Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 188, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 August 1914 — Page 4 Advertisements Column 3 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Mrs. W. Platt made a visit to Lafayett&today. 7' Herman" C. Rodgers, ,of Morocco, was a Rensselaer visitor today. Mrs. W. H. Stephenson returned this morning from a visit with relatives at Chicago Heights. Missfes Gertrude and Marie Courtney, of Campus, 111., came today to visit Miss Charlotte Kanne. J. Ed Hopkins, of Spokane, Wash., arrived yesterday to attend the funeral of his aged grandfather, D. C. Hopkins. Mrs. V. L. Moore, of Barkley township, left for Kalamazoo, Mich., today, to visit her sister, Mrs. B. F. Mdbbins and other relatives. B. F. Fendig went to Battle Creek, Mich., this morning, where he will take treatment at the sanitarium. His brother, Sam, accompanied him. Nathan of" Chicago Heights, who has been visiting relatives in Jordan township, accompanied his brother, Henry, to Lafayette today. The funeral of George Stemble was held at Wheatfield today and J. P. Hammond, Harvey Wood, Moses Leopold and C. Arthur Tuteur went from here to attend. M. J. Orcutt, a member of Company A, of the 87th, is here to attend the reunion. He lives at Hammond. John Timmons, of Otterbein, anoth i r member of the company, was also here. The reunion of Company A, of the 87th, took place at Shelby Comer’s today and the splendid day has made the event a most enjoyable one. Joe Reynolds was down from Chicago yesterday to pay a short visit with his mother, Mrs. S. R. Nichols. Joe’s wife is visiting in New York. He expects to come down again the last of the week. W. B. Jonys, former superintendent of the Monon railroad, died yesterday at Lafayette of tuberculosis. He had for some time been engaged in the taxicab business in that city. ~ —T— ————— Don P. Warren and Harry Hickman, who were discharged from the U. 6. coast artillery a few days ago, arrived heme this afternoon from Fort Monroe, Va., thereby bringing great pleasure to their parents.

The summer vacation of Orlan Grant came to a close today and he went to Louisville, Ky., to resume his wor>< as a traveling salesman. Mrs. Grant went to Hammond to visit for a while longer with her parents. Hallie Ramey, of Spokane, Wash., arrived last night for a visit with his brother, Fletcher Ramey and other relatives and friends. Hallie left Jaspef county for Washington seven years ago and has been getting along very nicely out there. Henry Childers came over from Delphi to attend the funeral of “Uncle” Clint Hopkins whiclWwas held this afternoon at the Presbyterian church. Mr. Ohilders is nearing his 87th birthday, being a little over 6 years younger than Mr. Hopkins. Both lived in Delphi, for some time and Mr. Childers still resides there. O. K. Ritchey brought rain all right. He forecasted that when he threshed it would rain and he began yesterday. The rain came all right and the threshers were compelled to lay. by today on account of wet grain. It -is expected that another shower will take place before the jdb is completed. Frank Welsh says that the neighbors are all sore because Osa did not have the threshers come earlier in the year. * C. W- Postill has practically closed a deal for the sale of a piece of suburban property to Chicago parties, who will start an aster farm here if the deal is completed. They 'Will sell the asters in Chicago, where there is a ready market. The man who expects to engage in the business was here yesterday and his wife came today. They would be desirable additions to the city and their industry would be a good one for the town.

All good things come to he who waits. Past records show and prove that for the past seven years Harry Green has on every occasion brought rain to Rensselaer on his visit to this dty. Green is kind of a lucky Chapg/he always plays here on band concert night, and he always pack ß the house, and he always gives the people their money’s worth. This will be the last time for ‘The Town Fool,” on Thursday night, Aug. 13th, after the band concert Is over. Henry Wood yesterday had*a letter from his son, Frank Wood, of Billings, Mont., and it contained some very interesting and pleasing news. Frank is holding a job In Billings, while Mrs. Wood, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Allen Catt, of this «ity, is proving up a claim they selected some 35 miles out off Billings. Mr. and Mrs. Catt are now visiting their daughter there and Frank's letter states, that he bad 1,000 bushels of oats and wheat this year, which is a splendid yield for the first year and Frank and his wife are greatly pleased with their prospects.