Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 317, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 January 1920 — Page 1

No- 317.

RUGS - U* 0 ! ’ /. f ■ '■ '■ 4J. ~ ‘ •• ; -- •. The jobbers advaacei the price 01 newly all trades of rugs on January first. Our stock was brought last year and we are gring to hold the old price at least for the present. Don’t wait and think yyu will be able*to buy cheaper in the spring as prices will continue to advance. The writer was in Chicago last week and found that there were no rugs to be had. The jobbers are practically sold out on all good patterns. W. J. WRIGHT

FORMER RENSSELAER GIRL MARRIED AT WATSEKA, ILL.

' At the home of John S. Williams on South Third street Christmas evening occurred the marriage of their daughter, Grace, to Austin F. Tobey. As the - clock struck eight, Mrs. Herbert Doyle, the sister of the bride, sounded forth on the piano the first strains of Mendelssohn’S wedding march, the bride and groom slowly decneding the stairway and entering _ the parlor, where they stood beneath A bower of smilax and roses prepared for the occasion. Dr. W. P. Mac Vey officiated, using a brief ring ceremony. The bride was attired in a beautiful gown of pink, beaded georgette crepe, and carried a bridal bouquet of white roses. The groom wore a dark suit. After the usual formalities, congratulations were extended and a pleasant social evening followed. A hmcheon was served, after which the guests departed, wishing the happy pair many years of wedded bliss. The out-of-town guests were: Miss Hazel Pell, of Champaign; Mr. and Mrs.- Edgar Breeding and family, of Wellington: Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Adams and Alice Sigman, of Rensselaer, Ind.; Misses Opal Randolph, Mary Randolph and Ferne Law, and Mrs. Jessie Brown, of Onarga; Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Doyle, of Sparland; Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Curias, Mr. Mis. A. L. Bauer and family; Mr. George M. Williams and family, and Mr. and Mrs. Joe Williams, of Woodland; . , After a brief visit with the groom’s brother at Davenport, la., Mr. and Mrs. Tobey will go to their home awaiting, them at Findlay, 0., where the groom is employed as a draftsman by the Standard Oil Co. —Watseka Republican. The bride is a niece of Judsoii L. Adains, of this county, and a daughter of Henry Adams, deceased, and spent her early girlhood ih this

. PUBLIC SALE. Horton mid Heltzel’s big public sale will be held at “Suitsus” farm February 20, 1920. Livestock and implements.' Watch for particulars. Monarch Coffee, equal to othfer 60 or 6S-cent grades, this week only, 3 cans |1.40. Telephone 827, S. M. HAAS.

PRINCESS THEATRE MATINEE—2:IB NIGHT—7:OO Jr ' ■ ■ 1 - ■'■■■■ —TONIGHT—- ' < Monroe Salisbury .. “The Sleeping Lion” He was only a poor little “sleep’ brave little boy pad fopnd Ursoout” when big-hearted Tony, the tares and • home and true happiimage vendor, found him, but no ness. Go see th,. powerful and father icuaM 'bars tovwft Mm more, • drama without ML It r • i “ l ' /’-■'Jt':TUESDAY WEDNESDAY Tom Moore - “Rainey’s African ManandHis Hunt” Money”

Hear Capt. Unger at the court house this evening, dk A nehin kuFRISSIOn ■ FCv

The Evening Republican.

TRAPPING A POPULAR SPORT.

- Many skunks that stink in the county are being trapped and hunted for their valuable hides. Investigation proves that these black animals undermine poultry houses and are vigorous enemies of the farmer. Many skunks that stink in the cityare being trapped and deported. There is no .value to the hide of this red variety. . Investigation proves that these “red” skunks were undermining the white house and are the greatest enemy to progress and culture. Read every word of the big Franklin advertisement in this issue.— THOMPSON & KIRK.

FIRST FIRE OF THE NEW YEAR OCCURRED TODAY.

The fire company was called to the home of C. G. Newby on South Front street at about 9 o'clock this Monday morning when the roof caught fire from h defective chimney. The fire had made considerable headway before the arrival of ■ the fire company and it was with difficulty that it was put out, due to the freezing up of the chemical, machines. The interior of the house was damaged considerably from water.

