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? /< *y> '>r' >nT ^ , Tf^'^:^i--"V..r ,;** 4*2^, -'^ 'J- - s. f»" l"< *> Thvnday, May, 14, 19S» tfi^k'Jiite'. $% - , •'•"••s^-'^ifeb' THE HeHEHBT PLAIND KALES f l * -• 'Stfe * T o l d Tale* Items of fatorait Taksu From JSk Files o* Vbh Plalndaak* «f Tan Art JOHNSBURG VOLO SIXTY YEARS AGO We are requested to notice that Rev. Mrs. Gibbs, , of Chicago, will preach in the Universalist church in this village, one week from nejct Sunday, May 21, morning and evening. Will Moses, who is well known as a former clerk at Owen Bros, store, and later with Smith Bros.; at Algonquin, can now be found at the store of P. D. Smith, where h© will be happy to see all his old friends. 4*he work on the cabinet shop opposite Bucklin and Stevens' store "is progressing rapidly, the frame being up and the building almost inclosed. It is a substantial and handsome building and will be an improvement to that part of town. C. C. Durland left "at this office on Monday a specimen of copper found on his farm, in the town of Nunda. FIFTY YEARS AGO Geo. Smith has broken ground for his new house, on the West side. It will be one of the handsomest residences in the village, when completed. Rev. B. Branning, pastor of the Universalist church in this village, Mrf. Joe King and daughter, Sally Mae, and Mrs. Steve King were Woodstock callers Wednesday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Nell were Chicago visitors TTiursday. - Irvin Schaefer of Waukegan was a caller here Friday evening. Mrs. George King and son visited with Mr. and Mrs. Mike Gorskie at Wcodstock Thursday. . Miss Katie Pitzen of Chicago spent the weekend with her father, John Pitzen. Math Welter of Ringwood was a caller het-e Monday evening. Mrs. Joe King entertained the five hundred club Monday evening. Prises were awarded to Mrs. Fred Smith, JJrs. Joe. King, and Mrs. Jos. JFreund." Mrs. George »Zornstorff of Spring Grove spent Monday with her sister, Mrs. Jacob Thiel. Mr.' and Mrs. John M. Schmitt visited with their daughter, Elma, at St. Therese's hospital at Waukegan on Saturday evening. v Miss AnnabeHe Meyers of Woodstock visited at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wni. J. Meyers Saturday evening- v V"j Hirry Cooke spent the ..ekend with relatives in Chicago Peter Neisen is a patient at St. Therese's hospital at Waukegan Mr. and Mrs. Alex Freund and Sunday, The Volo Cemetery society met at the home of Mrs. Frank King Tuesday afternoon. Four tables of airplane bunco and three tables of five hundred were played. Prizes were won by Mrs. Arthur. Kaiser, Mrs. Frank Kaiser, Mrs. Roy Passfield, Mrs. Joseph Passfield and Mrs. Fred Casper. The Cemetery society will meet at the home of Mrs. George Dowell Wednesday, June 3. Mr. and Mrs. John Fairweather, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Consackof Downers Grove and Howard Fairweather of Indiana called at the Bacon home Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Passfield, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Passfield, and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Miller attended the 9jjrd party at the Slocum's Lake scho^r on Thursday evening. Miss Alice Russell spept the weekend at Freeport, 111. Mrs. Charles J ones,Mrs. Sarah Fisher, and Mrs. .JLloyc! Fisher and daughter, Mary, were Waukegan callers Thursday., - Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Wright were Woodstock busincess callers Friday. Mrs. Roy Passfield and family were McHenry callers Saturday. Mrs. George Scheid, Jr., of Wauconda called on her sister, Mrs. Lloyd Fisher Thursday. Miss Dusil, Miss Newbird and Mr. Dusil and Mr. Sirozatka of Berwyn visited Mr. and Mrs. Frank St. George daughter of Chicago visited Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Steve H. Smith. Miss Kathrine AJthoff of Elgin spent Sunday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wra. Altfcdtf. Joe Karls visited at Woodstock Friday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Ben Freund were Mrs. Martin Wagner and family of McHenry visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. Wagner Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Walk of River Forest visited Mr. and Mrs. Ted Wagner on Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Peter Pederson of has been engaged to deliver the ad-1 ^aukegan callers one day this week, dress at Richmond on Decoration Day. Earl Hoffine of Genoa, Wis., W. A. Cristy wift put a new and visited Monday with Mr. and Mrs. Joe handsome hedge fence in front of his;p Miller. residence. Justen Bros., the West Side furniture dealers, received an order from Chicago last week to furnish a house complete in that city, which they did, carpets. and ally' s Wm. J. Meyers was a Ringwood caller Tuesday evening. - Joe Huemann, Joe Thelen, Jos. N. Schmitt and Joe King motored to Chicago Tuesday to attend the funeral of John Mueller. Steve H. Smith was ftChicago caller Monday. Miss Elma Schmitt, daughter of John M. Schmitt was taken to St. and Therese's hospital Monday. Mr. and Mrs^ Joe Miller and family Spring Grove caliers Friday FORTY YEARS AGO - Mrs. John Claxton had the misfortune to break her arm on Thursday last. She was house cleaning, while standing on a bench it tipped, and falling she struck her whole .were weight upon her right arm, breaking evening. „.»