Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 236, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 October 1917 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Child Frightfully Burned. A local physician of this city was called to the home of Ernest Hass, 3 miles east of Virgie. The two year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hass had fallen into a kettle of boiling water and the burns are so serious that it is not thought that the child can live.

Saturday Hospital Note*. George Cooper, a lad of twelve years, underwent an operation for the remvoal of his tonsils today. S. H. Lillich, a traveling man, is in the hospital for medical treatment, and may nave to undergo an operation. * Other patients are reported as doing nicely. Mrs. Charles Zink and daughter, Anna, returned to their home in Wapaponeta, Ohio, today. ’They had been visiting in the families of Joseph and John Borntrager. The wives of these two brothers are daughters of Mrs. Zink. Prof. B. Kaitz, of Lafayette, was here today to arrange for his work with St Joseph College and with several private students of the city in musical instruction. Prof. Hovorka and Prof. Kaitz are arranging to give some splendid musical entertainments here during the winter season. The pages of the marriage license book at the clerk's office, for the month of October, make a very poor showing, and Dan Cupid seems to be unable to make an inroads into tiie ranks of our unmarried young people. Not a license has been issued since the fourth day of October and some of our squires and preachers are not picking up any extra change this ’month. Hany White, the ice man, made a business trip to LaPorte today.