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:' "• v.; " s i . --- . • :^,» >t^ * £ $ . ?• * S ^ '% tHX M'HBNRY PLAIKDEALES, THURSDAY, AUGUST 17, 19S3 t • The Horned Grebe T^be horned grebe has, no tall. Its 1egs are set far back upon Its body wad when it stands up It has the upright position of a penguin. The toes are flattened and separate, but broadly fringed at their edges. There are little flanges on each side of the toes which are a sort of apology for the webs between the toes of the other water fowls. The bill Is straight and «oeic*l ud the eyes red-like iaityet*. Largest Bm Shipping Center Cottonwood, one of California's •mallest towns, hold's the distinction at being the largest bee shipping center In the world. • ^ i ~-- ' CHRISTIAN SCIENCE CHURCHES "Sonl" was the subject of the Le«- son-Sermon in all Churches of Christ. Scientist, on Sunday, August is. The Golden Text was, "My soul thlrsteth for God, for the living God'* (rsalms 42: 2). Among the citations which comprised the Lesson-Sermon was the following from the Bible: "And now, Israel, what doth the Ixird thy God require of thee, imt to fear the Lord thy Qod. to walk In all his ways, and to love hini. and to serve the Lord thy God with all'thy heart and i„ with ail" thy sonl. To keep the com- ' mhndments of the • Lord; and his statutes, which I poinniand thee this day for thj goodV"' iDeuL 10:12*, i s ) . - _ • ' . ; * Thfe- Lesson-Sermon also iri- \ cltided the following passages from the Christian Science textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures." by Mary Baker Eddy: "Man walks in the direction towards which he looks, and where his treas>.~- ure is, there will his heart be also. If our hopes and affections are spiritual. they come from above, not from beneath, and they bear as of old the fruits of the Spirit" (p. 451). Windham Bonham attorney at law „ Stifling Building, Riverside Drive McHenry, Illinois -- Saturday and Sunday Afteraoou All Day Mondays Chicago Office--19 So. La Salle St, Suite 1206 P Phone Stater8680 N. J. NYE, M. D. W. A. NYE, M. D. X-Ray, Laboratory and Physio Therapy OFFICE HOURS .Daily--9--10; 1--3; 7--t Phone 62-R • . CONNEL M. McDEftMOTT attorney-at-law Hoars: Z*Q to 11 a. m.; 1:30 to>p. »•. Evenings, 7 t® 6 Phone 258 Pries Building McHenry, UL KENT & COMPANY All Kinds of I N S U R A N C E Placed with the most reliable Companies Cone in and talk it over "bene McHenry 8 Telephone No. 108-R f fltoffel & Reih&nspergtr lararmnce agents for all classes of property in the beat companies. WEST McHENRY ILLINOIS Dr. C. Keller OPTOMETRIST 'r-i-^ignd OPTICIAN At His .Sumner Home, Riverside Drive, McHenry, 111. SUNDAYS AND MONDAYS All Work Guaranteed Pbone McHenry 211-R How to Eat fof l Health and Beauty In this^ unusual photograph of the famous Bennett hair and tyes, Connie proves thai her beauty tin Stand the closest scrutiny. SUMMEH wihd and Kttiri are* hard on hair as well .as skinr so take time to massage nourishing oils into your scalp as well as your face. Arid nourish your scalp and hair from the inside, tod. by taking ah abundance of such healthful foods as fresh milk, fruits and vegetables and. eggs, because trying to have .gleauiing, lustrous hair by means of shampoos.- scalp treatments arrd waves alone, is a losing struggle as anyone who has noticed how the beauty of her hair varies with the condition of her gen-' era! health, can testify. TODAY'S MEW Br^nkfaat Fresh ^"frruulitt la. ' Coddled egg ' Toast . . . ... .'i .v.'Vf.*-. -... Butter ....... Milk ' Coffee %'. •«........... Lairkfon Cream of spinach soup Cinnamon pear salad .. Bread Butter . ..... »........ Cocoanut cake . . . . . . . . . Milk' ......... Dinner Liver and bacon . . . ............ 1 medium slice liver . ... 2 strips bacon . Scalloped potatoes. Stewed tomatoes .. Bread Butter Tapioca cream ;... Milk •.. % cup ' i .. 2 slices : .. -.. l pat . 1 glass .1 cup . .. 1 cup. . 'I serving1 , . 2 slices 1 pat " . . 1 piece . 