January 18, 1902
Cary News Items
Chas. Jenson was a Chicago visitor Saturday.
Mrs. Alverson was a Chicago passenger Thursday.
M.S.M. West transacted business in Elgin Friday.
Daniel Brown transacted business in Nunda, Friday.
W.B. Kern transacted business in Chicago Thursday.
Edwin Blank transacted business in Elgin Saturday.
Mrs. Ella Sprague of Elgin visited a few days here last week.
David Lowe was among the Woodstock passengers Monday.
George Heimerdinger was among the Chicago passengers Friday.
Miss C. Hausen of Elgin is visiting at Mr. and Mrs. T. Jenson’s.
Chas. Allen of Cary made a flying business trip here Saturday.
Miss Tillie Hooker returned from her visit in Chicago, Sunday.
Fatty Wooding of Barrington was seen on our streets Saturday.
J.F. Pichen finished filling his ice house Saturday with 14-inch ice.
Mrs. Thomas Allen and son George were Nunda passengers Saturday.
Mrs. Anna M. Miller of Hebron spent Thursday with Mrs. L.E. Mentch.
Wm. Turner of Chicago spent Sunday here with friends and relatives.
Gus Generoux is attending school at Metropolitan business college, Chicago.
Mrs. Tony Jensen and Miss C. Hausen were Chicago passengers Monday.
S.R. Abbott and Geo. J.R. Hausen transacted business in Barrington on Monday.
Mrs. E.J. King was made a beautiful birthday present of a piano by her husband.
Sydney Osgood returned to his school at Elgin Monday, after an illness of tonsillitis.
Mrs. Jones and Mrs. A. Muik of Nunda were seen on our streets Thursday.
R.M. Lincoln is on the sick list and the night operator, Mr. Cass, is filling his position.
Mr. and Mrs. Asa Crabtree of Avondale are visiting friends and relatives here a few days.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Munshaw and family of Lincoln, Neb., is visiting friends and relatives here.
Mr. and Mrs. H.P. McGraw of Algonquin spent Sunday visiting friends and relatives here.
Mr. and Mrs. B.F Burton were Chicago passengers Monday, where they will visit a few days.
Prayer meeting at the M.E. church Saturday evening at 7 o’clock. Teachers’ meeting at 8 o’clock.
Miss Maude and Mabel Osgood and Miss Brown of New York were Chicago passengers Saturday.
Miss Lizzie Hoeft returned home Monday, after a short visit with relatives and friends in Chicago.
Tony Duda, who lived in Thomas Allen’s rooms over the restaurant, has moved to the Hitchcok place.
Misses Emma and Lottie Wascher were Chicago passengers Monday, where they will visit a few days.
Mrs. Ida Phillips was an Elgin passenger Friday. From there she went to Woodale to visit her daughter.
Peter Tracta and family, who occupied the Thomas Allen house on the farm, have moved to the Dunn house.
N.B. Kern, Wm. Devoary, jr., J.C. Lamke, Frank Soboboda and E. Surfleet are serving on the petit jury this week.
Harry Newbold drove to Elgin Saturday after his brother Charles, who spent Sunday visiting friends and relatives there.
A.H. Arps was taken sick Tuesday morning and Geo. Hausen, sr., is filling his position as flagman at Main street crossing.
Wm. Washer filled his ice house last Thursday. Saturday he placed his new 75-horse power engine and boiler in his grist mill.
Mrs. S. Coss and son Dell left for Atchinson, Kan., Friday, where they will visit with their daughter, Mr. and Mrs. S. Whitely.
Communion services will be held in the M.E. church by Rev. Dobel of Nunda at 11 o’clock Sunday morning. Rev. Graser will fill the pulpit at Nunda on that day.
Ladies Aid society hold their next meeting at the home of Mrs. R. Moon January 23. All come with needles and thread.
The supper given by the R.N.A. to the M.W.A. at the installation of officers Thursday evening was an entire success and all members report of having a good time.
Gus Generoux, while chopping wood at his home Saturday, accidentally caught his ax under a clothes-line and cut his forehead. A piece of court plaster dressed the wound.
The following officers were elected in the Cary M.E. Sunday school Jan. 12: Supt., Frank Griffith; asst. Supt., Mrs. E.J. King; treasurer, Emma Wascher; librarian, Nettie Tomisky; secretary, Nellie Tomisky.
Wm. Wascher has one of the old German cuckoo clocks, that is wound up by weights. This clock is the most beautiful piece of art that has ever been seen here. It was sent to Mr. and Wm. Wascher from Germany last week. It is not like our clocks now-a-days; in place of striking it has a door which opens and a small bird is seen, which gives it sweet notes of cuckoo. On one side of it is carved a rabbit, opposite side a jack snipe, at the top a reindeer head and around the face is a horn, which they use in Germany for calling their hounds. Below the face is the powder flask and shot sack.
Wauconda
A.E. Kirwan was a Waukegan visitor Wednesday.
Louis Hook of Rollins was a pleasant caller in our village Saturday.
E.L. Harrison of Chicago is spending a week’s vacation at his home in our village.
John Welsh, who has been reported on the sick list for the past week, is convalescent.
Miss Mamie Maiman of Des Plaines is spending the week at the home of Mr. and Mrs. H. Maiman.
Otta Waelti and Arthur Graham were Langenheim and Cary visitors Friday, introducing the 20th century ointment.
G.C. Roberts, who is conducting a pharmacy at Barrington in connection with the establishment in our village, spent Sunday with his wife and family here.
J.M. Fuller and family moved into the old Johnson house the first of the week. The rooms they vacated in the Mrs. C.L. Pratt residence will be occupied by Mrs. Hewitt Neville of Grayslake.
