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. •.- J ,$L, 1P1 • -J'wt '• • jT"f>Ti5'^ • • yv. •* .. • <• ?•, f ' ISP? * f c * * , : Page Society Notes WAUCONDA f ^r^ *• . * • [ • • V T - .'.y.^-' *tti -. -r-^ ei."ni , 1 •• - -"••a* -a. _ " i McHENRY PLAINDEALER v.ft .* XtzzJp * r , \ „ . ° " *" • ^TupY ,. ^! w ; "f; *- -Oj ItSfPt Thursday, August 26, WEDDING ANNIVERSARY matron, Mis. Floribel Vogel: Conduc- Mrs. Dorothea Carr, Chicago, spent the weekend with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Stroke r. Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Smith of Slocum Lake announce the birth of a seven ** *"A ^ S Mr «nH Mrs E E Thomas and tress at Algonquin, Sept. 16; Adah,pounci daughter at the Lying-in hos- .tLS'. party «t the, E.,1 ..t SO; Esther at l ing. The party was in honor of the Sept, 24, Worthy Matron at Rreh- 1 tilver wedding anniversary of Mr. and ( mond^Oct; 11. ^ ^ v , J Mann. ... . • - : ;; JL N. A. OUTING ATTEND CARD PARTY Miss Clara Miller was among the A -delighifu® afternoon was enjoyed forty-one prize winners at the benefit Mby members of Riverview Camp, R. card party given by the Mariola club s vlN A. who attended the outing at at Woodstock Friday afternoon. OthjPink Harrisons Tuesday afternoon.1 era from^McHepry who attended were afternoon of cards was followed by j Mrs. Ray McGee. Mrs. Albert Woll, 4 dinner at 5 p. ra. Florence Carey, Mrs, Ted Schiessle, Prizes in bridge were awarded to Mrs. John Bolger, Mrs. James Mahon- Weber, Laura ^Weber, Mrs. v i * Kick Weingart, Mrs. Fred Smith, Mrs. V Ben Dietz and Barbara Weber, while , "•'in bunco prizes went to Mrs. Frank vV Mathieu and Mrs; Henry Heus«S, . . % ; » * • . v CURRAN - STARRITT ey and Genevieve Knox. * • • ANNUAL REUNION : "%^e annual reunion of old school* mates and friends was held at the pleasant summer home of Mrs. A. X. Burns at Hickory Grange Saturday Miss Jeanette Curran, daughter of'afternoon. ; Mr. and Mrs .C. A. Curran of West, A. delicious Iwwheon wfts served by '•Chicago, and Mr. Charles • W„ Starritt,] the hostess and » few hours were /'iion of Mrs. Louise Sta'rritt of Crystal . spent in Visiting Guests were: M fS. Will Belcher, Mrs. Louis McDonald, Mrs. Hettie Reichow of Woodstock; Mrs/ C. L. •v l<ake. were married Monday at 10 a tn., at the Oak Park Methodist, church After the ceremony the couple left! ; ."""on a two-weeks' trip through Mich-j Harrison, Mrs. C. J, Jepson and Mrs. V5- Minnesota, and Wisconsin/ , George Shepard, Ringwood; Maud •V*v, Mrs. Starritt has been a teacher in Granger, Mrs. Grace Alleti and daughthe'Crystal Lake grade schooteand Mr. |ter, Edith, Chicago; Mrs. George • Starritt is sales manager of the candy Johnson, Mrs. Robert Thompson, Mrs division of the Shotwell Candy Co. MOTORCYCLE CLUBS PICNIC Memtfers of three motorcycle clubs In Chicago enjoyed an outing Sunday at the picnic grounds on the M. A. Sutton farm. About seventy-five motorcyclists, James Sayler and miller, McHenry. Mrs. John Dreypital, Chicago^on Sunday. Mr. "&nd Mrs. Elmer Joyce of Chicago called on Mr. and Mrs. Jos. Haas Friday. Ed. Redgate was a Waukegan caller on Saturday. Mrs. Mort. Baseley entertained the Euehre Club on Wednesday afternoon. Favors were awarded Mrsv Fanny Pratt, Mrs. Jane Gossell and" Mrs. Julia Baseley. Mrs. May Thomas will entertain the next meeting. Phillip and Frank Courtenay of Alberta, Canada, were recent visitors at the home of Jerome and Miss Liuira Courtenay. Mrs. Amy Cypher and son, Lorraine, and Mr. and Mrs. John Passfield of Volo attended the Milwaukee State Fair on Tuesday.; Mr. and Mrs. Ray Dowell and daughter and Mr. and Mrs. Harris and children of West McHenry visited the BrookfVeld Zoo on Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Wmu Perkins, Mr. and M r s . A u g . R a s c h t e , ' M r . a n d M r s . A l j Lauden and Mrs. Lattie. Spaneburg of Chicago spent Sunday with Mr. ,and Mi;s. Victor Carr. Mr. and Mrs. M. F. Carpenter df Oak Park •• called on"/ friends here Thursday.; Mr. and Mrs. Allison Smith .and children spent Friday And Saturday with relatives at Amboy, 111. