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• v ~ ^m-m- HHPfSHS OUR • •*•.' *,> - i • :,^3v S'^it,' .. .j .,j».>s*L.* i-. «*« hvw m&t£r. f • > , Vii „ ' ' _ ,t - i! «. f ipi *- • <b % ,.-- \W*!*f.. -•:<*'- . •: »**• •'tQH > f • * * e • r i s a g a i n a t y o u r s e r v i c e ^ We handle ChapelTf: ^ V W" *£ v • ice Cream, the crean* with a real flavor. .r .' - M- •moke w-w N. H. PETESCH druggist Use a New Perfection Oil Stove and help save coal and wood. 2 to 4 burner. $13.5# to $23.00 GARDEN TOOLS J>pading Forks..*^---$1.25 and up -/<: *iftakes .25 and up ? Hand Cultivators.....$1.25 to $6.50 , Hoes .40 to .95 Lawn Mowers. $4.5# to $15.00 • Seeds, 2 packages for 5c Remember, Uncle Sam is count­ ing on you to help feed the Sam­ mies and our Allies. PLANT A REAL GARDEN RUGS Come In Ridiardsoiis Superlative Brussels You will find friend­ liness as well as fait prices at this store. Now is the time to buy new things for the home. N. J. JUSTEN & SON • I FURNITURE »» Ej 1 MCtlCAKY, (IX UNDERTAKING THE STORE OF mnm We wish, at this time, to call to your attentio^i... the fact that we are not taking in as many eggs 1 as we would like and as a special inducement we offer CASH AND THE HIGHEST MAR#* J * KET PRICES for all eggs delivered to us in the future. -:- We also wish to remind you once more that cure and smoke our own Bacon and Ham andfe&'V therefore are able to offer you attractive pricesr * **" A fine stock of Picnic Hams and Smoked Butts always on hand. V I , « A complete line of Fruits and Vegetables •̂"~ McHenry, 111. WM. PRIES Hardware MCHENRY, ILLINOIS amr.yCTBin Carl Lilja spent Decoration day at Gary. C. Johnson was in Cary Thursday of last week. ' * W. R. Rush ton was in the city Decoration day. Mrs. Wakefield is visiting with her children in Elgin. Mrs. A. Peterson passed Wednes­ day at Crystal Lake. Walter Cobb called M <friesds at Woodstock Wednesday: Miss Helen Carlson wasa -Wood- stock caller Wednesday. ^ Mr. and Mrs. Abbott spent several days last week at Cary. Geo., Johnson went to the city Mon-» day to enlist in the navy. Mr. Rushton and mother were Cary callers one day last week. Roy Skinner was a business caller at Crystal Lake Wednesday. Nels Peterson was a caller at the county seat Thursday last. Mrs. J. B. Lynch was a business visitor in thfe city Thursday. Mrs. F. Backhus was calling on Park Ridge friends last Thursday. Mrs. Bri ergs of Harvard spent the week end in the W. E. Dike home. f ^ F. W, Hartman was a busing: visitor at, tfee county seat Wednes­ day. • . Mr. and Mrs. F. Wilkins and son, Ralph, were Harmony visitors Sun­ day. ^ A. H. Skinner and wife spent last Thursday with relatives and friends at Woodstock. Mr. and Mrs. Horskey and little son were pleasant callers at Wood­ stock Thursday last. Mr. and Mrs. Fitzgerald enter­ tained relatives from Jefferson Parle several days last week. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Reed took dinner with Mr. and Mrs. E. Senne at Woodstock Decoration day. Mr. and Mrs. S. Reed and Mr. and Mrs. B. Waterman of Woodstock spent Sunday at the H. Reed home. The Woman's Home and Foreign Missionary society will meet in the church parlors Tuesday, June 11. It is desired that all members be present. Everyone welcome. The home of Mr. and Mrs. Reed was opened Saturday evening to cele­ brate the twenty-first birthday of Geo. Johnson. About thirty of the young people spent a delightful evening on the lawn and all were sorry when it came te an end so soon. of last week with her sifter, Mrs. W. E. Sfnith, and attended the Manorial day exercises. The~W, C. T. U. had a pleasant meeting at Carrie Smith's last Sat­ urday. The next meeting will be the Flower Mission meeting, to be held in M. W. A. hall. The Ringwood high school exer­ cises, held last Wednesday evening, were well attended and very fine. The stage was beautifully decorated. Prof. Priest has surely done well with his pupils. He remains another yea£| The Memorial day exercises wejp good and largely attended. V. S. Lumley of Woodstock gave an inter­ esting talk. His address to the sold­ iers of '61 and '65 and of present con­ ditions was good. The McHenry band furnished good music. Singing by the school children was good. Richard B. Walsh of McHenry gave a good talk on our part to do in this world war and paid beautiful tribute to the mothers of today. The decora­ tions in the hall were left from the evening before. The chairman thanks all for their assistance in the program. SOLON MILLS (Last week's delayed letter) Wm. Cornish was a Tuesday caller at Wilmot. v E. S. Johonnott and son, Lyman, spent