Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 74, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 March 1911 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]

TONIGHT'S PROGRAM • 77 f PICTURES. ' Ike pad Man’s Downfall. A dram of the western hills. Mr. Bwptions, Detective.

Monday’s local option elections resulted as follows: Noble county, Albion and Sparta township, dry; Ligonier and Wolf Lake, wet. Kosclusco county, Warsaw, Etna Green, Syracuse, Turkey Creek, Seward and Plain, dry; Milford and Pierceton, wet. • I--, - - The remains of Mrs. Green, mother 1 T. F. Dunlap, of near Surrey, whose death was mentioned yesterday, were- taken to Bloomington, 111., today, where the funeral will be held. Undertaker Wright accompanied the body to Chicago on the milk train this morning and assisted in the transfer to the Alton railroad. John M. Knapp, the local Ford agent, is unloading a car of new Fords, Mr. Knapp has already sold several cars this spring gdfi has contracted for several car loads for this year. The cars will be shipped in single car lots at frequent intervals. The low price at which the Ford is being soltT is making them a popular favoritex

Tom Robertson, 65 years old, who took a vow in 1896 that he Would not permit a razor to touch his face or shears to touch his hair until W. J. Bryan .whs elected president, died at Macon, Mo., Friday as the result of a fall down a long flight of sfairs. He had kept his vow faithfully (and was looking forward to a democratic triump in 1912. When Robertson’s hair was combed it reached halfvway down his back. X

Ttfnis Snip, trustee of Keener township, and his son John, and Miss Augusta VanWeinen, of DeMotte, were in town today for the purpose of securing a marriage license for the latter. Mr. Snip and Miss Weinen will be married tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock at the home of the bride’s parents, Mr. and Mps. Wm. VanWeinen, in DeMotte. Rev. Koster, of DeMotte, will officiate. Only the ‘immediate friends and relatives will/ be present. Both the contracting parties are popular residents of Keener township, and have hosts of friends who will wish them much happiness during their married life. They will make’ their home on a farm between DeMotte and Roselawn.

The Kentland Democrat tells of the death at Rock Island, 111., of William Schanlaub, whose tyome was at Muscatine, lowa, and who is a brother of John Schanlaub, of Jasper count}, and an uncle of Willttun O. Schanlaub, county school superintendent o' Newton county. The body was to have been shipped to Morocco for burial,' but the- telegram which gave instructions- to have the remains sent to Moroccb was erroneously handled some place and the .body was sent to Muscatine, .lowa, where it was buried. All the relatives were waiting for the body to reach Morocco. The relatives, after learning of the mistake, determined to have the body sent to North Star cemetery and it probably arrived at either Morocco .or Kentland Sunday or Monday. Deceased was 55 years of age and a bachelor. He was visiting at Rock Island, when seized with a fever that proved fatal.

. The Proctor so-called regulation law provides that saloons can open on election days as soon as the polls are closed. Is that a temperance provision? It provides that in cities of the first and second /llass saloons can remain open until 12 o'clock at night Ib that a temperance provision? It provides that licenses can be transferred from one person to another and that even corporations can buy them and run the saloons. Are these temperance measures? It provides that saloons can be moved from one location to another. Is that a temperance provision?- Benator Halleck voted against the law that provided for these /things and the Jasper County Democrat, which has hated Senator Halleck for a great many years, would try to make you believe that Senator Halleck vote<L against temperance. Such misrepresentations show the extent to which the editor of that paper would descend to Injure him, and it is such misrepresentations that make the Democrat and its editor ridiculous as Well as untrustworthy.