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4 jNpfi* Thursday, February 14,1935 f'\ v,(»ili V 'i ••., *• "i C-Vki OVERCOMING ENVIRONMENT Br LEONARD A. BARRETT No two of oar national heroes present a greater contrast In personality and environment thar Lincoln and W a s h i n g t o n . T h e one born poor, the other rich. The one ungainly and awkw a r d , t h e o t h e r favored with all the social amenities of his. time. Our country honors the m e m o r y o f b o t h not only for what they were but for what they did. The private as well as the public careers of Lincoln and Washington furnish a striking Illustration of a successful effort In overcoming the influence of environment. Lincoln was forced constantly to fight poverty with „ all Its handicaps and disadvantages. * In spite of; this he developed a mental potot and . convincing personality which was brilliantly demonstrated In hie masterful debate with the illustrious tkcuglas, A biographer writes "he was born as lowly as the Son of God." True. But there was also bequeathed to him certain powers which enabled him to master rather than succumb to his surroundings. The railsplitter truly became "a true-born kin of men." Washington with an environment as superior as Lincoln's was Inferior, refused -to be mastered either by Its allurement ^r its proffered life of ease. When the country's call came to him he left his luxurious home on the beautiful Potomac and through service both as- general and President,'earned the title of "Father of his Country." His environment which offered a life of ease, did not master him any more than did his poverty master the Emancipator. The power which enables any per son to overcome the temptations and disadvantages of his environment Is from within and not from without. Poverty anil the loss of influence, never Justifies crime or self-destruction. The . possession of wealth and cultural advantages offers no excuse for indulgence ;or a calloused attitude toward human need. The forces of heredity are always stronger than those of environment. This fact is splendidly Illustrated In the careers of both Lincoln and Washington. Western Newspap'er Untfrn-. "A baseball vamp can catch a stran- 91It's eye without batting her own." TM without nrtm ii a rote without ' fragrance." FEBRUARY Ohio is admitted to tha Union as a State, 1802. 20--First through train from cm/.| East reaches Chicago,- 1852. It--World famous Washing-., ton Monument is dedi-' cated, 1885. 22--George Washington, war-, rior and statesman, born >732. 2S--Manufacture of dufost •> telephone completed, 1875. 24 U. S. President Johnson impeached by Senate, 1868. 28--CoL Clark captures Viw> cennes, Indiana. 177ft. ?WM« POTPOURRI. Told Items of Interest Talc en From the Files of the Plalndealse ol Years Ago FIFTY YEARS AGO Owing to the snow blockade, several of our communications have failed to reach us this week. We learn that the John Sturdivant house, in this vilage, has been sold to Wm. L. Smith, of Ringwood, who will occupy it in the spring. One of the severest snow storms of the season, acompanied by a heavy wind, struck this section on Sunday night, and the consequence is that the railroads are all blockaded. The highways are almost irr^Msable. an4 hB?" iness w at a sjt&nd still.' ; 'J, - Literally Raised From the. Dead •' FORTY YEARS Ati#- -": f We learn that Mat. J, Pitzer. of Pistaqua Bay, has been appointed Fish Warden for McHenry county, by Governor Altgeld. On account of the extreme cold weatheT and the bad condition of the roads, business of all kinds has been very quiet the past two weeks. Jos. Diedrich has purchased the house on Front street in this village now occupied by Jos. Robbins, and will occupy the same early in the spring. Consideration $800. F. K. Granger was shipping hogs on Monday from this station. He was paying $3.50 per hundred. Chas. Kuhnert, who has kept a general store in Johnsburg for many years has sold out 'his entire business in that place to Mr. Lay, formerly of the fjrm of Lay and Adams. , > A sii-pound baby is alive and kicking In New York after having been ^literally raised from the dead by a policeman. Officer Caesar Coxzatl, and Dr. Bernard Zaglin. The baby was born to Mrs. Mary Pupplee, whose first four babies are said to have been born dead. "This one seems dead, top," muttered Doctor Zaglin, "but we'll see what_we can do." Spanking, drugs, and blowing Into the face of the baby seemed futile, and Officer Cozza.tr arrived and helped the doctor blow Into the child's face, and half an hour after, when both doctor and policeman Were winded, two other officers arrived with an lnhalator and with that the spark of life that had been started by Doctor Zaglin and the officer was fanned to flame. Three hours later Doctor Zaglin pronounced the Infant "the finest baby I've ever seen." JOHNSBURG George Huff of Spring Grove was a caller here Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. Steve King spent Thursday in Chicago. Mr. and Mrs. Leo Gerlach motored to Milwaukee Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. John Liay and Mr. and Mrs. Math Lay of Spring Grove spent Sunday with Mrs. Stephen Schmitt. