Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 February 1914 — Page 4 Advertisements Column 4 [ADVERTISEMENT]

WEATHER.

Cloudy with probably more snow tonight; Saturday fair" and colder. Columbia City voted “wet” Tuesday, 554 to 398. Two years ago the “wet” majority was 231. Three United States senators, Bacon, Stone and LaFollette, are confined to their homes by illness. FOR SALE—Cheap; model T, 5passenger Ford automobile; for cash or good note; car may be seen at Rensselaer Garage. J. P. Hammond’. —— 1 — - The Regimental Quartette not only sings, but also plays musical instruments and presents sketches in special costume. Hear them at the Christian church next Tuesday evening, Feb. 10th. Admission 35 cents. Starts at 7:15 sharp.. Mrs. Rev. Green wants to express her joy at receiving two beautiful blooming potted plants, sent by the Eastern Star ladies and delivered by Mr. Holden. Mrs. Green has been quite sick and the ftoweST have helped to cheer her a great deal. Mr. and Mrs. Moses Chupp have returned home from a visit of three weeks at White Pigeon, Mich., and Goshen and Shipshewana, Ind. Mose was very sick for about ten days of the time and for some time it was feared that he could not get well. He is Still quite poorly. Thirty employes at the Eastern Illinois Hospital for the Insane at Kankakee have been notified that they would be dropped from the pay roll Feb. 10. This action follows shortly after a visit made to the institution by Florence Sullivan, private secretary to Governor Dunpe. Asarian T. Leath, who was one of tire few remaining witnesses of the battle between the Monitor and the Merrimac, in Hampton Roads, in 1862, is dead in Attica at the home of his son. He was nearly 76 years old, a republican and a Methodist. He served four years as a member of the Twentieth Indiana regiment in the civil-tvar.

The Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society of tire M. E. church met last evening with Mrs. A. Halleck and a total of twenty-eight ladios were present. Of these 19 were members and 9 were visitors and three of the visitors gave their names for membership. The society is in splendid shape for the accomplishment of a great amount of service in this Important field of endeavor.

For the car and station advertising privileges on New York’s subway and ellevated lines, together with the news stand rights, an advertising firm Wednesday offered the Interborough Rapid Transit company $14,000,000 payments to extend over and the contract to be in force for a period of fifteen years. The matter was referred to the public service commission for ratification.

George Ade was in Brook Sunday He was paying a visit to Hazelden before leaving for Florida, where he expects to remain for the balance of the winter months. He will make his principal stops oh the west coast where the climate is less changeable/ His general health is wonderfully improved and a couple of months spent In the south tfill give'him tty needed rest lor the coming season’s work, which will be a strenuous one spent at Hazelden.—Brook Reporter,