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<re & JK* H t e , ' V ? ~ -- - • * ^Irhnnday, August 16,1934 St ,«* %"i__ _'Z.' ' ?- 1? £ • " ; IT" --"'-"T--3" "I | THE McHSNKY PLAINDEAXJES. fS TOUR COMPLEXION/ '• BLOTCHY ANjD PIMPLY? If your complexion is dull, muddy, •allow due to cloggted bowels take Jkdlerika. Just one dose rids your system of poisonous wastes that cause .jpimples and bad skin. Thomas P. Bpl^ f ir, Druggist,--in Ringwood-by S. V* rown, Druggist. - CHRISTIAN SCIENCE CHURCHES "Spirit" was the subject ofthe Lesson-Sermon in all Churches of Christ, Scientist,'on Sunday, August 12. The Golden Text was, "This U the word of the Lord unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by, power, but by my spirit, saitft the Lord of hosts" (Zechariah 4 : 6). Among the citations which comprised the Lesson-Sermon was the following from the Bible: "It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing, the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and ;.vthey are life" (John 6:68). The Lesson-Sermon a l e o t » - V'v eluded the following passages from the Christian Science teitbook, "Science and Health with Key to the y" •".? Scriptures," by Mary Baker Eddy: "Spirit is not separate from God. Snirit is Ood" <D. 192). 1,000,000 Washers*1" were bought in 1933 y Think of it -- * million washers! This shows the p o p u l a r i t y of having the family washing done in the homQ. It's, not only econorriy. It's th6 thrill of a U Acleaner, fresherj . O U s m e l l i n g wash. Join the procession and buy a: and up. Speed Queen. Carey Electric Shop Phone 251, McHenry Ifc WORTH or SPECIAL EQUIPMENT aft NO EXTRA COST FORD Told SLOCUM'S LAKE Items of interest Taken From the Files of the Plaindealer • : of Years Ago ' ' ' * ' • / ' FIFTY YEARS AGO Mrs. E. W. Howe )ias mdved her. millinery establishment into the brick atoreiof HeViry Colby, where she will wait on her customers for the present and until she can get other quarters. The noise of the threshing machine can how be heard in the land. A. M- Frett has bought from his brother, J. J. Frett, the old and ,well known meat market, near the bridge, snd will hereafter run the same, and keep a "supply of meats second to no market in this siection. , ' ; 3,' Vf. Lawson, has, been prospecting in the West the past few months, returned heme last week. Harry Matthews and guest, Ivar Johnson, of Davenport, la., and Elmer Esping were callers at Lake Zurich Monday afternoon. Mr^ and Mrs. John Blomgren and John Nistad were business callers at McHenry last Thursday afternoon. Miss Beatrice Nordmeyer spent a few days last week with relatives at Fox Lake and Spring Grove. -- Franees Converse spent last Friday at the home of her grandparents, Mrand Mrs. Wm. Davis. Miss Beatrice Nordmeyer and Mr. and Mrs. Joe Sehrer of Fox Lake spent last Saturday in Chicago. Mr.&fid Mrs. Elmer Esping returned home Siyiday evening afteij spending? three, weeks with relatives at Hills'lale and Davenport, Iowa, ; Misses Marjorie and Jean Davis of hear Wauconda spent a few day$ last, week at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Converse. >' Mr, and Mrs. John Blomgren and 1 WEEKLY EXCHANGE HEMS OFJNIEREST TAKEN FROM COLUMNS OF OUR EXCHANGES While working in his garden Tuesday, of lpst weekj George Frazier of Grayslake dug up*,a dog license bearing the date 1899. The tag is oblong in shape, 1% inches long" and %. of an inch wide, and is made 6f brass. It bears the wordifig 1899--Grayslake Dog Ta*^1^^, and has a picture of a dog. Mr, Frazier informs us that this tag is one of the first1 that was issued in. this village. ' Two, motorists were killed and four injured in a collision at Palatine Tuesday evenihg of last week which cost the lives of Mrs. Meta Hildebrand,. 35 years old, and HermaYi* Berlin, 33, both of North Plum Gro%re avenue, Palatine. Mrs. Hildebrand was killed putright and Mr. Berlin died a half hour later in Palatine hospital, The -trag- Miss Christine Nelson of Wauconda Ny was/witnessed by; Ml*. Hilde^ spent Saturday at the home of Mr. brand's hpsbamJ, Peter, who was FORTY YEARS AGO We have been treated to a couple of fine showers since our last issue, which were thankfully received. Our new school house is now enclosed and workmen are completing the interior as fast as possible. E. J. Hanly has bought out the Parker House Livery Stable, and it will hereafter he known a's the. Westside Livery. . Sparks from a passing engine set fire 4:o the grass on the farm of Page Colby, northwest of this village, recently, which, besides burning over his field, destroyed fences and his barns narrowly escaped destruction. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO Ground has been broken for the handsome new cement block business house that is to be erected by N. J. Justen just west of his furniture store on the West Side. "Work of filling in the hollow on either side of the Boone creek bridge is under way and before many moons have passed, pedestraips will have the pleasure of a nice new walk along this thoroughfare. Miss Kate Heimer is showing her friends a beautiful new dark oak Purcell which she won by solving one of the puzzles that the piano company has -keen publishing in the metropolitan paper of late. John Spencer has finished the two cylinders for the Louisville, Ky. press. Mr. Spencer, as soon as the cylinder^ arrive at their destination, will leave for that city to install them- If the cylinders prove themselves to be as Mr. Spencer hopes for, that gentleman will have accomplished a feat tha£" very few press builders in this or any other country would or could not undertake. t TWENTY YEARS AGO . Ground was broken Tuesday far a new cottage to be erected on the John Huemann property just north of his present home on the corner of Pearl and Court streets. It begins to look as if the building boom is on. One of the most notable road improvements that has come to our notice of late is the new cement tunnel bridge which is now under construction near the Spencer mill on the West Side. Burglars entered the Northwestern depot here early Sunday morning and relieved the cash drawer of $28.75. The foundation for the. new prairie school; south of this village is comp l e t e d and the c a r p e n t e r w o r k w i l l soon start. - TEN YEARS AGO Dr. Charles T. Fegers, for many years one of McHenvy county'^ leaffc ing physicians, passed away very suddenly at his late home on Elm street in this city last Thursday morning, his death being due to apoplexy. Farmers throughout this section availed themselves of the fine weather on Sunday when many of them were seen working in_the field. On account or the over abundance of rain of late farmers are obliged to take advantage of the fair day^,, even though they do come on Sundays. , - The McHenry-Woodstock road was opened up to traffic * last Saturday morning and since that tirfre a number and Mrs. Raymond Lusk ftt Maple Park. .} Mr. and Mrs. Harry Matthews and sons Robert and Lyle and Miss Susan Ann Matthews of Wauconda spent Sunday at th^ home of Mr. and Mrs- LaDoyt Matthews at Forest Park. In the afternoon, Mrs. LaDoyt Matthews and guests visited the Brookfield' zoo. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Nordmeyer and daughter, Beatrice afid son Russel were supper and evening guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Sehrer at Fox Lake. Mrs. Clara Smith accompanied Mr. and Mrs. J. D. William^ and son, James. Howard of Crystal Lake, to Volo Sunday and spent the afternoon at the home of Mrs. Sarah Fisher. Mr. and Mrs- Bob Ferron of Elgin and Mr. and Mrs. Claire &mith and son spent Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Page Smith. Mr- and Mrs. Ray Dowell were business callers at Waukegati last Tuesday- Mr. and Mrs. Ray Dowell were callers at Lake Zurich last Wednesday evening. Miss Ethel Eatirvger and Leonard Mclntoch of Wauconda spent Sunday afternoon at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Dowell. „ * C. B. demons of Chicago was a caller last Friday afternoon at the home of Mrs- Clara Smith. , . ' Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Harris and little daughter of Mcl^Ienry spent Sunday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Dowell. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Dowell and daughter, DoloresSspent laSst Friday evening at the/nome of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Davis. Mr. ami Mrs. Ivar Johnsop and daughter, Carroll, and son, Donald, of Davenport, Iowa, were Sunday night and Monday guests at the home of Mr. find Mrs. Harry Matthews. Mr. and Mrs- Earl Prouty and Mrs. LaVqri|e Molidor and daiughtier of Brookfield were Sunday afternoon callers at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Willard Darrell. