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- % ~ ~ * '• •' r j Tfi>4: , ILL. HM* outer *t sVV" <?, i 4 •. i f u ; ,-y Vi . V : * -H r:;V •'i-'-v. v;. V •••*[ i'THAT ALWAYS HAS 1 ^~S * rj ' '4 iOING from store to store in search of some rnew remedy, toilet preparation or other items usually carried by druggists, is not a pleasant ex- "perience. For years we have kept right up-to- date regarding new articles which are constantly being placed on the market We stock all the worthy dnes and usually have them on hand as quickly as the stores located in large cities. We m realize the importance of service and constantly ^strive to live up to the reputation we have gained. "The Store that Always Has It" - TONE sow N. H. PETESGH DRUGGIST Now that freight is so very slow, you are often obliged to wait quite a long time for your goods when you buy from a mail order house. If you buy near home you can nearly always get what you want at once. Besides you get better value at home, most of the time, if you compare qual­ ity and figure your trouble anything at all. Buy at Smith Bios, to save, money and have less trouble to get your goods. Our sweater coats for fall and winter are here already. ' ' A •' ' - SMITH BROS. 'Phone 79-J / McHenry, IU. Old Father Time's Tested Roofing -Whether you are building" new or just recovering your roof, it will pay you to take a tip from Father Time's past experience and use the old dependable roofing material-- Cedar Shingles Come in and let us tell you how to lay a shingle root that will defy both time and the elements for forty years. Our shingles Aire all cut from live cedar logs and are guaranteed by the manufac­ turer. You'll find them to be cheapest in the end. :i' :: - Wilbur Lumber Co. WeA McHenry, Illinois . ) When From the Table toil ) Slowly Rise L-And Heave Those Satisfaction Sighs Don't Forget to Eulotae The Store from Whicn The housewife Buyj a, WE'RE LISTENING >-^plJR WEEKLY RECIPE _ CHARLOTTE RUSSE .1 ttep. granulated gel- J c. scalded milk 1 pt. cream, whipped atlne 1 c. pwdered sugar Q lady fingers i c. cold water -- li tsp. vanilla Soak the gelatine 1b the cold water until soft. Add the hot milk and sugar. Place the bowl in a pan of ic6 water and stir constantly. Add flavoring. When it forms a thick syrup, add the whip from the cream, one-third at a time. Cut off the ends of the sponge fingers and place them t inch apart around the sides of the mold. The crust ride should be out. Fill with cream, When thoroly chilled, serve. THE I WORE PIE NTS Phone 26 ADAMS BROS. McHenry BIDGEFIELD Mrs. Rushton was * Woodstock Monday. S. Flood was a Chicago passenger Tuesday morning. Mrs. S. Wakefield wfes A*4fttter *t Crystal Lake Monday. \ / Mfs. H. Wille and son, Irvin, were Chicago callers last Thursday. W. S. Rushton and J. H, Slater were Woodstock callers Sunday. MrsL Anna Mollohan and daughter, Ella, spent Wednesday in Elgin- ' Born to Mr. and Mrs. Perry Scavo Sunday, Aug. 26, a nine pound son. Mrs. Chas. Wheaton of Chicago was a caller here Saturday afternoon. Mrs. H. Wille and son, Irvin, were Chicago visitors Thursday of last week. Mrs. Ed. RossmaA and daughter were shopping at Crystal Lake Sat­ urday. Mr. and Mrs. D. L. .Gibson spent last week visiting relatives in Wis­ consin. \ 1 Mr. and Mrs. Roy Skinner were business callers at Woodstock Monday evening. . \ • Mrs. A. Skinner and Mrs. Earl Jacobs were Woodstock shoppers last Saturday. Miss Elsie Wille was the guest of Miss Marjorie Reser at Lake Geneva the week end. Mrs. E. W. Merchant and children were up from Carpentersvilie Wednes­ day afternoon. Vf- Mrs. J. B. Lynch and Mrs. L. Ben­ nett were business callers at Wood­ stock Saturday. Mrs. Harold Walkup is entertain­ ing her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Kretch- er, from Indiana. Mr. ami Mrs. F. Wilkins were pres­ ent at a family reunion held at Genoa Junction Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Skinner and sons , visited relatives at' Wauconda Saturday and Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Nelson and children of Woodstock were calling on friends here Sunday. Messrs. J. H. Slater and D. W. Fitzgerald attended the farmers' pic­ nic at Huntley Saturday. Mrs. R. Goddard and daughter, Genevieve, visited over Sunday with Mrs. S. Reed at Woodstock. Mrs. W. R. Shelt and daughter, Nettie, of Ladd, 111., were calling on old friends here Thursday last. Mr. and Mrs. A. Martini and Mrs. Erickson were enjoying the movies at Crystal Lake last Thursday evening. V TERRA COTTA Mrs. Geo. B. Frisby was an Elgin visitor last Friday. Robert Knox is spending a few day j with McHenry relatives. • , Arthur Anderson is spending pi couple of weeks at his home here. Mr. and Mrs. M. Knox and family motored to Lake county^ Sunday. Vernon and Walter Besley of Wood­ stock spent a recent day at Geo. Fris- by's. Misses /Margaret and Marjorie Grant spent Friday with Miss Ella