Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 January 1913 — Page 1

No. 23.

BARGAINS NOW In Clothing and Furnishings Traub A Selig “Ths Naw York Store**

Go to J. C. Gwin & Cd. for genuine Pittsburg coaL Alex. Frye made a trip to Logansport today. Go to J. C. Gwin & Co. for genuine Pittsburg coal. Buy your coal, wood and feed of Hamilton & Kellner. See George F. Meyers’ list of Farms for Sale in another column. The Weber wagon, the best on the market, for sale by Hamilton & Kellner. ">Don’t overlook our extra large fancy potatoes, 15c a peck or 60c a busheL JOHN EGER. The jiffy curtains are a feature of the R-C-H cars that are meeting with instant favor by the public. The Beahler will case was tried at Kentland last Friday and the court found against Beahler and the bondsmen and gave judgment for the plaintiffs in the sum of $3,700. We offer for this week fifty twen-ty-five pound boxes of new California Santa Clara prunes, at SI.OO a box. JOHN EGER. John Copsey, of Sheridan, and mother, of Lafayette, spent Sunday here with the former’s wife, who is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Monroe Carr, for an indefinite time. Just received another refrigerator car of fancy apples. We can and will save you money on fancy apples by the barrel, bushel or peck. JOHN EGER. Miss Claire Jessen is taking a course in the Lafayette Business College, spending five days of the week there and returning home each Friday evening. On Saturdays she is employed in the office of City Treasurer Ray D. Thomson. John Greenfield and wife, forme - ly of this city, who moved to New Mexico some years ago and later went to Colorado, are now living in San Diego, Cal., and T. A. Crockett, who lives in his house in this place, has received a letter from him. Mr. and Mrs. Dallas Gunyon returned to Patton, Carroll county, today, after a visit since a week ago last Saturday with his father, J. N. Gunyon, and with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. James McClannahan, of Union townslhp. Dallas is farming at Patton, where his brother-in-law, Robert Harmon, also lives. J. D. Allman and family were in Remington Sunday, spending the day with his mother, Mrs. Mary Allman, who lives with her daughter, Mrs. C. H. Peck. Mrs. Allman is 79 years of age and has been feeling quite poorly lately. The latter part of December she fell and suffered a shock that went hard with her, although no bones were broken. She is now somewhat improved. There is nothing healthier or better for food at this time of year than dried or evaporated fruits,, and they have not been as cheap and as fine a quality for a good many years. New fancy evaporated peaches, nectarines, apples, plums, white cooking figs, loose muscatel, seedless or seeded raisins, 3 pounds for 25c. Prunes, 3, 4 and 5 pounds for 25c. JOHN EGER. Lewis Davisson’s cancer is rapidly growing worse. It is eating away the nose and is eating on the right cheek. It has closed one eye entirely and he can see but very little out of the other. It is affecting his head so he can hardly stand Mr. Davisson would be very glad to have any of his old friends call on him at his home on South Weston street? A. F. Long returned this morning from Oxford, Ohio, where he went Sunday morning to spend the day with his daughter, Martha, at the Western College for Girls. Martha has not been well since returning to school after her operation and it has beeQ, decided to have her withdraw from school after the semester eaminations of this week are completed and to have her rest up until the fall term. CASTOR IA Bnr Infante and Children. Um Kind You Hare Mways Bought Bean the /7s “77" Signature Of Lyceum Oduroe Dates. Jan. BL—Maclnnfes Neilson. March 10.-Barah Mildred Willmer. April 14.—The Bohannans.

The Evening Republican.

