Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 209, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 September 1910 — Page 4

This is the Handy Store During the heat of runmer there , ere a host of appetizing things > that we can supply ready to eat. Wo necessity at all for cooking ’ oneself cooking meals. Our Canned Goods department > Is always ready to serve you. Potted Kam, Sliced Beef. Delicacies in biscuits to no end. The freshest fruits from far and ’ near. Xn short, there is every requisite > here to enable a housekeeper to ’ prepare appetizing meals easily , and quickly. And best of all, the grades that > wo handle are guaranteed to be ’ pure and wholesome. : ’ ■ , Try us on anything you like. • McFarland & Son Bellable Grocers.

ADDITIONAL TODAY’S LOCAL HAPPENINGS. D. A. Dirst is at Shelby on business today Mrs. Bruce White spent yesterday in Monon. Mrs. B. H. Camp is visiting in Wheatfield. Simon Fendig returned to Wheatfield this morning. \ Mrs. N. J. York was in Monon on ■business yesterday. Mrs. A. Wagner, of Chicago, Is the guest of Mrs. M. Nissius. ■ Thomas Randle returned this morning from a visit in Chicago. Dr. J. W. Horton and wife attended the Lafayette fair yesterday. J. M Pierson, of Muskogee, Okla., is here for a visit with James Meyers. Misses Mabel and Ethel Chris, of Chalmers, are visiting Mrs. Chester Downs. Mrs. A. H. Caulkins and son Tom, of Delphi, are the guests of Mrs. Fred Phillips. Chester Warren, of Fort Wayne, is visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Warren. Miss Blanche Babcock, who has been visiting here, returned to her home in Parr this morning. Misses Lulu and Lagorh Harmon returned from a visit at Chattsworth and Pontiac, 111., this morning. Grape Juice, the great health drink, 10c or 3 bottles for 25c. JOHN EGER. Mrs. James Makeever and Mrs. Scraver and son, of Chicago, came yesterday for a .visit with Mrs. Frank Makeever. ” Mrs. K. Jones and Miss Ora Jones, who have been visiting Mrs. E. E. Garriott near Parr, returned to their home in Seymour yesterday. Mrs. W. H- Morrison, who has been visiting her mother in Chicago, returned home yesterday afternoon. Mr. Morrison went to Chicago to accompany her home. Mrs. Carrie Shorts is moving here from Monon in order to give her children the benefit of our schools. She has rented the Meyers property on South Vanßensselaer street. Mrs. H. Purcupile returned from Chicago yesterday, where she secured the service of Miss Mutchler, of New Carlisle, as trimmer in her millinery store. Miss Mutchler accompanied her here. William Washburn is building a stone wall next to the river at his residence, and is also building a cement sidewalk in front of his property, which improves its appearance considerably. B. Forsythe was here from Brook today. He reports some improvement in the condition of Mrs. Forsythe. She will be taken to Chicago tomorrow, where an operation will be performed. A Chicago specialist examined her yesterday and recommended that such a course be pursued. We are the only firm in Rensselaer that sella pure cider vinegar of as high a grade as 45 grains. Six gallons of our vinegar is equal to 7 gallons of that sold by others, but we sell it at the Same price as the lower grade. J. a. McFarland.

