Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 127, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 May 1914 — Thousands of Plants Now Ready for Boxes and Beds. [ARTICLE]

Thousands of Plants Now Ready for Boxes and Beds.

Thousands of porch box and bedding plants are now ready and we are pleased to say the supply is the largest and most varied ever shown in this city. The stock is A-No. L grown with the idea of aiding in the beautification plan and now ready for your selections. Please call as soon as possible.—J. EL Holden. Another amendment to the Panama canal act proposing that ships engaged in domestic commerce pay tolls about one-half of those charged foreign ships, and proposing another method of arbitrating the exemption dispute, was introduced Wednesday by Senator Cummins, republican, of lowa.

Mrs. Ed Harris, of Mt Ayr, attended the commencement last evening, her daughter, Lucy, being one of the graduates. Mrs. Isabelle Price, of Parr, witnessed the commencement, her granddaughter, Edna Price, being one of the graduates. Mrs. Mary Fawcett, of Delphi, sister of the late Mrs. Julia A Healey, attended the commencement, and visited her grand nephew, George W. Healey, one of the graduates, from yesterday until today. Mrs. O. A Brouhard and Miss Lillie Brouhard, Mr. and Mrs. Abe Bringle, and Mrs. Felix Erwin, of Fair Oaks, attended the commencement exercises, because Miss Amy Bringle was one of the graduates. The parents and friends of many of the other out-of-town graduates were also in attendance.