Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 188, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 August 1918 — Page 4

RS »£ ■" ' ■ • •W?‘4"~^’<4" " '' THE UNIVERSAL CAB The Ford Sedan, with its exceedingly comfortable and refined furnishings, its neat appearance and every-day-in-the-year utility, is an especially attractive motor car for women, meeting so fully all the demands of social and family life—a delight to women who drive because of the easy, safe cpntrol. Summer and winter it is always ready—never a doubt about that nor never any fears for trouble on the way. Then the cost of operation and upkeep is very small. Sedan, $695, f. o. b. Detroit. • CENTRAL GARAGE CO. Phone 319. Rensselaer, Ind.

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CLASSIFIED COLUMN FOR SALE. FOR SALE—White enameled refrigerator, ice capacity, 50 pounds. Good as new. Phone 124-B. FOR SALE —A well improved 80 acre farm in Union .township, good 3 room house, good barn 32x50, 80 ton tile block silo, poultry houses 20x20 and Bxl4, good fences, spendid orchard of apples, plums, peaches, pears, cherries, grapes, currants and gooseberries. Situated on school route to consolidated- and high school. Is one of the best producing farms in the township, is exceptionally well drained. Come and see for yourself. Price right and terms reasonable. Reason for selling, must seek milder climate for family. R. L. Budd, Fair Oaks, Ind. Phone 926-0. FOR SALE Sixteen thrifty shotes weighing from 90 to 100 lbs. Inquire of George Scheetz. Rensselaer, Route 4. FOR SALE—Some real bargains in well improved farms located within 3 miles of Rensselaer: 120 acres, 133 acres, 152 acres, 80 acres. I also have some exceptional bargains in improved farms of all sizes further out from Rensselaer. For further particulars see me. Phone 246 office or residence 499. Harvey Davisson.

FOR SALK—Mississippi plant** tions. A few hundred dollars will buy you a farm where you can raise three crops a year and where you do not have to worry over long cold winters and high fuel and coal bills. Harvey Davisson. FOB SALE—A 5-passenger Overland automobile, has had but little use. Maude Daugherty, 1 'hone 266White. FOB SALE—Ful 1 line of boo supplies, including sections and starters. Leslie Clark, at Republican office. FOR SALE—Ton acres, splendid land, good buildings in this city, price right, Oxty-five acres, fair buildings, on pike, R. F. D. Telephone and school. Price 145.00. Easy tenn*. Might take some trade. Goo. F. Meyers. FOR SALE—Favorite base burner, large size. In good condition. Leslie Clark.

FOR SALE—A good dwelling house; to be removed from lot. Blanche L. Chapman. Phone 504. FOR SALE —Several hundred seasoned white oak posts. At Barkley township farm. Dr. A. R. Kresler. FOR SALE—Fifty head of good Hereford cattle, cows and steers. All well bred. Also one draft mare, 4 years old, and mare 2 years old, good size and color. E. Gilmore, Lee, Ind. FOR SALE—Duroc Jersey boars, ready for service. Amos H. Alter & Son, Parr, Ind. Phone 907 B. ~FOR~BALE—4O acres. ~aU level land in cultivation except nice grave of * acres, new 4-room house, ban, garage, well, nice orchard, an main road near station. Price $65.00. Easy terms. 7-room house all modern except funace, in splendid ean-

dition, on improved <treet 2 bltcki from court bouse. A bargain at |2,600. Can sell for leu. Terms lery easy. George F. Meyers. FOR SALE—The north half of section 11, township 32, 2% miles north of Wheatfield, Ind., on stone road. Has 300 acres in fine corn and oats. Improvements are good and quality of soil has no superior in quality in Wheatfield township. Price $65 per acre and no trading, including 160 acres of as good corn as in the county. Address Dr. P. R, James, 3001 R. street, Lincoln, Neb. WANTED. WANTED —Boys and girls to top onions at Donnelly’s onion farm. Will pay 30 cents per crate. Marion Cooper. Phone 462-Black. WANTED —Roomers in modern home for the winter. Board furnished if desired. Phone 455. Mrs. Walter Lynge. ' WANTED —To rent, 3 or 4 unfurnished rooms for light housekeeping. Call phone 167. WANTED —A good girl at the Rensselaer Hotel. Phone 167. WANTED —To rent a good grain and stock farm, grain on partnership with good man. A good farm will only be considered. Can take charge soon. Address A, care Rensselaer Republican. FOR RENT.” FOR RENT—Modern 8-rdom house and sleeping porch. Inquire of J. N. Leatherman, First National Bank.

