Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 275, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 November 1914 — Items From The Kankakee Valley Review. [ARTICLE]

Items From The Kankakee Valley Review.

Wm. McNeil, John Biggs and Ye Editor were business visitors at LaCrosse Friday. v Sheriff Wm. Hoover and Sherm Parks, of Rensselaer, were Friday visitors here. Mrs. Ferguson, of Rensselaer, visited here from Thursday to Sunday with George Ferguson and family. Mr. and Mrs. W. S. McConnell, of Fair Oaks, visited here Thursday and Friday at the home of his Sister, Mrs.'M. B. Fyfe and family. The Bowie Special was about four hours late Friday evening, caused by a derailment of the engine at Fair Oaks A very pleasant surprise, party was planned at the home of Mr. and Mm. Thomas Jensen, when their bunch of relatives called to remind Tom of Lis thirty-first birthday. All kinds of good things to eat and good old-fashioned time were enjoyed by all. Dr. Soft and family, of San Pierre, spent Sunday here with Dr. Fyfe and family. Mr. and Mrs. John Cooper, of Porter county, spent Sunday here visiting at the home of her brother, Robert Mannan, and wife. Dr. Salisbury and O. G. Wheeler, of Crown Point, autced i ere on business Saturday. James C. McColly went Tuesday to Indianapolis to attend the meeting of the I. O. O. F. grand lodge as a delegate for Wheatfield subordinate lodge. Mrs. S. W. Hamilton left here Wednesday of last week for a visit with her homd folks in lowa. The Wheatfield Improvement Association held a special meeting at the K. of P. hall to discuss the hearing to be held Tuesday in the case of the C. & E. I. Ry., asking the public service commission to modify its order regarding passenger train service on the . LaCrosse division between Goodland and LaCrosse. The matter of telephone service furnished 1/ -he Halleck Telephone Co. was discussed and oh motion the secretary Mias directed to make a request on the company to furnish up-to-date service and rates or the matcer would be referred to the public service commission for adjustment. The Ladies Aid served a Chicken dinner to the big crowd bf wit nesses here Tuesday and say, many were the compliments of the visitors to the ladies for the good, wholesome meal. Over one hundred and fifty wit nesses testified against the abandonment of the Bowie Special.

Municipal ownership of public utilities, higher wages for mechanics and -laborers, apd city instead of state control were urged at Friday’s feeting of the conference of American mayors, in Philadelphia. The official count in 34 counties of 39 in Montana, 27 of which are complete, Shows 32,249 votes for woman suffrage, against 28,838 against. It Is not believed the result indicated will be materially changed. The Hamilton Chemical company has been incorporated at Noblesville under a United States vetei nary license with a capital stock Of $60,000 to manufacture hog cholera serum. The eoihpany will erect one of the largest plants in the United