Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 138, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 June 1917 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 5 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Mr. Hayner, expert piano tuner and repairer from Chicago, is now in the city. Patronage respectfully solicited. Leave orders at P. W. Clarke’s jewelry store promptly. The rain Tuesday afternoon was a very heavy*one during the short time it lasted. The country between here and Remington was flooded in many places, and Teports from those living there state that they had a regular cloudburst. Application has been made to send Miss Elsie Trussell, daughter Of Arthur Trussell, north of town, to Longcliff, after she had been declared insane last Monday. She is about 26 years of age. Seventy-two voters have registered in Jasper county up until noon Tuesday. Three of them are women. The three women are Mrs. A. Halleck, Miss Agnes Platt and Mrs. George Scott. Ernest Lamson was the first male voter to register. The Dexter R. Jones two hundred acre farm in Carpenter township has been sold by Howard Jones, the administrator, to Dudley Tyler, who has been the tenant upon the same for a number of years. The price paid was $220 per acre.

Rensselaer is to have a new barbershop, which will be run by Charles Jacks in the Makeever House block in the room formerly occupied by Charles Serritella, the tailor. The Rensselaer barbers recently advanced the price of hair cuts but it is said that Mr. Jacks will adhere to the former price. Granville Moody has purchased of Mrs. Alda Parkison one hundred and sixty acres of land lying just south of the old Addison Parkison homestead. It is understood that the price paid was $125 per acre. The deal was made by Amzie Laßue, the real estate agent. Mrs. Eugene Wemple and daughter, Mrs. J. J. Montgomery, went to Chicago Tuesday, where they remained over night with Mrs. Wem pie’s son, Fred. From Chicago Mrs. Wemple will return to her home in Rockford, 111.

Charles Fox, better known “Comrade” Fox, who was a number of years a mail carrier here, but who is now a helper in the Monon shops at Lafayette, was in Rensselaer Tuesday afternoon. Mr. Fox reports that he is getting along splendidly and likes his work very much, but he is pleased to get back to Rensselaer every now and then and shake hands with his lod friends. Three cottages are now being constructed on the five acre tract left by the will of the late Benjamin Harris for a widows’ and orphans’ home. The cottages are similar in design and each contains five rooms and a bath. There will probably be a great many more built on this tract next year. The estimated cost of each, excluding the foundation, is about $1,200. Ray Adams, of Demopolis, Ala., visited with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Marion I. Adams, and other relatives here Saturday and Sunday. He had come north with a load of fat cattle and having disposed of them atLouisville, Ky., he came on to Rensselaer. He had his right hand bandaged, having had the same hurt by a gasoline engine. Ray confirmed the reports that have been made by the papers to the effect that it is very, very dry in the south land.