Newman. Mrs. Wm. F. Coleman of Elgin spent the week end With her daugh­ ter, Mrs. G. P. Bay. Raymond V. Powers of Cleveland, O., is spending a few weeks with l'riends in this vicinity. Mr. and Mrs. Jay Doherty and family of Hofcombville visited rela­ tives here Friday evening. Misses and Agnes Frisby called at the latter's school at Burton Bridge one day last week. Francis Frisby returned Monday evening from a pleasant vacation spent with Elgin relatives. Mrs, E. D. Hyde of Genoa Junction, Wis., visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robt. Anderson, last Friday. T. F. Conner of Chicago and M. Ma rum and son, Jay, of Woodstock spent a recent afternoon at G. B. Frisby's. OSTEND^ Mr. and Mrs. Cornwall are enter­ taining relatives from Wisconsin. All we hear now is war and when are you going to have the threshing machine1? The silo on the C. E. Sherman farm, it is said, will be 14x50 and is loom­ ing up toward completion. / Roy Hobart, Seth Richardson and Frank Sayler were called to Wood­ stock for examination last week. Warren Francisco and sister, Miss Ammie, motored to Wauconda Sun­ day and ate dinner with their niece, Mrs. Ethel Davis, and family. Henry Hobart^ wife and son, Roy, were Sunday evening callers at the home of Elmer Francisco and family at Woodstock. There are five threshing machines in operation within a radius of five miles. Every farmer is anxious to et his grain threshed while it is dry. Dorr Sherman is spending this week of his vacation with relatives near Wauconda. His cousin, Clyde Sher­ man, returned home after spending two weeks with his grandparents, Mr, and Mrs. Myron Francisco, of Wau­ conda. i R. Mensel had a very narrow escape last Saturday. He caught one of his horses in the pasture and she did not lead up so he jumped on her back. She reared up and threw him then stepped one foot on his chest and scratched his face with one of her other feet. He spit considerable blood Grove visitors Tuesday afternoon. . Ed. Bell and Glenn Esh were busi­ ness callers in Woodstock Monday. Robert Green of McHenry is visit­ ing his young friends in Ringwood. August Walters and wife of Wood­ stock were callers in town Tuesday. J. V. Buckland and mother visited at J. D. Smith's near Twin Lakes Sunday. Harry Stephenson, mail carrier at Harvard, is spending his vacation with his parents. ' " A nine pound boy arrived at Clar ence Hopper's Tuesday morning. Mrs. Stacia Knox of McHenry is earing for her, Edward Kimball, wife arid daughter of Atlantic, la., visited part of last week at H. W. Allen's. Friday was spent at Lake Geneva and Saturday at William Monear's in Richmond JOHNSBURG A number from here took in the movies at the McHenry opera house last Sunday evening. Our resorters along the river are preparing to leave for their winter homes in Chicago and elsewhere. If people having accounts with C- Debrecht will call and settle same in the near future it will be greatly appreciated. • St. Johannes court, No. 96, Johns- burg, will hold election of officers on Saturday evening, Sept 8. All mem­ bers are Requested to be present. Dr. Arnold Mueller, who has been on an extended motoring- trip thru the west and south, returned this week feeling fine and henceforth may be 1 found at his office in Johnsburg. j Mrs. J. Jerak and son of Chicago | are spending a couple of weeks as guests in the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Peter Schaefer. Mr. Jerak was out for a Sunday visit. Red Cross Notes Mrs. L. H. Owen of Cushing, Okla., and Mrs. C. W. Goodell of Serma, Ala., both Red Cross workers, attend- er the afternoon meeting. The meeting on Friday afternoon brought out twenty-two ladiefe, who are also giving much of their time to home tasks for the soldier boys. The attendance in the evening was not as' large. The committees will please report at the next meeting. Garments will be counted and inspected and the work transferred to Woodstock as soon as possible after the meeting tomorrow afternoon. John Fufahl, superintendent at the Borden factory, gave a liberal cash donation to the Red Cross last week. It was a personal donation and Mr. Pufahl will please... accept the soci­ ety's sincere appreciation. Sleeveless Jacket For the benefit of those who make inquiries in regard to knitting we publish the last directions as received from the Chicago chapter: Khiki colored knitting yarn, 2 hanks; gray for aviators. Cast on 80 stitches. (Use double casting). Knit 2, purl 2 for 4 inches. Knit plain until sweater measures 24 ! inches. Knit 28 stitches, bind off loosely 24 stitches for neck. Knit 28 stitches. Knit back and forth on the last 28 stitches for 6 ribs. (Be sure to stop on inside edge). Break off thread and knit 6 ribs on other shoul­ der. Cast on 24 stitches on same needle and fasten to thread of first shoulder and then continue plain knitting 20 inches for back of sweat­ er. Then purl 2, knit 2 for 4 inches. Finish off