WILL GIVE PRIZES FOR ATTRACTIVE LAWNS

John H. Holden Found It Easy / Matter to Interest Business ' Firms in Beauty Scheme. —. Make Rensselaer just as pretty as you can. _ ; ' That is the thing that-every person ought to try to do as a matter of city civic pride. We have been doing mighty well, too', in recent summers. And any one who mixes much with the transient visitors knows that they speak mighty well of our city. In comparison with other towns of its size we believe it is hard to beat, but it can be made much prettier by a greater effort on the part of property owners and tenants. A little extra time each day in the care of the lawn, a little study about the planting and culture of flowers and Rensselaer can be made to blossom and brighten until it has no rival in Indiana. John H. Hojden, the man who has made Weston cemetery more beautiful than ever before, is behind the effort to make Rensselaer one big flower garden, and he h receiving the backing of the businessmen of the city and we believe the money that will be spent in this manner will be the best investment that was ever made in the town. The plan is to give prizes about Sept. Ist for the most attractive lawns in the city. Three prizes are provided for, the first being $25, the second sls and the third $lO. The lawns will be judged by a landscape gardener from Chicago. Professional florists will not be permitted in competition, although any person can get all the suggestions he wants in the landscaping of his premises, and Mr. Holden offers, free of charge, to -aid any person by suggestion. The idea is a good one, has been u rged by newspapers in the past, and Mr. Holden’s plan to bring the idea into vogue will certainly prove very popular. Altogether now, “Let us make Rensselaer just as pretty as we can.”

Go to J. C. Gwin & Co. for genuine Pittsburg coal. W. H. Hogan made a trip to Monticello today. Mrs. D. W. Waymire visited over Sunday at DeMotte. N. G. Halsey spent Sunday with his family at Kankakee. F. E. Lewis and C. J. Hobbs were down from Kersey today. Mrs. Tom Jensen, of Wheatfield, was here a short time today. Delos Thompson and J. J. Montgomery made a trip to Indianapolis today. Mrs. C. McMurray returned to Lebanon today after a visit here with R. W. Burris. Mrs. Anna Yard returned to Kokomo today after a visit with her son, George Yard, in Rensselaer. A large lot of farm machinery for sale February 4th, at the dissolution sale at Parr, of Kurrie, Babcock and Thompson. Mrs. Anna Blackman went to Frankfort today to visit a friend, who suffered an injury in an accident there last week. Mrs. Tom Randle and son, Dick, arrived this morning from Ottawa, Kans., and after a short visit here with her father-in-law, J. T. Randle, will go to Francesville to visit her father, John Tillett, and other relatives. B. J. Gifford’s condition continues about the same. He remains at his apartments in the Makeever hotel in charge of the trained nurse. His physical condition is about as it was before the stroke of apoplexy, but he is irrational much of the time. * Jap Wright was over from Mt. Ayr today. He recently was visited by his brother, Dionysius Wright, of Homer, 111. His brother had just sold a farm there for $225 an acre and was looking for an investment over this way, but went away without buying. Miss Madie, daughter of Mrs. Mary ,E.. Drake, has been ill for some time and it has about been decided to place her in a sanitarium at Napiervllle, 111., for treatment, although definite arrangements have not yet been made. Her condition is not regarded critical but she has been 111 for several weeks and the sanitarium treatment has been recommended by the family physician. / Remember the date of A. B. Lowman’s sale, Feb. 7th; look over the bill or the list In The Republican and see if you don’t need something that he will sell

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RENSSELAER, INDIANA, MONDAY, JANUARY 27, 1913.

COMPANY M TO GIVE A SMOKER

It Will Be Held Wednesday Evening at the Armory and Large * Number of Guests to Be There. Company M will hold a smoker Wednesday evening of this week and each member of the company has been asked to furnish the invi-, tation committee with the names of two friends and invitations have been sent .t\ all of these. The “smoker” will be something more than the name implies, as the refreshments committee is preparing quite a spread. The Wang Doodle quartette is to sing and those who care to do so can devote the evening to playing seven-up. Quite a large number of business and professional men have been extended invitations. It is hoped that every member of the company attends.

