Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 77, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 March 1912 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]

TONIGHT’S PROGRAM 1 ♦’ '< LITTLE HATCH SELLER. THE TAOS IRWANS AT HOME NEWNEXICO. HOGAN S ALLEY. Comedy SAVE YOUR COUPONS.

Mrs. Robert Graham returned to Bluffton today after a week’s visit with her sister, Mrs. Sam Scott and other friends.

Mr. and Mrs. Frank White went to their home in Lafayette today, after a two weeks’ visit with Wm. Baricley and family.

The Jefferson Club will give a private dance at the armory this evening. It will hot start until after the benefit concert at the Christian church.

The public schools of Rensselaer will close this afternoon at 3 o’clock for the spring vacation of one week. Some of the teachers have already departed for their respective homes.

Rev. W. G. .W4na and W. R. Brown went to Remington today to attend the district convention of the Christian church. .Rev, Winn is on the program.

The Ist section Presbyterian ladies will hold their regular lOc-socfal at the home of Mrs.' Alda Parkinson Tuesday afternoon. A cordial invitation Is extended to everybody. ’ “Uncle” George Hosmer at tbe Makeever hotel whs feeling much better yesterday and it looks as. though he would soon be well. He has bieen suffering from erysipelas for the past two weeks.

The party who carried away a neckfur from the Princesß theatre v a few weeks ago is known and prosecutions will, follow unless the fur is returned to the theatre at once.

Rex Clifton went to Chicago Thursday after, visiting his mother, Mrs. T. FV Warne, of Parr, for two weeks. Rex will go from there to Los Angeles,' Cal., where he will work on a fruit ranch.

Automobile insurance at 2 per cent per annum, against loss by fire from any cause, any place in the United States or Canada, by a company that 1b as good as the best? R. B. HARFfJS;

Miss Mabel Kinsell, who has .been visiting her cousin, Mrs. Charles Grant, north of town, since Wednesday. returned, taker home., a* Be mington today, being accompanied .by Mrs. Grant, who will visit her for several days. H. M. Shipman, wh>o makes his home with his daughter,. Mrs. Grant, has returned home from a visit of a couple of weeka with, relatives, A

At a special meeting of the town j council Saturday morning, a contract was entered into with R. C. Yeoman, a civil engineer, of Valparaiso, for plans and specifications for a drainage system for tile town. Mr. Yeoman is a competent engineer and is in charge of the department of civil engineering at the Valparaiso lixiiversity. He is to have his work done and submit a report to the council by May Ist. He will make a set of plans: providing sewerage for the entire town. For this work the council agrees, to pay him s2oo.—Knox Republican.; Ray i» the son of A. K. Yeoman, of Rensselaer, and a graduate of the local high school and also of the civil engineering school of Purdug.; , . "Tbe Private Secretary,* as presented at the Ellis theatre .last night by the Rensselaer high school, proved to be a veritable arsenal of inirth. It was exhilarating to a degree of hilarity and called for such a bit of clever acting as to surpass all previous efforts of local talent. The younthful “hamfatters” were greeted by a packed house, and as the story progressed, with its ridiculous situations becoming more complex at every turn, the greeting waxed so warjn. that before the first act was well trader way a ripple of laughter bad .spread over the entire boose and continued until the last curtain fell. Bach person seemed especially fitted to the character assigned him and th« ease and grace with which they, bundled their parts was very complimentary, both to themselves and to the. play. The songs by the boys’ and the girts* quartettes after the first and second | acts were very pleasing and b rough! several ejtcores.