Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 78, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 March 1916 — Page 4 Advertisements Column 6 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Notified By Telegram of Sudden Death of Brother. Mrs. Harry Eger was notified .this Friday morning by telegram that her brother, Parks Ashlock, of St. Louis, had met an accidental death. No details were given. He was unmarried, • about -34—years- of agep-and-wae -en* gaged in the real estate business. The Stork Special. Born, Wednesday, March 29th, to Mr. and Mrs. Fred McColly, a son. Public Sale of Small House. The undersigned will sell at public auction her 4-room hcuse in the northwest part of town, known as the Al Jacks property, on •- Saturday, April Ist, at 1:30 p. m. Terms announced at sale, but made to suit purchaser. MRS. O. M. PEEK. Fred Phillips, Auct. New Spring Hats. Stetson spring styles now in. Begin with your head and" you’ll Hamillize all over. Change in Singer Agency. The Singer sewing machine agency has been transferred to me and hereafter all payments should be made to me. A full line of machines will be kept in stock at my piano store. H. R. LANGE. W. H. Parkinson is spending today in Chicago. Dr. Besser, of Remington, was a Rensselaer visitor today. A new line of buggies on exhibition at Scott Brothers on Market Day. We sell the Hoosier and Advance endgate seeders. HAMILTON & KELLNER. _ Mrs. Elsie Harkrider returned to Hammond today after a visit of several days here. Mrs. C, E. Prior went to Plymouth today to attend as a delegate the quarterly meet’ng of the church of God. Mrs. Will Price and baby returned this morning to Otterbein. The baby is very much improved from its recent severe illness.

Everybody in Rensselaer should know that April 16 is Go-To-'Church Sunday and then do it. . Mrs. C. E. Lewis, of Waterville, Me., formerly Miss Clifford Moody, is expected today to visit her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Granville Moody. Mrs; Chris; Morganegg returned to' Batavia, 111., today, after having attended the funeral here of her foster father, J. M. Lesh. Representative Bailey of Pennsylvania, one of the close friends of W. J. Bryan in the house, introduced a resolution Thursday to increase the .presidential term to six years, with a one-term limit. “Jesus in the Midst,” will be the subject of Dr. J. Budman Fleming’s sermon at the Presbyterian church this evening. AH are invited. Service at 7:30. The Red Cross society Wednesday announced its award of first prize m the Christmas seal design competition to Fred C. Beaumont,’New Bradford, Mass. Four other prizes for designs were awarded. Frank Gartin, -chased from a” residence, wh’ch he had entered to rob the gas meter, confessed and was sentenced at Greensburg to two to fourteen years at tW? state reformatory. Garten formerljr was in the United States marine corps and won medals for bravery at Vera Cruz.

Miss Ruth Starbuck, of Winchester, was here today to try to 'Secure an engagement for the Metropolitan Opera Co., for which she is the advance agent. Miss Starbuck was a schoolmate at DePauw of Miss Nell Meyers and Miss Muriel Harris. Will Paxton, of Hammond, came down today to transact some business here. WHI is engaged in the lumber business at Hammond, with branch yards at Gary and Indiana Harbor and indications point to much building activity in the lake region this year, especially at Gary. Work Shoes. Hamillize your work shoes. It makes life’s walk easy. The Ladies of the G. A. R. had a most enjoyable time today as guests of Mrs. B. D. McColly, to whose home they took their dinners and spent the day. The husbands came in at noon, many of them being old soldiers, and while they made an assault upon the supply of rations, they were unable to conquer it and finally retreated and let the ladies make the charge. They were only moderately successful for the liberality of those who had prepared the dinner resulted in such abundant preparation that there w r as a big lot left after all had The have been taking their dinners and spending one day each month with some member but this was the first time the husbands had been invited. Without a dissenting vote the house has increased Mexican war pensions from sl2 to S2O a month.’