Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 100, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 May 1917 — Page 4 Advertisements Column 3 [ADVERTISEMENT]

D. M. Worland went to Chicago this' morning. ■ I ' - > ■■- J. H. Gamer an is transacting business in Gary today.. Zeflda Daugherty went to Indianapolis today. The funeral of Otto Braun, the former bandmaster, was held in the Grand theatre at LoweM. Every eeat was taken and 200 persons were turned away. The procession to the cemetery was a mile long.

1% H. P. gasoline engine with Webster magneto, $42.50. We bought these engines at the old price arid we guarantee them Vo be first close. — Watson Plumbing Co. Mrs.) J. C. Gibbs, of Crown Point, chairman of the 10th congressional district Federated Clubs, came this morning to attend the meeting at the M. E. church this afternoon. President Grose, of DePauw, was met here today by Rev. J. J. Wilson, pastor of the Brook M. 'E. church. Pres. Grose will make the address tonight to the graduates of the Brook high school. Mr. Leopdld, who installed a general delivery system for the butchers and' grocers at Rensselaer a few year s ago, was here on Wednesday to see the merchants and try to install a system here. —Crown Point Star.

Phone 78-D or call on Del Gilson, located at Mark Schroer’s, one door east of Republican office, for service in auto repairing. Expert and guaranteed workmanship. Local agent for Studebaker cars. Demonstration at any time. Freight train No. 91, which passed through here last night at about -4at3O r causing a delay to No. 35, which passed through here ait 1:45 a. m., over finmtr house late, and also dedaying the two early morning trains, Nos. 36 and 4 over an hour and fifty minutes. Dr. J. H. Honan, wiho is visiting his brother, E. P. Honan, claims that he and ’his brother and the letter's son, Edward, are alll now members of the navy. They are all busily engaged in raising navy beans. Next to going to the front this is as patriotic a thing as any person can do.

Mrs. R. M. Gregg returned to her home in Chicago today and Mia J. E. Harrod to her home at Altoona, Pa. Both ladies are sisters of Mrs. Laura B. Fate and have been here some time at the bedside of their mother, Mrs. Pullin, whose funeral was held at tihe Makeever house on Thursday. There will be no conscription in Steger, IIIL Town officials notified Captain Kenney, recruiting officer, 'there were seventy-five men of military age in Steger and all would volunteer. Captain Kenney sent a detail and fifty of the seventy-five enlisted. The others are arranging their business affairs and will enlist this week, he was informed.

Only five of the young men of Monon who offered their services to the country at Ft' Wayne Tuesday of last week succeeded in passing the physical examination after they had been accepted at the Indiana recruiting station and had been sent to Ft. Thomas, Ky. The men who failed were George Noyes and Daniel C. Stout. AH seven of the men passed the examination at FL Wayne. Members of the I. O. O. F. who enKst for rile war will! be kept in good standing in the order if the recommendation of the grand master, A. A. Spears, marie before the grand lodge meeting, is followed. In his report the grand master called attention to the need for a change so that subordinate lodges will be compelled to keep enlisted members in good standing and pay sick benefits. A man in Arkansas was recently tried for assault and battery with intent to kill. The state brought into court all of the weapons used by the man who was changed, arail, ax, gun, a pair of tongs, saw and rifle. The defendant’s' counsel exhibited as the other mans’ weapons a .scythe, pitchfork, pistol, dog, razor and hoe The jury decided the case as follows: “We, tihe jury, would have given a dollar to have seen the fight.”