Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 123, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 May 1914 — Page 4 Advertisements Column 4 [ADVERTISEMENT]

County Auditor Hammond is out, temporarily at .least, a good Bartlett ball-bearing 19-inch cut lawn mower, which some person evidently took from his yard. He is offering a reward for its return of for information concerning it. W. R. Lee was home from Bluffton over Sunday. He reports that he purchased the Stogdill grocery at Bluffton and put the remainder of the stock from, the Barber Mills store in with it and is conducting a very successful closing out sale. Dr. and Mrs. H. L Brown drove to Crawfoidsville Saturday and attended a sale of Jersey cows, making the purchase of three pure -bred cows, one of which is imported. Dr. Brown expects to build up a fine dairy herd of pure bred Jerseys and prior to making this purchase had several head. Attorney and Mrs. Geo. A. Williams will leave Tuesday for East Liberty, Ohio, to visit his relatives, and took after the interest of a farm they own there. They will drive over in his auto and will probably be absent for about two weeks. Mr. and- Mrs. Loren C. Sage, of Bunker Hill, 111., military academy, came here Satudray for a brief visit with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. War ren Sage. The military students are on a camping expedition. The school will be out in about two weeks, Lou Putts arrived -home Friday evening from North Dakota, where he had been for several -weeks. He had a ease of mumps which laid him up for some time and he later was quarantined on account of others where he lived having scarlet fever. He worked when able, however, and had a very good trip. Fred Hamilton accompanied him to I the west, . This is the last week of the school term. Examinations are the order today 1 arid tomorrow and the scholars will return Friday morning for their grade cards. Quite a number are exempt from the examinations because of having attained sufficient grades during the recitation periods and also having the deportment exemption. Harry Jacobs, formerly for some years a resident of this city and - a salesman for farming machinery companies, has just returned to work for the International Harvester Co., and has been sent to Peoria, 111., for headquarters. His household goods have been stored here since he went to Chicago about three months ago and he will come here in a few days -and have them shipped to Peoria.