Sunday here. H. H. Fay was a business caller in Chicago Tuesday. D. W. Overton and family motored to McHenry Monday. Miss Floy Haldeman spent Tuesday afternoon in Richmond. Misses Sarah and Bird Hodge are visiting at Sandwich, 111. Mrs. C. B. McCloon departed for Minneapolis, Minn., Saturday. Miss Pearl Fillweber of Antioch is visiting in the Geo. Vogel home. A. J. Zoia and son of Woodstock were business callers here Tuesday. Dr. E. James spent Sunday and Monday at his home in Milwaukee. John Pester of Lake Forest spent the week end with his family here. Mrs. H. Seivert of Fox Loke spent a day recently with Mrs. J. Pester. Mrs. Trow and son, Clyde, of Heb- l'ori were callers at Merrell's Tuesday. Geo. Vogel and son, Charles, were business callers at Marengo Satur­ day last. Mrs. Mary Wilson of Chicago has spent the past week with Mrs. Ade­ laide Coates. Mrs. Sarah Johonnott of Richmond was a visitor in the home of Mrs. E. S. Johonnott Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Bennett and sons of Chicago were week end guests of Mr. and Mrs. John Pester. Private George C. Yanke of Rock Island arsenal, Rock Island, til., is home on a short furlough. Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Livezey of Chi­ cago spent Sunday with the former's mother, Mrs. M. E. Livezey. », Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Yanke and TAIim A nv • Uuiiviovii v& VUICtt^U wc Sunday callers in the Yanke home. Mrs. Phil Keinz and son, August, are spending several days as guests of the former's sister, Miss Aubert. Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Aylward and daughters, Viola and Florence, of Heb­ ron were Sunday guests in the Ayl­ ward home here. Misses Nette and Ruth Yanke spent Monday and Tuesday in Chicago. Miss Hanna Yanke of Cody, Wyo., returned with them. RINGWOOD Hie Ringwood school held its pic­ nic at Lake Geneva Friday. Fred French and wife of Woodstock visited relatives here Thursday last. Paul Stephenson left Monday morn­ ing for the military camp at Lake Geneva. Rev. John Ratdiff of Chicago spent Wednesday night and Thursday in Ringwood. Edith McCannon and son*. Lloyd, were callers at Solon Mills last Fri­ day evening. Miss Elsie Smith attended the high school alumni banquet at Mc­ Henry Saturday evening. A goodly number of our people at­ tended the graduation exercises at McHenry Friday evening last. Mrs. Clarence Tucker and little son of Harvard visited in the Allen home from Friday until Wednesday. Jay Hawver and wife and Will Belcher and wife of Woodstock called on Ringwood relatives Monday even­ ing. Mrs. Mary Southwick and daugh­ ter of Wililams Bay spent Thursday SPRING GROVE Mrs. Wm. Huff visited relatives in McHenry a few days last week. Miss Frances Britz visited her friend, Agnes Weber,, Sunday. . Mrs. N. N. Weber and daughter, Eva, were McHenry callers Saturday, A large crowd attended the barn dance at Oscar Yanke's Tuesday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Peter May spent Sun­ day in the liome of Nick Justen near Ringwood. Misses Mabel Seigler and Mayme Frett called on their friend, May Keefe, Saturday evening. Everett Bowers of Long Lake spent Saturday evening and Sunday With his friend, Frances Huff. A large number of our young peo­ ple attended Jackson's barn dance at Solon last Friday evening. Lee Aylward and Miss Marjorie Eldredge of Richmond attended the show here Sunday evening. Wm. Whiting and the Misses Elsie Emith and Barbara Althoff were callers here Sunday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Math. Welter and chil­ dren of Ringwood were Sunday guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Nick Roos. Henry Nulk came home from the [Harvard hospital Sunday, having been a patient there for the past few week. The Misses Elizabeth Bower and Isabel Bishop of Long Lake were Sun­ day visitors in the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Weber. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Huff and chil­ dren and Mr. and Mrs. Joe Young and children of Ringwood spent Sunday in the home of Mrs. Frank Youtlg. JOHNSBURG The carnival at McHenry attracted quite a number of our young people last week. Peter M. Freund and daughters, Helen and Catherine, of McHenry were visitors here last Thursday. Cards were received from Frank Mathieu last week. They were mailed at Portland, Ore. This week the fa­ mous juggler will show at San Fran­ cisco, Calif. Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Debrecht have returned from the south, having rent­ ed the Mrs. Geo. Nell property at Co­ lumbia park, near the river bridge. They have opened a small store and will also cater to summer resorters. The Johnsburg chapter of the American Red Cross society will meet at the parish hall here at two o'clock on Friday afternoon of this week. Work will begin in real earnest at this meeting and it is hoped that all mem­ bers wilj be on hand. The Johnsburg ladies ire greatly enthused over the Red Cross work and the chapter will, no doubt, give a splendid account of itself in the future. OSTEND This is the last week of school for this term- Frank Kaiser brought hit Wife home from Elgin Tuesday. Henry Hobart, wife and son, Roy, visited relatives at Alden Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Cornwell entertained Gzr daughter «nd husbsnd Greenwood Sunday. Farmers are planting their last pieces of corn and some are working their first planting. We are all hop ing for a corn crop this year. It may be necessary for our food, as the boys over there will need most of the wheat. A letter from Glynn Francisco to his mother states he is still in Paris and well. She also received one from her son, Leslie, who is in England. He, too, is well. He reports his weight as 1&6 pounds. He sent his picture, tut is not thought natural. He has more flesh than they ever saw him carry. Notes of Soldier Boya. Pvt. Wm. Schaefer of Jefferson Bar­ racks has been promoted to corporal and in a letter home says he is en­ joying life as a soldier., John May, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jos. May of this village, is now at Jeffer­ son Barracks, Mo., but expects to be transferred to some other camp soon. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Meyers of this village received a card from their nephew, Al. Schuenemann of Wauke- gan, telling of his safe arrival over- Jos. H. Feffer, son of Mr. and Mrs. Emil Feffer, has sent word that he has arrived saifely "over there." Mr. and Mrs. Feffer have two sons now in the service across the waters, Nicklous . Meyers, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. Meyers of this village, left on May 27 for Camp Grant, leaving from Kenosha, Wis., where he had registered. This is the third son that m r "fe? f t. • H*;, -,-X f „ .M0 r>*:< fcjv-SU* - '-j ,• fc#? ' * V v * : * •> THE L05S ^ t ft1 * - ' wi- ,v> j " « * ! "" - ,.•*" ^ a , - V? ,V •<f •' #$>1 of ' ' * *.•* > " \ j." . -,. • .'SiAri . . Of valuable papers by theft or carelessness would greatly inconvenience you in replacing them.1 A private box in our fire and burglar proof vaults can be rented for less than one cent per day. We will gladly show the^J^ou at any time. . jpy ,. BANKING C0MP McHENRY, ILLINOIS YOU CAN COOK pppi By Wire The Electric Grill •r^?will' broil, toast, stew and fry. It f'V'is an all-around r device and more than one opera- tion can be per-« formed at a time, , making its use ec- ! 1 onomical. Disk stovescan be used for anything that Jean be done with any'kind of hot plate; only ordin­ ary flat bottomed utensils are re­ quired. We Sell Them PobOc Service Co. * OF NORTHERN ILLINOIS Wow that summer here we are in ; need of a Straw , Hat. Try one and V ) see what a comfort tiiey are. Men |̂- ̂ and boys' work hats : ̂ at 25 and 50cent% Little .girls' hats aiv ̂ 50 cents. Men's J dress hats at $1.5# ̂ to $2.00. • O t'i W SMITH BROS. Mr. and Mrs. Meyers have given to the service. h'J-'.i CallonBiaho^ The building and finance committee of St. Mary's Catholic church, accom­ panied by the pastor, Rev. Edw. Ber- thold, drove to Rockford Tuesday of this week, where they called upon Rt. Rev. Bishop P. J. Muldoon to take up matters concerning St. Mary's parish hert. A reporter called Rev. Berthold on the phone this morning and in an­ swer to a question put him. the pastor said: "He j thing." > '• IWfWf * ilteil Bell System* The Local Chicago Telephone Directory ^ Goes to Press Soon Notify us to-day if you are about to move, or if there are any other changes that should be made In your telephone listing. ̂ Te!eph6Ae 990 ̂ CHICAGO TELEPHONE COMPANY It pays to be partic­ ular* about the meat. jM , t DO YOU NCED SOME NICE rues MEAT you eat. fe invite yow to inspect' our neat,'-^^^. because we want you to ade for yourself that ' , "• " fresh cuts. k ~ : we fcdep o resh cuts Tough meat ruins the stomach. We are look* ing to the WELFARE of H our customers. We know that only by auch practices shall we FAIUS WELL ourselves. •"VV-A* ^ /f/ 1 v •. i \ f \h Schneider Brosn - We l̂ McHenry Read The Plaindealer Mi Mi OS Mr sustains v me m » every- COLUMBIA PARK I HOTEL m X. > •! 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