Old Sayings About January and A Traveling Man’s Forecast

January blossoms fill no man’s cellar. If birds begin to whistle in January, frosts to come. When gnats swarm in January the peasant becomes a beggar. Mucjj rain in January, no blessing to the fruit. When oak trees bend with snow in January good .crops may be expected. A cold January, a feverish February, a dusty March, a weeping April and a windy May presage a good year and gay. Weather folklore used to be much more common than it is today, when we'have the daily forecasts served up by experts. The average young man of today pays but little attention to the signs that were formerly held as certain preliminaries for storms or fair weather. The writer met a traveling man this morning who is probably much more observing than most people. He stated that the first forty days’ weather of the year are controlled by the prevailing winds of January Ist. He called attention to the fact than January Ist this year was mild, with prevailing winds from the south and southwest. The consequence is to be that mild weather will ensue until the Bth or 10th of February. “Look out for a cold spell about February 10th,” he said, and he said it just as though he was certain it was coming. The name of the gentleman is withheld from publication, as he don’t want to lose any trade because of any false forecasting. However, if his prophesy comes true, we will then be at liberty to tell who made the forecast. A number of years ago the government got out a book entitled “Weather Folklore,” which embodied about all the weather Idioms of the English language. It would be an interesting book to have in any home, but on effort on the part of the writer to procure TnnFfattHf s —■■ We shall take pleasure this year in watching the outcome of the forecast of our commercial friend, who prognosticates some real winter after Feb. 10th.

Beech Peterson and son left today for Kansas City, Mo. A. B. Lowman will have a good list of stock and farm equipment for sale at his public sale Feb. 7th. Fred Hartman has been sick for the past two months and lately has been unable to leave his home. Feb. sth is the date’of John W. Nowels’ farm and stock sale, 2 miles north and 2 miles west of Rensselaer. C. M. Greenlee, who recently bought a store at Yeoman, Carroll county, Is here today. He is preparing to remove his family there. Willis Poole, who has been 'running a farm at Battle Ground for the past year, was home for an over Sunday visit with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John,Poole, and his father, accompanied Alim there today. John W. Marlatt expects to move to Rensselaer about March Ist, occupying North Weston street, nov occupied by W. H. HOgan ail'd wife,rwho are looking for a house. C. W. May, whose sale was held last Saturday, after being postponed from the Monday before, had a splendid sale. Horses sold at prices ranging from $lB2 to $260, several head bringing more than S2OO each. There was An enormous crowd and the sale totaled above $4,000. - Twenty-eight head of bogs for sale at the Kurrle, Babcock and Thompson dissolution sale Feb. 4th. Order your Calling Cards at The Republican office.

BROTHER CRAMPTON FERNINST COMMISSION

Looks With Well-Grounded Suspicion on Anything Proposed by Indianapolis Club. f —' 7- ‘TCarroll County Citizen-Times. At each recurring meeting of the Indiana legislature, the Indianapolis board of trade and commercial club resolve some scheme to “reform” and “improve” management at affairs in the country districts, but which in fact has only for its object the creating a lot of new offices to enable a batch of hangerson to tap the pulblic till. It is not necessary, perhaps to enumerate all of the results of tins board of trade and commercial One will be sufficient: That of the expert accountant, an all-arounck all wool and a yard wide civil reformer who was pitched off a train here last summer, arrested and fined for drunkenness and then commenced overhauling our county officers’ books at $lO per day. * This year an addition has been made to the Rural District Tipping clubs of Indianapolis by the formation of a silk stocking, kid glove, spiketail, hair-parted-in-the-middle combination branded, The Indiana Good Roads Association. Its membership is composed of automobile manufacturers and owners, chauffuers, fast horse breeders and lame duck office seekers out of a job, too proud to beg and too lazy to work. They are asking aid in the passage of a law placing the management of the roads in the hands of a commission, who, judging by the expert reformers resulting from former board of trade and commercial club resolutions, know about as much about roads as a hog does about glory. We are in receipt of a velvetyphrased communication asking our aid in the passage of this sweetly scented rose-colored scheme to place our roads in charge of a state commissioner with assistant in each district and deputy assistants, etc., etc., at so much per, etc. And our answer is, speaking for Carroll county, that we have now 356 miles of first-class stone and gravel roads, twenty-five miles more now under contract, and 108 miles more petitioned for, all paid for or being pair by our taxpayers and any person who would .vote or aid in any way to place these roads under the management of, outsiders, would put himself in the position of a celluloid dog chasing an asbestos cat through hell. Do you catch the idea?