with double binding. Sew up sides, leaving 8 inches for arm holes. After sweater is finished a sub­ stantial edge for the neck is made as follows: Take up 28 stitches on front of neck (the 24 bound off and 2 on each'side). Knit 2, purl 2 for Vi inch, connecting at each end with shoulder pieces. Bind off very loose­ ly. Repeat for back of neck. Also button hole for two or three inches of arm hole at end of seam. Rural Teachers Engaged Today is teasers' day at Wood­ stock and many of the rural teachers are in attendance. Among those who are expected to attend from this vi­ cinity, as near as we can learn, are the Misses Alta Wentworth, who has signed her contract with the direc­ tors of the Ostend school, and will con­ duct same for the coming school year: Verena Brefeld has signed at the Lincoln school, which was taught by Lenore Freund last year, and where she was released from her contract this year to take up her position in the West McHenry State bank; Agnes Frisby will teach her first school in the Parsley district, while her sister, Clara, will conduct the school in her home district at Terra Ootta; Gene­ vieve Knox will have charge of the Prairie school, where she has been successful for the past two years; Mary G. Doherty has again signed her contract in the Clemens district with a nobble raise in salary; Helena Adams will teach in the Lily Lake school, left vacant by the resignation of Julia Freund, who will attend the Commercial Art School in Chicago next year; Mary Burke will return to Sherman Hill, wh^re she gave ex­ cellent satisfaction last year; Laura Barbian has been re-engaged in the Hardscrabble district, where her suc­ cess was assured last year, and Min that dav but no later news has been nie Knox, an experienced teacher of ~ her contract at received. Mr. Mensel lives in the Bull Valley school district. RINGWOOD Warren Foss and family were Woodstock callers Sunday. Ama* Smith and wife were Lake Geneva Visitors If&t Friday. Del Abbott and wife went to Mich­ igan last week to visit relatives. aad family Sprwff v.; •• iv ••• • ." the county, renews Emerald Park. Miss Maud Curr, graduate of Royal College of Music, London, Eng., of which King George is president, re­ sumes her classes for voice produc­ tion and pianoforte. Terms on ad­ vanced pupils, $1; juniors, 50c. Voice production, $2. Join your American Red Cn» LONGDISTANCE ^ PASSENGER BOAT ^4 Excursions thru Pista- kee Lake, Nippersink Lake, Grass Lake, in­ cluding the world's far mous Lotus Beds; Lake Marie, Lake Bluff, Lake ' C a t h e r i n e , C h a n n e l Lake up to Wilmot, Wis. ALL DAY OUT­ ING ON WATER. Boat can be chartered at any time for parties. 60 Mile Trip for $1 ON THE FINEST BOAT AFLOAT WMTICOEPPE.CAPT *Phone 75-R, McHenry McHENRY, ILL. P SUNDAY* J»EPT. 2 S4 mm FLOUR, ****** 3?if; ^ ^ Y *• Tan*c co Ofr/ifrT EVERY WOMAN KNOWS THAT EARLY RISER FLOUR IS THE BEST Sh« will add to her knowl- - edge of domestic economy by using Early Riser flour for all household baking. Makes the very best bread, cake and pies. Buy a sack and everybody will know you get the most and best for your, money. WEST N'HENRY FLOUR AND FEED MILtS Summer Our line of Summer Horse Goods is the most complete ever handled in McHenry. Allow your horse the comforts to which they are entitled by * buying your horse necessities of us. A full line of Fly Nets always car­ ried in stock. M. A. Thelen We#t McHenry ft# i... * '• •THE MUSICAL COMEDY SUCCESS--*-** 20 PEOPLE IN THE CAST 20--Musical Numbers--20 PRICES: SEAT SALE AT PETESCH'S 50c and 75c ~,J|; The General Utility Motor is just what its name indicates---A small, powerful motor that may be carried around and set in motion by connecting it to any lamp socket, that by , means of its inexpen- - sive attachments, will perform varied house­ hold work, now neces­ sarily done by hand and not half so weli^ v Its Low Priced Public Service Co. QF NORTHERN ILLINOIS aracter pi*r' j? The Be^t Way to inculcate the savings habit is by opening an accpunt for the child. A Child will become as interested in watching this ac­ count grow as it would be with a toy. This ill- tere& will harden into habit and the habit int Characto Open die account today, no inatter ,what the amount. HOY BANKING COMPANY Bank of M cHenry ;Bank of Rinowocd Qur Troubles Great or are TKo«e - -k'- -Si '• Regular Periodical Inspedion and the comparatively slight adjustment of your car, owing to the regular care thus be&owed, will elimi­ nate trouble from your experience. It will keep your car in uniformly good condition, and your speedome-' ter will indicate more miles of enjoyment than by other method. , I ^ EXPERT REPAIRINO ^ACETYLENE WELDING - BATTERY CHAR6M6 - TIRES-GASOLINE-OILS -- SUPPLIES-ACCESSORIES FORD SERVICE STATION AUTO LIVERY-QUICf\SERVICE^ STAR GARAGE JOHN R.KNOX, PROPR. PHONE SO MfMCWRY III. Fall opening of the West Side mil- on pele* y - • v * " v ^ - Give Us That Next Joh TV ..