Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 299, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 December 1916 — Page 2 Advertisements Column 5 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Portland, Oreg., is to have a new ship-building plant. Kentucky last year registered 63,578 births and 28,913 deaths. A sixtecn-inch electric fan handles about 2,600 cubic feet of air in a minute. A bottle Of champaign should contain the juice of three pounds of grapes. In Scotland 23.8 per cent of illuminating gas is made in municipal works to 51.4 per cent in Ireland and 30.6 per cent in England. Buy your wife a box of candy as often as you used to before you were married, only 49c. —Pallas Confectionery. French inventors have developed a vertical axis rotary motor for hydroplanes that can be completely protected from water. Buy your Christmas candy at the Pallas now. Attractive boxes of candy at 49c. —Pallas Confectionery. A preparation of solidified glue, which can be used instead of rubber for many purposes, has been invented by a german scientist. A careful perusal of our exchanges from surrounding towns reveals the fact that the merchants cf these towns are expecting a much larger Christmas trade than our merchants here. Most of these papers are carrying great numbers of large display ads and are going after business in earnest. For your candy and nuts go to Rowen’s Grocery, Phone 202.

We are headquarters for apples, oranges, bananas, grapefruit, lemons, vrapes, currants, citron and raisins. JOHN EGER. A device called a detectature has been invented to permit a man in one room to watch a cash register in another. highest prices paid for POULTRY AND VEAL. PHONE 477. The hono/- of having the shortest name in the Brockton directory is divided between Nils Ek and John Ek. Candy at all prices at, Rowen’s Grocery. ; An electrically heated coffee percolator made of earthenware has been patented by a New York ihventor. •Lace was known in Venice at an early period, and was not unknown to the Greeks and Romans. Make your window look like Xmas with one of Holden’s Xmas wreath* Cemetery wreaths are being made now. —J.,H. Holden. All the churches in the city have excellent furnaces and will be comfortable by 9:30 tomorow morning. You can prove this statement by going to Sunday School tomorrow Would that not be a mighty good thing t, do? The ..superintendent would lUe to see you. It will do you good. You will do it good. Try it once.