Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 197, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 August 1910 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Will Wood Worth is spending today with relatives in Monon. Howard Mills has arrived borne from a trip to Niagara Falls, Toronto and other places. Miss Mary Shulley, of Eldorado, Ohio, came this morning to visit Phillips Stucker and wife, of Mt. Ayr. Miss Helen Murray left this morning for Eagle Lake, Mich., where she will be the guest of a college friend, Miss Alma Collmer, and spend A few days camping. Miss Gladys Beam entertained about twenty-five young ladies Wednesday evening in honor of Miss Alma Pauley, of Chicago, who is the guest of her cousin, Miss Lucy Healy. Rev. J. P. Green and family are now at home to all comers, in their residence two squares south of laundry, in what is known as the Davisson property, second house south of the corner. Mrs. Emory Mills came last evening from Muncie and left this morning in company with Mrs. Bert Brenner and son Ralph for Mt. Vernon, S. Dak., to visit the formers parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Porter. They expect to be absent about four weeks. Joe Bennett and Bruce White made a trip to Chicago yesterday for auto accessories. Joe had the first serious breakdown yesterday that he has had since he bought his Ford runabout three years ago. He had to be pulled into town from up near Fred Waymire’s.

Prairie chickens are becoming quite numerous once more, showing the good effect of the law enacted for their protection. Large flocks of prairie chickens frequently are seen now, reminding old settlers of the days when these beautiful birds were here by the thousands.—Francesville Tribune,

What is thought to be the Indiana high record and perhaps the high mark for the world on the yield of oats per acre was made in Clinton county. A nine-acre field on the Nellie Dill farm, four miles east of Frankfort, produced 801 bushels of No. 1 grain, an average of eighty-nine bushels to the acre.— Francesville Tribune. Charley Odom was in town Saturday, with his new four cylinder Rambler touring car, which he just brought home from the factory at Kenosha, Wisconsin. It is a sixty horse power machine, equipped with the latest mechanical ingenuity including a system of incandescent lights. His 1908 car was taken in on the deal. —Francesville Tribune. Mrs. J. P. Green, wife of the pastor of the Baptist Church, has returned from her visit to her sister, Mrs. W. M. Rishel, of Emporia, Kansas. She was there for over a month, and during that time that part of the state was visited by the hot winds, and she says that, as a result, the leaves are falling from the trees as they do in the fall after a heavy frost.

The county commissioners ordered County Auditor Rees and Attorney Dukes to run over the allowances made to the Winamac Bridge company from the year 1900 to the present date. From their report to the board at the August regular session it is found that the company had overdrawn during that term of years SB,OOO. It should be added, however, that the Winamac Bridge company had finished contracts that had been bid off by other companies, the home company drawing pay for the same.— Winamac Democrat-Journal. Marshal George Mustard has been hustling the clean-up proposition very commendably and has requested alf property owners in the business section to do their part. They have cheerfully responded by offering to cooperate with him and have suited action to their words by starting in. Considerable Improvement has been made in a few days and after the business center is cleaned Mr. Mustard Intends to visit all the resident sections and ask the same response that he is meeting in the business district. Weeds along curbs and in the alleys and yards should all be cut and the marshal says he will do his part if the people will do their’s. “A cleaner Rensselaer; is the hope.