Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 201, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 August 1911 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Mrs. Ernest Clark went to Delphi this afternoon for a short visit. •— W. R. Lee made a business trip to Lafayette today. Miss Jessie' Bell returned to Vermillion, 111., today, after a summer’s visit here with Mrs. Arthur Watson. John Gleason returned to Rockville today, after a visit here with his brother, T. G. Gleason, and his sister, Mrs. Nora Worden. ft " ' -■ Charley Wasson came 'yesterday from Winchester for a short visit with relatives and friends. He was accompanied by Bob Perry, who left for home this/morning. Twenty-seven Hungarians were dumped off the train at Roselawn Wednesday evening and will be put to work by Purtelle on the Thayer grade. According to Purtelle he would have 75 at work Thursday. Miss Clara A. Peters, who was stationed here as an optician for some time, stopped off here today to visit Mrs. Frank Foltz. Miss Peters is now located at Monroe, Wls., and has been visiting relatives in .Lafayette. J. H, S. Ellis went to Chicago this morning to try to close up for the horse show attractions. He has been in communication with different companies and hopes to find a good one for the horse show week. Will H. Ade returned last week from Dakota, and two loads of draft colts purchased while there arrived Monday. Mr. Ade picked up the colts in a Russion settlement and believes them to be the best bunch of draft colts ever brought into the county.— Kentland Enterprise.

Mrs. W. 8. Day returned this morning from Laporte, where she has been for the past two weeks at the home of her son Omar and wife, where a baby boy arrived recently. Omar is getting along nicely with his work there and has recently received a substantial promotion and is going to the front rank with the Rumley engine works. I. N. Persinger, a real estate dealer from Brownstown, Ind., was a Rensselaer visitor today. Brownstown is strung out over so great a: distance that another postofflce is required for the town and it is called Ewing. That is where Mr. Persinger gets his mail. He subscribed for The Republican and expects to do some business in Jasper county. ' Thanksgiving Day this year will be the last day of November. Since this is the fifth Thursday in the month there was some doubt as to whether the President would select it or the 23rd day. He has not yet issued his Official proclamation, but has indicated that he will make it the last Thursday. College football teams were anxious to know on account of making their schedules. Last spring a good Hudson automobile was abandoned near Montmorenci and it was taken to Lafayette and an effort made to find the owner. No one claimed the ownership, however, and the machine was sold at public auction a few days ago to pay the expense incurred for storage, etc. The city bld it in for $l6O and will use it as the fire chief’s car. It will require about $l5O to put it In condition. Frank Bower took his departure Sunday for Argentine, S. A, where he will enter the employ of the J. I. Case company. He was uncertain whether he would be in the automobile or farm machinery sales department. The entire expense of the trip is defrayed by the Case company and the ocean voyage from'New York City will consume twenty-nine days. Frank Is the son of Mr. and Mrs. John Bower, of Pine township.—Fowler Review.

Eugene Purtelle promised when in Rensselaer a few days ago that he would get everything squared away in a few days and would be here either Aug. 25th or 26th to take up the checks issued the flrsf of July and which are still unpaid. He did not show up here today and if he should fail to make good tomorrow there will be only a few days remaining to bring action against Purtelle for criminal liability. Deputy Grand Chancellor A. H. Reading has arranged a Pythian pilgrimage to Wheatfield one week from tonight to attend the Knights of Pythias lodge at that place. A team of the local lodge, of about twenty-five members, will assist in the initiation of twenty-five candidates,) which will be the largest number ever taken in at a regular session of the lodge in this part of the state. The party will go by auto.--Valparaiso Vidette, of Thursday, Aug. 24th.