Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 266, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 November 1914 — Page 1

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ROWLES & PARKER ■ - , » -i . ♦ STORE THAT SELLS AS IT ADVERTISES When we advertise articles at a special price, we have those articles in stock to show you when you ask to see them.’ We never disappoint our customers by advertising something at a special price, and then not having the article when the customer asks for it. ;We have stocked our store with new up-to-date i™»w-h«ndi«g at reasonable prices and are pleased at all times to show you goods and quote you prices Remember we sell all ourgoods with* a money back guarantee if you are not satisfied.,

»§ SUITS-COATS. -r The largest up-to-date line of suits and coats in the citjf for men, ladies, misses, children and boys, every thing absolutely new and latest" style. Remember we receive a shipment each week of Ladies’ Suits and Coats. In this way we have the new things as soon as they £re made up. Our wholesale house keeps us supplied with new garments as soon as they are manufactured. l \ See Our Line, They Please ' I \ : ji Children’s coats from - 1 - $1.98 to $6.00 Misses’coats from - - . $5.00 to $12.50 Ladies’ coats, all styles - $5.50 to $25.00 Ladies’ suits, none better from - 16.50 to 30.00 Remember our boys’ and men’s line of clothing is absolutely new, andour prices are the lowest. Boys’ suits all ages from - - 1.98 to 10.00 Men’s suits all sizes from - 9.9810 30.00 (A Boys’overcoats from - - \ 3.00 to-10.00 '■ Men’s overcoats from - - ro.oo to 27.50

TONIGHTV AT THE PRINCESS IVANHOE Hus photo drama closes with Quo Vadis, Last Days of Pompeii and the like. Shows 7 and 8:15 Christian Church Cafeteria Dinner. The ladies of the Christian church will give a' cafeteria dinner In the church dining roorit Wednesday evening, Eov. 11, beginning at 5 o'clock. MENU. Fried chicken, mashed potatoes and gravy v 15c Sandwiches, 2 for ,5c Baked beans 5c Cranberry Sauce ..3c Pickles lc Ice cream ..!..... 5c Cake .......6e Coffee 5c Home-made candy. Everybody invited Come. Eastern Star Market. The ladies of the Eastern Star will hold a market at Cleve Eger’s hardware store Saturday afternoon, Nov. 14, for the benefft of the Masonic Home. All members of the Chapter are urged to donate liber-ally.-X). E. S. Just opened: another barrel of Bismark brand dill pickles. Try them. HOME GROCERY.

The Evening Republican.

The Big Corner Department Store ROWLES & PARKER

STREET ASSESSMENTS WERE CONFIRMED

City Council Meets in Regular Session and Transacts Usual Routine Business. The city council met in regular session Monday evening. The preliminary assessment, roll of the sewer on the east side of Main street was confirmed and the Clerk was instructed to certify same over to the city treasurer for collection. The same action was taken on the Washington - street assessment. The matter of installing electric power at Donnelly’s planing mill was referred to the light committee. ' I. ' V The city treasurer filed his report for the month of October, showing the following funds on hand: Electric light, $2,203.38; Road, $344.64; corporation, $219.38; Water, $5,526.08; Park, $630.0?; total of all funds, $10,487.22. The following claims were allowed:- -V- - Corporation Fund. W R Shesler, sal marshal ..$30.00 Frank Critser, sal nightwch 30.00 Chas Morlan, sal clerk ... 33j.33 Ben Oglesby, serv extra police 2.00 W S Parks, same 2.00 Sam Stevens, assist engineer 1.25 Road Fund. Chester Zea, sal teamster ... 30.00 C W Platt, wk on walks ..!. 4.00 J C Gwin & Co., sewr and lbr 57.62 Nees & Seaman, sidewalk ... .59.68 Sam Stevens, catch basins.. 14.50 E W Hickman, labor, etc... 1.08 Road Fund. C M Sands, pd contiacfor...; 15.03 _ Water Fund. * John Sanderson, haul - pipe ~ 1.00 Jesse Gates, same 1.00 John Richards, work main... 44.40 Geo Green, same 18.60 National Lead Co., lead pipe 30.02 Electric Light Fund. Q. S Chamberlin, sal ........'. 62.50 ■Dave Haste, same 35.00 T E Malone, same ..; 35.00

RENSSELAER. INDIANA, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1911

Miss Josie Porter Was Married in South Dakota.

