Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 January 1913 — Page 1

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FOUND BABY DEAD BY THEIR SIDES

Infant Son of Mr. and Mrs.'Mark Schroer Parsed Away While They Slept.

Mr. and Mrs. Mark Schroer, who live in Judson H. Perkin’s property in the southeast part of Rensselaer, were shocked beyond description when they found their 2-month-old son dead in their bed Sunday morning at an early hour. The baby had been in fair health and the cause of its death could not be determined by the physician who was called. It is not improbable that death was due to a leakage of the heart. At about 3:30 o’clock Sunday morning Mrs. Schroer awoke and the baby seemed to be sleeping soundly. She noticed that its eyes were partially opened buh did not think anything strange about -that fact; Shortly after 5 o’clock she woke again and the baby still-seemed to be sleeping soundly. She called Mr. Schroer’s attention to the child and he bent over it and found that the body was cold in death. The baby’s name was Earl Joseph. It was born in Barkley township on November 12th. Shortly after its birth the family moved to Rensselaer, where Mr. Schroer purchased an interest in the Rensselaer Garage and took charge as ths.manager of that business. The funeral will be held at the Catholic church Tuesday morning at 11 o’clock and interment made in Mt. Calvary cemetery, south of Rensselaer. A S. Barlow and wife, of Wheatfleld, came to attend the funeral.

“Henpecked Henry” at Ellis Theatre Tonight.

ThV Haltori Powell Co. played to a good business at Frankfort all last week, and The Times praised them very highly. TJhe two weeks previously the company played at Crawfordsville and Kokomo and at both places they did a fine business. There is every indication that it is the best repertoire company that has ever been in Rensselaer. Tonight the company will produce comedy entitled "Henpecked Henry,” which the Kokomo Dispatch says produced “a fusllade of merriment from start to finish.” Mr. Powell says that there has probably never been played in Rensselaer anything like the bill .that his company will put on tonight. The press proclaims It a whirlwind of amusement.

D. H. Yeoman arrived home this morning from his trip to California. He was gone just a month, which was about half as long as he had expected to stay when he went, but he did not like the climate that was being served up there very well and he had visited most of the places of interest and decided to come home. He spent most of his time at Los Angeles and the small cities thereabouts. At Long Beach he visited Mrs. Emma Kenton Berry and at Santa Anna her brother, Mel Kenton, both former residents of Jasper county. He returned home via Salt Lake City, and spent a short time with Cecil Alter, who has become famous there and-over the country by his success as a government weather expert. Dave enjoyed a fine visit and came home feeling fine. We were out o! Aristos flour for a few days, but have just received our first carload for 1913. We sold 1/* ~ Ir\ 1/ji Q A M J M |l4K All a AIIaII it) cars tn smx, ana, witu ino (pssp ty and price, we should sell 20 in 1913. “Asistos,” the perfect flour, $1.35; “Lord’s Best,” a high patent, $1.30; Washburn Crosby’s “Gold Medal," $1.25. JOHN EGER. ‘Unde” Press Robers was in town today, looking over old friends and laying in a supply of calendars and almanacs. He don’t make many visits here out bl watermelon season and stood about his favorite corners looking rather lonesome.

Arc you troubled with your H Have you been Disappointed Elsewhere ? J Do not detp&lr. Come to me. I will examine your eyes, fit you Vlth the glasses your eyes really need, and if you don’t need them I will tell you so. If the print blurs mid runs together when reading; If the threading of the needle is more difficult, or if your eyes get fed and Inflamed. It is a sure sign that eye-strain is present and should be corrected. kBYPTOK LENSES, TONIC LENSES, LOW BRIDGE FINGER-PIECE MOUNTING FEATURED. Dr. Rose M. Remmek Phone 403 Harris Block.

The Evening Republican.

SMILING TOM TAGGART TO GIVE A SMOKER

Every Senator and Representative Asked to Attend Blonde Boss Affair Tuesday Evening.

