Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 218, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 September 1914 — Page 1

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Only Three Days Left In Which To Decide Which Prize You Are Going to Win in Automobile Contest

In today’s paper will appear the last published score ofshe contestants and the list should contain 6very vote that has been turned in to be voted and if any error should occur it should be reported to the Republican office In time to correct it by Wednesday. I’here are only three days left in which to get votes and it is possible for any candidate in the race to win first honors in the next three days. A few subscriptions may be the difference so why not make up your mind that you are going to add every one possible to your already large list and be sure that it is not negligence on your part that you did not win the first prize. About the close: Candidates can rest assured that it will be subscriptions that will wirx in this contest, As far as some rich relatives coming in the last night and buying the prize, there is nothing to it, besides there s no chance for any contest-’ ant to know what the other will do during the last days. There is still a chance for any contestant in the race to win first honors with a little extra effort during the next three days. Have you got every subscription that has been promised you? If not you better get these in now for you will never have an opportunity to do so after Friday. Candidates who wish to win ont of the seven prizes should utilize every spare moment during the next three days to secure every subscription possible. Here are the prizes you can win. One Ford Touring Oar. One S3OO Upright Piano. One S2OO Building Lot. Qne $65 Domestic Sewing Machine. One $25 Gold Prize. One S2O Gold Watch. One $5 in Gold. 10 per cent to non«prize winners. Below are tne nominations and votes cast tor publication up to last night: Miss Eliabeth'Davenport ....139,860 Miss Mary C0mer........136,480 Miss Luella Robinson .......129,255 Miss Blanche McCurtain..... 125,380 William Erb...124.220 Miss Marie Arn01d118,945 Wasson ~..117,205 Mrs. Louella Golden, R 4 ...115,540 Miss Madeline Abb0tt....... 107,020 Ray Huff 106,565 Miss Freda Wineland 105,175 Gravelous Hansson94,32o Miss Gladys Duggleby >85,120 Miss Della Shumakerß2,47s Byron Hemphill 80,320 Cecil Ridenour 72,600 Miss May Lowman 70,870 Mrs. Perry Griffith4o,lss Paul Beam 68,175 Miss Glen Oobb >..65,375 Miss Sophie Hudson 62,625 Miss Leafie Mic Colly 61,825

No. 6551. > REPORT OF THE CONDITION OP THE first national Bank At Rensselaer, Indiana, At tire close of business, Sept, 12, 1914.

RESOURCES. Loans and Discountss37l,763.lo )verdrafts, secured and unsecured *.. 2,023.64 U. 8. Bonds to secure circulation *• 25,000.00 U. 8. Bonds to secure Postal Savings 7,000.00 Bonds, Securities, etc 1,600.00 Banking House, Furniture, and Fixtures. 8,000.00 Due from approved Reserve Agent 5,33,460.57 Checks and other Cash Items 7,556.62 Notes of Other National Banks 700.00 Fractional Paper Currency Nickels and Cents 176.53 Lawful Money Reserve In Bank, viz: Specie ..a. 517,815.70 Legal-tender notes 4,070.00 21,885.70 Redemption fund with U. 8. Treasurer (5% of circulation ....;.... 750.00 Bills In Transit. 14,212.07 Total..'

State of Indiana, County of Jasper, m: I, J. N. Leatherman, Cashier of the above-named bank, do solemnly swear that the above statement is true to the best of my knowledge and belief. J. N. LEATHERMAN, Cashlei , Correct—Attest: ♦ R. A. PARKISON, ' ' j GEO. K. MURRAY, / « . U E.P. HONAN, - • " Directors. . » Subscribed and sworn to before me thia 15th day of Sept. 1914. f •- PHILIP R. BLUE, Notary Public.

The Evening Republican.

