Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 January 1912 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]

TONIGHT’S PROGRAM i — + — John Brown's Heir. " s ~'7~ - - . . ’ r * r ’ '""’T r ~~\ His Last Cent. SAVE YOUR COUPONS.

Why Is it the- River Queen Mill is getting t<he business? Because Flynn is making the best buckwheat flour, rye flour, meal and feed. Get your bran of us. 'Raid up by four highwaymen just at ihe edge of the business district of-South Bend, Rene Wonolegtion, instead of obeying a u.mmand of “hands up" turned on the bandits, put three of the quartet to i>iut and captured the other, whom he turned over to the poftce. Responsibility for the Illinois Central wreck, In which J. jT. Harahad and three passengers in a private car lost their lives eUrly Monday morning, is placed on the shoulders of three under employes of the road in a report made yesterday by the investigating committee. ... ~ Physicians at re are tified by the singular case of Henry Bright, a negro coal hauler, whose hands have turned completely white alter having been frozen a week ago. Bright has recovered the use of his hands, but is worried lest the white color remain permanent, which the doctors say is probable. ■ „ -‘ * r 1 Dr. J. N. Hurty, secretary of the state board of health, has written officials of the Chicago sanitary district advising them that action by the general assembly will be necessary belore the state board can prevent continuance of pollution of the Chicago water supply by sewage from Lake county cities and town 0 .. The weights and measures law in this state is now in, force and to avoid trouble all dealers should have their .scales adjusted and measures tested, as a violation of the law subjects the dealer to heavy penalties. No one can tell who will be the first to file a complaint and ignorance of the taw or neglect to comply with It will be no excuse. Governor Marshall has written to the secretary of war, calling his attention to. a petition, which has been presented to Congress by Fred D. Ballou camp of the -United States Spanish War Veterans of Marlon, asking that a memento from the battle ship Maine be installed on the grounds of the National Military Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers at Marion.

There is a movement on foot among the Gleaner Order of Indiana to purshace the entire output of binder twine of the Michigan City prison. The Gleaners are all farmers, none others being admitted to membership. Should the Indiana members conclude to take the twine output of the prison, they would be but following in the footsteps of their brethren in Michigan who have contracted for all the twine which the Jackson prison will make this yeai* The Republican has it from reliable authority that there is no foundation for the report that the Monon is to be double tracked from Monon to Chicago. It is a recognized fact in railroading that double tracks are not needed dntil a road has at least 40 trains per day each way. As the Monon does not have forty trains a day altogether, it can be seen that it may be some time before this improvement may be made. . „ The reorganized Gordon Stock Co., which plays at the opera house Saturday night, were at Lowell last Saturday night. The Lowell Souvenir has the following to say of the play and company: “The production; of -Thelma as produeed by the stock company at Taylor's theatre Saturday night was a good one. To properly stage this play, special scenery and stage settings were required and was well provided 'for. It was like old time to see Mr. Frederick Gordon and Miss Watts before the foot-lights again. They were well received and heartily applauded, to which both responded by bowing graciously. Mr. Gordon has if anything an even better company than he had last season and standard- of the performances are anything like the first, the public certainly has some treats in store in the line of amusements. " i