Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 309, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 December 1912 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 5 [ADVERTISEMENT]

WEATHER FORECAST. Cloudy, probably rain or snow in the north and central portions tonight or Tuesday; slightly colder tonight.

LAST TURKEY WENT TO ABE HURLEY Traub & Selig Conclude Gifts of Barnyard Fowls to Customers— Proved Big Success. Traub & Selig gave the last of their holiday turkeys away Saturday, the recipient being Abe Hurley, of R. D. No. 4 They gave away one turkey each week since before Thanksgiving and the scheme proved a good trade drawer. Lower Insurance Rate In the Farmers’ Mutual. The board of directors of the Farmers’ Mutual Insurance Co. met in Remington Saturday and deter-' 8 mined upon the insurance rate for the ensuing year. The rate will be 20 cents per hundred. For the past three years it has been 25 cents. The losses were small the past year. Other business was transacted. County Treasurer A. A. Fell, who is one of the directors, was at the meeting. The annual stockholders’ meeting will be held in Remington Saturday, Dec. 11th, at which time two new directors will be elected. Senator Martin, democratic leader of the senate, has sent word to W. J. Bryan that the senate democrats favor his appointment as seecetary of state. This is regarded as a collapse of the opposition to Bryan and as an indication that he will be named Raymond, eighbyear-old son of Otto Smith, ten miles north of Elkhart, may lose the sight of one eye which was penetrated by a pin that had been stuck in a paper wad and thrown by a schoolmate while the teacher’s back was turned The victim was nished to a doctor, who doubts his ability to preserve the sight of the wounded eye. The house of commons has sanctioned the proffer of Premier Asquinth of an English man-of-war to convey the body of Whitelaw Reid to the United States. In making the suggestion, Asquinth paid a glowing tribute to Reid.