Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 286, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 November 1916 — Page 1

No. 286.

PTHE Q RINCES U r, • I , TONIGHT Red Feather Photoplays Presents BLACK ffoDAY Adapted from the back by Frederick S. Isham; produced by aramgememt with the publishers, Bbbbs-Meiritt-LV. A drama of true love during the most disastrous financial panic in history Featuring the characters of President U. S. Grant, Jay Gould, Jim Fish and others, as played by Dorothy Davenport, Emory Johnson and Richard Morris. ' * + 5 and 10c

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The Evening Republican.

MAY HAVE ANOTHER COUNTY AGENT

Meeting Has Been Called For Next 'Saturday to Discuss the Matter of County Agent. The farmers of Jasper bounty an! all others who are interested in agriculture, have been asked to attend a meeting at the court house on the afternoon of Dec. 2. The meeting to be held is for the purpose of discussing the matter of securing another county agent to act here. Mr. Worth Merritt, of Purdue University, will be here on that day. Mr. Merritt has been recommended by Purdue University for that position. Some time ago the county council made an appropriation for a county agent, but Purdue at that time couli not agree upon a _man and the matter was dropped for the time The appropriation, of course, still stands, and is available. The meeting was called by Chauncey Wood, ip resident of the Farmers’ Institute, and he has mailed a circular letter to the farmers throughout the county asking that *they be present to meet Mr. Merritt, and those who did not receive one of these letters are asked to come' anyway. The letter which was sent out was as follows: “The value of tne county agent in promoting the agriculture of Jasper county depends upon the selection of a man who meets the approval of the farmers of the county and the sup' 1 - port which they give to lum. “We have received word from Purdue university that they have a man, Mr. Worth Merritt, a graduate from the agricultural college of Ames, lowa, who \vas raised on an lowa grain and livestock farm “and whcr, since his graduation, has been teaching agriculture in the high school and assisting the county agent in Clinton county, lowa. “Mr. Merritt‘can come to Jasper county Dec. I and 2 to get acquainted, with us and we with him. "I have taken the liberty to call a meeting of those, who are interested in promoting the agricultural development of Jasper county on Saturday, Dec. 2, in the court house jn Rensselaer at 1 p. m., that we may meet” Mr. Merritt and decide w r hether or not he will be satisfactory to us in the capacity .of county agents “I hope that you may be able to attend this meeting and give us the benefit of your opinions on the subject. Sincerely yours, Chauncey Wood, Pres. Farmer’s Institute.”

A little thing of big import-. ance.« The “Wilson Bros.” label in a shirt. • Hilliard & Hamill sell them — $1 to $3. P v / * Dance at the Armory £ Thanksgiving Evening. There will be a dance at the armory Thanksgiving evening as is the usual custom., _JMadel’s orchestra--of—ChjL cago has been secured to furnish the music. Nadels are well known here and have always proven entirely satisfactory and A large crowd for the eving is assured, and many out of town guests will be present. » _ Is there anything like having comfortable fitting underwear? Cooper’s Spring-Needle underwear means everything that you’d expect of good underwear. Prices? You’ll lite them. —Hilliard & Hamifi. • No Daily Edition Tomorrow. On accoupt of Thanksgiving and to give our employes a chance to observe part of the day, there will be no edi* <tion of the Evening Republican tomorrow. yfie Semi-Weekly edition will be prtoted in the forenoon, and the office will be open until noon for the transaction pf business. Every town has it’s ONE' REAL clothing stye, tha)store where most of .the people go. You can ALWAYS pick out'that LIVE store by the appearance of th&r windows — merchandise tastefully * displayed—new display EVERY WEEK of the better grades of goods only. Values are ALWAYS best in that store. We leave it to you to judge THE clothing store of Rensselaer. Isn’t hard to guess, is it? Wateh their .windows from now oil for presents for “Him.”. # . WEATHERLocal rains followed by clearing and cooler today; fair and colder Thursday. - Last week of the Big Clearance Sale at Traub’s Clothing Store. All goods at reduced prices. • ' Fresh carnations at King Floral Co.

RENSSELAER, INDIANA, WEDNESDAY, NOV. 2if1916.

RENSSELAER HIGH IN SEASON’S FINAL FUSS TOMORROW

* The curtain will be rung down on the local hig*h school football schedule Thursday afternoon when Austin high school, one of the topnotch teams of the Chicago league, will meet the local squad, at Riverside Athletic Park. One of the largest Thanksgiving- -crowds thal ever wit“ nesscd a game In t]jps city, u expected and the high school asks that the people support this game, as their exchequer needs replenishing. Rensselaer has a team this year that is worthy of support and well able to uphold the honor of the schftol. - ~ * Austin with—a—ggmfc behijad-rit Siml It is said their have an aerial attack that is hard -:o fathom and the proteges of Coach Meyers will have to be on their toes every minute of the fracas or sonOe fleet footed end from the city by the lake my get away 'enough times to leave the local eleven on the short end of the score, which would be a disaster from the local standpoint. Today’s practice was devoted only to light signal drill and kicking, as Coach Meyers and Capt. Moore de-

