Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 135, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 June 1911 — Page 1

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LOCAL HAPPENINGS. & N. Saylor has ordered his address changed from. Oakley to Albert, Kans. Bates’ Home-Grown Strawberries are on sale at Rhoades’ Grocery. Gust f ?/. iddlestadt, of Monon, was a business visifbr in Rensselaer this morning. Get our prices on stepladders, from 6 to 8 feet high. J. C. Gwin Lumber bo. Miss Madaline Ramp is now at home and will give lessons on the piano to a few more pupils, Phone 14. Buy Bates’ Home-Grown Strawberries, the finest on the market, at Rhoads’ Grocery. The 1-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Pestus Chupp, of Surrey, is quite sick with throat trouble. Get our prices on fruit Jars, extra rubbers and lids. JOHN EGER. Miss Dica Longwell, of Hammond, came this morning for a visit with Mißses Lpe and Oka Pancoast, west of town. Misses Lesta Wasson and Wilma Peyton, two of this year’s graduates, are attending- the normal school at Terre Haute. Bruce Baker, of Barkley township, went to Angola, Ind., Wednesday to attend a reunion of the Baker families and to visit relatives. Picnic specialties: potted meats, Vienna sausage, pork and beans, prepared sphgettl, .dried beef, peanut batter, oUves, all kinds of cakes and cookies at the Home Grocery. The Rensselaer boys’ band has a chance to go to Kentland 'July 4th and will probably accept it if there is to be no celebration here, and it looks like there will be none. Everybody’s friend—Dr. Thomas’ Eclectic Oil. Cures toothache, earache, sore throat. Heals cuts, bruises and scalds. Stops any pain. Dr. E. C. English has had his residence painted. Councilman Harry Kresler is having his house painted, and the painting spirit seems to bo quite general. Harvey W. Wood and son, Chauncey, left this morning for Dayton,. Ohio, to attend the 46th annual reunion of the 93rd Ohio volunteers, to which Mr. Wood belonged. He was a member of Company K, that regiment. We are headquarters for all kinds of picnic goods. “Full Cream’’ and - "Brick Cheese,’’ peanut butter, canned meats and fish, all kinds of pickles and olives in glass, root and birch beer, sarsaparilla, ginger-ale, and grape juice. * , JOHN EGER. Want to rent your property? Dae our classified column.

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TONIGHT’S PROGRAM —♦ — _ PICTURES. * JOSH AND CINDY’S WEDDING ; F TRIP. OLD FOLKS.

Misses Mable Stocksick and Vera Healey gave a joint party at the home of the latter Wednesday evening, entertaining twenty-eight of their girl friends. ’ - ____________ We have all the hot weather specialties. Barefoot sandals, tennis shoes, cushion sole shoes, elk skin shoes and everything which tends to relieve tired and aching feet.—Fendig’s Exclusive Shoe Store, Opera House Block. Miss Luella Burgess, who has been the matron at the Monnett school for girls during the past year, left this morning for her home in Dundee, Ill.' She will resume her course in the Chicago Training school after a short visit at home. It has been a long time since you were able to bay Moeba and Java eoffee. For our particular trade we now bave a fresh lot of the genuine old Moeba and Java, The best that can be bought—4oc a pound. HOME GROCERY. , Attorney George Marvin came from Monticello this morning to start the ball ‘rolling as special judge in the Marble ditch case. F.,W. Powers, of Lafayette, who id interested in the ditch as a member of the Northern Indiana Land Co., also came this morning. These are the. times when you must pay especial, attention to your footwear. Avoid that tired, burning sen?sation by purchasing footwear adapted to that purpose. We have them for men, women, and children.—Fendig’s Exclusive Shoe Store, Opera House Block. Estimates are Being asked of contractors for the erection of a large garage, 90x100 feet on the corner between The Republican office and the court house, on land belonging to H. R. Kurrie. It is understood that the garage, if built, will be run by N. C. Shafer, the Maxwell man. We have just finished unloading our Bth carload of flour since Jan. 1, 1911. This is more flour than all the balance of the merchants here have handled, but quality is what sells the flour. We guarantee Arlstos to be the best flour made or money returned. JOHN EGER.