1 glass' % cup ; Vt cup 2 slices 1 pat ; V4 cup > • 1 cup CAPITOL POLICE HEAD Capt. William S. Orthman, who was recently named chief of the police force of the United States Capitol in Washington. Captain Orthman was a member of the Chicago police force for many years. Prevention Fence There is some possibility of a herd that Is abortion-free contracting contagious abortion from a diseased herd when the two herds are on adjoining pasture with only a fence between. Cattle standing near fences will sometimes lick each other. While the danger of acquiring the disease In this manner would be somewhat remote, yet the possibility exists. To provide against this danger in contracting disease it is the practice of some to bnlld another fence four to six feet from their neighbor's fence and in this way prevent the cattle from making direct contacts.--Hoard's Dairyman. DAIRY HINTS JUST TO START The business'man's s<»i\ his school honors thick ui»on him, intended to teach the world in general, and his father in particular, the uiantjer in which Modern commerce * should be eondu-cted. "You may rely on me, father," he said on his first day at |Ke office. "I will devote my whole l/fe to the interest of the business. At will be my ambition to keep the ftwnil\ name free from stain." , \ "That's the spirit," said his father. "Ask the office boy for some polish, and go and clean the brass n;imep]ate on the main door."--VaucouveF^l'rov incfc. : . Mere-Uses'Than'CNie. Patty and Jean were calling at the home of a neighbor where there were no children. They saw a wooden foot ruler lying on a desk. Patty picked it up and asked the lady of the house wonderlngly. ; ' "What do yon- do with this?" .. "I use it to measure things wttlr,* she replied. "Why." exdaimod.the child, "that is what mamma spanks us *f(th."-^-Indinnapolis News,"' . WHY WORRYf Twice To 1 d J, Items of Interest Taken Prom the Files of t|te Plaindealer ef tears FIFTY YEARS AGO Williams and Co., of Carpentersville, are digging a new well at the Cristy, Walker and Co.'s pickle factory, having commenced on Monday. They Have started it about twenty feet north of the old one that was cug last year and caved in, and propose to strike the same vein of water. The gameo f baseball between McHenry and Wauconda came off on Friday last as advertised, but was rather a ohe-sided affair, the McHenly bcrys winning by a score of 41-8. Msr. F." K. Granger met . with. a f eve re and painful accident on Suitday evening last. Some time after dark she went out to take down a bird cage which was hanging upon the piazza and, not knowing that the outside hatchway to the cellar was open, walked :off:^Mfe^the v ; six feet. % • The Short One--It worries me because I can't pay my bills these days. The Tall One--I let my creditors do the worrying. Like Fish A man bought some sausages and asked his landlady to cook them for his breakfast. "How'll I cook them?" she asked. "Fry 'em like fish,"' replied the lodger. The next morning when the landlady, served them, she remarked : "I hope you'll enjoy your breakfast, sir, but there's not much in these things when thej're cleaned out." Sleeper A man "WHlked. into the foremanbuilder's office and stated that he had ;come to reply to the Arm's advertisement for a night-watchman. "What are your qualifications fof this job?" asked 5the foreman. The man scratched liis head. 'Well, guv-nor," he said; "the least bit of noise wakes me up!"--Tit-Bits Magazine. '/ On Horns of a Dilemma "Son," said dad, "are you planning to marry that girl you have been running around with?" "Er, we have talked about It, dad," replied son, "but she doesn't like our house, while I wouldn't live with her folks on a bet, and what I'm making wouldn't keep-her in cigarettes an,1 paint, let alone pay for an apartment." REMITTANCE A. P. Freund Excavating Contractor Jfrtlcking, Hydraulic and Grant Service The number of yearling heifers In New York state increased 44 per cent from 1926 to 1929 due to good prices for milk and cows; from 1927 to 1931 the number of cows increased 9 per cent. •• ' ' " * ' ; • '* » Do not