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McHenry Plaindealer (McHenry, IL), 8 Oct 1936, p. 3

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& Sf. f * « V" Thursday, October, 8,1936 f f/r-,; £* f/\#,V . ^Vv,~ < ff V";;?;» t-; / v> ;;r- FLAZKDXALXR ^' » 4 , J •> > ^ %' . !' \ . PageThra* - -- JOHNSBUKG «*= Miss Kathrine Althoff of Elgin spent Sunday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Althoff. Mr. and Mrs. Jake Miller and family of Spring Grove spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Martin A. Weber. Allie Schaefer of Waukegan was a caller here Sunday. Eddie Frett of Spring Grove was a visitor here Sunday. Adam Bildner was it Chicago caller Friday. , Mr. and Mrs, Jos. J. Fmind, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. May and Mrs. Anna Buchner were Chicago visitors Friday. Mrs. Math Lay of Spring Grove is spending the weekend with her mother, Mrs. Steve F. Schmitt. Mrs. Leo Gerlach and son were Chicago callers Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Bryan Challand and family of Ringwood spent Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Karls. • Mr. and Mrs. Steve May were Chi*" cago visitors Saturday. Mrs. Katie Stoffel is spending the weekend with her sister, Mrs. Peter Weber. Henry Hettermann was a Chicago caller Tuesday . / Mr. and Mrs. Alex Freund and daughter of Chicago spent the weeki end with Mr. and Mrs. Steve H. Smith. SAGA OF "SILVER DOLLAR" TABOR IS BROUGHT TO CLOSE Relics of Colorado Millionaire Mining Man Are Sold < Under Block. Joo/fs, 3ee/s end Cleans Just Like PORCO-M/l! • FREE • •DEMONSTRATION We have been appointed exclusive distributors of Armstrong New Beauty Enamel--the Porcelain Type Finish -- and will conduct a Free School of Interior Decoration on SATURDAY, OCT. 10 Be sure to come in and see how easy it is for anyone to decorate like a professional. a p n n s T AOPG /iUnnni 6 n fl mtl H. E. Buch & Sort Riverside Drive McHenry <Joi*t1h*PcvuuU NATIONAL TRUE VALUE WEEK 10-QT. GALVANIZED PAIL Strong Wire Handle .k. 17^ FLANNEL WORK GLOVES Knit Wrists 2 pair 15<? CLOTHES PINS \ Round, 4-in. size 60 for 9^ CAKE COVER Ivory Enamel Tray 69<£ FURNITURE POLISH 32-oz. Bottle 19? WASHBOARD 12*4 x23 Si in. 25t STEP-ON CAN Green Enamel, 91/* x 12'/i 49 c GLASS PIE PLATE Oven Proof 25^ ANIMAL TRAPDouble Jaws, Concealable Chain, Per. Doz..... $1.70 DISH PANS Gray Enameled. 14-Qt. 25o APPLIANCE CORD Electric. «ach lie TWO-DOOR BREAD BOX Ivory Finish, Green Trim 89c MIXING BOWLS Green Glass, Large Si$i 9 c STOVE PIPE ELBOW Corrugated .. .. ... . .. STOVE PIPE Can be cut easily and accurately 9* ' ICY HOT" LUNCH KIT Complete with 1-pint "Icy Hot" Bottle $1.09 PADLOCK 35c STICK-ON SOLES Small, Medium, er pair Hundreds of other True Value Items ^ During this Sale Wm. H. Althoff Hdwe. one 284 Comer U. S. 12 and Main Street West McHenry Dollar" Tabor saga Denver, Colo.--Gone! / The auctioneer's hammer*falls es another memento of Horace A. W. Tabor is sold. The story of the millionaire 'silver king who died broke is finished. -As. his possessions are scattered only memories remain. The "Silver is ended. The state historical society is preserving some mementoes. Mostly the .belongings of this May and December couple are going as bargains. The auctioneer dangles articles before1 eager bidders. His foghorn voice booms out the story of "Haw" and "Baby Doe" -- and of th?ir beloved child --Rose May "Silver Dollar" Tabor. It is the story of a rise tp fairy-tale heights paved with silver and jewels -r- a crash to sordid depths and desolate deaths. • • Went to Colorado. ; Elizabeth McCourt was one of fourteen children, daughter of Peter McCourt, wealthy lumberman of Oshkosh, Wis. She married Harvey Doe, wrhose father was also a wealthy Wisconsin lumberman, and with him the young beauty went to the rough mining-, camps of Colorado. It, was out there that she met Tabor. He had i>een a wandering stonecutter, but in Leadville he settled down to ru'ining a grocery store. His frugai Vermont* wife scrubbed and washed and skimped for him. A generous man. Tabor, and he grubstaked two Dutch miners. They struck pay dirt. His share was $1,300,000. A wandering prospector picked him for a sucker. He "salted" an apparently worthy less mine and sold it to Tabor. It was the Matchless, of which Tabor later wrote his wife: __ "I sometimes believe the wealth of the Matchless is-inexhaustible." The mine had already made $11,000,000 for Tabor when Baby Doe came west. Her beauty was famed through all the mining camps when Tabor, many years her senior, met her apd fell in love with her. He and Baby Doe obtained divorces. Then they went to Washington, for Haw had become United States senator. With President Arthur and the cabinet as guests, they