Born, Sunday, January 4, to Mr. and Mrs. Henry Parker Childers, a nine-pound son; also to Mr. and Mrs. Estel Osborn, of near McCoysburg, a son, Monday morning. Wm. C. Burrell, of Mt Ayr, entered the hospital Sunday afternoon for medical care. - - Thomas Houston entered Monday for medical attention and possibly an operation later. * Mrs. Frank Lakin came in Saturday. Her condition is not critical. Mrs. Trevor Eger and son, Mrs. Frank Webber, and Theodore Keiper are all improving. < Mrs. Elmer Brennamen returned to her home Sunday. E. E. Smith also went out Sunday morning. Mrs. Harold Howard, of Chicago, is visiting her sister, Elizabeth Ryan, who is one of the nurses at the hospital.

WILL HOLD PUBLIC SALE.

Flqyd Robinson, on the Shedd farm east of this city,- will hold a public sale on Thursday, January 22, 1920.

MONDAY HOSPITAL NEWS.

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MANYDIEIN EARTHQUAKE

EARTHQUAKE ROCKS MEXICOONE WAY OF GETTING .. RID OF THEM. Mexico City, Jan. 4.—The villages of Teocelo and Couztlan, in the state of Vera Cruz, were virtually destroyed by an earthquake last night and heavy casualties have resulted, according to late press reports received here. Mexico Qity, Jan. 4.—-Scores of persons have been killed in a violent earthquake which occurred in many parts of Mexico last night.—The center of the disturbance is believed to have been near the volcano of Orizaba. ... incomplete press reports indicate that the state of Vera Cruz suffered more than any other section, although seismic disturbances were felt throughout the entire republic. Advices from Cordoba say that 30 dead have already been accounted for in the village of San Juan, Coscomatepec, where many houses were destroyed. There are unconfirmed reports of a similar catastrophe in the village of Huatusco. At Japala, further north, fifty victims of the earthquake have been counted. ' Lack of communication with other small towns in the theatre of the disturbance makes even approximate estimates of the casualties impossible. * The earthquake caused great alarm in the large cities. Marine disturbances have occurred off Vera Cruz city and there were some casualties there with considerable destrutcion of property. From San Juan, Coscomatepec, it is reported the shocks still continued Sunday. ~ ~ . 'lnformation secured from tne gQVemment observatory at Tacubaya show that there were three distinct shocks, the strength of whi«h decentralized instruments. The firat shock, which occurred at 9:45 o’clock Saturday evening, lasted five minutes. The second, at. 10:35 p. m., was very brief, but with terrific intensity and was accompanied by terrifying subterranean noises. The third shock, at 11:01 o’clock was not discernable except by the seismograph. I The panic in the capital among the ignorant classes, was indescribable. • Many of the people fled from their homes and flocked to the churches. . I The Indians in the suburbs hur- ■ ried to the shrine of the Virgin of Guadalupe. ' . _ From Toluca, Cuernavaca and Puebla came similar stories of panic. Slight damage was done to the poorly constructed homes of the poor I people. Pani cteigned in various cities and villages in the state of Vera Cruz, where the people left । their homes in’spent the night m the streets.

WILD GAME ABUNDANT NEAR LIBERTY, MISS.

The Baby Times Picayune, an offspring of the Times Picayune, of I New Orleans, La., contains items :«f interest relating to Harve J, 1 Robinson, who operates a linotype in the Picayune office when he is not too busy attending to his own bumness on his plantation near Liberty, Miss. Harve was formerly a linotype operator at this office and is ! a big leaguer in his chosen profession. See what the Baby Picayune to say about him: I “With his, imagination stirred to fever heat by lurid tales of wild adventure with big game in the hpnt- > ing preserve maintained by Mr. H. J. Robinson near Liberty, Miss., Mont Bott accepted that gentlemans invitation last week to spend the holidays at his hunting, lodge and took the rattler for Liberty early in the week laden with ammunition and ambition. Late in the week the following wire was received: .‘Game rather scare. Dogs treed a jaybird in latitude 42 degrees 12 minutes north, longitude 86 degrees 15 minutes west this afternoon. Very wild—but we hope to capture him before return.”* “One of the latest boqks on the newstands of interest to tillers of the soil is entitled ‘Successful Farming in the Gulf States’ and is from the virile pen of our co-worker, Mr. Harvey Robinson, better known as ‘Robbie.’ His system, briefly sum- । marized is as follows: To be a finished farmer, master the linotype machine thoroughly, so. you are able to make enough in six months to support the /arm the other six.”

