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iranVftT PULUfDEALKR, THURSDAY, MO. 29, 1*52 Itflr H (% nnma «f Mriitw, had th» rirfottmi to %rea£ both legs as the result oT a 20- t|B st the fir# station-^Monday iklgM of bust weric. A fire alarm was reported at the . tstation a 10:30 o'clock. All firemen, - with the exception of Chief Clark, had jetfcred. Hiey quickly dressed slid the brass pole to the first floor, was the last to drop through opening, and it is believed that his crw struck on the side of the floorp, loosening his grip on the pole. He down, landing on the concrete Peters was removed to St. Joseph's ^hospital- It is believed his injuries "drill incapacitate h:m for three lifrionths. He has been a member of the 3§Fire department for many years. 3v ILLE1 THEATRE k -VOOOXtOOi, JLL. Woodstock's Beautiful Play House FRIDAY >. SATXIIUJAY /' BERT WHEELER, fm ^Tol df;:' - Item «T Isiteiesi Take* the Files of the Plaindealsr •f Years Ago ROBT. WOOLSEY' in ' 'EM JAIL! »» SUNDAY <Co«t, 1:30 to 11--10-40e| NEW YEAR SPECIAL ON THE STAGE WLfi BARN DANCE SHOW 25--People--25 Oa the Screen Sunday-Monday CHARLES RUGGLES ia "IE LEARNED ABOUT ! WOMEN" H TUESDAY BARGAIN NITE^-10-15e ZANE GREY'S "WILD HORSE MESA WED.-THURS. Admission 10-25c CHARLES FARRELL in "WILD GIRL" FIFTY YEARS AGO Jacob Bonslett was thrown from a wagon and quite severely injured one day last week. ,. , A son of I. N. Mead had the misfortune to cut his hand quite severely on a saw one day last week. It was an ugly and painful wound but is now doing nicely. Married at the residence of the bride's father, E. M. Owen, Ksq-, on December 28, 1882, by the Rev. L. J. Dinsmore, Frahk A Schnorr and Miss Mary L. Owen, both of McHenry. We learn that the old D. S. Smith residence, now occupied by Rev- L. J. Dinsmore, has been sold to L- AParker, the sum paid being $1500. Mr, Parker will occupy it in the spring'. FORTY YEARS AGO Circuit Court is in session at Woodstock this week, Judge Kellum presiding- As we go to press we are being treated to an old fashioned snow storm. Where is that fellow who predicted an open winter? The Universal,ist Society will have an evening social at Amos Whiting's, on Friday evening. Both old and young are invited. G. F. Boley of the McHenry Brewery, is filling his ice houses this week with the finest ice ever put up in this village. It is from 18 to 20 inches thick. The French Coach horse, owned by a company here, which we noted last week as being sick with lockjaw, died at the stable of E. Wheeler on Friday last. loimtno Miss Oliva. Hettermann of Crystal Lake and Mrs. |oe B. Hettermann were Elgin callers Monday. Mrs. William J. Meyers, daughter, Evelyn, son, Leroy, and Mrs. George King were -(Woodstock shoppers Monday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Tony Schmitt of McHenry visited with Mr- and Mrs. John M. Schmitts Sunday. Mrs. JohW Mertes and daughter, Marie, were McHenry callers last week Saturday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Smith and sons visited with her parents at McHenry Christmas day. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Michels and family of Crystal Lake and Mrs. William Smith and family of McHenry spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Joe J. Michels. Edward Smith, Miss VTOla Smith of Spring Grove and Edward Schmitt motored to Woodstock Monday afternoon. Mrs. Peter Blake and daughter and Mirs. Ben Blake of McHenry spent Wednesday in the home of Henry Hettermann. Visitors in the home of Mr* and Mrs. Stephen H. Smith Sunday were Mr. and Mrs. Alex Freund of Chicago and Mr- and Mrs, Ray Horick of Woodstock. Mr. and Mrs. Amthur Thelen were Woodstock callers Monday. Mrs. Joe Huemann and Ma's. John Huemann motored to Woodstock one day this week. Miss Oliva Hettermann of Crystal Lake visited with her parents Monday. Mrs. Joe P. Miller and Mrs. George King, son, Junior, and daughter, Berenice, visited with Mrs. Jacob Justen at Waukegan Tuesday. Mrs. Ben Tonyan, son, Vincent, motored to Woodstock Monday. Mr. arf Mr*. lofcaftaMa of 8pta* Grove spent Christmas with Joha BFreund. Mr. and Mrs. George Oeffling and Mrs. Joe Huff wen Woodstock shoppers Monday. John Pacek of Chicago Is spending the holidays with relatives and friends here- / , Mrs. Peter Webew and daughter, Amelia, spent Thursday afternoon with Mrs. William Stoffel at McHenry. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Freund, Mrs. Anna Bugner, Mrs. William May and Mrs. John Pitzen were Elgin shoppers Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Huff, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Michels and Arnold Michels were Woodstock callers Thursday. Mrs. Henry Nell was a Waukegan caller Tuesday. Miss Marie Hiller of Crystal spent Thursday afternoon with her parents. Miss Julia Weingart of Chicago Visited the week-end with her mother. Miss Mabel King of McHenry spent Sunday with home folks. Miss Laura Meyers of Chicago spent the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. Wimam J. Meyers. ^ Visitors in the home of John Pitzen Christmas day were Miss Katherine Pitzen, Mr. and Mrs, Jimmie Chamberhn and daughter, Bemice, of Chicago and' Joe Pitzen of Beloifc Mr. and Mrs. Bob Welke visited with relatives here Christmas day. * Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Thiel and family and Mrs. George King and family were Waukegan callers Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs- Mike Gorski and son, Kenneth, of Woodstock visited with Mr. and Mrs. Joe P. Miller Sunday. Mrs. Joe King and daughter, Mabel. Steve May and Mrs. Peter Freund were Waukegan shoppers Wednesday afternoon. Mrs. William J. Meyers, daughter, Wr4lya, sow, Leroy, Ehner and VbHTy motored to Woodstock Wednesday. Miss Katherine Althoff of Elgin came out Saturday to spend the Christmas holidays with home folks. Miss Rose Tonyan came out Christmas morning from Chicago to visit with her mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Tonyan and family. Mr. and Mrs. "Otto Adams are the parents of a son, born at St. Jgpeph's hospital at Elgin the first part of last week. Mr: and Mrs. Louis Althoff and family of McHenry and friend, Mr. Jewell, Miss Mayme Kirkmann of New Munster, Wis., Mr. anc^ Mrs. William H. Althoff of McHenry and Mrs. Elizabeth Tonyan and daughter, Angela, were Monday visitors in the home of Mr. and Mrs. William Althoff. Visitors in the home of Mrs. Jacob Schmitt Sunday were Mrs. Bill Lowe of Beloit and Mr. and Mrs. Nick Bertrang and family of Aurora. NEWSPAPERS ADS BRING BIG JUMP IN SKELLf GASOLINE SALES #£RE Does newspaper advertising pay? Just ask Nick Freund, local Skelly Gasoline distributor. •Say, when you have a gasoline like this New Skelly Aromax," said Mr. Freund, "ahd advertise it with some big ads in the Flaindealer you certainly get results. "Wo have never had sales jump so fast as they have in the short time since this new gasoline was announced. Car owners in this community read about it and came in to try it "Here is a statement from Skelly in its house organ, "The Skellygram,' which shows why they will continue to buy it. The Skelly research laboratory tests 48 samples of competitive gasolines each week and the Ittad research engineer says he hasnt found a single one that compares with Skelly Aromax. •" "Some of them show up high on one point or on another but not a single one comes up to Skelly Aromax on both of the points, that we have advertised in the paper--high test and high anti-knockt "This report by the research engineer even shows that some of the gasolines contain kerosene when subjected to what is called the distillation test. And some of them are so poor in their starting ranges that th-?y cannot be started at severe winter temperatures except with extreme difficulty.** The 48 different gasolines referred to in the test are sent in by the Skelly test cars which are traveling throughout the Middle West. Each one of the eight cars sends in six different gasolines each week and In that inj 8ktMf keeps close tab on all the gasotiaea^ tint are being sold in the West. * ' 4 "Getting back to newspaper ad* vertising," said Mr. Freund, "we never; - ,VVL* «J give out gallonage figures, but if I . ^ * ,\j could do so the amount of increase* ^ "M < here is so big that it would be almost • unbelievable. "From reports I am receiving fromiff' the company, the new gasoline i*' having the same success everywhere. Abo*ut six hundred and fifty news- * papers are being used and they are ' certainly doing a good job in telling* „ - ^ the public about the merits of thii new gasoline." # v Advice Advtce ia like snow--the,, softer tr tells the longer it dwells upon t mind, and the deeper it sinks. Fir© Department Insurance ; We will insure you for five years for the sum of $100.00 for $2,25, or 45 cents per year, for fire department service 6n farm qr city property, upon which we write fire insurance. We will pay cash for services rendered by any regularly organized fire department. We will endorse any policy for the unexpired term thereof issued in our *t the prevailing fire rate for a ftill or partial term us explain this service. Call McHenry 300. Stoffel and Reihansperger , • -West McHenry, 111. . h1? * - ^ -fi Want Ad s FOE SALE "FOR SALE--Five close springers and two bulls, pure bred Red Polled, aU voung, age 2 to 5 years. Frank L. '• Galiger, Lake Villa, HI. *30-2 -FOR SALE--Choice big type Poland China boars and gilts, all eligible to 1>lj register. Priced very reasonable. '••James Hunter, R-2, McHenry. Phone 617-J-2. 