were married. The silver king showered gifts on his young bride. He built a mansion for her in Denver, Stripped in Crash Then came the crash of 1893. Tabor w$s stripped. The former grocery proprietor was given the job of Denver postmaster, but he died a year later from appendicitis. The silver bonanza had petered out, but he still believed it would come back. With his dying breath he begged his young wife: "IJold on to the Matchless." And so the beauty spent the rest of her life proving her . undyjng love and fidelity for the greatest man s h e had e v e r k n o w n . For forty-one years she lived in the h o p e t h a t t h e mine w o u l d come back as her husband had believed. She borrowed and begged money for mortgages. But it was futile. A year ago they found a frozen old crone at the mine. For days she had been dead and no one knew. Wrinkled and haggard with eighty-three years of spectacular living, Baby Doe lay on the floor in jj^mnants of a wardrobe that once made her the best-dressed woman ki Denver.' Lights of New York by L. L. STEVENSON YOLO Stolen Bonds Are Found; Owner Trebly Enriched St. Louis, Mo.--John H. Bruninga, local attorney, tripled his money as the result of being robbed. Bonds valued at $6,842 were stolen from the attorney's office four years ago. They were recovered recently and during the four-year period had become worth $21,996. --.A tourist found the bonds in Estes park, Colorado. He saw.them lying along the roadway in a remote section of the park. The tour-* iSt, Roy Bergman of Chicago,, turned them over to a broker for tracing. Through serial numbers it was learned they were bonds stolen from Bruninga four years ago. Apparently the thief threw the bonds away after unsuccessful efforts to cash them. If I had to draw a picture of a woman who makes her living guiding explorers and others in the jungles of British Guiana, I. wouldn't choose Mrs. Violet McTurk as my model--I've been to British Guiana and looked at that sullen, brooding jungle. Mrs. McTurk is young, softspoken and blonde. Her attractive appearance suggests'the beach and Sun umbrella of some swanky club rather than the "green hell," as it has been aptly termed. Nevertheless, difficult as it may be to think of a jungle guide as young, softvoiced and blonde, and especially one with the name Violet, Mrs McTurk makes her living that way. From November until May she guides explorers, movie expeditions and just plain tourists from Georgetown, the capital of Demerara, to Kaietur Fall, a three-day journey up the Potaro river -- and .'the- jungle begins at Georgetown. ' • • * Born in Barbadoes, Mrs. McTurk after her marriage seven years ago, went to British Guiana with; her husband, who rah freight and dug gold. Their home was on an island in the Potaro, which is a branch of the Essequibo. The island was a sort of kingdom, with . friendly dians as subjects. Word passed through the bush that McTurk had married and Indians came from as far away as a hundred miles -- in the jungle, a hundred miles is more than a mere bit of pleasant motoring -- to look at her and touch her blonde hair and white skin. Four years ago, McTurk died. It was then that Mrs. McTurk became a guide. She averages one trip a month and when not guidipg, runs a store at Kangaruma, 168 miles from Georgetown, where miners buy their supplies, the island home having become too lonely after McTurk died. She also supervises Indians who dig gold for her. • • • Mrs. McTurk is here "on a twomonths vacation?""' It is "Tuff first" visit to New York and she is duly impressed. As a matter of fact, she finds New York far more thrilling than the jungle. Of all _Jthe excitement, riding in the subway has supplied her with the most, she said. Then she added that New York is far more lonely than British Guiana--and there is something to that; Some way or Other, I can't take <down my hair and have a good cry over these wise guys down in Wall street. When repeal came along, they continued to buy their liquor from the bootleggers who had served them in the more or less dry spell. The reason was that the bootleggers sold various well-known brands at much less than was charged by stores licensed by the state. ,The bootleggers explained that theirs was smuggled goods and thus they escaped payment of customs and import duties, as well as taxes, and they were willing, for old time's sake to pass along the savings to their customers. • • • Well, everything went along all right until, as you may have seen, the government took charge of a bunch of gentlemen who had been supplying bootleggers with essential supplies, such as empty bottles with brand names, and revenue and tax stamps. Along with that came the announcement that the Wall street wise guys had been the biggest