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. In 1886. the 500 horse rsllwaya aperating in the United States utilised 110,000 horses tor 18,000 cars, or inore than low horses to a car. Crder your rubber stampa al The (bin dealer. JjyOvL (djkffjiaAA. Tain WMk Bs M The giraffe, one of tha strangest animals, has no' vocal chords, bat tmikm with his tail. He has fawur vertebrae in his neck than a mouse, to faster than a horse, can go longer Without water than a camel and can see backwards without tuning his head. A. P. FREUND 80NS EicaTating Contractors _ ^ Trucking, Hydraulic and Crane Service --ROAIJ* BUILDING-- TeL 204-M McHenry, I1L Inc. A Complete CLEANING Telephone No. 300 STOFFEL & REIHANSPERGEB juarance agent* for all classes of property in the best companiee. West McHenry, lIHneia ?i*) :V Done in Our Own .'v'Vy ' Plant I £06 S. GREEN ST. McHENRY Tree Pickup and Delivery Service a i ^ l • ' ' ' Limestone * VBRN THELEN Tracking Gravel Black Dirt -v Track for Hire Tel. McHenry 588-W-l Box 17S, Rt. 1, McHenry CHARLES S. PAkkER, Attorney (Jwbn * Parker) Office Hoars: Wednesday Aftci naoMi 1 M : Office--Koehr Sapply Company, 542 Main 8treet, West McHenry Phone--McHenry 486 Weowtock 1185 , 4 , INSURANCE EARL R. WALSH fire, Anto,Farm and Life Insurance RMMMttac RELIABLE COMPANIES When yon need fawmnce of any kind Phone 48 or 118-M Green * Eta McHenry Phone McHenry 20 FARM DRAINAGE j ^Tiling Work Done With Modern Equipment Can Furnish Tile LEO G. ZIMMERMAN , . Contractor Phone 1699-M-l R. F. Woodstock, IH. D. 2 sSyr£oWTETJs TWICE TOLO T? of htfereet Taken Cm the File* of the of Tears Ago SIXTY YEARS AGO B. Gilbert, the west side grocer, in order to get more room xor his business has changed from the east to the west store in his block, "which he has fitted up conveniently to accommodate his increasing trade. f A. M. Jacobi, a graduate pharmacist has accepted a position in the drug store of Miss Julia A. Story, in this village. Mrs. C. W. Slafter removed to' Belvidere on Monday. Our 61.25 spring suitings for 75 cents per yard, felt for Lambrequins, with suitable trimmings to matfch, embroidery silks, fine silk gloves and mitts, also children's embroidered skirtings at Ladies Salesrooms, Nichols Block. • < / Freight Oftrs has • car near* by moans of da% imports from agents, koopa a complete nMNili record yt the movements of an freight cars on its own lines, regardless of ownership, and all of Ha own cars on other railroads. Whan a car moves from one railroad to another, the agent at the point of Interchange reports the fact to the car record o^Rce of the rail* roads concerned. Thus the location pf every freight car is known and its movements and wanderings become a matter of permanent record. FIFTY YEARS AGO- , Painters are at work putting on the finishing touches to the outside of Stoffel's new block. It is certainly the handsomest business building in the village. ' ' Mrs. George Schreiner has moved into the second story of her building on Main street, West McHenry, and W. F. Gallaher will occupy the house vacated by her on John street. Wm. Stoffel is receiving orders by every mail for his patent for protection of pneumatic tires of bicycles. J. W. Bonslett is doing the plumbing at Stillings Hotel, Pistaqua Bay, which house is undergoing quite intensive repairs and alterations. : FORTY YEARS AGO ^ Q}cjt£* tlM STREET FLORIST RTE /20 . H-PHM HENRY UOI •WE T i f a y t a p k . V . 