Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 148, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 June 1913 — Page 4 Advertisements Column 3 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Born, thia Saturday morning, June 21st, to "Mr. and Mrs. Irving Lewis, of Barkley township, a son and their second child. Charles R. McFarland, court reporter, came down from Chicago this morning tor a short visit with friends. He expects to remain in the city until about the first of September. His health is considerably improved. For a new McCormick mower or binder see C. A. Roberts, agent. They’re the world’s best

Frank Hoover received quite severe injuries to his left foot a day or two ago When one wheel of a wagon loaded with corn passed over it. He will be unable to wear a shoe for several days, although he is up and about.

Mrs. Will P. Knox returned to Chicago this morning after a visit of two weeks with Thos. A Knox and daughters, Mrs. Frank Hoover and Mrs. C. A. Huntington. Miss Lucille Knox returned home with her for a visit of two weeks.

About thirty young people who were being entertained at the home of Miss Helen Murray Friday evening, adjourned to the anpory for dancing and had a very pleasant evening. Miss Murray’s house party friends are proving extremely popular with ail who have met them.

Williams Theatre was dark last evening and is likely to be until a new manager is found. The vaudeville toam that was to have played there has been in town two days, but money enough could not be raised to pay pressing claims and the house did not open.—Monticello Journal.

Joe Stewart,..was in town today and reports that they had a nice shower at McOoysburg Thursday evening. John Summers also reports a splendid shower south of Rensselaer. It is raining a little here today and has somewhat the appearance of terminating in a good rain, which is beginning to be needed.

Hon. E. B. Sellers came home last night from his fishing trip in Wisconsin. He comes home in much better condition than he has been for some time. The pleasures of the jaunt were somewhat marred by the drowning <rt two young men near their cottage the first evening he, Mr. Kurrie and Mr. Simms were there.—Monticello Journal.

Elijah Grantham, of Greencastle, who is past 80 years of age and in excellent physical condition for a man of his advanced years, was in Rensselaer a short time this morning on his way to Roselawn, near which town he has 840 acres of land, tenanted by Charles David, Ed Hursha and John Sally. Mr. Grantham has owned the land for a great many years.

Miss Elizabeth Spaulding, manager for the Western Union, has received a stork card from Greencastle, announcing the birth on June 12th to Mr. and Mrs. Carl Confer, of a son, which has been named Carl Vineent Confer, Jr. The mother was formerly Miss Louise Keifer and will be remembered as a school teacher who resigned in the fall of 1911 to become Mr. Confer’s wife.

Mrs. D. M. Yeoman and daughter, Lois, left this morning for their home at Tab, Warren county, after a visit of a week with her parents, Mt. and Mrs. Lucius Strong. Dal and James Yeoman have been in the lumber business at Ambia and Tab for a number of years and both lived at Ambia. Last year, Dal and family moved to Tab, which is a new and busy little town on the C., I. & S. railroad.

One of the biggest real estate deals that has taken place in Benton county for some time was made this week when the eighty-acre farm of Rosa Catherine Mewder in Union township was sold to Dr. Henry W. Wood, of Sheldon, 111., for $15,800. At this price the same commanded $187.50 per acre. This is certainly a good price and speaks very favorably for Benton county sodl.—Fowler Republican-Leader.

Quite a number - of resignations in the teaching force of the schools are reported. Cupid is responsible in some cases, while in others the reasons are not assigned. Miss Perkins resigned to become her father’s assistant in the county clerk’s office. Miss Cora Dexter is to be married, Miss Edith Adams plans to spend part of the winter in the south with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Marion Adams, who will go there for part of the winter months. Miss Bessie Wiley, who was very popular both as a teacher and outside the school room, has tendered her resignation but assigned no reason. There are a large number of applications for the superintendency coming in.

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