September 4, 1903
PALATINE.
School Monday.
The village board meets next Monday night.
For sale - A good organ for $20. Inquire of C. Weinecke, Palatine, Ill.
Many from here have been in attendance at the Libertyville Fair this week.
Johnny Seip fell and dislocated the elbow of his right arm the first of the week.
John Bryant went to Dundee Tuesday to attend the reunion of his regiment.
Miss Grace Gayer, of Irving Park, has been a guest of Miss Bessie Pinney, this week.
The school board met Tuesday night and finished preliminary work to the opening of the school.
Mr. Leurssen is building a house on the lot which was recently occupied by his implement shop.
The parochial school of the German Lutheran church opened last Monday with a good attendance.
The annual harvest supper under the auspices of the Ladies’ Aid society will be held on October 2.
The “wheel social” will be held at the home of Dr. and Mrs. E.W. Wood next Friday evening.
Bert Pierce went to Milwaukee Thursday and is spending his two weeks’ vacation about here.
Miss Emma Kuebler returned from Chicago the first of the week, where she enjoyed a visit with relatives.
Elsie and Cassie Gainer returned from Chicago the first of the week where they visited for several days.
Several new cases of anthrax are reported in the country. We understand Mr. Rasher has lost some cows.
Henry Knigge expects to lay a concrete walk in front of his property on Slade street, just east of the brick block.
Charlie Julian will return to Indianapolis next week, where he will continue his studies in the high school at that place.
Bert Pierce, of Cincinnati, Ohio, visited his mother and grandmother in this place from Tuesday to Wednesday of this week.
Mr. and Mrs. James E. Morris started for Denver, Colo., Tuesday morning, where they will enjoy a visit with their son, who resides near there.
A number of the members of the Ladies’ Foreign Missionary society of this place attended the meeting of the society at Arlington Heights last Tuesday and were niely entertained while there.
The Relief Corps are completing arrangements for entertaining the 113th Regiment which holds it annual reunion here the 16th and 17th of this month. The program will be published next week.
Henry Harmening sold his fast trotting horse Angeloa for $3500 last week. He purchased the horse for a little over a thousand dollars a few weeks ago by the advice of Charlie Dean, who also sold the horse for him.
Will Schering had an exciting time with his horse for a few minutes Tuesday morning. He started to drive out of town when his horse became frightened and in attempting to pull him up one of the lines broke. Will kept the horse going in a circle until it tipped the buggy over with the driver nearly caught underneath. Will grabbed the bridle and soon had things righted with no serious damage done to either horse, carriage or driver.
WAUCONDA.
J. Welsh, of Waukegan, was a Saturday caller.
H. Maiman transacted business in the city Tuesday.
G.C. ROberts transacted business in the city last Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. George Jepson were Chicago visitors Tuesday.
Mrs. F. N. Lapham is spending the week with friends at Elgin.
Henry Griswold was a Waukegan caller the first of the week.
Herbert Filbert, of Palatine, is spending the week in our village.
Messrs. Frank Roney and Lew Geary transacted business in the city Monday.
Mrs. Hill and Ella are the guests of Mrs. George Glynch and family at present writing.
Mr. and Mrs. F.L. Carr attended the McHenry County Fair at Woodstock last Friday.
Miss Agnes Meyers, of McHenry, visited with Mr. and Mrs. H. Maiman and family Tuesday.
Fifteen teachers from our village and vicinity attended the institute at Waukegan last week.
Walter Avery, of Chicago, is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. J. Sennott and daughters at present writing.
George Leonard, of Lake Geneva, Wis., was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Davlin and family the first of the week.
Will Shaw returned to Stillman Valley, Ill., Monday, after a week’s visit with reltiaves and friends in our village and vicinity.
LAKE ZURICH.
John Hodge, of Rockefeller, was here on business Monday.
Most everybody in this vicinity attended the fair Thursday.
Frank Roney, Louis Geary and William Bicknase made a trip to Chicago Monday.
Frank Carr, of Wauconda, and A.J. Raymond, of Volo, transacted business here Monday.
Miss Hazel Surbeck, of Chicago, is visiting with Mr. and Mrs. Emil Frank this week.
The Americans won the ball game at the fair Thursday from the West Ends, of Waukegan, by a score of 4 to 3.
Mrs. Gustave Feidler was removed to the hospital at Chicago Monday, where she will undergo an operation for appendicitis.
Charles Seip and family, who have been living in one of H. Heifer’s cottages for a couple of weeks, returned to Palatine Tuesday.
The Americans lost their first game of ball this summer to the Waucondas last Sunday, score 12 to 11. The Americans had only half of their regular players and so were defeated.
