Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 201, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 August 1915 — Page 4 Advertisements Column 3 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Thomas Lee, president of the city council of Indianapolis, passed through Rensselaer yesterday in company on his way to Chicago. mmammmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmrn See the Columbia's $2.00 bargains, pumps, for your inspection, and only $2.00 tot your choice, at the Colombia. Mrs. Mark Barnes and grandchildren, Jack and Doris Larsh, went to Mrs. Barnes’ home today and the children will remain there for about ten days. See the military picture at the Gayety Thursday evening. Company M. will appear in it just as it passed the reviewing station of Governor Ralston. The Standard Bearers of the M. E. church will meet at the church '.omorrow night at 7:30 o'clock. All members do not fail to be present and bring your mite boxes. - Mrs. J. D. Allman and daughters, Florence and Aileen, went to Evanston, 111., today, where arrangements will be made for the young ladies to attend college the coming year. Mr. and Mrs. D. D. Pierson, of Chicago Heights, are visiting Sheriff McColly and family and other relatives in this county. Mr. Pierson is one of the commissioners of Cook county. J. F. Bruner and family have left for their new home at Hebron, where he owns the telephone exchange. Miss Cora remained for a visit of a few days with Miss Maurine Tuteur. Misses Edna and Ema Robinson, of Morocco, returned home yesterday after spending the summer with their sister, Mrs. Harve J. Robinson. They were accompanied home by Miss Wilda Littlefield, who will visit with them for a short time. Indiana school men continue to be given splendid recognition in other states and Prof. E. H. Drake, formerly of Attica, has been chosen superintendent of the schools at Kalamazoo, Mich., declared by a representative of the Russell Sage foundation to be the third most efficient school in the U. S.

Mrs. J. W. Pierce and daughters, Misses Mary and Gladys, came Saturday to visit Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Thompson, south of town. They are well pleased with Greencastle and Mary will be in DePauw again this year. Miss Gladys will teach at Dana, Ind. Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Sneyde and children, of Chatsworth, 111., motored to Rensselaer yesterday and after a brief visit with Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Harmon will drive through to Fort Wayne for a short visit. It was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sneyde who died while visiting here a little over a year ago. Cheer up, you may be able to buy a kodak cheaper. The United States district court at Buffalo has handed down a decision that the Eastman Kodak company is in restraint of trade and its monopoly has constituted a violation of the Sherman antitrust law. This prosecution is expected to have a great effect in reducing the high cost of living, one of the pledges of the democratic party. The rain forecasted for the past day or two has fortunately kept away and today is the fourth fairly bright day. Thrashing machines are humming throughout the county and all are hoping for many more rainless days. The wheat that is being marketed is grading so poorly that the local grain merchants are compelled to show a price variation from 75 to 90 cents. It is said that some of the grain brought in has long green sprouts and that several grains are often stuck together by the fibers. Miss Alpha Branblett, of Indianapolis, is visiting Mrs. George W. Hopkins and a picnic supper in her honor was given Monday evening at the home of Mrs. Hopkins, the guests being the girls of “the bunch,” who all attended the performance of the Cor-nell-Price Players at the Ellis theatre in the evening. Tomorrow evening at the home of Miss Meta Oglesby “the bunch” will hold their weekly picnic supper.

EXTRA! EXTRA Big show at the Gayety Thursday evening. Besides the vaudeville and two full reels of motion drama there will be 1,200 feet of film showing the Indiana soldiers at the camp of instruction at Fort Benjamin Harrison. Mrs. Barbara Hoshaw came home yesterday from a five weeks’ visit with her sister at Dayton, Ohio. She also Visited at Oxford and Hamilton. She is considerably improved from the rheumatism which had caused her so much suffering for some time before she went away. After a visit here she will probably go to Chicago and after a short visit with her son there will go to Dyart, lowa, to spend the winter with her son, Louis Serfman, who is in the elevator business at that place. Miss Mable Atwood and mother, of Franklin, have moved here and are occupying one of the fine new houses erected by A Leopold on South Front street. Miss Atwood, who is related to Mrs. Nattie Scott, will be the. domestic science teacher in the public schools this year, succeeding Miss Ethel Dyer. Their furniture was moved here in a motor truck. Franklin is some distance south of Indianapolis, but economy in transportation and Hie saving of crating was made by the motor method of moving.