Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 127, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 May 1916 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Hurley Beam came down today to spend Sunday with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Beam. Mrs. H. C. Cole and baby, of Lafayette, came today for a few days’ visit with her relatives. George D-Shearer, of San Rafael, Cal., is exhibiting samples of fruit picked from pear trees planted in 1817 by the padres who established in that year the mission San Rafael Archangel. R. P. Benjamin, who was taken to the Sharrer hospital in Francesville was operated on after arriving there, drainage being established to remove the fluid fr-om his Icftside.Fully a half gallon was drawn and the result was almost immediate relief. His condition is such that long-continued improvement is hardly expected but satisfaction is felt that even temporary relief has been received from his intense suffering. ■