Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 193, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 August 1916 — Page 1

No. 193.

Tonight At The GAYETY VAUDEVILLE In the True Sense of the Word Singing, Dancing and Yodeling in various variety Special Pictures for Saturday Night Next Tuesday and Wednesday Nights something new in Singing, Talking and Dancing in Motion Pictures.. We have secured this great attraction at extra cost from the only company handling talking pictures. 5 & 15c.

Miss Lottie Griggs Married to Robert Miller of Monon.

Word has been received in Rensselaer that Miss Lottie Griggs, daughter of Ben Griggs, was married to Robert Miller, of Monon, a telegraph lineman, recently. Miss Griggs has been employed in the telephone office here for the past year. Miss Griggs left for a two weeks vacation the latter part of July to visit her sister, Miss Minnie Davis, in Indianapolis, and it is supposed that the weddng took place there. They will probably reside in Indianapolis.

Does Anyone Know Address of Mrs. Christine Smith?

The Republican received a lettter frqpi the chaplain of the Indiana State Prison asking for the address of Mrs. Christine Smith, a former resident of this county. If any one knows her address and will communicate same to the Republican office it will be forwarded.

Commissioners Sale of Real Estate At Private Sale.

The northwest quarter of the northwest quarter of section ten in township thirty north, range five west, 40 acres, more or less, in Jasper county, Indiana, being the Hollowell heirs’ land. Address me at Columbus, Ind., with your offer on this land. I will be at the Makeover House, Rensselaer, Ind., on Monday, the 14th day of August, 1916. Call and see me there. W. C. DUNCAN, x Commissioner, Columbus, Ind.

Well Planned Birthday Surprise Carried Out.

A very splendid surprise was given to Mrs. Charles W. Platt last evening, the occasion being that of her 44th birthday, by members of her family. The invited guests were the members of the Royal Neighbor lodge and their families and a few other friends,- a total of about forty. A splendid time was reported by all and all left at a late hour after partaking of light refreshments, wishing Mrs. Platt many more happy birtljdays.

BAD TO HAVE A COLD HANG ON

Don’t let your cold hang on, rack your system and become chronic when Dr. Bell’s Pine-Tar-Honeyv will nelp you. It heals the inflammation, soothes the cough and loosens the phlegm. You breathe easier at once. Dr.' Bell’s Pine-Tar-Honey is a laxative tar syrup, the pine tar balsam heals the raw spots, loosens the mucous and prevents irritation of the bronchial tubes. Just get a bottle of Dr. Bell’s Pine-Tar-Honey today, it’s guaranteed to help you. At druggists.

Are you getting thin with this hot weather? If you are, eat more ice cream; it is good for you, especially when you can get home-made and pure at the Rensselaer Candy Kitchen. Costs you only 25c a quart. Delivered anywhere in town. Sundaes and sodas sc. Phone your wants, 119.

The Foresters baseball team will meet a team from St. Joseph’s college at the. college grounds Sunday afternoon at 3 o’clock. These two clubs battled last Sunday, the Collegians downing the Foresters in a great exhibition 3\to 2.

Amaa F. Turfler, Osteopath.

The Evening Republican.

NELS DARLING IN ABLE ADDRESS

Second Day of the Chautauqua Finds Large Audience On Hand to Greet Chautauqua People. Tonight’s Program. 7:30 p. m. The opera “Martha,” in costume, by the Chicago Artists Quartette. There will be no union vesper services at the court house Sunday evening on account of the chautauqua. Mr. Richard Pearson Hobson, “hero of Santiago,” a statesman of national reknown, will be in Rensselaer Tuesday, August 15. Mr. Hobson is an ardent preparedness man, and at the same time a peace advocate, believing the only way to maintain peace is through preparedness. Mr. Hobson’s arrival in Rensselaer will be greeted by a patriotic parade ‘ in which the citizens of Rensselaer are all urged to take a part. The details of this parade will appear in Monday’s Republican. Don’t fail to here this man.

The second day of the Lincoln Chauatuqua found even larger audiences on hand to greet the Lincoln chautauqua people at Milroy Park. The quality of the day’s program even exceeded that of the first day. The Arden Dramatic company and Nels Darling were the entertainers Friday, the former company presenting vocal numbers, cartoons and readings in the afternoon and vocal numbers and a Shakespearean comedy entitled, “The Taming of the Shrew” in the evening. The work of this company was very commendable and highly entertaining. The feature number of the chautauqua to date, however, must be credited to Nels Darling, known as the Oklahoma doctor.