T. Taggart is making the most of his , royal stand-in with the two branches of the general assembly. Friday he Sent to the house an invitation, .which the reading clerk read, Inviting all members to attend a “smoker” he will give Tuesr day evening. “It will give you an opportunity to become acquainted with each other,” said the note. The Taggart-loving house broke Into an uproar of delight and Rev. Clarence Pierce, of Randolph county, moved that the thanks of the house be voted to Mr. Taggart and that the house attend in a body. The motion carried with a big “hip and hurray.” The “blonde boss” is certainly getting the legislature right where he wants them and the success he iB having don’t bode any good for the temperance cause in the state of Indiana.

LEE CHANGES 1-HOUR SALES FROM EVENING TO AFTERNOON.

W. R. Lee has decided to change his one-hour extra-special sales from evenings to afternoons. The sale each day will now be between "3 and" 4 o’clock p. m. This is done to favor those who cannot make it possible to get in evenings. Mr. Lee uses a single item for just one hour each day at an exceptionally low price,' simply as a leader. Below he gives the list of items and the day they are on sale this week: Thread Monday Outing Flannel Tuesday Kimonas Wednesday W. B. Corsets Thursday Rugs Friday Ladies’ Waists Saturday

Fateful Messages Passed Between Bluffton and Decatur.

Decatur, Ind„ Jan. 11—A telegram sent to Samuel Purdy, at Bluffton, yesterday, calling him to come home immediately, because his father, Lewis Purdy, was dying, was passed on the way by another telegram announcing the son had been murdered at Bluffton. The two telegrams arrived at the Western Union telegraph Offices here and at Bluffton almost at the same minute.

To Chop Wood for the Barkley Methodist Church.

On Thursday, of this week, Jan. 16th, there will be a wood-chopping at the Barkley M. E. church and all who can are urged to be present to help get up wood for the balance of the winter. Don’t forget to come. E. M. Kuonen, Pastor.

Word comes from Washnigton that the democratic tariff program is to be settled by “putting it up to” President-elect Wilson. Considered from any point of view, this is an interesting announcement. Is Dr. Wilson is to he the sole arbiter of what becomes of the independence cratlc pretense of the independence of the legislative branch of the government? And why should such responsibility be shouldered on the president-elect when, according to democratic assurances, the late election represented popular indorsement of the tariff action by the present congress? Does not the real truth lie in the fact that democratic congressmen are “all torn up” over the tariff and are ready to unload the whole business on the incoming executive?

Some of the features of the R-C-H car are most axle*elearanee of any car, Warner auto-meter, tally-ho horn, center control, automatic sparker, straight line drive shaft, Bosch magneto, non-skid tires, jiffy curtains, etc. And best of all, the car is sold for S9OO, fully equipped. This price includes everything. You do not buy the car and then have to spend two or three hundred dollars before you are ready to take a trip. If interested ask John Knapp, the local agent, for a free demonstration.

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RENSSELAER, INDIANA, MONDAY, JANUARY 13, 1913.

MRS. A. M. GARRIOTT BROKE LEFT ARM

After Attending Funeral of Relative She Fell While Getting Out =?. '■. of the Buggy.

"Mr®. Albert M. Garriott suffered the fracture of her left arm, the humerous being broken about three inches below the shoulder. Airs. Garriott and husband had attended the funeral in Rensselaer of Mrs. James Garriott, and on returning home stopped at the Bowman Switzer farm to exchange buggies. In stepping out of the byggy Mrs. Garriott fell and sustained the fracture, which will incapacitate her for some time.

Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Parker are spending today in Chicago. Try one of those large cans of fancy spinach for $lO. JOHN EGER. — Misses Mabel Nowels and Florence Moore spent Sunday with Mr. . and Mrs. John Lesh, of Union township. * 1 - - Oscar Hauter went to Purdue today to Attend the farmers’ short course. His son, Percy, will go there tomorrow. We have in stock a full line of hard and soft coal. We would appreciate your orders. HAMILTON & KELLNER. Judge Hanley and Court Reporter McFarland went to Kentland today to open up the January term of the Newton circuit court. A can chuck-full of fancy white spears of tender asparagus for 15c. Try a can -and you will buy more. JOHN EGER. Ernest Florence, son of William; Lannie Davisson, son of Amos, and Clifford Baker, son of J. W., went to Purdue today Jo- attend the farmers’ short course. - —m Alfred Donnelly\ went to Lafayette today on an onion selling trip. He is not building up any false hopes, however, about the success he expects to have. For 25c we will sell you 3 pounds of nice large peaches, or 3 pounds of nice large prunes, or seeded, seedless, or large, loose, Muscatel raisins. JOHN EGER. Mrs. J. A. McFarland left this morning for Terre Haute, having received a telegram that her sister, Mrs. Jessie Mitchell, was very near death in a hospital in that city. She is 38 years of age. Theodore George returned to Chicago this afternoon, after spending a pleasant week’s visit at “the old town” with some of the best fellows on earth. He will not start out on his traveling job again. B. J. Gifford’s condition is measurably improved today and there is every indication that he will be able to be up within a few days and that the slight apopleptic stroke he suffered Saturday morning will leave no permanent ill effect. Mrs. Charles Miller and husband, of Seymour, have been visiting relates, the Lownian families, for the past three months. He went to Seymour Saturday and she went to Amboy today to visit her father, George Lowman, for a week. W. S. Culp, who has been visiting his brother, John T. Culp, and other relatives apd old- friends for the past three weeks, went to Monon today to visit other relatives and will then go to Battle Ground for a visit before returning to his home at Delphi. Ed Ranton is here today. He is planning his removal here about the first of March, when he will occupy the Maines farm, which he recently bought. He will hold no public sale In White county, but will move all of his stock and farm equipment here. John Daugherty, carrier of route No. 1, has been laying off for the past week, with a bad cold and grip, and Mrs. Daugherty has also been quite Blck. He is not yet well enough to return to work and won’t try it for some time Harry Murray is carrying his route and Harry's son and substitute Mort Murray, is carrying No. 2. The trial of the John G. Bisher land case will come up in Lafayette tomorrow in the superior court. The plaintiffs are represented by Attorneys Dunlap, Parkinson and Sellere while Attorneys Halleck, Williams and C. E. Thompson represent the defendant The case was tried once in this county, later venued to White and then to Lafayette. It will be h*rd fought The title to 80 acres of &illam township land, valued at $8.00(1 Is the stake.

WANT THE SPOILS OF RECENT VICTORY

Democrats Are Planning Overthrow of Civil Service in Order to Fix Things for Themselves.

Washington dispatches, especially the Louie Ludlow kind, are flooding the newspapers with the schemes of democrats to overthrow the civil service laws of the country and gd back to the old spoils system of rewarding the campaign worker, regardless Of his qualifications.

, Representative Cox, of Indiana, is quoted as making a bitter attack on the rural mail carriers, claiming that only 5 per cent of the 1,800 carriers in the state are democrats. 4 If the democrats have their way there will be a /6ig shake-up and all of the republican carriers and postal employees fired and the Jobs given to the “faithful.”

Goodland Defeated by St. Joe Saturday Afternoon.

St. Joe’s basket throwing quintet won from Goodland last Saturday by the score of 48 to 28. The game was good to watch, owing to the fact that luck continually broke for Goodland, many of their baskets being clean throws from deep center. The college five has had weekly instruction from Carp Stockton, of Purdue fame, and; begin to show a more scientific knowledge of the game. Sindelar, at center, was an infallible shot. This team will make any secondary college sit up and take notice. Quite a number of young ladies from town witnessed the game. Co. M’s team also had seats and hope to play the Collegians some time in February.

