Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 293, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 December 1910 — FAIR OAKS. [ARTICLE]

FAIR OAKS.

Isaac Thomas is here on business this week. F. R. Erwin is having an addition built to his barn. Bruce Moffit, of near Lisbon, N. D.. is here visiting relatives. Cottage prayer meeting at Al. Helsell's Wednesday evening. Enos Moffit butchered a cow Tuesday and is supplying the. town with beef. The new M. E. song books are at James Allen’s, for sale at 30 cents each. Preaching at the M. E. church next Saturday night at 7:30. All are invited to attend. Jack Umphress was called to lowa last week on account of the severe illness of a brother there. Ben Zellars has been applying his steam engine to the sawing of stove ■wood for the past few days. The Postal Telegraph men, 18 in number, are here again, and putting up at the Cottingham hotel. Miss Ella Roarda, who was taken to the hospital last week; is reported as getting along very well. Walter McKannell is pushing the haypressing business out east of town, with several men and teams at work. Ed Kesler and family, who have been in Minnesota all summer and fall, are expected home the last of this .week. Tom Mallatt has sold out his interest in the livery business and will devote his attention to his store in the future. Mrs. Cottingham went over to Danville the last of the week to assist her son, Willie, and wife to get to housekeeping. The gravel road men have established a new camp northwest of town -about three miles, as their work is mostly out that way now. Oliver Brohard and family arrived here Saturday evening from North Dakota, and will live in the Erwin property in the north part of town. Fawn Casey gave a party Monday evening to several small boys and girls to introduce her sister’s children, who have just arrived from the southern part of the state.