Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 January 1914 — Page 4 Advertisements Column 3 [ADVERTISEMENT]

« it! - Six different varieties of cakes, all guaranteed to be made from fresh eggs and creamery butter, and sold for less money than they can be baked in the home. McFarland’s Grocery. 111 ■" 1 !' ■»'"

The American people drank 70,000,000 gallons ol whisky, smoked 4,000,000,000 cigars and puffed 8,711,1000,000 cigarets in the six months ended Dee. 31, according to figures announced.

Judge Hanley and Court Reportter Wagner went to Kentland this morning, it being the third week? of the Newton circuit court. Attorneys Dunlap and Parkinson also went there, having business in the court. ( V

Wedding presents belong to the bride. Judge Edward L. Dietz so decided Friday at Indianapolis in the suit of Maurice Geckler to replevin certain gifts he and his wife, Ruth, received at the time of their marriage.— - ——

William Moody, cool miner, put handcuffs on a sleeping constable Friday and escaped by leaping from a moving train, which was taking him to Eldorado, HI., to answer a charge of wife abandonment. He was arrested at Newberg, Ind.

Charles W. Post, the Battle Creek, Mich., millionaire, has suffered a nervous breakdown and is enroute to Santa Barbara, Cal., in his private car for a complete rest on his ranch. He is taking a physician, Dr. W. F. Leslie* with him under a year’s contract.

A white radish, three feet high, thirty-six inches in circumference and weighing twelve pounds, was forwarded Friday from Los Angeles and William J. Bryan, secretary of state, at Washington. The radish came from southern California, and has set a new record. County Agent and Mrs. O. G. Barrett have been entertaining since last Thursday, Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Nachtrieb, of Hudson, Mich., who were married the day before they jeame here. The bride’s maiden [name was Villetfce Hazen. Mr. Nachtrieb is a cousin of Mr. Barrett.

Mrs. J. A. McFarland and littß granddaughter, Mary Louise Crowell, went to Cincinnati today, where Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mann reside, and Mary Louise, who had been here since the first of last September, will remain with her mother. Mrs. .McFarland will visit there for about two weeks.

Miss Nettie Jordan, head of the Aurora, 111., hospital, who has been a patient in a Chicago hospital for several weeks, is now at the home of her mother, Mrs. S. L. Jordan, o: Barkley township, where She will remain while making a more complete recovery. A maid accompanied her here and will remain with her during her stay here.

Being told that he was four pounds less than the required weight for a recruit for the army, Kenneth DeLawter, of Anderson, ; began a diet of beans and butterI milk, eating six times a day for four days. He then weighed a 'half pound more than the requlrec weight and was accepted and sent to the barracks at Columbus, O.

The two children of John Sommers, who had the diphtheria, are making very satisfactory recovery. It was reported that two children of Fred Mav. in the game neighborhood, but across the line in Princeton township, were also sick with diphtheria, but a later report is that the disease is not diphtheria. Dr. Besser, of Remington, is attending the May children.

The writer was in Delphi Sunday. That city has many more Improved streets than Rensselaer and they are mostly made under the township three mile law, We notice that that town has not cut loose from the old method ot dumping allies in the front streets and several piles of ash rubbish greatly mar the appearance of th* streets.

-The TJ. S. Steel corporation, according to its officials, will shortly have in operation the first co-oper-ative farm in this country tor supplying foodstuffs, so far as possible, to all its employes, thereby reducing the cost of living. The land tor this project adjoins the 8,000 acre farm of the steel corporation east of Conneaut, 0., which was bought in 1900 with a view to erecting a monster steel plafik " "

The Sunday services were largely attended at the Methodist church. In the morning Dr, A. T. Briggs, of Valparaiso, the district superintendent, preached. In the evening Dr. Curnick preached upon the subject “What Sayest Thou to Thyself”, and at the close of the sermon an altar service was held at which one was converted. The revival services will continue this week. At all the church Sunday tags were given out to the congregation for the people to wear during the week. Upon the tags are the words: “I am going to churdh Feb. Ist” This afternoon the ministers went through the business district and, gave every person a tag and Invited j them to church. \ The motto is “Everv man woman and dhlld to go to church next Sunday.”