Service atr-the Church of God Sunday morning at usual hour. Analysis of John 1:29 to be given by D. T. Halstead, showing signification of "The Lamb of God,” “The Sin of the world” and how taken away. The presence of friendly hearers would be helpful to him, and possibly benefit them. N. S. Bates brought the publishers of The Republican each- two boxes of fine strawberries this morning. They were fine, large ones, as delicious as any berries ever marketed in Rensselaer, and the public has been glad to pay 12% cents a quart for them, and the supply has been exhausted every day. Ray Imes died at Monticello last Saturday after a brief sickness. He had traveled extensively .over the United States owing to his poor health. A little over a week before his death he was taken quite sick in Chicago and his sister went there and brought him to his old home in Monticello, where he died at the hodJe of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Imes. He was 29 years of ago and was married in 1907 at Peoria, 111., to Miss Olive Cotton. C. J. Dean took a couple of prospective land buyers to Chalmers this morning. He will go from there to Bloomington, where Delos Dean will graduate from the law school of the state university. Delos is one of a class of fifty graduates from the state law school and will accompany bis classmates to Indianapolis Saturday and all will be admitted in a body to the bar of Indiana, qualifying them to practice in the circuit and supreme court: The woman who is troubled with tired, aching feet Is in need of the Richardson Seamless Shoes. They afford that foot comfort which brings peace of mind. Bold at Fendig*s Exclusive Shoe Store, Opera House Block.

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RENSSELAER, INDIANA, THURSDAY, JUNE 8, 1811.

Hoosier Rambler Takes Another Little Trip of 3,500 Miles.

“Off agin, on agin, gone agin, Finnigan.” v . This brief report almost describes the trip of J. L. Alter, of Carpenter township, the Hoosier rambler, except that instead of being gone again, Mr. Alter is home again. He travels by horse and buggy and this time went a distance of about 3,500 miles through the southwest, returning by way of Kansas, lowa and through Illinois. During the winter he lectured as he traveled, delivering about 125 lectures for which he was well paid. He says the crops are looking fine over the country he traveled. He expects to lecture at several chatauquas during the summer.

Another Sunday Excursion to Chicago, Starting at Greencastle.

The Monon will run another excursion to Chicago, on June 18th. The round trip fare will be 75 cents. This excursion will start at Greencastle and will reach Rensselaer a little later than the excursion of last Sunday, but It will make no stops north of Rensselaer and should reach the city before 12 o’clock. Schedule later.

Interurban Meeting in Newton Tp.

There will be a meeting at the Blue Grass school house in Newton township, Wednesday evening, June 14, at 8 o’clock for the purpose of discussing interurban matters. A full attendance is desired. EUGENE PURTELLE, President N. W. Indiana Traction Co.

METHODIST CHURCH. - Holy Communion Services at Trinity M. E. Church Sunday morning: Baptisms and reception of members. Children’s service at night, 7:30 p m. Itching, torturing skin eruptions, disfigure, annoy, drive one wild, Doan’s Ointment brings quick relief and lasting cure. Fifty -cents at any drug store. /

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Cool Clothes for Warm Days I ■■■■■■!■>. --■■■■ —■■■■■ ■ ■ ■■■ ■■ I| 'I ' I ■■■■a iSm!ii mihiiii"lii X'i im■■ JS The only way to keep cool * is to wear “cool clothes” Our store is now full of breezy ready-made summer garments and materials and trimmings for making them. Let us dress you so you can be cool.

Ladies’ White Waists. DAIRTY EFFECTS FOR WARN WEATHER. At 98c Waists of Sheer Batiste, tucked, lace 1 trimmed, and made with either high or low neck; an exceptional value at the price. At $1.45 Waists of Persian Lawn, lace or em- ===== broidery trimming, high or low neck and short sleeves. At 51.95 Wawt ß of Sheer Lawn, - trimmed with ===== French Val. and Maltese Lace —many with the new square neck; very pretty models, specially priced. At $2.45 ew models, made of Fine Batiste, with the new kimona sleeve. At $2.95 Exceptional values in new style waists a.. ■ e ■■■: at this price. A.great variety of Tokio Silks, French Poplins, Soisette, Cotton Foulards, Seco Silks, etc., at 12#c, 15c, 20c, 25c, 35c.

