Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 185, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 August 1914 — Page 4 Advertisements Column 5 [ADVERTISEMENT]

land, a daughter. ' - / <, _£ • - - Mrs. J. W; Smith, of >Mt. Ayr, re turned home today .After a visit since Tuesday With Indianapolis 'relatives, ' . , Mrs. Will Price returned to Parr this morning after a visit of two o>r three days here. ■ - - IM-isses Nellie and Edith Sawlii are expected home this evening from Edinburg, where they 'have (been Visiting relatives. i % ~ , ~ ."v * • . 'V J Mrs. James Dixon, of Chalmers,, came this rooming to see her slat ter, Mra Charles Saidla, Who has been very sick with rheumatism. ■* ■ Dr. Washburn will be -the host 'this evening to the Jasper County Medical Society. Dr. John L. Forter, the noted Chicago surgeon, will be the gtuest of honor at the meet tng. S. R. Nichols, who has been feeling poorly for some time, has been confined at the house for about two weeks and (has suffered seriously from stomach trouble. He is feeling a little better today.

Prof, and Mrs. Ross, Dean arrived home last evening from Springfield, Ohio, where Mrs. Dean had been for five weeks and iwhere Prof. Dean .hiad joined her Since completing Ms summer course at Chicago University. / Fire which, started in Randolph Wright’s woods near his sawmill, ■ spread Thursday to an SfiAcre pasture belonging to Ja.y W,. Stockton and burned practically all over it and then spread to Newt Makeever’s woods. It was fought all afternoon and was not conquered until evening.

Mr. and Mrs. Harry Green, Mr. a(nd Mrs. Louis H. Daly, Charles Morrow and Ray Dunakin are here to begin rehelaraals for the presentation Thursday night of next week of Mr. Green’s popular play, "The Town Food.” This is the last season for the play and next year he expects to put on his new play, ‘The County Fair.” Will H. Wells Is down from DeMotte today. He says that the cabbage crop there is a total failure apparently and that the big Libby, McNeill & Libby pliant, which he manages at DeMotte, will have (practically nothing to do this year. Thepickle crop is also very seriously injured and Mr. Wells thinks there will be less than a hall crop even if favorable rains come soon. Col. W. A. McCurtain, of. Barkley township, was In town yesterday. He broke into sudden 'prominence 1 last year as an auctioneer and cried a large number of sales, notwith-. standing the dull season. He has booked nine already for the fall and winter and expects to have a large number more. 001. “Buck”, as his friends call him, looks like a sure comer In the auctioneer business. If your stock of engraved calling cards is running low bring the plate to The Republican and have duplicates made. If you do not have engraved cards order them today. A Classified ad. will find It-