Miss Josie Porter, daughter of Mr, and Mrs. R. B. Porter, of near Mt. Vernon, S. Dak., was married Nov. Ist to Mr. A. G. Skidmore. Miss Porter spent several weeks in Rensselaer the past summer. The Mt. Vernon News thus reports the marriage; “Sunday afternoon, Nov. 1, at 2:30 o’clock, a very pretty wedding occurred at the home of Mr. and Mrs. JR. B. Porter, when their daughter, Miss Josie Porter, was united in marriage to Mr. A. G. Skidmore. The impressive double-ring ceremony was read ,by Rev. Potter, formerly pastor'of the Mt. Vernon M. E. church. The ceremony was witnessed' only by the immediate | members of the family and a few i friends. j “The bride was attired in a gown of white voile trimmed with Irish crochet lace. The groom wore the | conventional black. Immediately ! after the ceremony the bridal party sat down to an appetizing wedding dinner. The table was decorated with a center bouquet of pink and white carnations and chrysanthe mums. ‘The bride taught the primary room fn our schools and is well known, popular and needs no words of commendation from us. The groom was the professor in the Mt. Vernon schools and it was then the young fcouple became acquainted, and he-is in every way deserving of the prize he has won. Both have many friends ]who join The News in offering best wishes for a long and happy wedded life. ‘'Mr. and Mrs. Skidmore left on Thursday morning for the twin cities oh a wedding tour, after which they will be at home at Fenton, Mich. • They will reside on a farm.’’. ■ : >.

Cafeteria Dinner Christian church.

Dick Hartman, same 35,001 i Tom Hoyes, samlf ~ 35.00 Jesse Gates, haul coal 45.76 jAfonon Coal 00.. coal 175.44 I Gen. Elec. Oq., supplies ... 98j80 i rajand Electric Co., same .. 43.31 iK T Rhoades & 00., lamps .. 22.75 iC M Baads, treas.. frt pd .. 132.72

SHOES-RUBBERS We have the cleanest stock of shoes and rubbers in Jasper county, every pair is up-to-date in style and we guarantee the wear of every pair. Special care taken in the fitting of children’s shoes. We fit them properly so they will grow as nature intended. Try us and be convinced. Children-s shoes, sizes 2to 5, per pair - - - -60 cto 1.00 • ’ ' .ft Children’s shoes, sizes sto 8, per pair ..... 85c to 1.50 Misses’ shoes, sizes B}4 to 11, per pair - - - - - 1.00 to 2.00 Misses’shoes, sizes 11% to 2, per pair - - 1.19102.50 Ladies’ shoes, sizes to 8, per pair - - - 1.50 to 4.00 Boys’ shoes, sizes 2 }4 to 5 }4, per pair - - - 1.50 to 3.^0 Men’s shoes, sizes to 12, per pair 2.00 to 5.00 Remember these shoes come in all styles, all leathers, kid and cloth top, low and high heels and every pair guaranteed to give satisfactory wear. Our shoes are all solid, full vamps, solid counter and one piece if better shoes could be bought we would buy them. Buy Your Next Pair of Us, We Please You.

Rensselaer Public Schools To Give Entertainment.

A school festival, under the auspices of the grades of the Rensselaer public schools, will .be held in the high school auditorium next Monday and Tuesday evenings, at 7:15 p; m. There will be'an admission charge of 15c for adults and children! While one of the main objects is to secure additional funds for the final payment on the Victrola and to secure additional records,' yet another object is to keep the people in touch with the work of the schools. \ The entertainment will consist of drills, songs, costume and light effects, combining the idea of a fall festival with the Thanksgiving season of the year, which will soon 'be here. More than one hundred children will take part in the exercises. Because of the limited seating space of the auditorium, it is to be given two nights. Tickets will be placed in the hands of the children anti may also be procured by tele phoning the school building any time after Wednesday morning.

