Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 78, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 March 1912 — Page 1
No. 78.
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LOCAL HAPPENINGS.
Harvey Messman went to Chicago today.
Gaylord Brown, of Kniman, is in the city today.
"We have Just opened a casket of fine dUI pickles. RHOADS’ GROCERY.
Mrs. W. R. Meguire went to Chicago today sos a short visit
-Mallie Clark came down from his home at Wheatfield today. ‘
Mrs. Howard Acheson, of Lafayette, spent Friday with Miss Florence Gorham.
Chapter XXXIII of “The Pool of Flame” will be found on page two today.
Genuine whole codfish, something that many have wanted, at Rhoads’ Grocery.
Ira Galbraith, of Elmhurst, 111., is visiting here with friends until Monday.
W. F. Gurbart, of Peoria, 111., came yesterday to visit Mrs. J. J. Weast for several days.
Roy Staten, the Maxwell auto agent at Chalmers, was in Rensselaer on business today.
- Miss Ethel McCarthy went to Chicago today to visit Miss Myrtle York at a hospital there.
Born, Thursday, March 28th, to Mr. and Mrs. Louis Swartz, of Jordan township, a son.
If you want a good Tungsten lamp, see Ray Delmer, Van Rensselaer street, phone 239.
John Shesler went to Watseka, 111., yesterday to spend vacation week with his grandfather.
Miss Cora Simons returned yesterday from Argo, 111., where she had been for the past week.
A 3-year-old boy of Mr. and Mrs. George Iliff, south of town, has a severe case of pneumonia.
Dr. H. L. Brown has purchased a 6-passenger Ford touring car of the local agent, Frank Kresler. i " ~ Mrs. Clyde S. Comer returned to Winchester today after several days’ visit here with relatives. Insurance on horses against death from any cause at 6 per cent per annum. , R. B. HARRIS. 't ' Mrs. S. R. Robinson, of Morocco, came today for several days’ visit with her daughter, Miss Lottie,' and other relatives.
Miss Hazel McColly returned to her work at Chicago Heights after a two weeks’ visit here with friends and relatives.
Wanda and Genevieve Mead came down from Hammond to visit their grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. E. L. dlark, today.
W. D. Brown, of Warsaw, who has been here the past week in the interest of the Indianapolis News, returned to hie home today.
Miss Alice Shedd, who is teaching in the city schools at Otterbein, is Tjere for a visit over Sunday with her mother, Mrs. S. S. Shedd.
Mrs. W. P. Smith went to Chicago for a several days’ visit Her son, Millard, will spend the spring vacation at Lafayette and Thorntown.
C. 45. Kersey made a business trip to Lafayette Friday evening. He went there to get a man to manage the horses that will season at Kersey this year. The body of Lyman Barce was shipped to Fowler today for burial. Undertaker W. J. Wright accompanied the remains and will take the burial there.' 7~ 771-”"TT r 7 r iThe JjSTsection Presbyterian ladles will hold their regular lOc-social at the home of Mrs, Alda Parkinson Tuesday afternoon. A cordial invitation is extended to everybody. - • . / . ' ‘
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TONIGHT’S PROGRAM ——♦ — • An Interrupted Wedding there’s Many a Slip Tis an 11l Wind that Blows No Good SAVE lOC B COUPONS. .
Born, today, March 30th, to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Erb, of Hanging Grove township, a daughter. This is the first girl, their other four children being boys.
Milo Miller, of Mt. Ayr, left yesterday evening for Grabill, Ind., to take charge of the Percheron stallion, Interest, which B. B. Miller sold two years ago.
Roby Orahood. and wife have arrived here from Illinois and will take up their residence in Rensselaer and he will manage a farm he owns, north of town. . ~
The party who carried away a neckfur from the Princess theatre a few weeks ago is known and prosecution will follow unless the fur Is returned to the theatre at once.
Earle Lodge, No. 649, F. & A M., of Roselawn, will be inspected Thursday evening, April 4th, by Grand Inspector Wolfe. John Bowie has been Master of the Roselawn lodge for several years.
