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Maytag, millionaire washing machine manufacturer of Newton, la., who was born and raised on a farm / near Elgin, contracted Friday to purchase Ceylon Court, the palatial summer home of the late John J. Mitchell ; at Lake Geneva, Wis. The new owner will take possession in September. •-,.:P The Mitchell estate consists 18 H fiacres of residential grounds and 409 •veneres of farm land. In addition to the p'^residence the buyer takes over forty ^Belgian horses, all blue ribbon win- ; , 'ners. four harness horses, dther stock, greenhouses and so forth. In the . house there still remains a few of the Mitchell possessions such as paintings and articles of furniture left there lby the Mitchell heirs following the ^tragic death of Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell / ^ilast year in a motor accident. Ceylon Court is not merely a fanistic name given the estate by.its »wners. It was erected on the estate Hof a wealthy resident of the island of ^.gJCeyion nearly forty years ago as the v4&«fflreplica of a Buddhist temple. In 1893 lit was taken apart and transported to " "Chicago where it was rebuilt by the Ceylon government and used as its official building at the World's Fair. When the Chicago exposition was over Frank Chandler bought it, had ft taken apart and rebuilt on his estate at Lake Geneva which Mr. Mitch- - „ ell bought from him in 1901. Not^pne nail was used in the construction of Ceylon Court--only wooden pegs. When Mr. Mitchell purchased the Chandler estate he decided to enlarge the house and both workmen and materials were imported from Ceylon to do the work. In the interior finish of tfce home thirty-five different kinds of oriental hardwoods were used, ranging- in color from light yellow to ebony black. The house ccAitains twenty- three rooms. W. S. Best of Lake Geneva, was the N broker for Mir. Maytag in the transaction, while Charles- H. Binney represented the Mitchell estate. The consideration involved was not divulged. <--Elgin Courier-News, -> 1 k-V ' i M ' " v Future Seaplanes to Be Let* Cumbersome tangle* Field, Va.--Seaplanes of ~ Hie future seed not toe so cumBersom* a* those »( the past This has been established by experts of the national advisory committee for aeronautics In a minute exjamination of the work actually done by a' seaplane's pontoons, which eatable it*to alight on water, but cut dbwn its speed in the air. v Present specifications for navy luaplaues- eall* for pontoons having a stricture sufficiently strong to wlth-t stand a shock on landing of 15 pounds to the square Inch. Measurements made here with delicate instruments attached'to various points on the floating surface of pontoons in operation, . however; show that only seven pounds of pressure is exerted to the*square. Inch, suggesting that their strength can easily be reduced with a material saving ID weight and a corresponding improvement in performance and endurance in the air. SLOCUM'S LAKE Wants Typist Job,'But i Has Only One Hand Detroit, Mich.--Mrs. Flora Parker Is looking for a Job as typist or stenog: i-apher and she has only one arm. When* she was two and one-half jeartt old'ki London she was the vic- 1 tlm of a* accident After sli£ grew "<up she ttraght school in London and ^ itheu t here was a young chap who had J "'gone o«*" as they say ove. there, to ^{Canada. He sent for her. They were married! Two years later there was a baby and then, suddenly, Mrs. Parker was the Widow Parker. Little Flora is three. H1 intend to make my own living." ' she said.' "It Is going to be difficult to make toy prospective employer believe that I can be efficient I can be. \ I am fast on the typewriter and my missing arm has never been a missing »ne to me. You see, I lost It so young that I'never knew Its use, and what x we never have we do not miss."' Kill Sacred Cow India.--Six persons killed and nine wounded near here when »• party of pilgrims attempted to prevent the slaughter of a cow held sacred by them. The «®w was killed, and a riot ensued. •d " j "T!?V• J I < I I I » I I I I I I I I 1 I I I I U 1 1 I I Canned Music Stirs Ire of Paris Critics ' • Parts.