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, • 7' r- - AS PICKED UP BY PLA1NDEALE* REPORTERS TURING WEEK & Hr W Closing Out -i, . -'i _ -* ft 4- • bv-it*' \ t; broken lots in Fall Clothing in and $Uit$ are in need of an Overcoat or a Suit, we can save you on a garment $3.00 to $5.00 We have some broken lots of good new Overcoats and Suits, which we are closing out regardless of co&. Come and inspect the line. It will be to your advan­ tage when buying clothing. >l • f >• :".%EST MeHEMRY, ILL ' SJfefr" -• -We pfide ourselves in the---- ™L™ Assortment V m all lines of goods that may be found- it this store. With our large stock and 4|>lendid varieties shopping is made a real pleasure here. Then, too, you are given the advantage of our unsurpassed service. Our stock of winter goods is still quite Complete while our grocery and notion departements are as complete as it is OftaaiKio iAr to make •horn F. A. Bohlander WEST McHENRY, ILL. WINTER NECESSITIES! Sweater* coats, a large variety of up to-date col* OPS and styles at all prices upto-- $7.00 Mackisaws in all sizes and good color, each 16.00 to |>.0t Duck-and Corduroycoat fraui........$&5t to ISjH Caftt, Mittens, Gloves Overshoes and warm Foot wear for the whole fam- Bed blankets and J (Com- farters, from $1.00 up groceries, canned goods. Flour, Graham, Corn Meal. Try ourfTea and Coffee. Noneibetter. M. J. Walsh, 'Phone 63-R Goods Delivered IT IS NOT TOO LATE TO ADD TO YOUR llltl X> ESOLVE today to make your home i XVcomfortable and cozy during the > • more _ ear o 1917. ^iVe will be pleased to explain to you how this can be accomplished at a small cost. Of course, if you should iike something ex­ pensive for your home we can also accom­ modate you. We carry one of the biggest stocks of FURNITURE to be found in Mc­ Henry county and are always ready taff||jpe you in a highly satisfactory manner. ̂ & UNDERTAKING •* - -Day and Night Service-- - JUSTEN MclILNRY, ILLINOIS . jfnif i.. 1M'ifiii'it VII- Vlcinity-- •4:i Butter on the Elgin board sold at 89 cents per pound last Sat­ urday. Read The Plaindealer for news. Valentines at McAllister's. ' See the illustrated lecture at the Woodman hall Feb. 9. 10 cents. See the picture lecture at Woodman hall, Feb. 9. Pathos, fun and uplift. A hundred beautiful pictures and lecture for 10 cents at Woodman hall, Feb. 9. See Victor Moore in "The Race" at the Central opera house this (Thursday) evening. BE A TRUE AMERICAN. STAND BY PRESIDENT WILSON AND THE AMERICAN FLAG. Ray Page, the .recently appointed rural letter carrier, took up his new duties on route 1 last Thursday. Fred J. Nickels and family moved Monday from the Hoyt cottage on Center street to the Matthews house, on John street. Alvin Peterson and family have moved from the McOmber house to the Schoewer house on John street on the West Side. F. J. Herbes has rented his bunga­ low on Elgin road to Mrs. Mary Powers and expects to move his fam­ ily to Beloit March- 1. John Flanagan has moved with his family from the Baird farm south of this village to the John Riley farm at Burton's Bridge. Joseph Schaffer, who resides an Waukegan street, was taken serious­ ly ill Monday forenoon, but is slowly improving at this writing; Lincoln's birthday will' be observed by the two McHenry banks next ^Monday. Both places will remain closed during the entire day. Lewis McDonald has moved his family from the Emil Thurm place at McCollum's Lake to the Hanly farm, vacated by D. G. Nellis. Those who have had occasion to make the trip say that the roads be­ tween McHenry and Woodstock were never better than at the present time. The sudden changes in the atmos­ phere during the past few weeks has caused considerable sickness among our people and the doctors arp being kept very busy. It took the village dads just ex­ actly thirty-five minutes to go over the routine of business at the regu­ lar monthly meeting of that body oA Monday evening. Some speed. The W. C. T. U. will meet with Mrs. Cora Bassett next Thursday, Feb. 15. Topic, "The Birth of a Na­ tion, 