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bechtold of Richmond, Ind;, are guests of Dr. and Mrs. L. E. Golding. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Baseley of Woodstock called on Mrs. Alice Baseley on Thursday. There were two1 drownings in the Origin rf Word Copra The word copra comes from tha Malayan word "Kopperah," which means coconut, and also means the 'dried "meat" of the nut. The oi extracted from it is used for making soaps, candles and butter substif tutes: the residue, or pulp, is use for feeding cattle. Much of the copra gathered in the South seas goes to. Sydney, Australia, for this purpose; Coconuts are the wealth of the Southf Bea islanders. They also supply food and drin^to these happy people The milk of the growing nut is easily changed by fermentation into an alcoholic toddy. Storm Photographed From the Air ai Boise City, Oldahom* Tapped Kaiser's Telephone During the World war, Ludwig Ocenasek, a clever spy in Austria^' for the Allies, located and tapped the carefully concealed private telephone line used solely by the Kaiser' and the emperor of Austria. After the Armistice, says Collier's Week»: ly, he repeated the feat on another* secret Berlin-Vienna line, securing information that aided Czechoslovakia in becoming an independent, country, for which he was honored by a monument. y#s The Conway Cabml • The Conway Cabal was an intrigue in 1777-8 headed by Horatio Gates. Charles Lee, Thomas Mifflin and Jarries Lovell, with Thomas Conway as a too!. Its purpose was to replace Washington with Gates. The; scheme failed and Conway left the "country and went to France.. The above picture of a typical Westem dust storm, the kind we have read about, but few of us have'^ver experiencd, was sent to us by Mrs. Erna Seiler Moot© of Tulsa, Oklahoma. The dust storm pictured here was at Boise City, Cimarron county, Okla- STILLING FARM NEATEST IN DISTRICT NO. 6 homa, which is the anost far westerly county in the state, at a point only a few miles from the Kansas-Colorado line on the ttorth, New Mexico on the west and the Texas Panhandle on the south. An 'aofcnnobile • driven . §§'! these storms is ruined in a few minutes. Not only is the exterior pointand plating removed by the whipping of the dust against the metal* hut the dust is drawn into the engine and soon ruins its parts. SUTTQtf REUNION The annual get-together of the Sutton clan was held Sunday at beautiful Lake Defiance, where thirty relatives gathered to spend th day. Dinner and each bringing his wife or sweetheart, supper were served, featuring delicious | lake early Sunday morning. "Victims came ou< for the day, which was spent fried chicken and corn on the cob of the tragedy were Miss Margaret in games and contests, with picnic prqpared outdoors. Weis, 24 years old, and Ames Geardinner served. The clubs came to this Games and contests kept everyone! son> aged 20 . The accident occurred vicinity upon the suggestion of Wil- occupied, with Mrs. Joe Sutton pro-|W^en ^ey were«playfully splashing lianv H. Thiede, who has a summer claimed the winner in the married wo-1 e®ch other with water. The boat cap- Jiome at Emerald Park Heights . He men's race and 1/ucile Larkin winning | s^zed and neither was able to swim, is president of a motorcycle club and the girls' race. E. R. Sutton won the R°ss and the fire company with also sells motorcycles and bicycles. --CELEBRATES BIRTHDAY ° Friday afternoon, Aug. 20, Norma men's race and Charlfes- Sutton came Pulmotor worked over them for an in ahead in the boys' race. Ed Larkin won the honors in horseshoes and Mrs. Ed Larkin and Mrs. Sue Hiller, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George HoelsCher received high scores l^eo Hiller, celebrated her fifth birth- in bridge. „ . ; day. The a|ternoon was spent in play-' Those present were: Mr. and Mrs. jng games with each guest receiving George Hoelscher, Wheaton; Mr. and ' a little prize. At 4 o'clock a birthday Mrs. Robert Hoelscher, Oak Park; Mr. 