Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 March 1913 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Elbert Antrim, who works in the Burlington railroad offices in Chicago, is spending two days in Rensselaer while recuperating from an appendicitis operation .he recently underwent at St. Luke’s hospital. Chicago. He got through the operation in fine shape and was only in the hospital nine days. The Burlington railroad recently completed a fine office building at the corner of Clinton and Jackson streets. It is fifteen stories high and modern in every respect. The washed air vehtilating system for the building cost SIOO,OOO. This system is now used in all modern buildings. The windows are never raised even during the most sultry weather. The air is sucked into the ventilating plant and passed through flowing cold water and then fanned throughout the building. Thus no dust or bacteria is in the air. Elbert will remain here lentil Sunday, afternoon and Is spending today with his grand mother, Mrs. Lucinda Antrim, who wffl be 98 years of age next October. . On July 1 next the colleet-on-de livery feature will be added to the parcel post department of the postal service of the country. An order putting this into effect was Thursday signed by Postmaster General Hitchcoek. Under the approved regulations a pared bearing the required amount of parcel post stamps may be sent anywhere in the country and the amount due from the purchaser collected and remitted by the postoffice department ————l II ■ HI Mrs. J. H. Carson came from Lafayette yesterday afternoon and will be here for some time helping to care for her father, Ezra L Clark, whose condition has not materially changed during the past week.