Last Sunday night burglars entered the saloon of Hy. Branding and carried off about $150 worth of liquors, cigars and tobacco. They evidently intended to strike a fat pocket-book from the way they made their search. The authorities think it is the work of home talent.
CARPENTERSVILLE.
Clark Miller is en route for the Pacific coast.
Henry Baker is suffering from a bad sprained ankle.
Mrs. Maggie Matthews is visiting at Pleasant Valley.
Do not forget the work meeting at Ladies’ parlor Friday.
Miss HAttie Mitchell, of Millard, Wis., has been a visitor.
Miss Ollie returned this week to her home at Arlington Heights.
Jessie Watson’s family left here Monday to join him in Canada.
Will Henry has returned from Chicago, where he spent several weeks.
Mrs. Annie Tyrrell is entertaining her sister, Miss Lillie, from Chicago.
Miss Georgia Terrens, of Elgin, visited at Mrs. Ellen Riley’s Sunday.
Last Sunday ended the vacation of Rev. E.D. Wyckoff. He will preach Sunday.
The Misses Emma and Rose Mitchell have employment at Elgin in the watch factory.
The MIsses Florence and Eda Baker entertained a large company from Elgin the first part of the week.
The I.I. & Bolt Co. give their employees an excursion to Devils Lake, Wis., on LAbor Day, the 7th of September.
Mr. and Mrs. Unwin arrived safely at Sheffield, England. Miss Flossie writes that they are charmed with the country.
BARRINGTON.
Mrs. Frank Plagge visited in Chicago this week.
Harry Graham visited his parents at Wauconda Sunday.
W.H. Snyder, of Mayfair, called on friends here Tuesday.
John Wolf has gone to Chicago to remain two weeks or more.
C.H. McCleary, of Rogers Park, was the guest of C.H. Morrison, Sunday.
Mrs. Ansel Smith and Miss lillian Smith visited Elgin relatives the past week.
L.E. Runyan visited friends at Elgin and St. Charles yesterday and today.
Miss Mary Dermody of Chicago visited with her aunt, Mrs. J. Palmer, Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Harrower, of Chicago, visited with relatives here Sunday.
Mrs. John Slack, of Chicago, was the guest of Miss Margaret Lamey yesterday.
Raymond Elridge, of Chicago, visited with his father Lawson Elvidge, over Sunday.
Miss Clara Frey of Chicago, was a guest at the home of J.C. Plagge Saturday and Sunday.
Mrs. Dr. Coltrin and family of Austin are guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. L.D. Castle.
Miss Florence Jahnke has returned from a pleasant visit with Mrs. John Blaine at Walworth.
Mrs. Henry Kingsley and daughter, Miss Ida, of Dundee, visited at the home of Leroy Powers Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. B.H. Sodt visited at the home of their daughter, Mrs. D. H. Crouse, in Chicago this week.
Miss Ida Danielson, of Chicago, who has been visiting her sister, Mrs. James McKay, returned home Wednesday.
Circuit Clerk L.O. Brockway, of Waukegan, visited at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. M.A. Brockway Sunday.
Mrs. Charles McCleary and MIss Gertrude Hubbard, who were guests at mr. and Mrs. C.H. Morrison, returned home Sunday.
Silas Robertson and I.B. Fox returned home Saturday from a two weeks’ sojourn in Louisiana. They report that country blooming.
Mrs. L. Krahn and daughter, Miss Sadie, departed Tuesday evening for Fall City, Neb., where they will visit relatives for a month or so.
Arnold Schauble has been at Libertyville this week demonstrating the good points of the Barrington Gasoline engines to visitors at the Fair.
Miss Clara Harrison, who has been enjoying the summer vacation in Canada, returned Saturday to resume her duties as teacher in the public schools.
Mrs. James Sizer, Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Powers, Mr. and Mrs. L.T. Elvidge, G.W. Johnson and Charles Senn attended the reunion of the 52nd regiment at Elgin Wednesday.
Miss Ethel Austin, of Ravenswood, has been the guest of friends here for some days, previous to her departure for Boston, Mass., where she will enter a school for young ladies.
Miss Emma Jahnke was installed as assistant in the post office to succeed Miss Krahn, resigned, Monday. Miss Emma’s many friends will be pleased to know of her appointments to the position. She is popular with all and an efficient employee wherever placed.
Miss Sadie Krahn, who has served as assistant to Postmaster Brockway for several years, has resigned her position and will, it is said, after a vacation in the west, assume a clerical position, with a firm in Chicago. Miss Krahn is one of Barrington’s most highly respected young ladies, efficient in any duty assigned to her and deserving of all the prosperity that may come to her.