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ILLINOIS Insure-- la Sure--Insurance -WITH The nftpresslon seems to prevail in 6ome quarters that the women of the United States never accomplished anything worth white before they" were given the right to vote. Talk of that character is a million miles from the truth. The women of America huvfc always been doing fine, big, worthwhile' things, H. O. Bishop writes in the National Republic. * At this particular Reason of the year It is appropriate to-tell about the woman who, after twenty years of patient effort, succeeded in having nn annual Thanksgiving celebration in ithis. country observed on the Same day by all of the people. The name of this woman was Xlrs. Sarafi Jdsepha Hale. Few women, either before or since, have nccom* plished more big things for the betterment of men and women, i'robahjy few persons of the present generation have ever heard of this gifted woraaQi. She was born at Newport; N. H., 0.e-; tober 24, 1788, and died in Philadelphia, April 80, 18)79. She was eot a college woman, bi/t was taught by her •mother. In 1813, at the age of twentyfive, she married a lawyer, David Hale, a brother of Salma Hale, historian and at one time a member of congress from New Hampshire. Nine years later she was left a widow with five children. She was a genuine* old-fashioned American woman, and did not clamor for governmental or individual aid. She was quite content to go to work. In 1828 she became editor of the Ladies' Magazine, which had recently been started in Boston. She successfully edited this publication until 1887, when it was merged with God? ey's Ladi.es' Book. She continued with the latter publication until 1877. Much Work We^ Done. Editing a magazine is usually considered a pretty big job in Itself. Mrs. Hale, however, seemed to find time for many other things. She organized the Seaijian's Aid society in Boston, which is the parent of similar organizations now existing in most ports. The completion of the Bunker Hill monument was also partly due to the efforts of this little woman. She persuaded the women of New England to raise $50,* 000 for that purpose. The plan of educating women for medical and missionary service in foreign lands was Inaugurated by Mrs. Hale. She devoted a number of years to this effort, finally succeeding through the organization of the Ladies' Medical Missionary society of Philadelphia, autl the Woman's Uaion Missionary Society for Heathen Lands, In Jfew York. Throughout hef editorial' work Mrs. Hale urged the practical advancement *ot women, advocating their employment as teachers and the establishment of seminaries for their higher education. Thanksgiving in 1777. It was in the early forties that Mrs. Hale began her campaign for making Thanksgiving a national holiday and its celebration on the same day all over the country. It was then the custom for different localities to observe the occasion on whatever day happened to strike their fancy. Following the surrender of Burgoyne at Saratoga In 1777, the Continental congress had appointed a committee to recommend Joint thanksgiving for "the signal success lately obtained 0J§F the enemies of the United States. , In 1778 Thanksgiving Was set (or | December 30, most of the states cotf j curring in a uniform datd, but I were other Tha4:sglvlb^ In ka?, June and December as the various states.saw flt ^5 order,them. It not until January, 1795, that Washington was authorized by congress to proclaim a national Thanksgiving, which he did for February 19. For twenty years Mrs. Hale wrote editorials in her magazine, and personal letters to governors and Presidents, in behalf of a national Thanksgiving day. Her efforts and patience were rewarded in 1863, when Abraham Lincoln saw the wisdom of her suggestions and decided to adopt the plan. From that day to this Thanksgiving has been celebrated by the entire nation the last Thursday of November. After the 1795 day of Thanksgiving in February, the festival was skipped for twenty years. In 1815, when peace with Great Britain followed the War of 1812, congress resolved that Joint committee of both houses wait upon the President of the United States and request that he recommend a day of Thanksgiving to be observed by the people of the United States with religious solemnity and* the offer ing of devout acknowledgments to God for his mercies and in prayer to him for the continuance of his blessings." Long Lapse After 1815. The day fjxed for observance was April 13. 