POSITIVE PROOP. Should Convince the Greatest Skeptic in Rensselaer. Because It’s the evidence of a Rensselaer citizen. Testimony easily investigated, The strongest endorsement of merit. ■ ' The best proof. Read it: Mrs. F. W. Rutherford, College Ave., Rensselaer, Ind., says.: “I have no reason to alter my high opinion of Doan’s Kidney Pills which I publicly expressed in the fall of 1907. I have even greater confidence in this remedy than I did then, for I found it to be just as represented. I was badly in need of something that would relieve my suffering. My back ached most of the time and I felt languid and devoid of ambition. I had dizzy spells and headaches and there were many other symptoms of kidney trouble present. When I read that Doan’s Kidney Pills were a good remedy for such complaints, I procured a box at Fendig’s Drug Store and they brought prompt relief. I am seldom without a supply of Doan’s Kidney Pills in the house and I find that a few doses now and then keep my kidneys in good working order. Other members of my family have taken Doan’s Kidney Pills and in each case the results have been of the best.” For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, New York, sole agents for the United States. Remember the name—Doan’s—and take no other.

If you want a good brood mare attend John W. Nowels’ sale on Feb. sth. If yo uwant a good horse or cow attend 8. B. Lowman’s sale on Feb. 7th. What comforts a woman about being too big to fit in the bathtub is when she was a girl she Could almost squeeze through a knothole. John W. Nowels will offer 15 head of cattle, 8 of which are extra good milk cows, at his sale, Feb. Sth. A. B. Lowman will sell some good horses and mules at his sale, Feb. 7th.

Surprised George McElfresh On His Fifty-First Birthday.

George McElfresh, of Barkley township, was 51 .years of age last Saturday, and Mrs. McElfresh arranged a surprise party for him. George came, to town in the afternoon and accompanied by his daughter, Bessie, and Miss Anna Richmond, went home at about 8 o’clock in the evening and found fifty-one neighbors and friends assembled at his htfme. After his surprise had subsided George took charge of things and was the gayest of the big party and all had a fine time and later in the evening an oyster supper was served. The guests remained until a late hour and all report a splendid time.

Charley Hill, Thought to Be Confirmed Bachelor, Married.

Relatives and friends here of Charles F. Hill, have just learned that he was recently married at Madison, Ind., to Miss Bertha Simpson, with whom he had been acquainted for many years. They left after the wedding for Los Angeles, Cal., and will remain there for several weeks. Charley had told friends here of his intention to go to California, but none of them thoiight that,he was to be married before he went, and the news will be a great surprise to all. be a great surprise to all of his friends here. He is the brother of Frank Hill, of Rensselaer, and has land interests in Jordan township.

Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Platt Will Take Trip to Texas.

Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Platt will leave for San Antonio, Tex., Tuesday morning, where they will visit his sister, Mrs. J. B..Mackey, who has lived there for the past twenty years. They will go out by the Pennsylvania lines, through Missouri, Kansas and Oklahoma and return via a road through the south. They will be gone four or five weeks.

Grain Elevator at Earl Park Destroyed by Fire.

Saturday morning the Parr & Wilson grain elevator at Earl Park was destroyed by fire. Six thousand bushels of corn and 10,000 bushels of oats were destroyed. The office building and engine house were saved. The business formerly belonged to Mrs. Jennie Caldwell.