* - T -i . both bones between the wrist and el- Mr. and Mrs. Peter Miller of Lily Ij0W |Lake spent Saturday with Mr. and Challand and- Freund and Barbian being the Pro"!famil and Mrs. George King were prietors_of the new one just opened callers Saturday afterin the Pekovsky block. C. E. Lamphere has fitted up neatj110™1- and tasty ice cream parlors, *n ftt the home of Mi"; and Mrs. Jacob Kelter block, and ,s now prepared McH»ry Sunday afterfurnish ice cream t)y +he dish or j Mr. and Mrs. Wm. J. Meyers call- 1 Steffes - . i quart at all seasonable hours, day or ^ evening. What is the reason prohibiting fast driving on our streets is not enforced ? After some one is run over and badly injured and perhaps killed it may ber discovered that We have such a law. THIRTY YEARS AGO The price of butter on the Elgin board of trade Monday dropped to 20 cents. Capt. S. M. Walker has returned from Chicago, where he spent the winter. He is now preparing his boat, "The Navigator," for the 1906 season. Jos. Bishop, in six hours one day last week caught fifteen fine black bass in Fox river, the largest weighing four pounds. It was the finest string seen thus far this season. The employes of the Borden factory have received a raise in wages from $1.60 to $1.65 per day, and they get it without walking out, which speaks very highly for the company, and its overseers. is very sick at this TWENTY YEARS AGO Robert Frisby and family are now occuping the Heimer cpttage on Elm street, vacated by John D. Lodtz last Saturday. The little German school building on Washington street, which for many years served the German Catholics of the village, but which was closed at the time St. Mary's parish was founded here and which was purchased by John Neiss at the time, has again been placed* into service as a school. -JButter sold at 30 cents per pound Elmer Smith of Richmond was tthhee oorrddiinnaannccee |I caller heryeo Suunngd aoyf -gprinfe Grove_^ai, a visitor here Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Joe P; Miller spent: Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Mike Gorskie at Woodstock. Miss Laura Smith of Chicago visited Sunday afternoon with Mr. and Mrs. Joe King. Mr. and Mrs. George Schmitt were Waukegan callers Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Martin A. Weber >re Richmond callers Friday evening. John Hiller writing. Mr. and Mrs. Tony Miller and son of Chicago, spent Sunday with Mr,' and Mrs. Jos. P. Miller. Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Schaefer of Chicago spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Ben J. Schaefer. Mr. And Mrs. John Lay and Mr. andj Mrs. Math Lay of Spring Grove vis* ited with Mrs. Stephen Schmitt. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Keemsn spent: Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Joe & Hettermann. Mr. and Mrs. Joe King entertained the five hundred and pinochle cluby with Fred Smith, winning all the prizes. The ladies' prizes were awarded to Mrs. Susie Hiller, Me^. Fred Smith and Mrs. John A. Miller. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lindner, Christina Miller of Norwood Park; Elmer Miller, Helen Thompson of Chi» cago, Mr. and Mrs. Ja'fs Wassenberg and Mary K. Schmitt of Sterling, 111* visited in the home of Mrs. Stephen F. Schmitt Sunday. Oft the Elgin board of trade last Saturday. The first straw hats of the season made their appearance on our streets last Sunday. Manager Walsh, of the McHenry baseball team, was one of the first to introduce the summer headgear in McHenry. The automobile traffic through McHenry was quite heavy last Sunday and nearly all drivers respected pur guide posts. VICEROY OF INDIA FORD FARM ALMANAC Are you overlooking any of the odd jobs that should be done during May? The "Reminders" in the Ford Farm Almanac and Facts Book offer some timely suggestions. * This is a good time, says the Almanac, to examine beehives for disease; clean, disinfect and make ready the hog house for spring litters; sort and treat seed potatoes for planting; plant sunflowers for chicken feed; set out tomato plants after the last frost; make thd garden; start a new strawberry bed; plant flower bulbs and seeds; and order baby chicks. , 'Important historic events which occurred in May,, according to the Almanac, include Dewey's victory at Manila Bay; Napoleon's death at St. Helena; the establishment of the U. S. Departnj^nt of Agriculture; and Col. Lindbergh's flight to Paris. The • Almanac lists an historical event for each day of the month. Full moon this month occurs on the 6th, the last