Mr. Darling is a man who talks straight from the shoulder, tells you exactly what he thinks, is sincere, a booster, a hustler —a man of truly magnetic personality, a constructionist, a community builder, a humorist of rare ability, a mixer and general good fellow, who talks to a man of any rank. Mr. Darling talked over two hours last night and we will venture to say that there was not a single person in .the audience that wearied of his talk. Mr. Darling did nut praise the community—farmers, merchants, business men and the community in general all “got theirs.” Mr. Darling also related the workings of the big mail order houses and how they were eating up the small town merchant, and how this could be curbed. He presented statistics showing how much money went out of Rensselaer in a month to these big mail order houses. The figures were appalling, but neverthless they are true, for Mr. Darling has made a study of this particular line of work for years. He urged that the farmer End the business men of the town get together and push and pull. One is dependent on the other, said the Oklahoma lecturer.

Darling played no favorites. Some people may harbor in their minds that Mr. Darling is prejudiced in favor of his home state. Mr. Darling is not a knocker, or a fault finder. He simply states facts as he find them, and if the shoe fits, alright, if it don’t alright. Mr. Darling told us that we had the cleanest and prettiest town that he had yet visited in the state of Indiana. If he had not meant it he would not have said it, for anyone that heard his lecture knows that he expressed his own views just as he thought them. Mr. Darling’s lecture in the evening entiled, “The Village Storekeeper,” was the most interesting talk that it has ever been our pleasure to hear and we believe that anyone’else who heard him will say the same thing. In his noon address at the College Inn, Mr. Darling told his opinion of the farmers and in the evening he turned his attention to the merchants, told them they were asleep and urged them to get busy, citing instances of other towns where clubs and told of the good work they were doing for the merchants and the community in general. Following the principal address of the evening Mr. Darling talked to the business men concerning the forming of a community club in Rensselaer. A committee of two, J. N. Leatherman and Mose Leopold, were appointed to start the organization of such a club which will be started immediately. Mr. Darling is a warm personal friend of J. Frank Warren, former citizen of Rensselaer, and now a prosperous business man in Oklahoma City. Mr. Warren was paid a tribute by this eminent speaker that would have made him swell up with pride,

RENSSELAER, INDIANA. SATURDAY, AUGUST 12, 1916.

Uses Brains Along With His Road Work.

Morocco Courier. There is a whole lot of stuff being said and written these days about good roads, how to make them and how to maintain them. Some claim that rock roads are the only kind to put down, provided they are put down right, while others insist that gravel roads are the thing. But there is one thing that all will agree on, and that is that any road must be properly drained. Water will destroy any road, no matter what the material, if it is not properly drained off. The first requisite, then, for good roads, is to see that they have proper drainage, for no matter how deep the material may be laid, if the under surface is not taken care of heavy loads will go through at certain seasons of the year, and once through, the stability of the road is ended. County Superintendent of Roads Elmer Skinner is fully aiware of the importance of all of the above and with his years of experience in road work in his various capacities as a township and county officer is well qualified for the work and is working out and experimenting on road building which will bring results in the future beneficial to the roads. Mr. Skinner is now making some experiments in regard to the best quality of stone to use. On the road on the east side of Mrs. John Kennedy’s home he has placed stone from the Kentland quarries. On the road running east from Henry Corbin’s corner to the Duffy elevator he has used Thornton stone. On the road east of town running to Mt. Ayr he has Ihid a half mile each of Kentland stone and Thornton stone, these two pieces being joined and will both receive the same amount of wear and the experiments are well worth watching. z

Another experiment conducted by Mr. Skinner was that of placing a carload of stone dust on the Short piece of road leading from the New York Central depot and connecting with Morocco’s main street. Mr. Skinner got the dust free of charge of the quarry and was only out the freight and cost of unloading. The road after having been used only about three weeks is very smooth and is as hard as a cement pavement and gives evidence of making a good road- However, time will tell, but it looks now as though fine stone was the proper top dressing for a road.

Dr. Washburn Has Installed X-Ray Machine In Office.

Dr. I. M. Washbum has just finished the installation of an x-ray machine in his office. It is a wonderful machine, and is of the same make that the famous Mayo Bros., of Rochester, Minn., use in their hospital. The machine is capable of carrying 90,000 volts, about 80,000 more volts than is necessary to electrocute a nerson. There is-no danger from bums to the patient as an x-ray photo may be taken of a person in an instanr, and a very clear picture is the result. Many operations can be avoided by the use of this wonderful machine, as many ailments can be successfully determined when the nature of the trouble is shown.