What Wing Says of Alabama.

Joseph E. Wing*who is probably the best authority in the United States on soil, has two illustrations in his latest book on “Alfalfa in America,” taken near Demopolis, Ala., referring to the Black Belt. On page 496 he writes: “A strip of limestone, soft, white and easily disintegrating, called Selma Chalk, extends down the eastern edge of Mississippi, across into Alabama. On this rests usually a black soil, varying 'in depth from a few inches to many feet. Naturally this is among the best land in the world, and has marvelous durability under continuous cropping. JOSEPH PULLIN, Solicitor, - • ' ;; Phone 534-1.

See George F. Meyers’ list of Farms for Sale in another column. William Traub went to Chattsworth, 111., today, to visit his other store. Mrs. A. L. Padgitt and Miss Maud Daugherty are spending today in Chicago. Born, Friday, V Jan. 10th, to Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Shigley, in th northwest part of town, a daughter. Mrs. Minnie Peterson and Miss Bertha Peterson, of Keener township, were Rensselaer visitors today. s L. E. Barber, a clerk at Rowles & Parker’s, was called to his home in Ohio last Friday by the death of his father. Chop, bran, middlings, oil meal tankage, oyster shell and all other feeds sold by first-class feed stores, for sale by Hamilton & Kellner. Geo. W. Thomas and son, Earl of McMinnville, Tenn., who had been visiting Mr. and Mrs. Vern Robinson for the past week, went to Lafayette today. Miss Lillian will be taken to Wesley hospital in Chicago tomorrow, to undergo an operation for appendicitis and possibly for some other trouble. “Uncle” David Nowels is gradually growing weaker and the end is near at hand, hut he may live for several days. His son, David 8., of Lamar, Colo., arrived yesterday. Emmet Fldler, accompanied by his father-in-law, Henry Crinnel went to Marshall, DL, today, to visit the latter’s daughter. Emmet will also- visit his two brothers, W. E., at Newman, and J. L., at Champaign. ' About thirty young people, boys and girls from 13 to 17 years of age, have organized a dancing club and gave their first dance Saturday night at the armory. They expect to give a dance every two or three weeks, restricted to members of the club anfl a few who have been asked to instruct them. What have you to sell at this time of the year? Try a classified ad in The Republican and you can sell it Remember, that all classified ads go in all issues of The Evening and Semi-Weekly Republican. Use our Classified Column.

MRS. WILLIAM BRAKE DIED SUNDAY NIGHT

Husband an Operator at Depot— Prematurely Born Child and Poor Nursing Has ten Death.

Mrs. William Brake, whose husband has been employed as a telegraph operator at the depot here, died this Monday morning at 2 o’clock at their home on Yap Rensselaer street, just south of the Christian church. She was 30 years ►of age and was married to Brake last May. For the past month she has been ill, suffering from malaria, and a week ago Sunday night gave premature birth to a babe that lived for sevefal hours. Since then she has gradually tailed until death came at the hour stated. What nursing she received was done by the husband and the woman’s father, Hugh Pursley, and by two or three kind neighbors, but she did not have the care that she should have had under the circumstances and it is almost certain that her removal to the hospital or the employment of a nurse would have prolonged or possibly have saved her lifa Brake formerly lived in Kokomo and has been here since Sept. 24th. His wife’s maiden name was Maud Pursley and she had been married once before and had one child, George Brown, 6 years old, by that marriage The husband has also been married before and has three children, only one of which was living with him here. It is reported that the deceased woman has had much to discourage her and the fact that she was not provided with the proper sort of care during her sickness doubtless hastened her death. The body will he shipped to Kokomo Tuesday, leaving Rensselaer on the 11:32 train.

DAYS OF DIZZINESS

dome to Hundreds of Rensselaer People.

