Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 February 1912 — Page 4 Advertisements Column 4 [ADVERTISEMENT]

LOCAL HAPPENINGS. W.> R. Meguire is spending today in Chicago. Simon Leopold was in Chicago yes«. terday. C. Arthur Tuteur was in Chicago Thursday. . _——......—..... „.L—J. Dr. H. L. Brown made a trip to Chicago today. See Ray Delmar for electrical repairs and supplies. Harry Gifford made a buiness trip to Reynolds today. W. F. Smith made a business trip to Monticello today. Benton county republicans have again chosen Fred Lyons for county chairman. R. B. Harris went to Indianapolis today to attend a convention of insurance agents. Have your piano tuned by Otto Braun. Leave your order with any of the band boys. Chapters XX and XXI of “The Pool of Flame” are to be found on page three today. Try our Brazil Block coal. It is a superior grade. HAMILTON & KELLNER. The high school basketball team "went to’Delphi this afternoon to play the team there.* Mrs. E. C. English and Miss Blanche Babcock went to Lafayette today, where the former will visit her son Walter at Purdue. —— '-T " We have a very full stock of all grades of coal, both hard and soft. Phone 273. HAMILTON & KELLNER. Frank X. Busha has secured a regular job as an operator in the train dispatchers office in Lafayette at a salary of $75 a month. Word was received from Chicago this afternoon that George Reed’s condition is much better and it is thought that he will recover. _ George Hosmer came home from Winamac this morning, where he has been looking after business. He sold one crib Of corn while there. Delos Thompson came home this morning from a stay of two days in Chicago, part of which time he attended the automobile show. The Emfce saloon case from Reynolds was tried at Kentland this week. The decision was against Emge and Reynolds will continue dry. Mrs. Carrie Brenner, who has been nursing in Chicago, came down yesterday on a short business visit and will return to that city this afternoon Mallie Clark cam? down from Wheatfield today. It is the spring college vacation, which does not interest all non-college young men as intensely as it does Mallie. Mrs. Simon Leopold hah been at Peoria, 111., for the past four weeks, at the home of her sister, who is in very poor health. She will remain there for an indefinite time. Mrs. Ruth M. Miles, of Wolcott, came today to visit her brother, H. W. Jackson and family for a few days and will then leave for her future home in Las Animas county, Colorado. The new law governing elections in Indiana, the changes in existing laws, providing for registration of voters and other matters connected there.with, are to be found in full on page two today. Mrs. Geo. H. Healey and Mrs. E. F. Mills went to Lafayette today to witness the production tonight of the Merchant of Venice at the Dryfus theatre. Mrs. Ivah Coburn, an old friend, will play the part of Portia. Letter carriers will deliver only letters, and newspaper packages will be distributed from wagons of a system recently experimented with in Chicago 16 extended to the entire postal service. ’ . .... Conductor Gawdy and Motormen Berry were severely injured' at Newcastle when two freight cars on the Indianapolis, Newcastle & Toledo line met in a rear-end crash. Traffic was tied up for five hours, '

The United States Rubber qompany has announced its new prices for rubber footwear as of-Feb. 1. They show an average reduction of between 9 and Id pet cent which the management said was warranted by the lower prices of crude rubber. Mr. Adams is a witty man’ and at the same time a deep thinker. His points are made in a clear and forcer ful manner, and the jokes which he intersperses come in just at the right time apd are an exact fit He won for] himself a warm place in the hearts of ohr Chautauqua goers.—Galesburg Republican-Register.