With the completion of the new hospital, one of these machine will be placed in it and thus fortified, the greater per cent of the cases that are going to Chicago or Lafayette hospitals will be kept at home and Rensselaer physicians will perform the operations almost entirely.

The machine is a wonderful piece of mechanism, and its cost is considerable, but Small when the benefit derived therefrom is considered. The name o fthis machine is the KellyKeott.

Milroy Baptist Church Destroyed By Lightning Thursday.

The Baptist church of Milroy township was destroyed by lightning last Thursday afternoon. The church was burned to the ground. The people of the neighborhood were able to remove the contents of the building but were unable to save the church and wei-e forcd to stand by and watch it burn. The building Was insured for from between SBOO and $1,200. It was erected in 1892 and was the only church in that township.

Liver Trouble.

“I am bothered with liver trouble about twice a year,” writes Joe Dingman, Webster City, lowa. “I have pains in my side and back and an awful ~ soreness in my stomach. I heard of Chamberlain’s Tablets and tried them. By the time I had used half a bottle of them I was feeling fine and had no signs of pain.” For sale by B. F. Fendig. C

if he could have heard it. Mr. Darling was born in Laporte, Ind., and is a brother of Harry Darling, of Laporte, editor of-the Laporte Argus. Mr. Darling lectures at Monticello today, where the Lincoln Chautauqua is also holding forth this week.

LABOR SHORTAGE MAY END CIRCUS SCHEDULE

Hagenbeck-Wallace Show Still Finds It Difficult to Keep Moving and May Quit. A dispatch says the Carl Hagen-beck-Wallace circus, here last Saturday, and now touring Illinois, may be compelled to cancel the remainder of the show’s schedule and pull into winter quarters. After the show got into Illinois the farmers made a raid on the labor crews and by offering $3 a day and board to work in the harvest fields got a good portion of the tent, train and wagon forces. At Danville, 111., the show received.7s new men that were sent by an Indianapolis labor agency, and before night the farmers had corraled them. x

This is not the only show that has been handicapped on account of the scarcity of labor. Several of the smaller shows have had to abandon their schedules and quit. The big shows are only able to keep moving by paying their common laborers double and sometimes three times the customary wage. A few years ago circuses could get all the men they needed at from $lO to sls a month. Now they can’t get them by offering $25 to $35 a month and board.

How Two Publishers Are Meeting Paper Situation.

W. K. Deem, publisher of the Knightstown Ind., Banner, has told his subscribers that all delinquents will be lopped off his list. He has just erased the names of twenty persons who owe him $63.75. Editor Deem says that with print paper at six cents a pound he can not carry any delinquents. It’s cash in advance or no paper. The Fairmont, Minn., Daily Sentinel has deemed it necessary to revise its exchange list and will regretfully separate from papers that are not of a news asset to its business. The nonreceipt of the Sentinel is to be considered notice of termination of exchange, at least until print paper and printers’ materials are restored to normal prices.

Gayety To Show Talking Pictures Next Week. On next Tesday and Wednesday nights Horton Brothers have secured something new and novel for Rensselear at least. There will be singing, talking and dacing in motion pictures. These pictures will be explained as they are shown. The management has secured this great attraction at an extra cost from the only company handling talking pictures, and assure you a rare treat for these evenings.—Advt.

WILL MY CHILD TAKE DR. KING’S NEW DISCOVERY? The best answer is Dr. King’s New Discovery itself. It’s a pleasant sweet syrup, easy to take. It contains the medicines which years of experience have proven best for coughs and colds. Those who have used Dr. King’s New Discovery longest are its best friends. Besides every bottle is guaranteed. If you don’t get satisfaction you get your money back. Buy a bottle, use as directed. Keep what is left for cough and cold insurance. **' J I M. E. Church. Sunday school at 9:30 a. pa; preaching by the pastor, 10:45 o’clock. The Tippecanoe county board of education has decided to add the study of the bible in the curriculum of the high schools. The question has been under discussion for several months and will be begun the schools open in September. One-half year’s work will be given, for which one credit in English may be obtained. Mrs. Clara Lewis, Mrs» Samuel Juday and Mrs. Christopher Knotts located a bee tree near the latter’s home in Madison county an dfellel the tree and got 15 pounds of honey. The.tree was a large one and the women did all the work. Just the Thing for Diarrhoea. “About two years ago I had a se - vere attack of diarrhoea wliich lasted over a week,” writes W. C. Jones, Buford, N. D. “I became sq. weak that I could not stand upright. A druggist recommended Chamberlain’s Coiic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. The first dose relieved me and within two days I wgs as well as over.” Many druggists recommend this remedy because they know that it is reliable. For sale by B. F. Fcndig. C

WEATHER. Cloudy Sunday with moderate temperature.