Monarch Coffee, equal to oth» 60 or 65-cent grades, this ’week Telephone 827, & M. HAAS. Job printing at the Republican office.

THE NEIGHBORHOOD CORNER

A DEPARTMENT OF FARM WELFARE CONDUCTED BY COUNTY AGENT LEAMING. > Farmers Will Hold an Important Meeting The annual winter meeting of Jasper county fanners will be held at the court house Saturday afternoon, Jan. iCr. at 2 o’clock, for the purpose of taking action upon some of the problems of interest to farmers at this time. The matter of a livestock show and sales pavilion will be presented by members of the county livestock committee. The question of a stronger farmers’ association in this county will be up for discussion and there Is a general feeling among our farmers that this should receive serious attention. Business Ln connection with the selection of a new county agent will be transacted and any other matter which deserves attention can be brought up for discussion. A. T. Coleman, state leader of county agents, will be the principal speaker, of the afternoon. Mr. Coleman is well known in the county and the message that he will have will be of interest to all who know him. Will Demonstrate Borne Curing of Meat In order to encourage better methods of home curing ham and j bacon, the short course at Purdue to be held Jan. 12 to 17, will, in- j dude demonstrations in killing, 1 cutting and preparing meat for home use. In addition, a ham and bacon show will be held in which prises of >2O, *12.b0 and >5 each will be awarded for the best cured country hams and bacon*. The object is to get on exhibition some of the best specimens of cured meats with methods and receipts for curing in order that visiting farmers and their wives may learn of the more successful methods of curing meats. * wintry blanks may be obtained from the county agent. All entries should be sent by prepaid express or parcel post to F. G. King, secretary, Purdue University, Lafayette, Ind. Exhibits will be returned at the en~ of the show unless the owner wishes them sold, when the money will be sent to tlm - Stockmen Will Meet in Indianapolis A maw meeting of the livestock farm era of the state will be held at the Claypool hotel at Indianapolis at 10 a. m. Jan. 5, to confer with the directors of the Indiana Federation of Farmers’ associations on ways and means for ■stabilising markets, eliminating unfair stockyards practices, devising more economical methods of handling stock and securing fair prices, according to notices sent out by Lewis Taylor, secretary ofHhe association. The stabilizing of farm prices is one of the big problems that the farmers’ organizations have set out to solve. Whether or not a workable plan of accomplishing this end has yet been evolved remains to be seen, but the object is a Worthy one and the meeting should be generally attended by the livestock producers of the state.

A Good Dry Cure far Pork ▲s butchering time is at hand the following dry curefor pork reprinted as it has been found satisfactory in a number of instances: “A good dry cure is four to five pounds of salt, one to two (pounds of sugar, -six to seven ounces of black pepper, one ounce of cayenne pepper and two ounces of saltpeter for each 100 pounds of meat Mix these well and rub the pieces to be cured thoroughly with it after the animal beat is out of the meat. Let it lay for five or six days on clean tables or boxes that afford drainage. Make another application of the curing mixture five or six days later and another after a similar period. Thin sides are eared in from 12 days to two weeks: heavier pieces should cure about two days for eadh pound of weight. Brush off all excess cure and soak meat for a half hour in lukewarm water before smoking.’’ Certified Seed Potatoes Available Charles Gregory, plant pathologist at the experiment station, has just Issued a report showing the locating of men producing certified potato seed stock. In order that the potatoes may be certified, they must be shown to be free from disease, true to variety and must begrown from hill selected tubers. Experiments and field trials in adjoining counties last season showed 2 at the certified seed produced very ueh larger yields than that secured in the ordinary way and farmers desiring high jdelds wIH do well to get fit touch with the Up-to-date seed stock producers.

E Tha G. ■<>. > P.’s stable of dark horses refuses tar stay in the dark.— Newars news.

Every Year H&H sell their Odds and Ends in SHIRTS This year is no exception Date Later! ◄I

CARD OF THANKS.

I I ' We wish to express to our many friends and neighbors our heartfelt appreciation of .their loving kindness shown to our beloved husband and father in his illness and after his passing to the Great Beyond; also for the beautiful floral offerings and the choir of the German Lutheran church.—Mas. Heinrich J. C. Zacher, Children and Grandchildren.