0 WERS FREUND'S DAIRY GRADE A MILK Homogenized Milk, Coffee Cream, Whipping Cream, Buttermilk, Chocolate Milk, Butter, Eggs, Half and Half Cream, Cottage Cheese. PHONE McHENRY 636-W-2 -The Northwestern has "blown?1' itself for a new truck wagon for the local station and has also placed a telegraph operator at this station. The McHenry Electric Co's. plant is now in operation and is giving the public faultless service. Butter held up last week's price of 23 cents on the Elgin board of trade Monday. A cejnent walk has been laid around the residence of John Stoffel. Mrs. Nina N. Sherman now drives an elegant new Ford runabout, and she handles the machine faultlessly. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO Very satisfactory progress is being made on the new bank building now under construction at Spring Grove and which, when completed, will house the Spring Grove State bank. " , Romo Bobb is again employed as a pilot by the Hunter Boat line, this being the seccond summer for him in this capacity. The sewer gang has moved over I to the west side, where they started I the trench digging and laying of ' pipes on the west endvof Waukegan i street. * .. Cloyce Wagner is once more the I movie operator at the Empire theatre. * Naming Woodchutk The name, woodchuck, is probably • corruption of the animal s Indian name of "Ot-chock" or "We-jael." Blade of a Knife Moat of the carving knives today are compooed of alloy steal or stainless. Experts say the finest blade is made of vanadium steel plated with chromium. The greater the carbon content in steel, the better tha quality of the kftife. BELL ft SHALES Interior and Interior Painting Paper Hanging Abo Spray Painting 108 N. Green St. McHdnry > TeL McHenry 248-J or Crystal Lake 1S28-M-1 WILLIAM M. CARROLL. JR. Attorney-at-Law Vf tjrlie! 4 Benton St/?' - - Woodstock ITeodstock. Illinois WEINGART TRUCKING 8and -- Gravel Filling -- Black Dirt -- Limestone Tracks for Hire Free Estimating TeL 655-R-2 McHenry, HL WELDING Maintenance and Conatrnctkm Portable Equipment H. E. VANCE--McHenry 61-J t South Green St., McHenry, HL Tel. Wonder Lake 418 DR. R. H. WATKINS Dentist •--Office Hoars-- Tuesday A Saturdays: 9 a.m. to 5 pJU. Eveninga and Sunday Mornings _ by Appointment! Lookout Point Wonder Lake, DL Phone McHenry 584-R-2 -- Baaement Excavating -- NETTS SAND AND GRAVEL Special Rates on Road Gravel and Lot Filling . . Black Dirt . . Power Leveling and Grading. J. E. NETT Johnsburg P. P.---McHenry Aracent report front Unlvuait^ of Wisconsin has revaalad a higher concentration of a MTW growth-promoting factor in September iwtttrfat as compared with that producad during other months of the year/ Tha factor was demonstrated to be present in tha liquid (unsaturated) fraction. This growth promoting substance is distinct from tha known fat aoluble vitamins and the "esaential" fatty adds. It has bean identified by other scientists aa vaccenlc icid# ... Army ana eancansa " , Tests given to 1^,000 veterans showed that army duty improved their mathematical ability but had tha opposite ^ effect alT their (rammar. " PLASTIC WALLMFE Eighteen colors of beautiful wall covering. See them before decorating your bath 6r kitchen. Colors are through the tile--will not peel or scrathch off. Write for estimate or put it on yourself. Engstspm Sales ft Service, McHenry, 300 feet from Nell's ballroom. Phone Pista- Jtee 652-W-l. PUWaasa Spaifc nags Nearly ail of tha world'a leading commercial airlines today rely on spark pings with platinum electrodes for tha maximum in dependably, long life and low maintenancf. :W " *•* Sparrows Change When the English sparrow was introduced into America one hundred years ago it was smaller than It is today. Climate has played a part hi this change, as it was found that sparrows in colder climates were larger and had larger wings than sparrows in warmer climates. * JOHN F. BRDA ft SON Sheet Metal and Fnrnace Work 101 N.. Green 8L, McHenry, DL Phone 248-B DB. R. DeROMB - Dentist -- 120 Green Street' - • Phone 