Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 98, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 May 1917 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 5 [ADVERTISEMENT]

AT THE STAR 9 John Barrymore THE DICTATOR ALSO MRS. VERNON CASTLE In the 7th Episode of Patria, in which there is plenty of thrill and action as well as beauty. THURSDAY THE PROCESS OF PATCHES Mark Swan’s gripping melodrama of the Sunny South with Vivian Reed supported by an all star cast. A strong Selig Production. ADMISSION 5 and 10c. AT THE Star Theatre

Advertisement. Spring is the time when the desire for improvement is felt by self respecting people. There are too many persons, however, who demand public ianprovments at municipal cost, and who complain bitterly if the heavy taxpayers do not provide them. Meanwhile they refuse to take the first step to improve their own places. A man who owns a house need never think the thing is finished merely because he has paid and discharged the carpenters, masons and plumbers. There are alwavs things wearing out, and these tend to make the place look unkempt and run down. Standards of living grow higher as time goes on. and to keep up with the procession people must expect to spend a little money from time to time. It is a poor investment far people to put money into a house unless they are willing to spend money from year to year to keep the thing up. Before they know it thie property will look seedy and its selling value falls. It gets a reputation as a place not well maintained, and if they want to dispose of it they would find This* out. . . . One of the most attractive things about a place is a good system of walks from doors to the streets. The man who maintains a rough walk built on cinders or earth will find that a good cement walk would add more than double its cost to the appearance of his real estate. Then there are people who put in some sort of a paved walk, but allow it to become broken, in which case it looks worse than no pavement at all. Improvements along these lines help in the general appearance of the neighborhood and town. No matter how much money is spent on streets and parks and sidewalks, u houses are allowed to go unpainted, without proper walks, with tumble down sheds and fences in the rear and without an attractive adornment of shrubbery, the town will look decadent and all real estate will suffer.

Mother of Mrs. Fate ZZ Dies at Makeever House. Margaret Elizabeth Pullin paused away at three o’clock this Wednesday morning at her late home at the Makeever hotel, after an illness of six She wak bom near Pittsburg, Pa., and had she lived until August 3rd; she would have reached the advanced age of 87 years. She leaves to mourn their loss, three daughters, Mrs. Laura B. Fate, of Rensselaer; Mrs. J. E. Harrod, of Altoona, Pa., and Mrs. R. M. Gregg, of Chicago, all of whom were at her bedside when the end came. All friends who wish to view the remains may do so Thursday morning at 10 o’clock. Funeral Thursday afternoon at 2 o’clock, private. E. V. Severson, fine piano tuning and repairing. Al guaranteed. Phone orders to C. W. Rhoades, 148»

Would be pleased to do your Carpenter Work Large andsmall jobs given the best attention

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