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LOCAL NEWS
The days are warm but the nights are cool.
Quality Markers and Monuments. Geo. W. Ivey & Sons, Mt. Carroll, Ill.
Wm. Liebergasells and Oscar Miches, south of town, visited the Century of Progress this week.
Stockton Herald- Ella Krell and son-in-law, I. G. Machamer of Freeport attended the World's Fair Sunday.
Edw. Schuler, Carl Schuler and Mrs. Winnifred Shane and children took in the Worlds Fair at Chicago last Thursday.
Charles Bender f Red Oak is critically ill. Mrs. Charles Bender is sister of intes and Will Liebonstein and Miss Mary Liebenstein.
Miss Lucille Koertner accompaned Miss Eloise and Charles Buss to the Certury of Progress Exposition in Chicago last Saturday and lay
The last of 5 trainload of tires at close-out pri es. What's left of $3.98 4.50-21, 4.69. All sizes Gam
Gerald Edler son of Mr. and Mrs H Henry Edler and LaVerle Aurand son of Mr and M. Earl Aurand of Freeport recently hitch hiked to the Worlds Fair. The boys were lucky in getting rides both ways.
The Lena band gave a street con cert on the North Side last evening which was greatly enjoyed. Vocal and guitar solos were ntributing factors to a well arranged program. The 4-H Club girls sold candy, popcorn and hot dogs during the evening
Mrs. Ellen Finkenbinder has had the buildings on her farm repainted, also a new lawn fence and a new porch has been built on the north side of the house. Geo. Thomas did the work It makes a fine improvement to the already attractive farm home The Fred Lott family occupy the place.
Bearing in their youthful active minds that vacation days are rapidly drawing to a close, Eugene and Jun ior, sons of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Block spent last week with their uncles and aunts, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Block near Florence and Mr. and Mrs. Par ker Taft near Winslow.
The continued cool evenings are causing some anxiety among VI inity farmers There have been temper atures as low as 50 de grees in mid August. Indications are for an early frost.
The depositorsof the Freeport Union Bank and Trust Company of which F. H. Altmeier (Pearl City Bank receiver) was cashier, have entered formal protest against receivership. E. R. Shaw, newly elected Democratic Supreme Judge will plead in their behalf today at Springfield. Couldn't Pearl City follow this same course? Liquidation could be worked out in time. Whatever value belongs in the bank belongs to the depositors. A receivers service means addedexpense and less money every day to start 8 new bank which the town SO bad'y needs.
Gue enroute to St. Louis stop ped here Saturday and part of Sunday for a short stay with Mr and Mrs. Ed Tollmeier. The auto party included Mrs. Nellie Ker h and Miss Jare Kerch of Dundee and Miss Ag nes Cartier of Chicago In company with Mr. and Mrs. Tollmeier all motored to Oregon, Illinois to have Sun day dinner with the DeLorbe family, Mrs. DeLorbe being a sister of Mrs. Tollmeier and Miss Jane Kerch.