Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 158, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 July 1913 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 [ADVERTISEMENT]
Misses Mary Remsburg and Nina Spitler, of Kentland, came this morning for a short visit with Miss Maurlne Tuteur and other friends. John Eigelsbach, who recently started a bakery and confectionery at Yeoman, Carn 11 county, has returned to Rensselaer and will probably engage in business here. Purdue university has decided to buy 120 acres of land on the Burlington road, eas£ of Lafayette, for enlarging its permanent agricultural experiment ground. The university lias been renting the land, but is now able to buy it The price is $250 an acre. Up-to-date buildings will be erected. It is impossible to buy more land in the vicinity of the college ground. Four men were hurt early Monday morning in a fire in Block avenue, Indiana Harbor, a short distance from the central part of town. The blaze started on the second floor of a three story building where some Greeks are supposed to have been cooking a late meal. It spread to the buildings on each side, sweeping both away. Plain or printed Butter Wrappers, at this office,