--Something must be done to head off canned music, say the terribly shocked musical critics who contemplate the speedy abolition of the element in orchestras. It is the recent excitement over machine played violins, the perfection of phonographs, and the constrnctlon .of mechanical orchestras foP motion picture houses that lias stirred' the classic ire of the Judges of the press. ^ n i w a m n n i i n i i i i i i T Callahan: 'DhL you protest against Showing the movie that represents the Irish as disorderly?" • Murphy^ "Did wet We wrecked the pla«* -Oii. Weekly. Mrs. Roy Passfield and sister, Irene, and mother, Mrs. George Dowell, of Roseville, were callers at Elgin Saturday afternoon. Mr. and Mi?. Jack Geary and son visited at the J. N. Zimmer home at McHenry Saturday evening. Mrs. Earl Converse, in company with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W511 Davis, and daughter, Frances, was a business caller at McHenry Friday afternoon. VDr. and Mrs. L. A. Werden and Mr. and Mrs. James Gossell of Wauconda attended a theatre at Waukegan Friday evening. Mrs. John Goggin and son, Tom, of Chicago were guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Geary last Thursday afternoon. Miss Lilliah Tidmarsh of Tecuniseh, Okla., was a dinner and supper guest at the Willard Darrell home last Thursday. John Blomgren, Mrs. Sigrid Blomgren and Mrs. E. Anderson left last Friday for a week's visit with relatives at Mankato, Minn. Mr. and M^s. Earl Converse and daughter, Frances, attended a show at Barrington Sunday evening. % Mrs. H. L. Brooks visited at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Lucille Rohman, in Chicago, from Friday until Sunday evening. Mrs. John R. Knox and Mrs. J. N. Zimmer of McHenry visited at the home of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Oeary last Friday afternoon. Miss Helen Sherman of Woodstock spent last week with her aunt, Mrs. J. A. Werden. On Sunday Mr. and Mrs. Werden accompanied her to her home and spent the day. Chesney Brooks and Mrs. Lfon Larabee and son of Bristol, Wis., were callers at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Matthews last Thursday morning. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Brown and children of St. Paul* were callers at the W. E. Brooks home last Thursday Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Davis and family of Roseville were Sunday afternoon visitors at the Wayne Bacon home. Mr. and Mrs. W. 0. Brooks of Wau- Icegan were callers at the W. E. Brooks home last Thursday evening. Mr. and Mrs, H. H. Maiman of Wauconda and Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Shaffer of McHjenry were Sunday evening guests at the Henry Geary home. Mrs. Robert, Kirk and two children and Mrs. Or* Peck of Aurora spent last Thursday and Friday at the home of Mr. and Mts. Ray Dowell. lSill Dowell of Roseville and Miss Rose Hahn of Dundee were Sunday supper guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Passfield. Mrs. Leon Lara bee and son, Caroll, of Bristol, Wis., spent a few days last week at the W. E. Brooks home. Mr. and Mrs. Alden Werden and Mr. and Mrs. Owen Paddock of Chi-« cago attended a theatre at Waukegan Saturday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Vf. E. Brooks and son, Chesney, and Oatis Phillips visited the Public Service company's Model farm near Mundelein, last Wednesday morning. > . Mrs. Mary Dowfell of Wauconda viiited at the heme of her son, R^ Dowell from Wednesday until Saturday night. . Mrs. E. Bacon and daughter, Vinnie, spent last Tuesday afternoon at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Bacon. Mrs. Mark Hutson of Woodstock and Mrs. Harry Francisco of Wauconda spent Friday afternoon at the W. p. Brooks home. Mrs. Wayne Bacon and children and Miss Frances Davis spent Saturday afternoon at Waukegan. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Underwood and son of Mundelein, Lillian Tidmark and Harold Brooks were Sunday guests at the W. E. Brooks home. Mildred Hoffman spent Friday in Chicago. Mr. and M!rs. Wayne Bacon and children spent Monday at Waukegan. ' Mrs. Leon Lara bee and son of Bristol, Wis., was a dinner and afternoon guest at the H. L. Brbblts home last Thursday. • Sunday dinner and afternoon guests at the home of Mr. apd Mrs. Harry Matthews were: Mr.vand Mrs. Marvin Wells and two children of Des Plaines; Harold Wheelock of Chicago, Mrs. LaDoyt MJatthews of Crystal Lake, Mr. and Mrs. Willard Darrell and daughter, Myrtle, Mildred Hoffman, Mrs. F. B. Carr and Leslie Foss. Marvin Wells, Jr., returned home with his parents., after spending 18 days at the Matthews hotae. Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Bevans of Des Plaines were also afternoon guests. : <H' • VANDENBOOM BUY» -- _ ' PORTABLE FEED GRINDER Another Klein Portable Feed Grinder Is soon to start operating in this territory. This fact became known Saturday when William Vandenboom of McHenry placed an order with Nick Klein, inventor and manufacturer of the Klein Portable Feed Grinder. The assembly will be attached an? mounted on a Reo Special Speed Wagon, which was ac.quired frpm the Rao- McHenry Sales. •- Mr. Vandenboom will be ready to jfo all kinds of feed grinding by the midle of the first week in September. George Freund, who for the past ten months has been operating a Klein Portable Feed Grinder most successfully, will share part of his territorywith Mr. Vandenboom. This territory will comprise Volo, Wauconda, Round Lake and Graysiake. ':-h •' S'" ' 4.J•*•ii*g'-:f-..; w No. 13 V" X C$3!