The dance last evening was not given by the Jefferson Club as stated in yesterday’s Republican, but by members of the militia in honor of the Jefferson Club. The dance was one of the most enjoyable so far this spring.
Company C, of Monticello, made a great record at basketball this yearand will close the season tonight by playing the A. G. Spaulding quintette for the athletic championship of the state.
Leland Jessen arrived home yesterday afternoon from Mexico and after a few days’ visit with his mother and other relatives will go to Chicago'and be sent out from there as a telegraph agent for the E. W. Wagner agency.
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 is as good as the best R. B. HARRIS. - Frank Kelly, who moved here from Elkhart to be the foreman of the match factory construction, is moving back to Elkhart He is a competent builder but haß been unable to secure sufficient work here to justify him in remaining.
The private dance given at the armory last evening was very pleasing to the twenty couples who participated. Music was furnished by Horton
& Grechman, who has worked together for the past year. Greshman did clever work with the traps and drums and made a decided hit with the dancers.
Trustee Hillis, of Colfax township, Newton county, was a Rensselaer Visitor yesterday. In company with other meiThe held a big sale not long ago, but as it was not as well advertised as be had hoped it to be in some papers* that circulated largely in his territory, the sale was not the success he expected.
Lee A. Carson is home for a visit with his parents. He has been traveling out of Enid, Okla., selling drygoods for John B. Farwell, of Chicago. He reports that conditions are rapidly improving in Oklahoma, due to the prospect for a good crop of grain this year. They are having an abundance of early spring rains, which is invariably a forecast of good crops.
Purtelle, the electric road promotor, appears to be on earth yet, making weekly visits to Lowell, Rensselaer and other points. Seemingly he has given, this place the cold shoulder. He need not, he has Just as staunch workers here as ever, and many who are of the firm conviction that the road will be built in season to secure the aid voted.—Mt. Ayr Pilot
'Julius Rosenwald, president of the mall order bouse of Sears, Roebuck A Co., at Chicago, purchased the Columbus Memorial building in that city, paying for it the sum of $1,750,000. An indication that there is more profit in the mail order business. Instead of sending so much money away to help build up Chicago, people should spend it with - lpca! merchants to assist in building up their own cofnmunities.
Entared January l, 1807, as tfind »«n matter, at tbs poat-officc at Baasselaor, Indiana, under the act ot March 3,187 S.
RENSSELAER, INDIANA, SATURDAY, MARCH SO, 1912.
Mrs. Vernon Hopkins Dies After Extended Sickness.
Mrs. Vernon Hopkins died Friday night at 10 minutes before i 0 o'clock at her home on Scott street, after an illness of about nineteen months. Consumption was the cause of death. Her maiden name was Effie Hiatt, and she was married to Vernon Hopkins at Wabash on March 17th, 1905. To their union were born two daughters, one being past three years of age and the other 19 months old. Her health began to fail after the last child was born. For some time she had been failing rapidly and when the county commissioners at their March meeting provided for her being taken to the tuberculosis hospital it was realized that her condition was probably beyond medical aid. She was so poorly that it was decided not to take her to the hospital and she sank rapidly for the past three weeks. She was J 5 years of age and leaves a husband and two little daughters. Her sister, Miss Merle Hiatt, had been at her bedside for two weeks and her father, Charles O. Hiatt, arrived from Wabash Thursday evening, a day before her death. / . The funeral will take place at the Presbyterian church Monday afternoon at 2 o’clock and burial will be made in Weston cemetery.
Half of the Country Schools Closed Friday.
About half of the district schools closed Friday, March 29th. All of the seven months’ schools that had not lost any time closed at that time. The others will close one and two weeks later. Today, Saturday, 36 candidates for teachers’ licenses are taking the examination at the school building. Superintendent Lamson is the instructor.
Aged Veteran Died Friday at Sister’s Home in Wheatfield.
Thomas Callaghan, 86 years of age, a veteran of the civil war, died Friday morning at the home of his sister, Mrs. Nora Stonebraker, in Wheatfield. He came to Wheatfleld only recently from Chicago Heights. While he was quite frail oh account of bis advanced age, death was directly due to an attack of quinsy. Burial was made at Wheatfleld.
