Downers Grove Reporter from Downers Grove, Illinois • 8

Our Neighbors Lace and Gower ic Per Loaf WHY IS IT? Custom Baking Promptly Done THE ACTS ARE Alfred Harper SucceHHor to Curti The Get Came Back! CANNOT BE will quickly prices be ts side? If lire HARD TIMES! A HEAR YE! HEAR YEI! HEAR YEH! Hard Time Priced On ever in our line A Barnhart ing Sale of odds and ends of our Shoe stock has been our practice we have assorted our stock and selected those therefrom that we desire to close out and are offering them at the uniform low price of ONE DOLLAR per pair regardless of what they cost The sizes are somewhat broken but if you can use them there is some splendid bargains Misses Respectfully submitted 4 College Notes College Grove Ill Per Sale Vacant Property HEADQUARTERS OR RELIABLE Insurance It pays to advertise in the Reporter i to as on to start his aged about a church all be Bank Building run will crop of quite a ui 1 We use every precaution in buying and take advantage of the market whenever possible consequently are able to quote you I if 5 J5 OH Lots in Vicinity of North Side School House from 1 6' to $10 per front foot SiE IN Mrs Carroll who came from Lans ing is prepare for a position as court reporter has returned home to engage in work She not only greatly in creased her skill but formed many friends and is missed by all the stu dents Miss Howard is nearly ready to lay down theSstudent's pencil and has an excellent offer of aposition in a Real Estate office in Chicago She has a tine recommendation from Mr Dawson formerly stenographer in the 8 Senate now private secretary of Director General Davis of the Colum bian Exposition Miss Howard was Mr pupil in Phon ography and assistant stenographer but gave up tha system for Shorthand Other Specialties: $5 and $4 Dress Shoe $350 Police Shoe $250 $225 $2 tor Workingmen $2 and $175 for Boys and Youth $3 $250 and $2 for Ladies Prof Cross has been unusally gra cious lately of a rare copy of a very old system of shorthand recently sent him as a present by Mr II Heffley the American historiographer of shorthand of Brooklyn While Jacob Lehman Jr GERMAN AMERICAN NORTH AMERICA NORTH BRITISH AND MERCANTILE LONDON ASSURANCE PHENIX BROOKLYN NOR TH WESTERN NA TIONA arms for Sale Land in Eastern Kansas Wisconsin and Dak to exchange for Downers Grove Property That we are getting so much work from the' city? Princes' AdT $6 to $10 Meadowcrofts $10 to 15 Choice Corners in Curtiss A ddition $3 to $10 pcrfrdnt foot Acres and Upwards for Sale The recent additions to the are Miss Dix of Berrien Springs Mich Misses Stanley Batterham Millet Shaw and Keller of Downers Grove Miss Watson from Minnesota has taken a good position with a Real Estate dealer at Morris Minn near her home and writes that she is greatly pleased wit her work Philip Rohmer who had a touch of typhoid fever last week is up and around again The doctor was sum moned in time to check the dreaded disease before it had a chance to root in very far John Curly the young man who raised so much disturbance at Downers Grove several days ago is stopping at Jake place now husking corn Mr onder is plowing now a days and preparing his farm to raise a Green Garden crop of corn next year Henry Welch the school teacher at Gower commenced instructing his scholars last week Monday Mr and Mrs A Langkafel of Gow erj were surprised by a crowd of visi tors last Saturday evening whom they have not seen in several years The Lehman boys who have charge of the Lace store while cleaning up some rubbish in their barn killed fifteen rats It seems a good idea for business to change hands once in a while Died Valentine Klein one of the oldest settlers around here but who moved to Canton Ohiop several years ago died at that place on Mon day morning Oct 2 at the age of 87 years Jacob Lehman Jr his mother and uncle red Klein were present at the funeral he being their father and grandfather respectively Cash talks for the next ten days at Mertz Mr oster is expected here to spend the Sabbath Mrs father spent a short time with her this week Mr and Mrs John Pitcher called on old friends here the past week The problem how to fight fire with out water has not been solved as yet Stanley thinks he is nearly through with his long seige of ulcerat ed face Supervisor Middaugh was in our village yesterJay looking up town matters" Take a look at Mertz ad this week They have something that may interest you Remember the Episcopal services Sunday school at 2 church at 3:80 Mr John Stanley has a fine peaches on his trees which is novelty in this section Mr and Mrs Charles Bonner visited their Downers Grove relatives and friends this week Just as we go to press we learn of the death of Joseph Trapp a farmer living south of our village Have you called in at the new bake ry of Sholz on the north not it will pay you to do so Mr Graham expects for Ohio to night to visit mother He will be absent week Repine has returned to Tis kilwa and bought back his old paper and will again occupy the editorial chair Babcock special agent for the life insurance associa tion is in the Grove on business in his line Give him a hearing Stanley expects to move into his new resilience next week It is a roomy house heat with hot water with oak trimmings throughout the first floor The Plano Mfg Co have commenced moving their works from Plano to West Pullman They expect to start the machinery in motion at the latter place by Nov 1st Mr and Mrs Martin have gone back to the city Sirs John Graham will keep the boarding house running