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SATISFACTION ASSURED ,- **** ' nna Howard MeHENRY, ILLINOIS t m SATURDAY, SEPT. 26, AND MONDAY, SEPT. 28 ; • •' : * t?** . >| * &y; ; v * f'l * s a ' - L-LsK" 3 lbs. HI Lfe^COFFEE Extra fangjpglass with eachpound. 5 cans Peaches, No. 244- Salt Merchant of Morocco, Whose Salt ts Also U»«d tor Money. $1.00 $1.00 $1.00 15 Large cans Armour's Milk ' '• , 5 Large tumblers pure Grape Jelly 7 Large Ivory Snow and 3 Palmolive Beads $1.00 6 No-Rub Soap Chips and 3 Palmolive Beads $1.00 10 Lighthouse Cleanser and 4 Quick-Wash Soap Chips $1.00 5 Ifc Pot Roast '• .. 00 5 lbs. Frankfurters J. w: j qq MANY OTHER .VALUES FOR DOLLAR DAYft Schaefer's Grocery ( and * Market Phone 172 W«st McHenry, IlliAois (Prep«.red by th« National Qeogr«phiO Society. Washington, D. C.) TH10PIA (Abyssinia), which bas hitherto got along without a money of its own, Is taking steps toward establishing" a currency and coinage system on a gold basis. Most of the citizens are now using for their purchases bars of salt, rifle cartridges, fuid even empty bottles and tin cans. The money necessary In international dealings has been furnished in limited supply by Maria Theresa Thalers, introduced a number of years ago from Austria, and by a small amount of paper money issued by a branch of the National Bank of Egypt established in Addis Ababa, capital of Ethiopia. This bank is to be purchased by the Ethiopian government as a first step in its program to set up a currency and coinage system. When Ethiopia issues her first tpaknotes and certificaLea»*Ak«st bits of kik%& fwpef will represent the latest link in the very long chain of the evolution of money. In earliest titties* man traded or bartered" one product or article for another. But the need for a common denominator of value became apparent even with the first glimmerings of civilization. ~"The skins of animals served in this way when man was still a . hunter, while shells became the first money of tribes living near the sea. When man settled down and became an agriculturist or a herdsman, grain and cattle came into use as his measures of values. The ox was "big money," the sheep "small change." There were certain disadvantages In using live stock as money. For one thing, it might walk away in thenight ; for another, it consumed""mueh provender. There were difficulties about very small change for the purchase of such edibles as kettles of fish and messes of pottage. The human geography of the Near East, which liad been pastoral, about this time got an industrial urge. A way had been found of extracting a metal from the earth of the Island of Cyprus, handily set In the eastern Mediterranean. " The Romans later twisted the name of this island lnsuch a way that the modern word "copper" was derived from It. How Copper Became Money. Copper pots began to appeal, and, like cattle, were universally prized. Merchants would exchange whatever 4hey had in their stalls' for popper pots, and the demand for them was more nearly universal than for any other object. The copper pot was, therefore, money. - Then into this region came one imbued with an Idea of Importance. Instead of presenting pots for use In facilitating barter, he would tender the copper of which they were^made. He would offer it in a convenient form, made up into a strip which he called obolus. No definite idea of its size survives, but it ttas said that six made a handful. The obolus marked a great advance toward the use of coin. The scene shifted to the west Italy, as It awoke from barbarism, adopted a unit of copper as a measure of value. It called the unit as, a Roman pound of 12 unciae, or ounces, and it came Into general use. Copper served the purpose of money because of its Intrinsic value. sThe ns had the value of a pound of copper. Human nature being the same then as now, it soon came to pass that people made the as in a weight a tittle less than a pound and profited to the extent QfJthe metal thus saved. They learned to mix certain quantities of baser and cheaper metals with the copper and their currency deteriorated. Thus a step toward the development of actual money was forced on the nations. Governing powers found it necessary to step into the breach, to test metals used as money, to put their stamps guaranteeing quality and weight upon them, and by this avenue copper coins arrived. As the centuries passed in the Mediterranean area, copper became plentiful and its purchasing power decreased. , yCl • Rome was getting much of the earth of Cyprus. Thus it developed that an average householder of ancient Rome, going to market to 6uy for a feast-day, would need to pack a donkey to bear the weight of the copper for his shopping. The metal came to be too bulky in proportion to_its value. Yet it held Its place uritfranother metal appeared v Mitplacemcnt "I b'lieves in art." said Uncle Eben, "an' I wants it incouraged. But I hates to see a boy spendin' his life being a poor painter when he might of been a good whltewasher."