Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 178, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 July 1910 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 [ADVERTISEMENT]

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LOCAL HAPPENINGS. Attorney J. A. Dunlap is in Chicago today. * .*<f Marsh Rhoades has been granted an increase of pension from sl4 to $22 a ■ month. County Recorder Tilton went to Wheatfleld yesterday for a short visit with his father. Mrs. R. h. Ahlgrim and Miss Clara Ahlgrim, of Shelby, were shopping in Rensselaer yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Proudy, of Brook, are visiting her brother, Attorney Dunlap and wife. Miss Camillia Weaver returned to Roselawn yesterday after a short visit here with Miss Ethel Grant. Miss Tillie Malchow returned yesterday from a visit of a few days with relatives in Michigan City. Starr’s home roasted coffee is, the best. Get Starr’s coffee for your thrasher at Starr’s Grocery Mrs. Catharine Orr returned to Chicago yesterday afternoon after a short visit here with the family of Alex. Hurley. Lyman Zea went to Hammond yesterday afternoon for a short visit with his son Herbert, who has a good position there. Leave your order at the Home Grocery for any kind of fruit for canning. They are now getting blackberries, plums, peaches, blueberries and other fruits almost daily. John Zehr has a good threshing run in Gillam township and says that wheat is turning out fine and that he never saw the country look so beautiful as it does this year. Yesterday’s Lafayette Courier, in noting the suffering from the intense heat, states that Robert P. Johnston, the Western Union operator, who is well known here, was overcome by the heat and is very sick at his home. Mr. and Mrs. B. P. Fendig, Mrs. Kate R. Watson and Miss Myra Watson will leave next Sunday for a delightful eastern trip, going to Niagara Palls, Thousand Islands, Montreal, Boston, New York, and other points Tom Jensen went to Wheatfleld yesterday afternoon for a short visit. Tommy’s parents reside there, but parental love is not said to be the sole cause of his frequent visits to the north end and his Rensselaer friends are wondering when it will happen. INJr. and Mrs. Ves Richards have leased the Dunn hotel at Sheldon, 111., and have taken charge of it. Mr. Richards is still foreman for W. P. Smith & Co., the stone road contractors. Clarence Hamilton is assisting his mother, Mrs. Richards, at the hotel. M. L. Hemphill continues to ship horse stocks to the four winds of the earth. One order was shipped to California last week, and this morning he received an order from Uncle Sam for a stocks to be shipped to Port Bliss, Texas. There will be bliss in that blacksmith shop when the stocks get there. The fine weather has continued, with a considerable amount of heat and a rain will be needed most any time now and ILreally looks like we were going to have it. As previously stated, the bay, wheat and oats are almost altogether harvested, except where oats were very late. The country looks ,■ rich With Its’’harvest. The new stacks * of hay., the golden shocks of wheat and oats and the healthy corn. A drive into the country will prove refreshing and let you know how Jasper county looks with its bountiful harvest. Probably as nice a trip as one can take la into Barkley township and up the Wall itreet way.