Miss Thelma Tilton ~.60,220 Mias Matie Kersey 60,175 Miss Irma Drenth 60,145 Miss Cecelia Spate 54,625 Mrs. C. A. Armstrong .;53,120 Wade Jarrette ..*..50,675 Donald Rhoades 50,175 Miss Lucy Healy ...49,175 Miss Helen Welch 48,225 Miss Ruth Callahan 48,175 Miss Josephine Thomas, R 3. .48,125 Miss Helen Duvall 47,825 Mias Lillian Bailey ...46,725 Jack Miller 45,200 Miss Katie Tresmer »....43,350 Cecil R. Rees *43,255 Mrs. Perry Griffith ....;38,155 Miss Floss W. Smith34,6oo Miss Hazel Hurley RR ...33,175 Miss Mildred Parks, R 3 ..>. 32,875 Wilma Peyton 32,375 Raymond (McKay 30,125 Miss Bessie Boflman 29,850 Miss Orpha Barton 28,150 Miss Ethel Parker 27,525 Miss Hazel Jacks ........26,000 Miss Susan Thurston .........23,875 John Richard 23,175 Dewey Cox, R 3 22,155 Miss Ruth Ames, R 4..21,150 Miss Grace Clowry 19,925 Miss Iva Brooks ...19,725 Miss Esther Padgett 18,650 Miss Beatrice Clift 18.650 Miss Katie Trump 18,275 Miss Maggie Hamstra 18,225 Carl Worland 18,175 Mrs. Steve Tme.,..i16,400 Herman DeFries 15,650 Miss Ethel Hammerton ......14,850 Mrs. Maggie Fairchild 14,675 Mrs. True Reeve 14,600 Roy Culp . .13,850 Miss Margaret McGraw 12,675 Miss Myrtle Sharkey ..12,650 Miss Ruth Gundy .12,600 Miss Katie Theis >12,200 Miss Pearl Jay 11,600 Miss Florence McKay ..6,700

Notice to Coal Customers. Inasmuch as we must pay cash for all coal we find It impossible toextend credit tor more than ,30 days. Grant-Warner Lumber Co. Harrington Bros. Co. J. C. Gwin & Co. Rensselaer Lumber Co. Hamilton & Kellner. D. E. Grow. Miss Grace Peyton went to Ch L cago this morning to resume her work in the Bapt*st Missionary training school. This is the second and last year of . the course. Miss Ruth Marsh accompanied Miss Peyton to Chicago and will enter it Rhoades Avenue hospital to take the nurse’s training course. Dyspepsia is America’s curse. To restore digestion, normal weight, good health and purify the blood, use Burdock Blood Bitters. Sold at aM drug stores. Price SI.OO.

HAOMLITIEB. Capital stock paid ins 60,000.00 Surplus fund 20,000.00 Undivided Profits, less expenses and Taxes paid.... 20,981.83 National Bank Notes Outstanding .... . 24,500.00 Due to State and Private Banks and Bankers 2,202.36 Individual deposits subject to check 343,607.02 Demand certificates of deposit 14,000.00 Time certificates of deposit 32,622.87 Certified checks....r. 200.00 Postal Savings Deposits.. 4,684.35 Reserved tor taxes. 1,329.80 Total 494,128.23 'J-.-.,. .J - ' Total., 494,128.23

RENSSELAER, INDIANA, TUESDAY, SEPT. 15, 1914.

Rensselaer Truly a Fine City in Which to Live

Lafayette Journal. Charles G. Sauers, who judged the yards in the beautification contest conducted by the Lafayette Chamber of Commerce this year, performed a similar duty yesterday morning at Rensselaer. He reported that there are not more than a half dozen run-down lawns in the town and it is truly a beautiful place to live. This is the second year of the work there and it has proven a great success. The citizens show a great interest in the work and the contest was close and spirited. There are two classes of contestants, the owners and renters of property and the prizes aggregating thirty-four dollars were awarded in each section. ,J. H. Holden is the prime mover in the beautification work at Rensselaer and secured the prize money by subscription.

Jacob Dluzak Died at County Farm at Age of 89

-h Dluzak, aged 89 years, died at the county farm this Tuesday morning at 9:30 o’clock. He had been at the county farm s’nce Nov. 19, 1903. His son, Charles Dluzak, of near Remington, took the body to h’s home and the funeral is to be heidat Remington. Deceased leaves a secohd wife and three children at Wolcott. E. G. Sternberg came back from Chicago yesterday to be here for the letting of the marble ditch. v His father, Carl H. Sternberg, was about the same as a week ago. He was Unable to be typ more than a half hour at a time. He regretted "so much that he could not be here tor the Marble ditch letting which he had figured on tor a long time.

