and son, Jack, were down from Woodstock Thursday last and spent the day at Father Purvey's. Miss Lura Davis and Miss Dorothy Castle of Austin were pleasant callers at Grandfather Button's Wednesday. Messrs. C. E. Lockwood, W. Cobb, R. Walkup and R. Knilans were Chi­ cago passengers Thursday afternoon last. The theme for next Sunday morn­ ing is "The Meaning of Christ to Hu- manity," this being the fourth and last of the series of "What Christ Means to Us." Special music. Remember the Christmas tree with Santa Claus and the children in a Christmas cantata at the church on Friday evening. Everyone is invited to bring their presents and have them put on the tree. On Saturday evening the young people will go to the different homes j to sing the Christmas carols and will j take up a missionary offering. Those (who wish to contribute will place a ! lighted candle in the window, j RINGWOOD j Mrs. Lora Klintworth wept to Elgin i Tuesday. j Mrs. Hawley and Mrs. Wharton were Elgin visitors Saturday. Mrs. Emma Brown entertained a nephew from Richmond Sunday. Edith McCannon and children were McHenry vfsitors last Saturday. There will be a Christmas tree in the Woodman hall Thursday evening. I W. E. Smith purchased a lot of E. j T. Chase and will erect a home in the : spring. S. W. Brown and C. W. Harriggj^ 'attended a Masonic funeral at Har­ vard Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Chancey Harrison and son passed Sunday as guests of rela­ tives in McHenry, Mrs. Bertha Esh of Spring Grove spent last Thursday with her parents,- Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Bell, Harry Stephenson and Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Hopper vtere callers at Floyd Howe's at Ridgefleld Sunday evening. There will be no Sunday evening meeting until Jan. 9, at J. C. Ladd's, as the pastor goes home for the hol­ iday vacation. Mrs. Charles Olson and Mrs. N. P. Engstrom were Elgin shoppers re­ cently. They also visited Mrs. Gust Peterson at Wayne. The Bowman Dairy company is dig­ ging another well to use in case of drought. Will Kelley and James Con­ way are doing the work. Miss Dorcas Foss entertained a number of her schoolmates from Mc­ Henry Saturday evening in horror pf Winifred Bradley's birthday. Pq account of Christinas prepara­ tions the atte^da^ce at the W- C. T- U. meeting was small. nejqt meeting \yiH be Vfith Mr3*. Mary Podge pi* Jan. 1ft, Mrs. Lapgham w*s brought her? from Solon Sunday for burial. She wfis a resident of Ripgwood far about twepty-five years, but later lived near Woodstock, and since her husband's death has mftde her home with a niece at Solon. She was about eighty-six years of age. „ The M. W. A., Ringwood camp, No. 597, held a meeting recently and elect­ ed the following officers for the com­ ing year: Venerable Consul, E. J. Hopper; worthy advisor, S. W. Smith; banker, J. V. Buckland; clerk, C. W. Harrison; watchman, J. Steckerj s$n-. try, Will Beck; trusty Mar­ tin; physician, Dr. D. Q. Wells. JOHNSBURG * Mrs. Frank Mathieu passed a few days last week in Chicago. Don't forget the dance at Smith's hall on Monday evening, Jan. 3. The sick and injured here are get­ ting along nicely and all hope to be out again soon: Wm. Mueller of Stacyville, la., writes as follows: "Our corn crop was a total failure this year on ac­ count of the cold and wet summer. Oat, barley and hay crops were good, while the pastures were good until late in the fall. Lots of corn is now being shipped in from the south and is selling at from 63 to 73 cents per bushel delivered. Home grown seed corn is very scarce and it will be quite a risk to plant southern corn. Plenty of rough fodder for our cattle. Lots of light hogs are being marketed. Iowa will be a totally dry state after the first of the lyear. Our neighbor­ ing county to the north, Mower coun­ ty, Minn., will also be dry on and after the 28th of this month. All saloons were voted out of existence on June 28 last." OSTfeND E. Brott was a Crystal Lake caller Monday last. Teacher and punils of Our school are preparing Chrretmas exercises. Myron Francisco has been quite ill for several days and under the care of Dr. Hepburn. Ernest Brott spent Sunday after­ noon at Woodstock, calling on his mother, brothers and sister. The ground has a light covering of snow, but not enough for sleighing. Ed. Wallis is the only one in this lo­ cality to venture out with a sleigh. Dr. Hepburn of Ringwood has been seen passing thru here several times. Upon inquiry we find he is caring for Chas. Sherman of Bull Valley, who is quite sick with bowel trouble. VOLO Mrs. John Walton was a recent Mc­ Henry caller. Miss Ella Moore was in Waucoiuhi Thursday last. Ray Paddock was in Waukegan Wednesday of last week. Miss Zella Huson of Round Lako spent Friday and Saturday at Ray Paddock's. Mr. and Mrs. John Benwell have returned home after an extended trip to New York, Mrs. Ed. Heinz and daughter, Ruth, of Chicago spent Sunday with Dr. Rossdeutscher and family. Misses Edith Geary and Martha Rossdeutscher of Wauconda were callers here Thursday of last week. Concerning Local Operators The following items, taken from the last issue of the Bell Telephone News, will be of interest to many of our readers: Oscar Holmgren has resigned as as­ sistant plant clerk at Woodstock and the position left vacant by him has been accepted hy William Bickler of McHenry, who was transferred from the plant department of the Chicago office. The operators at McHenry enjoyed a basket of apples, presented by a sub scriber in appreciation of good sei- vice, Elsie Wolff, night operator at Mc Henry, entertained the operators on November 15, Each operator was re­ quested to bring fancy work of some sort, but from all reports