1815, but thereafter Thanks- * giving as a national celebration fell by the wayside, not to be revived until Mrs. Hale's campaign moved President Lincoln to act in 18G3. Mrs. Hale's persistent efforts had won favor for the idea in toost states by the time the Civil war had arrived. Some states already had begun the observance of a fall Thanksgiving day nearly ten years before the national day In November was set aside. New York was one Of these, and her representatives in congress tried repeatedly to Induce that body to name a day. In 1803 there were actually two Thanksgiving days, the northern states having obseneu one in August for the victory at Gettysburg. Following the assassination of Lincolu, Mrs.. Hale feared the holiday might be allowed to drop. She urged the necessity of keeping tlie national fall festival as a "Thanks day for all good things given us by the Heavenly TwiceU, Told Tales I tents of Iatereat Takea Pwa tbe Files of the Plaiadeal* of Years Ago m % flHv Mrs. Sarah Josephs Hale. X Father." Mrs. Hale wrote to ministers all over the country, urging them to help. ' The First Congregational church of Washington responded to Mrs, Halt's plea, and sent a delegation to President Andrew Johnson requesting him to issue a Thanksgiving proclamation. !Je accepted and the Presidents since have followed his example without be ing petitioned, the ^states issuing separate proclamations in keeping with the national edict. Mrs. Hale wrote many books and poems. The most famous of her poems were "Mary's Lamb," "The Light of Home" and "It Snows." Perhaps the best known of her wonks Is "Woman's Record, or Sketches of All Distinguished Women From the Creation to the Present Day," first published in 1853, and enlarged In 1809. She went on writing verses and jingles for children, articles and novels (or grown persons and Editing her magazine until shortly before her death in 1879, at which time she was ninety-one years old. THANKS is one of the things we forget. We take our blessings as a matter of course. We seldom say a word about them--although we kick like steers when things don't go right. So let's stop complaining long enough to say "Thank You."--Grit Thank>giving Let us pause a 'moment in our daily deliberations and give thanks for the many blessings ; we have received. Thankful for our health, our g6od friends, the rewards for honest toll, and the community and nation whose prosperity Is bur ever-present concern. Let us be thankful of the right to be alive, no matter how hard the road of life may be; and it will help us to know that the sunshine always comes after the storm and the rainbow o£ prosperity is Just ahead.--"Emy" Smith. GIVE THANKS FOR "GOODLY TURKEY' H* * M-l OW well I remember that old dinner! Fathor at 6ne end and mother (at other end, ths childrs*. between and wondering if The total valuation of all steam railroads in Illinois for 1931 is $692,- 230,286, a reduction of $58,910,861 from the valuation of a year ago. The assessment data on railroads and capital stock will probably bo certified to the county clerics within a very short time. A slight increase in employment and a more "optimistic attitude of employers" has been reporter by Leslie Aires, chief deputy in charge of the state department of labor's inspection of employment agencies. Orville Welch, 26-year-old farmer from MonticeUo, won tjhe national cornhusking championship for 1931 at Grundy Center, Iowa, on November 14. His record was 31.37 bushels in 80 was won by , Third, place was won by Wiley Lee, Iowa. During the month of October, five men lost their lives in and about tthemines of Illinois. This is four less t-Han.'in September and five less than the night and by Monday morning old J Octow P«>due Mother Earth wore a beautiful mantleJL°Wf^ an ,ncreiS5ed TEN YEARS AGO The members of the Mefry-G Round of the village drove to Woodstock on Tuesday evening of this week where they witnessed ','Th# Sheik" at the Princess theatre. ^ One of the big trucks of the McHenry Lumber company, loaded down with coal, went into the newly I *vu^l OA-°' filled-in trench at the Empire theatre -p. p,' 'R was Tuesday afternoon and it was some ™eodor* Balko. Minnesota, little time before the machine was extreated. The second real snow storm of the season arrived late Isist Sunday afternoon and continued through most of :;of white. ' , The Woodstock typewriter factory is gradually recalling all of the old employes. Just now employment is given to 425 people. Exactly one week from the time that the remains of her husband were laid at rest, Mrs. JohnW. Kimball passed away at the family homex on Waukegan street on Tuesday noon of this week. ~~ The mill pond was frozen over for first time this season on Monday morning of this week. TWENTY YEARS AGO Charles Roderick of Woodstock has invented a clothes reel which is said to be the height of perfection. The reel is made in two sizes, one