Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 107, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 May 1911 — Home Grocery Branching Ont; Purchases Wiseman Store at Aix. [ARTICLE]

Home Grocery Branching Ont; Purchases Wiseman Store at Aix.

Walter R; Lee and Frank Rowen. proprietors of the Home Grocery of this city, have purchased the James Wiseman store at Aix, including the store building and residence and an acre and a half of ground. They will stock the store up, run it on a progressive policy and expect to keep it abreast of the Rensselaer stores in both selling and buying prices. A capable man will be placed in charge and the store is now in charge of its new owners. The weatherman keeps up his frost prognostications and has another slated for tonight. The fruit is probably not seriously injured so far, although there was four degrees of freezing last night. Louis Lehman was over from Francesville today. Nothing new over there, except this is electichi day on the saloon question. Wheat between here and there looks good. Farming is very 'backward and no corn has been planted yet. Mr. Lehman’s son lives on his Hanging Grove township farm. Fred S. Miers, formerly a resident of Walker township, and who is still a taxpayer in Jasper county, owning a small tract at Kniman, will jread The Republican for awhile. He stent money to pay his taxes and the balance to be used in newspaper subscription and he wanted the best paper in the county. He will get it John W. Poole was a native of Maryland, according to the Benton Review. When he came west he located at Kentland and at once engaged in the nursery soliciting business. He later made Goodland his headquarters and then moved to the farm near Swanington. The Review Bays he has always been contentious and quarrelsome and relates a number pf his escapades that have made him a terror in his neighborhood.