* :.v :k \ <•'+ Bead the ado and save yoar dollars. r* Let's all go to 's the City Park and mm M 1.2 and 3* The ^•a jh .".JPi Spend a lew j/f dimes in this ftj-: A.-bk&yi WALWORTH COUNTY FAIR AT ELKHORN NEXT WEEK Offering a million dollar midway, a fast racing card, a colorful revue, exciting base ball games and clever free attractions, the Walworth county fair will raise the curtain next week "»n the greatest show in its 78 years of organization. Along with the growth of amusement facilities, the fair officials are proud to announce that the educational exhibits have more than doubled any previous record. The officials have real cause to pat themselves on the back on the accomplishment of booking the Dodson's World's Fair Shows. This gigantic city of amusement will coyer the mid- Way with its 35 cars, 18 shows and 8 rides. Extra land has been rented to accommodate the Wild West show which is equipped to comfortably seat one thousand people. Five hun dred people make up the personnel of this organization, including their own minister. Three bands will furnish the svneopation that helps the barker to sell his tickets. This outfit comes to Elkhorn after a tour of the largest cities in Ohip and Michigan where they have played at some of the biggest fairs in existence. The drawing card de luxe in the amusement bill is the gigantic racing card arranged this year. Over 200 horses will race for stakes.^tailing over $10,000, in the fastest races offered in the Middle West. Some of the speediest horses that ever threw a shoe in the Grand Circuit will step on the Elkhorn track. Never before have so many strong ball teams been matched dp in the annual contest for the championship*. Teams from Janesville, Palmyra, Sharon, Delavan, Burlington and East Troy will stage a miniature World'3 Series for the daily purse of $200 and the coveted championship pennant. These teams have played a fast brand of base ball all season in the Rock- Walworth County League and are out to end up the season in a blaze of glory. This year's1 revue wil be the most expensively staged production ever seen outside of the big theatres in our large cities. Beautiful girls in ravishing costumes will present the latest in song and dance hits to entertain ^h usands. Comedians that make one laught song birds that have real appeal, and dancers that are graceful and vivacious will feature the presentation to be staged Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday nights. (Tuesday night will be a feature night with election returns and fireworks to ' supplement the style show presented by the Walworth County Merchants and Manufacturers. The stock parade and the drill by the Fort Atkinson Drum and Bugle Corps will he added features in Thursday night's bill. The hitch demonstration showing 4, 5, 6, and 8 horse teams on Tuesday and Wednesday mornings and the team pulling contest held at 1:80 Wednesday will attract a great number of people. The Old Fiddlers' Contest on Tuesday morning and the Hog Calling Con- |gst Friday afternoon will, also, have a great following. The exhibits this year are more numerous than ever before and every possible facility has been provided to house the great collection of livestock and farm produce that has been entered for competition. Space does not permit the publication of all the wonders to be found at | Wisconsin's most successful fair, but one may assume from the preceding 'list that the Walworth County Fair is prepared once more to hold up Ks "FLYING CLOUD' WINS 'M OECHAED BEACH CUT ^ " " Ls«t Outboard Races of Season WiB M Be Held Next 9unday aat |4 Monday < :; Stiange things happened in Stm- ' day's outboard races at McHenry^ Flying Cloud," which for two year# j*tf| has never won, a race, surprised th# spectators by winning the race and the Orchard Beach cup. 4*4^: While driving his high-speed E2t« 11 » Quad, Ed Davis, in the Class "D" race* - 7,| had the bottom pounded out of his boat. "' Jg Cecil Rothermel, when he won thiT iff- 1928 Clew "C" race,/broke the pr**:-.aI|§. vious record of the aourae by ten fa seconds. y ~ ^ The results of the rafees follow: : First Race, 1927 Class "C," for Or- ' chard Beach cup--First, **Flyiniy; - Cloud," driver, Carl Schmidt; second,. Tfl "Bill's Baby," driver. Bill Swinehartfc . third, "W-2," driver. Warren Trostrud* ^ Second Race, Class "D"--First* "Herbert C Special," driver, Buddf Rapp; second, "Black Gold," driver^. "Schrimp" Schneider.' Third Race. 1928 Class "C"--First, %h, "Fox I I I , " dr ive r , Ce c i l Rothe rme lV| second, "Barco," driver, Ray Rother-**: 'fji mel; third, "Barr," driver, Georg^l ^ Zohrlant < if Next Sunday and Monday the las« , two races/of the season will be heldi Sunday is to be an open race for everybody and there will be races in classes 1927 "C," 1928 "B," "C," an<| "D," andx Free-for-All. On Monday f the last race of the season will bet- , held. This race will decide who io %km " season champion in each class. 