Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 February 1911 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]

TONIGHT’S PROGRAM ■—• — PICTURES. The Unpardonable Sin, A great unspoken drama of the north *4 woods. - sons - j The Chanticleer Rag,,. < By -J. F. Fredrick. J

Born, Tuesday, a daughter, to Mr. and Mrs. Henry Gowland. The weekly checker tournament resulted as follows: Stephens Hill 4; Maloney 2; Thomas 1%. Beginning Saturday and lasting seven days will be the time for you to buy that extra pair of pants you've been needing. ROBLES & PARKER. Mrs. McGlynn and daughter, Mrs. D. E. Grow, went to North Manchester, to attend the funeral of the 7-months-old son of Mrs. William Holle, formerly of Knimpn. Pneumonia was the cause of (math. >V . . George K. Babcock, who has lived for the past year on the William Washburn farm in Jordan township, has decided to return to Wells county and will hold a public sale on Saturday, Feb. 25th. The sale will be advertised in The Republican^ Today is warm and sultry, with a fine mist, and the snow is rapidly dis--appearing. It is far from pleasant or healthy and the weatherman’s forecast for rain will not be received with a very hearty welcome. This has been one of the most open winters we have ever seen.

Isaac Milllr came over from Flora this morning, to which place he removed about three weeks ago. He came on business relating to the settlement of the estate of his father, Abraham Miller, deceased, of which he is the administrator. Final settlement is being made at this term of the courts

Mrs. James OlLeary aqd son James and Mrs. Mary Cochran left for their hQmes in the west this morning, the former going to Victor, Colo., and the latter -to Goldfield, Nevada. Mrs. O’Leary came to Rensselaer aboat five months ago and has made her home with her father, William T. Walter, during that time. She wag in very poor health and was accompanied by her sister, Mrs. Cochran, who has remained to nurse her. Now she is in quite excellent health again. C. J. Dean, Mark Reed and Will Morris arrived home this morning from their trip to Louisiana. Emmet Fidler returned as far as Terre Haute, and Cooney Kellner as far as Lafayette, where they stopped to visit relatives. None \of the prospectors invested, although one deal is said to be in prospect. The men report a fine country with sugar cane as* the principal crop in the neighborhood, of Adeline, La. Land sells at from SSO to S9O per acre. O. S. Baker and daughter returned Sunday from Headlee, White county, where he went last Tuesday, having understood that his. mother, Mrs. Joslah Pritchett, was dead. He did not learn until he reached Monon that it was not his xpother but his stepfather who had died. Mr. Pritchett had taken sick Monday and died Tuesday. He was an old soldier, 6S years of age and had been in poor health for some years. His widow, who is Mr. Baker’s mother, is fifteen years older tlmn he, and is in very poor health, been helpless for a number of years. After the funeral she was removed to the home of her son, John H. Baker, near Headlee. John M. Knapp, the local Ford Agent, gave an Interesting demonstration of the mechanism of "Ford cars last week, having an expert in charge. The chassis of a Fcvd car was mounted on supports free from the floor and the engine set in motion, and the expert explained to all callers the Ford mechanism, which stems' simple enough for any one to learn In a very short time. The expe t was prepared to defend everything that goes to make up a Ford automobile and evidently the Ford is worth the money if any car on the market I* In the show room were two cars, one the 1911 model 5-passenger touring car, which sells for S7BO and the oth.-r a novel body roadster, which sells for $725. The expert contended in refuting' the objection about light tires, that the Ford has more square inch of tire surface compared to the, weight of the cars than any automobile manufactured.