and will continue to set a good table and furnish clean beds to all who may call when the horses a jump and Mr Heintz fell off and the horses started for the other end of the field at a livelv gait The driver running along behind when the horses got to the end they thought it best to wait for the driver No matter what you may want in the printing line come in and let us give you an estimate on it REPORTER JOB PRINTING CO Grocers and urnishers We are having hard times yet people must eat and have got to buy After several hot meetings the Chi cago Peoria and Southwestern Co have flnnaly decided to take their new survey taken about a month ago which is to run within mile south of Lace Post Office amt they are now em ploying agents and assistants along the line to assist them in securing right of way and if things right the grade for the track commenced this fall IT IS A Duty you owe youraeltto get the best value for your money Economise in yonr footwear by purchasing Douglas Shoes which represent the best value at the pnoes aaveruee as thousands oan tesusy Do you wear them? When we can door resh Bread Daily for DOUGLAS S3 SHOE GENTLEMEN 'a II Rohmer has received his com mission as notary public for DuPage county from Governor Altgekl sever al days ago and will now be able to do legal business in said county and any thing in the line of deeds mortgages leases etc will be promptly attended to There was a social party at the resi dence of Mrs Baker last Saturday evening it was to have been a raffle but as it is against the law the raffle was not held The principle person there was the man with the latest style hat on The Lace talking machine seems have cooled down a little lately there is not as much talking going about other people as there was An unknown man was run over by a Santeee train and instantly killed at Byrneville station last Saturday after noon He is said to have been intoxi cated Henry Heintz who has been plow ing for the last couple of weeks with a sulky plow became careless and lazy one day last week were scared took The time has come for our Semi Annual Clerak our blacksmith was at Canton Ohio at his funeral his men be came reckless and dropped some heated iron on the floor and while they were eating dinner the shop was soon in a blaze but it was noticed in t'me to have it quenched before much damage was done And if you buy one pair of Shoes frotv WOODS SON 1 Our Work is irst Class 2 Our Prices are rom 15 to 25 per cent less 3 Our Motto 4 Our Type and Styles to Rev Myers spent Tuesday and Wednesday at Somonauk attending the meeting of the Aurora churches that was being held there He reports it as being one of the best meetings of the kind held in many years Wnile in Somonauk Wednesday we tqade the acquaintance of Brother alz of the We found him genial busy and cheerful He gives the people of that locality a good local paper and they show their apprecia tion by patronizing him liberally with their advertising and job work This is as it should be everywhere Last Sunday morning several of our fishermen accompanied by a water spaniel were trying their luck in the vicinity of the railroad bridge west of town Someone on the rear of a pass ing passenger train thought the dog would make a good target and shot at it the ball hitting the animal fair and square living only a gew minutes Clarion Man and wife can be accomodated with board by addressing Box 71 or Sale High grade pneumatic tired safety New April 1 last In first class condition Will sell cheap or trade for lumber Address this office A new lot of co'lars halters and straps for general use just received at Schmiflfs We have a good second hand sewing machine for sale It is in good order and can be tested at our office It will go cheap or will exchange for an organ Exchange Oltice Potatoes Hubbard squashes cabbag es rutabagas turnips onions and apples I am prepared to furnish the above winter vegetables in quantities to suit all who desire to stock their cel lars before frost It will pay to buy of the man that grows them Drop a postal in Box 306 and I will call and quote prices Allan TYuill Market Gardener Dr Ward Veterinary Surgeon and Dentist Graduate of Toronto Veterinary College and Late Inspector of the Government Office and residence Hinsdale Ill Calls night and day promptly attended to Char ges reasonable Dr Magnetic Colic Cure for horses and cattle Kept at Carpenter's Drug Store THE ABOVE ACTS DISPUTED A comparison of our work tell Our prices are under city cause we can buy our stock just as cheap while our rent and help is much cheaper Our motto is a good drawing card Real Estate Residence Property Choice Corner on Curt island Washington $1000 Cottage on Carpenter St $20oo Good Home on MainSt $2000 ine Homes on Addition from $20oo to $5000 Large House and 1 acre $3000 1500 7 9000 Cottage and 1 acre 2300 Other Residence rarying in price from $1500 to $6000 better than ever before They will not last long Come quick if you want some of them Exchanges ol all Kinds Made Property Bought and Sold Honses tor Rent Rent Collected Conveyancing Done Collections a Specialty not send any work to the city un til you are satisfied that you cannot get it done as cheap or cheaper and as good or better at home We Do All Kinds of Work GROCERIES AND PROVISIONS BO4 ieill go back for the next pair Our goods are the best i Our Prices The Lowest OU AORD BAKERY CAN To do your baking? deliver at Only 1X4 All Kinds of Bakery GooaA ELITi mu i B'' K' 4A? 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