Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 298, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 December 1912 — Page 1

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- : : i .* : _ ; -- - —' - Low Prices GOOti Clothes I High Quality [ The articles mentioned are all useful and each in itself beautiful, and the range of prices so large that all tastes can be satisfied. All articles possible put in appropriate Holiday Boxes without extra charge. Goods laid away and delivered when wanted. . TRAUB & SELIG Given away absolutely free each « iiTha Mow Vnrlr Odd fallows Bldg. ,or p,rticu IHu HBn IUI IV OIUIC Rensselaer % ‘\> "• ... . ' ••

Christmas AND Prosperity Jasper County with its Bountiful Crop should make this her banner Christmas year. How to show our gratitude and give according to our ability is a hard proposition at times. We try to make this an easy task at Fendig’s Rexall Drug Store by suggesting nifty and useful gifts at proper prices. We can only give a few suggestions, but come in and see the rest. Eastman Kodaks, from . $2.00 to $25 Victor Talking Machines froni sls to S2OO ■ • t r ' Spalding’s Footballs, Dolls, Games, Toys, and Basketballs, Polo Clubs, a vast array or Child* Punching Bags. - ren’s Presents. Books, Calendars, Kodaks, Fountain Pens, Fancy Albums, Penants. • Perfumes, Cut Glass. A swell line Toilet Arti- Leather Pillows, Skins, cles in French Ivory, and Music Rolls. SUver, and Ebony. Hand Mirrors, Christmas Post Cards, Shaving Mirrors, ; Seals and Tags. l -- Triplicate Minors. _____ Be Sure and Give Our Store a Visit on Your Shopping Tour FENDIG’S Rexall Drug Store

New dried fruits of all kinds at Bowen ft Kiser’s. Phone 202.

The Evening Republican

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RENSSELAER, INDIANA, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1912.

See our dollar window. JESSEN THE JEWELER.

WEATHER FORECAST. 11 " v* fair tonight and Sunday; slightly warmer tonight.

VALPARAISO YOUNG MAN SUED BY GIRL

Clerk in Bert Brenner’s Drug Store Made Defendant in Breach of Promise Suit. William 1 C. Howerton, a drug clerk employed by Bert Brenner at Valparaiso, has been made the defendant In a breach of promise suit. The plaintiff is Miss Etta Jordan, a resident of College Hill, who asks SIO,OOO as a balm for her disappointment. Prom the Messenger the following statement of the action is taken: THE ALLEGATIONS. The complaint alleges: That Miss Jordan and Mr. Howerton agreed to get married. That the date of this agreement was on or about June 1,191 L That at the time she was over 18 and Mr. Howerton over 21. That she has since remained single and is willing to keep her part of the agreement. DISAPPOINTMENTS. That on Dec. 9, 1912, pliantiff requested defendant to marry her. That he refused and still refuses to marry her. That she has devoted her time to preparing for the wedding. That she has refused the society of marriageable men. That by failure of defendant to keep his promise she has sustained damages to the extent of SIO,OOO,

FRESH AIR NEEDED TO WARD OFF DISEASE.

Better Have a Husky Throat Than Be Central Figure at a First Class Funeral. Cold winds are disagreeable, but they are less dangerous than the air of a close, foul room that never is cleaned by the wind. Gales from the lake may “go through you,” but they leave no white plague germs behind than, j Open windows in the sleeping room may an occasional husky throat in the morning, but closed windows are cards of admission to the cemetery. In winter, as in summer, man is an air-breathing animal; and the only air fit to breathe is fresh air.

A suit case or traveling bag makes a sneful Xmas present We have thete in all colors and grades. 0. BftHL DUVALL*

FRED ILIFF AND DUD MYERS HURT

Jostled OS Running Gears of . Wagon and Cut by SharpStones On Road. Fred Iliff, Dudley Myers and Lee Rardin, all employees of Firman Thompson, on his ranch at Parr, were making a trip Friday morning to get lumber from Ben McColly’s sawmill camp on the Barkley farm. They were riding* on the running gears of the wagons, Iliff and Myers on one wagon, leading a team behind. A kingbolt came out of the wagon on whieh they were riding and they were thrown forward to the stone road and a rear wheel of the wagon passed over them or at least over Iliff. The accident happened near the Nathan Eldridge farm in Barkley township, to* which place Iliff and Myers were taken and a doctor summoned. He found that Iliff had two gashes on the left side of his head, each about 3 inches long and one about 6 inches long on the right side of his head and his right ear almost severed frohi the head. Tt required a number of stitches to close the wounds and Fred did not miss having his entire scalp Lorn off very much. Myers was not so seriously injured but his left ear was almost cut off. It is reported that a bottle of booze was at.the bottom .of the trouble and that without it the accident might readily have been avoided.