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Matthews and sons, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Dowell and four children, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Dowell and daughter, and Willard Darrell attended the Lake-McHenry County Farm Bureau baseball game at the old fair ground diamond at Woodstock, Saturday afternoon, when the decisive game for the championship of District 2 was played and won -by McHenry County by a score of 6-5 in the 12th inning. Pete Dowell, who did the hurling for Lake Cfrunty all through the innings was given many compliments by many members of both teams for his wonderful pitching ability. The other team used two pitchers. Lake County lost the championship, but the McHenry County boys had to play ball in order to win it, wij EASTERN STAR NOTES Miss Frances Vycital, worthy matron of McHenry- chapter, 0. E. S., acted as Worthy matron at Bethel chapter, Elgin, Friday evening when Friends' night was observedL -Offices' were filled by friends of the various -officers. Miss Vycital approached her station with an escort formed by the officers of McHenry chapter and was presented with a bo,uquet of flowers. TKe soloist of the evening sang a welcome' song. " . / Geor£e Arter of Rising Sun chapter, Aurora, acted "as worthy patron," Miss Elsie Vycital of McHenry a&ed as marshal for the evening. ' ' At the close of the meeting a program was presented and refreshments were served to 250 guests in the dini n g r o o m . • v > - • • Those from McHenry who attended were: Elsie iand Frances Vycital, Mrs. J. R. Smith, Mrs-;. James Perkins, Mrs- Lester Bacon, Mrs. H. L. Ritter, Mrs. Robert. Thompson, Mrs. E. E Bassett and ;son Lisle, Mrs. Henry Vogel, Mrs. Joe Smith, Mrs. R, Spurling, Mrs; Ella Feltz, Mrs. Martha Page, Mrs. Earl Brown/ Mrs- John Fay. Mrs. J. J. Vycital, Mrs. J. E.-Wheeler, Mrs. A. PageThrM Miss Frances Vycital, Worthy .niatron of McHenry chapter, appreciated her escort of Friday and" desires to thank her officers and members for this courtesy. v McHenry Chapter, 0. E. S., will ob- 4>erve Advanced officers' night, September 10. The officers of McHenry chapter will fill the offices. Mrs. George Johnson is chairman of the refreshment committee. Invitations have been extended to chapters at Woodstock, Richmond, Crystal Lake and Wauconda. ' •' * T~ Challenger , »• x\_ -s in •« "••• • v u ! vycuai. iurs, vYReeier, in tendmir on ne.r a hwlj- Eid ^ Clinton M.rtta. ' way stand operated by his brother,1 Walter. He had left the automobile just, a few minutes before to visit with his brother. About 45 Barred Rock laying hens were stolen from a flock of 85 at the Miss Martha Jahn home at five corners near Marengo last Monday night. The thieves evidently Belonged to the same group which has been operating m-other places in the county as well as in adjoining counties, as the same methods were used. Fences were cut in three places on the Jahn farm and holes were bored on the north side of the chicken house to gain admittance. The door of the chicken house was Equipped with an electric alarm." Mrs. Henry Widrtiayer was severely cut on the leg and suffered other cuts and bruises when a tire blew out on the car in which she, h^r husband and son-were riding Sunday afternoon of last week. The car turned over in front of the Wilmot home just east of the Marengo city limits. Mr. and Mrs- Widmayer and nine year old son had left their home in Hampshire and were on their way to Delavan Lake, Wis., to join friends. They had planned to spend a week there during Mr. Widmay^j-'s vacation. Landing on his head after being hurled from his bicycle on the nvaio street of Wilmot, Wis., Dale Franklin Kruckman, 13 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank A. Kruckman, of Wilmot, was fatally injured Saturday after1 noon of last week. He died, from concussion of the brain within two hours after the unusual accident. A man, a stranger, was discovered in the Otto Kolberg home in Marengo early Sunday morning of last week. Mrs. Kolberg got up at about three* o'clock and "went downstairs. She turned on the dining-room light as she went through the room and a moment later thought she heard a step on the stairs, and assumed it was her husband. As she walked through the dining- room to go upstairs again she switched off the light and was feeling her way upstairs when she placed her hand on a man- Mrs. Kolberg turned on the light and saw a stranger, who was wearing >Vhat she thought was green pajamas. The