C. B. Brunsden came down from Hammond for a visit over Sunday with his father-in-law, W. R. Shesler. Mrs. Brunsden preceded him by several days.
I. F. Meader, who was the North Union township delegate to the district convention at Hammond, went to Chicago from there and returned home Friday evening.
Hugh Gamble has been sick for the past two weeks and was removed a few days ago from his apartments over Fendig’s drug store to the home of his brother-in-law, E, A. Kirk.
Mrs. G. M. Robinson received a telegram this morning from her son George, of Connersville, to the effect that his 6-yeas-old son, Neville, is serioulsy ill with spinal meningitis and pneumonia. She left for that city today.
Ellis Beals, of Fairmount, Ind., who taught the Moffltt school near Fair Oaks this year, completed the term Friday, and will remain for a few days before returning to his home. He is reported to have made a splendid success of the scliool.
Mr. and Mrs. Ancil Woodworth are expected home today. They have been out of the city since September and in that time have visited with their sons, Will, of Newell, *B. Dak., and Vaughn, of Norfolk, Neb., also with their daughter, Mrs. Ralph Sprague, at Gibbon, Neb.
The benefit given for Miss Myrtle York by intimate frieds Friday evening drew out a large audience at the Christian church and the musical Christian church an dthem usical program was well received. Not quite full returns have been made from the sale of tickets but at least $125 was cleared and probably a littLe more than that.
Charles Grow, the railway mail clerk, has sold his residence property, north of the railroad, to Sylvester Hutton,-.who camejbere last fall with his son-in-law, Albert Witham. The house Mr. Grow sold is a good 6-room cottage and the price paid was $1,250. It to near the house Mr. Witham pur : chased last fall. Mr. Jprow will continue to make his home In Rensselaer and is now looking for a centrally located property to purchase. If he does not find one, he will probably build.
The Greek and the Dutch Meet on Mat at Ellis Tonight.
Will Polos, the Greek, arrived from Terre Haute, his present headquarters. Friday afternoon, following his old time custom of getting in a day ahead of his wrestling bouts. He is in the very pink of condition, according to himself, having put in the winter at the wrestling game and having been busy with Michigan grapplers most of the time. Until recently he had his headquarters at Detroit but shifted to Terre Haute lately. He is lighter in weight than he was last year and it is probable that “Billy” Schober, the Indianapolis man, will have a little the best of Polos in weight. Schober will arrive this afternoon. He was suffering with a sprained thumb when he lost to Joe Collins here two weeks ago, but that member is entirely well and manager Jerry Walls says that tonight’s match will be worth seeing. Prof. Charles Reinecke, who claims to be the champion middleweight wrestler of the south and who conducts a school for instruction in physical culture, wrestling, sparring, jiu jitsu and resi stent training, has written here asking for a match and it is probable that he will be matched with the winner of tonight’s match. It is probable that quite a large crowd will witness tonight’B match. Mr. Walls is figuring some on bringing Mysterious Waffles here again. He is the freak who smashed a chair over his head after losing to Olsen last year.
New Randle Family Hotel Building Nearly Completed.
The frame building which J. T. Randle has caused to be erected on the eite of the old Spitler property is now practically ready for occupancy. W. S. Richards has been doing the finshing work and has certainly, done an attractive job. The first floor is finished in bard pine, with an oak grain and hard finished walls and the arrangements of the hotel or the style of finish would be hard to improve ui>on. The seconO floor contains eight bedrooms and the third floor has four bedrooms, all good sized and all are finished in hard white enamel. MrRichards has taken great pride in this work and the excellence of the job will be a big investment for him. The hotel contains 20 rooms in all, is supplied with a hot water heating plant, a modernly installed electric light equipment and being so well located and convenient there should be no difficulty in finding a good tenant, but it is understood that the hotel has not been leased up to this time.