Fountain Park opened today. Wagons and extra wagon boxes for sale by Hamilton & Kellner. Miss Sophie Smith went to Lafayette yesterday to visit friends. A son was bom to Mr. and Mrs. Frank Alter at Pullman, 111., yesterday. Mrs. J. J. Haibel, of Chicago, is visiting her aunt, Mrs. Nat Heuson, this week. Mrs. W. T. Hawkins and son of Gifford, are spending today in Rensselaer. Miss Mabel Nelson returned to Roselawn yesterday after spending the day here. Mrs. Crooks returned to Roselawn yesterday after visiting friends here for a few days. • Harold Littlefiejd and James Criiser returned today from a few days’ visit in Winamac. Mr. and Mrs. S. A Austin and their home in Wheatfield after spending the day here yesterday Miss Julia Oliver went to Chicago yesterday to visit her father, Ed Oliver, for a week or two. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Kanne went to Indianapolis today to visit with friends for about a week. r, . Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Hendrix, of Reelsville, are visiting his sister, Mrs. J. A. McFarland, and family. Dr. Ivan E. Brenner and wife came from their home in Winchester, Ind., yesterday to visit a few days here. Dr. and Mrs. Ivan Brenner, of Winchester, stoped here last evening while passing through in their automobile. Miss Iris Comer, who has been visiting her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. William Hopkins, at Parr, returned home today. each week to buy all kinds of good I will be in Rensselaer three days horses. Call or write Padgitt’s bam. —Len Pevler. Mrs. Della Ritchey and son, Vaughn, went to Kniman today to visit her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Smith, for a few days. Mrs. Lucy Stevenson and childem came yesterday from Chicago Heights, 111., to visit Mrs. Billy Frye and other relatives here. Miss Ada Robinson entertained a number of her friends at a victrola dance Thursday evening. Light efreshments were served. Mrs. Clyde Comer and children, who have been visiting at the Comer House, accompanied by Miss Pearl Comer went to Hadley to visit Clyde’s father, W. C. Comer, before returning to her home in Winchester, Indiana. ,

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MILROY.

Pearl Clark visited her aunt, Mrs. George Foluks, and family this week. Charles Beaver and family visited relatives near Lacross Thuisday and Friday of last week. Quite a number from this vicinity attended the circus at Rensselaer. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Clark and Roy Culp took supper with Martha Clark Saturday evening. J. R. Clark has recovered from his recent illness, enough to go with his family to visit Mr. and Mrs. Frank May Tuesday. family spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Charles Horwell. Misses Dickinson and Humphries and gentlemen friends called on the Misses Fisher Sunday evening. Martha Clark is spending this week at Monticello. John Alters surveyed the Saltwell ditch for cleaning out Tuesday and Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Blair and Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Nixon and son of Piper City, Illi, spent the first of the week with G. L. Parks and family. Mr. and Mrs. Al Wallace and two children and Misses Marguerite and Francis Irwin of Rensselaer and Mr. and Mrs. Ed Irwin and Mrs. Parsons of Wolcott spent Sunday with G. L. Parks and family. Last Friday while Mrs. Mary McCashen and daughter, Etta, were on their way to McCoysburg their horse became frightened at an auto and threw them out of the buggy. While both were bruised to some extent, hurt. They were taken to the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Phillips and Dr. Clayton was called. They were taken home Friday evening and the last reports were that they were doing as well as could be expected.

DOES SLOAN'S LINIMENT HELP RHEUMATISM.

Ask the man wno uses it, he knows. ‘To think I suffered all these years when one 25 cent bottle of Sloan’s Liniment cured me,” writes one grateful user. If you have rheumatism or suffer from neuralgia, backache, soreness and stiffness, don’t put off getting a bottle of Sloan’s. It will give you such welcome relief. It warms and soothes the sore, stiff painful places and you feel so much better. Buy it at any drug store, only 25c.

An operation was perfomed on Ross Benjamin’s leg this morning, and the piece of bone that has been floating free in the leg was stitched and wired in place. Ross is doing very well following the operation.

President Wilson has just signed the recent act of congress creating “the Lassen Volcanic National park” in California. Included within its area are Lassen peak, the only active volcano in the United States, and Cinder cone, which also showed volcanic activity at one time. Both were set apart as national monuments in 1906. The new park contains 82,880 acres.

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