'cake was served with all the trim- and Mrs. Ed. Larkin, daughters, Lumings. Although the day was rainy,'cile and Marian, Thomas Cleary and a fine time was had by all, with'Norma son, Bob, and Phil Miller, Elgin; Mr. Sue receiving many beaiitiful gifts.land Mrs. J. J. Sutton, Elmihurst; Mrs. - Guests present were: Bobby Miller, I Adele Reimer, Davenport, la.; William Jane Ann Schmitt, Marilyn Turner, i K. Sutton, Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Sutton Betty Schmitt, Joel Adams, Dolores and family, Bob Peterson, Mr. and Schmitt, Doris Ann Oeffling, Donna (Mrs. W. F. Burke, J. B. Kelter and Marie Schmitt, Patricia Stilling, Patsy 1 Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Kelter. Huemann, Richard Hiller, Joanne! Callers during the afternoon were Stilling, Georgia Schmitt, Estelle and Genevieve Knox, Mildred Kinsala and sji' Bernice Hiller. » • • ~ AUXILIARY ELECTS ~ ^* 7 Mrs. Charles Mertes has been elect- -ed president of McHenry -unit of the American Legi»n Auxiliary for the ensuing year to succeed Mrs. Lester 'Bacon. Other officers elected arer Mrs. Howard Wattles, vic-president; Mrs. Anna Howard, chaplain; Mrs. Agnes Schaefer, sergeant-at-arms; Mrs. Theo. Schiessle, treasurer; Mrs. Lester Bacon, historian and secretary. The assistant sergeant-at-arms will be appointed by the president. Installation of officers will- take place on Sept. 9, when there will be a pot-luck lunch for members only. On Sept. 3, the county officers will be installed at a regular meeting. Mr. and Mrs. W. Walsh. I »M< Ml Among: the Sick PAST ORACLES CLUB ; The McHenry County Past Oracles « Club of the Royal Neighbors of Amerv ica had a picnic lunch at the Algonquin park last week Wednesday. In the absence of the Resident, Mrs. Sara Robb, of Marengo, the short Business session was conducted by Mrs. E. E. Bassett of West McHenry. Announcement was made of the next meeting ---on Sept. 16 at the home of Mrs. Minnie Siegmeier at 131 Addison avenue, ' TSlmhurst, Pot-luck dinner will be' Served at 1 p. m. Members were grieved to hear of the death of Mrs. Mary Scott Lanning of Harvard, who was 83 years old, and the oldest of the past oracles of the county. . Members in attendance from this city were Mrs. E. E. Bassett and daughter, Mrs. Henry Vogel. « » * FAMILY REUNION A reunion of the Schuen&mann fanw ilieft was held Sunday in a pleasant grove between Libertyville and Waitkegan, where over 100 relatives gathered to spend the day together. Four generations were represented in the group, of which Mrs. John Schuena^ mann, 78 years of age, was the oldeffc member. ^ There were-'five boys and three girls 1-- in the Schuenamann family, who .in the early days called Waukegan their home, and of this number only two are now living. They are George of North' Chicago and Mrs. Kate Do we of Waukegan. Mrs. John Schuenamann of McHenry was the third member of that generation present at the reunion. Four generations were there, however, to join in the games and fun and enjoy the delicious picnic dinner. In the evening they gathered around a cheery campfire and joined in songs . and conversation. -- •• • Those from McHenry who attended :. Were Mrs. John Schuenamahn and Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Durland and familyr- EASTERN STAR Al a meeting of McHenr'y chapter, O. E. S., Monday evening, it was announced that a visit would be made soon to the