Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 200, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 August 1911 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]

A stillborn child was born today to Mr. and Mrs. Albert Wolf. Mrs. Jess Hetrick, of Pine Village, and Mrs. R. E. Hellwig, of State Line, returned to their homes today, after a visit with Mrs. June Hinkle. Mrs. Amanda Smith and Mrs. Clara Davis left tor New Albany yesterday, after a visit of two weeks with Henry Smith and family, of Foresman. Cures baby's croup. Willie'S dally cuts and bruises, mamma's sore throat, .grandma’s lameness—Dr. Thomas' Eclectic Oil —the great , household remedy. M. Nausbaum, B. L. Martz, C. Melecelowitch and B. Fennessy, of Cincinnati, were guests of the Makeever house yesterday. They reside in Cincinnati and were autoing to Chicago. A fine rain that begun at about 10 o’clock last night has continued almost unabated since that time. It is a slow rain and just what is needed for all agricultural requirements. ‘Only eight people went to Lafayette on the special train this morning. Chester Downs and wife and Joe Putts were Lafayette passengers on the 11:06 train, to attend the fair, and Jay Stockton to transact business. While the weather probably kept a few away, there did not seem to be much interest in the Lafayette fair this year.

News of good crops at Hamilton, N. Dak., where a number of former Jasper county people are located, reaches Rensselaer. Doss Norman, on the J. K. Davis farm, is said to have an excellent crop, with a fine lot of potatoes and other garden truck, and a good quantity and quality of small grain. Mr. Davis is now at Hamilton, looking after his interests. Oren Parker, of the Rowles & Parker firm, was in Indianapolis this week, where he spent considerable time in the millinery houses making fall purchases. He also selected With Mrs. Parker's assistance, their trimmer for this fall. Miss Scheurich, who has been working at the Rowles & Parker store as trimmer since millinery was installed in the store, will be employed this year by an Illinois firm. The rain today prevented several automobile parties from going to the Crown Point fair. One of the drawing cards there was the fact that Hattie Vest, the mare formerly owned by Judge Hanley, was scheduled to start in one of the best events. She now belongs to John Duvall, who drives her. Ed Duvall went to Crown Point on the train, not wishing to miss the race if the weather cleared sufficiently to hold it. Mr. and Mrs. Oren Parker returned last evening from Indianapolis and Franklin, where they had beep since Monday. At the latter place they attended the marriage >of Miss Margaret Pritchett, daughter of Tom Pritchett, a former Jasper county resident, to__ Prof. Paul Van Riper, superintendent of the Franklin schools. Mrs. Frank Parker and granddaughter, Marion Parker, also attended the wedding and remained at Franklin for a longer visit with relatives. In the readjustment of the mail service brought about by the discontinuance of full railway postoffice service on trains 30 and 33, Charles Grow, the mail clerk, received the cheerful news Wednesday evening that ‘he not only retained bls place as clerk in charge, but will hereafter head from Chicago, which will be mfich more convenient for him. It came as a surprise, as there were several clerks older in the service whose claims he supposed would be considered before his. It is df decided compliment to Charlie. L

John W. Norman recently visited his son Van at Winona Lake and while there heard so many good things said about the manner in which the grounds had been landscaped and the flowers cared for this year that he thought Rensselaer people should all learn of the success attained by Fred King and his assistants. Van Norman and Elmer Wilcox. Fred has had charge of the grounds and visitors and managers pronounce the result of bis labors excellent, and the grounds are the most tastily kept in the history of Winona, and their beauty has done much toward making Winona visitors pronounce it one of the most beautiful Chautauqua parks in the country. On Venetian night .at Winona a great crowd was in attendance, a Warsaw paper estimating the attendance at 17,000. Mr. Norman had a pleasant visit and came hway very favorably impressed with Winona. Phone your Want Adv. to The Republican. Call No. 18.