Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 98, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 May 1917 — Page 2 Advertisements Column 3 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Miss Marie Comer went to Paxton, 111., today. Squire Tudor is visiting his sister-in-law, Mrs. George Tudor, and other relatives here.___—— Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Kershner, Mrs. G. M. Wilcox and Miss Jane Parkison went to Lafayette on the morning train. Cope Hanley left this morning for Nashville, Tenn., where he will resume his law studies at Vanderbilt University. -J. -1- ■ ■" T-'T ... . ■ * . Mrs. Clara Coen, who has been at the hospital for a long time has gone to the home of her daughter, Mrs. Faye Clarke, near Medaryville. Vernon Tanner the five year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Williard Tanner, had a needle removed from his knee at the hospital today. Ed Parkison, son of James Parkison, is recovering nicely from the effects of a broken leg, The accident occurred last Sunday. Harrison Casto and John Wetland went to Chicago today. They may go on out to the Great Lakes Nava! Depot with the prospect of enlisting. Charles D. Lakin went to Indianapolis this afternoon, where he will represent the Parr lodge in the semiannual meeting of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows of Indiana. Everet Schock returned to hjs home at Chicago this morning after a short visit with his grandmother, Mrs. Fanny Ham, who is in very poor health. Mr. Shock is a railroad engineer on the Chicago Belt railway. The local membership committee of the proposed Rensselaer chapter of Red Cross have met with splendid encouragement and now has ,a list of thirty-five who will become charter members. There will be no difficulty in making that list include at least one hundred names. .All should come out to the meeting tonight at the sast court room. The meeting will be addressed by C. Ross Corbin, the chairman of the Hammond Red Cross Chap ter.

SHELBY. * Destructive Fire on Brown Ranch. A destructive fire, causing a loss of at least SIO,OOO to John Brown & Son, broke out on the ranch farm two miles north of Shelby Monday afternoon and several buildings including two large corn cribs of a capacity of 10,000 bushels, with granaries abovesheep pens to accommodate 2,000 sheep, and a blacksmith shop.“ _ The of the fire is unknown, but it is supposed to have been ignited from a match thrown down near th! buildings by one of the employes working in that vicinity. Included in the heavy loss was a great lot of wool sheared from the sheep and valued at $1,500; 3,000 bushels of-corn at $4,500; a carload of cotton seed meal and a car of acid phosphate, together 'with a large quantity of tools stored in the buildings and blacksmith shop.

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