Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 303, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 December 1912 — Page 4 Advertisements Column 3 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Congress adjourned Thursday until January Bth. Born, Dec. 20th, to Mr. and Mrs. Dolph Day, a son. Why not a nice bedspread? Lep has a good line. Five thousand pounds of candies and nuts for our Christmas trade. JOHN EGER. Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Smith and son, Millard, went to Chicago today to visit relatives until after the first of the year. Will Carleton, poet, newspaper man and lecturer, died at his home in Brooklyn Wednesday night of pneumonia. Some nice pieces of imported china ware at 10c, 15c and 25c. JOHN EGER. Mr. and Mrs. G. H. McLain and son left this morning for Ohio, to spend a week or ten days with relatives. You can tie to Lee’s new line ot Dependon hose, men’s, women’s and children’s. * Tommy Crockett, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Crockett, south of town, is recovering from a mild case of scarlet fever. Today is the shortest day of the year. From now on they will grow longer at both ends and it will not be long until this will be quite noticeable. Alex. Hurley let a log fall on his left foot Friday, breaking two small bones in that member. He will be compelled to walk with the aid of a crutch for some time. H. L. Barnes arrived last night from Oshkosh, Wis., to remain over Christmas at the home of his fath-er-in-law, O. K. Rainier. His wife preceded him here, about two weeks.

Christmas Sale of Slippers for men, women and children at Geo E. Collins’ Shoe Store. Orville Bringle, of Fair Oaks, is not teaching school this winter but expects to enter Valparaiso college after the holidays. He is undecided what course he will take but expects to prepare himself for teaching. A 16-yearold boy, whose education was gained behind the bar of his father’s saloon, is under arrest as head of the auto bandits, who succeeded in finding and holding up a gambling house in Chicago which the police couldn’t discover. James Cherin, the youthful prisoner, is occupying a cell at the central police station.