Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 January 1910 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 [ADVERTISEMENT]

‘—if $1.50 fur lined slippers, now 50 cents; $1.25 child’s rubber boots now 60 cents; $3.00 boy’s or women’s rubber bootß, now $2.00; all other shoes in same proportion. THE FORSYTHE STORE. W. W. Burns, formerly of Barkley township, in renewing his subscription to the Republican, writes as follows from his home at Alexandria, Minn.: “I don’t Wpnt to miss getting paper and I am always anxious to read it. We have about 8 inches of snow on a level, fine sleighing and not cold, a lovely winter up to now.”

It is no economy to buy cheap canned goods; perhaps you have found this out. Our honey-pack “Fayette” tender sweet corn and “Red Robin” early June peas at two cans for 26c is cheapest after all.—Home Grocery. Attorney G. A. Williams and B. J. Moore went to Knox this morning to try to collect-some money that is due Jud on a Pulaski county ditch case of which John L. Burton was superintendent. John is about the limit in matters of this kind, and has long refused to acknowledge receipt of letters calling his attention to an account due the Republican on his order in a ditch publication. Wash Lowman left this morning for Chicago and will start from there tomorrow on an interesting trip. He will go first to Los Angeleß. Cal., where his daughter, Mrs. Alf Lowman, now lives. Alf went there after selling his Pleasant Ridge store to Harvey Lowman. He has employment part of the time clerking in a department store and part of the time picking oranges. They are very much pleased with the country. After a visit with them Wash will start home over a southern route, stopping off at New Orleans. He will be absent about a month^

Today concludes the sixth week of real winter, as It was six weeks ago tonight when the first big snow came and six weeks ago tomorrow when the temperature took a big drop. Two weeks from Wednesday will be groundhog day and if his hogshlp happens to run into a bright day and get frightened at his shadow we will get about all of the "good old winter" that we can use In our business. Today is cloudy, gloomy, warm enough to thaw a little, but cold enough to send a damp chill to the marrow. It Cill probably rain and be o£e of the worst days of the season. 1 Michael Nagle is another of our best tenant farmers who has decided to try |hls fortunes in South Dakota. He has resided for the past twelve years on the H. O. Harris farm 7 miles west of Rensselaer, cultivating from 400 to 700 acres of land each year. He is an able farmer and general regret will be felt at. his decision to remove from the county. He has rented 480 acres of land in the William Kenton neighborhood about 13 miles from Mitchell, and will go there soon after his sale, which will take place on Thursday, Feb. Sd. He has a Mg sale and It Is being dstensively advertised by large end small Mils and in several newspapers.