jieglect feeding because prices are low. A far better plan (s to weed out the poorer cows and give extra feed to the good producers. More -milk from the same amount of feed Will result Plalndealers for sale at Watties. "So, Maude is divorced. I knew when she married in such haste that she would repent at leisure." "Oh there's no repentance In her case; she gets two hundred a month alimony." FORTY YEARS AGO ^ Wm. Stoffel, of this village has deceived the appointment of storekeeper at the* Elgin Insane Asylum. We learn that the Howard House Annex, formerly known as the Sycamore club, at Fox Lake, burned on Monday night with all its contents. We learn that Miss Grace Stevens has accepted a position in the Dundee public school for the coming year. The Steamer "Bonnie Jean" has been purchased by Rothermel and Jarnecke, and can now be chartered for excursions. . TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO At high noon on Wednesday, Aug, 5, 1908, at St. Mary's parsonage, Rev. A. Royer spoke the sacred words that made Mr. -Glenn Addison Barker of Woodstock and Miss Kathryn Heller Freund of this place man and wife. Butter was declared firm at 22 cents on the board of trade Monday bv the quotation committee, the increase vof one cent from last week's quotation being induced by the con-., tinued absence of rain and the dry pastures. J. R. Brents is busily engaged In cleaning the school* building in preparation for the opening. The street sprinkling service in McHenry is a great pride to our village. It'p simply disgraceful. One of the finest pickerel caught herd" t^ip , season was taken from the waters of Boone creek last Saturday, when Leonard Phillips landted an eleven pounder. S " ~r~" " \ TWENTY YEARS AGO Butter was declared firm, at 26% cents on the Elgin board of trade on Monday. , Dr. D. G. Wells will in the future rriake his out-of-town professional calls in a Ford runaDout. He Came into possession of the machine last week./ . \ Chris F'ake and family have vacated their home on Green street here to again'take up 'their abode on one of Geo: J. Sayer's farms. Dr. F. J. Aicher opened his dental office in the Shumacner building in Centerville on Monday morning of this week. All the office equipment as well a9 the furniture is brand new and of the very latest and most modern type. The doctor is now ready to take care of all business that may come his way. What For? #One of the fruit-stall men In the city market was striving hard to add a few cents to the total of his sales. "We've got some fine alligator pears," he iuggesto4. "Silly," laughed the very, very young housewife. "We don't even keep a goldfish;" ' i; -;- VOLO Mr. and Mrs. Clark Nicholls are rejoicing over the arrival oi a baby girl, born Wednesday, August 10. Mrs. Joseph Lenzen, Mrs. Joseph Passfield and son, Mrs. Harry Passfield spent Thursday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Joseph Vogt at Round Lake. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Kaiser spent Monday evening at the home oi Mr. and Mrs. Frank Gould at Libertyville. Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Hankie and son of Evanston spent Friday here at t he home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank St. George. Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Eddy of GrayslaJce ®pient Friday (evfening at the home of tbe latter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ha Ay Passfield. Mr. and" Mrs. Charles Miller and son visited Mrs. Otto Molidor and baby at the Elizabeth Condell hospital Friday. Katherine <> Marie and Dorothy Lee Wagner returned to their home here after a week's vacation at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Richardson at Forest Park. Mrs. William Waldmann and Mrs. Crouse of Chicago spent Wednesday here with Mrs. Herbert Waldmann. Miss Myrna Bacon of Slocum Lake spent the past week here at the home of her grandmother, Mrs. E. Bacon. . Mrs. Frank Wilson, Mrs. Frank King and daughter, Betty Weber, Eileen Russell attended a 4-H club picnic