home at Rockford, when donations of fruit, vegetables or quilt pieces would be taken there Howard Ensign is a patient, at Mayo Brothers hospital at Rochester, Minn., where he underwent an operation on his nose, Saturday. Math J. Baur, who has been seriously ill at St. Therese's hospital, Waukegan, for the past week has returned home. He remains quite ill. Mrs. John Dreymiller has been confined to bed because of illness. Her sister-in-law, Mrs. Ackman, of Huntley, has been assisting her. Friends of Mrs. J. P. Smith' of Chicago, a former McHenry resident, will be sorry to learn she is still a patient at Belmont hospital, Chicago, recovhour, but they were beyond aid. The remains were taken to Chicago Sunday evening, after an inquest had been :ld. e remains of Alice. Gardinier Henry, a former resident here, were brought here for burial Friday. Her first husband was George Simpson of this place. Two children, a daughter, and a son, Jesse Simpson* of California, survive. Mrs. Nicholls and daughter, Mrs. Frank Murray of Texas are spending a few days here on a return trip from Canada, where they have been visiting relatives Miss Estella Grace of Park Ridge visited Miss May D^ley last week. Mrs. Ed. Redgate accompanied Mr, and Mrs. Davis of Chicago on a vacation trip to Toronto, Canada. Souvenir cards have been received from Mr. and Mrs. George Blackburn at Albuquerque, New Mexico. BUYS GASOLINE; DRIVES AWAY; ARREST FOLLOWS * Patrimony and Matrimony • Patrimony and matrimony are derived from the same source from the Latin pater and mater (father and mother) with the Latin suffix monium. They reached the English language through the old French patrimoine and matrimoine. Prison Term "Chalked pil** The meaning of the prison term, "chalked out" is dead or discharged. When a prisoner begins sentence his cell is marked with an X in chalk. When he leaves for the electric chair or is freed, the syiBbol is removed. l Hyena Has Strong Blt«f The hyena has one Qf the biggest and strongest bites of any animal, but he has so little else in the way of weapons and is so weak in the feet and hind quarters (hat he is no real match for a lion or a tiger. ; -- Grasshopper and Locust In their capacity Tor destruction, there is little difference between the American . grasshopper and the locust of antiquity. To the cultivator of that day, a plague of locusts was very likely to mean famine. Thyroxin Controls Man's Life One-thousandth of an ounce of thyroxin, a mysterous chemical substance in the body, separates every normal human being from imbecility or death.--Popular Mechanics. A: "(Continued from Page One) guests of the Pure Milk Association. Mundeleim Farm Champion The winner of the grand championship has been proclaimed and is the new farm home of Earl H. Kane, Mundelein, 111. The 140-acre farm is located two miles south of Mundelein on Route 59-A. Other farms in this locality were honored in the contest, also, being Junior award of merit winners which include farms rating 80 to 89 per cent inclusive. These winners are Math Blake, John Mulder and James Todd. Ben Justen received the Senior award of merit for farms receiving 90 per cent op higher. Henry J.<f Stilling owns and farms 260 acres on Route U.~S. 12, north of McHenry. He has " forty milk cows, principally Guernseys with a few Holsteins: He has been a dairy farmer SPRING GROVE Mr. and Mrs. A1 Schmeltzer attended the wedding of hife sister, Miss Veeda Schmeltzer to Floyd Nelson of Rockford. The ceremony took place at Dubuque, Iowa on Monday. Mr. and Mrs; Arthur Hergott, daughters/ Lucille and Jeanette, and son, Gerald, attended the wedding of Edwin May and Miss Florence Adams at St. Mary's Church in McHenry on Wednesday. They also attended the reception held at Bickler's Hotel after the ceremony. Friends of Math may will be glad to hear that he has improved and is again able to be up and around. A post-nuptial shower was held for Mrs. Webster Blackpan, former Lois Harms, at the home of Miss Marion Blackman on Thursday afternoon. About twenty-five guests were present to spend an afternoon at bunco for twenty-eight years and has op- and prize dinners were Mrs. Harry erated as a . Pure Milk farm since the, Stewart, Ada Stewart and consolation , VISIT NIAGARA CAVE y, •*<•; Mr. and Mrs. Frank Blake, with iti.'"