There are days of dizziness; Spells of headache, languor, backache; Sometimes rheumatic pains; Often urinary disorders. All tell you plainly the kidneys are sick. Doan’s Kidney Pills are especially for kidney ilia Can Rensselaer residents doubt this statement. Mrs. M. S. Babb, Railroad St., Monticello, Ind., says: “Last fall I was troubled by a dull gnawing pain in the small of my back and there were other symptoms of kidney complaint in evidence, such as dizzy spells, headaches and trouble with the kidney secretions. I procured a box of Doan’s Kidney Pills an<f I was fortunate beyond my expectations in being promptly and positively relieved.” For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents. Foster-Milbum Co., Buffalo. New York, sole agents for the United States. Remember the name—Doan’s—4pd take no other.

Card of Thanks.

We wish to extend to the many kind neighbors and friends our sincere thanks for the acts so generously administered following the accident and during the last sickness Qf our father, John Groom. THE CHILDREN.

Notice to Woodmen.

Hereafter all Woodmen dues and assessments will he paid to thruir dersigned, clerk of the local camp. I may be found during the store hours at Murray's grocery department. ... JOHN R. MERRITT, Clerk.

BREADSTUFFS ThenrAH Rye Flour Graham Flour Buckwheat Flour Whole-Wheat Flour Ready Pancake Flours Fresh Ground New Meal Lenfestey’s Hygenic Bran The belt flour sold in Rensselaer A. & K.’s Best WE APPRECIATE A TRIAL Home Grocery

WEATHER FORECAST. Unsettled, Kith local snows tonight or Tuesday; wanner tonight.

HANGING GROVE.

Robert Drake and daughter Hazel were in Rensselaer Friday. Gifford Marrs went out across the dredgp ditch Sunday evening. Misses Dora Phillips and Olive Cole were in Rensselaer Saturday. Miss Ethel Ross and Robert Johns visited at Cochran’s Sunday. J. E. Ross butehered nine hogs Friday. J. R. Phillips got four of them. . Jim Lefler went to Lafayette Sunday for a visit with his sons, Tony fend Len, and families. - Cary Lowman went after his bobsled Sunday afternoon and expects to do considerable hauling to the farm which he has rented. Boyd Holmes came from Rensselaer to attend the social and spent a day or two visiting among relatives, before leaving for his home at Jamestown, N. Dak., next week. " Mr. and Mrs. George Westphal, of near Francesville, spent Saturday and Sunday with the latter’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Cochran, and family. Firman Rutherford, of Rensselaer, moved the boiler of the •Gilmore dredge down to Lee Friday. It has been laying near the ditch at the Wm. E. Jacks farm. They moved it on a sled, drawn by six horses. The band boys’ box social, given Saturday night, was indeed a success, in spite of the bad weather. People turned out well and the gross receipts were $42, with perhaps only a couple of dollars expense. The boys wish to thank all for the kind support and most especially the young ladies who had boxes. A box of candy put up for the most popular young lady was voted to Dora Phillips, which all told brought nearly nineteen dollars.

Methodist Social

Section 5, of the Ladies Industrial Society of Trinity M. E. church, will give a social Tuesday, January 14, at the home of Mrs. Leslie ClarlL A 10c lunch from 2 to 5 p. m. and 15c supper from 6toßp. m. Everybody welcome. Menu: Veal loaf, hot biscuits, butter, jelly, honey and coffee. Extra at night. - We can sell you a first-class spreader at a lower price than you can buy of any cheap catalogue house. HAMILTON A KELLNER.

TheEllisTheatre J H. 8. ELLIS, Manager, WEEK BEGINNING To ✓ Night / * • Look Who’s Coming America’s Best Popular Prieed Show The Halton Powell Co. Conceded by prem and public to be the leader* presenting a repertoire of original comedies and dramas. Special productions of HENPECKED HENRY. PRICES r— Ifc, 2fc andTiOc Wednesday and Saturday Matinee 10c and 20.. LADIES FREE TONIGHT UNDER USUAL CONDITIONS.

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