--Washington Star. , •••"--•'•-iff ' * • VI*"1 "I Or. a Lot of Chaag« ' , In the matter of vacations, it takes a little change to take a little change. --Fort Wayne News-SentineL .r :j;. BLOCUM LAKI MT. and Mrs. John Blomgren werecaJlers at McHenry last Friday. Mr- and Mrs. Earl Converse were callers at Crystal Lake Saturday evening. ^ Mr. and Mrs. Ray Dowtell and children were callers at Woodstock Saturday afternoon. Mr, and Mrs. Harry Matthews and son, Robert, were business callers at Crystal Lake last Saturday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. John Blomgren and Mrs- George Lundgren and Miss Nelson of Wauconda and Mrs. Raymond Lusk and daughter, Betty Lou, of Volo spent last Wednesday ,at Waukegan. Mrs. Elmer Esping and Mrs. ^illard Darrel were callers at " Woddstock last Wednesday. that better served money purposes. That meta! was silver. The map of the civilized world was expanding. Spain had begun to produce. Civilization moved westward and Charlemagne established an empire of the French In the Eighth century on a silver standard. He formally decreed that the pound of silver should be the basic measure of value, and a continent accepted his edict So It happens that in France today the word ,a,rgent means "money," although its literal significance Is "sliver." Money of England. Money history began to be written in another geographical area. The English began to talk of the "pound" in designating a money unit This is the silver pound of Charlemagne. Originally 240 pennies were mau$ from tjie pound of silver, and although pound (sterling) has become a measure of value and not of weight, the relation to the old value standard continues--240 J>ence to the pound (sterling). The English word ^'shilling" has a geographical origin that is quite different. It was first used by the blonde barbarians of the North. These warriors and their opponents were given\ to wearing rings and arm bands made of silver or gold. After battles the rings of the slain were highly prized by the v^tors, and were gathered and properly distributed by an official who had charge of tliis division of spoils. He w^s known as the ring-breaker and was actually the first treasury'official of th^Se northern tribes. The rings were^so made that they broke up into bits of a somewhat uniform size. One fragment was called a "schillingas." In the North If'was an early form of money, and from It came the shillln|V,jio.dear to the English heart today. The world was shoYt of Actual money from Caesar, to Columbus. There was little progress during that long stretch and there .appears to be some soundness in the theory that the absence of a circulating medium of sufficient quantity to make development • possible was, In part, the reason foi* the stagnation. Yet. despite Its scarcity, money event# were taking place about the map O^OEurope and seem, in retrospect, to have been in preparation for the coming of better days. Origin of the Dollar. Toward the end of the time of shortage there Appeared in the interior of medieval Europe an Individual who was to write a chapter of money hist tory that has come down strangely into modem times, and to give a new nation of the West a currency unit that was to hare a profound effect. This* man made the first dollar in all the world, and gave it a name--which, though the etymology Is not apparent at a glance, becomes upon examination the lineal ancestor of the word "dollar." The count of Scbllck, for such was his title, 4welt in St. Joachimsthal (Joachim's Dale), a mining region of Bohemia.1 The patron saint of the community was St Joachim. Here the count of Schlick, in 1518, appropriated a silver mines." As his detainers took out the precious metal, the master laid his finger to his temple and considered the purpose to which he should p«t it He must have been a man of perception, for he seemed to realize that he dwelt In n' money-hungry world, and that his silver would serve best if made into coin. At any rate, he devised a new one all his own. On Its face appeared a reproduction of St Joachim, and it was named after that personage and the community which gave it birth-- Joachimsthaler. It was the first dollar. Now note the evolution pf the word "dollar" from this, Its polysyllabic ancestor. When the Joachimsthaler found its way Into medieval Germany It was warmly welcomed. A practical people, however, soon tired of the length of Its name, and by a Judicious dropping of syllables it became the "thaler." The word in that form still survives In Germany. ^ When the thaler passed Into the Netherlands Its pronunciation 1 was somewhat changed. Ther it was called the "daler." Then it crossed to England, where, by use of the broad "a,'t daler became "dollar." Under this modified name and geographically transplanted, the Joachimsthaler of the count ot has grvym aad prospered. ° * Mr. and Mrs. J. D.