A canvass of the business men finds them very much in favor of having the city team and teamster near the fire engine house, so they will be handy in case of fire. The matter will probably be presented to the city council by the business men in an effort to induce them to make such an arrangement. The plan is to have the city team and teamster confine their work to the streets and alleys contained in the six business blocks from the river to Weston street. There is plenty of work in this district to keep the team and teamster busy in hauling off trash and sweeping the streets. The untidiness of the streets is especially noticeable since they were oiled, the oil seeming to make the trash all she more noticeable. During the Eigelsbach fire considerable loss could have "been prevented if the team had been in a location where it could have answered the alarm promptly. Today the city team has been engaged in mowing weeds on the outskirts of the city, and had an alarm sounded, it would have been necessary to unhitch the team from the mower before they could have started for the engine house, and as the team is always excitable when the alarm sounds, there might have been a runaway, in which someone might have been injured by the mower. The majority of property owners take a pride in keeping their own weeds down, and the city should not be to the expense of cutting them for those who don’t. > —•- ~ A card was received by the Republican written by Earl Reynolds Aug. 22nd. Mr. Reynolds and wife are now at Brighton, England. The mailing card contains a view of Rudyard Kipling’s house. Mr. Reynolds says: “This is Rudyard’s home. My house has his skinned a mile. Mrs. Reynolds is up and out of the hospital after being on her back six weeks and is getting along fine. We are down to England’s famous resort to get the air to get her strong so we can go back to work. We will try to open September 12.” By Jingo! The Government does know its business when it comes to oysters. The Booth Guaranteed O. ster is certainly out of sight. Flavor! Ob, my! Beats the flavor of peach brandy in a dry town. Purity! Purer than the beautiful snow. No one can tell anything about it only by partaking of one of those famous stews or fries at Geo. Fate’s Oyster House, The Fat Dinner Man. Winfield Bedford, of Kansas, is visiting his brother, F. W. Bedford. He was a resident of Rensselaer forty years ago, and left here because he gave up hopes of Rensselaer ever securing a railroad. It is needless to say he notices many changes in the city, as this is his first visit here IsniceTeaving here. In response to an inquiry, Prof. James Troop, of the Purdue experiment station at Lafayette, states that the sour cherry is the only Indiana fruit tree that is practically immune to the San Jose scale, which has infected and destroyed so many fruit trees in Indiana. The west front business room of the Republican building is for rent. This is a fine room for a small business acd will be rented reasonable. Inquire of Healey & Clark. Mr. and Mrs. John A. Thomas, of Chicago! are here to spend the balance of the week and Labor Day with Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Holden. John Ellis, who is a student at Rush Medical College, came today for a visit over Labor Day with his father, J. H. S. Ellis. Miss Martha Faris Eeturned to Medaryville today. She had been in attendance at the teachers’ institute. New shoes for men, woman and children at Fendig's Exclusive Shoe Store. See them before you buy. K. Von Ammerman, of Wabash, who has been attending the teachers’ institute, returned home today. Misses Madge and Alice Wolfe, who have been attending teachers’ institute, returned to Wolcott today. Mrs. Greene, who has been the guest of Mrs. Carrie Porter, returned to her home in Tipton today. Miss Ida Roberts returned to Monticello this afternoon after attending the teachers! institute. Miss Creoli Torbet returned today from a visit with her sister at Thorntown. Will Porter, of Francesville, is here this afternoon for a few hours’ visit. The latest things in calling cards at The Republican. * * « 1

Farmers and Rural Route Patrons Thoroughly Aroused.

Wheatfield Review. The farmers.turn patrons are g^jr f tlje proposed plan of the postoffice department tiHtfffire rail ’of the rural free delivery service under the contract system, or whaf is known as the star route mail service. Those enjoying the convenience and fruits of rural free delivery are alive to their efforts to thwart, if possible, any action that may be proposed in this respect says the August number of the R. F. D. News, the official organ of the National Rural Letter Carriers’ Association. The News is in receipt of many protests and senators and members of the house in practically every state are being importuned by farmers and patrons through word end letter requesting them to vote and stop any legislation proposed that would either abolish or curtail the extension of rural free delivery. While there has been no official announcement made as yet by the postofiice

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department of the postal committee of congress that such a program is contemplated in the near future there have been open statements made by leaders in both parties of congress that the change is bound to come at a time not far off, for the sake of economy. It is estimated that a saving of something over 6,000,000 could be effected annually by putting rural free delivery under the contract system. The plans are being secretly guarded by those who have them in preparation, and no official announcement is expected to be made public until after the coming Congressional elections this fall. Probably no information given out on the subject until congress reconvenes next December, and it will then come out in the President’s message of recommendations and in the annual report of the Postmaster General to congress. Congress freely declares that the administration could not afford to disregard the earnest appeal of 20,000,000 or more people who would be affected by the discontinuance of rural free delivery service. Farmers are

worked up to a high pitch of feeling in the matter and candidates are being compelled to give their faithful promise, if elected, that they will vote to defeat any interference with the present rural delivery service. Some members of. the House and Senate are telling the voters they have no knowledge of any plan on foot to substitute rural free delivery with the contract system. The Congressional Record gives evidence of the fact that the question for economy sake was discussed in the House during the consideration of the annual postal appropriation bill last Spring, and the subject received some consideration by the House committee on postoffices and postroads when it was preparing the bill. At the present time there are nearly 42,000 rural delivery routes now in operation throughout the States and Territories. The number of star routes now under contract are in the neighborhood of 7,900. During the past year or two the postoffice department has strongly evidenced its hostility toward an extension of the

rural free delivery service, and during the past twelve months there were less routes established than at any like period since the service was created. Ther<? were only three refutes established and put in operation from January 1 to July 1 of the present year. The department records during the past six dr eight months also show that star routes have been established in large numbers, particularly in the middle and western states. So it is up to you, Mr. Rural Route Patron, to get busy with the candidate for congress if you desire the continuance of the present free delivery system.

Elderly Lady Kicked by Cow Receives Broken Collar Bone.

Mrs.. Sophia Chilcote, who lives at Sharon, was kicked by a cow yesterday. The force of the blow threw her in the fence and the left shoulder blade was broken. She came to Rensselaer in the afternoon and had the injured member cared for and is getting along nicely.