Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 177, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 July 1911 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Mr. and Mm. Firman Thompson and Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Warner went to the show at Lafayette last evening in the former’s auto. The return trip was made in 1 hour and 45 minutes. Mr. and Mrs. John Macey came from Indianapolis last evening for a week’s visit with his mother, Mm. John MakeeVer, and the Stockton and Williams families. C. L. Downs, of the Ben Harris farm, threshed yesterday and his oats turned out 42 bushels to the acre, a total of 1.6&2 bushels to 40 acres. His wheat made only 11 bushels per acre. Miss Lizzie Blasdel, of Richmond, Texas, who has been visiting the family of her cousin, H. W. Jackson, left thief afternoon for Goldsmith, Ind. She will also visit in Chicago before starting for her home. ' A horse hitched to a buggy and driven by Mrs. Frank Floyd became frightened at an automobile Wednesday evening and ran away. No one was hurt but the buggy and harness was broken up badly. The oats crop on the J. T. Culp farm in Gillam township, was threshed yesterday by Grover Dedrick, of Medaryville. Seventeen acres made 53 bushels to the acre. Has this been beaten in Jasper county this year? Jim German advertised a horse hawing gone estray from his barn in the Thursday evening and Friday SemiWeekly Republican. He recovered the animal Thursday night at the home of John Norman, where it had been taken up. It pays to advertise. Attorney W. H. Parkinson is having some alterations made in his suite of office rooms in the Odd Fellows building, making an additional private room. His father, Trustee Parkinson, and N. Littlefield, have desk room in his office also. Mrs. A. R. Hopkins will start qext Tuesday with her niece, Miss Marguerite Brown, to the latter’s home at Townsend, Mont. They will go by the way of Denver, Colorado Springs and Salt Lake, and Mrs. Hopkins will visit Yellowstone Park before returning. Born, today, July 28th, to Mr. and Mrs. Dean Merica, a lt)-pound son. Grandfather “Billy” Beam was one of the first to visit the little stranger after his arrival and he smiled and said, “By jinks, you’re a fine looking boy; so much like your grandfather,” The band concert last evening brought out a large crowd of people and the music was greatly enjoyed. Several members of Company M engaged in a sham battle in the court house yard, getting rid of some blank ammunition and having ar good time. Mrs. George H. Healey went to West Lafayette today to attend a house party given by Mrs. Eva Lyon at 126 Andrew Place. Mr. Healy will join her Saturday evening for a stay over Sunday. Most of the guests will be from Delphi.

Barkley Bros, will begin the construction very soon of a big new barn on their farm. The building will be 40x60 feet in dimension. The lower part will be largely devoted to stud barn purposes and the upper part as a hay mow. 'The work will be rushed through as soon as possible. Mrs. F. G. Hinkle, of Louistown, Pa., and Mrs. N. S. Bates, of Renshelaer, were guests of Mrs. Chas. Wren from Saturday Until Monday. They were intimate friends of Mrs. Wren, whom she had not seen for twenty years, and the visit was a most enjoyable one.— Monon News. ■ ■ ■■■■ln l ■ • Mrs. John Jacox and Mrs. Marshall Dion, who came several weeks ago from Britton, So. Dak., to visit with 'the former’s mother, Mrs. Peter May, left Tuesday for Chicago to spend several days. Froui there Mrs. Dion will her home, while Mrs. Jacox wiir remain with her mother for an indefinite time. Prizefighting continues in Indianapolis right under the nose of Governor Marshall and last week there was a ten-round knockout there and not a word was said. - But the rumor that a prizefight was to be pulled off in Lake county caused the governor to send special instructions to Sheriff Tom Grant to stop the fight and arrest the principals and promotors. Bert Sparling and Harvey Miller returned this afternoon from Macon, Miss., where the former had been for the past month and the latter for about a week. Winifred Pullin and Rankin Halstead are located at Macon and are doing well. Neither Bert nor Harvey made an investment but they look upon the country favorably and may decide to locate there.