August 11, 1900
WAUCONDA.
Dance at the Oakland this evening.
Mr. Schroeder of Barrington was in town Saturday.
Chauncey Pepson of McHenry spent Sunday here with relatives.
Will Dillon of Chicago called on friends here Saturday evening.
Miss Orfa Darrell is spending the week with relatives at Grass Lake.
Mrs. Geo. Myers and daughters were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Hapke Sunday.
Misses Bertha and Eva Curtis of McHenry are guests of Mr. and Mrs. L. Powers.
Frank Harrison of Chicago spent the first of the week with his mother and sister here.
Mrs. G.F. Powers nand Miss Eva Foster of Elgin are guests of Mr. and Mrs. M.L. Powers.
Mr. and Mrs. Scoby and daughter of Chicago are spending the summer at the Powers cottage.
Miss Charlesworth of Chicago was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. M. Hughes the first of the week.
Homer Sensor returned home Saturday, after a week’s visit with his brother James at Algonquin.
Mrs. Catherine Wicke of Fairfax, Ia., was a guest of Mr. and Mrs. H. Maiman the first of the week.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Blackburn of Belvidere are spending the week with Mr. and Mrs. Warren Powers.
J.F. Grosvenor and friend, Harold Morris, of Chicago visited with M.J. Grosvenor and daughter Sunday.
Mrs. Henry and daughter Alice returned to Chicago Monday, after a week’s visit with Mrs. Woodhouse.
Will McGurren returned to Chicago Sunday, after a two week’s visit with friends and relatives in this vicinity.
Misses Edith and Georgia Robinson and Maude and Nettie Jones of Chicago are the guests of Miss Ruth Smith.
Mr. and Mrs. Adam Zimmer and two children of Hampshire, Ill,, are spending a week in camp on Cook street.
Fifteen members of our local camp visited the Grayslake camp of Royal Neighbors Thursday. They had a splendid time.
C.F. Hall Co. offer this week 1,500 ladies’ dress skirts for 25, 35 and 49c. A jobber’s stock of skirts in the lot, worth up to $1.
Miss Jennie Green left for Valparaiso Tuesday morning to attend the annual reunion of the students of Northern Indiana Normal school.
The Wauconda Gym and Social cub is rapidly pushing forward as one of our important organizations. Its roll of members numbers eighteen and the officers are as follows: President, Jennie Brooks; vice-president, Lida Ford, Secretary and treasurer, Ethel Duers; guard, Catherine Freund; conductor, Ruth Smith; organist, Lilah Golding. They hold regular weekly meetings and the work will be very beneficial. Let us encourage the good move by the young ladies.
A meeting was held by the citizens Thursday evening, which resulted in the organization of the Wauconda Improvement association and the establishing of a market day for our village. The following officers were elected: President, A. Cook; vice-president, H.C. Schendorf; secretary, E.W. Brooks treasurer, G.C. Roberts; executive committee, H.C. Schendorf, John Golding and K.V. Werden. The meeting was very enthusiastically conducted and several stirring speeches were made. Market day will be held on the first Wednesday of each month. Watch for the bills for general announcement.
BOARD MEETING. The board of trustees met in regular session Monday evening, all members being present. The following bills were read:
Price Bros., mdse and sprinkling street $31.45
John Putnman, lumber
5.16
Globe Light and Heat Co., chimneys
4.50
J.W. Cooke, special police
2.50
J.M. Fuller, special police
2.00
N.A. Burnham, legal service
2.00
K.V. Werden, supplies
1.00
Fuller & Wentworth, supplies and collecting water tax
2.25
Wm. Baseley, work on engine
2.00
L. Dixon, work on engine
2.00
Moved and seconded that bills be allowed and orders drawn on treasurer to pay same, with the exception of bills of Wm. Baseley and L. Dixon. Motion carried. An application was presented by J. Forbes to keep a billiard and pool hall. Moved by Brooks seconded by Cooke tat a committee be appointed to draft an ordinance governing and licensing the running of a billiard and pool room in the village or Wauconda, said committee to report it at next meeting. Motion carried. The president then appointed Trustee Brooks, H. Fuller and J. Fuller. It was moved and carried that the license for running billiard and pool tables be set at $10 per year for each table. Moved and carried that a commission of 5 per cent be allowed for collecting water tax. Moved and carried to adjourn.
CARY WHISPERINGS.
Miss Mame Dunn spent Thursday in Chicago.
Miss Maude Osgood spent Tuesday in Nunda.
George Hansen was in Chicago on Saturday.
Mrs. Hubert spent Sunday in Nunda with friends.
Mr. and Mrs. E.J. King spent Sunday in Chicago.
Mrs. Wire of Ringwood is visiting her son, J. Wire.
Laura Richelson of Chicago is visiting at E.J. King’s.
There will be a picnic at Fox River grove Saturday and Sunday.
Clarence McNett of Chicago spent Sunday with Chicago friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul McNett of Woodstock were visiting here Sunday.
Misses Louisa and Annie McGraw of Elgin spent Sunday at J. Dunn’s.
Miss Genevieve Burton of Elgin is visiting friends and relatives here this week.
Mr. and Mrs. Lozy of Homewood spent the first part of the week at G. Hanson’s.
Miss Mabel Osgood, who has been visiting in Elgin, returned home on Wednesday.
This week at C.F. Hall Co., calico 2 ½ and 3c per yard, best ginghams 5 ½ and calico by pound 12c.
Mr. and Mrs. West, Mr. and Mrs. Catlow and Mr. Weaver are attending the camp meeting at Belvidere.
Miss Ethel Kitson of Barrington, who has been visiting friends and relatives here, returned to her home last Saturday.
These so-called dull days are made lively at C.F Hall Co. on account of cut prices, cash prices and big lot purchases make low prices possible.