Tw'enty head of horses and mules at the dissolution' sale of Kurrie, Babcock and Thompson, Tuesday, February 4th. Read over the big list of farming machinery on John W. Nowels’ bills or in this paper. The sale takes place Feb. sth. Ten head of cattle will be sold at the dissolution sale of Kurrie, Bab cock and Thompson, Tuesday, Feb. 4th, at the James Babcock farm at Parr.

OURS IS THE GROCERY BUSINESS Being Exclusive, we study your food wants ; and necessities day by day and season by season. I We have the best the market affords and at the « lowest possible price. L ; If you have anything in the way of products ! for sale, give us a call. The large volume of busi- ; ness we do enables us to handle everything to the ; best advantage for buyer and seller. The Home Grocery i Are you troubled with your Have you been Disappointed Elsewhere ? y Do not detpalr. Come to me. I will examine your eyes, fit you with the glaaaea your eyes really need, and if you don’t need them I will tell you so. If the print blurs and runs together when reading; If the threading of the needle Is more difllcult, or if your eyes get red and inflamed, it is a sure sign that eye-strain is present and should be corrected. KRYPTOK LENSES, TORIC LENSES, LOW BRIDGE FINGER-PIECE MOUNTING FEATURED. . Dr. Rose M, Remmek Phone 403 Harris Block.

WEATHER FORECAST. Cloudy tonight * colder extreme south portion; Tuesday fair and slightly warmer.

PUBLIC SALE CALENDAR Tuesday, Jan. 28—James H. Chanman and Isaac Wells, 6 miles south and 1 mile east of Rensselaer. Thursday, Jan. 30—George Wer ner. east bf Rensselaer. . Monday, Feb. 3—A. J. Keeney, 6 miles west and 2 miles north o* Rensselaer. D. F. Leatherman, near Wolcott. Tuesday, Feb. 4—Kurrie & Babcock and F. Thompson, near Parr. Wednesday, Feb. s—John W. Nowels, 2 miles north, 2 miles west of Rensselaer. Thursday, Feb. 6—Michael Ringeissen, near McCoysburg. Friday, Feb. .7—A B. Lowman, 2% miles northeast of Rensselaer. Monday—Feb. 10—A. B. Calloway, near Wheatfield. Tuesday, Feb. 11—Wilbur and Ancil German, near McCoysburg. Friday, Feb. 14—P. B. Downs, 5% miles west of Rensselaer. Wednesday, Feb. 19—C. L. Downs, 8 miles northeast of Rensselaer. HANGING GROVE. George Parker butchered last Wednesday. Mrs. Miller, of Monon, is here taking care of her new grandson. Sam Cook took dinner with Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Bussell Sunday. Mrs. Wm. Willitts visited Mrs. J. R. Phillips Wednesday afternoon. Born, Thursday, January 23, a son, to Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Messenger. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Armstrong took dinner at Roy Bussell’s Friday. ' Quite a good sized crowd attended Sunday school and church at McCoysburg Sunday. Miss Olive Cole went to Rensselaer Saturday to take the teachers’ examination. Mrs. J. Ross and Mrs. J. R. Phil lips were at Mrs. Hitchlngs* and Mrs. Dennis’ Tuesday afternoon. Burl Blackman, Harvey Phillips, Wilson and Elvin Bussell spent Sunday evening at R. L. Bussell’s. Misses Dora Phillips and Ethel Parker went to Monon Thursday evening to spend the night with Mr. and Mrs. Grant Lutes. They went from there to Monticello on Friday for an extended visit with friends and relatives. Notice to Odd Fellows. The Odd Fellows Lodge will give work in the second degree on Thursday evening, January 30th. Three candidates will make the journey. FRED. S. TYLER, x. Secretary. We still have four spreaders left on which we will make a very special price and will give liberal terms. HAMILTON & KELLNER. Keep this date in mind, Feb. 7th. A B. Lowman has his sale that day.

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