Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 198, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 August 1913 — Page 4 Advertisements Column 3 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Attorney William Darroch and Jacob White and son, George, „were Rensselaer visitors today, John Van A. McMurray, of the District of Columbia, was Monday nominated by President Wilson for secretary of legation at Pekin, China. Trustee William Hazell and family, of Jefferson township, Newton county, where Kentland is located, passed through -Rensselaer today from Winamac to Monterey, where they had been visiting relatives since Sunday. The Rensselaer public schools will open the first Monday in September, which is September Ist. All of the teachers have been elected with one exception and when that position is filled a more complete article will be published concerning the plans for the year. County Clerk Perkins arrived home this morning from his eastern trip. In company with his brother from Mishawaka he visited Niagara Falls and Lake George. They had planned a longer trip, but his brother was not well and they decided to return home. M. T. Goss, the supervisor of agents for the sale of Michigan automobiles, has been demonstrating cars in this vicinity for the past two weeks and has created a very favorable opinion for his cars among auto owners and experts. The writer had a fine ride in his 5-passenger brown colored car Monday and in our inexperienced way we can give the highest endorsement of the Michigan. It went up hills, through sand and mud, better than any car we had ever ridden behind.

Jelly Glasses, 3 for 5c at the new 5 and 10 Cent Store, opposite court house.

A. L. Padgitt had shipped back from Lawrenceburg, where his brother, Frank, had a fatal accident, four race horses, which Frank had at the track. Frank had no record to show to whom the horses belonged, but apparently all but one belonged to him. One has been claimed by a man in Georgia, who will come here jitter it. One of the horses Frank owned has a record of 2:19 and is capable of developing a somewhat faster speed. The horses are being exercised here every day.

Mr. and Mrs. Levi Clouse returned last night froifi a ten days’ visit with their eon, Wayne, at Omaha, Neb. Wayne is a streetcar motorman and is <he heaveywelght of the Clouse family, weighing 236 pounds. Things were very hot and dusty in Nebraska, not enough rain to lay the dust during the time they were there. Early corn seems about done up but the late corn has a chance to make a fair crop. Through lowa and Illinois it was spotted, very dry in places and again very good, but it was not until they reached Jasper county on their return trip that he saw one excellent field of corn after another and Mr. Clouse said this morning that they were glad to get home again. Try our Classified Column.