Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 February 1915 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Stevens Best in Tournament/ Of Local Checker Players. Sam Stevens was the best of the local checker playes in a match the past week. He scored 9‘/s points, Frank Hill scored 7Vg, Molony 5 1 /*, Parks 3y g ; S. F. Haskell 3 and Griffin 1. They are getting ready for Monticello, if the club there will give them a game. 8. M. Laßue and J. W. Crooks were down from Roselawn to spend Sunday with their families. Neither eould recall a single thing worthy of news mention. Mrs. Ed Reeve was returned home from the Chicago hospital Tuesday of last week and is getting alohg as well as could Ibe expected, being able4o sit up some each day. Mr. and Mrs. George Horsewood, of Ligonier, who have been visiting their brothers, Frank and Charles for the past week, went to Mt. Ayr today to visit other relatives.

Mrs. Alton Meek returned to her home in West Lafayette Sunday evening after visiting for three days with her mo-th er, Mrs. A. E. Brown, and her sister, Mrs. A. K. Yeoman.

Will T. Lowman left Saturday for Hebron, where 'he will farm the coming year. Mrs. Lowman is still in St. Elizabeth’s hospital, Lafayette, but is doing very nicely and will probably be able to join her husband at Hebron shortly.

Albert Augspurger, who came from his father’s home in Minnesota the 13th of December and has been visiting friends here since that time, has decided not to return to Minnesota this year but to work in this county and has engaged for the year to Ralph Moore, of Barkley township.

Gilbert Lewis, who will have a public sale on Feb. 9th, on what is known as the old Paxton farm, 2 miles north and 2V 2 miles west of this city, will move to Tippecanoe county and reside on a farm 9 miles east of Lafayette, near the town of Buck Creek. Mr. Lewis formerly lived in Carroll county and will not be very far from his old home.

Mike Kuboski continues in a quite serious condition at his home on Main street. Practically recovered from pneumonia, he continues to suffer from the septic trouble caused by a scratch on one hand. Physicfans Sunday femoved considerable pus from the infected place in the region of ‘his right breast.

The Ladies’ Home Missionary Society will meet Tuesday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Stella Ketchum. Miss Simpson, of the Monnett School, has returned from Gary and Will be present and give a talk about the work that is being done at the settlement house. All members are requested to be present,

A bit of belated news reached The Republican today. It is too important to omit even though It Is Ifl'te. On Dec. 26th, at Farmland, near Winchester, Ind., twins, a boy and a girl, were born to Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Comer, formerly of this city. Mrs. Oomer was in a quite critical condition for some time but is now understood to be quite well.

Frank Plummer left for his home at Williston, N. Dak., today, after a visit of five weeks with his sister, Mrs. George Mustard, here, and relatives at Wolcott. Mr. Plummer has been a resident of Williston most of the time for the past ten years and has seen the town grow from 1,000 to 5,000 population.

The Globe Stove and Range Co., of Kokomo, infringed on patents held by the Round Oak Stove Co., of Dowagiac, Mich., and have been compelled to pay SIO,OOO for the infringement prior to Jan. Ist and since that time $3 for each stove manufactured. The infringement was on a baseburner, Harrison Timmons arrived home from Benton Harbor, Mich., where he has been working for the Big Four railroad. He came to sell his property on South Cullen Street and expects to remove to either Benton Harbor or Anderson about April Ist.

Morton R. Clifton and Hyland Weaver, operators for the railroads* at Shelby, were Rensselaer visitors over Sunday. Morton came to get a pair of shoes and Hyland tame to interview a party whose shoes are much smaller and much prettier than the ones Morton came to buy. _ * ißemonstrances sufficient to defeat saloon licenses in each of the four wards of this city were filed Friday afternoon. Not much difficulty was experienced in getting enough people to sign the power of attorney cards and as there were no applicants there no fight of any kind. We believe that our people are so well pleased with having the saloons out of the town that there will never again be any here unless the laws are manipulated- by