June 22, 1901
WAUCONDA.
Miss Mabel Mullen was a Chicago visitor Monday.
A.E. Kirwin was a Lake Zurich visitor Wednesday.
Messrs. Potter and Lamb of Chicago are the guests of C.W. Sowles.
John Blanck, who was seriously ill the first of the week, is now convalescent.
Messrs. Green and Joie of Chicago spent Sunday with the former’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Green.
Miss Grace Gracoff returned to her home in Chicago Wednesday, after a few days visit with Miss Jennie Green.
Mrs. Farnsworth and child of Mexico, accompanied by a nurse, are spending a few days with Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Hubbard.
Mesdames C.A. and George Hapke and families went to Waukegan Wednesday to spend a few days with relatives and friends.
Saturday afternoon the Wauconda Juniors and the Barringtons crossed bats at Bangs’ ball park. The game started out well, but soon the Juniors landed on the opposing twirler’s curves and when the game was finished it was found that they had scored 37 runs, while the opposition, who could do nothing with Capt. Griswold’s men, had registered but three times. The features of the game were the pitching of Griswold and the fielding of Sensor, who was watching the Junior's left garden. The Barrington battery was Wolf, Sodt and Wooding; Wauconda, Griswold and Potter.
The Illinois Concert and Comedy Co., which has been giving nightly exhibitions in our village, and incidentally selling medicine, gave the final exhibition Saturday evening. A contest had been started in the early part of the week for the most popular lady in town to whom a fine diamond ring would be presented. There were five candidates in the field, Misses Ruth Neville, Ruth Smith, Lilah Golding, Jennie Brooks and Mary Freund. After the votes were counted it was announced that Miss Freund was the winner, received 1,122 votes. Miss Golding, with 927 votes, was a close second, and was given the promise of a ring. A package of medicine had to be purchased to vote, and Wauconda now has enough medicine on hand to cure all ailments during the century.
The event of the season was a lean party at the home of C.W. Sowles on Monday evening. About twenty guests were present when all had arrived and four hammocks, two settees and a lawn furnished ample room for all, although the hammocks were at a premium all evening. This, of course, necessitated a sham battle every fifteen minutes and sometimes oftener until 11 o’clock, when all were requested to enter the house and partake of refreshments, which consisted of ice cream, cake and lemonade. This following by a few selections of instrumental and vocal music, after which all again repaired to the lawn and a flash-light picture of the group was taken, Dr. Sowles performing the operation. When all departed it was past the midnight hour, and thanking their host for such a pleasant evening bade him good night and many returns of the enjoyable event.
CARPENTERSVILLE.
Irving Miller of Elgin visited his brother here Monday.
Mrs. Belle Ross of Ohio was at Mrs. Letitus Clark’s this week.
Mrs. Maggie Matthews and daughter, MIss Ella, were visitors here.
Mrs. Dora Shufeldt of Algonquin visited Mrs. J. Tolstad this week.
Mrs. Wm. Carter and son Walter of Algonquin were visitors Tuesday.
Miss Grace Miller has returned from Wisconsin, where she has been attending school.
Wm. Oatman of Dundee and Miss Alicia Whittaker were married here Thursday evening at the home of the bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. T.L. Whittaker, Rev. H.M. Herrick of Dundee officiating.
BARRINGTON.
Mr. and Mrs. Rambo visited friends in Elgin, Sunday.
Mrs. Frank Robertson and daughter visited in Chicago Saturday.
A.E. Abbs of Chicago was the guest of Mrs. Wm. Collien, Wednesday.
Phillip Knopf, clerk of Cook county, was among friends here Saturday.
Miss Ella Farrar of Chicago was the guest of her grandparents this week.
Miss Laura Olcott is visiting at the home of her brother Harry in Chicago.
H.B. Burritt visited with his daughter, Mrs. E.O. Joslyn, at Marengo this week.
D.H. Crouse and wife of Chicago visited with B.H. Sodt and wife this week.
H.B. Burritt and daughter, Mrs. Flora Lines, visited in Wauconda Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank O. Willmarth and son of Chicago, spent Sunday in our village.
Clarence Wheeler of Chicago spent Saturday and Sunday with friends in this village.
Mrs. Dr. DeWitt of Hampshire was the guest of her sister, Mrs. F.E. Smith, this week.
A.J. Redmond and family of Oak Park were guests at the home of A. L. Robertson, Sunday.
Otto Sodt has been promoted to the position of conductor of a through freight on the Northwestern system.
Mrs. Vincent Davlin of Wauconda and Mrs. Norton Brown of Harvard, visited their parents, Mr. and Mrs. C.H. Hutchinson, Tuesday.
Harry Askew, who has been on the sick list for a week past, was able to be out Thursday, but Friday he suffered a relapse and was obliged to again summon medical aid.