OLD SOLDIER NOW IN COUNTY ASYLUM

Man Called the “Ground Hog” at Remington Given Bath-t-Gets Increase of Pension. A few days ago an old man named John M. Hillman was brought from Remington to the county asylum. It seems that he had lived in a hovel over there and never washed nor cleaned himself up and he was so filthy that he was nicknamed the “Ground Hog” there and so known to about every person. One day last week John Harris, Cy Rice and the town marshal of Remington decided to give him a scrubs bing up and this was done, after which he was given a new suit of clothes and brought to the county asylum here. The next day Superintendent Nichols received a letter forwarded from Remington. It was from the Pension Bureati and proved to be a notification that he had been granted an increase in his pension from sl2 td $25 per month juid that he had been allowed back pay at this rate since last May, amounting to a little over $67. Mr. Nichols had already written to the national soldiers’ home at Marion, where he claimed to have been an Inmate at one time, to ask if he could not again be admitted there. The reply stated that he had not been an inmate at any time. Under the federal law a pensioner who received more than S2O per month is not eligible to admission at a national soldiers’ home

, The old man has been quite well pleased since he arrived at the county farm and since he was given the scrubbing at Remington and required to keep clean at the farm, he is not a bad looking old man. A package of papers that he carried in his pockets, smelled so foul that Mr. Nichols disinfected them. thoroughly. The soldiers’ home would be the proper place for him, if he has no relatives willing to care for him. ‘ V | ' Christmas shoppers will find Lee’s new dry goods and shoe store a good place to buy. Everything new and nice. The day of harsh physics is gone. People want mild, easy laxatives. Doan’s Regulets have satisfied thousands. 25c at all drag stores.

MORSE BDNTE Milk Creams Bitter Sweets High-Grade Candies Xmas Packages F. W. TOBIAS Newspapers Magazines

TRUSTEE ED LANE BOUGHT PRIZE CORN

Paid $9.25 For Ten Ears Raised by Henry Paulus and Exhibited at Corn Show. The Catholic com show and bazaar was brought to a close Friday night after a very successful three days’ event. Every department of the fair enjoyed a good business and considerable money was raised for the church. The fair is to be an annual event in the future The prize corn was auctioned off Friday evening and Trustee Ed Lane of Newton township, bought the prize ten ears, paying $9.25 for it, or almost $1 an ear. He will plant the com next spring and expects to be a contender for the prize next year himself. The other com brought splendid prices. One of the interesting events in connection filth the fair was the contest between Loretta Nagle and Charlotte Kanne for a gold watch. The former was successful, securing almost twice as many votes as Miss Kanne, but both had done so well that each was given a watch. The armory was crowded Friday evening with a merry throng and a flne time was enjoyed.

DROPSY CAUSE OF AGED LADY’S DEATH

Mrs. Rachel Price Died at Home of Her Son After Long Sickness— Funeral Sunday. Mrs. Rachel Price, aged 73 years, died at the home of her son, John W. Price, at 1:15 this Saturday morning. She had been sick for a long time with dropsy and b rights disease. Deceased leaves five living children, namely, Mrs. Mary Pawley, John W. Price, Mrs. Lucinda Baker, James Price and Wesley Price. - The funeral will take place Sunday afternoon at 1 o'clock at the Brushwood church and burial will be made in the.Praeter cemetery.

Construction of Big Monon Ditch Started.

The big dredge commenced work last week on the Big Monon or Ketman ditch that runs across the west end of Pulaski county and down through this county into the Tippecanoe river. The dredge was erected east of Francesville and the ditch at that point is 64 feet wide on the bottom. The dredge Is built with a three-yard dipper but It takes as much as five yards at a lift. This ditch will fork lust south of Francesville and will empty Into, the Tippecanoe at two points. The* old outlet is through stone and to widen and deepen it is too expensive a proposition so a new outlet has been surveyed to the east that can be dug much deeper.

Mother Hen Was Faithful And Hatched December Brood. Morocco Courier. Mrs. Harry Henry had a bunch of chicks hatched Tuesday. The old hen made her nest in the grass near M. taffy's elevator and although the weather has been quite severe, only ten above one morning recently, she came off with her brood looking as fine as June chicks and doing welL If you want to* make a present of something that your friend will' appreciate, you will find it at Clarke’s. A Classified Adv. will soli It Ellis Theatre 3 —Nights— 3 Commencing f) OA I £ MONDAY, ÜBUi l D Holden Bros. Comedy Co. , — ; Drama and . • ... —.... . . i . Prices: 10c; 20c, 30c

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