Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 229, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 September 1910 — ADDITIONAL TODAY’S LOCAL HAPPENINGS. [ARTICLE]

ADDITIONAL TODAY’S LOCAL HAPPENINGS.

The first cranberries, Home Grocery. W. ’E. Culp/ of near Lee, was in Rensselaer this morning. He says there is nothing new there, except that land owners are taking considerable pleasure' in the fact that a number of real estate deals in that neighborhood within recent months indicate that land values have taken a big advance. This was no doubt brought about by the dredging which has been done, and the Howe ditch is the most important to that section. Mr. Culp stated that land that has always been wet in the spring until this year, now stands several feet above this ditch channel and with tiling will become splendid land, making good tillable soil out of what was almost waste in the past. Southeastern Jasper and northwestern White have been greatly benefited by the Howe ditch and mose land is now tillable than ever before and will raise splendid crops eaoif year.

Coming, the Widow McCarty, with a band and orchestra. An Irish comedy of refined wit, humor and stings. If there is any humor in your makeup you will laugh until you cry, as it is one continual laugh from start to finish. It abounds in the richest vein of Irish wit and humor, so well known to belong to the Irish character as interpreted by these well known Irish comedy stars, The Craners, and a select company of high class comedy artists in new and novel specialties, for laughing purposes only. A musical comedy that pleases everybody. Over twenty of the latest songs are used in the production, which are whistled and hummed by young and old alike. Watch for the Irish band and parade. Tickets on sale at the usual place. At Ellis Theatre, Thursday, September 29. Satisfaction guaranteed.

Judge Hanley had a youth named Clarence Lamphere, of Keener township, before him Saturday, charged with the theft of a number of cream checks from various mail boxes. The boy is only 13 years of age. He had procured cash on one of the checks, having erased the name of the payee and inserted his own name, but the others he -endorsed on the backs and could not get them cashed. The boy teems to come from a very unintellectual family and it was a lack of instruction at home that seemed responsible for his looseness. Judga Hanley sent the boy to his home, told him he would to go to school, placed him under the charge of Truant Officer Charles B. Steward, and provided t,hat he was to write once each week to the truant officer. Mr. Steward seems to be rounding up the truants and compelling them to attend school.