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Adams motored TWENTY-FIVE YEARS 4J10 Mr. Gates, of the Terra Cotta factory has written Simon Stoffel of thjs place to the effect that he could use seventy additional work men at j to Chicago Thursday, his factory and be willing to give the McHerry pSBple first chance at the jobs obtainable. Butter dropped two Cents on the board of trade Monday, and the price was established at 29 cents. Mrs. P. Flanders, who resides near William J. Meyers ' was stock caller Friday afternoon. Jatcob Miller and daughter of Zenda visited in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Joe King Friday afternoon. Miss Viola Stilling of Chicago spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ringwood, recently sold thirty-eight j gluing, turkeys to a Chicago concern, which i Mr a'nd Mrs John RaUen of Spring GABBY GERTIE averaged twenty pounds apiece and sold for 22 to 24 cents a pound. That's some price for turkeys. Anton Lavicka of Chicago is now employed by J. J. Vycital at the Centerville hardware store.-Mr. Lavicka is proficient workman and will, no doubt, prove a valuable acquisition to that business house. TWENTY YEARS AGO Percy Lodtz has taken Roy Zimmerman's place with the Hoy Banking Company here. The terra cotta work on the new West Side Bank building is now under way. An expert is doing the work. The tax collector is the most unpopular man in McHenry these days. All on account of the taxes being a few dollars higher than in former years. Attorney Pouse informs us that he is going after the village attorneyship tad we can assure the public that he is in every way capable of attending to the duties attached thereto. The Terra Cotta factory is again working ten hours a day and some departments are working nights and on Sunday. TEN YEARS AQdt L. W. Cobb, editor and publisher of the Crystal Lake Herald, and Miss Mildred M. Martin of Maysville, Ky., were united in mariage at South Bend, Ind., on Jan. 31. The spring-like rain of last week and the rain of Monday brought out at least some of the frost, but not enough to take care of the surface water, which has been quite abundant. Henry Degen, who during the past year has worked his farm, located southwest of this city, will hold an auction sale on Feb. 24 after which he and his wife wiH take up their residence in their home on John street. The first thunder and electrical storm of the season visited this section last Sunday ntorninig. Quite an Farm Bureau News CORN-HOG PROGRAM HAS B&EN COMPLETED E. F. Kuecker, president of the McHenry County Corn-Hog Control association, states that the series of jeven explanation meetings in connection with the 1936 program have be£n completed. The attendance at •he explanation meetings was onethird larger than the attendance last year. The. sign-up meetings will be scheduled to begin next week. This Thursday, Feb. 14, C. S. Jlhode, field representative, is meeting frith the "representative from each of the twelve communities in the county for the purpose of explaining the procedure in conducting the sign-up meetings. Those who are expected to attend these meetings are as follows: Bert Bridges, Harvard; Charles Carhrey, Alden; L. M. Vanderkarr, Hebron; Ben Justen, Ringwood; C. A. Phillips, Harvard; E. C. Hughes, Woodstock; Fred Carroll, Woodstock; Irving Eppel, Woodstock; John C. Wilson, Marengo; E. F Kuecker, Ma. rengo; Clyde Wingate, Crystal Lake; C. J. Coarson, Marengo and Fred Maushak, Huntley. - The above committeemen will be organized into three teams and will assist the signers in making out. their papers. This procedure will be very simple so far as those coming in Class I are concerned; that is those who are farmitlg* in 1936 the same identical land that they farmed in 1934 and where the hog base is established. New signers and old sign era who. have changed their acreages will need to furnish information. These work sheets have been distributed to those prospective new signers and old signers who were in attendance at'the meetings. Farmers who come in either one of these latter two groups, but who were not