Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 111, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 May 1916 — Page 1

No. 111.

TONIGHT At The PRINCESS 4k A 3-Part Feature “Maid of the Wild” Comedy “Safety First” Admission 5 and 1 Oc

JARRETTE’S VARIETY STORES Rensselaer, Indiana Monon, Indiana The Busy Shopping Centers I - " —. ROSE BUSHES Shrubs We will have another shipment some time this week Baby Ramblers, Crimson Ramblers, Dorthy Perkins, General Jack Red, Pink Ramblers, Rugosa Red, American Beauty, Hydrangia and Cannas. These are not jobbers stock, but first selections from one of the largest and most reliable nurseries. Don’t let dealers sting you. 5,000 to 10,000 may be grown on one acre of ground. Why should they be high priced,? Bert J. Jarrette Two Stores Monon, Ind. Rensselaer, Ind.

MOTHER’S DAY Second Sunday isl Ma;g in Honor M “Ibe Bert Hotter Who Ever Uved”—YOUß MOTHER.jJ| White flowers for Mothers’ Memory and colored flowers for Mothers Living. We will Ibe pleased to furnish any quantity of flowers you may wish for that occasion but to insure you being supplied must have your order not alter than Friday evening of this week. We have a few more dahlias, caladium and gladioli bulbs, geraniums, ferns, begonias, hydrangeas, roses, etc. Tomato, pepper, sweet pota- • to plants now ready. (Best grade of fresh caught fish kept on hands at all times. OSBORNE Floral Company Funeral work a specialty.

You can not help but be pleased with our line of buggies. See them. HAMILTON & KELLNER.

The Evening Republican.

MAY FESTIVAL WILL BE MUSICAL FEAST

Two Nights of Best Music Ever Heard in City—Mitinee Muiscale and Choral Club. Rensselaer people, one and all, should attend both occasions of the May festival. The matinee musicale will be given Thursday evening at the Methodist church and the Choral Club will present “The Rose Maiden” at the Christian church Friday evening. Rather extensive mention has been made previously of the event but we desire to urge that the long preparation which has been made by the members of the two organizations shall be rewarded by houses packed to the doors. Miss Agnes Farwell and Miss Clora Belle Spalding have been engaged to come here to take the leading parts and will rehearse the cantata with the local singers two or three times before the presentation. The matinee musicale program consists of a number of orchestra selections, vocal, piano and organ solos and other numbers. The “Rose Maiden” program follows: Introduction—Orchestra. Chorus, “Green Vale and Vine-Clad Mountain”—Choral Club. Recitative, “And Through Earth’s Bridal Chamber” —'Miss Randle. Duet, “The Rose of Love”—Miss Farwell and Dr. Myer. Recitative “*So Spake the Spring”— Mrs. Randle. Chorus “A Maid More Beautiful” — .Choral Club. Solo “Bloom On, Bloom On”—Miss Farwell. Chorus “Mid the Waving Rose-trees” —Club. Recitative and Scena “Ask of Yon Ruined Castle” —Miss Spalding. Recitative —‘Mrs. Randle. Chorus “O Earth-born Sorrow”—Club. Trio “Hast Thou Wandered”—Misses Farwell, Spalding, Dr. Myer. Air “The Sleep of Even”—Mrs. Randle. Recitative “Hark! Beneath Her Window”—Dr. Myer. Duet “I Know a Rosebud Shining”— Miss Farwell, Mrs. Randle. Chorus “Tis Thy Wedding Morning” -Club. Solo “Where Gloomy Pine Trees Rustic” —Dr. Myer. Air “For From the Summer Blossom” —Mrs. Randle. Chorus “What Sounds There So Softly?”—Male Voices. Chcrus of Elves “Farewell, Sleep Thou Lightly”—Ladies’ Voices. Finale, Chorus “Yea, E’en as Die the Roses”—Club. The prices for the two nights is only 50 cents. For Thursday night singly it is 25 cents and for Friday night singly 35 cents.

Boyd Porter and Miss Margaret Anne Fitzpatrick Married Today.

George Boyd Porter and Miss Margaret Anne Fitzpatrick, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Fitzpatrick, of Francesville, were married this Tuesday morning at six o’clock by Father Christian Daniel, at St. Augustine’s Catholic church. The marriage was only witnessed by a few friends and the couple left at 7:30 o’clock on the tarin north, their destination not being known. They will return in a few days and take up their residence in Mrs. I. J. Porter’s house on South Cullen street.

