Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 159, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 July 1911 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Fire of unknown origin destroyed* McKenzie hall, the dining hall of Howe Military academy, at Howe, Ind., on the Fourth, causing a loss of >20,000. Homer Benjamin, age eighteen, and his brother Lester, age sixteen, sons of W. A. Benjamin, of Petersburg, were drowned in White river, five miles northeast of Petersburg, Wednesday. They were bathing in the river. Stops earache in two minutes; toothache or pain or scald in five minutes; hoarseness, one hour; muscleache, two hours; sore throat, twelve hours—Dr. Thomas* Eclectic Oil, monarch over pain. The township assessors of Hancock county were “docked" $25 each by the county assessors and they threaten to sue the county if the money is not paid. The amount, claimed is for Sunday ' work, which the commissioners say they have no right to pay. Postmaster General Hitchcock has announced fifty new postal savr ings banks to open July 29. Among the offices are Newcastle, Union City and Washington, Ind. Applications from depositors to purchase postal savings bank bonds July 1, aggregated >42,000. Never leave home on a journey without a' bottle of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. It is almost certain to be needed and cannot be obtained when on board the cars or steamships. For sale by all dealers. c * 1 Calling Cards at The Republican.