in attendance at one of the explanation meetings should secur^ the work sheets from1 one of the above committeemen before coming to the signup meeting. These work sheets Wm. M. Carroll, Attorney EXECUTOR'S NOTICE Estate of Peter J. Schcewer, Deceased The undersigned, Executors of the should be made out tyy the individual last Will and Testament of Peter J. ^ before making application for a corn-hog contract. Who Is Eligible To Sign There seems to be a misunderunusual occurence for. this season of the year. ":""7:' ' Kit Is Busy Again Playing cards are not modern Inventions. They are of ancient origin, probably having been first devised In a crude form in the Orient. This Is indicated by the fact that cards first found their way into Europe through the eastern and southern countries. The earliest trace was found in Italy, then Germany, France and Spain. fe Weetern Newspaper Union. Grove spent Sunday with John H. Freund. George Oeffling was a, caller at McHenry Saturday afternoon. Mrs. Steve King visited with Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Steffes at McHenry Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Joe King and daughter, Sally Mae, were callers in the home of Mr. and Mrs. John King at McHenry Saturday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Alex Freund and. daughters of Chicago spent Sunday with M!r. and Mrs. Stephen H. Smith. Miss Katherine Althoff of Elgin spent Sunday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Althoff. Mrs. Peter Smith entertained the Five Hundred dub Wednesday afternoon with prizes being awarded to Mrs. Peter Freund, Mrs. Peter Smith and Mrs. Charles Michels. Mr. and Mrs. John A. Miller and daughter, Marie, were Waukegan callers Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. George King and son, Junior, spent Tuesday at Woodstock. Mr. and Mrs. Nick Freund of McHenry visited John H. Freund Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Horick of Woodstock spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Stephen H. Smith. Math N. Schmitt was a Crystal Lake caller Monday afternoon.' Miss Emma Freund of McHenry was a visitor here Thursday afternoon. , A large crowd from here attended the Forester dance at McHenry Wed nesday evening. John Huff was a Ringwood caller Saturday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Gene Condon, Mrs. Margaret Londre and daughter, MaTgie, of Chicago spent Saturday and Sunday wit^i Mr. and Mrs. Joe Karls and family. Audrey Rothermel of McHenry spent Sunday with Rosemary Hettermann. Miss Isabel Schmitt of Chicago spent Sunday and Monday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Math N. Schmitt. Mr. and Mrs. Bob Wilkie motored out from Chicago Saturday to spend Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Peter J Freund and family. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Schumacher and family of Woodstock spent Sunday atemoon with Mr. and Mrs. Joe Miller Mrs. Peter Smith entertained the Sunday Evening club. Five hundred was played with prizes being awarded to Mrs. Joe King, Mrs. Joe Freund and Mrs. John A. Miller. Schoewer, deceased, hereby give notice that they will appear before the Cbunty Court of McHenry County, at the Court House in Woodstock, on J standing on the part of some farmthe 1st day of April, A. D. 1935, at j ers. Some feel that they are not which time all persons having claims eligible to sign if they did not raise a WoodrJ-iigainst said Estate are notified and hogs in 1932, 1933 and 1934. All requested to attend for the purpose farmers in the county are eligible to of ha&tig the same adjusted. All sign who harvested for grain ten person? indebted to said Estate are acres of corn or more,for the base perequested to make immediate payment to the undersigned. Dated this 25th day of January, A. D. 1935. BERNARD SCHOEWER, GEORGE GARRITY, Executors. 86-3 . D. R. Joslyn, Jr., Solicitor State of Illinois, * ;:; r , McHenry County, ss. In the Circuit Courtof McHenry County. ALVIN S. KEYS, RECEIVER FOR THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Complainant, vs. JACOB C. BICKLER, et ml. Defendants. IN CHANCERY Gen. No. 26162. PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given riod 1932 and 1933, regardless of whether or not any hogs were raised. A letter will be sent to a" mailing list of over 2,100 farmers in the county giving the complete schedule of sign-up meetings. The above jailing list is as complete as it has been possible to make of all farmers ifc the county. If there is anyone who has not been getting the information it is suggested that they cheoic the records at the Farm Bureau