Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 96, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 April 1911 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]

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Phone 41 —The Home Grocery. Mr. and Mrs. James Mead and children, of Hammond, are visiting relatives here. Mr. Mead may decide to locate in Rensselaer. Ashland ham, a nice cooked meat specialty, 15c pound, at the Depot Grocery. Acting in his capacity as commissioner John Hawkins sold four hundred acres of the Jane Eastburn estate, known as the home place in Pine township, to Margaret Ellen Hawkins, for $49,000, Monday. It was a cash deal, and is one of the largest transfers that has taken place in Benton county for some time. There yet remains to be sold about seventy-three acres belonging to the estate. This tract is said to be worth about SIO,OOO. The total amounted to about $75,000 and is being divided among seven heirs. —Fowler Review.

The acknowledged leaders in the coffee game—flavor to suit, all-priced, 15c, 22c, 25c, 30c and 35c —Home Grocery. George Matthews has disposed of the opera house block to Ellis Sluss,of Monon. Mr. Matthews gets a half section of land in the vicinity of Monon and pays the difference in cash. The trade has been hanging fire since last November but was brought to a termination Saturday. It is not expected that the transfer will In any way affect the present tenants of the opera house block and it is altogether likely that the new owner has acquired it simply as a trading stock Fowler Review. Nice home grown potatoes for 50c I a bushel and fancy sand grown Michigan potatoes for 60 cents. JOHN EGER. Many of our people feel it is now time to change Crown Point from a town to a city. So far as officials are concerned it can be run just as cheaply, as honor always helps to pay the mayor’s salary, and the same can be said of councilmen. This project has gone so far that John Brown is mentioned for the first mayor, and he can be put in by acclamation. The time will soon come that we will need more officers, and it’s just as easy to have policemen as marshals and deputies. They are all one price. It’s time to meet with the Business Men’s Association and talk this matter over and exchange Point Star. We are headquarters for northern grown early seed potatoes, onion sets or garden seeds, and will have seed sweet potatoes Friday and Saturday. JOHN EGER. The report comes from Lafayette that* some of the contestants In the Jane Hawkins will case have commenced negotiations for. a compromise and these negotiations have ended in a family agreement which may bring the contest to a close. The agreement has not yet been put on record, but it is known that it provides for a fair and equitable basis as to value, practically in the manner provided for in the will, so far as allotment is concerned, but the four daughters will get more land in fee simple than the will provides for. On the other hand the grandchildren come into possession of the lands at once and will be entitled to the rents and profits. The grandson, James Hawkins, under the agreement, will ge.t his father’s share instead of 640 acres, but will stand his share of the debts of the estate and cost of administration. The estate la located in Benton county and is valued at about SBOO,OOO. The will was broken in the Warren circuit court. The Lafayette Loan and Trust company is administrator of the estate and a number of Lafayette attorneys are employed on the case.—Kentland Enterprise. We will put on sale this week, 70 dozen of the regular 15c seller of the White "Karo" syrup, the best syrup made, at 10c; also have 800 small sample cans to distribute free. JOHN EGER Let your wants be known through our Classified Column.