for use in the kitchen and one of large distensions for the yard. Mr. and Mrs'. M. D. Smalley of Bartonsville, V.t., have moved their household effects to McHenry and will make this place their future home. They are occupying the Mrs. E. Lawless flat on Water street. The West Side added another new 1 grocery store, the , latest venture of jthis kind being launched by Matheas fLaures and Vernon Jones and is located ir\, the J. H. Spaulding building. Butter was declared firm at 35 cents on the El&in board of trade, Monday. ' • > TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO Butter was reported firm at 30 cents on the board of trade Monday. Persian flannel dressing sacques at Block and Bethkes, only 50 cents. The Oliver Typewriter company is to erect a five story office building in Chicago in the 'loop district. McHenry's eleventh saloon is now open and doing business. The latest addition is located in the east ro<jm of the Gilbert building on the West Side and its proprietor is Bernard Meuser of Chicago. The OtJto YJoung! funeral train passed through McHenry from Lake Geneva last Sunday morning. It is not very often that a millionaire's funeral passes through this place. The married employes of the Terra Cotta factory received their usual Thanksgiving turkey at the close of work last Wednesday evening. FfiitTY YEAftS AGO Colby Srbfti Ptit into their store on feigner ever will get done carving the Saturday last, a new safe, weighing W ra.G. Schreiner Auctioneering OFFICE AT RESIDENCE 9S-R McHenry. Illinois . , fU • &•- S. H. Freund & Son CONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS Phone 127-R McHenry Our experience is at Your , Service in building Your Wants turkey. The day before at school, we had learned that Greece was south of three thousand five hundred pounds. N. Blake has decided to open business again at Ringwood and will im- Turkey, but on the table we found \ mediately commence the erection of of slightly more than 20 percent. Of the 800 liens competing in the state's egg-laying contest that ended October 31, there were 383 that laid 200 eggs or better, and27 that tripped the traps more than 300 times. According to E. G. Horner, chief poultryman in the state department of agriculture, this is a new high record *n the average production of the birds in competition. Despite the unemployment situation, about 90 per cent of the 3,500 convicts out on parole from Illinois prisons are working, according to a report of Director Rodney H. Brandon of the department of public welfare. "The state department of labor has reported a sharp slump in building activities throughout Illinois during the month of October. . * •According to A. L. Kildow, chief of state apiary inspection, the recent growth in membership of state and county association of beekeepers is an aid to the state's apiary inspection work. A statute of Abraham Lincoln, most famous of all Illinoisians, was dedicated at Clinton on November 11. Judge Lawrence B. Stinger was the dedication speaker. Highway officials in Illinois have received apparently acceptable bids on more than $3,700,000 of road construction. Work will be speeded after the bids are verified and contracts awarded, in order to aid jobless in the state. The senate has received a resolution from Senator Harold Kessinger, of Aurora, calling for reduction of salaries of state officials and employees. A report of the state department of health, shows increases' in the number of new cases of diphtheria, scarlet fever, and whooping cough throughout the state. In its preliminary estimate which was announced on November 10, the United States department of agriculture placed the 1931 production of corn in Illinois at 338, 180,000 bushels. The production of potatoes in Illinois was 4,592,000 bushels Stuart E. Pierson,^director of the state department of agriculture, has announced that as an added step in the state's part in the plan to aid farmers to hold ' grain for higher prices, Warehouses supervisory boards have been oppointed in forty-six Illinois* counties. About 1000 persons are expected to be in attendance at the Illinois State Teachers Association which will be held in Springfield on December 28, 29 and 30, according to an announcement that Turkey was bounded by grease. The brown surface waited for the fork to plunge astride the breastbone, and with knife sharpened on the jambs of the fireplace, lay bare the folds of white meat. Give to the disposed to be sentimental, the heart. Give to tlje one disposed to music the drumstick. Give to the one disposed to theological discussion the "parson's nose." Then the pies! For the most part a lost art. What mines pies! in which you had all