office and see if their name is on the mailing list. All indications point to a much larger . sign-up in McHenry county for the 1935 program) a3 compared with the 1934 program. Cftty Conncil Proceeding* Council Room, Feb. 4, 1935. The City Council met in regular monthly meeting with Mayor Doherty presiding. Aldermen present: Barbian, Justen, Kreutzer, Overton, Schaefer and Wattles. Absent, none. Motion by Kreutzer, seconded by Barbian, that the minutes of the previous regular meeting be approved as read. Motion carried. Motion by Overton, second^ by Wattles, that the treasurer's report be approved as read, showing a balance, of $1,536.44. Motion carried. ST Motion by Schaefer, seconded by Justen, that the collector^ report be accepted as read. Motion carried. Motion by Barbian, seeonded by Schaefer, that the cleric's report be accepted as read. Motion carried. Motion by Justen, seconded by Kreutzer, that the following bills be paid as read and approved by the finance committee. Motion carried. Otto E. Mueller, repairing hydrant, etc. .......$ 1.60 111. Bell Tel. Co., service ........ 2.25 McHenry Lumber Co., coal 11.45 McHenry Plaindealer. notices, supplies, etc. ... 29.76 Geo. Meyers, hauling and spreading cinders 12.00 Henry L. Cowlin, tel. ealts...^ ' 4.20 BCaytne Buss, commissions and clerical service 11.81 Clarence Niesen, labor on waterworks Thos. P. Bolger, thermomtete*.*: John B. Wirtz, marshal service Edw. Mlschke, police, service.... W. C. Feltz, caretaker service --i..... Peter Wirfs, service ... M. M. Niesen, supt. service.... P. A. Neiss, commissions, stamps and tel. calls Alexander Lumber Co., storm . sash ^ .fti Wm. H. Althoff, supplies and labor ,.r M. Engeln & Son, .supplies, labor, etc. J. Shilling's Tire Shop,* gasoline and storage Public Service Oo., street lights Public Service Co., street lights ^,.. Public ^Service Co., - r*6o - .65 110.00 95.00 100.00 3.23 50.00 28.60 1.84 19.39 J.58 8.68 147.41 106.08 power, pumping water Public Service Co., power at sewer lift Public Service Co., city hall lights .... Public Service Co., parking'lights " - j-yWn, Peter J. Doherty, mayor ** service, 3 mos v Albert Barbian,"alderman service, 3 mlos N. P. Justen, alderman service, 3 mos Herman Kreutzer, aldermitt service, 3 mlos. ^t' R. I. Overton, alderman service, 3 mlos. .... acob Schaefer, aldennan service, 3 mlos. F. HL Wattles, alderman service, 3 mos P. A. Neiss, clerk service, 3 moSi^ W. U. G. A E. Co., heater rental 48.18, 71.62 1.40 M 24.00 15.00 15.00 15.00 15.00 15.00 1540 76.00 1.00 Miller Coal Co., cinders 16.75 Frank Thornber, election supplies • - 26*55 * James B. Clow & Sons, account hydrant ' 11.92 .• -*• Motion by Justen, seconded by Kreutzer, to settle the Owen debt, According to agreement. Motion carried. .. vg Motion by Kreutzer, seconded Justen, to adjourn. Motion carried. - . PETER J. DOHERTY, Majfef. PETER A. NEISS, City Clerk. An uimsual bridge incident is re. '0$, ported from Geraldine, Mont. Mm K. M, Porter held 13 spades and bid .seven spades. Her partner over-bid her with a grand slam in no-trump. He was doubled, vulnerable--and made K.. free(4$*q*0 c 0V BOOK. S F.xplalrui the marvcloui WUIard ni -ramnXtlfmTwmntr wwhpiicchn llal bDnnnnggiinn g amazing relief. Sold on ironclad money-back guarantee. PRICELESS- INFORMATION J --for those suffering from STOMACH OR DUODENAL| ULCERS, POOR DIGESTION, ACID DYSPEPSIA, SOUR STOMACH, CASSINESS, HEARTBURN, CON- _ ST I PAT I ON, BAD BREATH, m SLEEPLESSNESS OR HEADACHES, DUE TO EXCESS ACID. Aak for a free copy of Willard's Message. We are Authorized Willard Dealers. ^ DRUG STORE * ' v, McHenry, 111. Dr. C. Keller OPTOMETRIST 7 Sundays and Mondays at My: Summer Home, Riverside Drive, v, McHenry, 111. Kinds of Repairs, Tel. 211-R ANNUAL MEETING, FEB. 23 The members of the three Dairy Herd Improvement associations in the county will hold their annual meeting Saturday, Feb. 23, beginning at 1:13 The testers for the thrte associations are as folthat in pursuance of a Decree made £ m- ™ the Assembly Room at the and entered by the Circuit Court of farm Bureau office. McHenry coun- McHenry County, Illinois, in the has the distinction of having the above entitled cause on the 28th day i laTS*st. nuJnb^r .of herds an? cow! en! of January A. D. 1985, I, Henry L. rolled m herd improvement work of Cowlin, will on Saturday, March 2nd, any cou y in state, A. D., 1935, at the hour of ten o'clock „ , in the forenoon of said day at the East | ^ldred Johnson, Assn No 1; front door of the Court House in the Assn No 2 and Lloyd City of Woodstock, McHenry County, ^ntsch, Assn^ No 3 The off,cers Illinois, offer for sale and