- and Mrs. John P. Schaefer of Johriiburg, returned home Tuesday after a - jweek's visit with relatives at Meyet, la., and Adams, Minn. Mrs. M. Mill-' ife lenbach of- Adama, Minn., returned ' j with them for a visit with relatives here. While there they visited a new mi- / tural wonder known as Niagara Cave. It has only been open to the public since 1934, when it was discovered when three pigs fell through a crevice in the ground. When digging was started to rescue the pigs the underground cave was discovered. > Three-fourths of a mile under a corn field a remarkable cave now exists with a waterfall and underground rlv-' er. It is said 100,000 persons visited the place last year and it is estimated that this year's total will be even greater. It was 48 degrees above zero In the cave which is electrically lighted and where a climb of 210 steps i» made. Feed Pearls to Ducks Chinese sometimes feed pearls to ducks. It is said that the luster of the pearl will be restored if it remains in. the gizzard of the duck for some time. Virgil Ash of Deerfield, Wis., was taken to Woodstock Wednesday by Deputy Sheriff Harold Hobbs of McHenry when he was .taken into custody near Terra Cotta on a charge of larceny of gasoline from a filling station. Ash, who stopped at the Farm House Tavern, operated by A. Budler of McHenry, for gasoline, had seven gallons put into his Car and then speeded away without paying for it. , At a hearing before Justice Grant „ . Nplan the case was continued to Aug. ering from injuries sustained in a fall 28 and a bond was fixed at $500. at the home of her daughter, Mrs. T. L. Kimball, five months ago Charles Page, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lester Page, had his tonsils removed last week Wednesday. Lily, little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Unti, had her tonsils removed at the Harvard hospital one day last week. Clkrence Anglese underwent an operation for appendicitis at St Joseph's hospital, Elgin, Saturday. MASSEUR TO LOCATE HERB Charles B. Frey of Crystal Lake announces that he will open quarters at the Riverside Hotel, McHenry, in the near future, where he will give Swedish massage, reducing and cabinet baths. Mr. Frey has been the masseur at the Crystal JLake Country Club for the past two years. Further announcement will appear in The Plaindealer next week. Solid Bar of Metal Stronger A solid bar of metal is stronger than a hollow one of the same external dimensions because it has more metal in cross-section to resist the load. Apples of Sodom Not a Fruit The apples of Sodom, which grow on the banks of the Dead sea, are not apples but a seeming fruit with beautiful outside covering and ashes within. > ' Most Even Precipitation New England, has the country's most even precipitation, aMjttle more than three inches a month, total of forty inches in the normal year. Anyone having anything they wish to donate is asked to take it to the next meeting Sept". 