Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 171, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 July 1916 — Page 4 Advertisements Column 6 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Chas. Rhoades returned today from a business' trip to Lafayette. Mrs. J. A. Adams and daughter, Miss Pearl, returned to their home in Reynolds after attending-j;he funeral of Mrs. Adams’ uncle, Jessie Osborne. Mrs. Lona Shannon, who has been visiting friends in Chicago, came last evenii r ‘-o spend a few days with Miss Mary rates before returning to her home in Williamsport. Mrs. Noah Zeigler returned yesterday from Streator, 111., where she visited her brother, Wm. Applegate and family. Mrs. Applegate, who has been ill, is somewhat improved. The storm Sunday afternoon, which did not strike here, put the electric wires out of commission at Brook and Morocco, and the towns have been out of power and light since that time. The power is furnished by the Monticello company; It is expected to have the damage repaired by tomorrow. Mrs. W. F. Frye accompanied her mother, Mrs. Rebecca Stevenson, to Chicago yesterday. From there Mrs. Stevenson w r ent to Minneapolis, Minn., where her daughter, Mrs. O. D. Hefner, lives. From there she will go with Mr. and Mrs. Hefner in their automobile to Bonesteel, South Dak.,, for a visit with her son, Roy Stevenson. She will be gone six weeks. ;— < Oats harvest has already begun, in some parts of the county but will not be on in earnest until next week. The oats will probably not be over half a crop this year. The crop was bad to begin with, the heavy rains retarding the growth and making the fields very weedy. The recent hot spell, while just what the corn needed, has been detrimental to the oats and has damaged the crop considerably. s

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NELS DARLING SAYS: As for the saloon, don’t worry, for there will be none fifteen years from now. This will come merely because of the economic waste Involved in the business.

“Do you realize,” said Mohammed All, Chautauqua lecturer, a few'-days ago to a friend, “that the Mohammedan population of India is almost as great as the total population of the United States and that as India’s emperor, King George of England is the greatest Mohammedan monarch In the world?’ confess I have yet to learn that a ■ lesson of the purest good may drawn from the vilest evil. I have always believed this to be a recognized and established truth, laid down by the greatest men the world has ever seen and acted upon by the best and wisest natures.—Charles Dickens. ■ Rensselaer, Ind., beginning August 10 and lasting 5 days.