C. W. and G. K. Merritt and their wives came over f rof Remington Sunday and visited their brother, John Merritt and family. YESTERDAY'S RESULTS NATIONAL LEAGUE Pittsburg 1-6; Chicago 2-4. , Boston 6; New York 2. Brooklyn 2; Philadelphia 0. No other games scheduled. AMERICAN LEAGUE. Cleveland 3; Detroit 1. New York 4; Boston 0. Philadelphia 4;_ Washington 2. No other games scheduled. ■ • AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. Minneapolis 7; Indianapolis 6. Columbus 10; Kansas City 1. St. Paul 8; Louisville 4. Toledo 7; Milwaukee 5. —~*

WEATHER. „ Fair tonight; warmer north and central portions; Wednesday fair.

RENSSELAER, INDIANA, TUESDAY, MAY 9, 1916.

EVENING BIBLE STORIES CHARMINGLY TOLD

Miss Margaret Spraggins.

Miss Spraggins, of Birmingham, Ala., who is here introducing the “Home Bible Chautauqua Work,” gave an interesting and charming manner, al playlette at the home of Mrs. J. W. Medicus last night. Miss Spraggins is the originator of

Interesting Letter Received From Perry Gwin at El Paso, Tex.

The following letter has been received from Perry Gwin, who is now in El Paso, Tex., where he is working for the Southwestern Iron and Wire Works. Perry was in Mexico for some time and has been over a lot of the ground covered by the American troops. Following is the letter which was received by Perry’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Gwin: El Paso, Tex., May 1,1916. Dear Folks: Everything is quiet here, although we are expecting something definite about the Mexican situation very soon. Both Generals Scott and Funston are here and have been here since Saturday. On Monday when Obregon, the Mexican general, came over for a conference with. Scott, they (tne United States) had troops lined up from the international bridge to General Scott’s car, a distance of about one mile, with soldiers lined up on both sides of the street. The old boys in Khaki looked pretty good and I presume they must have looked good to Obregon. I suppose that was done more for the impression that it would make on the Mexicans. If they pull the troops out now it will kill Wilson politically. If we go to war with Mexico I expect it will lessen Roosevelt’s chances for nomination or election. I am very sorry to note that chances look pretty good for Teddy from this section of the country. What is the political situation up your way. I guess there have not been many developments as yet. If the republicans put up a good man I do not think they will have much difficulty in electing him. If you have not read last weeks Saturday Evening Post (April 29), Samuel G. Blythe’s article on Mexico, you should do it. He has stated the Mexican situation in a clear, concise and unprejudiced manner. So did Hopper in the Colliers Weekly. They both state that Mexico will cave to be pacified by an outside people. Both Blythe apd Hopper were here in El Paso for some time as well as nearly all the newspaper men. If you read Blythe’s article you will note that his views nearly coincide with what I stated about Mexico the last time I was home. Washington has not seemed to care to know the real conditions in Mexico. I had a chance to go with the troops into Mexico as guide and interpreter at a salary of $125 per month and expenses. I would have gone but I was afraid mother would worry too much. I have been all over the country that has been covered by the American troops thus far. When I drove out from Parral I came over the same route that our troops have gone over going down. Blaine has changed his views some about Mexico, but will hardly admit it He still sticks up for Wilson. I am getting along in my work all right. I am, Your Son, Perry.

D. H. Yeoman and Nathan Eldridge went to Evansville today to attend the annual state G. A., R. encampment. The encampment begins today and lasts until Thursday. Iff It’S Electrical Ist Leo Mecklenburg do It. Phone 621

the idea of putting these beautiful Bible stories before children in such an nteresting and charming manner. One scene portrayed the children running in at the twilight hour, asking their mother for a story; another, when they have appeared in their nighties to hear the bedtime talk; another, following their mother to the piano to sing the evening song: “When He Cometh to Make Up His Jewels.” On leaving the room to retire the children interrupt their mother by saying: “Tell us another story,” ami the climax of the playlette was reached when, at the close of this story, the children kneel around the mother and join her in the singing of “Our Father,” to the tune of “Home Sweet Home.” In her unusually interesting and charming manner as a storyteller, Miss Spraggins held the attention of the children throughout the entire time of the playlette. Those present were made to rejoice that they had enlisted in the “Home Bible Chautauqua,” when they saw how the beauties of the Bible were brought out in this pleasing style—-story-telling.

High School Notes.

