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THE HeHSNBT PLAINDEAIJSB, McHEftHY, ULW i ne l/rug aiore "THAT ALWAYS HAS IT' J GOING from store to store in search of some new remedy, toilet preparationor other items usually carried tyy 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 ones and usually have them on hand as quickly as the stores located in large cities. We realize the importance of service and constantly strive to live up to the reputation we have gained. 'The Store that Always Has It' TBONE EO-W N. H. PETESCH DRUGGIST BUY YOUR Sweater Coat Now AND BUY IT AT SMITH BROS. We have a better selection this year than ever. Prices are as low as they will be for this season, that is sure. We have plain colors and stripes. Come and see them, as to see what you buy is the best way to buy what you want, we believe. :: :: SMITH BROS. •Phone 79-J McHenry, 111. Old Father Time's Tested Roofing , ; Whfether 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 roof that will defy both time and the elements for forty years. Our shingles are all cut from live cedar logs and are guaranteed by the manufac­ turer. You'll find them to be cheapest in the end. :: :: " Wilbur Lumber Co. McHenry, Illinois j§L COME I N THE WATERJ5 FINE COME IN OlIR GOODS ARE FINE 3F OUR WEEKLY RECIPE STUFFED BAKED POTATOES Seleel medium sized potatoes and bake. Remove from oven, cut slice from each and scoop out inside. ̂ Mash, add 2 tbsp. butter, 3 tbsp. hot milk and salt and pepper. The well beaten whites of 2 eggs may be added if desired. RetiU skins and bake until brown. Potatoes may be sprin­ kled with grated cjieese "or paprika before putting in oven. WE SEU THE INGREDIENTS Phone 26 ADAMS BROS.McHenry SOLON MILLS Rev. and Mrs. Horn were recent callers in town. Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Merrell spent Sunday at Hebron. School reopened Monday with Miss Lillian Yanke as instructor. P. B. Pinney and C. W. Cropley were callers at McHenry Sunday. <3. L. Turner attended the soldiers' reunion at Crystal Lake Tuesday. Miss Ruth Creager of West Chi­ cago is a guest at Arthur Bell's. Mf. and Mrs. Kauer were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Turner. Mr. and M^s. C. Denker of Chicago were Sunday callers at E. E.* Crop- ley's. Stanley and Wm. Kiddle of Lake Forest are guests in the J. Pester home. Miss Maude Spaulding of Chicago spent the week end at Mrs. W. H. Davis'. Mr. and Mrs. R. R. Turner were Sunday callers at Hebroii and Lake Geneva. > Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Aylward and family were Sunday caller^ at E. T. Monear's. J. Pester and nephews, Stanley and Wm. Kiddle, were Fox Lake visitors Labor day. Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Parker enter­ tained Mr. and Mrs. Dwyer of Chi­ cago Labor day. Wm. Merchant and family were Sunday guests in the Chas. Noble home at Keystone. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Buchanan en­ tertained the latter's nephew from Milwaukee Sunday and Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Welch and Mr. and Mrs. John McCarthy were Sun­ day callers at Richard Aylward's. Mr. and Mrs. J. Fishleigh and Mr. and Mrs. John Fishleigh of Chicago were Monday callers at R. R. Tur­ ner's. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Noble and son, Gerald, of Woodstock were Saturday evening guests at the Wm. Merchant home. Misses Nette, Lillian and Hannah Yanke and Miss Vera Johnson of Chicago attended rural school day at Woodstock Tuesday. Mrs. Johnson and daughter, Vera, returned to their home in Chicago Thursday after an extended visit in the Oscar Yanke home. . [Last Week's Delayed Letter] Will Dilley of Harvard spent the week end here. Mr. and Mrs. Earle Monear spent Sunday at Hebron. Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Fay spent Tuesday in Chica'go. Jas. Overton of Elgin fs a guest in the W. J. Overton home. Mrs. P. J. Ball of Chicago is visit­ ing her sister, Mrs. E. E. Brigham. J. S. Losee of Hebron was a busi­ ness caller in twoh Tuesday evening. Mr. and Mrs. R. R. Turner were McHenry callers Wednesday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Peters and family of Chicago are visiting at W. H. Gard­ ner's. Misses Viola Aylward and Ruth Holt of Hebron were Tuesday callers here. Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Aylward and family were Tuesday evening callers here. