Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 249, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 October 1914 — Men Anxious to Serve On Jury at One Dollar a Day. [ARTICLE]

Men Anxious to Serve On Jury at One Dollar a Day.

Some democratic newspapers say it is calamity howling to report people out of employment, but the ::act remains that many are unable to procure work of any kind. In Chicago the plan has been adopted of hiring unemployed men to sit on coroner’s juries. The sum of $1 per case is paid. There is usually only one case per day. Men, married men with families, have been "making a lively scramble for a chance to serve on the jury, according to The Chicago Herald. A dollar a day reminds one of 1893,-4 and 5, but it is a fact that many people are glad to work for that sum in the cities.

Dr. and Mrs. J. H. Honan are the guests of his brother, E. P. Honan, and wife. Dr. and Mrs. Honan, who were in Europe when the war broke out, sailed from London on the Olympic and arrived in New York September 25th and they have been visiting In that city and at Ann Arbor, Mich., since their arrival in this country.

If you can’t get potatoes for 15c a peck at the place you trade, come to us. We have plenty of fine ones. —Rowen & Kfecr.

The report of the accidental collision of John motorcycle with J. J. Mulder’s automobile near Roselawn as chronicled In The Republican, states that Mr. Mulder was on the wrong side of the This was the statement of young Trulley to his doctor. Mr. Mulder, however, claims that he was oh the right side of the road and that Trulley was on the wrong side and riding with his head down.