In the sale of the tickets for the show given at the Rex last Tuesday evening Orpha Gant received the prize of sl, given by Prof. Coe. The number of his sales was 84. Ray Fidler was the next with 43; Gravelous Hansson third with 38; Vera Neville fourth with 35, and George Fate was fifth with 27. These five students sold 42.45 per cent of the entire number sold by the high school, which was 530. The school realized $28.50 from this show, which was an excellent one. There are only three more weeks of school. Commencement week will be scheduled as follows: On Friday evening, May 19, will be class night at 8 p. m. This will be given at the high school and is open to the public free of charge. On Sunday night, May 21, will be given the baccalaureate sermon by Rev. Fleming, of the Presbyterian church. On Monday and Tuesday evenings the senior play, “All a Mistake,” will be given at the opera house. This promises to be an exceptionally good play. On Wednesday evening a joint junior-senior banquet and reception will be given. On Thursday evening the commencement will be given. The speaker for this occasion will be Dr. Chas. P. Emerson, dean of the Indiana Medical College, of Indianapolis. Orpha Gant will give the response for the class that evening. On Friday evening the alumni banquet will be held. Helen Leatherman gives the toast for the class at the banquet. Paul Beam has been selected to give the Gettysburg Address at the memorial services at the cemetery on May 30th. This has been done on request of the G. A. R. The Domestic Science girls will sell candy at the May Fete. The themes have been submitted to the D. A. R. judges.

A PANAMA JINGLE.

Don’t procrastinate, Don’t delay, But get your old hat Out today; It may look shabby But at fixin’ ’em up Nelson, the hatter, Takes the cup. He’ll block your panama, Bleach it, too, > And make it look Just like it’s new. It’s getting warm And the sun shines bright And when you go home At noon or tonight, 4 /A Get out your hat You wore last season; Don’t throw it away, V But listen to reason; Nelson, the hatter, - By the time he’s thru Will make your old hat Look like new. He does the work At the laundry McKay; So bring on the hats And don’t delay.

Mrs. Tom Jackson died at Veedersburg Monday morning following the birth of a baby, which survived her. Her husband is the brother of Mrs. Jennie Jessen and Mrs. Alfred Hoover, of this city, and Mr. and Mrs. Hoover, Mrs. Jessen and their sister, Miss Milda Jackson, who has been staying at the Hoover home, left, for Veedergburg Sunday after learning of her serious condition. G. J. Jessen, a nephew, left for Lebanon Monday evening, where the body was taken for the funeral and burial this afternoon. Order your calling sards here.

SOME TOWN, OUR TOWN; JUST LOOK AROUN’

Houses are Springin’ From the Groun’ —Folks Are Smilin’, Trees Are 4 Bloomin’; Things On Every ‘ Hand Are Boomin’ Hammers Tappin’, Saws A Buzzin’; Havn’t Got No Time For Fussin’; Aint No Time For Bein’ Tearful When It’s Easy to Be Cheerful; Grab a Rake or Hoe or Somethin’ and Help to Keep These Things a Humpin’. Some town, our town, Have you been around? To see the houses Spring from the groun’? There’s a dozen or more Right near a score To name them all Is quite a chore. And when we get in motion With full devotion, There’ll be many more Is our pet notion.

Some times a fellow just feels like getting right out and singing “Rolla Bola” because he’s so happy. The only trouble we have is that we don’t know the tune and have forgotten the words, but the above jingle suggests our reason for feeling like bursting out in song. Some one said last week that there were a dozen new houses now in course of construction in Rensselaer and that there were some real pretty things about town that it might pay to mention in the newspaper, everybody’s paper, that is, the paper everybody reads and enjoys. Well, we like suggestions and so the editor made a rather hurried trip over town and sighted a few of the evidences of progress. There were some houses well under way, some just getting started, some just being staked off, and others just having the ground cleared preparatory to action. The wheels of industry are grinding and Rensselaer is going to move up a few pegs this year and it is quite sure that it won’t be many years until we will get into the five thousand class, maybe more. The growth is steady, dependable, and it is accompanied by a pride of citizenship that stands out over and above the progress itself, it stamps Rensselaer with an individuality that makes visitors talk about us and causes them to take on the happy feeling that so abounds from humblest cot to the most palatial home. Our hurried tour of inspection took us across the Washington street bridge, past beautiful Milroy park with its splendid monument of our greatest soldier and we thought as we breezed past not only of the shaded and velvety green sward but of the old Milroy home, of the day that its owner with bouyant spirit paraded the streets of Rensselaer and with a drum wakened the spirit of patriotism and gave to the nation some of the best heroes of history. And we thought, too, of the Rensselaer girl, Miss Mary Washburn, whose art and whose love for her old home had made the splendid monument possible and we thought how nice it would be if others who had a kindly recollection of their old home would express their affection in some undying way.