Virgil Robinson, son of A. C. Robinson and a member of this year’s graduating class, has been suffering for some time with a peculiar poisoning about the bead and eyes. It has troubled him for four or five weeks and greatly weakened him constitutionally. Virgil was a member of both the football and basketball teams of the highschool and a splendid athlete. During the basketball season he broke dowp, much the same as Charley Porter. For a time his physician was unable to diagnose his case but now it has been about decided that the poison about his face was occasioned by running his hands through his, hair during the progress of the games. It is believed that the dirt on the basketball contained poison germs that were thus transmitted to his face. He is able to be up and has been in school almost all of the time, but there has been an eruption and much inflammation about his forehead and head. Worth McCarthy has been affected to some extent in the same manner and now has a breaking out on the forehead and it is accompanied by a 'general physical weakening. He attributes his trouble to the dust from the floor. The floor was marked off with whiting and dustdown is used in the sweeping. It in possible that either of these might contain a poisonous ingredient ana may alse be responsible for the trouble Charles Porter had. »'
“Nub” Hemphill has been hunting for several days and killed a goose and sent to to Harry/Kiplinger several days ago. Jerry Gpiand, who is one of the best military riflemen in Indiana, killed a goose Thursday with a high power rifle. He was about 325 yards away, used a telescope to positively locate the goose and estimating the distance, took careful aim and the bullet did the rest. Tbe goose weighed 10 pounds and measured 6 feet from tip to tip. Gail Michael, who va| In town Friday, says it was the largest wild goose he ever saw. Jerry will return home Sunday, in order to be on band for the militia inspection Tuesday evening, but he will probably return to the river to spend a -few d,ays before the open season runjs out, on April 15thL 7_.X • '’l: V. .. .. . _ ' v ••4
Demonstration Razor Sale Big Safety Razor Sale Now On - ; We have taken the agency for the NEW DURHAM'DUPLEX SAFETY RAZOR X We have a sample lot of these Razors which we are goingto sell for Thirty/Five Cents while they last X Think of if, a complete DOUBLE' EDGED Safety Razor for only Thirty-Five Cents. Our show window is now full of them X Come in and look them over. - SIX EXTRA BLADES, DOUBLE EDGED, for FIFTY CENTS. 1 A# F* LONG, niAzoTfi Druggist
> WEATHER FORECAST. Generally cloudy and unsettled tonight and Sunday.
Surprised Mrs. Fox on Her Seventy-Second Birthday.
Mrs. Tillman Watson entertained her mother, Mrs. Isabel 1 Fox, March 26th, to a complete surprise dinner and postcard shower, it being her seventy-second birthday. She received fifty-five postcards some beautiful and useful presents. Among them were a flve-dollar money order from her brother, P. M. Benjamin, of California; a hand-made Jabot of tatten, her own work, from Mrs. Elizabeth Burns, of Monticello; also a silver thimble from her nieee, Miss Effle Wallace, of Monticello. Only two old friends and relatives were invited to dinner, the rest being so far away. The two invited were Mr. and Mrs. Bert Miller and Mr. and Mrs. John Hiems. The day was enjoyably spent with many wishes to her for many more such birthdays.
Epidemic of Appendicitis in The Neighborhood of Kersey.
The little town of Kersey, in Keener township, has had an unusually large percentage of appendicitis cases recently. Among those afflicted were Engineer C. J. Hobbs, Frank E. Lewis, Mrs. A. A. Lafond, and now Matie, the 12-year-old daughter of C. E. Kersey. Friday C. D. Shook accompanied his wife to Chicago to place her in a hospital. She will undergo an operation, the nature of which we are unable to learn.
Senate Rejected the Sherwodd Pension Bill—Passed Smoot Law.
The senate Friday night, by a vote of 46 to 21, rejected the Sherwood dollar-a-day pension bill which had passed the bouse, and then adopted, 56 to 16, the Smoot general age and service pension law, which, it is estimated, will increase the pension roll by 120,000,006 annually during the next five years.
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Two Fair Oaks Young Men Belong to the Regular Army.
On Jan. 21st Roy and Alva Brouhard, of Fair Oaks, joined the regular army fe Chicago. -They had expected to spend their enlistment together but after, being sent to the training station were placed in different regiments. Roy was assigned to Co. H, of the 15th infantry and is now at Ft. Dayton, Utah, while Alya is in the 18th regiment, stationed at Vancouver, Wash.
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