Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 80, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 April 1912 — Page 4 Advertisements Column 3 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Mrs. B. S. Fendig, after spending several days with her husband in Chicago, met her mother, Mrs. E. Oppenheimer, of New Orleans, who accompanied her herd last night Mrs. Oppenheimer will remain" here for the summer. Purdue agricultural department Saturday announced figures showing that 20,000 people, mostly farmers, vißited the agricultural exhibit car, sent out by the university last week The car will continue to visit different sections of the state. Elisha Collins, aged 63 years, a convict died at the state prison in Michigan City Friday night. He was received at the prison March 22, this year, from Green county, to serve from 2 to 21 years for committing rape. His widow and daughter reside in Sanborn, Ind. A movement bps been set foot at Rochester to secure a Carnegie medal for Edward Garber, a youth, who saved Charles Bailey and William Hanna from drowning in the Tippecanoe river. They were hunting ducks in a canoe, which capsized. The youth heard their cries and swam to their rescue with a rope. Henry Hildebrand ii down from Chicago for a week’s visit with Cooney Kellner and family and especially with Cooney’s parents, both of whom have been in quite poor health. Henry and wife have the little girl left by their, daughter, Mrs. Christina Hildebrand, with them and will raise he She is now three years of age. Saturday ended the school year with some of the schools in Marion township. A large number of friends and patrons of the Putts school gathered there at the noon hour and partook of a sumptious feast. The teacher, Mrs. Leah Knox Hoover, had prepared a neat little program for the afternoon entertainment and everybody reported a fine time. Experiments by the Pennsylvania railroad with wireless telegraphy tor train dispatching through stations installed in New York, Philadelphia, Harrisburg and Altoona, which have been in progress for some time, are reported to have been successful. During the recent stormy weather messages were successfully transmitted between the two last points. Marion camp No. 3558, Modern Woodmen of America, of Indianapolis, made the largest gain in membership in the last year, and thereby won a handsome banner, offered by the state camp organization as a prize. The banner is said to have cost SSOO. Marion camp now has 1,526 members, and is said to be the largest of any lodge of any kind in Indiana. Elmer Moran, alias Elmer Hultgreen, of Chicago, who was convicted In the Lake superior court of passing worthless checks on Gary merchants, has been sentenced to serve six months in the county jail. Moran and three accomplices passed checks amounting to $5,000 last October. He was arrested but bis companions escaped and he refused to give their names. The name of the Illinois Steel comlfany was signed to the checks. _ ■* . Hon. Jas. R. Guild’s candidacy for congressman of the Eleventh. Indiana district was given a substantial boost at the republican district meeting held at Wabash last Monday. The following “boosters” from Pulriski county Were there to help launch Mr. Guild’s candidacy on the political sea: Emil Warner, E. C. Williams, H. L WhUe, Chas. H. Guild, J. J. Vanßuskifk, Clarence Nichols, G. D. Prevo, Herman Bremer and Lewis White, of Medaryvllle; W. F. Kablef, J. F. Ale, W. E. Munchenburg, C. W. Barker, Emer Smith and Chas. H. Brucker, of Winamac; .Tudson Fitzpatrick and Wm. Schleman, of Francesville and Dr. A. J. Kelsey, of Monterey.- -Medaryvilie Advertiser. ' * The Monticello militia company defeated the Indianapolis Easterns, at basketblll Saturday night by the decisive score of 27 to 14. The teams were brought together by the A. G. Spaulding Co., of Indianapolis, to play for the state athletic championship. It was agreed that neither team should put in any ringers and so particular were the Indianapolis promoters that they required the Montieello team to send their pictures and names, **o that they could be bound by the agreement However, when the Easterns were ready to play, they had Thomas, the all round athlete, of Butler university, at center. Captain Gardner entered a protest but the visitors would not play unless Thomas was allowed to play. The visitors consented to friay with the understanding that their championship would be subject to contest If they won. Thomas, however, did not have it over his adversary at any stage, Slenker being equal to the task. Others who composed the Monticello team were Fisher, Loos, Robinson apd Fauber. The game was witnessed by 360 enthusiGenuine whole cqdflsh, something that many have wanted, at Rhoads’ Grocery.