1776; Emancipation, 1865; Pro­ hibition, 1920." Leader, Rev. Wm. E. Grose; Last Friday was ground hog day and as sure as you live he saw his shadow, and thus, according to tra­ dition, we may expect six more weeks of winter weather, to which not even the coal man objects. The W. S. S. S. was entertained in the home of Miss Verena Brefeld on Feb. 1. Various games and music furnished the amusement. Orange cups were served and February favorites were given. Chicago's tenth cement show opened up at the coliseum on Wed­ nesday njorning of this week and will continue until next Thursday. All of McHenry's cement handlers and workers are planning on* attending. Sunday was one of the most dis­ agreeable /lays that we have experi­ enced this winter. The' bitter cold had a telling effect on all church ser- vices, while the streets were almost deserted during the afternoon and evening of that day. Mrs. W. J. Walsh received a tele­ gram that her sister, Mrs. Mary Dwyer Steinbeck, of Hancock, Mich., passed away on Thursday, Feb. 1. She lived the earlier part of her life on a farm near Huntley. She leaves husband and four childen. According to the Grayslake paper, basket ball team, representing Mc­ Henry, was handed an awful trim­ ming by the home crew one night recently. The article also hinted of some trouble between some of the players of the two teams. Next Monday is Lincoln's birth­ day. Show your true Americanism by floating the stars and stripes. There no better time than right now to show your true loyalty to America, the greatest country in the world. We reiterate, unfold your American flag neit Monday. How would you like to be a tele­ phone repair man on these cold, frosty mornings? The severe cold spell has brought them plenty of work. This' hanging to the top of thirty foot pole when the thermojn feter is registering 18 and 20 below zero is anything but pleasant time. A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Edwin M. Owen of Cuahing Okla., on January 18--The great grandmother, Mrs. Alsena Smith of this village, is a guest in the home of her daughter, Mrs. L. H. Owen, of that place and there four generations may be seen rejoicing Word from Chicago is to the ef­ fect that Chas. J. lleimer is making a very satisfactory recovery from the effects of his recent operation. In fact, he expects to resume work as railway mail clerk on his run be­ tween Chicago and Minneapolis, Minn., next Tuesday. His many Mc­ Henry friends will be pleased to re- esiva this good m«|. THURSDAY, FEB. 8 Victor Mooi$ IN ' "THE RACE" SATURDAY, FEB. lO • Marguerite Clark "THE GOOSE GIRL" SUNDAY, FgB, VI Pickford - IN-- H m- Auction Sale! Geo. Vogel, * Auctioneef J. E. Kaiser having decided to move onto his own farm, the undersigned, in order to divide stock, will sell at public auction on the old Musgrove farm, situated 3 miles south of Mc­ Henry, 5 miles north of Crystal Lake, 7 miles northeast of Ridgefield and 8 miles .west of Volo, on the Crystal Lake-McHenry road, on SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1917 commencing at 10:00 o'clock, sharp, the following described property, to- wit: 101 Head of Live Stock 101 --consisting of-- 37 Milk Cows of which 9 are spfingers, some with calves at their side; 10 two-year-olds, eoming three, some of these spring­ ers; 8 coming two years old, 7 four­ teen months old, 1 three months old, eight months old, 3 six months old, 6 heifer calves from two to eight weeks old. Horses Dark bay mare, twelve years old, weight 1000 pounds; bay mare, com­ ing four years old, weight 1300 pounds; black mare, eight years old, weight 1100 pounds; 2 gray geldings, weight 1400 pound/i. Hogs 9 brood sows, due to furrow about April 1, bred to Poland China boar; 11 shoats, Poland China boar, about eighteen months old, eligible to reg­ ister; Poland China boar, nine months old. Hay and Grain 25'or more tons of hay, 60 tons of silage, 2 stacks of corn fodder. Harness 2 sets of work harness, single har­ ness, l' Set of breeching harness. Machinery, Etc. Storer 18-horse portable gas