March 23, 1901
LAKE ZURICH.
Hot time caucus day.
Fred Fieddeler is on the sick list.
Otto Ficke is visiting friends in Chicago.
John Dickson is employed at the creamery.
Wm. Prehm is renovating the firemen’s hall.
John Hodge of Rockefeller was in town Sunday.
Belle Dickson visited friends Saturday in Barrington.
Fred Hoeft, John Scholz and Chas. Newburg enjoyed a week’s hunting on Fox river.
Mrs. Grace Pagels has returned to Chicago after a week’s visit at the Zurich house.
E.A. Ficke has had the stone hauled for his new barn to be erected on the lake shore.
Mr. and Mrs. August Dettmann and daughter Emma transacted business in Dundee Monday.
Mr. Hughes, of the Consumers Ice company, is here this week putting up the ice-loading machinery.
The following is the ballot to be voted at the township election to be held on Tuesday, April 2nd: Union ticket, for town clerk, H.L. Prehm; for assessor, Peter W. Meyer; for collector, Louis Schultz; for commissioner of highways, H.C. S. Meyer; for justices of the peace, C.W. Kohl and D. Huntington; for constables, F. Huntington and E. Branding; for Canada thistle commissioner, Ernst Potts, sr.; for school trustee, Henry Seip. The People’s ticket is: C.Kruckenberg; for commissioner of highways, Herman Heifer; for justices of the peace, D. Huntington and W.F. Hall; for constables, Wm. Spunner and Fred Lemke. The assessor; thistle commissioner and school trustee are endorsed from the Union ticket.
WAUCONDA.
Are you a Buffalo?
Harry Fuller was a Chicago visitor Tuesday.
Born. to Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Broughton on Monday, a daughter.
L.H. Bennett of Barrington was a visitor in our village Saturday.
Messrs. Carr, Waelti and Maiman transacted business in Chicago Friday of last week.
Mrs. James Murray, accompanied by Martin Murray, spent the first of the week with relatives in Chicago.
Miss Nina Pratt returned to Chicago Friday, after a two weeks’ visit with friends and relatives in our village.
Miss Laura Harrison returned to Chicago Tuesday, after a week’s visit with friends and relatives in our village.
Constable C.E. Jenks returned home Saturday of last week. He has been attending court at Waukegan for the past two weeks.
Mr. and Mrs. Rollin Hughes and family returned to their home in Montana Saturday, after a month’s visit friends and relatives in Wauconda and vicinity.
We are informed that the firm of Roney & Carr, stock buyers, has been dissolved, Frank L. Carr retiring and F. Roney continuing to do business under his own name.
Norman Granger, who enlisted in the 37th U.S. Vol. Infantry in August, 1899, returned to our village Monday, having served his time and received an honorable discharge. We are glad to welcome Norman back to our village and hope to listen to some of his thrilling advenrturs, of which he, no doubt, has many to relate.
A lively time was experiences at the caucus last Saturday, Many candidates were in the field for office, especially for collector. The ticket as nominated is as follows: Town clerk, E.A. Golding; assessor, A. Cook; collector, G.W. Pratt, sr; commissioner of highways, George Huson; Justices of the peace, Will M. Huson, E.W. Brooks; constables, Jake Wirtz, J.C. Griswold. The town committee selected for the ensuing year is as follows: E.W. Brook, H. Davis and Peter Stadfield.
BARRINGTON.
Charles Beinhoff and wife returned to Chicago Tuesday.
Leroy Powers was transacting business in Chicago Thursday.
Charles Heimerdinger of Vulcan, Michigan, visited here Tuesday.
Miss Ruth Deuel of Bloomington, Ill., was here on business this week.
Charles Fletcher of Chicago visited with his mother and sister a few days this week.
Miss Margaret Lamey, who fell and injured her left hip quite badly, is recovering slowly.
Mrs. George Comstock and daughter Myrtle visited at Park Ridge a few days the past week.
F.B. Scott and wife of Chicago were visiting friends and relatives here the first of the week.
Charles Haudenschild, the singing evangelist, of Chicago, was among friends here this week.
Rev. Strickfaden and L.F. Schroeder are attending the Evangelical conference at Aurora this week.
Mrs. William Donlea has been seriously ill for some days past. Yesterday her condition was improved.
Misses Signa and Mary Anderson of Elgin were guests at the home of A.D. Church Saturday and Sunday.
James Sixer who has been ill for several months is somewhat better and his friends have hopes of his partial recovery.
Henry Meyer came out from his city home Saturday to attend the Social club smoker and initiate a few Buffaloes. He remained over Sunday as the guest of Will Cannon.
Dr. and C.H. Kendall will celebrate their 22nd wedding anniversary by giving a party to their friends at Stott’s hall Wednesday evening next, March 27. No individual invitations will be issued but a general invitation extended to all their friends.
Harry Fricke, who has served as deputy collector of the town of Cuba, has finished his work and accepted a position with the Waukesha Butter company to operate their creamery at Otter Lake, Mich. harry is an A.D. gentleman and worthy any good fiturn that may come his way.