Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 184, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 August 1916 — LEE. [ARTICLE]

LEE.

John has been feeling worse againv The funeral of Mary Ann Smith was held Sunday at 10:30 at the. church. She was 78 years old. Quite a number from a distance attended. Word was received Sunday afternoon by Sam Jacks that his uncle, Ed Culp, was thought to be dying. Sam and family and Mr. and Mrs. Ghas. Lefler autoed to see him. O. A. Jacks and wife and Elmer Hoover and wife spent Sunday at John Mellender’s. Sam Noland autoed to Rensselaer Sunday afternoon. Sam Jacks and family tcok Sunday dinner with Alf Jacks and wife. Flossie’ Holman spent Sunday with Dollie Jacks. A good many are thrashing here now. Will Smith, in his auto, bumped into another auto at the funeral Sunday and his auto was badly crippled. Asa Holman and family and Frank Overton and family took dinner Sunday with Mrs. Kate Holman. Mrs. Thorsten Otterberg, of Rensselaer, spent several days la§t week with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Alf J hcTc'St Mrs. John Osborne is entertaining Mr. Osborne's sister, Mrs. J. F. Warren, of Oklahoma City. Roy Heltzel and family and Charley Waymouth autoed to Monon Sunday afternoon and pent the afternoon with John Heltzel and fum-.y.

Ballots of one-fourth of the 400,000 members of four railroad brotherhoods who are voting on the question of ‘calling a general railroad strike on 225 railroad®, already have been canvassed and they were unanimously in favor of a strike.

A twelve million dollar mortgage held by the Continental Trust and Savings Co., of Chicago, Frank Jones, trustee, has been filed in the recorder’® office (by the Mark Mfg. Co., who have purchased 114 acres of the Indiana Harbor canal from Clayton HMark to “be used in development of the property for manufacturing purposes. ,