Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 February 1911 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 [ADVERTISEMENT]

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LOCAL HAPPENINGS. Trustee Selrner, of Oillam township, was in town today. B. J. Gifford, of Kankakee, was a business visitor here, today. Born, Friday, Feb. 3, a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. George Spangle, on the Halstead farm. Take a roller skate at the new rink Wednesday evening; in Leopold’s room, southwest corner-of square. The Womans’ Home Missionary society of Trinity M. E. church will meet Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 with Mrs. Geo. Ketchum. Miss Sadie Cody came down from Saturday afternoon and ac companied Miss Vera Parker home for an over Sunday visit. Mrs. T. F. Clark and Jesse Cowgill, of Battle Ground, returned home today after a short visit with her sister, Mrs. Col vert and family. Dr. H. L. Brown made a business trip to Evanston, 111., today. The Monnett hotel there is doing a good business under the present tenant Mrs. John,Hutton and two children returned to Crawfordsville today after a visit of several days with her sister, Mrs. Torbet and family, north of itown.

Mrs. Anna Stathour returned to Lafayette today. She had remained for a few days’ visit after attending the funeral of her sister-in-law, Mrs. H. S. Hoshaw. , A crusade started hy the Hammond Times against disorderly houses in West Hammond has resulted in>those places being all closed up and the inmates driven from the town. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Jouveuai, of Chicago, are spending the winter at Tampa, Pla. She is a sister of Mrs. C. George, and writes that the weather has been delightful there. Mrs. Frank Shide had a bad spell with her heart Sunday night and ft was feared could not live through the night Today, however, she is very much Improved and able to be up again. C. A. Radcliffe, who had been attending the automobile show in' Chicago, stopped off here Sunday for a short visit with the parents, of his wife, as be was on his way back to Louisville. A roller-skating rink will be opened Wednesday night, February Bth, in the Leopold room, southwest corner of square, by Messrs. Wm. Taylor and Fred Buse, of Lowell. Admission l*0c; skates 25c. The Postal Telegraph Co. linemen have completed their work here aud went to Monon today. The postal line through Rensselaer is built to last and the poles are probably the best ever erected through this country. In town they are above all other wires, telegraph, telephone and electric light. Neighbors and friends of Mr. and Mrs Uly Iliff, of Jordan township, gave them a pleasant surprise one evening last week. Mr. Iliff and family will move shortly to their new home in Nebraska, about 100 miles west of Omaha, and their many friends tried to impress upon them the regret so generally felt at their departure. William F. Battler came to Rensselaer today for the '-Burt-Hay woou Co., of Lafayette, and will hereafter make this territory. He succeeds Herman Weibers, who has been promoted to the assistant management of the Burt-Haywood plant Herman had been coming to Rensselaer for several years, and his acquaintances here will be pleased to learn of his promotion. A display of the' equipment of a modern United States soldier may be seen In the window of E. D. Rhoades A Son’s hardware store. Two stacks of rifles, a number of sabres, the pouches used by a soldier when it rains or when he sleeps on the ground, the ammunition, both service and blank, the soldier’s dress uniform, the service hat, the canteen, haversack and the cartridge belt and suspender support; also several photographs taken at various points where Geo. H. Hoekyn has presented the play, showing various poses of the play. The window has attracted considerable attention And is helping the sale of tickets.