Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 February 1911 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Miss Grace Grant’s condition is said to be considerably more encouraging today and there is now considerable prospect that the stroke she suffered Wednesday will be entirely overcome. Samuel Kershner has rented the John Jones property on River street and will occupy it when Harrison Wasson, the pioves to the G. B. Porter property now occupied by Frank Kresler. The Jordan Stock Co. gave very good satisfaction again Friday night when they produced a French play, “Beyond the Law.” The play itself, perhaps, was not as attractive as some formerly acted by this company, but the acting was gbod and the audience was well pleased. Next Friday night they will present a beautiful play entitled, “Forget-Me-Not,” which they consider on of especial merit, and which Manager Gordon thinks should pack the house.

W. M. Parr and daughter, Louisa, who a number of years ago were residents of Jasper county, and now living in Alfalfa county, Okla., near Byron, were guests last night of Mr. and Mrs. George McCarthy. They have been in Indiana since last September, visiting relatives near Sheridan and the family of William Gratner, of Barkley township. They have resided in Oklahoma for thirteen years and are well pleased with that state. Mr. Parr said, that he had raised alfalfa that made him S6O per acre one year and he thinks that is a little better than Indiana farmers are doing. They went to Morocco this morning to visit relatives.

William Halstead has just ordered for his library a set of the eleventh edition. of the Encyclopedia Brittanica, consisting of twenty-eight volumes and being complete to Jan. Ist, 1911. The edition is printed on a very thin but also very strong quality of paper and a volume of 1,000 pages is little more than an inch thick, while on any ordinary book paper it would be about three times as thick and weigh practically three times as much Mr. Halstead first ordered a cloth binding, but has since changed his order to a flexible sheep binding. He received a sample volume for inspecHop and it is certainly a magnificent work, and surpasses every previous cyclopedia ever published. The advance' sale on this edition is $162.60, hut it is expected to increase the cost by more than 50 per cent after the advance orders are taken.

Manager Charles Garriott,. who is looking after the welfare of “Billy” Stewart, was down from Parr today. His man had" a quite severe case of the grip, but has about recovered and is in training for his match with Roy Maple, which will take place next Saturday night, Oct. 18th. Stewart has found a number of husky young fellows up about/Parr with whom he can secure plenty of training and he is getting in first class trim for the forthcoming match. Manager Garriott says that he has heard a number of good reports eminating fron\ the Maple camp and he realizes that his man will have a good stiff proposition, but that is what he is looking for. Garriott says that they hhre a school teacher up in that section who thinks he is equal to tackling the Carpenter township young man, Victor Babcock, whose challenge is to wrestle any 19-year-old boy in the county. The .teacher is Nichols, who played baseball last summer with the Wrens. He is not as heavy as Babcock but is an all around athlete and quick, as well as having some knowledge of the wrestling game. It is probable that preliminary for the big match will be participated in by town boys* Chris. Koepkey has been training ever since his challenge to Stewart and will probably issue a challenge to the winner of the Stewart-Maple match. He has been developing a number of wrestlers at the dfepot gymnasium and has aspirants in about all classes. There is more talk about the approaching match than there has been about any of the previous matches >gnd it is probable that the opera house will be packed for the match. A Classified Adv. will rent it. v