Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 178, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 July 1912 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Frank Dalton, of Delaware, Ohio, who has been visiting his aunt, Mrs. Mary E. Travis, for 'the past two weeks, has gone to Gilman, 111., to visit relatives before returning to his home.

*Ben Rossman, who with his sister, Miss Lillian, of Chicago, have been visiting for the past two weeks with Henry*Kolhoff and family, of south of town, returned to his home in Chicago today. Miss Lillian will remain for a longer visit.

John. Ramp, proprietor of the Home Grocery, has been working overtime for the past several days. His clerk, Lon Keiser, has been on the sick list for some time, suffering from a summer cold and complications. He will probably be back to work Monday.

The Gayety ’was crowded last night and the crowd seemed to be well pleased with the r aerlaT'“SKt'"by"Th« Delzaros. It is a big circus act for 10 cents. Patrons are asked to remember that two performances take place each night. The first is at 8:15 and the second at 9:15, or a little later.

Fowler is having a oarnival this week. The Review says that the shows of the Hoosier Amusement Co. are far above the average and that there is not a show to Which any person can take exception. The Republican publishes this for the benefit of The Jasper County Democrat, whose self-professed puritanical morals are easily shocked at the suggestion of the word “carnival.” ’

E. A. Benedict and W. M. Harmon, of Oxford, last week purchased the Kent Grain Co. elevator at Kentland and took possession last Saturday. Mr. Benedict will have charge of the business. Ho was in the grain business at v Wadena for a number of years. Mr. Harmon is cashier of the Heath bank at Oxfrd. Messrs. Kent and Washburn will retire from the elevator business. Both will devote their time to their extensive farming interests.

The call of the Kankakee is coming strong and clear to the fflkhermen of Kentland, and most of the time there is a delegation from this place sharing quarters with the mosquitoes along the banks. A. J. Thmpson, C. C. Kent, O. P. Keesler and Everett Hess were up the latter part of the week and caught a good mess of bait. Arthur Smart, R. E. Hamilton, Roy Ross and Harry Ross drove through Monday to try their luck, and Rev. C. W. Wharton and W. J. Ayres are there for the week with the Boy Scouts. In no other avenue of life could people stand up under so many disappointments. Kentland Enterprise. ? . James and Carey Carr are making extensile improvements to their farm home, a few miles west of Rensselaer, and when completed the house will be very convenient. They have a cellar, 14x16 feet at the rear of their house and built over it a large kitchen and a bath room. Porches were also built on the east and west sides of tie house. Carr Bros, have bees planning this improvement for some time, but never got around to it They have lost several apple crops by not having a suitable storage room and when their bumper crop of apples, consisting of dozens of barrels full, were frozen last year, they decided that that should be the last time. They are also building a double crib for storage of grain. It will "be 48 feet long and have a cement floor. - They pave been forced to do much of the work connected with these improvements themselves x on account of the scarcity of labor. *