^Wfllia son James Howard of Crystal Lake spent the. week-end at the home of Mrs. Clara Smith. ' ' Mr. and Mrs. Wra. Foss and son, Billie, were callers at Crystal Lake Monday afternoon. - Mr. end, Mrs. W. E. Brooks were callers Sunday evening at the John Barbaras home near Gilmer. Mrs. Harry Matthews spent' last Thursday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. V. Johns at Wauconda Mr. and Mrs. John Blomgren spent Sunday afternoon at the home of Mrand Mrs. Peter Anderson at-Cary. JMrs. John R, Knox of McHenry spent last Friday aftrnoon at the home of her father here. Chesney Brooks and Miss Neva Toynton of Wauconda spent Sunday afternoon at Alden. Miss Pearl Foss of Libertyville spent Sunday at the home of her parents here. Mr. and Mrs. Leo Zimmer and daughter, Joan, of Barrington spent last Friday evening at the home of Henry Geary. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Matthews and sons, Robert and Lyle, spent Sunday afternoon at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Staneck at Crystal Lake. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Mulholiand of Chicago spent Sunday at their home here. _ Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Brooks were callers at Grayslalce Monday forenoon*. Mr. and Mrs. LaDoyt Matthews of Crystal Lake spent Saturday evening with relatives at Oak Glen Farm. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Cook of Zion and Wilbur Cook and grandson, Russell, of Wauconda were Sunday forenoon callers at the W. E. Brooks home. Mr. and Mrs- William Foss and sons, Leslie and Billie, and daughter, Pearl, and William Berg of the Flats spent Sunday evening at the home cf Mr. and Mrs. Merril Foss, near Crystal Lake. Miss Orissa Brown and Miss Althea Coss of Wauconda were Monday callers at the home of Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Brooks. Mrs- Elizabeth Bacon of Roseville spent last Tuesday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Bacon. Mrs. Blanch Mead and two daughters and son of Crystal Lake spent Sund&y at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Dan Nellis. Misses Myrna and Beulah Bacon accompanied Miss Vinnie Bacon of Roseville to Waukegan Saturday afternoon. Miss Lillian Tidmarsh of Wauconda and Mrs. Henry Clodbelter of Portland, Ore-, were callers last Tuesday at the H. L. Brooks home. Matt Colwell spent Sunday in Chi-, cago. Mr. and Mrs. John Rouse and Mrs. Will J. West of Loda, 111., and Mrs- < Caroline Mitchell of Diamond Lake .were callers last Tuesday at the H. JL Brooks home. Uncle' Ebea •Folks is bound" to hab sometbln' to worry 'em," said Uncle Eben. "If a man is too rich to own a mule he buys lilsself some riSa; bosses."--Washing- ' •! ' ' Money ia Herb Catherine. Many people In rural regions earn a living gathering the weeds, wild flowers, and tree products sold to the crude drug trade. 4 % 1 £ I *4 ' ^ Specials and Saturday -•<* at Ring wood? 661DEN SUN FLOUR J MONARCH COFFEE MONARCH CATSUP^ 99 3 lbs. $1.00 ...2 14-oz. bottles 35 c HI-GRADE RED CHERRIES, No. 2 ACME. VANILLA COMPOUND, 8-ok. 25c HI-GRADE GHINAWARE OATS, large HI-GRADE SAUER KRAUT, No. &z (^^^10^ FIG BARS £ lbs. for 29(? BIG-4 WHITE SOAP FLAKES ^ 23c 12^ HEAVY GALVANIZED ; 'y -19^ LADIES' CKARDONIZE SILK HOSE LEA.THEE rACED GLflVBS E. E. Bokemeier General Merchandise Phone Richmond 882 ' Ringwood, Illinois $ Days $ SATURDAY, SEPT. 26, AIU) MONDAY, SEPT. 28. '--"y • • •' v - -• •. • " •- ^ Ori account of the volume of business done on Qreen Street Day ice ' are going to make the same discount for Dollar Days. On all latest fall material we will give 10% discount. Also on all suits ordered on Satur' day and Monday? T We Clean or Dye Everything ft Cleaning and Pressing Pbone McHenry Z7! HcHENKY, ILLINOIS ' " On Craeoo Island There are now more than 290 persons living on Robinson Crusoe's 1sland. <>fin>tn<M">nAW>ivi>xnnruvvinnfinnfiW¥yyw>~'*<* *•* ** * •! • - USE THE CLASSIFIED COLUMNS FOR QUICK RESULTS Specials for SATURDAY, SEPT. 26, AND MONDAY, SEPT. Lard, 10 H>s. $1.00 Fancy Bacon 4 H>s. $1 Bacon Squares 14^ j>- PRIME BEEF OtfTS Boiling Beef Rib Roast Rolled, lb. Sirloin Steak, lb "» $1.00 Sin. in iiii^n. -29^ -Vi Hf.-- ' 1 Round Steak, lb. ^ Hamburger, lb. - 35^ 32^. 15^ Frankfurters $1.00 Choice Bacon, sliced, lb.-- 29^ ' V|al Stew, % ^ rr ,'j-" .ii»wi 20^ Veal Chops, FRESH PORK OUTS Pork Shoulder, lbi» „., , -13^ Spare Ribs r --• 2 lbs. for 23^ Pork Butts, lb. ^..i 18^ Pork Loins, lb. y. 21^ Pork Sausage ^ .. 2 lbs. for 25^ ; Pork Links, lb. .• r 15# Veal Hearts, lb. .. , 15# Veal Tongues, Veal Brains, lb. "' . 1J"*'V1" I'."-') v •--1 54 ,• -15# 1 lb. Sliced Bacon, 1 lb. Sliced Liver,' 2 lbs. Lard and 2 lbs. Pork Steak, George J. Schreiner - *, ---w- '*"* ^ ;i*r: . $1.00 Phone 80-M "i -- ... . y.,: *y" ; ' ' v ~ * " - * -- . I . . j.. ' - ' V. • . >v . ' '