» Knights of Pythias George Scott, George Collins, C. W. Duvall and True Woodworth visited their brother, William Morris, of Jordan township, Sunday. Mr. [Morris is getting along nicely and recovering very satisfactorily from his recent injury.

TEMPERATURE. The following is the temperature lor the twenty-four hours ending M 7 a. m. on tike date indicated: Max. Mln. January 2 34 -4 January 3 — 14 -» January 4 t? 7 January 5 —---—---lo -i

CAR LOAD OF TANKAGE FOR SALE. We have purchased a car of tankage which we will offer for sale. If interested place order at once.-— THE FARMERS’ GRAIN CO., tele- ' phone 7. . ; NOTICE. Saving increased our dairy herd and put in a milking machine, we are now able to take care of additional cutsomers. —MRS. C. KELLNER, ’phone 64. Supreme court decisions are dry reading.—-Wall Street Journal. 1 Helen Wolf; of Hammond, spent Sunday evening here with her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. A. Leopold, and today left for Oxford, 0., where she is attending school. Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Stephenson and daughter, who are visiting relatives here, will leave Tuesday for their home in Toledo, 0., where Mr. Stephenson travels for a leading Chicago wholesale grocery firm.

STAR THEATRE —TONIGHT—MAY ALLISON ■ . • —in—“THE UPLHTERS” Is from the pen of the di.tingui.hed author, Wallace Irwin, and was pubUshod in the Saturday Evening Post. The story shows Ao amaamg Features of a who fa led to believe that happiness lies with the **ua.hacHod f~o.” ~ J also. A GOOD COMEDY —————m—W——— —l r •*- 1 *

I H. G. Bolliger, of Hanging Grove township, was in Rensselaer today. W. I . Spitler and Mrs. C. G. Spitler went to Chicago today. '» — Harriett Overton went to Monon today. . Mra. E. Stevenson went to CHtago today. - ■ Mrs. Sam Duvall went to Chicago today. k Linnie Bird Rains returned to her music school at Chicago today. - Hulda Hinderbrand went to Frankfort this afternoon. Harold Sage went to Anderson this afternoon. Helen Kiplinger left today for Louisville, Ky., where she is attending school. Pauline Hordeman returned to Chicago today after a visit here with her family. J. D. Roth returned to Lafayette this afternoon where he is a student at Purdue university. Miss. Bernice Long left today for Lafayette, where she is attending Purdue university. J. F. Rainier, of, Indianapolis, spent the week-end here with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. O. K. ■ Rainier. C. IL Chapman, of Kankakee, DL, • was in Rensselaer today on business. * ' I Try a large jar of pure fruit jam IV EGER?/ G p rocb£y jelly ior o vkawwaj***. Helen Washburn, of Kentland, left Sunday for, Madison, Wis., where she is attending school Oran Summers and Delos York went to Gary today where they will work. 1 A nine-pound son was born Sunday to Mr. and Mrs, H. P. Childers, of this city. I Mary Shelby, who had been visiting her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. James Blacker, returped today to her home in Indianapolis. | . ' " _ -—i"- . Miss Lucy Harris returned Sunday from a week’s visitat Detroit, Mich., with Mr. and Mrs. Harvey i Wood, Jr.

Ann Zink returned to her home at Wapakoneta, 0., today after a visit here with Joseph and John Borntrager and families. < Charles Peregrine, of Tefft, was here today on business. . f Dr. H. J. Kannal went to Indianapolis today.

1 Monarch Coffee, equal to other 60 or 65-cent grades, this week only, 3 cans $1.40. Telephone 827, S. M. HAAS. Elizabeth King returned to Chicago today after spending the tolldays with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank King. T Can cranberries now, as they are the only fruit to be had at a cheap price. For this week we will put on sale 1,000 lbs. of fancy late sound cranberries at 10c a lb. —EGERS GROCERY.

NOTICE TO VAN RENSSELAER club members. There will be a general meeting at the club rooms Wednesday evening, January 7, at 7:80 o clock. This meeting is called for the purpose of revising our old by-laws and discussing various matters pertaining to the betterment kA and will take the place or the Thursday evening dance. AH members are urged to be present. There will be lunch and smokes. D. D. . DEAN, JF XTwMIWk

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