Ivanhoe,” Four Reel Feature, at Princess Tonight.

At the Princess Theatre tonight, the 4-reel Imp feature, featuring King Baggot and Leah Baird, will be given. This is a play of the days of the Crusaders and is one of the best ever put on films. Although this is a very expensive feature, the price will* remain the same, 5 and 10 cents.

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NEWTON MAKEEVER HAS PASSED AWAY

Aged Bachelor Died at Early Hour This Morning—Funeral to Bo Held Wednesday P. M. i ' ;' ' - Isaac Newton Makeever, son of Milton and Nancy Makeever, died this Tuesday rooming at ; is home in Newton township after an illness of some time. He was never married and ,Vance Collins and family had resided on his farm and Mr. Makeever had lived with them, Mrs. Collins being his niece. Ar-terio-sclerosis or hardening of the arteries .was the cause of death. Deceased was born in Newton township on July 25th, 1849, and his age at the time of death was 65 years, 3 months and 15 days. He is survived by two brothers, Frank and Jasper, and by a large number of other relatives. ' Mr. Makeever disposed of his farm land by deeding it to realtives to take effect upon bis death. Mrs. Vance Collins gets 80 acres and Bert Yeoman,'a nephew, is also a beneficiary. The funeral will be held at the late farm home Wednesday afternoon at 1:30. Rev. Paul C. Curnick will conduct the service and the choir will be from the M. E. ehureh. Burial will be made in Weston cemetery.

Marriage Licenses.

Sam Walatra, born Holland, Feb--18, 1890. present resident Roselawn, occupation farmer, to Gertie Kooina, born Chicago, Sept. 18, 1893, present residence Chicago, occupation housekeeper. First marriage for each. W. V. Snow, born Rensselaer, April 26, 1886, present residence Chicago Heights, occupation agent; second marriage, the first dissolved by death July 11, 1909, and Jane Elizabeth Johnson, born Bt. Paul, Mihn., Aug- 18, 1893, present residence Chicago Heights, occupation housekeeper, first marriage.

Runaway Accident Almost Resulted in Bad Injury.

Orb Wame, driver lor the Cten-. tral Delivery System, left his horse standing in front of the residence of Mrs. Kate R. Watson Monday afternoon while he carried groceries around to the kitcheft. When he came out of the house he saw the horse mnning toward the Washington street bridge. He set out fa pursuit but the horse Continued to run and in front of Warner Bros.’ hardware store it crashed into a buggy in which Mrs. Walter Harrington and, her son about 9 years of age had been sitting. Mrs. Harrington had heard the horse coming and had scrambled out of the buggy but the boy Was In the seat land his escape from injury was little short of miraculous. The buggy was wreckeckand crashed to the pavement. The little boy was beneath but was not hurt. The delivery horse fell down at this point and Ant Battleday caught the reins and held it- The Harrington horse, freed from the buggy, ran a short distance.

B. H. Priest, federal inspector, and Dr. H. J. Kaiinal, special agent for the state, are continuing their investigation of the cattle shipped from the union stock yards to this county, as a precaution against the breaking ourt of the hoof and mouth disease. From all parts of the country coming of the disease and of the slaughter of stock in the effort to stamp it otft. The inspectors did not eome into Rensselaer at noon today and The Republican could not find out whether any further traces of the disease had been found. T. G. Wynegar, who was ip the north part of the .county today, stated that arrangements were being made to burn over the pasture where some of the Brown cattle which the inspectors found infected, had been pastured. .; ' Good, evening! Have you a suggestion for the welfare of Rensselaer? Tell the editor or wftte it and mail it. -Her® is a chance t help our city by a good thought. Many splendid suggestions are being made. Yours may be the best one yet.

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