20-tf FOR RENT HOUSE FOR RENT--Seven rooms, i modem. Jcquire of Dr. N. J» Nye. "25-tf WANTED TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO Twenty-three porkers were smothered to death on the farm of Henry Williams, who resides near Ringwood, last Monday, when a Straw stack was blown over onto them- The combined weight of the porkers was 5500 pounds, and the loss is indeed4l heavy one to the owner. Five employes of the Borden Milk company at Hebron have been laid off for indefinite period, caused through the shortage of city orders. Mrs. Mayme Lamphere won the gold watch in the popularity contest conducted during the past two months by the Flaindealer. Miss Theresa Barbian ranked second and Miss Maude Schreiner a close third. Rumor has it that McHenry is to have a new business enterprise in the near future. LEADER CAN ACCOMPLISH WHAT OTHERS DARE NOT WANTED--12 to 14 foot V or round bottom boat. James Quarnstrom, 4o0 Dundee Ave., Elgin, 111. 29-3 WANTED--Farms from 80 to 180 acres to rent. Either cash or share rent- Kent & Co. Phone 8. 22-tf MISCELLANEOUS BEFORE YOU BUY--see our Bargzm Shoe Counter. Expert shoe and sewing machine repairing. Popp's Shoe Store. West McHenry. Phone ,162. 46tf J *< 1 £1Tovar Theatre, Crystal Lake FRIDAY -- SATURDAY Dec. 30-31 Admission 10c-25c Boris Karloff and Lillian Bond in "The Old Park Han--" SPECIAL NEW YEAR'S EVE MIDNITE SHOW Begins Saturday Nite, Dec. SI, at 11:30 p. m. Doors open at 11 Admission 15 and 30c • Victor Mc La glen and Gtcli * Nissen in "Rackety *«i" And Selected Short Subjects Rise the Old Year Out and the. New Year in at our gala MHNigkt shew. Your friends will all he then . SUNDAY -- MONDAY Jan. 1-2 (Show cant. Sunday fron 2:30) Anhuiswon 10c-25c before 5:99; lte-aSc thereafter Paul Muni in "I mm a rogltlft trmm a Chain Gang" TUESDAY -- WEDNESDAY' Jan. 3-4 Adults Only Adm. 35c Loretta Young in " "life Begins" - THURSDAY -- FRIDAY Jan. 5-6 Admission 10 - 25c Warren William, Joan Blondell, and Ann Dvorak in "Three an a Mat«h" TWENTY YEARS AGO We are told tha£ a number of the rural residents residing south of town are already enjoying the convenience of gas. The gas gang is now within the village limits and every one is praying that favorable weather may continue until the job is completed. The dairymen patrons of the local milk bottling plant are rejoicing over the receipt of an additional 13 cent per hundred for milk delivered during the month of November. The prico paid for November was $1.75 and with the additional 13 cent brought the total; *» *1-88- TEN YEARS AGO \~ord has been received by the many f ends of Miss Rose E. Feffer, who ha3 been in training for the past three months in the Iroquois hospital at Watseka, 111., that she has passed all examinations and is now qualified for a nurse. According to present plans, the ice harvesting season in McHenry will start the latter part of this week- The Borden field has been scraped of the snow and marking will begin at once. It is expected that actual cutting will start on Monday. At the time of going to press the ice is about ten inches in thickness and of very fine quality. FARM HOME NEAR POPLAR GROVE PARTIALLY BURNED The farm home of Carl Peterson, two miles northwest of Poplar Grove caught fire Sunday of last week and the main part of the house was burned before the Poplar Grove fire department Arrived and got the blaze under control. It was believed that an over heated furnace or defective chimney was responsible for the fire which started in the attic. UNCLE DIES FOLLOWING NEPHEW'S FATAL ACCIDENT The shock of the sudden death of his nephew last week, late Wednesday resulted in the death of Oma]ee H. Davis, 44 years old, of Fish Lake. Davis had been in poor health but his condition was not considered critical until his nephew, Walter White, died last week Monday from a gunshot wound at St- Therese hospital. Ypung White, 20 years old and a resident of Rodnd Lake, was helping his uncle get a stalled car started at the time he was shot. White, a student at a normal school, was home with his parents Mr. and Mrs. Gifford White, for the holidays. As he unhitched a tow rope from his uncle's car a loaded 25 calibre revol ver fell from his pocket. The dtop to the frozen ground discharged the weapon and a bullet lodged in his head. Davis condition became decidedly worse after the accident and Wedhesday it became apparent that he would not live- He formerly was a mechanical inspector for the Burlington railroad but was on the retired list. 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