Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 198, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 August 1912 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 5 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Are You Canning? To help you reduce your canning expenses, we make some prices this week on cans and canning accessories: Mason Jan, half-gallei, per dozen > 75c Mason Jars, quart, per dozen - - - * 65c Nason Jars, pints, per dozen 50c E-Z Seal Jars, quart, per dozen 85c E-Z Seal Jars, pints, per dozen 75c 5c bar Sealing Wax 4c Best 10c Can Rubbers 8c Nason Jar Lids, per dozen -18 c Jelly Glasses, per dozen 18c Quart Tin Cana, per dozen 38c ANY KIND OF FRUIT. Home Grocery

The big battle ship Delaware is the ideal fighter of the American navy. That vessel stands at the head of the list of the twenty-one battle ships in battle efficiency for the year 19111912? Her final merit figures, as compiled by the navy department, gives that vessel a rating of 74.785 per cent. Governor Johnson, of California, vice presidential candidate on the progressive ticket, announced yesterday that he will start east about August 27th for a speaking tour of thirty days. He said it was expected Col. Roosevelt would come west at the same time. Approximately 50,000 freight cars have been assembled in the wheat growing territory of the Missouri river, for the first shipment of crops. This is a conservative estimate made by officials of the Great Northern, Northern Pacific and Soo Line railroads. •Grasshoppers broke up a band concert at Atchison,* Kans., Wednesday night. They crawled into some of the instruments and put them out of tune so badly that the musicians could not play. Farmers say the pests are more numerous than for ten years. The United States department of agriculture is looking for plant enthusiasts to aid in the work of experimenting with the thousands of new varieties of foreign plants brought to these shores annually by the bureau of plant introduction.

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