very little work was done. Games were played, after which refreshments were served. B. Wolff, operator at McHenry, spent a few days recently with rela­ tives in Chicago. While there she attended a private dance, M. E. Church Services as follows next Sunday: Sunday school, 10:00 a. m.; preach­ ing services, 11:00 a. m.; evening services, 7:4f> p. m. W. C. Evers, Pa tor. SKI JUMP AT CAHY Will Take Place There on Tuesday, January 25 Members of the Norge Ski club have selected officers to look after their annual tournament at the Cary slide January 25. Terge Jensen is chairman of the arrangements com­ mittee. Arne Engedahl is secretary and Aksel Huseby is treasurer. Other officials are Michael (Jensen, H. Ha- gon, Elnar Jensen, J. P. Engedahl, J. W. Hansen, Anton Pedersefl, Peter Ramberg and T. Narup, Twenty professionals and forty amateur jumpers are expected to take part in their tournament, which will be one of the feature prelimin­ aries to the national meet in Feb­ ruary. Lars Haugen, who won the Illinois state titf^ iq last winter's meet at Cary, wiU attempt to retain his honor V*»d therre wtfl be many vis­ iting stars from Wisconsin and Min­ nesota. Norge club jumpers have been tak­ ing advantage of the recent snow to get in some practice at Cary. One week ago Capt. Elnar Jensen of the club team leaped 145 feet, but fell after his effort. Saturday night a good sized party made the trip to the slide to get in a whole day of prac­ tice on Sunday and if there is suf­ ficient snow the jumpers will prac­ tice every Saturday and Sunday until the day of ;the toumaiflent. •. Vniversalist Church Sunday school, morning worship, U:Gfe a. m. Topic of ser­ mon, "A Worthy Task." John M. Ratcliff, Minister. fr Hoy Banking Co. „ "J. The Logic of It Is This: ' • V$K Most people need more money Chri&mas than they can spare. Some people who EXPECT to have the money they will need are disappointed in some way or other. There is a way to avoid it all. Our LANDIS CHRISTMAS SAVINGS CLUB is a co-operative movement to provide against such contin­ gencies. The dimes, nickles and pennies you allow to slip through your fingers each week, for things of little use or value, will keep up the payments. You never miss the dribs, BUT when Christmas comes YOU HAVE THE MONEY. It's just like so much insurance. Make it a sure thing by be­ coming a member. CLUB STARTED MONDAY, DEC. 20. 'A P Hoy Banking Co. Fremont Hoy Clarence F. Hoy STAR Garage & Machine Shop Telephone 50-R Expert repairing and overhauling. We have installed new, up-to-date machinery and can now take care of machine work of all kinds. All work done here is under the super­ vision of a man who has had years of experience at his trade. Batteries charged, electric starters, generators and batteries overhauled and repaired. Give us a trial. Satisfaction guar­ anteed. We carry a complete line. of tires, repairs and accessories. Nothing but first-class, standard goods. :: T Ford and Buick Automobiles We can make deliveries of all models off our floors at any time. Call up for a demonstration. Automobiles stored in a steam heated garage, $5.00 per month. :: JOHN R. KNOX, Prop. McHENRY, ILLINOIS HE DC DC 31^ Office Hour* MS to 12:M a. in. IM to 4JI p. m. to S:M p. m. Telephone* Office 17 Residence 51-W A. I. FROEHLICH Physician and Surgeon WEST McHENRY FREUND BLDG. Over McAllister's New Year Dance The members of the Neutral elub are now busying themselves planning and arranging for their big New Year dance, which will take place at Knox's hall in this village on Friday evening, Dec. 31. The hall is undergoing num­ erous changes, including the removal of the rooms in the west end. This will add considerably more floor space for dancing and will afford better ac­ commodations for the enormous crowd expected to b$ present on this occa­ sion. Those having charge of the dec­ orations are working out something new ia this line and the dancers may rest assured that this part will be well looked after. All of the old and new as well as a number of feature dances, including confetti, moonlight, balloon, ribbon and horn, will make up the evening's program and everything will be done to show those who turn out one of the best times that they have ever had. A, four-piece orches­ tra has already been engaged, which means that first-class music will be on hand. The club members have decided to make this the fifty-fifty evettt of the season. By this they wean that the gentlemen will choose their part­ ners ^p until twelve o'clock, while the ladies will be given supreme reign after that hour. At the midnight hour the new year as well as leap year will be ushered in in a most ceremonious planner- and those who fail to attend the event will be missing one of the biggest treats afforded McHenryites a long time. Dance tickets are al­ ready on sale and are selling at 50 cents each. A covM invitation is ex- (F w E hope the joy of your Christmas day, Will be complete ̂ n every way. N. J. Ju&en & Son We& McHenry, Illinois Furniture and Undertaking McHenry Poultry and Grain Show--Dec. 28 to Jan. 2. Will we see you THERE? tended to all. New Year Ball Manager S. H. Smith of Johnsburg announces a New Year ball to take place at his at Johnsburg on Monday evening, Jan. 3. A four- piece orchestra has been engaged for the occasion and everyone who attends is assured of a good time, as Mr. Smith is going to try and outdo him­ self on this occasion, the .beginning ̂ y/ a new year as well as leap yea*. Dance tickets, 50 cents. A cordial »«*- ^ vitation is extended to all. ; ' A full line of Christmas cards awfr booklets at Petesch's. " . V 4s Bulk candies in great variety at ^ Unti's. ' Sudan grass, nothing bettar =* • a stock. S&nea mBk.% ..•«