Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 158, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 July 1911 — Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]

LOCAL HAPPENINGS. A new bank Is to be opened at Wolcott Saturday. . ». , 7, A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. A B. Calloway, of Kniman, Wednesday. ■ ■ lh. ■ II ■! ■MI —-I ■■ , ~I I. ■■ St Joseph’s college is threshing its wheat today. *The yield will be fair. The Wolcott Dredging Co. has secured an SBO,OOO contract in southern Illinois. There will be preaching at Virgie school house next Bunday, July 9th, at 3 o’clock. Black Caps for canning, Wednesday and Thursday of this week. JOHN EGER. Mrs. G. E. Murray and daughter and Miss Blanche Babcock went to Hammond today for a visit. James Fielder and daughter Nina, of Mason City, ill, are visiting his sister, Mrs. H. B. Murray. Reduction in all trimmed hats until July 15th at Mrs. Purcupilp’s. The selection is large* and good. Eleven deaths as a result of the intense heat was the record in Hammond and vicinity yesterday. The Ladies’ Aid society of the Christian church will meet tomorrow (Friday) afternoon at the home of Rev. Clarke. Mrs. Monroe Carr returned home last evening from Sheridan. She was accompanied by her daughter, Mrs. John Copsey, and little son. Mr. Hayner, piano tuner and repairer from Chicago, is in the city. Patronage respectfully solicited. Leave orders at Clarke’s jewelry store".

Charles Fate and J. E. Heriod, who were here to attend the funeral of George Fate, returned to their homes in Indianapolis this morning. We unloaded, last week, another car of Eastern cane granulated sugar, the best sugar for preserving fruit. JOHN EGER. John Francis Garriott, of Parr, and Ethel May Strain, of Rensselaer, were married at the U. B. parsonage in Parton July 3rd, by Rev. W. G. Schaefer. Miss Francis Wilson and Mr. Jay Smith returned to Chicago last evening, after a few days’ visit with the former’s cousin, H. W. Kiplinger, and family. The board of review will finish its labors today and adjourn. Many changes have been made in the assessment of real estate, which will be published in a later issue. George Williams came home from Ohio yesterday to look after business matters. He will return there tomorrow, but he and Mrs. Williams will end their vacation this week and return home about Tuesday. Miss Cora Meese, who was visiting her uncle, B. Forsythe, left for her home at Dixon, 111, today. Miss Meese will probably make her home with he.* uncle here upon his return to Rensselaer, and enter school here. Yesterday was the hottest day yet, the government thermometer showing a temperature of 105, or one degree hotter than the Fourth. Today the heat has not been so intense and showers and cooler weather are promised. The body of Everett Kinney was taken to Spencer on the 1:25 train this morning. The funeral will take place this afternoon. His cousins, J. M. Kiqney and May Kinney, of Chicago, Cal Cain, of Rensselaer, and sister, Mrs. Fannie Hinton, of Spencer, accompanied the remains.

Speaker Champ Clark of the national house of representatives is losing SI,OOO a week, it is said, because congress is remaining In session at a time when he had expected it to have adjourned. The speaker had a contract with a Chicago lecture bureau to take the platform on July 1. N. W. Reeve, the American Express agent, has had charge of the office here for thirty years, lacking a few weeks. During that time he has never missed a day from the office except on Sundays, has never had a vacation or a holiday. Few, if any, in Rensselaer, have stuck as faithfully to business as Mr. Reeve. 4 Fred Hinchman, the 14-year-old lad who has been in jail here in default of SSOO bond, was>eleased today. He was sent here from Newton county until bis case could be heard in court. He was held on the charge of sodomy. Today Judge Hanley reduced the bond to SIOO, which was signed by the boy’s uncle, and he was released. His father lives In Lafayette. When releasing him, Sheriff Hoover asked the boy if he had any money. He replied that he didn’t need any, that he had made the trip to Texas on a single ten cent piece, and that he could get to Lafayette without any trouble. His case will probably never come to trial A Classified Adv. will find it.