patrons of the dispensers of fake liquors. And instead of tears, there vC-ere snickers. • • • • That reminds me of a, well-known writer who took prohibition so seriously that when^it went into effect, he buried a supply which he thought, at the rate of one drink a day, would last him the rest of his life. When the bootleg industry began to flourish he took to hooch, laying by what he could, figuring thatvin time the stream would run dry. Then came repeal and it will still be a couple of months before he gets around to digging up any of his buried treasure. His fear is that he will have completely lost his taste for the McCoy. Mr., and Mrs. Alvin Cas, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Fisher attended a party in honor of Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Singer at Wauconda Monday evening. This community is grieved to learn the death of Mrs. Henry Passfield, who passed away here at her home Friday, Oct. 2, at 11:30 o'clock. She leaves to mourn her loss, many relatives and a host of loyal friends. Mrs. Ted Wagner was a, McHenry caller Tuesday. Mrs. Alvin Case and Mrs. Lloyd Fisher gave a stork shower in honor of Mrs. Arthur Kaiser Tuesday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Lloyd Fisher. The afternoon was spent in playing auction five hundred and airplane bunco. Prizes were won by . Mrs. Chas. Jones, . Mrs. tou Hookr Mrs. Pfeter Wagner in auction five .hundred; Mrs. William Nicholls, Mrs. Ray Paddock and Mrs. Arthur Wagner in airplane bunco. Mrs. Kaiser received many pretty and useful gifts from her guests. •• • . ' . , The Volo Cemetery Society will not meet this month (October), due to the death of our President, Mrs. Henrv Passfield. Mr. and Mrs. John Capaller of ChU cago visited Mrs; Louise Rossdeutcher Tuesday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Henkel, Jr., and family called on friends in Wauconda Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Hironimus and family of Wauconda spent Tuesday here at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hironimus. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Kaiser spent Tuesday evening at the home of Mr. ana Mrs. Frank Gould in Libertyville. Mrs. Roy Passfteld and family, Richard, Arvilla Ann, Lilah Mae Fisher, Mrs: Lloyd Russell and family, Robert and Shirley Ann Dunker, Mary and Harry Case attended the Lake County Farmers Institute at Lake Zurich Friday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Paul O'Leary spent a few days of the past week in Chicago with relatives. - Miss Cathe kee. 111., is spending a number'of-dayr here at the home of her sister, Mr.s. Frank Henkel, Jr. * Friends and relatives of Michael Wagnef gathered at Ted's Tavern here to celebrate his 76th birthday on Tuesday evening; An enjoyable evening was had by all present. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Baumruk and son of Bervvyn visited Mr. and Mrs. Frank St. George Sunday. Mrs. Earl Himonimus and sons are visiting relatives in Chicago for a few days. Mrs. Leslie Davis and daughters of Slocum s Lake visited her mother, Mrs. Sarah Fisher Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Kaiser were Woodstock callers Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Wright were Wauconda callers Wednesday. Mrs. William Waldmann motored to Wilmette Monday.' A number of relatives gathered at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Vasey Thursday evening, in honor of Mr. Vasey's birthday anniversary. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Hironimus and family and Mrs. Frank Hironimus were Waukegan callers Monday. PERSONALS .Mr. and Mr. Walter Grube ef Chicago and Mrs. Arthur Wagner of Slocum's Lake spent Saturday afternon with their father, John Mertes, and Mrs. Joe Adams. The Misses Eleanor Bolger and Evelyn Schaefer were in Chicago Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Joe H. Adams, Mr. and Mrs. George Hafner of Cleveland, Ohio, and Nick Adams visited Mrs. Nick Adams at St. Therese's hospital at Waukegan Monday evening. Mr. and Mrs. John Bolger visited relatives at Rockford Sunday. Miss Marguerite Johnson of DeKaltf spent the weekend at her home. Miss Mary Althoff, who teaches at Coral, spent the weekend at her homo. Mrs. Mary Wall and • Mrs. John Maher of Chicago are guests this week of Miss Kate McLaughlin. Miss Vene Denman is studying nurse's 'training, at .St: Theyese's hospital, ' Waukegan. " ^ . Marie Kinsala of Chicago spent th,» Weekendiwith home folks. > Mrs. C. W. Goodell and Miss Ethel Jones attended the meeting of McHenry ^bunty^; Business and Profe» sional Women at Woodstock, Monday night- /. r Mr. and Mrs, Thomas ^"all of Sycamore were Suiidriy guests of Mrs. J. Powers. Mrs. Mary Dibler of Woodstock spent Monday with her daughter, Mrs. E. H. Nickels. Miss Ann Walkup of RidgefVeld was the weekend guest of Miriam Sayler. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Purvey and daughter have moved to Chicago for the winter, where Jack attends the College of Medicine of the University of Illinois. Mr. and Mrs. Jos. W. Freund returned home the first of the week from * feW days' vacation trip and visit in the hc-me of their daughter and husband, Mr. and Mrs. Herman Nye, at Freeport. Robert Weber is enjoying a tiro* weeks vacation from his duties as assistant cashier at the West McHeniff State Bank. Rev. and Mrs. R. W. Pinnell went to Evanston Monday, where he commenced his studies at Garrett Biblical Institute on Tuesday, for another year. M iss Lucile Steffes is now employ* ed in the Variety store. Mr. and Mrs. James Powers moved to Woodstock, where he is employed. ^ Mrs. Moliie Givens and family witf Chicago visitors Friday. •"VStanley Schaffer . spent Friday til C h i c a g o . . »•' i ' , Out-of-town guieSts at the. r.Stefr^v ochroed. r \ wedding Saturday were Henry Schroeder. daughter Vernett, and Mrs.-Ann Schroerier of Palatine; Elmer FaddefT, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Olson, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur "Sigwalt, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Meyer. Mr>. Sig- •walt 'and- Mr. and Mrs. Bates, Oft." cagp.. , v , Laugh wtdy^Tom Collint n 1 * as country editor in the New Radio Hit! DIAMOND CITY NEWS Get Program Schedule at any Diamond D-X Station NOW BUYS A Mew ELECTRIC WASHER PRICE ONLY $4950 o r m e r l y S o l d *3 DOWN only 52c a week Payable monthly with your Service bill. • Here's a chance to solve your washday problems quickly and easily. Your Public Service Store has .brand new electric washers at a big saving. Washers that formerly sold for $59-95 can now be purchased for only $49.50. A saving of $10! Not only that, but you can purchase one of these well-built, long-lasting washers oq easy, convenient terms. Just pay $3 down and then only 52 cents a week ... payable monthly with your Service bill. See these wa&hexs now at yous Public Service Store.' PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF NORTHERN ILLINOIS STANDARD SERVICF Guards and Not Felons Make Prison Complaint "Lansing, Kas.--It is the guards, not "the prisoners, who are complaining most bitterly about conditions at Kansas state prison. Deputy Warden E. M. Stubblefield ordered all chairs and stools removed from the prison guard towers. "The guards can't perform their duties properly sitting down," Stubblefield said. "We even have to eat standsaid one of the guai^S; ^ It's an IU Wind , ; Kenton, Ohio. -- A freak windstorm upturned B. O. Durbin's barn, set the corn crib down in a lot 500 feet away and blew the water tank so far that it couldn't be found. The house was untouched. One of the busiest Saturday places in New York is Battery park. Many excursion steamers start from there and so crowds.congregate. It's an animated scene with picnics getting mixed up with other picnics, and ticket sellers for rival lines moving here and there trying to outshout one another. ' - ' © Bell Syndicate.--WNC Service. Eggbeater Is Bugle Toledo.--Miss Grace Price of Per^ rysburg, whirrs an egg-beater to call her cat. The cat responds, v ForalfB Poifc Under orders from the Roosevelt administration American farmers killed their pigs and brood sows, and in 1935 foreign farmers shipped more than twelve and onehalf million pounds of pork, .into the American market. Hamaa tai Liberal Alf M. London's record as Governor of K»n«M shown htm as a champion of rights, and liberal in all things except the spending ot 's Boy Gets Name With Sixty-Three Letters _ Honolulu, T. H.--All things considered, it's quite a name Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Murray Judd gaye their month old son. They christened him Kananinoheaokuuhomeopuukaimanaalohilohinokeawea weula makaoka lani Judd. It's Hawaiian for "thebeautiful - aroma - of - my - home"- at - sparkling - diamondhill - is - carried - to - the - eyesof - heaven." And--just to save you the trouble--it has 63 letters. towoikto*.t°^ Relief Obligation Gov. Landon's philosophy is that relief to the unemployed is not a privilege or a vested right, or charity. He told the Kansas legislature that it is a common obligation created by the rapidity and complexity; of economic growth. ' Ike Caaeasas Meoataias The Caucasus mountains, the mighty wall rising between the Black and Caspian seas, have no less than nine peaks which top Mount Blanc in the Alpe. in qivinn 4°" Above ®^ ^"the Standiri«e biddmg t°ry°£ west, who at d0 onth». He " 8 ! LnW®--vfillsentative dolBg busl^8*

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