Installation of officers was held by the Royal Neighbors Tuesday afternoon. A bountious supper followed and a most pleasant time is reported by all. The Woodmen held their installation Tuesday evening.
Dar. Granger, now a soldier in the regular army, and who has been stationed at the Columbus O., barracks, is home on a fifteen-day furlough, after which he will go to the Phillipine Islands, via San Francisco.
E.J. Monaghan returned home on Monday evening, after serving three years in the regular army, spending about two years of his time in the Phillipine Islands. We are glad to welcome him back to our village again and hope to have him remain with us. He reports his time well spent but will not continue military life, and after spending a few months at home, will again seek employment in the city.
The races on the lake Saturday were quite exciting. The running race in which there were three horses entered, was won very easily by Jessie R, ridden by Harry Geary, who took two straight heats. White Stocking, the winner a week ago, coming in last. The trotting race was quite hotly contestly, four horses being entered. There was some misunderstanding in starting the horses in the first two heats, the first time all starting off at random and was called no heat. The second heat was handily won by H.D. Fisher, but the third and fourth were captured by Grey Eagle, owned and driven by Arthur Kirwan.
A big time marked the installation of officers by Mizpah lodge, No. 142, Mystic Workers of the World, at the M.W.A. hall Wednesday evening of last week. There were about seventy-five present, including eight members from Long Grove lodge, twelve members from Barrington lodge and two from Ivanhoe lodge. F.L. Carr acted as installing officer and Lewis Hubard as supreme conductor and all went off very smoothly. After the installation a short program was announced, consisting of vocal and instrumental music, recitations and readings. After the program Worthy Perfect L.C. Price called upon the representatives from the visiting lodges for remarks and each heartily responded. Worthy Perfect Holtje of Long Grove responded by giving a little account of the general prosperity of their lodge, which numbers seventy-two members and commended Wauconda on the large attendances. Secretary Orville Smith, of Ivanhoe lodge, next spoke, giving a little account of the growth of the order at Ivanhoe, which now numbers 112, also commenting upon the large attendance, stating that they had but twenty at their installation. Mr. Perry of Barrington concluded the remarks, stating that he had always heard that Wauconda was off the track, being without a railroad, but he thought they were on the right track in the Mystic work. He hoped that some day Barrington would be able to boast a membership as large as Wauconda’s viz, 122 members. This was followed by an elaborate oyster supper, in which all seemed prepared to indulge. After the wants of the inner man were satisfied all returned to the hall, where an hour was pleasantly spent in dancing, after which all departed, declaring it one of the most pleasant events of the season.
Lake Zurich
Chas. Olson is in the employ of Wm. Lorenz.
Charles Seip of Palatine was in town Thursday.
E.A. Ficke made a trip to Chicago Wednesday.
Wm. Buesching made a trip to Barrington Monday.
Gustav Fieddeler was a Barrington visitor Thursday.
Frank Roney of Wauconda shipped two cars of stock Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. Schwerman of Gilmer were visitors here Thursday.
The Bruce Iee company will have three houses filled in a few days.
Mr. and Mrs. Lyons of Libertyville are visiting with Mr. and Mrs. H. Seip for a few days.
The Consumers’ Ice Co. have their house filled with the finest ice they ever put up. Some of the men intend to go to Como lake, where the company have another house to fill.
Miss Julia Packard died at her home here Monday afternoon, after a long and serious illness. She was born on May 1, 1845, at Essex, Vermont, and was 55 years, 8 months, and 13 days old. The funeral services were held Thursday morning at St. Peter’s church and the remains were laid to rest in the Fairfield cemetery.
Sophia Branding, aged 70 years, an early settler in Lake County, died at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. Wm. Bierman, at Gilmer, Thursday, January 16. The cause of death was asthma, with which Mrs. Branding had been an invalid for a number of years. The funeral will be held from the home of Mrs. Bierman Sunday at 1 o’clock and at the Fairfield church at 1:30 o’clock, interment in Fairfield cemetery. Surviving are three children, Henry and Ernst Branding of Lake Zurich and Mrs. Sophia Bierman of Gilmer.
Langenheim
Mrs. Peter Beck made a trip Wednesday to Chicago.
Mrs. Peckham visited friends at Barrington Wednesday.
James and William McGraw made a trip to Algonquin Tuesday.
Fred Abbott went to Fox Lake last Monday to work on the ice.
George and Frank Kelsey made a trip to Chicago Wednesday.
James Connelly made a visit to Barrington Thursday on business.
Fred Sommerfeld and family will leave for Ocean Springs Tuesday.
George Kelsey and daughter Mildred made a trip to Dundee Thursday.
Mrs. O. Zimmerman is spending a few weeks with her mother at Algonquin, who is very ill.
Miss Elsie Klien was surprised by a number of her young friends at her home Friday evening. All report a good time and wish Elsie many returns of the happy event.
Carpentersville
Mrs. S. Seebert of Barrington visited here Thursday.
Martin Fisher has been on jury at Geneva the past week. Wm. Wilver succeeds A.L. Warner at the bolt works as superintendent.
Mrs. Frances Hendrickson installed the Court of Honor officers Wednesday evening of last week.
There is a young daughter at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Oleson, in the S. Dahlborn residence.
Charles Milhuff, who is in Mexico for his health, is much improved and gaining his flesh and strength.
Mrs. H.G. Sawyer entertained several ladies at tea Saturday, in honor of Mrs. George Dempster of Chicago.
Robert Shufeldt and wife of Algonquin were here to attend a surprise given J. Tolostad, the occasion being his 27th birthday.
Mrs. Wykoff invited the ladies of the Guild to the pastorage Friday afternoon to meet Mrs. A.L. Warner, president of the society. Mrs. Warner leaves February 1 for Moline, Ill., where Mr. Warner has a position.