292-J. McHenry Office Honrs: Tnsaday and Saturday i from^lO to 4. Evenings by appeiat- WATBB PUMPS Fairbanks Morse Ejector and Puap typea. All aiaea. Cemplete and Easy to instalL Samp pampe. Take oM SJSlTRoffl&LES AND SERVICE TeL McHenry 552-W-l (800 ft. from NelTs Ballroom) -- WAN1ED TO BUY We pay 86 to 826 for Old Heraea, Ieaa for down hones and cattle. MATTS MINK RANCH Johnsbarg - Spring Grove Road Phone Jonnmuri CALL AT ONCE ON HORSES AND CATTLE We pay phone charges trg 814 DEAD HOGS, McHENRY FLORAJ* CO. Phone 464 Ope Mile South of McHenry an Baute 81 Flowers for all occaaional, FRANK S. MAY Trucking Sand -- Black Dirt -- Crashed Gravel Light Excavating -- Limestone Track for Hire • Phone McHenry 580-M-l B-l McHenry HIGHEST CASH PRICES pakf for Dead and Crippled Horses, Cattle and Hogs -- Sanitary Power Lomd- '"i -- Tankage and Meat Scrape for sale. Phones Arlington Heights 116 or McHenry 659-J-2. Reverse Charges. Palatine Rendering Service. Braxil bunks of the Orinoco and in northern parte of Braxil na wall m Para and French Guiaaa,<-are Ml cultivated but grow wild on fa from 100 to 180 foot high in Jungles. Subscribe for The Plaindealer DRH.fi. ffkB Veterinarian On Highway SI - Office and TeL McHenry 81 McHenry, HL Office Hours: I pja. to 2 Except Tbursdaya Evenings by Appointment VERNON KNOX Attorney-At-Law Car. Green and Elm Sts^ McHsusy Tneeday and Fridav Afterasewi ... Other Days By Appointment none McHenry 48 AL*S WELDING AND BEPAH SERVICE 601 Main 8t_ MdBenry Electric Portable Wdding v Acetylene Welding and Cuttfiii AU« W-WTRFS, Operator Plume 615-W-l or 464 MUENBY, ILL. BERNIE MATCHEN LIVESTOCK HAULING ' -- GENERAL TRUCKING Fox Street McHenry mmm ANNOUNCING THE SPUEHRS Newly Remodeled RUSS FIRESIDE TAVERN Rt. 31 -- 4 miles north of McHenry Ringwood, Illinois Fine Liquors -- Tasty 8andwichM Moderate Prices "Where old friends meet." This /Hlonth in Your McHENRY POST, NO. 491 AMERICAN LEGION Invites yon, your family and friends to attend a mammoth _ to be held in the LEGION PARK, McHENRY, ILL. JULY 2, 3, 4 and 5 MAKE YOUR PLANS NOW TO SPEND THE I •- K BULLETIN Weekend with the Legion boys at McHenry ^ \ ' '*/*"' &X---ri ft *rr J^AND FIREWORKS DISPLAY NIGHT OF JULY 5 Biggest Stammer Event in the Lake Region "" •• . i New Concessions -- Games of All Kinds Fishing -- Swimming -- Tennis -- Golf J await your vacation visit along the beautiful Fox River nearby lftkn ^4 p. •*:; N OUR SECOND railroad *storyf the time is the Fifties when the railroad fever swept Illinois and transformed it from a prairie wilderness into an important part of our country. In examining^ * the records for this story, we learned what the term "snakehead" meant to the early railroader. We learned how one of our strap* rails was replaced by the now Standard T-shaped iron rail and how the latter came to be invented by a whittling Yankee colonel. We learned which one of our «railroads was the first in the West to use the telegraph. We came across a rave-letter written by one of the railroad's financial backers after a horse-and-buggy tour of the prairie and we were that we include it in our account. We found how a certain good-natured conductor solved the problem of collecting fares on his train when many of his passengers did A not have money, and why that same train had to make its return trip a *%ackup" rim. We read all about the first Pullman sleepers--the first was Historic No 9*» ftpd how the berths were made. We read of what v happened to the Hawkins one-man Welcome Committee when he rode over to take a look at a real locomotive. These happenings of the Feverish Fifties are illustrated by John McKee. As EnferfoMug As Your Fovorrle iMagusiat THE Setetec BULLETIN, 9»UBLIC SKI ri ,'fWl -• f