LOS I. LOST—Automobile Jack near the Dr. Hansson farm-. H. E. Parkison. Phone 488. MISCELLANEOUS. MONEY TO LOAN-—5 per cent, farm loans. John A. Dunlap. MONEY TO LOAN—Chas J. Dean & Son . MONEY TO LOAN —On farms at lowest rates and best terms. Eaunet L. Hollingsworth, west side public square. C. Earl Duvall is spending a few days in Rockville. Viola Glazebrook went to Tefft this morning for a visit with the family of her brother, Lee Glazebrook. Mrs. Emma York went to Lafayette today to spend a few weeks with her sister. Lawson Meyer, wife and daughter returned to their home in Gary Sunday afternoon after a short visit with relatives here. Mrs. Meyer is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Nowels.

Mrs. Edna Joranger and little daughter left today for their home in Billings, Montana, after a visit here with her father, W. H. Ritchey, and other relatives. If your stock dies call me at my expense and I will call for it promptly. A. L. Padgett, Phone 65. MONDAY’S LOCAL MARKETS. Oats 62c. Corn $1.30. Rye $1.43. Wheat, No. 1, $2.11. No. 2, $2.08. No. 3, $2.04. Butterfat 47c. Eggs 37c. Springs 26c. Hens 23c. Old roosters 15c. CASTO RIA For Infants and Children In Use For Over 30 Years Always bears the fs; Signature of

THE EVENING REPUBLICAN, RENSSELAER, INDIANA.

Omar Osborne Very Close to the Hun Lines.

Somewhere in France, July 22, 1918. Dear Friend — , . just received a wagon load of papers today. I was sure glad .to get them, as I have had very little nfrws from home since coming to France two months ago. I also received a letter ,from George a few days ago. I had lost track of him since he left Kelly Field. We tells ae that Deb is either over here or on the way. It may be that we will .ueet some place over- here, although it is doubtful. Just at present we are on the Australian' part of the front, near the scene of gome of the hard fighting of July 4. Refer back to the article'published in your paper May 8, second paragraph of coluunn' six on page one.* That is as nearly as 1 can tell you where we are. Even this may not escape the unfeeling censor, but if it does, all is well. 1 am feeling fine now. In fact, 1 never felt better in my life than at the 'present time. Get enough to eat, although I must admit that i am becoming quite tired of “bully beef,” which is oiir main ration. Some one named this country “Sunny France’’ long, ago, and 1 think Chat he must have had an overload of “Vin Blanc’’ at the time. If not that, something was wrong ’•frith his head. We haven’t had a . day that was entirely clear for over a month, and much of the time It rains. Then the whole of France rolls u<p in one ball on your feet, and you go slipping and sliding around through the mud and water. In dry weather the I roads are fine, but in wet they are When we first came to our present camp the Hun lines were only about four miles over the hills from us, but since that time they have retired at least two miles if not more, and : now are six or seven miles fropii us. However, that Is a little nearer than is absolutely necessary for comfort, as we are still within shelling range. The last time we I were shelled was over two weeks ago, When “Jeny” dropped several shells on us, killing two and wounding several more. Since then he ha* shelled all-around us but has not dropped any in our camp. I took a little trip on a truck Sunday around through some of the towns that have been under shell fire since March. They certainly are destroyed. In many places large chateaus have been almost completely wrecked. In, one town, which was occupied by the Germans until July 4, there is scarcely a building left. Everything is in ruins. Another town just this side of the. line is almost a total wreck, and the houses are just as the inhabitants left them, lace curtains over the windows and furniture inside. Apparently they were hastily deserted. But that is just a minor thing. One of the wort things I have seen was the advance dressing station on the nights of July 4 and 5, where the wounded were brought for first aid. A party of our boys acted as stretcher bearers, and worked all night both nights. That was where the horrors of war were brought home to the greatest extent.