1 ^ INVITE COOLIDGE TO ATTEND CONVENTIONS Tom P. Bolger, district commander* of the American Legion, presided over the caucus of the eleventh American Legion district at Elgin Friday eve* ning, which was the last to be helcfv before the state convention at Wauke->1 gan, on September 9 and 10. Plenty of excitment took place at the meeting, as the eleventh district will have three candidates in the fiel^j, for state commanded. A successor t4 Tom Bolger, as commander of thtf^j eleventh djs^rict, will also be selectacf at the meeting at Waukegan. The state commander went to Brule** Wis., the last of the week to extend ai| invitation to President Coolidge to attend the state convention at Waukegan next month. JOUtSOlTALO N. lT f*etesch of Oak Park spent proud slogan, "The Fair That Always Makes Good. Why Hook Doesn't Hurt Fish There are very few nerves around the mouth of a fish and consequently It frets little pain when caught by a book. This is proved by the fact that often the same fish can be caught over and over In the same day. The fnct Is. fish seem to feel very little p.iin In any part of the body. They do. of course, feel some pain and discomfort. St takes all kinds of wants to aiake op a well-balanced classified page, and a man in Milwaukee la advertising the loss of a large yellow) torn cat. , -- Another fact elicited from many researches L that even when the writerof the average anonymous letter la known It s still almost anonymous. An anthracite fire has been burning In the Pennsylvania ariinlng fields for 69 years without, as far as we can ascertain, anybody carrying" fit the ashes. "1 used to wonder," said the Old Crab as he sent the waiter back after a steel knife, "what the T stood for In T-bone. Do you suppose' It ieuld be 'tough T " General Summerall says, "Debfre for peace does not Insure It." No, and desire for a meal doesn't satisfy hunger, but It doea start yon toward a restaurant. A prominent London physician a*vi» that everybody should take at leas? two hours off for luncheon. Thai would be all right If it weren't al lowed to cut In on one's tea time. The emir of Afghanistan says thai he'd like to tour the United States We'd like to hare him, since we've never bsd the opportunity in this danger of «!r. Sunday at McHenry. Miss Maud Granger fcpent thf weekend at her home heps. Louis McDonald was a Chicago *is-;'. itor one day last week. Mrs. Agness Wentworth is visiting relatives at Lake Geneva, Wis. Miss Angela Petesch of Chicago : spent Sunday at her home here. Richard Stenger of Waukegan visited with friends here Sunday. C. S. Owen and son, C. N. Owen, of- Chicago spent Sun lay at McHenry. v Mr. and Mrs. Walter Sattem aftd children visited with relatives here ^ last week. Mrs. A. E. Nye and daughter, Rosalind, were Chicago visitors one day last week. Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Newman and : children were Chicago visitors the last of the week. Mrs. Fred Jus ten and daughter, - May, and Miss Bernice Weber were ? Elgin visitors Thursday. Dr. H. F. Cannon o| Waukegan played golf at the McHenry Country club several days last week. ^ Mr. and Mrs. John Brown and children of Tulsa, Okla., visited with relatives in this ,vicinity last week. iu Mrs. Roy Hankermeyer and son, Marshall, of Waukegan visited -with friends here on Wednesday of last " week. Many interested flower growe- 5 are *• visiting the fine display of gladioli grown by H. M. Stephenson at Ri-g- ; wood, this week. Mrs. Edwari Holle of Chicago . spent a few days the last of the week | in the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Martin Conway. Misses Helen Welch and Loretta Steffes left Sunday night for Chicago, where they left on a motor bus tour through Canada and the east. Miss Pauline Kennebeck is spending a few weeks at Woodstock, where she is helping- out in the office of the Woodstock Typewriter company. Mrs. Charles Foss of New York City, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Foss and son, Charles, and Mrs. Minnie Miller spent Sunday at Starved Rock, near Utica, 111. Dr. and Mrs. Henry Freund and little daughter left Sunday on a motif trip to Detroit, where they will visit with relatives this week. Their daughters, who have been visiting at Detroit for several weeks, will rotor* heme with them. . Soils Lomg m Uw On a painted 3rt*ek vase •»! alMat •00 B. C. there Is a ship .epres^ted w!tl. a sail, a aln^k passenger and a helmsnwtn. Tbe pictures «n o«ina of Phoenician ships tr* crudei than might be expected Us view ol »h* reputation that people had as Rm the shlp» of Tarshish w«h» many • tiKtmful trl|» to Br»«a!n smI for tin and other metal*. " j Speaking of trial mamagesT wliat other kind are time?--Wkll JoucnaL * ,1 , Hf:* ^ '