June 29, 1901
WAUCONDA.
H. Maiman transacted business in Chicago.
M.W. Hughes was a Chicago visitor Wednesday.
George Hapke visited relatives at Waukegan Sunday.
Frank Wynkoop of Chicago was a pleasant caller here Monday.
Don’t forget the ball game at Bang’s Park today. Grayslake vs. Wauconda Juniors.
Mr. and Mrs. Andrews of Woodstock visited with Mr. and Mrs. R.P. Andrews Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Haben and Mr. and Mrs. Schubert of Chicago were callers here Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. P.J. Maiman and son Edward of Waukegan were guests of their parents here Sunday.
Hon. Judge Gilmore of Woodstock will deliver the address at Barrington July 4th. Don’t fail to attend.
Mrs. Monroe, who has been a guest of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Davlin, returned to her home in Chicago Tuesday.
Mrs. Geo. Scheuneman and sons, Alo and Raymond, of Waukegan visited relatives here Friday and Saturday.
The Wauconda Juniors met and defeated the Grayslake team at Grayslake Saturday afternoon by a score of 13 to 9.
Will Baseley, Parry Powers and Misses Lilag Golding and Jennie Brooks were McHenry visitors, Saturday evening.
Miss Jennie Green left for Valparaiso, Ind., Friday, where she will attend the Northern Indiana Normal school during the summer months.
FOR SALE - the Rethmeier farm of 80 acres in Barrington and 5 acres of timber in town of Hanover. Half cash balance on time. M.C. McIntosh.
Died, at her home in our village on Tuesday evening after a long and painful journey homeward, Mrs. M.S. Ford. She was born in Ela township August 20, 1847, and was the eldest daughter of Luther and Jane Turner, deceased. On October 14, 1868, she was united in marriage to M.S. Ford, and two sons and one daughter were born to them, Harry Ambrose, Elmer and Lida. Mrs. Ford was a woman of cheerful disposition, a good neighbor, a loving mother and dutiful wife. She will be missed by a host of friends as well as by her daily, by which she was dearly loved. Mrs. Ford had been a sufferer from cancer for about a year and had been near death’s door a number of times the past few weeks and the end came suddenly on Tuesday. The funeral was held in the Baptist church Thursday, Rev. D.C. Dutton officiating, after which the remains were interred in the Wauconda cemetery.
CARPENTERSVILLE.
Mrs. Will Swartz is working in the watch factory.
The Y.P.S.C.E. held a business meeting Monday evening.
H.G. Sawyer and family are nicely settled in their new home.
Forest Roberts has returned from an extended visit in the east.
Mrs. James Congdon and daughter, Miss Alta, are visiting in Canada.
Miss Grace Baker is the guest of friends in Michigan during vacation.
The Free Methodist camp meeting is in session in Grotes grove at Elgin.
Mrs. Duncan Livingston received a telegram announcing the death of her mother in Canada.
Wm. Congdon, brother of Mrs. D. Livingston, is in Canada attending the funeral of his mother.
Mrs. Sarah Hubbard and daughter Miss Mattie of Shell Rock, Ia., are guests of the WIlburn families.
FOR SALE - Fine large house and desirable lot in Evanston. M.C. McIntosh, 420 Ashland Block, Chicago.
QUENTIN’S CORNERS.
Albert Seip of Chicago made a call here Sunday.
Our school closed for the summer term Tuesday.
Jacob Sturn, sr., has erected a new steel tower and windmill.
Mrs. Minnie Sturm is visiting relatives here. She has sold her home in Alabama and now resides in Chicago.
Frank and George Meyer of Fremont visited here Sunday.
Karl Schultz and wife called on Aug. Kuhlman at Grassy Lake Sunday.
The apple crop around here is a fizzle this season. Corn and grain is in fair condition.
Fishing parties, summer boarders and cyclists are becoming numerous. The hobo is also in evidence.
FOR SALE - Farm of 118 acres two miles from Barrington. Good buildings. Cheap for cash or on time. M.C. McIntosh.
Wm. Wehrenberg of Palatine will move to Oklahoma soon, where he will take charge of the farm his father recently purchased.
The road commissioners have decided to gravel from the Corners to the Cook county line this summer on the road leading south.
Fred Faletti returned Friday from his Western trip. He was in Minnesota looking up a new location, but came to the conclusion that Illinois is good enough for him.
The telephone company sent men here this week to repair the main line. The company has reduced the rates between Palatine, Barrington, Lake Zurich, Quentin’s Corners and Arlington Heights to a 10 cent rate. This is a good move.
BARRINGTON.
Miss Julia Lamey visited with relatives in Chicago this week.
Mrs. Harding of Chicago visited Mrs. Flora Lines, Thursday.
Mrs. William Dawson and daughter of Chicago visited here Saturday.
William WIlmer made a pleasant trip to northern points this week.
Charles Fletcher of Chicago visited with his mother and sister Sunday.
Miss Senn is entertaining her cousin, Miss Harriet Howard of Nellsville, Wis.
Miss Ada Butterfield of Belvidere is the guest of Miss Leila Lines this week.
Mr. and Mrs. Benedict are entertaining Miss Lang, a niece, from Wisconsin.
Charles Downing came out from Chicago Saturday and visited with his friends.
Miss Grace Lowell of Wisconsin was the guest of Mrs. E.M. Fletcher last Tuesday.
Mrs. Fred Heimerdinger of Chicago, was the guest of Mrs. Wm. Dawson, Saturday.
A pretty little boy arrived at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Schwemm last Sunday.
Miss Margaret Lamey departed this morning for a visit with friends at Vulcan, Michigan.
Miss Nellie Donlea has been in attendance at the teachers’ institute at Waukegan this week.
Mrs. U.W. Iverson of Milwaukee has been visiting her mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Fletcher, the past week.
Mr. and Mrs. E. Hachmeister attended the graduation of their niece, Miss Freda Hachmeister, at Chicago last Friday.
L. Elvidge had the misfortune to fall from a barn on which he was work, last Friday, and dislocated his shoulder. He is improving slowly.
Village Marshal Donlea has disfigured himself by allowing the tonsorial artist to remove his luxuriant upper lip ornament, and he does look like Mr. Dooley, who made Barnum’s greatest show on earth famous, as a facial artist in the sawdust arena.