13, and the visit will be made within the next day or two. Invitations to fill the following of- Acm have been received by th* worthy amd MBS. IRVIN MAY ftiAts by Worwlck Clowns Are Original Each clown creates his own style of make-up, and it becomes identified with him. No clown copies the, make-up of another clown. Tallest, Shortest Presidents Abraham Lincoln, the tallest President, was about six feet four inches, and James Madison was only five feet four inches. association was organized. When Mr, and Mrs, Stilling were married twenty-eight years ago, they went to live on the farm where attractive new buildings had been put up for them. During the many years they have taken a great interest in beautifying their home and "Woodlawn Farm" is indeed, most deserving of the new honor awarded it. Neatness and cleanliness reign suj preme, but the home is beautiful, also, with its trees of many varieties, including maples, evergreens, cedars, lindens and many fruit trees, with their branches hanging heavy with apples and pears. On the green lawn may be seen a large rock garden where gold fish swim lazily in a pool and petunias, in a riot of color, grow in profusion, gaining in numbers each year as they spring up in crevices and between (bfr rocks. Modern Equipment Modern equipment is in use both in '.he house and bam and sitting in the oleasant home one would find it no lifferent from, a beautiful city dwell- :ng. The rooms are large and airy md beautifully and comfortably furnished and the kitchen is equipped with an electric range and refrigerator, as well as other conveniences. Behind a white painted fence, chickens, also white, pick bugs and feed contentedly, while the fine herd of cattle graze over the green pastures or wait to be milked in the clean, modern barn. r. Stilling has ftne horses, also, and in the days of the horse and bug gy, he had some of the finest, prancing, black horses in the country. ' The original Stilling farm com prised 134 acres, but in 1929 Mr. Still ing bought the Tonyan farm of 126 acres, which increased his holdings to 260 acres. > Building New Borne Mr. Stilling has recently divided his farm and has built a new barn and a new house is being commenced on a part of it. When completed, Mr. and Mrs: Stilling will reside in the new house and their son, Arthur, and 4ris sister will reside in the old house and Music in Vienna When love for music was at its height in Vienna well-to-do people carry on half of the farm. established orchestras among their j Mrs. Stilling is looking forward and domestic staffs. already making plans to create anoth- • ( e r f i n e 4 \ o m e m o r e b e a u t i f u l , p e r h a p s . World Map in Sixth Century • than the old one. Trees must be plant- Anaximander, a Greek of the shrubbery, flowers, even a lawn, Sixth century B. C., is credited wpth , but thig does not daunt Mr. and Mrs. haViAg designed the first map 6f Stilling whose every interest is In the world. \ ; t^ejr home and their greatest enjoy- -- . . . --I . , _ ~ " . i m e n t i s i n b e a u t i f y i n g a n d i m p r o v i n g Fighting Against One's Nature went to Janice Ober. Following the games, a lovely lunch was served, aft-, er which the guest of honor was presented with manjr beautiful and-useful gifts. i " Misses Berniece and Lucille Nimsgem are enjoying a week's vacation at their home here. Mrs. Charles Freund, in company with Mrs. Arthur Kattner, enjoyed an outing and chicken dinner at Antioch with the Women's Catholic Order of Foresters on Thursday^afternoon. Mrs. A1 Schmeltzer was hostess to the members of her club on Friday; night. Two tables of auction five hun dred were in play and prizes were awarded to Mrs. Frank Sanders and Mrs. Frank May, while consolation went to Mrs. Schmeltzer. Ice cream and cookies were served at the con* elusion of cards. A larg crowd enjoyed the free talk; ing pictures held here Saturday night; Miss Lorena Esh has returned to her duties as nurse at Sherman hospital, having enjoyed a week's vacae tion af her home here. A party of friends front this vicing ity motored to Srown's Lake, Wis., on Sunday, where they met another group of picnickers from Milwaukee. Picnic lunches were spread and all sat dowinjp