Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 262, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 November 1911 — Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Mrs. O. D. Hefner arrived from Minneapolis, Minn., yesterday morning on the 11:20 train, just in time to participate in a surprise dinner given at the home of her sister, Mrs. W. F. Frey, in honor of their mother’s ibirthday. Several other relatives, including the families of J*. F. Payne and Isaac Saidla, partook of the dinner and a pleasant time was enjoyed by all. Elias Koons, of Newton township, returned home this morning from Logansport where arrangements were made to eend his married daughter to Colorado, believing that the climate will prove an aid to her health. Glenn Baker, of Barkley township, has purchased a Big Success corn shredder, which was unloaded today and he will now be ready for business as soon ns the weather gets agreeable. In his speech at the naval review in New York Cltjr yesterday. President Taft let it be known that be would continue to urge upon congress the necessity of building at least two great saper-dreadnaughts a year until the Panama canal is In actual operation. The canal, he declared, would double the efficiency of the navy, and from that time on one new battleship a year might suffice to keep the American navy in the forefront of the world’s military powers.