Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 227, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 September 1919 — Page 4 Advertisements Column 4 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Reason Dunn, of Fair Oaks, was in Rensselaer today. Harold Littlefield went to Fowler today for a visit with friends. James Jeffries, of McCoysburg, was in Rensselaer today. Mrs. W. C. Babcock and daughter, Margaret, went to Chicago this forenoon. William Platt, expressagent, is on a ten days’ vacation. His place is being filled 'by Earl Miller, of Lafayette. The rain of the past two days came as a great relief after the extended drought of the past several weeks and the farmers are jubilant. Mrs. Elizabeth Daugherty, of Los Angeles, Calif., is here for a visit with her daughter, Mrs. W. C. Babcock, and other relatives. ———7— ■ 1 "■ / Dean Creason of Kansas City, Mo., returned to his home today after a visit with the family of William H. Daugherty. —The case —of the Slate vs; Mellon is set for trial in the White circuit court today. Mellon is .charged with manslaughter in the death of Mrs. Pearl Graves, of Monon, who died following being struck by an automobile driven by the defendant while intoxicated last spring.

Mr. and Mrs. G. A. McConnell and son, Joseph, continued to their home in Lafayette today. They had been visiting with relatives at Brook on their return from Rochester, Minn., where Mr. McConnell had undergone an operation. Their two daughters, Mrs. George and Ernest Davis, of Brook, accompanied them to Lafayette. Colonel George H. Healey was in Rensselaer Thursday. The colonel is now the editor of the Frankfort CreScent-News, an evening newspaper. He will move his family to that city as soon as he can secure a a suitable house, and has advertised his residence on Cullen ’Street for sale. According to a Washington dispatch, reports from the department of justice from twelve cities indicate a decline of 10 to 15 per cent in (food prices since the fair price committee began its work. From four states have come reports on wholesale prices indicating a decline of 2 to 5 per cent Virtually no reductions in clothing prices have been noted. , r