Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 January 1913 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Born, January 27, to Mr. and Mrs. Ed Floyd, in Rensselaer, a son. Go to J. C. Gwin & Co. for genuine Pittsburg coaL R. S. Moe went to Valparaiso today for a short visit. Go to. J. C. Gwin & Co. for genuine Pittsburg coal. Z • No man knows his own strength unless he realizes his own weakness. Buy your coal, wood and feed of Hamilton & Kellner. A man with a bad temper isn’t any more amiable when he loses it. Mrs. Thad Stephens and baby went to Chicago today for a short visit with her parents. The Weber wagon, the best on the market, for sale by Hamilton & Kellner. There are women who never find fault with their husbands—they’re widows. Don’t overlook our extra large fancy potatoes, 15c a peck or 60c a bushel JOHN EGER. Nowadays people want their catechism sugar-coated like their liver pills. Today, Jan. 29th, is the anniversary of the birth of William McKinley, one of the martyred presi;dents, We offer for this week fifty twen-ty-five pound boxes of ijew California Santa Clara prunes, at SI.OO a box. JOHN EGER. Mrs. Will Porter, of Hammond, came yesterday to visit her parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Clark, and other relatives. We still have four spreaders left on which we will make a very special price and will give liberal terms. HAMILTON. & KELLNER. Mrs. Hurley Beam, who has been here for the past week, will return tortffrtß®’gb“’TOfiiorrowßeing accompanied there by Miss Ruth Aines. Omar Osborne is now at Wenatchee, Wash., at which place he will receive The Republican and keep track of things at “the old town.” John Greve and James McColly, of Wheatfield, and George Marr, of DeMotte, were Rensselaer visitors today. Remember, trains Nos. 5 and 6 will stop at McCoysburg on Feb. 6th, so that persons desiring to go from Rensselaer can attend Michael Ringeissen’s sale. The proposal of Senator Clapp to extend the investigation into campaign expenditures to cover the general election expenses of 1912 was approved Monday by the senate committee on contingent expenses. “Uncle” Joe Sharp is, quite poorly at his home on Scott street. He has kidney and bladder trouble and sclerosis, or hardening of the arteries. His condition is somewhat worse today. Perry Horton is still coming in for some fine newspaper notices at Huntington on account of his music. He plays for all the dances and parties there. The papers always speak of him as z “Professor.” North Judson Mgh school is to play basketball with the Rensselaer high school Friday afternoon at the high school gymnasium, the game being called at about 4 o’clock. Have you noticed the new electric lighting system of the R-C-H car sold by John Knapp? The cars are equipped with 12-inch Bullet eleetrie head lights and double parabolic lens, and 6-lnch Bullet electric side lights with parabolic lens. Miss Clara Corns, head of the English department of ‘the high school at Clayton, Ind., and Miss Gayles Stapp, Indiana university co-ed, have been injured seriously by the explosion of oil under a chafing dish. Governor Ferris, of Michigan, who a few days ago declared in favor of government ownership of railroads, Monday advocated the taking over by the state of the Pere Marquette system, which has been in a receivership for about a year. Chester Downs, who will have a public sale on the R. B. Harris farm on February 19th, will move to a farm near Mitchell, S. Dak., where his wife has a number of relatives who formerly lived in this county. The cases of two Newton county men who have been confined in jail here are to come up at Kentland this week. One is young Dennis, who is charged with forging orders at Brook, and the other is a man named Jewell, charged with child desertion. Sheriff Hoover took the prisoners to Kentland Tuesday. A Classified Adv. will sell it