Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 160, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 July 1914 — Page 4 Advertisements Column 3 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Professional Notice. I will be absent -until July 15th, attending surgical clinics at Mayo Bros.’ hospital in Rochester, Minn. —Dr. C. E. Johnson. Several Hans came down from Lowell today to witness the ball game. IMr. and Mrs. Albert * Witham made a trip to Monon today. Jlaydee Roth went to Dayton, Ind., today, to visit his grandfather and other relatives. (Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Gravesi, of Downers Grove, 111., came this morning to visitMr.gnd Mrs, S- S. Shedd., (Mrs. Addie Allen and Miss Gertrude Allen, of Pontiac, 111., and Mrs. J. E. Howard and daughter, Ruth, of Davenport, Wash., came today to visit Mrs. A. C. Scott and daughters at their, home on River street.

Miss Fannie McCarthy, who is following her profession-as a trained nurse at Washington, D. C., arrived today for a Visit of two or three months with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. George McCarthy. Her sister, Mrs. Roy Ohissom, of Chicago, accompanied her here for the day.

The brick pavement on Washington street is nearing completion and the block between Cullen and Van Rensselaer streets has been accepted and opened to traffic. The street is, to all appearances, a firstclass one and a great credit to our city.

James C. Hauser, father of Mrs. Ed Oliver, is quite sick at her home at Newland. He is 83 years of age land has declined considerably of late. Mrs. Oliver received word that her sister, Mrs. Ed Broadhurst, died last week at Pittsburg, Kans. Her funeral was held Sunday, but Mrs. Oliver was unable to attend owing to -the condition of her father’s health.

W. R. Nowels, who was an active minister for a number of years, is occasionally called upon to perform 9 marriage ceremony, and this was the case Wednesday morning, when he was called to the county clerk’s office to join Milton Witham and Mrs. Mary D. Sowers in matrimony. The couple were from Mt. Ayr, where Mr. Nowels preached for several years.

F. L. Johnson, advance agent for the Chippewa Indians ball club, came (here yesterday to start the advertising for the game to be played here on July 23rd. Mr. Johnson states that the Indians are to play the Lafayette Red Sox the day before they come here. He went to Lowell from here, hoping to schedule a game for the 24th. Mr. Johnson left some attractive advertising to be used in boosting the attendance for the game.

sanajr* query. A Scotchman and his tour children entered a fine, fashionable restaurant in London. Sandy ordered a bottle of lemonade and five tumblers. The waiter brought them and stood some distance away to watch the proceedings. Sandy poured a little lemonade Into each glass, and then produced a large bag of pastries and gave each of the children one. The waiter did not like to see thia behavior in a high-class restau‘mnt, and called the manager, who addressed Sandy thus: “Do you know who I ami" "No,” replied Sandy. "I'm the manager ” "Oh, are you?” said Sandy; "then why the dickens is the ban’ no playtag?”—London Tit-Bits. > - Why She Sang the Hymn. A well-known bishop relates that while on a recent visit to the South he was in a small country town, where, owing to the scarcity of good servants, most of the ladies preferod to do their own work. ■o was awakened quite early by the tones of a soprano voice singing "Nearer, My God, to Thee.” As the Msbop lay in bed he meditated upon the piety which his hostess must possess which enabled her to go about her task early in the morning staging sueb a noble hymn. 1 At breakfast he spoke to her about it, and told her how pleased ho-was. “Oh. aw,” she replied, “that’s the hymn I boil the eggs by; three vmss for soft and five for hard.”

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