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MAN MET DEATH AT MONON MONDAY NIGHT

Was Riding'Head End of No. 3 and His Head Wes'Knocked Off ~ by Water Column A man supposed to have been Allison Dodson, of Louisville, Ky., was killed Monday night at Monon. He was riding the head end of passenger train No. 3, which passed through this city at 11:05 o’clock. When his body was found his head gone, it had*been literally knocked off. To all appearances he ■had been riding the blind baggage and had protruded his head beyond the side of the coach just as it passed the water column. In his pockets were found a gold watch and $26 in money, also a card bearing the name Allison Dodson, 728 South Eighth Street., Louisville.

LITTLE AKENS GIRL DIED AS RESULT OF BURNS

The 2 j year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs< John Akers on the C. P. Moody farm .in Barkley township died Saturday evening as a result of burns sustained the Monday previous. The child was playing with matches that became ignited and set fire to her clothing. So much oi the body was burned that the babe could not recover, although for some time it looked favorable to rescue her. The funeral was held on Monday afternoon and burial made in the Brown cemetery.

Auto Accident Resulted in Slight Injury at Remington

Bert Kyle, of* near Remington, was driving his Richmond automobile Sunday at Remington when the steering gear broke and the machine dashed into a telephone pole and broke it off.- The pole was about 12 inches in diameter. Mrs. Kyle was thrown from the machine and felightly injured. Mr. and Mrs. Gdorge Haseall were also in the machine and Mr. Haskell was thrown into the glass windshield and slightly cut. The machine was badly wrecked.

Went to Michigan to Attend the Funeral of an Uncle

Harr Watson went to Stevensville, Mich., this Tuesday morning to attend the'funeral of an uncle, Levi Mumma, who married the sister of Mrs. Henry Watson. Deceased was about years of age and his death was caused by- appendicitis. He moved from Chicago to Michigan about five years ago and was engaged, n the fruit farming business. Other* relatves from Chicago Heights also attended the funeral.

Many Dredge Contractors to Bid On Marble Ditch

There are today about twenty-five dredging contractors at the Makeever hotel and from ten to twenty more are expected to be here tomorrow to bid on the marble ditoh, the great canal that is to straighten and deepen the channel of the Kankakee river. Engineer Clifton J. Hobbs, of Kersey, will sell the contract Wednesday in the east room of the court 'house.

Driving an American Car in Endurance Run to Coast

Hugh Kirk, a local chauffeur, is now neroute to the Pacific coast now en route to the Pacific coast driving a big American touring car from Chicago in an endurance run. He left Chicago last Friday.

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This Handsome Rocker or a SixPiece Set of Bright AluminumWare FREE-Read About It During Our Stove Show Week We’H Give Away Two Valuable Gifts. Our Fall Festival or Stove Show will be held from Sept. 24th to 26th inclusive We cordially invite you to be with us on some one day of this Exhibition. As a sort at Commencement Celebration of the Stove Season, we will display and demonstrate-all the latest models of Clermont Baseburners. An expert stove man, direct from the factory, will be in charge. He will explain in detail the special features of these splendid stoves. > CLERMONT Base-Burners are acknowledged the greatest stoves of their kind. Whether you are thinking of 'buying a new stove or not, we want you to come to our Clermont Stove Show. We’ll show you the exclusive points of Clermont Baseburners that have made friends -and hosts of buyers wherever they have been demonstrated. After visiting our show you’ll know why the Clermont BaseIbnrner is in a class of its own and why it has no equal today in heating and fuel saving features. We will Give You— Your choice of a handsome rocker or a six-piece set of bright Aluminum-ware with every .Clermont Baseburner purchased during the show week. The Aluminum Set Contains 8-cup Percolator . 6-quart Tea Kettle 2-quart Covered Double Boiler 4-quart Berlin Kettle 8-quart Preserving Kettle Baking Dish or Pudding Pan <■ ——- 1 / 1 4;,, Remember the dates —Sept. 24 to 26th inclusive; and also that such an offer—a handsome Rocker or 6 big Aluminum Pieces with every CLERMONT Base Burner—is not likely to occur in this town again for a long while. Moral: Buy while the opportunity is here. Warner Bros.

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