Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 228, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 September 1913 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Lezla Choate, a graduate of the 1913 class R. H. £., was here a short time today visiting friends. He has been spending a good part of the summer in Montana and will now enter Northwestern University at Evanston. Lezla is a fine football player and will probably get on the Northwestern team. J. Fresh oysters at-*Fate’s College Inn. Mrs. G. A. Daugherty, accompanied by her niece, Miss Edyth Nowels, returned Monday afternoon from a five weeks’ visit with her sister, Mrs. Charles E. Nowels, of Longmont, Colo. Mr. Nowels and family formerly resided in Rensselaer. Mrs. Daugherty is very favorably impressed with Colorado. Phone 273 for coal, wood and fuel. Mrs. W. L. Myer went to Gary this morning to join her husband, at the dentists’ convention and to have part in the social features planned by the Gary entertainment committee. This evening an auto ride will be taken to the Country Club near Hammond, where a banquet will be spread. Fresh dysters at Fate’s College Inn.

Mrs. R. S. Armstrong nee Miss Cora Dexter and Miss Edith Van Arsdel, the latter having been visiting the former in Chicago, came yesterday to visit the farmer’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. H; J. Dexter, of Union township. Together they visited the schools yesterday, much to the delight of the children who were taught by them last year. Fresh oysters at Fate’s College Inn. On invitation of Mrs. 8. E. Yeoman some twenty-five ladies assembled at her home Tuesday noon and brought baskets filled with appropriate things for a picnic dinner. The ladies were members of Milroy Circle, Ladies of the G. A. R. Mrs. Marion L. Spitler, daughter of Mrs. Yeoman, has been visiting her for some time and expects to depart soon for her home in Oklahoma City. T. Z. Marshall, of Belvidere, 111., was here yesterday in the interest of a farm of 284 acres near Newland, which is the property of himself and brother. He states that they raised about 24 acres of onions this year and that he sold them all at 70 cents a bushel. He did not know anything about the onion business prior to this year and saysHhat with a novice on the farm he raised more onions than some of the experts. . .... I ! I . ■ I I I I » Rev. R. O. Wickham, pastor of the Christian church at Remington, is attending the convention here. He brought four persons besides himself in his roadster auto, while another auto also brought five over. Mrs. Wickham has been in a hospital at Grand Rapids, Mich., for seven weeks, Waving undergone a surgical operation. It is expected that she will be able to come home next week and she is very much improved in health.

Visit our millinery section. Popular priced millinery. ROWLES & PARKER. Mrs. Anson Cox came down from Chicago Monday and is today packing up their household goods, which have remained in their formerresidence ever since Mr. Cox took contracts in Hammond. They sold the house about two months ago to Mrs. Mary Schmidt, of Chicago, a daughter ot Henry Wagner, and are now moving to Hammond, where Anson has much work in prospect. The house will be occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Walter Hopkins. The very newest models, women’s Coats and Suits: you should visit our ready to wear section. We will be pleased to show you. ROWLES & PARKER. Throughout the action of the play, “The Virginian,” there are many touching scenes and speeches that never fail to draw a tear to the eyes of the audience. Tn the third act ‘’Steve,” a great friend of "The Virginian,” is lynched for being a member of a cattle stealing gang, the leader of which is a half breed named “Trampas.” Steve has given his revolver to "The Virginian” as a token of friendship near the end of the last act when Trampas has “gone gunning” for "The Virginian” with the avowed intention of "shooting him up.” The latter pulls Steve’s gun from its holster, looks at it for a moment and says with a chokinfr if I must kill him Fm glad it is to be done with Steve’s gun.” At the Ellis Theatre, Wednesday evening, Oct. 1. V

Half a million dollars was voted Monday by the American Meat Packers’ association, in session at the Hotel Sherman, Chicago, to stimulate cattle raising in the United States. This step was taken as the result of the situation which the packers declare confronts the country—a pieat famine by 1923.