Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 221, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 September 1911 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]

TONIGHT’S PROGRAM —• —. PICTURES. AT THE GRINGO MINE. DURING CHERRY TINE.

Ex-Sheriff O’Connor was down from Kniman today. » y Mrs. Matthew Zernden is reported to be quite seriously sick. Jamie Willis returned this morning from a business visit to Chicago. George Long went to Chicago this morning to enter the U. of I. college of pharmacy. His father accompanied him to the city. Miss Jessie Merry took the train here for Chicago this morning after a visit with her parents at Mt. Ayr/ 'Miss Merpy is a clerk in the office of the* University of Chicago. Mrs. O. K. Rainier left Sunday for Oshkosh, Wis., to visit her daughter, Mrs. H. L. Barnes. Mr. Rainier will probably drive through in his automobile the last of the week. Mrs. Jesse Welsh Went to Chicago this morning to join her husband, who will return here with her for a more prolonged visit with his brothers, Louis and Ben Welsh. Elias Hammerton, the mail carrier on R. D. No. 2, had the misfortune to run-a rusty nail in his foot Saturday night. Infection set in and it is now causing him a great deal of trouble. Lem Huston is carrying the route. W. R. Willetts, of Hanging Grove township, sent to The Republican officfe three big 20-ounce pippin apples Monday. Two of the apples of the same size are attached to the stem just as they grew and are attracting quite a little attention in the window of this office.

I wish to announce to the public that I am now prepared to take bus calls. . I have made arrangements with Barnes* Restaurant, phone 432, or Leek’s hitch barn, phone 342, to take my bus calls. Will endeavor to give good service at the same old prices. Calls answered night or day. Your humble servant, JOE JACKSON. Leslie Alter, who was frightfully scalded in July, is now recovering very nicely and was able to be In town two or three days/last week. He can not bear the foot of the worst burned limb on the ground, but it is improving so satisfactorily that it is'believed he will not be much crippled. He has had a long and painful fight and will be mighty fortunate to escape permanent injury. The state board of accounts will hold an examination at the state house October 11 for persons who wish to qualify for appointments as field examiners. The department now has about sixty men at work. The law provides that one hundred men may be employed and the department wishes to establish a certified list from which to fill the requirement, although that many men may not be set at work at on<je. The Millionaire Tramp Co. opened Its season here Monday night. The company consists of people and the play is quite clever with a good plot interspersed with excellent comedy opportunities. The company was not running very smoothly when here, but seems to have enough talent to make a fine show when they have been out a few days. The soubretta. was especially strong and pleased the audience very much with a song in the second act. Tom Eigelsbach came down Sunday and joined his wife who had been visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Eigelsbach for the past week. 1 They returned to Chicago this afternoon. Tom expressed a case of fresh eggs up on the morning train and had them sealed firmly on each side. Tom put us on to a new scheme to trick ; the efforts of city folks to get fresh ’ eggs. It is a common thing, he said, ’ for the eggs to be tampered with en ’ route. Some one along the line takes ’ out the fresh eggs and replaces them > with bad eggs, leaving a layer /pt ‘ fresh eggs on top. The trickery is not discovered until the layer of fresh ! eggs is used and then it Is too late to ! trace the trickery down. Tom used wire and lead seals on his and If the seal is broken there will bo troubll. Nothing but fresh eggs for mm.