Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 302, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 December 1912 — Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]

We will save you money on your Christmas orders. JOHN EGER. Philip Kistner returned to Dunn this morning after a short visit here. Some nice pieces of imported china ware at 10c, 15c and 25c. JOHN EGER. Jacob Wagner went to Chicago this morning for an over Sunday visit with his two daughters. Let us sell you your Christmas dinner order. Phone 202, Rowen & Kiser. Charles Bonner, Sr., of Remington, who was taken seriously ill several days ago, is reported somewhat improved. _ We have everything in the fruit and vegetable line that is to be had Phone 202. Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Meek came from Indianapolis this morning to visit his brother, H. C. Meek and family, of Union township. Don’t forget to buy your Christmas candy at Rowen & Kiser’s. The biggest assortment in the city. Phone 202. Ed R. Pugh, who worked in the B. Forsythe store in Rensselaer several years ago, has just opened up a new variety store in Wolcott. Christmas Sale of Slippers for men, women and children at Geo E. Collins’ Shoe Store. Miss Cora Bruner has returned from Indianapolis, where she was studying telegraphy, and is keeping up her practice at the Western Union office. Get busy, you Christmas shoppers, the period for buying before Santa Claus comes is very short and the best things are getting scarcer all the time. Rensselaer merchants offer many splendid bargains this year. - This is another beautiful day and the forecast is for fair again tomorrow, although for somewhat colder The splendid weather has greatly favored outdoor work and practically every man in the community able to work has been able to find employment at good" wages. It is understood that Jesse D. Allman and son, Kenneth, are now on their way to Rensselaer and will reach here before Christmas and that Mrs. Allman and the other children have gone to California for a short visit with her sister before coming on to Rensselaer.

The McDonald sisters marketed about the finest bunch of turkeys in Rensselaer Thursday that we have ever seen. One of the turkeys was an old tom that weighed 37 pounds. The other 35 averaged 20 J / 2 pounds in weight and were all as plump and classy as any one could wish. They were thoroughbred Bronze turkeys and the tom that was sold had cost them sls two years ago. For the 35 turkeys they received the neat sum of $116.23. Dr. A. R. Kresler, Frank G. Kresler and Jesse Nichols, who recently purchased the Kneale & Ross farm of 303 acres, at public auction have sold it to A. C. Stauflenherg, of Manhatten, 111., who recently disposed of another farm in Barkley township. A. S. Laßue made the sale. Mr. Stauffenberg pays $19,550 for the farm, which cost the Kreslers and Nichols $17,043.75. Thus they cleared about S7OO each after the commission was paid. The farm is known as the old Michaels farm and lies 3 miles southeast of Rensselaer. Mr. Stauflenherg has again placed it on the market and if it is not sold by spring he intends to make some extensive improvements and fix it up a great deal. The farm has iffeen much neglected, in recent years. One of the cleverest child beggars in Chicago is named Olive Meek. She has been wanted by the police for sometime but evades arrest. Thursday she went to the store of Hibbard, Spencer, Bartlett & Co., and asked to see her “uncle,” whose, name she said was “Mr. Smith.” He could not he found and the girl began to cry, saying that she and her mother were going to be thrown out of their house because they could not pay the rent. The store manager and the store detective took up a collection to pay the rent and gave it to the little girl and then called a police officer to take her home. After riding on a streetcar for two miles they got off the .car and walked about a mile The girl told the detective that she had to go down the alley to “fix up” her stocking. He waited for her and she skipped out. He gave a description of her after getting to headquarters and learned that he had let a prize for whom the police have been looking for a long time slip through his fingers.

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