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Bell and Mrs. A. F. Wellman spent Tuesday in Mc­ Henry. The M. E. Sunday school held its annual picnic * in Gardner's woods Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. R. I. Turner were Sun­ day guests of Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Mc- Cannon at English Prairie. Mrs. E. E. Cropley, Mr. and Mrs. C. Denker and Mrs. A. F. Wellman spent Saturday at Lake Geneva. Miss Nette Yanke of Beloit, Wis., and niece, Theresa Yanke, are visiting in the home of the former's mother. Mrs. R. I. Overton, son, Richard, and daughter, Gwendolyn, of West McHenry were Wednesday callers at Mrs. Fannie Overton's. Mrs. W. B. White and daughter, Betty, returned to their home in Chi­ cago Sunday* after a few days' visit with Mrs. Fannie Overton. Will Knott of Garden Prairie, Wis., was calling on old friends Tuesday. Mr. Knott was a member of the 95th 111. regiment during the Civil war. Several members of the Red Cross met at the home of Miss Floy Halde- man on Wednesday afternoon. Spe­ cial instructions were given in knit- ting. Community gatherings are being held nightly at the M. E. church in this village. Special music, includ­ ing violin solos, each evening. Ev­ eryone is welcome. Meetings begin at eight and close at nine from Aug. 27 to Sept. 6 inclusive. RINGWOOD Ed. Nichols of Chicago spent Labor day with Ringwood friends. Mrs. Ida Mansfield of Alabama vis­ ited at Bert McCannon's Sunday. The views of Yellow Stone, shown at the M. E. church last Thursday, were very nice. Mr. and Mrs. Emory Carr-of Chi­ cago visited Mrs. Emma Merchant Sunday and Monday. Mr. and Mrsv Ladd and Agnes Big- elow attended the Hebron chautauqua two days last week. H. M. Stephenson and James Bell and wives enjoyed an auto' trip to Milwaukee lastr Thursday. Our school opened Monday with Mr. Priest as principal and Miss Laura Wharton as primary teacher. The W. C. T. U. will meet with Mrs. Nellie Dodge on Saturday, Sept. 8. Leader, Nora Hawley. All are in­ vited. Mr. and Mrs. FOBS and children were in Hebron Saturday afternoon at the chautauqua meeting and reported it very nice. * The Ladies' Aid society will meet with Mrs. Flora Harrison on Thurs­ day, Sept 13. Supper will be served. All are invited. Mr. and Mrs. JameS Rainey and H. M. Stephenson and wife attended the Labor day exercises at Lake Geneva Monday. On Wednesday evening, Sept. 12, there will be pictures of England at the M. E. church. Will begin at eight o'clock. Admission, ten cents. Ezra Priest will deliver the | address at the M. E. church next Sunday at 2:30 p. m. His topic, wilt be "fhe Greatest Helps to Christian Living." \ Warren Foss and family, ^ Paul Stephenson, Edith McCannon and two sons and Libbie Allen attended the school exercises at W9odstock last Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Allen attended the funeral of her c'ousin, Mrs. Lewis Price, at Bloomfield, Wis., Sunday. She was the only daughter of Mrs. Rose Kimball Langkilde. Her sudden death was a great shock to her many friends. Mr. and Mrs. Chancey Har­ rison also attended. Miss Agnes Dodge returned from the Y. W. C. A. camp at Lake Geneva last Friday accompanied by five girls, who had been at the camp. They spent the day- and night with her and left Saturday morning for their homes in Michigan and New York state. Among them was a Chinese girl. They enjoyed seeing the thresh­ ing machine and the various activities of the farm life. was first and last TERRA COTTA Major Gates was a recent Chicago vi&itor. Raymond Riley was a Rockford vis­ itor Sunday. Miss Minnie Knox of McHenry vis­ ited relatives here last week. Miss Vera Bolger of Woodstock vis­ ited relatives here last week. P.^;H. Conway spent Sunday wi€h relatives and friends in Elgin. George Callahan of Chicago is vis­ iting Thomas and George Phalin. Mr. and Mrs. M. Knox and family spent Thursday last in Woodstock. Miss Macie Dake of Chicago was a recent caller at the J. M. Phalin home. Mir. and Mrs. Wm. Coleman of El­ gin spent Monday with relatives here. Miss Mary Conway spent a recent afternoon with Mrs. Thomas Mc- Cabe. Donald Bolger of Woodstock the guest of relatives here the of the Week. Georget and Howard Phalin Francis \ Krisby spent Thursday in Woodstock. Misses Cl^ra and Agnes Frisby at­ tended a teachers' meeting at Wood­ stock Thursday. Miss Lillian Riley has gone to Chi­ cago, where she is now employed in a railroad office. Mrs. Harry Lazier and two children of Dixon, 111., have been guests of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Forres­ ter. Dr. Hiram, H. Bay and son, Maturin, of Chicago spent Labor day at the home of the former's brother, Geo. P. Bay. The Terra Cotta school opened Mon­ day mourning with Miss Clara Frisby as teacher and an enrollment of twen- ty-three\ pupils. Rev. ML J. McEvoy and Mrs. J. Mc- Evoy of McHenry, Mrs. John McHugh and RobeW McEvoy of Chicago were calling ontfriends in this vicinity last Thursday. \ Mr. and Mrs. M. Knox, also Mr. and Mrs. Jay Doherty and Miss Minnie Knox, motored to Batavia Sunday and spent the ,afternoon at the home of Rev. D. Lehahe. ^r. and MrW. Callahan and family of Chicago speftt Labor day at J. M. Phalin's. Miss^Anna Claire Callahan, who has been tfye guest of the Misses Phalin, returned\home with them. l\hoi VOl VOLO Mr. and Mrs. Tom Fisher were Round Lake shoppers Friday. Miss Nina Davis of Round Lake started teaching the Volo school on Sept. 4. % Mr. and Mrs. S. Russell and*son and Mrs. C. Wright were recent'Barring ton visitors. Simon Russell and mother of Wau- kegan were visitors at S. J. Russell's the past week. Mrs. Tracey of Elgin was an over Sunday guest in the home of ^Mr. and drs. Phil Peterson. Mrs. Ed. Heinz and daughter, Ruth, of Chicago spent part of last week at Dr. Rossdeutscher's. .. Miss Muriel Cushman of Round Lake spent Wednesday and Thursday last with her aunt, Mrs. Jas. Kir- wan. Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Huson and daughter, Marion, of Elgin spent Wed­ nesday and Thursday with Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Huson. Mr. and Mm Williams of Chicago and Mr. and Mrs. F. Croaker of Lib­ erty ville spent Sunday with Lee Huson and family. ~ J. Jacobys and family of Chicago, Mrs. V. Kimball and Mrs. W. Banks and daughter of Wauconda were callers at Ella Moore's Sunday. Lose Two Barbers McHenry will furnish two tonsorial artists for the new national army. Nick Franzen, owner of the Center- ville barber shop, and Pete Olson, part owner of the Bishop & Olson shop on Water street, have both passed the physical examination a&d been accepted for U. S. service. Lawn Party The lawn party, given at the Wm. Bonslett home Tuesday evening, was well attended and in spite of the weather several gallons of ice cream were served. The usual good cheer prevailed. The proceeds will be added fa Years Ago the Indian ground his grain on a stone. Our forefathersshad no better meth­ od, but improvements have been made from year to year until modern methods have produced Early Riser flour, the most per­ fect-flour made today. Human hands never touch this flour, but the finest milling machine ery in the world is under the ever watchful eye of expert millers, who superintend every phase of the manufacture. Try a sack today. :: :: WESTMTOY FLOUR AND FEED MILLS 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 Wtit McHenry The fall of the year is a particularly appropri­ ate time to WIRE YOUR HOUSE FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT It happens this fall that we are enabled by cir­ cumstances to estimate the co& particularly low --so low that when paid on the terms we make, namely-- 1124 down and 1-24 a month until the work is paid for it figures out often not more than a few cents a day. The only con­ dition is that the house shall be adjacent to our lines. (Fixtures Included" No charge for Estimates Public" Service Co. OJ NORTHERN ILLINOIS Do You Want A (i00d Fat Sdldry? Sixty recent graduates earn­ ing $720 to $1200 a year. Write for particulars: Ask about the "STENOTYPE." D Seventeen year oldi girl learned in 34 months and immediately took position at $960 a year. BEGIN WITH US NOW Address, ^ TT/EJU.US • • tfrrtM EtCIN, ILLINOIS M Remember! Your money gets into a Bank whether you put it there or not. If you spend all some successful man deposits your money. Open a Bank Account You will be surprised to find how short a time it takes to accumulate a surplus. x\ We Welcome Your Account HOY BANKING COMPANY Bank of McHenry • Bank of Rino'wood Make Light Work of Ironing A heavy ironing is a light task when you use a new double point Gas Iron. Your comfort demands that you free yourself fromshf!&gt and drudgery of ironing in a hot stuffy kitchen. - &•**!#' . to the Altar and Rosary society fund. Velvet hats, all trimmed and ready to wear, from $1.50 up, at the West Side millinery opening, Sept. IS. Miss E. Thelen. Keep Your Telephone Cord From Kinkin& the delicate wires wiljl break. This causes the voice to sojincf "raspy" to the lis­ tener, aijd eventually the broken Vires will put you* telephone out of service. | By keeping the cord froB± tanfclin&, you avoid trouble and help to keep your tele­ phone in fcood worlupa.. . order. Your telephone cord, which appears to be a single strand, is in re­ ality made up of three sep­ arate "conductors," each of which contains hundreds of small wires plaited together. These little copper wires * are finer than hair and are easily broken. If the telephone cord he* comes kinked and twisted, CHICAGO TELEPHONE COMPANY Telephone No. 108-R SIMON STOFFEL Insurance agent for all classes of property in the best companies WEST McHENRY, - ILLINOIS DR. F. J. AICHER DENTIST Oflee in Telephone Exehaage Ooterrflle lUinoli Office Hours ~ , M to I1N a. m. to 4:3# p.m. tt to 8:M p. •». Teleph Office 17 Rwhltnc* A. I. FROEHLICH Ml *-7'J . 'J "'J <*§£$.' m -1 •ym •> ~ • -Q •3 ;<:,1 ' I'M :?»S -•jii -'-Hi Vf ,y"ff /! • - Phyaids REUNDBLDG. Over Vogt's sad Swims WEST McHENRY SHARON. WISCONSIN Wednesday and l-'r»d<§(_/; t t;; S a. oi. to 5 p. oi. " , Sunday and Monday*" ..^ 5 By appointment only DR. CHARLES R. TREAT woousrock. ILLINOIS t^naday.ThurMtayand S *». wl. to I 'jtr v ' As .lu *.J. . w ft