Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 197, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 August 1911 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 [ADVERTISEMENT]

LOCAL HAPPENINGS. The bankrupt sale will continue all of this week.. Home made lard, per pound at Roth Bros. Will Platt was home from Lafayette over Sunday. -—H. W. Wood, Jr., and wife were guests of Monon relatives Sunday. New potatoes are down to 38c a peck at the Home Grocery this week. Miss True George went to Chicago Saturday evening for a visit of several days. Mrs. Carrie D. Short left this morning for a week’s visit in Logansport, Roydl Center and Chicago. A good time to shoe up for school now, while Lon Kiser is closing out, north of the depot. Overton brothers, who are building George Scott’s cottage, began the carpenter work this morning. Hogs are $2.50 higher, but we will sell home made lard at 12%c per pound. J ROTH BROS. Mrs. Bowman Switzer returned this morning from a week’s visit at ChicaHeights and Indiana Harbor. New sweet potatoes are now fine—selling thia, week a 5c a pound at the Home Grocery. A. L. Padgitt, who had his horses at Frankfort -last week, came home today for a short visit with his family. Miss Florence Matin, of Battle Ground, is spending today with friends at the Watts de Peyster School for Girls.

L, B. and C. B. Walker, of Lebanon, came this morning to visit the former’s brother, Jesse Walker, near Newland. Mrs. Frank Borntrager and three children returned to Fort Wayne Sunday, after a visit of two weeks with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Mark Reed, west of town. Joe Jackson will not live in Mrs. Brenner’s house, as stated in this paper a few days ago, but will rent an unfurnished house and begin housekeeping shortly. Miss Manda Hoyes, who is employed in Crawfordsville, is taking her vacation this week and is spending it at Cedar Point, Ohio, a very delightful summer resort on Lake Erie. <— John Duvall was home over Sunday. He drove Hattie Vest into second place at Warren last week. He is at Crown Point this week, where his little mare will start Thursday. Misses Mary Gulden and Johanna Wise, of Kansas City, left for their home this morning, after a visit here with Father Geltl at the Indian school, and with Mrs. Henry Eigelsbach. J. C. Gwin and family and Dr. M. D. Gwin and wife comprized two auto loads that spent Sunday in Monticello, guests at the home of the former’s daughter, Mrs. George Thomas, and husband. Judge Robert Vanatta, who returned last week for another visit with his parents and his' little daughter, returned to Marion today. The superior court there, over which he presides, convenes Sept 4th. Carpenters today began remodeling Frank King’s Elm street property. It will be enlarged and modernized by the installation of bath, etc., and Mr. King and family will again occupy it after it is completed. Mr. and Mrs. Lacy Gwin and daughter left this morning for their home In Galveston, Tex. They will stop for short visits at Chicago and St Louis. Mr, and Mrs. J. C. Gwin accompanied them as far as Chicago.

Principal Bradshaw, of the Rensselaer schools, who has been taking special work at Chicago University during the summer, stopped off here a short time today. He had been in Indianapolis to spend Sunday and was on his way back to 'Chicago. Atwood, the aeronaut who is flying from St. Louis to New York, arrived in Buffalo Saturday night and Sunday made 104 miles and stopped over night' at Lyons. He is now 930 miles from St Louis and 335 from New York. ~ "" "• ? - HU H. Wood, of Monon, accompanied by his niece, Miss Florence Shneively, of Salt Lake City, Utah, came Saturday to Visit his brother, H. W. Wood, Sr., and family. Sunday the Wood home was the scene of a big family reunion.