quarter on the 14th, new moon on the 20th; and the first quarter on the 27th, the Almanac shows. The marquess of Linlithgow, a Scottish peer only forty-seven years old. has undertaken one of the most difficult jobs in the British empire. He has been made viceroy of India for a five year term, succeeding Lord Wlll- Ingdon, We'll be seein' you at the Centennial and Homecoming on- July 30, 31 and Aug. 1. Invent Heart-St «rt«r 4jl-electric oee<% for starting heart* stopped by disease or shock and which with all equipment Is no larger than a flashlight, has bees Invented. . I Chicago visited Mr. and Mrs. Pftul O'Leary Friday evening. - Mrs. Jacob Wagner returned to her home here Monday evening after spending the past week in Chicago at the home of her sister, Mrs. F. Moberg. Mf: and Mrs. Herman, Rossduetscher have moved into the Brown residence. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Cappeller of Chicago called on Mr. and Mrs. E. Rossduetscher Thursday evening. , Mrs. Mary Kooch of v Libertyville called on Mrs. Joseph Wtfgner Thursday. > Mr. and Mrs. Harry Maypole of Fox Lake spent Wednesday evening here at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Michalson. Mr. and Mrs. Nick Molidor of Ingleside called o® the latter's parents, Mr. and Mrs, B. Rosing, Wednesday evening. Mr. and Mrs. J..W, Wagner are spending a few days, in Chicago at the home of Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Mar tini. . 'v • Little James Wagner of McHenry is spending a few days here with his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. M. Wagner. Mrs. iPfcul O'Leary assisted Iris Cappellar as sponsor in making her confirmation • at the St. Edward's church in Chicago Wednesday evening,' ; ; ' Mrs. Joseph Lenzen and Mrs. Joseph Wagner attended their card club Thursday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Albert Justen ih McHenry. Mrs. E. Rossdueseher, Mrs. Frank Henkel, Jr., and Mrs. Anna Lusk called on friends in McHenry Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Henkel, Jr., and daughters, Mrs. Anna Lusk and Miss Alice McGuire called on friends in Wauconda Saturday evening. Mrv,. and Mrs. William Wirtz and h|i family were McHenry callers Saturday evening. ; Mr. and Mrs. Charles Miller and sen visited the former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Peter Mifler at Lily Lake on Sunday. Miss Ann Smith of Chicago spent the weekend hee at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Wagner. Miss Edna Fisher of Waukegan visited her mother, Mrs. Sarah Fisher, Saturday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Lee Gross of Chicago spent Friday here at the home cf Mr. and Mrs. Paul O'Leary. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Henkel, Jr., and daughters, Mrs. Anna Lusk and Miss Alice McGuire, were supper guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Titus near Grayslake Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. A. Weidner of Glen coe visited Mr. and , Mrs. Herman Rossduetscher Thursday evening. Mr. and Mr?. Herman Dunker and family visited Relatives at Woodstock Sunday. ' r Mrs. Charles Miller and Mrs. Her-; |bert Whitcomb were Waukegan calW era Wednesday. Mrs. Ray Maxson of Elmhurst, Mrs: Delia Hoffman of Crystal Lake, Mrs. Sylvia Morse and Mrs. Valore Palmer, of Chicago visited Mr. and Mrs. Herman Dunker Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wilson and family, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hironi^ mus and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Jo^, seph Passfield and family, Mr. and: Mrs. Roy Passfield, Mrs. Russell Magnussen and son, Mrs. WTilliam Dilliort: and son, Mrs. Frank King and daugh-^ ter and Carl Thorsell attended th® card party at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Levi Wait near Round Lake Sati urday evening for the benefit of the- Volo Home Bureau unit. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Bacon and family of Round Lake spent Sunday at the Bacon home. NEW DEAL CRUSHES FARMER CORN EXPORTS 17 TIMES IMPORTS f " I f WHEAT EXPORTS 6 TIMES IMPORTS 1935 CORN IMPORTS 76 tlMES EXPORTS WHEAT IMPORTS IA4 TIMES EXPORTS THE AMERICAN FARMER has only begun to realize that ytoteitary New Deal policies are costing him millions of dollars. ' In 1932 we EXPORTED 33 million dollars worth of Whuat, 'OH dollars worth of Corn. In 193k, under New Deal policies which left OUT farmer# without protection, EXPORTS of Wheat and Corn shrunk to almost nothing, while IMPORTS of Wheat rose to 30 million dollars IMPORTS of Corn to 20 million dollars. No wonder the New Deal has failed to restore the purchasing power of the American Farmer. It has wiped out his EXPORT market and flooded hit home market with IMPORTED grain, grown by eheap labor In foreign countries. USE THE CLASSIFIED dOLUMNS FOR QUICK RESULT! MWfflC KFW6ERH0R m /i_ / r/ I i / e/ect*c or Pretty fn SaS *fr,: be y 'or iQ . 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