So far we" have been engaged In construction work on the rear lines 6f defense, having only occupied the tenches one night. That night we were well mp on the line, ahead of our batteries, . and could see and hear the guns on both sides and the shells whistling over our lheads. Even now 1 can hear an occasional shell go singing over my head, on its path of ruin to some French city behind us, and an aeroplane fight is a common occurence, and has no attraction any more for me. I am still company clerk, and believe me it is some job. Keeps me busy from early -morning until late at night, and Sunday makes no difference. However, it also has its advantages. One advantage is a chair and a desk. That helps quitv a bit. Well, I must quit and prepare my daily work report. Give my best regards to„ Mrs. Babcock, and to my friends .in the office and. around town. Yours, OMAR O. OSBORNE. Co. E, 108th Engineers, American E. F., via New York. ♦The paragraph referred to above as appearing in. this paper May 8, read as follows: Australian and Canadian troops are in action on the British lines along the vital sectors of the battle front in France. The Australians have "struck the Germans near Mor lancourt, between the Ancre £.nd Somme rivers, east of Amiens, and have advanced their lines upward of three-quarters of a mile as a result of two assaults on the Teutonic positions.

'W. C. Babcock, Jr., was home from the Great Lakes over Sunday. Hazel Lamson and Mrs. Charles Osborne went' to Chicago on the early morning train. Mrs. Grant Wynegar went to Louisville, Ky., Friday evening for a visit with her husband, who is located at Camp Taylor. Worth McCarthy, of the Chicago Municipal Pier, spent Sunday here with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. George McCarthy. Mr. and Mrs. George McLain left Sunday morning for Wauseon, Ohio, for a two weeks’ visit with relatives and to look after their farming interests. C. B. Steward went to Chicago today to settle with J. J. Lawler for his fire loss in Hanging Grove township. Mr. Steward had a draft for $2,297.50 to covet the same. G. L. Posey, a Newtop- Z county selectman, who was inducted into the service on July 22, returned today on an eighteen day furlough to help the folks on the farm. He lives near Fair Oaks and continued there this morning on the milk train.

Oscar Leech Tells of Camp Life in France.

Oscar Leech, formerly of this city, who has been in France for nearly a year nqw with the American fcrces, writes his sister, Mrs. Carl Hamacher of near Lowell, at interesting letter which the latter forwards The Democrat for publication: Somewhere in France, July 10, 1918. My dear Sister and All: This rainy p. m. I must drop you a flew lines or you will think 1 have forgotten you, hut have nob been in a position to write you sooner. I am not at the front now, for which I am. glad, and thankful for being able to return without a scratch and in excellent health, and with a lew days’ rest I will be as good ae n»w again. They are granting us 18 hour passes now, so think I will take a little trip to a city which is near our camp. The weather is nice and warm here and we are sleeping in our tents; have them pitched in a nice shady orchard, and we are enjoying our rest very much. There is quite a large stream near here where we can go swimming, but the water is so cold a person can’t stay in very long at a time. There is a very high hill here, or it might be called a baby mountain; has trees growing along its sides which makes it very beautiful. Ever since we have been here I have had 1 a longing to see what was on the other side of the hill, so this morning my bunkie and I took a walk up there, and we had about all we bargained for, as it seemed we would never get to the tap. Then there was nothing but broad stretches of grain and a few trees scattered about. I haven’t received any mail for some time, • butt I know why so 1 am not worried, but looking forward to the time when I get them all in a bunch.

