October 10, 1902
WAUCONDA.
A.E. Kirwin was a Chicago visitor last Friday.
F.L. Carr transacted business in Chicago Monday.
Lester Burdick was a Long Grove visitor Wednesday.
M.S. Ford is serving on jury this week at Waukegan.
James Murray transacted business at Libertyville Thursday.
Chas. Davis of Greenwood was a pleasant caller in our village last Saturday.
Miss Nina Pratt left for Chicago Saturday, where she has secured employment.
L.C. Price left for Washington on Sunday to attend the national G.A.R. encampment.
Mr. Whitman of Chicago, of the firm Kimberly & Whitman of our village, is spending the week here.
Nile Wynkoop has sold his house in our village to M.S. Hill and expects to return to Woodstock again in the spring.
Will Shaw and sister, Mrs. J.W. Gilbert, came over from Union Sunday and spent the day with relatives and friends in our village.
L.C. Price, A.L. Price, E.R. Sensor and George Darrell attended the funeral of Mrs. George Harden at Rockefeller last Saturday, acting as pall bearers.
Mr. and Mrs. Thad Seymour and family held a house-warming party at their new house last Wednesday evening, The Lakeside orchestra furnished music for the occasion and a very pleasant time is reported.
The Wauconda Mining Co. in which several of our leading business men are interested, is reported as progressing nicely. Very favorable reports are received from their men in South Dakota and development is well under way.
The King’s Daughters Peach social held at the M.W.A. hall last Friday evening was attended by a nice sociable assemblage. A short, interesting program was rendered, consisting of readings, vocal selections and short talks by Revs. Lapham and Mayhew. Although the attendance was not as large as had been expected, all present seemed to enjoy themselves highly.
George Simpson, who has resided on the Harrison farm about two miles east of our village, died at his home Monday morning of typhoid malaria. He had been sick for some time and was apparently on the road to recovery when suddenly the reverse came. He leaves a wife and four children to mourn his loss, who will now have to tread the paths of life alone. The deceased held a $2,000 certificate in the Modern Woodmen, which will be a very needed help. The funeral was held from the M.E. church Wednesday at 10:30 a.m., Rev. Lapham officiating, after which the remains were interred in the Wauconda cemetery, the Woodmen of Wauconda camp conducting the services at the grave. The Woodmen have been organized in our village for fifteen years and this is the first death in their camp.
LAKE ZURICH.
E.S. Bruce was a Chicago visitor Tuesday.
Louis Ficke of Gilmer spent Sunday with his mother.
Miss Anna Meyer visited friends in Chicago Wednesday.
Gustav Fieddeler was a Barrington visitor Wednesday.
Arthur Fisher of Wauconda was a pleasant caller here last week.
Mr. and Mrs. J.H. Forbes visited relatives at Crystal Lake Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. T.W. Dailey of River Bend were Zurich callers Wednesday.
Wm. Bicknase and Henry Branding transacted business in Waukegan Monday.
George Foreman and Ed Fearing of Barrington were pleasant callers here Tuesday.
Frank Carr of Wauconda and Simon Stoffel of McHenry were in Zurich Friday of last week looking up insurance matters.
Henry Seip, Herman Helfer and H. Lohman were visitors at the county seat Tuesday.
Kirk Werden of Wauconda was a pleasant caller in our village the fore part of the week.
Wm. Hogan, of the Consumers Ice Co., visited with his family in Chicago over Sunday.
Frank Roney’s cattle sale Saturday was fairly well attended considering the weather. About 60 head of cattle were disposed of. Seip & Kimberly were the auctioneers.
The section hands employed on the Zurich section of the E.J. & E. R’y. went on strike Tuesday afternoon because they were given orders to shovel coal in the coal shutes.
Mrs. Emil Ficke left Tuesday on an extended trip through the south-west. She will visit friends in California and Colorado and will spend the winter with her parents at El Paso, Texas.
The ball game that was to come off Sunday between Americans and Elgin Giffords was postponed for the third time on account of rain. It will be impossible to get the Giffords for a game this season, as they have all Sunday dates filled. Next Sunday the much talked of game will come off, married men vs. single men, for $10 a side. It is hoped that every married man in this vicinity will turn out and help his brethren win the game, no matter whether he understands the rules of the game or not, just so he has a good pair of lungs. Refreshments will be served on third base.
CARPENTERSVILLE.
Irving Miller transacted business at Nunda Saturday.
Our school teachers spent Monday visiting other schools.
J. Mitchel and family will remove to Wisconsin November 1.
Mrs. Chas. Miller is spending several days at Barrington Center.
James Mitchell and family entertained company from Wisconsin this week.
Mrs. Andrew Oleson and children of Geneva were visitors the first of the week.
Swain Dahlborn severely injured a foot last week by letting plank fall on it.
Mrs. Bessie Kellogg and daughter, Miss Nora, visited at H.G. Sawyer’s lately.
Rev. W.H. Fuller, pastor of the Baptist church, Dundee, was a caller Thursday.
Five of our school teachers reside in Carpentersville. There are seven teachers in the school now.
There was a rally at the Baptist prayer meeting Thursday night. The room was full.