at Riverviow beachf on Fox river Wednesday. Mrs. Waido and son of Chicago spent a few days here with her sister, Mrs. Herbert Waldmann. >4-Mr. and Mrs. George Martini and family of Chicago spent Saturday at the home of Mrs. Joseph Wagner. Earl and Lloyd Wray spent th» past week in Chicago with relatives. Mrs.Tarton and family of Chicago spent the week-end with Mrs, Herbert Waldmann. Miss Katherine McGuire spent the week-end with Miss Louise Dalziel at Round L&ke. Mr. and Mrs. Joheph Wagner at Chicago spent Sunday here with relatives. , '/s-K -WS Whltmey'a Weallfc ' fill Whitney did not gain wealth from his Invention of* the cotton gin, but later from the manufacture of firearms. Russia-Siberia Swampy Much of North Russia and most If northwestern Siberia Is sw^mp. - Scenes aiid Persons in the Current News f ^ 1--Smoke screens over Tokyo during the sham a<M-ial attack mi the .Tapiine.se capital. 2--Bloody fighting at Oriskany, N. Y., between state troopers and milk strikers and their sympathizers. 3--Gov. Albert Schedemann of Wisconsin raising the NRA blue eagle flag over the capitol in Madison. pontiac..iHt WORLD'S LARGEST BUILDER of STRAIGHT EIGHTS The Moorish Bride Among the Moors of Morocco a bride Is supposed to go to her new home weeping, wailing and tearing her hair. It is the custom of the people-- and judging by the way wives are treated by these strange, fierce tribesmen, a very natural proceeding. A bride would need to be brave Indeed to face her fate without fuss or protest If K^tcJryLSjveaks truly. Defining • Natfea ' Renan once defined a nation as con* slating of those who "have done great things together and desire to do more of them." TEN YEARS AGO The business of the Fox River Valley Motor bus lino between this city and Crystal Lake seems to be picking up some during the past week Tor more. The McHenry Roofing company is now doing considerable work at Beloit Wis. According to present prospects, the local concern will have considerable work in that city this fall, while indications point to a big spring season here. Two of the most severe as well as damaging storms of the season visit edl this section last Saturday night and as a result many trees were blown down, while electric light and some telephone service was put out of commission.. merica is Men and women are buying more ibe fad better--rid*s mor* comfartsbly Pontiacs than any other car in Pon- •<-because it's a togas, with 115-inch tiac's price range! Why? Because irheclbasg and well-<iistribated weight they have found that this big, modern Straight Eight excels on all counts ... as you will find when you see and driv| it. You get power in a Pontiac--mot* ponxr than you'll find m any other auto* mobile at or near its price--delivered far more smoothly by Pontiac's 77* horsepower Straight Eight engine. You get more speed, too--78 actual miles per hour. Your Pontiac holds (3265 pounds, curb weight, for the 4-door Sedan). And it's the only car in its price range with the Fisher Ventilation System--greatest comfort fector since the development of the Closed body. There just isn't anything to compact* with Pontiac at its price. In Fisher Body beauty--in comfort--in Straight Eight performance. That's why America is buying Pontiacs. ThalSl, why you'll prefer Pontiac, too. Uae for Porcupine Quills Miniature furniture for a doll's house, made from porcupine quills, beads and pins, by a Singalese cripple, has' been presented by the Queen of England to the Victoria and Albert museum In London. ; High Water Mark in Strike* The number of strikes in the United States reached Its high water mark In 191T. Visit tbe General Motors Building, Century oj Progress PONTIAC fliU*5B5 HI HHP H ^1 H Hi WBP EASY terms Coweit West McHenry, IM. Ko&d Building Tel 204-M McHenry, HL S. H. Freund & Son CONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS 'r Phone 127-R McHenry Qsi experience is at Your Service in building Yonr Wants BY A&NOT AIN'T IT THE TRUTH! rr CEfrrftiM W Bejvts aia vtfHfrr SOME EMPLOYERS expect R* A WEE* S