The Milroy Park residential section has sprung up since the park was established. Dr. I. M. Washburn was the/frst to build there, then 0. F. Barker, Miss Maud 7 Spitler, A R. "Hopkins, C. W. Eger, F. M. Parker, Delos Thompson for his daughter, Mrs. Hugh Kirk, and the rebuilding of the former Kannal property by H. F. Parker. Only a short distance away are the new homes erected by A. F. Long for his son, George; S. C. Irwin, Orlie Clouse and two houses by Earle Reynolds. These are all in Fred Phillips Fair View addition. Ernest Lamson has a new house well along in the same addition and Earl Duvall has let the contract for a new house in the same addition. Just beyond and in the southwest corner of Mrs. Emma M. York’s property she is having a new house erected for tenant purposes. Just over on McCoy avenue and west of the W. R. Brown property, G. H. McLain is getting ready to erect a fine new residence. On South street, extending southeast from the Hugh Kirk residence, George Longhas a new house well under way. Plans are on foot to improve South street for two blocks, grading and macadamising it, constructing curbs and sidewalks. This is an improvement that might well

be continued all the way to Kannal avenue, thus opening up for sale and home building many excellent lots well located. Alex. Merica is building a fine house at the corner of Washington and Division streets. Hiram Day has built two new concrete houses, one on North Weston street just across the railroad and the other on East Pine street. The latter is of a bungalow type and is not yet completed. Vernon Hopkins is building a large and what will be a very fine house in the east part of town. On the same street and a short distance south A. F. Long is building a very attractive small house for renting purposes. Near by a man named Miller has completed and is now occupying a large house. Harry Magee has completed a substantial addition to his property. On West Jackson street Fred MoColly has begun a fine new residence, in the same block but facing West Harrison street Miss Mattie Hemphill has started the building of a fine new house. C. C. Warner will erect one just across the street and facing to the south.

_ On Wept Clark street Thorsten Otterberg and the Johnson brothers have a nice house almost completed and Mr. Otterberg and family are occulying it. A. Wartena has his new louse on Matheson avenue well under way. It is a fine house and will be modern in every way. On North College avenuga-stgnter of new houses ahverUeen erected in recent years, including the William Bringle, Albert Swartzell, George Mustard, J. C. Gwin and Mrs. Karsten iroperties. This year two more new louses have been erected there, one by Mrs. Mark Reed and the other by A. K. GodshalL All of these houses except the Bringle home occupy the addition opened up by Albert Swartzell. In the same block with these properties and facing Forest street, Fred Chapman has started the erection of his new house. Soon the erection of the new parsonage for the Presbyterian church will begin and along with that will come the moving and remodeling of the present manse, which will make a very good house. The big job, of course, will be the erection of the hospital building, and it is possible that a new hotel to cost something like $40,000 may be built. There is an endless amount of repair work, which includes enlarging a number of houses. Among these is the work just started or raising the James Clark property on Weston street and making it two stories. Several others are talking about juilding and among them is Attorney John A. Dunlap, who owns a lot adjoining the A. R. Hopkins property on College avenue. In this hasty review we have not touched upon some of the beautiful things in Rensselaer, among them the fine flower gardens being erected at the W. O. Rowles property and which will be covered in a special feature within a few days. Rensselaer needs some things quite badly to aid in its development but these things are coming quite rapidly. Now all that it needs is a new determination on the part of every citizen to make it the cleanest city in all Indiana. The rake, the lawnmower, the garbage wagon and the scrubbrush will help the city and all its people. There are a few piles of trash that should be cleaned up before long and if the lot owners do not voluntarily do it then the city should do it and assess the cost.

There are a number of old barns that could well be moved. There are comparatively few horses kept here now and consequently very little use for barns. Tidy garages are a big improvement. With the removal of the barns comes the necessity for better back yards and cleaner alleys and better trimmed trees and more flowers and fewer weeds and more landscaping. We’re a long ways from perfect but we’re on the way and if we all puli together we will have a little city so attractive that every person who visits it will want to come here to make his home. Along with the things mentioned that are contributing to this end we must mention Weston cemetery, the natural beauty of which has been so greatly improved by John H. Holden, the sexton. The cemetery trustees, E. D. Rhoades, A. F. Long and N. H. Warner, are deserving much credit along with the sextion, for they han planned and managed the whole thing with fine business judgment and good taste. Already Weston cemetery is abloom with bed after bed of tulips. Some three or four years ago the plan was adopted of putting out a flower bed on each lot if the owner would pay the annual sum of $5. Many did so and the money thus provided has let the cemetery association accomplish a great good. This year the beds were started early and tulips put out in each bed. The greenhouse is full of thousands of plants, carefully nurtured for the early spring

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