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NEWLY-WEDS ARE GIVEN A JOLLY RECEPTION.

Home Of Bride and Groom Decorated With Many Gay Signs—Friends Pall Off Laughable Stunt The following amusing signs, printed in large letters on great placards fairly covered the fnont of the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Clark, who returned this Thursday afternoon from a wedding trip spent on the lakes: ,

O Joy! ------- ■ - - - - ' ■ / The Spoon Holder FooUsh Question Are We Happy! We’re Married hot it seems too Good to be True. We’re So Awful Happy. '"- - & Welcome Home. Home Sweet Home The Newly-Weds Live Here. Love’s Sweet Dream. Two Heads With But a Single Thought, Two Hearts That Beat As One. We’re Glad We’re Married. Married! Well I Hope! We Don’t Want Company Fpr A While.

And in the kitchen were such mottoes as theße: “keep Your Wife in Spending money”; “Is It Steak You Boil or Potatoes?” “10:30 a. m. An Hour and a half Until Ernest Comes.” etc. ' Mr. Clark is the linotype operator at The Republican office and brother of Leslie Clark, one of the publishers of this newspaper. His marriage to Miss Kathryn Rafferty took place at Delphi Thursday of last week. He had a furnished house on East Cedar street rented and his friends planned an embarrasing reception for him by

ELKSKIN SHOES '- - • Men’s at $2.25, $2.50, or $3.00 Boys’ at $1.50, $2.25, or $2.50 _ - , Youths’ at $1.25 or $1.75 Fendigs Exclusive Shoe Store Opera House Block

placarding the front of the house and also decorating the interior with many amusing and significant mottoes, through parlor, kitchen and bedroom. When the bus backed up at the house the groom was horror stricken at the greeting and hesitated about getting out. A number of friends were at the home to enjoy the humiliation of the bride and groom. It was a very clever stunt and attracted a- large amount of attention from people who passed the houßerwhile the decorations were suspended there. Mrs. W. B. Newman, Mrs. P. L. Buehring, of Hammond, who were delegates to the Daughters of Liberty contention held at Elwood, stopped off in Rensselaer over night and were guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Fry and Mrs. W. H’. Stephenson. You need a step ladder about the house. They save scratching the chairs and are useful in many ways during the year. We have them in lengths from 5 to 8 feet. ‘Order one today.— J. C. Gwin Lumber Co. Bonano is made from nature-ripened, fully matured bananas, developed in the tropics to a delicate flavor and richness not found in the artificially ripened fruit we get over here.

Ladies’ While and Colored Parasols. LADIES' PLAIN WHITE PAIASOLS, with French beading; will wash. Priced at 98c. LADIES* EMBROIDERY PARASOLS, with edge and insertion, at $1.45. LADIES* COLORED PARASOLS, in light bine, tan, navy, green, red, and brown. Specially priced at $1.45. Hundreds of Yards Wash Materials. ALL FRESH ADD NEW—and will appeal to the woman who wants a cool dress for warm days. DORUIDA BATISTE.—-This material was bought with the idea of offering the best possible value at the lowest possible price. Light grounds in all the newest designs, at 15c per yard. BAHAMA YOILE. —In numerous colors, light blue, tan, lavender, navy, black and white. A beautiful material for summer dresses, at 25c per yard. We have the exclusive sale of Royal Society Floss, all colors, in rope and India, two skeins sc.

WEATHER FORECAST.

Unsettled with showers tonight or Friday; warmer tonight. Maximum 83; minimum 52. RESOLVED—That when a fellow goes into a thing with his eyes open, he has no kick coming if he gets singed. Babcock ft Hopkins are erecting some sheds in order to accept some corn deliveries and the corn is coming in faster than the sideboards ran be nailed on. They are making rebuilding preparations and will probably be ready in a few days to give out a definite statement of their plans. Bonano is the only hot table drink which can be used seven days a week, three times a day, with only .good results. 100 envelopes printed with your return card in the corner—something every person should have, especially rural route patrons—for 50 cents, at The Republican. Telephone us your order. Bonano is a delicious, hot beverage, nourishing and wholesome. It has a fragrant aroma and rich flavor, and a full blend “body” all its own. A Classified Adv. will find ft.

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