en­ gine, 8-roll Appleton corn husker, 8- horse Webster stationary gas engine, 2-roll Milwaukee corn husker, buzz saw, 3 circular saws, Fairbanks- Morse feed grinder, No. 2; Deering corn binder, McCormick com binder, Independent manure spreader, 14-in. Yale gang plow, 16-in. sulky plow, Janesville 2-horse cultivator, 3-sec- tion land roller, 3-horse Budlong pul­ verizer, 5-ft. Deering mower, Osborne side delivery rake, new Deere hay loader^ 5-shovel single cultivator, 3- section drag, drag cart, set of bob sleds, cutter, set of light runners, 3 walking plows, 30-can milk wagon, 2 low farm wagons, set narrow tired wheels, 50-gallon kerosene tank, 150-gallon gas tank, Western oil tank heater, Stewart horse clipper, nearly new; fanning mill, bench vice, 2 Boss washing machines, dining, table, parlor organ, iron bed, gasoline stove, forks, shovels, 80 foot 6-in. belt, 30 foot 6- in. belt, 20 foot 6-in. belt, 120 foot 6- in. belt, 4 shaft pulleys, 36, 24 and 20 in.; 8 milk cans, 2 milk strainers, 3 milk pails, 3 lanterns, feed^car, 2 sil­ age forks, 25 grain sacks, and other articles too numerous to mention. Usual Free Lunch at Noon ipf- •••M Confidential If you are in need of accommodations in a financial way we would be pleased to have you come in and talk matters over with us. If jire are not in a position to help you just when you need it we may be able to make arrangements for a little later. It will do no harm to come in and see qs, and you will be under ito obligations what­ ever.AH of our business with our customers is $ridtly confiden­ tial. If we can give you advice on financial matters, which our business makes it necessary for us to be posted on, we will gladly do what we can for you. We want you to feel perfectly at home with us, and whether or not we do a gfreat amount of bpsiness to­ gether, we shall try to make ̂our business relations botl* pleasant ' a n d p r o f i t a b l y t o y o u . . • > - • , " ' - • . , We^i McHenry State ft", & 4 '•'".J*' '> *1* ,, "**>v f * rftfi ' f_, V <- << !, fr, " ^ if}, ' •" *1 sr [55* [M\U >te v "• 1'K The Songs and Ballads of Bonnie Scotland The gems of Scottish balladry, with all their warm depth of sentiment, are won­ derfully reproduced on Columbia "Sf Records "Annie Laurie." "KithUen llavoumaen." '^oinitt* Thru' Rye"--these, and hundreds of other selections like them* v are found in the big Columbia catalogue ̂A copy of which will gladly be giv«n you on request (Dealer's name apd «d(heH) •5'-. 5,;•: 'if N. A. HUEMANN, WEST McHENRf Terms of Sale: All pns of $10.00 and under, cash; over that amount a credit of six months' time will be giv­ en on good bankable notes bearing in­ terest at the rate of 7 per cent per annum. No property to be removed, or possession of same given to pur­ chaser until settled for witl\ clerk. W. J. Kittle and J. E. Kaiser, Props. Simon Stoffel, Clerk. C. W.' Stenger, Settling Clerk. ' Administrator's Notice Alford H. Pouse, Atty. Estate of Caroline Nickels, ceased. The undersigned having tfeen ap­ pointed Administrator of the Estate of Caroline Nickels, deceased, late of the County of McHenry and State of Illinois, herehy will appear before the County Court of McHenry County, at the Court House in Woodstock, at the April, Term, on Uie first Monday in April next, at which time all persons hav­ ing claims against said Estate are notified and requested to attend for the purpose of having the same ad­ justed. All persons indebted to said Estate are requested to make imme­ diate payment to the Undersigned. Dated this 8th day of February, A. D. 1917. Charles 84-St r# -.71!* Hot cakes, de­ licious and plenty of them uaade from Early Riser Flour, the 1 r l !Sr. King of all Hours, which gives success every time. It is the best flour made aud IS always the same. Buy karly Riser flour next time and see how your appetite for good bread, rolls, pi?, cake, cookies, ate., . inereai|v^,^4--,... : WBTMHEHRY FLOOR AND FEED HILLS YOUR DAIRY NEEDS : i money in the pocket Wilbur Lum No., t-- McHenry t "4 ""S'-'-j ' rssrrr iwji SI •mm •