confidenct, fashioned from all rich ingredients, instead of miscellaneous leavings which are only short of glorified hash! Not mince pies with profound mysteries of origin! But mother made them, and laid the lower crust and the upper crust, with here and there a puncture by the fork to let you look through the light and flaky surface into the substance beneath. --T. DeWitt Talmage, D. D. a new shop at that place. The Steamer "Lotus" arrived in dock on Sunday evening at 6 o'clock having been out ten days. " • Everyone should see the imported slippers, now on exhibition at Stevens &Schnorr's. The slippers are imported from Bavaria. H. N. Holmes will please accept the thanks of ye editor and family for the nice dinner of fresh fish on Monday* | May his shadow never grow less. R. Bishop has put on an addition of twelve feet on the south end of his blacksmith shop. He will also build an addition to his wagon factory in the early spring to accommodate his increasing business in that line. The Steamer, "Lotus" made her final trip for the season on Friday last, .and steamed into her new dock at Amos Whiting's. The company having leased the lota and barns thereon for one year. of Robert C. Moore, secretary of the organization. In an Araustfc day .address at Galena, Governor Louis L. Emmerson called attention to the fact that perhaps no other city in the nation can boast of having given nine generals to one war as Galena did in the war of the Rebellion. With temperature control chambers at the Research and Educational hospital, the state and the University of Illinois will try to find out why pneumoiiu*, colds and similar infections occur chiefly in cold weather. Legislation which would permit the submission of bond issues for the construction of 100 new municipal sewage treatment plants in various parts of the state so as to provide better sanitation and give work to unemployed is advocated by the Illinois Municipal league, tt ^[ai"ence J* Root, director of the' United States weather bureau at Springfield/has reported that the wei warm weather during October aided farmers. Only four previous Octobers m Illinois have been warmer than the past month. Lieutenant Governor Fred E Sterl- IT1J?.vjS rnat^e an announcement of his candidacy for renomirjation to the office^ of Lieutenant Governor, subject., to the will, of the voters in the Republican primary on next April 12. The state s live stock disease, control program is becoming more effective and less expensive as the result of the development of the diagnostic laboratory in Urbana' since the first of July. c To find out how far quail and pheasants range from the farms on which -they were released, and why they stray away, the state department of conservation Is leg-banding {several thousand of the birds in this season's free distribution, and seeks the cooperation of the sportsman throughout Illinois. Hunters who kill quail or pheasants anywhere in Illinois are urged to look for legbands ori them. Finding any, they are asked to mail them to the department of conservation at Springfield with * information as to the date and place of the killing of the bird. The fullest development of jfe* treatment for baldness, discovered by Dr. J. L, Bongston, of Maywood, Illinois, will be undertaken by the Re-, search and Educational hos .ital at Chicago, which is operated jointly by the medical school of the University of Illinois, and the department of public welfare. A. ,L. Bovven, state superintendent of charities, has announced that experiments with th« cure have already^beett started at v institution. rVi . s V ' : D o u b l e T h r «ajt: *' •if*#*'- trouble'with ^1 .1 ^ that 'the^ can't slntr and joa v ^ stop 'em*--Dally DR. C. KELLER Optometrist and Optician During the winter months I will examine at my summer home in Lasch Subdivision, on Riverside Drive, one block North of city limits of McHenry, on West side of river, on Sundays and Mondays only. Phone McHenry 21 i-R ."After Dinner" Delights --for the "Men Folks" Nothing suits a man better or ^tops off*- a wonderful dinner more appropriately for him than a. "good cigar"! So, after the Thanksgiving feast, see that he's ' "puffing contentedly." We h^e all the leading brands* We will be closed on Thanksgiving Day from 12^ to 4 o'clock. * " JOHN KARLS on Riverside Drive ; Come in please--Go out pleased^ T5he McHenry Laundry ^ Phone McHenry 189 and our driver will call \ t The Modern Lanndry _ • Dry Cleaning, Pressing aild Dyeing Wh«re Mosquito* Breed . * Ifoaquito larvae are hatched In' "if** ter where they start life as swimmers. When they cast their final skins these split and float so the young xposquitos can rest on them until their own wings are dry enough for flight. t t v- Word With Powor ' home is a name, a word, it ia a strong one; stronger than magisclan ever spoke, or spirit answered to, in strongest conjuration.