I don’t believe I ever told you about our mascot, did I? Well, to begin with, When we left the States we brought a Collie dog with us, “Jackolene,” by name. It certainly was a pretty dog and we took him all over France with us till about a month ago it got run over by a wagon and wounded so it had to be killed. Well we had to have a mascot, so in our travels we kept our eyes open and we found one—a mule —a very small one about four feet high with ears twice as long as the ordinary variety. We call him "Stupid,” but not a very good name for him, however, for the boys can’t go near him without he kicks or bites at you, and when it comes to riding him its as good as a circus, for he kicks, bucks and bites all at the sarnie time. One thing T miss over here, Sis, is the good fresh vegetables that I know you are having now, We have plenty to eat but it is the same thing every day—beef, beef every meal. We have had a few new potatoes. For dinner today 1 had roast beef, mashed potatoes, gravy and rice. What did you have? I was at the front the Fourth of July, so there were plenty of fireworks. But there was one thing that entered my mind many times that day, and that was the Fourth four years ago. It doesn’t seem possible mother has been gone so Jong, does it? Well, Sis, I have about run down so guess I will bring this to a finish. Hope this finds everybody in the best of health. Your brother, with love, OPL. OSCAR R. LEECH. Ist Trench Mortar Battery, A. E l . F l ., via New York. Ist Division.

Rev. J. B. Fleming went to Hammond today. David Haste returne dto his work at Gary today. Mrs. J. C. Passons and Mrs. Riley Evans went to Monon today. Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Davisson went to Marshall, 111., today for a visit. Miss Anna Leonard went to Chicago today. Mrs. B. C. Stevens returned to her home at Hammond today. , Walter King went to Chicago today, where he has a position. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Mills returned today from South Haven, Mich. E. D. Nesbitt returned from Gary today after spending Sunday with his mother. Attorney J. A. Dunlap and G. W. Royster went to Chicago this morning. John Ryan and son Edwin were down from Gillam township today. Mr. Ryan is not feeling very well.

Miss Hallie Yeoman of Ambia, and Miss Louise Strawbridge of Chicago are the guests of Miss Helen Warner. Miss Margaret Hayes returned to Chicago today after spending the week-end with Miss Nelle Drake. Miss Mary Howard, who has been visiting at the Monnett home, returned to her home ait LaMoille, DI., today. Mrs. Walter Truitt of Griswold, lowa, who has been visiting Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Bell, went to Earl Park today for a v -tisi Mrs. George Thomas returned to her home at Monticello today after a visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Gwin. '■ J Mrs. W. L. Thomas and son Norman and daughters Helen and Alice went to Lafayette today, where they will make their future home. Dr. P. T. Leighty, of Demotte, was in town today. They have as their guest Miss Bessie Hayworth of St. Joseph, HL _____

CASTORIA 1 Ft Infants and Children. Mothers Know That Genuine Castoria HSnS’S' : Always. / » Beats the fM Jr Signature/ IT.Jr r /t\ ot O v H ISI ' a .tv ■ In gmOEil - ■■ wr W ||'""""' \jr For Over ii • Thirty Years ISMcastoria

Former Jasper County Boys Now in France.

