Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 206, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 August 1916 — Page 4 Advertisements Column 6 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Great Fortunes Have Been Made In Oil. A SIOO.OO worth of stock bought one year ago of the Farmers Petroleum Co., of Humble, Texas, sold recently fob forty thousand dollars. Stock in the Thayer DTI & Gas Co. ran be bought this week, before the shooting of their first well at 25c per share. A small investment in this stock at the present time might mean a fortune to you, as all indications point to the opening of a great oil and gas field in the Thayer district. Act quickly as the price is almost sure to go lo par value within a week or ten days. Come to Thayer and investigate for yourself. We can already show you gas in great volume —the finest ever discovered in America. We can convince the most skeptical that both gas and oil are here in great quantities. —Adv. Order your fruits and vegetables at McFarland’s. Removal of Junk Business. I have rented a business room onehalf block north of Bacock & Hopkins’ elevator, facing the Rensselaer Lumber Co., where I will hereafter carry on my junk business, paying the highest market price for rags, paper, iron, rubber and all kinds' of metal, copper, brass, zink, aluminum, lead, copper wire, light copper, copper boilers, etc. Bring me your junk at my new place of business or if notified I will call and get it in my motor truck. Phone 577. - SAM KARNOWSKV

CHAS. W.PLATT CEDENT CONTRACTOR I have purchased a new cement mixing maajiine and am - now prepared to do all kinds of cement work, including blocks. Ask for prices. Phone 366