sell at pub- ^J6 ^ Gard"er' ^ f5"8' PrfeSlie vendue to the highest and best1^ James Comue, Hebron, vicebidder the following described real President, and Marguerite Stalheim, estate or so much thereof as may be necessary to satisfy said Decree in full, to-wit: Lots nine (9) and twelve (12) and the East one half (EH) of lots ten secretary-treasurer. The directors are F. G. Hanford, Assn. No. 1; Joe Lange, Assn. No. 2, and Wm. Wittmus, Assn. No. 3. At the annual meeting the president, vice-president and secretary-treasurer and a new di. I (iO) and eleven (11) in Block six- rector f each as8<)ciati(>n will ^ Father S Jjyj If opportunity caa't manage it any othrekway, he sometimes involves his protege In a scrape so that finds it best to depart into far lands jnd >scorns a success. • ^•lt Klein of Buffalo, N. Y., who was the women's speed skating champion in 1933, Is active in this winter's contests. At Newburgli, N. Y., she won the 220 yard dash in the Middle Atlantic meet, her flme being 24% seconds. Figures on cigarette sales for 1934, just issued by Standard Statistics Co., show consumption for the United States reached an all-time high point of 125 billion. The three most popular brands ran nip and tuck in sales: Chesterfield, 34.5 billion; Camel, 33.8 billion; Lucky Strikes, 33 billion. All other brands combined showed sales of only 23.7 billion. Twenty years ago less than 16 billion cigarettes werA, consumed annually in the United States After riding in A. L. Dittman's taxi from Kansas City to Council Bluffs, three passengers not only refused to pay their farejbut robbed him of $1.45r Adding to injury they locked him in a refrigerator car, where he was found and released somle hours later. In his syndicated column Drew Pearson reveals that Congressman Palmisano, chairman of the House Committee on education, was once a bartender, while Congressman Cannon chairman of the committee on revision of laws, was once suspended from law practice, but later reinstated.. teen (16), excepting and reserving fromi said Lot eleven (11) a piece of land described as follows: Commencing at a point sixty-six (66) feet Easterly from the Southwest corner of said Lot Number eleven (11), and running thence Northeasterly, parallel with Front Street, fifty-eight (58) feet; thence Southeasterly, parallel with the North line of said Lot eleven (11), twentyfive (25) feet; thence Southwesterly, parallel with the line of Front Street, fifty-eight (58) feet; thence along the South line of P^arl Street, twenty-five (25) feet, to the place of beginning; also conveying hereby a strip of land nineteen (19) feet wide off from the North side of lot six (6) and a strip of land eleven (11) feet wide off from the South side of Lot'five (5), in Block seventeen (17), all of the above described property being situated in the Village of McHenry, West side of Fox River, in the South East quarter (SE*4) of Section Twenty-six (26); Township forty-five (45) North, Range eight (8) East of the Third Principal Meridian, situated in the County of McHenry, in the State of Illinois. TERMS OF SALE Gash in hand on day of sale at which time a Certificate of Sale will be issued in accordance with said Decree and the Statute. Dated this 7th day of February A. D. 1985. HENRY L. COWLIN Master in Chancery of the Circuit Court of McHenry County, niinois . 37-3 elected. The testers will give theit reports for the year's work and tht president, W. H. Gardner, will pre* sent U. S. D. A. certificates of award to the dairymen who have qualified for these awards. The committee in charge.is endeav. oring to get Professor C. S. Rhode as speaker for the occasion. If Professor Rhode cannot come, some othef qualified speaker will be secured. It is expected that most of the member* will be present. ^1: Leo Sztuk, 14, son of a Philadelphia minister, said he ran away from home because he was compelled to listen to his father's lengthy sermons. la a Chicago court, former Negro Congressman Oscar DePriest told a judge he could not pay a judgement of $28, and said: "I am penniless and looking for a job." It is said that De- Priest lost all his savings in his unsuccessful campaign for reelection last year, when he was defeated by another Negro in the November election, by a small miargin. New Czar of Golf Jim McGuire, aburglar in jail at Greenock, Scotland, locked ten policemen in their squad room Mid made his escape. Prescott S. Bush of Greenwich, Conn., who was elected the new head of the United States Golf association, the highest office in the realm of amateur golf. Be succeeds Herbert Jacques. 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