Mr. and Mrs. George Fulks of Monticello have received a letter from their son Jesse,' telling of the safe arrival of himself and brother karah overseas. This is the first letter Mr. and Mrs. Fulks have received since the boys sailed some lime in June, and they send it to The Democrat for publication, the family having formerly resided in this county and have many friends and acquaintances here: Somewhere ini Frarifee, - July 8, 1918. Dear Father, Mother, Brothers and Sisters: We arrived safely and had a very pleasant trip with not much rough weather. I did not get seasick, although I got top-heavy or lightheaded the first couple of days. We, myself and Karah, are both well and happy. I hope you are all too. I wish I could know lio w you are all getting along. We haven’t had any mail yet but expect to get some soon. I am anxious to get some, too. We boys are all ... together yet but it isn’t like being at home where we could hear from you often. But I’m not disappointed. I don’t know much to write that I can tell. Oh yes, I’® beginning to jabber a littTST Ha. rn sooff~be able to talk, if you, call It that. It’s not so very hard to learn. I have a French book and I get the French kids to read it for me, and tha way I can get it pretty easy. I - have enjoyed ■ myself* fine ano saw lots of great sights. I wish you could all see them, too. The weathen is rather cool here at present, but the sun hasn’t shone all day. I wonder what you all’ are doing these days. I don’t know how often we will get to write, but will write as often as possible. Our trip has been so interesting and seems so short I can’t hardly realize ■that so many miles separate us from the good old U. . A. If youdon’t hear from us, I or Karah, very often don’t worry, for yon know it takes a good while for mail to get across, but if anything should happen to us, which I don’t think will, you will hear it very soon. So don’t worry. Remember it is for liberty aqd you we’re fighting for, so don’t worry while we’re gone. J don’t know much that 1 can write you about. It Is about dark now (9:15) and’ time to turn in, so (Bon nult) good night to all of you, lots of love, and may God bless you gll till we return home. Your loving son and brother, JESS® O. FULKS, Supply Co. F. A. R. R.. U. S. A. P. O. 722, A. E. F., France.

MUSIC.

Helen Mills Ranmeier, teacher of sight reading, rythm, time, improvising and musical appreciation. Essa Ellis Perfield, pedagogy, based on inner-feeling, reasoning and drills, through the ear, eye and touch. Inner-Feeling is something within that prompts expression. Reasoning is intelligent analytical observation. Drill is the constructive repetition which makes facility and skill. Information free. Phone Mt. Ayr 88-C. ____

Dollar Round Trip. z The Big Days at Fountain Park. THURSDAY, AUG. 22, BRYAN DAY. • / Fare for the round trip only SI.OO. Call W. L. FRYE, Phone 107 or 369.

Top Sergeant Honan Writes From Camp Funston.

Camp Funston, Kansas. Dear Sir: — Just a few lines to let you know I have been transferred to a different camp and how I am getting along. My last two months at Fort Leavenworth were spent studying in the Buzzer school there, where 1 took- visual signaling, elementary electricity, buzzer practice and infantry drill. On the 20 th of Juiy my company commander called me in his office and told me he had recommended me to my battalion commander for a first sergeant’s -position In the' new field battalion that was forming at the time. This nearly took me off my feet, as I hardly expected it so soon. The next day, however, I was called before Major McQuellan and examined with ten other men in the battalion. There were three of us passed the examination out of the ten. That same afternoon I was ordered to report to Major Richards over to the 15th Service company. The other two who passed tlhe examination were there, too, and the three of us were again examined orally by Major Richards. I was selected by him to act as acting top sergeant of the 100 men Which form the nucleus of our battalion. On July 22 we were shipped to Tamp Funston and will stay here in training till we receive orders to go across with the 10th division of the army. The division is commanded by Major General Wood, whom you heard so- much about some time ago,

On Mdnday, August 5, the battalion was split up in companies and I was appointed acting sergeant major of the battalion. 1 held this till last Saturday, When I asked for a transfer to some company, not liking the indoor clerical work of sergeant major. On the following Monday I was assigned to Company A, the radio company of the battalion, as acting top sergeant. This was exactly what I wanted and it is all up to me now to make good and work hard for my warrant as first sergeant. Asking you to send my paper to tine here, will close. Sincerely, SGT. EDWARD M. HONAN.

We carry a complete line of accessories. Standard and blemished tires at 50c profit. Gas 1c’ profit. Genuine Ford parts. Do all kinds of lathe work and welding. Open day and night. New and second hand bike and bike tires. Buy and sell second hand cars. Agent for Maxwell and Oakland cars. MAIN GARAGE. ‘ NOTICE TO SETTLE. All persons knowing themselves co be indebted to the undersigned, please call and settle by cash or r.ote by September Ist. Any one having bills receivable will please present same on or before the above date. _ DR. A. R. KRESLER Toilet paper at bld prices for one week only at Burchard’s.