Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 285, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 November 1912 — F. M. HASKELL HAD CAUSE TO BE THANKFUL [ARTICLE]

F. M. HASKELL HAD CAUSE TO BE THANKFUL

Traub & Sellg Furnished His Thanksgiving Turkey Without Any i Cost, to Him. ' | F. M. Haskell,' the barber, is lucky. While others were breaking five-dollar bills for the Thanksgiving turkey, Frank was getting his for nothing. Traub & Selig, the clothiers, were the doners. They Will give one away each Saturday until Christmas, and Mr. Haskell got. the first one.

Randle Family Held Reunion On Thanksgiving Day.

At the home of Nelson Randle on Main street, the Randle families living in and near Rensselaer held a family reunion Thanksgiving day in honor of Mrs. Florence McFarland and daughter, Helen, of Camden, Ind. Mrs. McFarland is a niece of James, Henry and Nelson Randle and formerly lived in this county. The guests present were James T. Randle, Mrs. Evaline Randle, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Randle, Mr. and Mrs. D. S. Makeever, Mr. and Mrs. Bradford Poole, Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Randle, Ed J. Randle and son, Walter, C. C. Ran T die and family, L. B. Josserand and family, of Reynolds; Alfred Randle and family, Charles Randle and* family, J. N. Leathenman and family, Mr. and Mrs. George Bond and B. Forsythe. Mr. and Mrs. J. T. McCullough, of Terre Haute, who have been visiting their daughter, Mrs. Chas. W. Clift, for the past week, went to Chicago today for a short visit with their son. Frank Kretzer, 18 years of age, who is visiting friends at the college, fell from one of the gymnasium horses at the college Wednesday evening and suffered a fracture of the wrist at the lower end of the radius. He was attended by a local physician and was able to leave for his home in Indianapolis today. Most of the college hoys and girls are home for the Thanksgiving vacation. Walter English and Virgil Robinson from Purdue and Cope Hanley from Illinois being among them. Forest Morlan, Vern Haas and Junior Benjamin, of Chicago, clerks in the Monon railroad offices, were all here dor the big feed at the home table. Sylvester A. Long, a man full of new ideas and intensely interested in the practical- problems of life. A thorough education (ML Morris College, Chicago University), special training for the Lyceum and extensive travel, together with his experience on the platform, enable him to serve the most exacting audience. At M. E. church, Tuesday evening, admission 35 cents. (No successor has been elected to •take the place of John M. Wasson, deceased, as president of the First National Bank. There had been no vice-president of that institution but after the death of Captain Wasson, George E. Murray was elected vicepresident. A new president will be elected at the annual meeting of the board of directors the first of the year.

Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Honan entertained at a Thanksgiving 6 /o’clock dinner the families of M. A. and Thomas Ryan, of Indianapolis ant Chicago, aiidDr. and Mrs. J. Hi fHonafli Mr. and'Mrs. Delos Thompson and daughters, Misses Lois and Emily. George Ade, who had been expected as a guest, telegraphed his regrets Wednesday evening. John Andrus is very sick at his home northwest of Rensselaer and ihis condition is so alarming, that this recovery is a matter of grave doubt. He has peritonitis. Realizing the serious condition of the patient the local physician called a specialist from Chicago Thursday nighit and it was decided that the condition of Mr. Andrus was too serious to undertake an operation. Sylvester A. Long, author of the popular Life Problem Lectures, spent eight years as a high school and college teacher. He has other business interests,' 5 but Is now giving most of his time to the platform because he considers the Lyceum the most democratic and purely American expression of the general up-lUt movement of the age. At M E. church. Tuesday evenJag, admission 35 cents. Miss Bess Wiley, teacher of the sixth grade in the schools here, is entertaining at the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Laßue, her brother, J. R. Wiley, who attends Purdue University, and her sister, Miss Rosalie Wiley, who attends Northwestern University at Evanston. They will remain until the first of the week. Miss Helen Sarber, of Butler, Ind.; who is teaching school in Jasper county this year, is the guest of Miss Bel Laßue. The engagement of Miss Edna Hauter to Mr. Woodhull I. Spltler was announced at a Thanksgiving dinner when the parents of the latter, Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Spitler, entertained the parents of the former, Mr. and rife. Oscar Hauter. Quotations appropriate to the occasion were placed at each plate and a dove's nest was hung in the dining room. The time for the wedding has not been set, but it will probably not take place before next September. I v-, -

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