sandwiches, salads, fruits and all tKose things that make up a picnic menu. A ball game was played in the afternoon with the Milwaukee boys the winner by a saore of 2 to 0. After the game, dancing was enjoyed in a pavilion at the edge of the lake. Among those from) here who made up the happy gathering were: Messrs* and Mesdames Ben May, Jake Milleiv Howard Christensen, Arthur Kattnetf, Charles Freund, A1 Schmeltzer, Vincent Feltes, John Miller, Frank May* Nick Miller, Joseph L. Freund and Walter Brown. The Community Club held it's reg ular monthly meeting at St. Peter's Hall on Monday night. Cards wertf enjoyed throughout the evening and refreshments served by the committee in charge. Edward Shotliff, who attends busi ne#S college in Rockford, is enjoying a two week's vacation from his school activities, at the home of his Mr. and Mrs. William Shotliff. (v *. < Qood ia look at .. Qood towma* * Every youngster needs white shirt*...and this one is fops. Made by Kaynee ... and to mothers who know . that's enough. ~ Lustrous white broadcloth of unexcelled quality. Perfectly cut collar that stays put. Roomy shoulders. > Buttons on to stay. The - • perfect shirt for any occasion .. school, dress or play. • 85C Puritanism means fighting against one's human natur«| consequently it is unpleasant. Webbed Feet Aids Toads Webbed feet aid certain Malaysian species of tree toads to glide between tree branches. The Wise Man A man has to learn a fore he decides that he know anything. lot bedoesn't it. | The foundation for the seven-room > house was started this week and it i will, no doubt, be occupied before winter. Other Winners Following is a list of District 6 farms achieving recognition among the 300 entrants in Chicagoland's Dairy Farm project for 4937: Gold medal, first place, Henry J Stilling, McHenry; Silver Medal, second place, Mutz Bros., Trevor, Wis. Tea Once $50 a Pound Bronze Medal, third place, Frank When first discovered and used as Hay, West McHenry. a beverage, tea post from $30 to |50 a pound. First to Wear Silk Stockings Silk stockings were first worn by {ienry II, King of France. ___ . - I L JL. JL i ... Letters Costly hi 18tt , In 1842 it cost 6 cents postage to send a single sheet letter for any distant less than 30 miles--18% cents for 400 miles. The person receiving the Vtter paid the postage. An account of the wedding of Miss Floi-er.ce Adams of Ringwood' ana Mr. Irvin May of Johnsburg, on Wedensday,. August 18, appeared Sea Creature Skeletons in Moabtaa Skeletons of sea creatures often are found in sections of the Him^ laya mountains. - Stenior Award of Merit" Winners, farms rating 90 per cent or better; iBen Justen, Ringwood; Adolf Ender, i Richmond; Henry Gauger, Richmond. I "Junior Award of Merit" Winners 'farms rating 8(Kto 89 per cent, inclusive: Mrs. Peder Benson, Crystal Lake; George W. Gehrke, Crystal Lake; Sara DeYoung, Hebron; Wm F. Jacobs, Hebron; Clarence A. Kemman, Hebron;, T. C. Schroeder (L. Soucie, tenant), Richmond; Math Blake, West McHenry; John MulHer McHenry; Wm. C. Harms, Sprirfj Grove; Earl °E. Swenson, Spring' Grove; Winwood Farm (Elmer Bur meister, Mgr.), Woodstock; James Todd, McHenry. Geno Poultry Remedies at Wattles Drug Store. £p8 Need rubber stanjpT Plaindealer. - _ Order at the Oil Suffocates Larvae The fact that oil floats on water is made use of when it is potired on water containing mosquito larvae;- it prevents the larvae from reaching^ the surface to breathe, so they die of suffocation. - Platinum Wires U| _ Platinum was th? first metal aSMr in the wires of electric lamps. McGEE'S Open Wednesday , And Saturday Evenings OWing to the rapidly increasing costs of Cleaning Supplies and Labqx, it becomes necessary to raise onr cleaning prices September 1st. suits, 95<* PLAIN DRESSES, 95^ PLAIN LADIES1 StTITS AND COATS, 95^ Anna Howard