Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 295, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 December 1915 — Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Mrs. Leslie Clark went to Chicago today. Beautiful lounging robes for Xmas at -Traub’s. Ed Robinson is spending the day : n Chicago. Good baled timothy hay, oats straw and wheat straw for sale by Hamilton & Kellner. Otto Braun, of Lowell, is a Rensselaer visitor today. Silk hose, any color you desire, neckwear to match, at Traub’s. W. H. HamiH, of Monticello, is in Rensselaer today on business. Night robes or pajamas make useful gifts, at Traub’s. Miss Mabie Hunt, of Baroda, Mich., came today for a visit with J. J. Hunt and family. If it is a Xmas gift for men, young fellows, or boys, you will find it at Traub’s. A. J. Quina went to Chicago today for a few days’ visit. A suit or overcoat will please father or the boys, if it’s from The Clothing House of Traub. J. S. Morgan, of Monon, was in Rensselaer today on business. For Xmas gifts, fine traveling bags, suit cases, trunks, at Traub’s. Cliff Morton returned to Monon today after a business visit here. Mrs. John Mehrley, of near Mt. Ayr, went to Longcliff today to spend a few days with her son, Clarence. \ Rev. Curnick and son, Dwight, went to Lafayette today, where Dwight is to have an operation pei farmed On his nose. It is reported on good authority that John Knapp and family, who moved to New \ork a few months ago, expect to return to Rensselaer as soon as he can dispose of his property there. The basketball lid for the high school team will be pried off Friday night when the Wheatfield team hooks up with the locals. Andy Smith, Purdue coach, is to be let out according to the reports from members of the faculty. His attitude toward university standard of conduct is the reason given. In the Hammond straw vote contest Johnson now has 1720 votes, McCray 540 and .Goodrich 202. Watson is first choice with 467, and Miller, who has withdrawn, had 198. Indiana University will play the state university of Florida in Indianapolis iNov. 18, 1916, on the official opening of the Dixie highway. At the Lonigcliff insane hospital there are now about 1,100 persons, including empolyes, and an idea of the great amount of food consumed there on Thanksgiving day can be obtained from the following announced menu: Chicken, 700 pounds; two barrels cranberries; three barrels celery: forty bushels apples; 300 mince pies: eighteen bushels potatoes; two barrels of cider, forty gallons oysters, and three hundred loaves of bread. Turkeys which are raised at the institution are yet small and it was decided to keep these until Christmas. Handkerchiefs single or 1-2-3-dozen in fancy Christmas boxes, plain or initial, 3c to 50c. A gift that is never turned down.—The Clothing House of Wm. Traub. A plan of four or five high school girls to play hookey and spend the morning at the skating rink was nipped in the bud today when one of the girl’s mother began making inquiries over the telephone and found the girl was not at school. Inquiries by the school faculty disclosed the fact that other girls were missing, and three or four were found at the skating rink, and when informed that inquiries were being made for them there was a scampering from the rink and the girls are in school again this afternoon. This timely discovery may prevent a recurrence of a like attempt in the future. Dress shirts. We just received a new shipment; anything you desire in shirts is here far Christmas, 50c to $2.50. —The Clothing House of Wm. Traub.

Masons Take Notice. Next Monday evening, Dec. 20th, is election of officers for the ensuing year. Members please be present at 7:30. This is also the time to pay lodge dues. .Please be prepared to pay same.—Harvey Wood, Jr., Secretary.