Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 306, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 December 1919 — Page 3 Advertisements Column 4 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Miss Sarah Alice O’Neall, who is attending Indiana university, is home to spend the holiday vacation with her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Parcells. Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Smoth, who had been visiting here with Hiram Day and other relatives, went to Parr this morning. They live at San Pierre.

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