man ran downstairs and out the back door which had been left partly open. , A button, which Mrs. Kolberg had grasped and torn from the intruder's pajamas, was blue when examined in daylight. George Doerner, 50 years old, a summer. resident at Fox Lake, face3 th } '•ospects of being sent to ' the slu e sanitarium at EJgin for a second tin. a, following his attempt to kill himself Friday morning of last week. Doerner hacked away at his head with a hatchet until stopped by his wife, and " Dr. Francis T. Rollins, of Fox Lake, found the man so weakened EXTRA VALUES AUG. 17-18-20 to the widespread drought iand crop faUurej.t>tice$ on many eorinnioditit's are rising „ andlikely to go much higher. A well stocked»pantry now, will sa^ve^you higher prices laier on. WE ADVISE YOU TO BUY NOW* : Flour -- Pillsbury's Best Flotir; 48 lb ' ;/ Pillsbury' s Best Flour, 24 lb S ; Gold Medal Flour, 49 lb. bag. V- Oold Medal Flour. 24'rib. bag Helpmate Flour, 49 lb. bag ^ ^S2.29 ms-m i . i s ¥ \ y v „s. » * , New Crop-- . •,'/*' " - " * • ; .: -. S* ," - " • • , ,: Pl3rmouth Rock, No. 2 cans, per can . „ 13M: Ferndell, sifted small Early June Peas, No. 2 cans, per can ........ ... • Ferndell, mammoth mellow"sugar No. 2 cans, per ca» Baby Stuart, mammoth sugar peas, No. 2 cans, per can 21c Salmon ^ Sunray, fancy Chinook salmon, Vi lb. cans, each Sardines -- - Fancy cross packed Norwegian sardinjiSi packed in pure olive oil, per. can ... 9^ Catsup Ferndell catsup, large bottles. • t Tk* Basy Aphidfet' of which are females hatched from un fertilized eggs, have been known to give birth to 94 successive generations without the intervention or birth of a slnele male. cf McHenry people have made good use of the new cement highway- A severe rain and wind storm again visited this section on Tuesday morning, leaving damage in its wake. Here in McHenry branches and limbs of trees were strewn everywhere, while a number of store awnings were also wrecked. . „ from loss of blood that he feared for a time for his life. Doerner chopped •xfnto^his head so that everyone of tKe Aphides, or plant lice, the majority more than a dozen blows went down to the skull. "The top of his head is just like a piece of hamburger and is a most hideous sight," Dr. Rollins stated. The. blows from the hatchet were not sufficiently strong to break the skull and induce a fracture that would make the conditipn of the patient more serious. Doerner, recently released from Elgin, pnffered serious mental strain, it was! learned from Fox Lake neighbors, who stated' that he labored under the halucination that his wife would send him to Elgin for a second time." _ T. O. M. Sopwith's yttcht Endeavor which has come across the Atlantic from England to try to capture the America's cup, which will be defended by an American boat not yet selected. Endeavor Is manned by an amateur crew, the professional crew having quit because of a wage dispute. for Cacao Beaa According to the Nutioft*! geographic society, not only tioes the cacao .bean supply, the producers of candies and sweetmeats with a unique solid ir)prj»dient and flavoring, •but it furnishes "the makings" for a hot beverage, surpassed in world lmpor» tance only by coffee and tea. Corn Flak«s - 1 Kellogg's corn flakes, large box . 10 c Soap Lux toilet soap, 3 bars for 17^ v w (and one large picture of a movie star free) Palmolive tpilet soap, 3 bars for 14c Lana Oil toilet soap, 4 bars for ' 17c Lard -- • 3 lbs. for 25c Potatoes --. Best New Potatoes, per peck 25d Brooms -- Special 4-sewed Parlor Brooms, each .. .. .39c EKICKSQN'S ' Department Store PHONE 154 W. McHEXRY, ILL. Tested On Indd®% Highways QABBY QERTIE U. I PAT. OF* ^6094. s'pjprt?, coputar with gold diggers." - Burning regular illuminating gas in place of gasoline, this Nash-built LaFayette is being submitted to the eqtjrvalent of thousands of miles of gruelling operation, on the newest tvnc dynomometcr. Nash-LaFayette engineers use this huge machine which, absorbs power and can be made to duplicate varied driving conditions, to gain accurate data relative to the motor a reaction under heavy loads, high speed a®d cnnnvt strain. Locust'Some Buziftr > A near relative of the cricket, the locust, Is a famous musician. This fellow seems to carry a buzz saw with him, but,he has never been found saw-, ing any wood. He is the most successful noise-maker in the insect world, and no carnival vender caa Imitate squawker. save