Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 February 1911 — ADDITIONAL TODAY’S LOCALS. [ARTICLE]
ADDITIONAL TODAY’S LOCALS.
Put on a pair of ball bearing skates and enjoy yourself at the rink tonight V. C. Klepinger, of Brookston, was a business visitor in Rensselaer this morning. i" Mrs. Kenton Parkison, who visited her father at Rogers, Ark., for a couple of weeks, has returned home. Fire Chief Montgomery and his fire fighting laddies are today testing the new chemical engine just purchased by the city. Misses Sarah and Irma Holmes, daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Holmes, went to Wolcott today to visit relatives for a few days. Mrs. Frank B. Lyon came over from Delphi yseterday afternoon and is spending today with her mother, Mrs. Julia A. Healey, who is 71 years of age today. - « Many people have wakened up to the fact that there is no need of paying $6 a barrel for bour when you can buy White Star at Rowles & Parker’s for $5.50, and if you don’t say yourself that it is equal so anything you ever used, just return it and we will refund your money.
Mr. Perry Griffith will teach you how to dance correctly. As a member of the American Society of Professors of Dancing, of New York, Mr. Griffith is able to guarantee the very best satisfaction. He comes -with references from banks and leading citizens.
Representative Crumpacker, as the chairman of the Census Committee will introduce a bill appropriating $5,000 as for injuries received by Miss Alice Houghton, a clerk in the Census Bureau, whose hair was caught by a revolving shaft, removing practically the entire scalp. Miss Haughton’s home is in Washington. As the shaft was not guarded in any way Judge Crumpacker thinks the government is fairly liable for damages.
The oldest Indiana battle bag is lost. Recently Senator Beveridge at the instance of the Indiana Battlefield Commission, undertook to locate this ancient relic of the Smithsonian Institution and have it sent for permanent keeping to the Indiana State Museum. Today the Smithsonian officials reported that after a diligent search they were unable to trace it. They found that it was not in the Smithsonian The First Indiana Regiment was the first Indiana organization that ever saw service in the field. It participated in the Mexican war.