-- Dickens. ••• • •• ' Warning to Gullible The National Better Business bureau has Issued a warning to prevent Americans from being victimised through the hope of sharing In some vast unclaimed estate Bald to be In chancery or held by the I)ank of England awaiting disposition. The court of chancery has no such estates under its control and the Bank of England has no such funds. Nature Information Gorgeous orchids that do not take root in the ground but fasten themselves on other plants or trees and derive all their nourishment from the *lr thrive in the moisture and intense heat of tropical jungles. Mosses and lichens are almost the only species of air plants that are to be found in temperate zones. i- V- ; ' ^ ' " v - • ' V The Scallojk The scallop shell,, always one of the children's favorites at the beach, has appealed to man's artistic sense for centuries, tor the scallop design app e a r s i n t h e c o a t o f m a n y proud and ancient families. Unlike their relatives, the clams and oysters, scallops swim arouud freely by spasmodically opening and dosing their two shells. , FIFTY YEARS AGO O. W. Owen has sold out his Jewelry and Sewing Machine business to the Hueman Brothers, who have taken possession of the same. At a recent Shooting match near Chicago, in a crowd of twenty two crack shots of that city, Stephen Heimer took first prize, and Jos. Hieiiher third prize. Stephen Heimer shot ten straight birds. Black fur muff and boa, fine^gooda^ Complete outfit $3.90 Evansons. The residence of Mrs. L. C. Gates, in this village, had a narrow escape from fire on Sunday morning last. An overheated stove pipe, in a sleeping room upstairs set fire to a bed, but was discovered in time to prevent any damage except to the bed. Persons that have taken. note of our line of shawls unite in saying, "Your shawls are very nice and cheap". Of course we are bashful but have to acknowledge the truth- 4, W. Cristy and Son. • . . Are We Created Unequal? ^ '••Hie biological discoveries of a half" century or more," Prof. Harrison R. Hunt told the Eugenics Research association; "have revealed that people, instead of being potentially equal at birth, vary enormously, and that such: differences are often inherited; so oO» might say It is self-evident that men are created unequal." ' Texas Larger Than France V The area of France IS 212,650 square miles. This includes the Inland of Corsica. The area Of Texaa ia 205,806 square miles. ; Jiorae Measurement _ A "hand" In actual measu r*SflBODt |s four inches, the common anit of meaa* uredient of the height of horses. of Detroit purchases 137 new Ford ears Hundreds now in use prove low cost of operatiois THESE 137 new Ford cars represent one of the largest deliveries ever made to a municipality at one time. 21 radio-equipped Ford scout ears v*W' traded in on this purchase. They had been* operated day and night for two years In -heavy traffic and all kinds of weather. Their individual records ranged from 78,434 miles to 143,723 miles with a grand total of 2,283,097 miles. The operating cost of the 2^ cars was 2.284 cents a mile -- less than 2 1/3 cents. This cost included vail fuel, oil, tires, repairs and every other item except depreciation and insurance. Of 577 Ford cars in Detroit City service, the 300 in the Police Department traveled a total of 6,591,937 miles during the past fiscal year, at an average cost of 2.9 ecnts a mile. Many claims have heen made on operating costs, but here in the carefully kept i, motor car records of the City of Detroit Is positive |£roof of Ford economy. In the paragraphs above, it is seen that 21 Ford scout cars averaged less than 2 1/3 cent? a mile and 300 Ford cars in all . . branches of Detroit police work averaged v 2.9 cents, a mile! Day and night, twenty-four hours a day* ^ . these Ford cars are in operation. FeW ; V: branches of transportation demand such grueling service. The records show that low fuel and oil consumption is but one of the Ford's many economies. Ford ma*;:>;"/'.; terials, simplicity of design and accuracy' in manufacturing provide unusual strength^ stamina and freedom from replacement* and repairs. The individual car buyer as well as th# 'J ptB*chasing department of a city or a busim v MM cannot afford to ignore the proved ° economy of the Ford ear. i N ; FIFTEEN BIFF EKE NT BO BY TYPES *430'° *640 (F. O. B. Detroit* plus freight tmJ deliverfc^'r.-.f. Bunipert and ipmre tire extra mt lot c«*t. Ec# . inuesl time paymen.lt through the' Authorized F*rd Fitumcm PImu of the (/wmtm! Credit Co. Jt