May 17, 1902
WAUCONDA.
May party at Oakland hall next Friday evening.
F.L. Carr and James Neville were Chicago visitors Tuesday.
J. Miller of McHenry was a business caller in our village Wednesday.
C.P. Pratt and J.E. Pratt of Chicago spent Sunday in our village with the former’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Pratt.
Several of our fishermen succeeded in catching several fine carp the first of the week, several of them weighing nearly 15 pounds.
Miss Emma Welch has been seriously ill with quinsy and sore throat for the past few weeks and was compelled to quit teaching. At the present writing she is on the gain and we hope for her speedy recovery.
C.W. Sowles went to Palatine Friday, where he has assumed charge of Dr. Olcott’s dental parlor. Mr. Sowles is one of our promising young men, having completed his dental course at the Chicago College of Dental Surgery a few weeks ago and we wish him the best of success in his chosen profession.
Clyde Torrance left for Chicago on Wednesday morning, having enlisted in the U.S. navy. From Chicago he left for Newport, R.I., on Thursday morning. He has enlisted for a term of 5 years and the experience will be the best school he could attend. This is the third young man from our village who has enlisted in the navy and we trust that all will serve their time to the credit of themselves and their country and upon their return be able to give us some interesting accounts of their experiences.
L.E. Golding has opened up his office in the Hughes building, having completed his course at the Chicago college of Dental Surgery and will practice in our village for few months. He has his office equipped with all the latest dental fixture and improvements and will make a specialty of treatment cases and crown and bridge work. Mr. Golding, although a young man in the profession, has proven himself an expert dentist by his previous work and will, no doubt, have all he can do during his stay in our village.
CARPENTERSVILLE.
The Women’s Guild met Friday afternoon to sew.
Miss Gage of Chicago spent Saturday and Sunday at J.M. Milhuff’s.
Rev. W.H. Fuller, Baptist minister, of Dundee, made a pastoral call here Wednesday.
Arthur Arvedson and wife spent Sunday at Nunda at the home Wm. Clair, her father’s.
Mrs. Sine and daughter Minnie of Iowa are visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Davidson.
Mr. Young sang very beautifully a song entitled “Sometime, Womehere” at the Sunday evening service.
The India snake dance lecture was given here Wednesday evening. A heathenship worship in the far east, by Mr. Young.
Quite a large delegation of our ladies attended the Rebeccah lodge convention at Batavia Thursday of last week.
LANGHENHEIM.
Ed Riley made a trip to Dundee on Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. J. Welsh made a trip to Chicago.
Henry Winkler made a trip to Chicago Friday.
Mr. Dinkins of Dundee was in our village Saturday.
Misses Polly and Emma Cliuge visited Ed Horn Sunday.
Paulina Rasmussen is spending a few days at Palatine.
Joseph Frear of Chicago is spending a few days with his parents.
Herman Kulman is sick in bed with inflammatory rheumatism in his limbs.
Peter Lornson of Fox Lake spent a few days of last week with friends here.
Anna Belle Welch called on her grandmother, Mrs. P. Donlea, Wednesday.
Miss Maude Frear of Algonquin visited with her parents Sunday and Monday.
Mrs. Peckham and daughter Edna, Lizzie Riley and Luella Haeger made a trip to Dundee Saturday.
QUENTIN’S CORNERS.
August Grener, wife and son made a visit to Fred Grener’s Sunday.
Wm. Eichman of Lake Zurich made a call at George Knigge Sunday.
Wm. Hoeft of Wauconda visited his son Albert at the old home recently.
F. Knigge of Rockefeller made a call on old friends at the Corners Monday.
The rural mail delivery is the one great thing. It more than pleases the patrons.
Now for campers, fisherman, hobos, tramps, dead heads, junk dealers and cheap watches.
Our road commissioners say that the town of Ela will do quite a little graveling this season.
Our farmers are putting in lots of corn this season, and it seems to be a good year for fruit.
Chris Eisler, who is on the Wolfe farm, lost two horses and one cow by the anthrax plague.
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