Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 123, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 May 1915 — Page 4 Advertisements Column 4 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Albert Witham made a trip to Monticello today. Attorney and Mm A. Halleck made a trip to Lafayette today. Ora Hamill, of Monticello, made a business trip to Rensselaer today. Mir. ad Mrs. C. M. Sands returned this morning from a visit at Tefft. J. W. Marlatt, Harry Watson and Attorney Moses Leopold were Chicago visitors today. Rev. C. W. Postill and wife went to Medaryville today for the purpose of decorating his mother’s grave. Miss Olive Pollard was taken to Indianapolis yesterday to undergo a surgical operation. W. C. Milliron and wife have gone to Detroit, Midh., for a few days’ visit with their son, Robert 'and wife.

Cal Cain, Jesse Nichols, R. B. Harris, G. L. Thornton and others went to Remington today to attend the funeral of WilKam Townsend. The monthly haght party of the Round Table Club will be held Thursday night of this week at the. home of Mrs. B. J. Moore. Miss Marie Perigo, of Monticello, who is visiting her sister, Mrs. John WaK), went to Brookston today to attend a dance tonight. The Men’s Claes of the Christian Bible School had a social in the church basement Modttay evening. Sandwiches, pickles and coffee were served. Mrs. William Daugherty and daughters, Ora and Myrtle, and Edna Fegley, of Monticello, came today to attend the funeral of Mrs. L. L. Daugherty. John Bowie, representing the Roselawn lodge, and F. E. Lewis, representing the Wheaitfield lodge, went to Indianapolis today to attend the meeting of the Masonic grand lodge. Home grown strawberries are getting ripe and will be on the market within a few days. Unless there is too much rain the crop will probably be larger than during any recent year. Frances, the 4-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Culp, northwest of town, fell while playing in a buggy at heT home Monday afternoon and fractured both bones of the left arm, just above the wrist. Dr. English was called to set the injured member. Dr. H. L. Kindig, formerly pastor of Trinity M. E. church in this city but now pastor of the Methodist church in Monticello, _ delivered the address to the graduates of the Monticello high school Sunday evening. The service was made a joint one anc took place at the Presbyterian church.

Mr. k. and Mrs. George E. Murray arrived home Saturday from Hot Springs, Ark., where they had been for several weeks for Mr. Murray’s health andjie is looking very much improved and feels somewhat better, although not very strong yet. He expects to be about the store as usual again. The little son of Mr. and Mrs. Greely Comer was returned from the hospital in Lafayette and continues to recover. So far the speech has not returned, but Dr. Gwin, the attending physician, believes this will return within a month or so. ( The little boy was kicked by a horse and had a very close call from death. O. L. Brown and H. E. Shellhouse, the promoter and engineer respectivel yof thep rojected Lafayette & Northwestern railroad, came from Lafayette yesterday and held a meeting last night at a schoolhouse in Newton' township and today are talking with the voters and tonight will hold a meeting in the Surrey schoolhouse. The election on the subsidy proposition will be held tomorrow.

In mentioning the new houses being erected across the river The Republican did not mention the names of all the new builders. On College avenue fronting Milroy'Fark are being started three new houses, the builders being Miss Maud Spitler, A. R. Hopkins and C. W. Eger. The Spitler and Eger houses are to be veneered with brick and \he Hopkins house is to be frame. The new house at the corner of McCoy and College avenues is being erected by F. M. Parker and just west of it on McCoy avenue Mrs. Stella Ketchum is building a new home. It is next door to the house she recently sold to J. D. Allman.

John Daugherty, who for some time haft contemplated giving up his rural mail route out of Rensselaer, has quit sooner that he had expected, owing to his poor health and for the past two weeks has been unable to make his trips. His route was No. 1, which served most of the patrons in Barkley township. Three years ago he made a trip one day when the snow was badly drifted and he suffered intensely and almpst froze to death. He has never entirely recovered from the exposure of that trip and as he is almost 75 years old he decided to quit now and devote the summer months to an effort to regain has strength. His brothers, George P., of Rensselaer, and L. L., of Hammond, are both somewhat, older than he and both are <P“ te P°° rl y-