“ BIG ' FOOTBALL GAME Thanksgiving > ’ , —a--. * i I - ) ' ___ < > ~R.H. S. I VS - c-T f AUSTIN H. S. RENSSELAER IS AGAIN ON THE FOOTBALL MAF » Stars are promised—from Big Gourley to Squee York, SHE CAN’T LOSE L \ * Game called at 2:30 at RiyERSIDE PARK Admission 25c. Oskey-WOW-WOW! .•Skinney-WOW-WOW! Rensselaer Rensselaer WOW! < % * t~-

sire that the lineup of the red and black tomorrow afternoon be intact, and wish to be present all their strength upon the field. Many of the high school alumni are expected to be back and they should not be disappointed by the team that rgprosont&Bentoelacr high of today. A victory for Rensselaer over Austin means that the season will be a success. But two games have been lost, one to Hammond, "and the other to Sheridan, and it is the belief of every member of the squad that if these elevens were agißn met they would be returned the winner over them. 1 ? The Rensselaeriineup will probably b« As follows: Right, left end. ■ , Snow, left tackle. • ' ;Halleck,Tilt guard. Beam, center. Jehn, right guard. • Gourley, right tackle. * Dunlap, right end. 'McCoily, quarterback. Guild, left half back. Moore, right half back. Crooks, fullback.

RECALLING SOME EARLY HISTORY

Man Who Caused a Stringency in the Rensselaer More Market in 1894 Visits Monticetfo. t ' ijfc mmmm Montfcello Journal. Bob * Berryhill, of Lebanon, was .n the city yesterday. If printed in the personal column of the Journal the above announcement would mean very little to the average reader. It would simply indicate that-a-gewt tertian unknown to the majority of the people of Monticello today was here, probably on business. But coupled Vith the statement that Bob Berryhill was the captain and catcher of the ball team that put it all over Rensselaer’s bunch of Chicago players in the most historical baseball game ever played in this part of the state, all of the old timers at once know who Bob*. It was an old settler’s day in 1894, as we get it, being a stranger to all Ithe facts, that this game was played, the result relieving the Rensselaer sports of rolls of the long green sufficiently large to swab out a joint of stovepipe. Rensselaer had cleaned up on Monticello in a previous game and the local fans and sports had a burning desire to get their money back and with it enough Rensselaer capital to start a bank. And history says they got it. Rensselaer went to Chicago for a team and Monticello went to Lebanon, where Bob Berryhill was managing a team and working behind the bat. The emmisaries from this city were Tony Anheier and Chas. Sill. They were instructed to get a team that could-heat anything RensseMCr could dig up. They didn't know where they could get such a team BUt they started out to find it* Their travels took them to Lebanon, whose baseball team was attracting the attention of this part of the state by reason of the fact that it was a consisent winning bunch. And it was revealed afterwards that the gooJ fttes directed the emmisaries to Lebanon for the reason that the team secured by Rensselaer ffom Chicago to dean up Monticello had been beaten in three straight games at Lebanon only a diort time before the famous game toU playal here. Lebanon had the Chicago teaßrs number and it was a leadpipe cinch that they would bring home the bacon to the Monticello speculators. It was just as if the Rensselaer sports had colhe ovei* and handed our sports their money—thrust it upon them in fact, and insisted on their taking it whether they wanted to or not. Well, history says that the game was played west of tht B. B. Baker | place before a crowd of people esti-! mated at five thousand. There is no way of knowing‘how much money changed hands,'but it is conservatively estimated that five thousand dollars would not be putting it too high. One thing is certain, if the Rensselaer crowd had not provided themselves with return tickets they would have been compelled to walk home or jump aifreight. For twenty-two years, we are told, t/iat game of ball has been played dver in Monticello on an average 1 of at least once a month. And it *s 1 almost as frequently referred to in 1 Rensselaer ,though not discussed so jubilantly. It was played over j again yesterday while Bob Berryhill was here and no one enj%ed the recollections of it mofe- than he did. Bob is now superanuated so far a| baseball playing is concerned, but he was once one of the stars of the game. He is now employed .by the Bell Telephone company in a traveling capacity.

22 SHOPPING DAYS Until X’mas. PLEASE don’t wait until the last moment. Our stock is now entirely complete and ready for you. Come early, you can now take your leisure and have complete assortments to choofie from at Hilliard & Hamill’s. Recital to Be Given at Presbyterian * Church Saturday Evening. Miss Alice Genevieve Smifi&T a harpist, assisted by Miss Helen Norton, reader, will give a recital at the Presbyterian church Saturday, Dec. 2, at 8 o’clock p. m. The admission will be 25c. Miss Smith is well known to Rensselaer people and Miss Norton is a reader of very charming personality. ■„ *

KEISER CRAVATS. Straight from cth Avfcnue they are. “Kelser Cravats” is the last word In aedewear, it is the finest merchandise on the market. sl, $1.50, $2, at HilliaVd & Hamill's.

Star The a tre ■ PROGRAM—--Wednesday,-Nov. 29, John Emerson nr “A Bachelor’s Romance” Also Billie Burke in “Gloria’s Romance’ 1 Big Thanksgiving special, matinee Thursday, Henry B. Walthall in Poe’s novel of "The Haven* Do not overlook this exceptional itemua. Dec. 1, Afarf Pickford in “The Eternal Grind” This*means quality. Do you appre- • ciate it properly? Saturday, Dec. 2, Robert Warwick in “Friday, the 13th” This is a Wm. A. Ifc-ady picture which never fails to please. Matinee Daily. Admission 5c & 10c AT THE STAR

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